Medalists
Gold
* Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's 10m Platform * Ragnar Skanåker — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol * Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley * Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual MedleySilver
* Gunnar Jervill — Archery, Men's Individual Competition * Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard * Rolf Peterson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m * Jan Karlsson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight *Bronze
*Archery
In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Sweden entered three men and two women. Gunnar Jervill won a silver medal in the men's competition. Men's Individual Competition: * Gunnar Jervill – 2481 points (→ Silver Medal) *Athletics
Men's 1500 metres *Boxing
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) *Canoeing
Cycling
Five cyclists represented Sweden in 1972. ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race, Individual road race * Lennart Fagerlund — 42nd place * Sven-Åke Nilsson — 44th place * Leif Hansson — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Bernt Johansson — did not finish (→ no ranking) ;Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial, Team time trial * Lennart Fagerlund * Tord Filipsson * Leif Hansson * Sven-Åke NilssonDiving
Women's 3m Springboard * Ulrika Knape — 434.19 points (→ Silver Medal) * Agneta Henriksson — 417.48 points (→ 6th place) Women's 10m Platform * Ulrika Knape — 390.00 points (→ Gold Medal)Equestrian
Fencing
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1972. ;Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's foil, Men's foil * Per Sundberg (fencer), Per Sundberg ;Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's épée, Men's épée * Rolf Edling * Orvar Jönsson * Carl von Essen ;Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée, Men's team épée * Hans Wieselgren, Carl von Essen, Orvar Jönsson, Rolf Edling, Per Sundberg (fencer), Per Sundberg ;Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's foil, Women's foil * Kerstin PalmGymnastics
Handball
;Summary ;Men's Team Competition In a very tight division for the first round, Sweden came out in first place after a tie-breaker with the Soviet Union at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Soviet Union. Both teams had tied twice (Sweden had tied Poland at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Poland and the Soviet Union) and won once. Sweden's victory was over Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Denmark. Both teams advanced to the second round with a 0-0-1 record to start, already behind East Germany at the 1972 Summer Olympics, East Germany which had defeated Czechoslovakia at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Czechoslovakia to enter with a 1-0-0 record. Sweden lost its games to those two opponents while the Soviet Union split its pair, dropping the Swedes to fourth place in the division. They played against Hungary at the 1972 Summer Olympics, Hungary for seventh and eighth places, winning 19-18. *Preliminary Round (Group A) :* Sweden – Poland 13-13 (5-7) :* Sweden – Soviet Union 11-11 (4-3) :* Sweden – Denmark 16-10 (8-4) *Second Round (Group A) :* Sweden – Czechoslovakia 12-15 (6-7) :* Sweden – East Germany 11-14 (6-8) *Classification Match :* Sweden – Hungary 19-18 (11-8) → 7th place *Team Roster :* Björn Andersson (handballer), Björn Andersson :* Bo Andersson (handballer), Bo Andersson :* Dan Eriksson :* Lennart Eriksson (handballer), Lennart Eriksson :* Johan Fischerström :* Göran Hård af Segerstad :* Bengt Johansson (handball), Bengt Johansson :* Benny Johansson :* Jan Jönsson (handballer), Jan Jönsson :* Lars Karlsson (handballer), Lars Karlsson :* Michael Koch (handballer), Michael Koch :* Olle Olsson :* Sten Olsson :* Thomas Persson :* Bertil Söderberg :* Frank StrömJudo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: * Björn Ferm – 5283 points (→ 6th place) * Bo Jansson – 4739 points (→ 24th place) * Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall – 4704 points (→ 25th place) Men's Team Competition: * Ferm, Jansson, and Liljenwall – 14708 points (→ 5th place)Rowing
Men's Single Sculls *Lennart Baiter :*Heat — 8:12.92 :*Repechage — 8:11.07 (→ did not advance)Sailing
Shooting
Ten male shooters represented Sweden in 1972. Ragnar Skanåker won gold in the 50 m pistol event. ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol, 25 m pistol * Curt Andersson ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol, 50 m pistol * Ragnar Skanåker * Kjell Jacobsson ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 300 metre free rifle, three positions, 300 m rifle, three positions * Sven Johansson (sport shooter), Sven Johansson ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions, 50 m rifle, three positions * Christer Jansson * Sven Johansson (sport shooter), Sven Johansson ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone, 50 m rifle, prone * Christer Jansson * Sven Johansson (sport shooter), Sven Johansson ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre running target, 50 m running target * Göte Gåård * Karl-Axel Karlsson ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed trap, Trap * Johnny Påhlsson ;Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet, Skeet * Lars-Erik Söderberg * Gert-Åke BengtssonSwimming
Men's 100m Freestyle *Anders Bellbring :* Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle *Bernt Zarnowiecki :* Heat — 2:01.34 (→ did not advance) *Rolf Pettersson (swimmer), Rolf Pettersson :* Heat — 2:00.02 (→ did not advance) *Hans Ljungberg :* Heat — 1:59.42 (→ did not advance) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Hans Ljungberg, Bengt Gingsjö, Anders Bellbring, and Gunnar Larsson :* Heat — 7:57.54 *Bengt Gingsjö, Hans Ljungberg, Anders Bellbring, and Gunnar Larsson :* Final — 7:47.37 (→ 4th place)Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sweden At The 1972 Summer Olympics Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sweden at the Summer Olympics by year, 1972 1972 in Swedish sport, Summer Olympics