Sweden at the 1920 Summer Olympics

64 athletes represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in athletics, a sport in which Sweden had competed each time the nation appeared at the Olympics. Sweden had success in a variety of events, but its best performances came in the field events. Petersson took the country's only gold medal of the Games in the long jump. The team also finished with three silver and ten bronze medals, enough to put Sweden in fifth place on the athletics medals leader board despite gathering the fewest gold medals since 1900.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Erik Abrahamsson	Long jump	6.86	2 Q	—				7.08
Knut Alm	Cross country	—							30
Erik Almlöf	Triple jump	14.19	2 Q	—				14.27
Eric Backman	5000 m	—				15:34.0	2 Q	15:13.0
	10000 m	—				32:48.5	2 Q	did not finish
	Cross country	—						27:17.6
Nils Bergström	5000 m	—				15:39.2	4 Q	15:29.5	10
	10000 m	—				33:38.0	6	did not advance
Gösta Bladin	400 m hurdles	—		57.7	2 Q	56.5	4	did not advance
	Long jump	6.57	9	—				did not advance
Erik Blomqvist	Shot put	11.935	16	—				did not advance
	Javelin throw	58.18	7 Q	—				58.18	8
Tolly Bolin	400 m	52.6	3	did not advance
	800 m	—		1:57.8	3 Q	1:57.5	5	did not advance
Carl-Axel Christiernsson	110 m hurdles	—			2 Q	15.2	3 Q	15.3	6
	400 m hurdles	—		56.4	1 Q	55.7	2 Q	55.4	5
Bo Ekelund	High jump	1.80	1 Q	—				1.90
Hilding Ekman	Cross country	—						28:17.0	11
Nils Engdahl	400 m	50.6	2 Q	50.4	1 Q	49.4	1 Q	50.2
	800 m	—		2:00.0	5	did not advance
Allan Eriksson	Discus throw	39.41	6 Q	—				39.41	6
Rudolf Falk	5000 m	—				15:17.8	1 Q		11
Rolf Franksson	Long jump	6.73	4 Q	—				6.73	6
William Grüner	Marathon	—						3:01:48.0	28
Axel-Erik Gyllenstolpe	Pentathlon	—						did not finish
	Decathlon	—						6331.435	8
Lars Hedwall	3000 m steeplechase	—				10:43.5	2 Q	10:42.2	7
	Cross country	—							24
Georg Högström	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	—				3.50	8
Gösta Holmér	110 m hurdles	—			3	did not advance
	Decathlon	—						6532.150	4
Agne Holmström	100 m		3	did not advance
	200 m	23.3	2 Q	22.5	5	did not advance
Josef Holsner	3000 m steeplechase	—				did not finish		did not advance
Göran Hultin	110 m hurdles	—			2 Q		6	did not advance
Hans Jagenburg	High jump	1.80	1 Q	—				1.75	9
Bertil Jansson	Shot put	13.27	9	—				did not advance
Folke Jansson	Triple jump	14.16	3 Q	—				14.48
Elis Johansson	800 m	—			8	did not advance
Gustav Kinn	Marathon	—						2:49:10.4	17
Fritz Kiölling	1500 m	—				4:15.0	4	did not advance
Sven Krokström	200 m	23.8	1 Q	23.3	4	did not advance
	400 m	51.6	3	did not advance
Hugo Lilliér	Javelin throw	56.77	10 Q	—				56.77	10
Carl Johan Lind	Hammer throw	48.00	3 Q	—				48.43
	56 lb weight throw	10.255	3 Q	—				10.255
Nils Linde	Hammer throw	44.885	7	—				did not advance
	56 lb weight throw	8.635	11	—				did not advance
Elof Lindström	Javelin throw	51.53	13	—				did not advance
Georg Lindström	110 m hurdles	—		15.9	3	did not advance
	400 m hurdles	—		59.1	3	did not advance
Gunnar Lindström	Javelin throw	60.52	4 Q	—				60.52	6
Erik Lindvall	100 m		3	did not advance
Sven Lundgren	800 m	—		2:00.6	1 Q	1:58.4	4	did not advance
	1500 m	—				4:07.0	1 Q	4:12.0	5
Emanuel Lundström	5000 m	—				16:04.2	4 Q		13
Werner Magnusson	10000 m	—				34:49.2	6	did not advance
	Cross country	—							13
Sven Malm	100 m		5	did not advance
	200 m	23.3	3	did not advance
John Mattsson	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	—				3.50	9
Gustaf Mattsson	3000 m steeplechase	—				10:22.6	2 Q	10:32.1	4
	Cross country	—						28:16.0	10
Einar Nilsson	Shot put	13.735	5 Q	—				13.87	5
Evert Nilsson	Pentathlon	—						did not finish
	Decathlon	—						6433.530	5
Bertil Ohlson	Pentathlon	—						29	7
	Decathlon	—						6580.030
Robert Olsson	Hammer throw	44.19	10	—				did not advance
	56 lb weight throw	8.555	12	—				did not advance
William Petersson	Long jump	6.94	1 Q	—				7.15
Sven Runström	Triple jump	13.63	10	—				did not advance
Ernfrid Rydberg	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	—				3.60	5
Ivar Sahlin	Triple jump	13.86	5 Q	—				14.175	5
Nils Sandström	100 m		6	did not advance
	200 m	23.6	2 Q	23.3	4	did not advance
Hans Schuster	Marathon	—						did not finish
Eric Sundblad	400 m	52.0	1 Q	51.2	3 Q	Did not finish
Thorvig Svahn	High jump	1.80	1 Q	—				1.75	9
Carl-Enock Svensson	Pentathlon	—						did not finish
Malcolm Svensson	Hammer throw	47.29	4 Q	—				47.29	4
	56 lb weight throw	9.45	5 Q	—				9.455	5
Einar Thulin	High jump	1.80	1 Q	—				1.80	7
Lars Erik Tirén	Pole vault	No mark	15	—				did not advance
Rudolf Wåhlin	Marathon	—						2:59:23.0	23
Edvin Wide	1500 m	—				4:03.8	4	did not advance
Oscar Zallhagen	Discus throw	40.16	5 Q	—				41.07	4
John Zander	1500 m	—				4:08.1	1 Q	did not finish
Eric Backman Hilding Ekman Gustaf Mattsson	Team cross country	—						23
Eric Backman Sven Lundgren Edvin Wide John Zander	3000 m team race	—				12	2 Q	24
Nils Engdahl Sven Krokström Sven Malm Eric Sundblad	4 × 400 m relay	—				3:46.4	3 Q	3:24.3	5
Agne Holmström Sven Malm William Petersson Nils Sandström	4 × 100 m relay	—				43.4	1 Q	42.8

