title: Sweden at the 1936 Winter Olympics
text: # Sweden at the 1936 Winter Olympics
  
  Sweden competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Gold | Erik August Larsson | Cross-country skiing | Men's 18 km |
  | Gold | Elis Wiklund | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
  | Silver | Axel Wikström | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
  | Silver | Sven Selånger | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m) |
  | Bronze | Martin Matsbo John Berger Erik August Larsson Arthur Häggblad | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 x 10 km relay |
  | Bronze | Nils-Joel Englund | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
  | Bronze | Vivi-Anne Hultén | Figure skating | Women's singles |
  
  ## Alpine skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Athlete | Event | Downhill | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Time 2 | Rank | Total points | Rank |
  | Bertil Persson | Combined | 6:26.0 | 35 | 1:43.4 (+0:06) | 1:54.0 (+0:06) | 30 | 70.95 | 31 |
  
  ## Cross-country skiing
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 18 km | Ivan Lindgren | 1'21:04 | 17 |
  | 18 km | Arthur Häggblad | 1'18:55 | 8 |
  | 18 km | Martin Matsbo | 1'17:02 | 4 |
  | 18 km | Erik Larsson | 1'14:38 | |
  | 50 km | Hjalmar Bergström | 3'35:50 | 4 |
  | 50 km | Nils Englund | 3'34:10 | |
  | 50 km | Axel Wikström | 3'33:20 | |
  | 50 km | Elis Wiklund | 3'30:11 | |
  
  ### Men's 4 x 10 km relay
  
  | Athletes | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - |
  | Athletes | Time | Rank |
  | John Berger Erik August Larsson Arthur Häggblad Martin Matsbo | 2'43:03 | |
  
  ## Figure skating
  
  ### Women
  
  | Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Places | Points | Final rank |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Vivi-Anne Hultén | Women's singles | 4 | 4 | 28 | 394.7 | |
  
  ## Ice hockey
  
  ### Summary
  
  | Team | Event | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Final round | Final round | Final round |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
  | Sweden men's | Men's tournament | Great Britain L 0–1 | Japan W 2–0 | — | 2 Q | Austria W 1–0 | Czechoslovakia L 1–4 | United States L 1–2 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
  
  ### Group D
  
  Top two teams advanced to semifinals
  
  | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
  | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
  | Japan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
  | 6 February | Great Britain | 1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0) | Sweden |
  | 8 February | Sweden | 2-0 (1-0,1-0,0-0) | Japan |
  
  ### Group B
  
  Top two teams advanced to Medal Round
  
  | | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | United States | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
  | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
  | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
  | Austria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
  | 11 February | Sweden | 1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0) | Austria |
  | 12 February | Czechoslovakia | 4-1 (0-1,2-0,2-0) | Sweden |
  | 13 February | United States | 2-1 (0-0,1-1,1-0) | Sweden |
  
  * Contestants Herman Carlsson Sven Bergguist Bertil Lundell Holger Engberg Torsten Jöhncke Yngve Liljeberg Bertil Norberg Wilhelm Petersén Åke Ericson Stig Andersson Lennart Hellman Wilhelm Larsson Ruben Carlsson
  
  ## 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.
  
  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 | Cross-country | Cross-country | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Total points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Holger Lundgren | Individual | 1'29:57 | 161.2 | 31 | 50.0 | 53.0 | 152.0 | 42 | 313.2 | 40 |
  | Hasse Hedjerson | Individual | 1'25:50 | 182.4 | 22 | DNS | – | – | – | DNF | – |
  | Jonas Westman | Individual | 1'25:38 | 183.4 | 20 | 47.5 | 46.5 | 199.3 | 10 | 382.7 | 11 |
  
  ## Ski jumping
  
  | Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
  | Axel Östrand | Normal hill | 61.0 | 97.8 | 30 | 68.0 | 105.6 | 13 | 203.4 | 22 |
  | Sixten Johansson | Normal hill | 63.0 | 101.5 | 21 | 66.0 | 104.6 | 15 | 206.1 | 15 |
  | Nils Hjelmström | Normal hill | 68.0 | 105.1 | 13 | 62.5 | 99.7 | 27 | 204.8 | 16 |
  | Sven Eriksson | Normal hill | 76.0 | 115.5 | 1 | 76.0 | 115.0 | 3 | 230.5 | |
  
  ## Speed skating
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
  | 500 m | Axel Johansson | 46.1 | 18 |
  | 1500 m | Axel Johansson | 2:29.9 | 29 |
  | 5000 m | Axel Johansson | 9:06.4 | 26 |
  | 10,000 m | Axel Johansson | 18:38.2 | 22 |
  