Sweden at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the 1964 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Tokyo
Competitors	94 (76 men and 18 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	William Hamilton
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 8
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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]

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

Men's Discus Throw

• Lars Haglund

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

Four cyclists represented Sweden in 1964.

Individual road race

• Gösta Pettersson — 4:39:51.74 (→ 7th place)
• Erik Pettersson — 4:39:51.74 (→ 11th place)
• Sven Hamrin — 4:39:51.79 (→ 49th place)
• Sture Pettersson — 4:39:51.79 (→ 51st place)

Team time trial

• Sven Hamrin
• Erik Pettersson
• Gösta Pettersson
• Sture Pettersson

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

Men's épée

• Orvar Lindwall
• Hans Lagerwall
• Göran Abrahamsson

Men's team épée

• Ivar Genesjö, Orvar Lindwall, Hans Lagerwall, Göran Abrahamsson, Carl-Wilhelm Engdahl

Women's foil

• Kerstin Palm
• Christina Wahlberg

Three male pentathlete represented Sweden in 1964.

Individual

• Bo Jansson
• Rolf Junefelt
• Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall

Team

• Bo Jansson
• Rolf Junefelt
• Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall

Six shooters represented Sweden in 1964.

25 m pistol

• Stig Berntsson

50 m pistol

• Leif Larsson

300 m rifle, three positions

• John Sundberg
• Jan Poignant

50 m rifle, three positions

• Jan Poignant
• John Sundberg

50 m rifle, prone

• Jan Poignant
• John Sundberg

Trap

• Lennart Ahlin
• Rune Flodman