Fausto Acke who participated in gymnastics was also registered to participate in men's discus throw, but did not start.

The Swedish team won silver in the men's team time trial

Four cyclists represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The Swedes competed only in the road time trial events, with Stenqvist posting the best time of all cyclists to take the gold medal. The combined team of the four Swedish cyclists was good for a silver medal.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Sigfrig Lundberg	Time trial	5:03:02.6	22
Karl Malm	Time trial	4:46:22.0	7
Axel Persson	Time trial	4:53:43.6	12
Harry Stenqvist	Time trial	4:40:01.8
Sigfrig Lundberg Karl Malm Axel Persson Harry Stenqvist	Team time trial	19:23:10.0

Twenty-two equestrians represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Sweden took four of the seven gold medals, and finished with a total of nine medals.

The five dressage competitors initially took the top five places in the individual competition, though Boltenstern was disqualified and thus the Swedes eventually held only the top four places (no team dressage event was held in 1920). It was the second straight time that Sweden had swept the dressage medals. The eventers took the top two individual places, as well as the gold medal in the team event. The individual jumpers' best result was a bronze medal, while a separate group of riders took the gold in the team event. The vaulters had the most difficulty, coming in at the bottom four spots if finishing at all, though still receiving the bronze in the team event because only three nations entered.

