Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Medal Name Sport Event
Gold Gert Fredriksson Canoeing Men 's K1 1000 m
Gold Gert Fredriksson Canoeing Men 's K1 10000 m
Gold Petrus Kastenman Equestrian Three-Day Eventing Individual
Gold Henri Saint Cyr Equestrian Dressage Individual
Gold Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Gehnäll Persson Henri Saint Cyr Equestrian Dressage Team
Gold Lars Hall Modern pentathlon Men 's Individual
Gold Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork Lars Thörn Sailing Men 's 5½ m Class
Gold Leif Wikström Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist Sailing Men 's Dragon Class
Silver Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Eva Rönström Evy Berggren Doris Hedberg Maud Karlén Gymnastics Women 's Team Exercise with portable Apparatus
Silver Sven Gunnarsson Olle Larsson Ivar Aronsson Gösta Eriksson Bertil Göransson Rowing Men 's Coxed Fours
Silver Olof Sköldberg Shooting Men 's Running Deer , Single & Double Shot
Silver Edvin Vesterby Wrestling ( Greco-Roman ) Men 's Bantamweight
Silver William Thoresson Gymnastics Men 's Floor
Bronze John Ljunggren Athletics Men 's 50 km Walk
Bronze Ann-Sofi Pettersson Gymnastics Women 's Side Horse Vault
Bronze John Sundberg Shooting Men 's Small-bore Rifle , Three Positions
Bronze Per Gunnar Berlin Wrestling ( Greco-Roman ) Men 's Welterweight
Bronze Rune Jansson Wrestling ( Greco-Roman ) Men 's Middleweight
Bronze Karl-Erik Nilsson Wrestling ( Greco-Roman ) Men 's Light Heavyweight
Medalists
Sweden competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden. 88 competitors, 74 men and 14 women, took part in 74 events in 14 sports. Swedish athletes won a total of 19 medals at the games, including 3 golds in the equestrian events held in their own country.