- Sweden at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Sweden
games=1956 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=MelbournePer Carlesson StockholmGösta Boltenstern
gold=8
silver=5
bronze=6
total=19
rank=6Sweden competed at the1956 Summer Olympics inMelbourne, Australia , with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due toquarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier inStockholm ,Sweden . Swedish athletes won a total of 19 medals at the games, including 3 golds in the equestrian events held in their own country.Medalists
Results by event
Men's Marathon
*Jvert Nyberg — 2:31:12 (→ 8th place)
*Thomas Nilsson — 2:33:33 (→ 9th place)
*Arnold Waide — 2:36:21 (→ 11th place)
=Cycling=Men's Team Time Trial
*Lars Nordwall Karl-Ivar Andersson Roland Ströhm — 47 points (→ 5th place)Men's Individual Road Race
*Lars Nordwall — 5:23:40 (→ 10th place)
*Karl-Ivar Andersson — 5:23:50 (→ 17th place)
*Roland Ströhm — 5:24:44 (→ 20th place)
*Gunnar Göransson — 5:30:45 (→ 31st place)
=Diving=Women's 10m Platform
*Birte Christoffersen-Hanson :* Preliminary Round — 50.48:* Final — 75.21 (→ 8th place)
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