Equestrian	Horse	Event	Final
			Result	Rank
Nils Åkerblom	Heikki	Jumping	19.50	23
Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern	Iron	Dressage	Disqualified
Karl Dyrsch	Salamis	Eventing	did not finish
Allan Ekman	Tagore	Jumping	21.50	24
Carl Green		Vaulting	20.500	13
Gustaf Kilman	Irving	Jumping	10.00	15
Herman Kristoffersson		Vaulting	did not finish
Carl Gustaf Lewenhaupt	Mon Coeur	Jumping	4.00
Janne Lundblad	Uno	Dressage	27.9375
Åge Lundström	Ysra	Eventing	1738.75
	Eros	Jumping	9.75	14
Anders Mårtensson		Vaulting	20.250	15
Helmer Mörner	Germania	Eventing	1775.00
Fredrik Nilsson		Vaulting	14.916	17
Oskar Nilsson		Vaulting	18.666	16
Bertil Sandström	Sabel	Dressage	26.3125
Georg von Braun	Diana	Eventing	1543.75	8
Wilhelm von Essen	Nomeg	Dressage	24.8750	4
Hans von Rosen	Running Sister	Dressage	25.1250
Lars von Stockenström	Reward	Jumping	6.00	5
Carl Green Anders Mårtensson Oskar Nilsson		Team vaulting	59.416
Gustaf Dyrsch Åge Lundström Helmer Mörner Georg von Braun	Salamis Ysra Germania Diana	Team eventing	5057.50
Claës König Frank Martin Daniel Norling Hans von Rosen	Tresor Kohort Eros II Poor Boy	Team jumping	14.00

Eight fencers represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Lindblom was the only individual fencer to advance to a final, placing ninth in the épée. The épée was the only team event Sweden entered; the team went winless in its four matches in its semifinal pool.

Ranks given are within the group.

Summary

Team	Event	Gold medal round				Silver/Bronze medal round			Rank
		First round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	First round	Second round	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Greece W 9–0	Netherlands L 4–5 (a.e.t.)	Did not advance		Spain L 1–2	Did not advance		5

Sweden competed in the Olympic football tournament for the third time. Its first match was an easy 9–0 win over Greece. The second match also featured nine goals, but Sweden scored only four of them to lose in extra time. Sweden also lost in the first round of the consolation tournament.

First round

August 28, 1920

Sweden	9–0	Greece
Olsson 4' 79' Karlsson 15' 20' 21' 51' 85' Wicksell 25' Dahl 31'	Report

Olympisch Stadion, Antwerp

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Charles Barette (BEL)

Quarterfinals

August 29, 1920

Netherlands	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Sweden
Groosjohan 10' 57' J. Bulder 44' 88' (pen.) de Natris 115'	Report	Karlsson 16' 32' Olsson 20' Dahl 72'

Broodstraat, Antwerp

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Josef Fanta (TCH)

Consolation first round

September 1, 1920

Spain	2–1	Sweden
Belauste 51' Acedo 53'	Report	Dahl 28'

Broodstraat, Antwerp

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Giovanni Mauro (ITA)

Final rank

8th

Twenty-four gymnasts represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Sweden entered a team in the Swedish system competition, defeating Denmark and Belgium to win the gold medal. No Swedish gymnasts competed in the individual event, nor did Sweden enter teams in the other two team events.

Artistic gymnastics

Gymnast	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Fausto Acke Albert Andersson Arvid Andersson-Holtman Bengt Bengtsson Fabian Biörck Helge Bäckander Erik Charpentier Sture Ericsson-Ewreus Ture Hedman Åke Häger Konrad Granström Helge Gustafsson Sven Johnson Sven-Olof Jonsson Karl Lindahl Edmund Lindmark Bengt Mohrberg Frans Persson Curt Sjöberg Erik Svensen Klas Särner Gunnar Söderlindh John Sörenson Gösta Törner	Team, Swedish system	1363.833

Summary

Team	Event	Gold medal round			Silver medal round		Bronze medal round		Rank
		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Semifinal	Final	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Belgium W 8–0	France W 4–0	Canada L 1–12	United States L 0–7	Did not advance	Switzerland W 4–0	Czechoslovakia L 0–1	4

Sweden competed in the inaugural Olympic ice hockey tournament. The team was unfortunate in the use of the Bergvall System, which caused the Swedes to have to play six games in seven days and resulted in a fourth-place finish for a team which would have taken the silver medal in a straight single-elimination tournament.

