Sweden_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics
Sweden at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Sweden participated at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, sending 57 representatives to compete in eight different events. The team finished seventh overall, winning seven medals including three golds. Five of the team's medals came from cross-country skiing and one each from speed skating and men's ice hockey.
Quick Facts Sweden at the 1964 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Sweden at the 1964 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SWE |
| NOC | Swedish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Innsbruck | |
| Competitors | 57 (49 men, 8 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearers | Carl-Gustav Briandt, cross-country skiing (official) |
| Medals Ranked 7th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Sixten Jernberg | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Gold | Karl-Åke Asph Sixten Jernberg Janne Stefansson Assar Rönnlund | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Gold | Jonny Nilsson | Speed skating | Men's 10 000 m |
 Silver | Assar Rönnlund | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
| Silver | Sweden men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
 Bronze | Sixten Jernberg | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| Lars Olsson | Downhill | DNF | – |
| Rune Lindström | DNF | – | |
| Olle Rolén | 2:31.14 | 37 | |
| Bengt-Erik Grahn | 2:29.29 | 31 | |
| Bengt-Erik Grahn | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – |
| Olle Rolén | 2:00.01 | 30 | |
| Rune Lindström | 1:57.06 | 24 | |
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- Men's slalom
More information Athlete, Qualifying ...
| Athlete | Qualifying | Final | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Lars Olsson | 59.80 | 45 | 56.66 | 14 QF | 1:18.74 | 34 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Olle Rolén | 58.39 | 42 | 57.17 | 16 QF | 1:16.14 | 25 | 1:06.94 | 30 | 2:23.08 | 28 |
| Bengt-Erik Grahn | 54.99 | 24 QF | – | – | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Rune Lindström | 54.43 | 16 QF | – | – | 1:16.00 | 24 | 1:06.68 | 28 | 2:22.68 | 26 |
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Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Sten Eriksson | 1'23:27.8 | 6 | 1'35:27.8 | 25 |
| Sven-Olof Axelsson | 1'21:13.6 | 6 | 1'33:13.6 | 17 | |
| Sture Ohlin | 1'25:46.0 | 2 | 1'29:46.0 | 12 | |
| John Güttke | 1'24:02.4 | 2 | 1'28:02.4 | 9 |
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- 1 Two minutes added per miss.
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SWE-1 | Kjell Lutteman Heino Freyberg |
Two-man | 1:06.81 | 9 | 1:06.99 | 12 | 1:07.93 | 18 | 1:07.20 | 11 | 4:28.93 | 12 |
| SWE-2 | Jan-Erik Åkerström Carl-Erik Eriksson |
Two-man | 1:08.01 | 19 | 1:11.81 | 21 | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SWE-1 | Kjell Holmström Walter Aronson Kjell Lutteman Carl-Erik Eriksson |
Four-man | 1:04.26 | 8 | 1:04.04 | 4 | 1:04.56 | 8 | 1:06.38 | 16 | 4:19.24 | 11 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Lars Olsson | 52:57.9 | 16 |
| Assar Rönnlund | 52:35.5 | 13 | |
| Janne Stefansson | 51:46.4 | 5 | |
| Sixten Jernberg | 51:42.2 | | |
| 30 km | Torsten Samuelsson | 1'33:07.8 | 9 |
| Assar Rönnlund | 1'32:43.6 | 7 | |
| Sixten Jernberg | 1'32:39.6 | 5 | |
| Janne Stefansson | 1'32:34.8 | 4 | |
| 50 km | Melcher Risberg | 2'48:03.0 | 10 |
| Janne Stefansson | 2'45:36.6 | 4 | |
| Assar Rönnlund | 2'44:58.2 | | |
| Sixten Jernberg | 2'43:52.6 | | |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Karl-Åke Asph Sixten Jernberg Janne Stefansson Assar Rönnlund |
2'18:34.6 | |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km | Gun Ädel | 26:09.0 | 32 |
| Britt Strandberg | 19:07.5 | 11 | |
| Barbro Martinsson | 18:26.4 | 7 | |
| Toini Gustafsson | 18:25.7 | 6 | |
| 10 km | Gun Ädel | 44:18.9 | 17 |
| Barbro Martinsson | 42:36.1 | 11 | |
| Toini Gustafsson | 41:41.1 | 8 | |
| Britt Strandberg | 40:54.0 | 4 | |
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- Women's 3 x 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson |
1'01:27.0 | |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Women
More information Athlete, CF ...
