Sweden at the 1928 Winter Olympics

Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Sweden at the
1928 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in St. Moritz
Competitors24 (men) in 6 sports
Flag bearersViking Harbom, ice hockey (official)
Medals
Ranked 3rd
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event
  Gold Per-Erik Hedlund Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
  Gold Gillis Grafström Figure skating Men's singles
  Silver Gustaf Jonsson Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
  Silver Sweden men's national ice hockey team
Ice hockey Men's competition
  Bronze Volger Andersson Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km

Cross-country skiing

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Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
18 km Volger Andersson DNF
Sven Utterström 1'42:04 9
Lars-Theodor Jonsson 1'41:59 7
Per-Erik Hedlund 1'41:51 6
50 km Anders Ström 5'21:54 7
Volger Andersson 5'05:46  
Gustaf Jonsson 5'05:30  
Per-Erik Hedlund 4'52:03  

Figure skating

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Men
Athlete Event CF FS Places Points Final rank
Gillis Grafström Men's singles 1 1 12 1630.75  

Ice hockey

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Summary
Team Event First round Medal round
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament   Czechoslovakia
W 3–0
  Poland
T 2–2
1 Q   Canada
L 0–11
   Switzerland
W 4–0
  Great Britain
W 3–1
 

Group B

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The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.

Team GP W L T GF GA
  Sweden 2 1 0 1 5 2
  Czechoslovakia 2 1 1 0 3 5
  Poland 2 0 1 1 4 5
February 11   Sweden 3:0
(1:0,1:0,1:0)
  Czechoslovakia
February 12   Sweden 2:2
(1:0,1:2,0:0)
  Poland

Medal round

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The top teams from each of the three groups, plus Canada, which had received a bye into the medal round, played a 3-game round-robin to determine the medal winners.

Team GP W L GF GA
  Canada 3 3 0 38 0
  Sweden   3 2 1 7 12
   Switzerland 3 1 2 4 17
  Great Britain 3 0 3 1 21
February 17   Canada 11:0
(4:0,5:0,2:0)
  Sweden
February 18    Switzerland 0:4
(0:1,0:0,0:3)
  Sweden
February 19   Sweden 3:1
(2:1,0:0,1:0)
  Great Britain
2   Sweden (SWE)
Carl Abrahamsson (Södertälje SK)
Emil Bergman (Nacka SK)
Birger Holmqvist (IK Göta)
Gustaf Johansson (IK Göta)
Henry Johansson (Södertälje SK)
Nils Johansson (Djurgårdens IF)
Ernst Karlberg (Djurgårdens IF)
Erik Larsson (Hammarby IF)
Bertil Linde (Karlbergs BK)
Sigfrid Öberg (Hammarby IF)
Wilhelm Petersén (Södertälje SK)
Kurt Sucksdorff (IK Göta)

Nordic combined

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Events:

  • 18 km cross-country skiing
  • normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events. One would expect that athletes competing at the Nordic combined event, would participate in the cross-country skiing event as well, as they would have the opportunity to win more than one medal. This was not always the case due to the maximum number of athletes that could represent a country per event.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete Event Cross-country Ski Jumping Total
Time Points Rank Distance 1 Distance 2 Total points Rank Points Rank
Sven Eriksson Individual 1'52:20 12.375 11 51.5 57.5 16.312 5 14.593 6

Ski jumping

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Athlete Event Jump 1 (Dist.) Jump 2 (Dist.) Total
Points Rank
Sven-Olof Lundgren Normal hill 48.0 59.0 16.708 5
Bertil Carlsson 51.5 61.0 16.187 10
Sven Eriksson 52.0 62.5 (fall) 11.500 31
Axel-Herman Nilsson 53.5 60.0 16.937 4

Speed skating

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Men
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Gustaf Andersson 500 m 47.9 23
1500 m 2:27.5 9
5000 m 9:09.7 9

References

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  • Comité Olympique Suisse (1928). Résultats des Concours des IImes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver (PDF) (in French). Lausanne: Imprimerie du Léman. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-06-10.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1928, full results by sports-reference.com