Sweden started well, beating Belgium and France by a combined score of 12–0. In the final, however, the team faced a dominant Canadian side and fell 12–1. In the silver medal semifinals, Sweden was again defeated, this time by the United States who went on to win the silver medal and give Sweden a chance at the bronze. The Swedes finally got their third win in the bronze medal semifinals, beating Switzerland. The bronze medal match pitted Sweden against the only team the Swedes had not yet played in the 1920 Olympic tournament; Czechoslovakia's only goal of the tournament was enough to defeat Sweden, 1–0.

Roster

Coach: Raoul Le Mat

Gold medal quarterfinals

23 April 1920 21:30

Sweden

8 – 0 (5–0, 3–0)

Belgium

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Game reference
	Seth Howander	Goalies	François Vergult	Referee: W. A. Hewitt
	Burman 1 – 0 Johansson 2 – 0 Burman 3 – 0 Lindqvist 4 – 0 Burman 5 – 0 Johansson 6 – 0 Molander 7 – 0 Lindqvist 8 – 0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min

Gold medal semifinals

25 April 1920 17:00

Sweden

4 – 0 (2–0, 2–0)

France

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Game reference
	Seth Howander	Goalies	Jacques Gaittet	Referee: Ernie Garon
	Burman 1 – 0 Svensson 2 – 0 Molander 3 – 0 Lindqvist 4 – 0
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
		Shots	1

Gold medal match

26 April 1920 22:00

Canada

12 – 1 (5–1, 7–0)

Sweden

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Game reference
	Walter Byron	Goalies	Seth Howander	Referee: Joseph McCormick
	Halderson – 1:15 1 – 0 Fridfinnson − 1:55 2 – 0 Fredrickson – 5:20 3 – 0 3 – 1 15:58 – Svensson Fredrickson – 16:00 4 – 1 Fredrickson – 17:35 5 – 1 Goodman – 23:47 6 – 1 Benson – 28:09 7 – 1 Fredrickson – 29:15 8 – 1 Fredrickson – 29:30 9 – 1 Fredrickson – 34:55 10 – 1 Halderson – 36:20 11 – 1 Fredrickson – 39:02 12 – 1
	0 min	Penalties	0 min

Silver medal semifinals

27 April 1920 22:00

United States

7 – 0 (5–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Bronze medal semifinals

28 April 1920 23:30

Sweden

4 – 0 (0–0, 4–0)

Switzerland

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Game reference
	Abbe Jansson	Goalies	René Savoie	Referee: Frank Fredrickson
	Säfwenberg 1 – 0 Johansson 2 – 0 Arwe 3 – 0 Arwe 4 – 0
	0 min	Penalties	0 min

Bronze medal match

29 April 1920 23:00

Czechoslovakia

1 – 0 (1–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Palais de Glace d'Anvers

Game reference
	Karel Wälzer	Goalies	Seth Howander	Referee: Frank Fredrickson
	Šroubek 1 – 0
	0 min	Penalties	0 min
	2	Shots	48

Final rank

4th

Four pentathletes represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, having competed at both instances of the Olympic modern pentathlon. The Swedes continued their domination of the sport, sweeping the medals for the second time in two attempts and finishing with the four top spots in the competition.

A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.

Pentathlete	Final
	Riding	Fencing	Shooting	Swimming	Running	Total	Rank
Erik de Laval	1	13	5	1	3	23
Gustaf Dyrssen	6	2	2	6	2	18
Gösta Runö	4	1	16	5	1	27
Bengt Uggla	13	5	10	13	5	46	4

Six rowers represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Both boats were eliminated in their first race.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Eleven sailors represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. There were three Swedish boats, competing in two classes, but no boats from any other nation competed against Sweden. In the 30 m² class, there was only one boat. The 40 m² was a competition between two Swedish crews. Unsurprisingly, Sweden took two gold medals and a silver.

