- Sweden at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Sweden
games=1976 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=Jan Karlsson
gold=4
silver=1
bronze=0
total=5Sweden competed at the1976 Summer Olympics inMontreal ,Canada .Medalists
Sweden finished in 12th position in the final medal rankings, with 4 gold and 5 total medals.
Gold
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Anders Gärderud — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre Steeplechase*
Bernt Johansson — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race*
Hans Jacobson ,Carl von Essen ,Rolf Edling ,Göran Flodström , andLeif Högström — Fencing, Men's Team Épée*
John Albrechtson andIngvar Hansson — Sailing, Tempest Classilver
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Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's PlatformResults by event
=Archery=Three of Sweden's archers from the
1972 Summer Olympics returned in 1976.Anna-Lisa Berglund improved her score by 155 points, moving up 23 places in the rankings.Rolf Svensson also competed again, shooting 26 points and 5 places higher than four years before. Defendingsilver medal listGunnar Jervill , however, fell to 14th place.Women's Individual Competition:
*Anna-Lisa Berglund – 2340 points (11th place)
*Lena Sjoholm – 2322 points (13th place)Men's Individual Competition:
*Rolf Svensson – 2412 points (11th place)
*Gunnar Jervill – 2406 points (14th place)Men's 800 metres
*Ake Svensson :* Heat — 1:48.86 (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
*Göran Bengtsson — 2:17:39 (→ 14th place)Men's High Jump
*Rune Almen :* Qualification — 2.16m:* Final — 2.18m (→ 10th place)Men's Discus Throw
*Rickard Bruch :* Qualification — 58.06m (→ did not advance)Men's 20km Race Walk
*Bengt Simonsen — 1:35:31 (→ 26th place)
=Cycling=Men's Individual Road Race
*Bernt Johansson — 4:46:52 (→ Gold Medal)
*Sven-Åke Nilsson — 4:49:01 (→ 29th place)
*Leif Hansson — did not finish (→ no ranking)
*Alf Segersäll — did not finish (→ no ranking)
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