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Sweden at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the
1964 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Tokyo
Competitors94 (76 men and 18 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer William Hamilton
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
4
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan which ran from 11 October 1964 to 24 October 1964. 94 competitors, 76 men and 18 women, took part in 72 events in 13 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Rolf Peterson Canoeing Men's K1 1000 m
 Gold Sven-Olov Sjödelius
Gunnar Utterberg
Canoeing Men's K2 1000 m
 Silver Per Svensson Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Light Heavyweight
 Silver Arne Karlsson
Sture Stork
Lars Thörn
Sailing Men's 5½ m Class
 Bronze Ingvar Pettersson Athletics Men's 50 km Walk
 Bronze Sven Hamrin
Erik Pettersson
Gösta Pettersson
Sture Pettersson
Cycling Men's Team Road Race
 Bronze Bertil Nyström Wrestling (Greco-Roman) Men's Welterweight
 Bronze Pelle Pettersson
Holger Sundström
Sailing Men's Star Class

Athletics

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Canoeing

Cycling

Four cyclists represented Sweden in 1964.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Seven fencers, five men and two women, represented Sweden in 1964.

Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathlete represented Sweden in 1964.

Individual
Team
  • Bo Jansson
  • Rolf Junefelt
  • Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Sweden in 1964.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Trap

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Sweden at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 18 August 2014.