Sailors	Class	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Score	Rank
Gösta Bengtsson Gösta Lundqvist Rolf Steffenburg	30 m2	Unknown
Percy Almstedt Erik Mellbin Gustaf Svensson Ragnar Svensson	40 m2	Unknown
Tore Holm Yngve Holm Axel Rydin Georg Tengwall	40 m2	Unknown

Swedish shooting team

Twenty-nine shooters represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Johansson won the nation's only gold medal of the year, in the 600 metre prone military rifle, as well as being on two of the medal-winning teams. In all, Sweden gathered ten medals, third-most of any nation in 1920. The six silver medals were the most of any country.

Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Anders Andersson	50 m free pistol	467	6
Edward Benedicks	100 m deer, single shots	Unknown
	100 m deer, double shots	Unknown
Erik Blomqvist	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	924	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	58	6
	600 m military rifle, prone	58	5
Olle Ericsson	300 m military rifle, standing	Unknown
Mauritz Eriksson	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	974	7
	300 m military rifle, prone	58	6
	300 m military rifle, standing	53	7
	600 m military rifle, prone	59
Oscar Eriksson	50 m small-bore rifle	370	Unknown
Gunnar Gabrielsson	50 m free pistol	460	Unknown
Walfrid Hellman	300 m military rifle, standing	53	7
Ture Holmberg	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
Sigvard Hultcrantz	50 m free pistol	450	Unknown
	50 m small-bore rifle	382	Unknown
Werner Jernström	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
Hugo Johansson	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	961	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	58	6
	300 m military rifle, standing	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	59
Anders Johnson	50 m free pistol	448	Unknown
Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	54	Unknown
Per Kinde	100 m deer, single shots	Unknown
	Trap	Unknown
Viktor Knutsson	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	896	Unknown
Bengt Lagercrantz	100 m deer, single shots	Unknown
	100 m deer, double shots	Unknown
Leon Lagerlöf	50 m small-bore rifle	375	Unknown
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	836	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, standing	Unknown
Fredric Landelius	100 m deer, single shots	39	6
	100 m deer, double shots	77
	Trap	Unknown
Erik Lundquist	Trap	Unknown
Erik Ohlsson	50 m small-bore rifle	381	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	57	8
Casimir Reuterskiöld	50 m free pistol	464	8
Karl Richter	Trap	Unknown
Erik Sökjer-Petersén	Trap	Unknown
Ragnar Stare	50 m small-bore rifle	365	Unknown
Alfred Swahn	100 m deer, single shots	41
	100 m deer, double shots	67	Unknown
	Trap	Unknown
Oscar Swahn	100 m deer, single shots	37	8
Anders Andersson Gunnar Gabrielsson Sigvard Hultcrantz Anders Johnson Casimir Reuterskiöld	50 m team free pistol	2289
Bror Andreasson Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson	300 & 600 m team military rifle, prone	558	6
Edward Benedicks Bengt Lagercrantz Fredric Landelius Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn	100 m team deer, double shots	336
Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Ture Holmberg Werner Jernström Hugo Johansson	300 m team military rifle, prone	281	5
Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Gustaf Adolf Jonsson Erik Ohlsson	600 m team military rifle, prone	287
Erik Blomqvist Mauritz Eriksson Hugo Johansson Viktor Knutsson Leon Lagerlöf	Team free rifle	4591	6
Olle Ericsson Mauritz Eriksson Walfrid Hellman Hugo Johansson Leon Lagerlöf	300 m team military rifle, standing	255
Oscar Eriksson Sigvard Hultcrantz Leon Lagerlöf Erik Ohlsson Ragnar Stare	50 m team small-bore rifle	1873
Per Kinde Bengt Lagercrantz Karl Larsson Alfred Swahn Oscar Swahn	100 m team deer, single shots	153	4
Per Kinde Fredric Landelius Erik Lundquist Karl Richter Erik Sökjer-Petersén Alfred Swahn	Team clay pigeons	500

Eight tennis players, five men and three women, competed for Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Fick was the most successful individual, reaching the semifinals before losing that match and the bronze medal match to take fourth place. All five of the doubles pairs lost their first match.

