Sweden at the 1928 Winter Olympics
| Sweden at the 1928 Winter Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | SWE | ||||||||
| NOC | Swedish Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| in St. Moritz | |||||||||
| Competitors | 24 (men) in 6 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Viking Harbom, ice hockey (official) | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 3rd |
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Athletes from Sweden competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland.
Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Gold | Hedlund, Per-ErikPer-Erik Hedlund | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gold | Grafström, GillisGillis Grafström | Figure skating | Men's singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Silver | Jonsson, GustafGustaf Jonsson | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Silver | Sweden men's national ice hockey team
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Ice hockey | Men's competition | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Bronze | Andersson, VolgerVolger Andersson | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
Cross-country skiing
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
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| 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
- Men
| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
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| Gillis Grafström | Men's singles | 1 | 1 | 12 | 1630.75 | |
Ice hockey
Group B
The top team (highlighted) advanced to the medal round.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
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| 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
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 |
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 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 |
Nordic combined
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 | ||||||
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| 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
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 (Dist.) | Jump 2 (Dist.) | Total | |
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| 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
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
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| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Gustaf Andersson | 47.9 | 23 |
| 1500 m | Gustaf Andersson | 2:27.5 | 9 |
| 5000 m | Gustaf Andersson | 9:09.7 | 9 |
References
- 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