Sweden at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 181 competitors, 162 men and 19 women, took part in 100 events in 18 sports.

Athletics

 * Men's 110 metres hurdles
 * Håkan Lidman
 * Börje Rendin

Cycling
Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1948.


 * Individual road race
 * Nils Johansson
 * Harry Snell
 * Åke Olivestedt
 * Olle Wänlund


 * Team road race
 * Nils Johansson
 * Harry Snell
 * Åke Olivestedt
 * Olle Wänlund

Fencing
Eight fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1948.


 * Men's foil
 * Bo Eriksson
 * Nils Rydström


 * Men's épée
 * Bengt Ljungquist
 * Frank Cervell
 * Carl Forssell


 * Men's team épée
 * Sven Thofelt, Per Carleson, Frank Cervell, Carl Forssell, Bengt Ljungquist, Arne Tollbom


 * Men's sabre
 * Bo Eriksson

Football
Key:
 * Summary
 * W – Win D – Draw L – Loss
 * A.E.T – After extra time.
 * RP – Game replayed

Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1948.


 * Willie Grut
 * Gösta Gärdin
 * Sune Wehlin

Rowing
Sweden had three male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1948.


 * Men's single sculls
 * Curt Brunnqvist


 * Men's coxless pair
 * Evert Gunnarsson
 * Bernt Torberntsson

Sailing
Thirteen Swedish sailor participated at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Sweden had three reserves that did not participate in any events; Carl-Erik Ohlson, Charles Eriksson and Sven Rinman.

Shooting
Eleven shooters represented Sweden in 1948.


 * 25 metre pistol
 * Sven Lundquist
 * Torsten Ullman
 * Claes Egnell


 * 50 metre pistol
 * Torsten Ullman
 * Sture Nordlund
 * Lars Berg


 * 300 metre rifle
 * Kurt Johansson
 * Holger Erbén
 * Walther Fröstell


 * 50 metre rifle
 * Jonas Jonsson
 * Uno Berg
 * Erland Koch

Water polo

 * Summary