Player	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sigrid Fick	Women's singles	N/A	Bye	Dahl (NOR) W 7–5, 6–2	de Borman (BEL) W 6–4, 8–6	Lenglen (FRA) L 6–0, 6–1	McKane (GBR) L 6–2, 6–0	4
Margareta Lindberg	Women's singles	N/A	Gagliardi (ITA) L 6–0	did not advance				15
Fritz Lindqvist	Men's singles	Flaquer (ESP) L 0–6, 6–2, 6–3, 6–2	did not advance					32
Sune Malmström	Men's singles	Bye	Žemla-Rázný (TCH) W 4–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–5	Simon (SUI) W 6–2, 6–2, 6–0	Raymond (RSA) L 6–3, 6–1, 6–1	did not advance		5
Henning Müller	Men's singles	Woosnam (GBR) L 3–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–3	did not advance					32
Lily Strömberg	Women's singles	N/A	Bye	Brehm (DEN) W 7–5, 6–3	Lenglen (FRA) L 6–0, 6–0	did not advance		5
Carl-Eric von Braun	Men's singles	Bonacossa (ITA) W 4–6, 6–1, 7–5, 6–2	Lammens (BEL) L 6–2, 6–1, 6–1	did not advance				17
Olle Andersson Henning Müller	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	Langaard & Nielsen (NOR) L 6–1, 6–8, 6–1, 6–4	did not advance			9
Sigrid Fick Fritz Lindqvist	Mixed doubles	N/A	d'Ayen & Hirsch (FRA) L 6–4, 6–2	did not advance				14
Sigrid Fick Lily Strömberg	Women's doubles	N/A	N/A	Bye	d'Ayen & Lenglen (FRA) L 6–4, 6–3	did not advance		5
Jarl Malström Lily Strömberg	Mixed doubles	N/A	Bye	Bye	Hansen & Tegner (DEN) L 0–6, 6–1, 6–2	did not advance		5
Jarl Malström Carl-Eric von Braun	Men's doubles	N/A	Lammens & Washer (BEL) L 6–2, 6–4, 6–3	did not advance				17

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 1 2 .333  Czechoslovakia 1 0 1.000  Denmark 1 1 .500  France 0 4 .000  Great Britain 0 2 .000  Italy 1 1 .500  Norway 1 1 .500  South Africa 0 1 .000  Spain 0 1 .000  Switzerland 1 0 1.000 Total 6 13 .316

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 64 1 2 .333 Round of 32 1 4 .200 Round of 16 3 1 .750 Quarterfinals 1 4 .200 Semifinals 0 1 .000 Final 0 0 – Bronze match 0 1 .000 Total 6 13 .316

Summary

Team	Event	Gold medal round				Silver medal round		Bronze medal round			Rank
		First round	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Semifinal	Final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sweden men	Men's tournament	Czech Republic W 11–0	Brazil W 7–3	Belgium L 3–5	Did not advance			Bye	Netherlands W 9–1	United States W 5–0

Sweden competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the third time in 1920, having won a bronze and a silver medal previously. A modified version of the Bergvall System was in use at the time. Sweden had little trouble with its first two matches, against Czechoslovakia and Brazil, but fell to Belgium in the semifinals. Belgium's eventual taking of the silver medal let Sweden contest the bronze medal. In the third-place tournament, they defeated first the Netherlands and then the United States to take the bronze medal.

Round of 16

Sweden

11–0

Czechoslovakia

Antwerp

Quarterfinals

Sweden

7–3

Brazil

Antwerp

Semifinals

Belgium

5–3

Sweden

Antwerp

Bronze medal semifinals

Sweden

9–1

Netherlands

Antwerp

Bronze medal match

Sweden

5–0

United States

Antwerp

Final rank

Bronze

Six weightlifters represented Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. The Swedes took a pair of bronze medals, and no Swedish wrestler finished lower than sixth place.

Weightlifter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Erik Carlsson	82.5 kg	262.5	4
Otto Brunn	+82.5 kg	250.0	5
Gustav Eriksson	60 kg	192.5	6
Carl Olofsson	67.5 kg	220.0	5
Albert Pettersson	75 kg	235.0
Erik Pettersson	82.5 kg	267.5

Thirteen wrestlers competed for Sweden in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Sweden was the second-most successful nation in 1920, behind only Finland. Sweden took three gold medals, as well as a silver and two bronzes.

