(→ Gold Medal) Equestrian Fencing Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1972. Men's foil Per Sundberg Men's épée Rolf Edling Orvar Jönsson Carl von Essen Men's team épée Hans Wieselgren, Carl von Essen, Orvar Jönsson, Rolf Edling, Per Sundberg Women's foil Kerstin Palm Gymnastics Handball Summary 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 (Sweden had tied Poland and the Soviet Union) 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 (Group A) Sweden – Poland 13-13 (5-7) Sweden – Soviet Union 11-11 (4-3) Sweden – Denmark 16-10 (8-4) Second Round (Group A) Sweden – Czechoslovakia 12-15 (6-7) Sweden – East Germany 11-14 (6-8) Classification Match Sweden – Hungary 19-18 (11-8) → 7th place Team Roster Björn Andersson Bo Andersson Dan Eriksson Lennart Eriksson Johan Fischerström Göran Hård af Segerstad Bengt Johansson Benny Johansson Jan Jönsson Lars Karlsson Michael Koch Olle Olsson Sten Olsson Thomas Persson Bertil Söderberg Frank Ström Judo Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1972. Men's Individual Competition: Björn Ferm – 5283 points (→ 6th place) Bo Jansson – 4739 points (→ 24th place) Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall – 4704 points (→ 25th place) Men's Team Competition: Ferm, Jansson, and Liljenwall – 14708 points (→ 5th place) Rowing Men's Single Sculls Lennart Baiter Heat — 8:12.92 Repechage — 8:11.07 (→ did not advance) Sailing Shooting Ten male shooters represented Sweden in 1972. Ragnar Skanåker won gold in the 50 m pistol event. 25 m pistol Curt Andersson 50 m pistol Ragnar Skanåker Kjell Jacobsson 300 m rifle, three positions Sven Johansson 50 m rifle, three positions Christer Jansson Sven Johansson 50 m rifle, prone Christer Jansson Sven Johansson 50 m running target Göte Gåård Karl-Axel Karlsson Trap Johnny Påhlsson Skeet Lars-Erik Söderberg Gert-Åke Bengtsson Swimming Men's 100m Freestyle Anders Bellbring Heat — DNS (→ did not advance) Men's 200m Freestyle Bernt Zarnowiecki Heat — 2:01.34 (→ did not