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Margret Frei-Käck | 26 | 13 | 1661.1 | 191 | 21 |
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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Summary
More information Team, Event ...
| Team | Event | First round | Medal round / Consolation round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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| Sweden men's | Men's tournament |  ItalyW 12–2 |
 CanadaL 1–3 |
 United StatesW 7–4 |
 FinlandW 7–0 |
 GermanyW 10–2 |
 SwitzerlandW 12–0 |
 Soviet UnionL 2–4 |
 CzechoslovakiaW 8–3 |
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First round
Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.
Medal round
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Soviet Union |
7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 |  Sweden |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 19 | 10 |
| 4 |  Canada |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 17 | 10 |
| 5 | United States |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 29 | 33 | 4 |
| 6 | Finland |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 31 | 4 |
| 7 | Germany |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 49 | 4 |
| 8 | Switzerland |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 57 | 0 |
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- Canada 3–1 Sweden
- Sweden 7–4 USA
- Sweden 7–0 Finland
- Sweden 10–2 Germany (UTG)
- Sweden 12–0 Switzerland
- Soviet Union 4–2 Sweden
- Sweden 8–3 Czechoslovakia
Leading scorers
More information Rk, Team ...
| Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Sven Johansson |
7 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
| 2nd | Ulf Sterner |
7 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| 8th | Anders Andersson |
7 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Holger Karlsson | Normal hill | 74.0 | 96.7 | 72.0 | 97.1 | 193.8 | 35 |
| Olle Martinsson | 74.0 | 98.7 | 72.0 | 96.1 | 194.8 | 32 | |
| Kjell Sjöberg | 72.0 | 98.4 | 71.5 | 96.2 | 194.6 | 33 | |
| Kurt Elimä | 75.0 | 104.1 | 75.0 | 104.8 | 208.9 | 7 | |
| Holger Karlsson | Large hill | 73.0 | 75.4 | 64.5 | 75.7 | 151.1 | 52 |
| Kurt Elimä | 89.5 | 100.1 | 81.5 | 95.2 | 195.3 | 29 | |
| Kjell Sjöberg | 90.0 | 103.8 | 85.0 | 110.6 | 214.4 | 5 | |
| Olle Martinsson | 84.0 | 99.7 | 76.0 | 93.8 | 193.5 | 32 | |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Manne Lavås | 42.7 | 29 |
| Bo Ollander | 42.6 | 27 | |
| Björn Lekman | 42.1 | 22 | |
| Heike Hedlund | 41.0 | 7 | |
| 1500 m | Bo Ollander | 2:17.1 | 28 |
| Manne Lavås | 2:16.2 | 24 | |
| Ivar Nilsson | 2:15.6 | 19 | |
| Örjan Sandler | 2:15.4 | 18 | |
| 5000 m | Örjan Sandler | 8:05.3 | 19 |
| Ivar Nilsson | 7:49.0 | 7 | |
| Jonny Nilsson | 7:48.4 | 6 | |
| 10,000 m | Örjan Sandler | 16:56.9 | 17 |
| Ivar Nilsson | 16:40.3 | 10 | |
| Jonny Nilsson | 15:50.1 | | |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | 47.8 | 11 |
| Inger Eriksson | 47.3 | 9 | |
| Gunilla Jacobsson | 46.5 | 6 | |
| 1000 m | Christina Lindblom-Scherling | 1:39.5 | 14 |
| Inger Eriksson | 1:37.8 | 9 | |
| Gunilla Jacobsson | 1:36.5 | 6 | |
| 1500 m | Inger Eriksson | 2:32.0 | 12 |
| Gunilla Jacobsson | 2:31.9 | 11 | |
| Christina Lindblom-Scherling | 2:29.4 | 6 | |
| 3000 m | Gunilla Jacobsson | 5:39.2 | 15 |
| Inger Eriksson | 5:32.6 | 14 | |
| Christina Lindblom-Scherling | 5:27.6 | 9 | |
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