Freestyle

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals / Bronze match	Rank
Otto Borgström	Middleweight	Bye	Vergos (GRE) (W)	Frantz (USA) (L)	did not advance		5
Anders Larsson	Light heavyweight	N/A	Meyer (FRA) (W)	Gallén (FIN) (W)	Maurer (USA) (W)	Courant (SUI) (W)
Gottfrid Lindgren	Middleweight	Bye	Grimstad (NOR) (L)	did not advance			9
Ernst Nilsson	Heavyweight	N/A		MacDonald (GBR) (W)	Pendleton (USA) (L)	Meyer (SUI) (D)
Gottfrid Svensson	Lightweight	N/A	Metropoulos (USA) (W)	MacKenzie (GBR) (W)	Wright (GBR) (W)	Anttila (FIN) (L)

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Finland 1 1 .500  France 1 0 1.000  Great Britain 3 0 1.000  Greece 1 0 1.000  Norway 0 1 1.000  Switzerland 1 0 1.000  United States 2.5 2.5 .500 Total 9.5 4.5 .679

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 0 0 – Round of 16 3 1 .750 Quarterfinals 3 1 .750 Semifinals 2 1 .667 Final 1 1 .500 Bronze match 0.5 0.5 .500 Total 9.5 4.5 .679

Greco-Roman

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Anders Ahlgren	Heavyweight	Bye	Bonneveld (NED) (W)	Vassboten (NOR) (W)	Sjouwerman (NED) (W)	Lindfors (FIN) (L)	8
				Bye	Willkie (USA) (L)	Did not advance
				did not advance
Carl Fältström	Middleweight	Bye	Gorletti (ITA) (W)	Perttilä (FIN) (L)	did not advance		11
				did not advance
				did not advance
Claes Johansson	Light heavyweight	Bye	Rosenqvist (FIN) (W)	Eriksen (DEN) (W)	Tetens (DEN) (W)	Sint (NED) (W)
				N/A	Won gold
				N/A
Holger Lindberg	Lightweight	Nolton (NED) (W)	Andersen (NOR) (L)	did not advance			12
				did not advance
				did not advance
Ernst Nilsson	Heavyweight	Bye	van den Bril (BEL) (W)	Sjouwerman (NED) (L)	did not advance		10
				did not advance
				did not advance
Gustaf Nilsson	Lightweight	Bye	Frydenlund (NOR) (L)	did not advance			12
				did not advance
				did not advance
Sven Ohlsson	Light heavyweight	Duvinet (FRA) (W)	Maichle (USA) (L)	did not advance			10
				N/A	did not advance
				N/A
Fritiof Svensson	Featherweight	Bye	Jensen (DEN) (W)	Friman (FIN) (L)	did not advance
				N/A	Kähkönen (FIN) (L)	Did not advance
				Bye	Boumans (BEL) (W)	Torgensen (DEN) (W)
Gottfrid Svensson	Featherweight	Bye	Porro (ITA) (L)	did not advance			11
				N/A	did not advance
				did not advance
Calle Westergren	Middleweight	Eillebrecht (NED) (W)	Dechmann (LUX) (W)	Vanderleenden (BEL) (W)	Perttilä (FIN) (W)	Lindfors (FIN) (W)
				Won gold
				Won gold

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent  Belgium 3 0 1.000  Denmark 4 0 1.000  Finland 3 4 .429  France 1 0 1.000  Italy 1 1 .500  Luxembourg 1 0 1.000  Netherlands 5 1 .833  Norway 1 2 .333  United States 0 2 .000 Total 19 10 .655

Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 3 0 1.000 Round of 16 6 4 .600 Quarterfinals 3 3 .500 Semifinals 3 0 1.000 Final 2 1 .667 Silver quarterfinals 0 0 – Silver semifinals 0 2 .000 Silver match 0 0 – Bronze quarterfinals 0 0 – Bronze semifinals 1 0 1.000 Bronze match 1 0 1.000 Total 19 10 .655

• Belgium Olympic Committee (1957). Olympic Games Antwerp 1920: Official Report (PDF) (in French).
• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 16 August 2007.
• International Olympic Committee results database