Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany . 131 competitors, 104 men and 27 women, took part in 90 events in 18 sports.Medalists Gold Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's 10m Platform Ragnar Skanåker — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 200m Individual Medley Gunnar Larsson — Swimming, Men's 400m Individual Medley Silver Gunnar Jervill — Archery, Men's Individual Competition Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's 3m Springboard Rolf Peterson — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Jan Karlsson — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Welterweight Pelle Pettersson and Stellan Westerdahl — Sailing, Men's Star Class Bo Knape , Stefan Krook , Lennart Roslund and Stig Wennerström — Sailing, Men's Soling Class Bronze Rickard Bruch — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw Hasse Thomsén — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Jan Jönsson — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual competition Ulla Håkanson , Ninna Swaab and Maud von Rosen — Equestrian, Dressage Team Competition Hans Bettembourg — Weightlifting, Men's Middle Heavyweight Jan Karlsson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman WelterweightArchery In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Sweden entered three men and two women. Gunnar Jervill won a silver medal in the men's competition.Men's Individual Competition: Women's Individual Competition: Men's 1500 metres Men's 5000 metres Men's High Jump Men's Heavyweight Hasse Thomsén → Bronze Medal Canoeing Cycling Five cyclists represented Sweden in 1972. ;Individual road race ;Team time trial Women's 3m Springboard Women's 10m Platform Ulrika Knape — 390.00 pointsEquestrian Fencing Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1972. ;Men's foil ;Men's épée ;Men's team épée ;Women's foilHandball ;Men's Team Competition In a very tight division for the first round, Sweden came out in first place after a tie-breaker with the Soviet Union . Both teams had tied twice and won once. Sweden's victory was over Denmark . Both teams advanced to the second round with a 0-0-1 record to start, already behind East Germany which had defeated Czechoslovakia to enter with a 1-0-0 record. Sweden lost its games to those two opponents while the Soviet Union split its pair, dropping the Swedes to fourth place in the division. They played against Hungary for seventh and eighth places, winning 19-18.Preliminary Round Second Round Classification Match Team Roster Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1972.Men's Individual Competition: Men's Team Competition: Ferm, Jansson, and Liljenwall - 14708 pointsRowing Men's Single Sculls Shooting Ten male shooters represented Sweden in 1972. Ragnar Skanåker won gold in the 50 m pistol event. ;25 m pistol ;50 m pistol ;300 m rifle, three positions ;50 m rifle, three positions ;50 m rifle, prone Christer Jansson Sven Johansson ;50 m running target ;Trap ;SkeetMen's 100m Freestyle Men's 200m Freestyle Bernt Zarnowiecki Rolf Pettersson Hans Ljungberg Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Wrestling
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