Sweden at the 1960 Winter Olympics

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Sweden at the
1960 Winter Olympics
Squaw Valley
Competitors47 (41 men, 6 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearersEinar Granath, ice hockey
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
2
Total
7
Winter Olympics appearances (
overview)

Squaw Valley, United States
.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Klas Lestander Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Gold Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Gold
Sonja Ruthström-Edström
 Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
 Silver Sixten Jernberg Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km
 Silver Rolf Rämgård Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km
 Bronze Rolf Rämgård Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
 Bronze Kjell Bäckman Speed skating Men's 10 000 m

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Missed targets Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Adolf Wiklund 1'30:07.8 12 1'54:07.8 19
Sven Agge 1'30:21.7 9 1'48:21.7 16
Tage Lundin 1'33:56.3 6 1'45:56.3 12
Klas Lestander 1'33:21.6 0 1'33:21.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 Two minutes added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Per-Erik Larsson 53:49.8 17
Rolf Rämgård 52:47.3 8
Janne Stefansson 52:41.0 7
Sixten Jernberg 51:58.6 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
30 km Allan Andersson 1'57:09.9 13
Lennart Larsson 1'53:53.2 5
Rolf Rämgård 1'51:16.9 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Sixten Jernberg 1'51:03.9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
50 km Assar Rönnlund 3'09:46.6 12
Sixten Jernberg 3'05:18.0 5
Lennart Larsson 3'03:27.9 4
Rolf Rämgård 3'02:46.7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Lars Olsson
Janne Stefansson
Lennart Larsson
Sixten Jernberg 		2'21:31.8 4
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km Britt Strandberg 42:06.8 10
Irma Johansson 41:08.3 8
Barbro Martinsson 41:06.2 7
Sonja Ruthström-Edström
 40:35.5 5
Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Sonja Ruthström-Edström
 1'04:21.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Summary
Team Event First round Final round / Consolation round
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament  Canada
L 2–5 		 Japan
W 19–0 		2 Q FR  United States
L 3–6 		 Soviet Union
T 2–2 		 Czechoslovakia
L 1–3 		 Canada
L 5–6 		 Germany
W 8–2 		5

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) from each group advanced to the final round and played for 1st-6th places, other teams played in the consolation round.

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Canada 2 2 0 0 24 3 4
2  Sweden 2 1 1 0 21 5 2
3  Japan 2 0 2 0 1 38 0
  • Canada 5–2 Sweden
  • Sweden 19–0 Japan

Final round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  United States 5 5 0 0 29 11 10
2  Canada 5 4 1 0 31 12 8
3  Soviet Union 5 2 2 1 24 19 5
4  Czechoslovakia 5 2 3 0 21 23 4
5  Sweden 5 1 3 1 19 19 3
6  Germany 5 0 5 0 5 45 0
  • USA 6–3 Sweden
  • USSR 2–2 Sweden
  • Czechoslovakia 3–1 Sweden
  • Canada 6–5 Sweden
  • Sweden 8–2 Germany (UTG)

Leading scorers

Rk Team GP G A Pts
5th
Lars Lundvall
 7 8 4 12
7th
Nisse Nilsson
 7 7 5 12
12th Sweden Ronald Pettersson 7 4 8 12
Contestants
Anders Andersson
Lars Björn
Gert Blomé
Sigurd Bröms
Einar Granath
Sven Johansson
Bengt Lindqvist
Lars-Eric Lundvall
Nils Nilsson
Bert-Ola Nordlander
Carl-Göran Öberg
Ronald Pettersson
Ulf Sterner
Roland Stoltz
Hans Svedberg
Kjell Svensson
Sune Wretling

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (three jumps, best two counted and shown here)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Lars Dahlqvist Individual 59.5 63.5 201.5 20 59:46.0 235.032 7 436.532 8
Bengt Eriksson 63.5 64.0 213.0 8 1'03:27.9 220.710 19 433.710 10

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Points Rank
Inge Lindqvist Normal hill 79.5 90.4 36 79.0 99.7 26 190.1 29
Kjell Sjöberg 78.5 94.1 31 46.0 fall 33.8 45 127.9 45
Bengt Eriksson 83.5 99.6 23 78.0 102.4 18 202.0 19
Rolf Strandberg 86.5 100.0 20 81.0 104.8 11 204.8 18

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Gunnar Sjölin 43.4 33
Olle Dahlberg 43.1 30
Per-Olof Brogren 42.7 26
Hans Wilhelmsson 40.5 4
1500 m Bo Karenus 2:21.1 28
Olle Dahlberg 2:18.3 18
Gunnar Sjölin 2:16.5 15
Per-Olof Brogren 2:13.1 5
5000 m Olle Dahlberg 8:17.0 13
Kjell Bäckman 8:16.0 12
Ivar Nilsson 8:09.1 7
10,000 m Olle Dahlberg 16:34.6 7
Ivar Nilsson 16:26.0 4
Kjell Bäckman 16:14.2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Elsa Einarsson DNF –
Christina Lindblom-Scherling
 48.7 15
1000 m Elsa Einarsson 1:38.0 12
Christina Lindblom-Scherling
 1:37.5 11
1500 m Elsa Einarsson 2:32.9 9
Christina Lindblom-Scherling
 2:31.5 7
3000 m Elsa Einarsson 5:32.2 11
Christina Lindblom-Scherling
 5:25.5 5

References

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