Sweden at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the
1964 Winter Olympics

IOC code

SWE

NOC

Swedish Olympic Committee

Website

www.sok.se (Swedish) (English)

in Innsbruck

Competitors

57 (49 men, 8 women) in 8 sports

Flag bearer

Carl-Gustav Briandt, cross-country skiing (official)

Medals
Ranked 7th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
3	3	1	7

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

1906 Intercalated Games

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.

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Gold

Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg

Cross-country skiing

Men's 50 km

Gold

Asph, Karl-ÅkeKarl-Åke Asph
Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg
Stefansson, JanneJanne Stefansson
Rönnlund, AssarAssar Rönnlund

Cross-country skiing

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Gold

Nilsson, JonnyJonny Nilsson

Speed skating

Men's 10,000m

Silver

Rönnlund, AssarAssar Rönnlund

Cross-country skiing

Men's 50 km

Silver

Martinsson, BarbroBarbro Martinsson
Strandberg, BrittBritt Strandberg
Gustafsson, ToiniToini Gustafsson

Cross-country skiing

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Silver

Sweden men's national ice hockey team

Kjell Svensson	Nils Nilsson	Carl-Göran Öberg
Lennart Häggroth	Ronald Pettersson	Sven Johansson
Gert Blomé	Lars-Eric Lundvall	Uno Öhrlund
Nils Johansson	Eilert Määttä	Hans Mild
Roland Stoltz	Anders Andersson	Lennart Johansson
Bert-Ola Nordlander	Ulf Sterner

Ice hockey

Men's competition

Bronze

Jernberg, SixtenSixten Jernberg

Cross-country skiing

Men's 15 km

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	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

Men's slalom

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
Athlete	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

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

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

¹ Two minutes added per miss.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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	–

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	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

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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	03 !
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	02 !
	Sixten Jernberg	2'43:52.6	01 !

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Karl-Åke Asph Sixten Jernberg Janne Stefansson Assar Rönnlund	2'18:34.6	01 !

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Barbro Martinsson Britt Strandberg Toini Gustafsson	1'01:27.0	02 !

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Ann Margret Frei-Käck	26	13	1661.1	191	21

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics

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.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sweden	12–2	Italy

Medal round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Soviet Union	7	7	0	54	10	14
2	Sweden 02 !	7	5	2	47	16	10
3	Czechoslovakia	7	5	2	38	19	10
4	Canada	7	5	2	32	17	10
5	United States	7	2	5	29	33	4
6	Finland	7	2	5	10	31	4
7	Germany	7	2	5	13	49	4
8	Switzerland	7	0	7	9	57	0

Canada 3–1 Sweden
Sweden 7–4 USA
Sweden 7–0 Finland
Sweden 10–2 Germany (UTG)
Sweden 12–0 Switzerland
Sweden 8–3 Czechoslovakia

	Contestants Kjell Svensson Lennart Häggroth Gert Blomé Nils Johansson Roland Stoltz Bert-Ola Nordlander Nils Nilsson Ronald Pettersson Lars-Eric Lundvall Eilert Määttä Anders Andersson Ulf Sterner Carl-Göran Öberg Sven Johansson Uno Öhrlund Hans Mild Lennart Johansson

Leading scorers

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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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	01 !

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	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

References

Olympic Winter Games 1964, full results by sports-reference.com

Sweden at the Olympics

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Winter	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Nations at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria

Africa	none

America	Argentina Canada Chile United States

Asia	India Iran Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia

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