Sweden competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with the exception of the equestrian events, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations. Instead, those events were held five months earlier in Stockholm, Sweden. 97 competitors, 83 men and 14 women, took part in 74 events in 14 sports in Australia and 6 events in 1 sport in 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 Athletics Men's Marathon Jvert Nyberg — 2:31:12 (→ 8th place) Thomas Nilsson — 2:33:33 (→ 9th place) Arnold Waide — 2:36:21 (→ 11th place) Boxing Canoeing Cycling Men's Team Time Trial Lars NordwallKarl-Ivar AnderssonRoland 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) Equestrian Dressage Henri Saint Cyr Gehnäll Persson Gustaf Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Eventing Hans von Blixen-Finecke Jr. Petrus Kastenman Johan Asker Jumping Anders Gernandt Tor Burman Douglas Wijkander Fencing Five fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1956. Men's épée Per Carleson Carl Forssell Berndt-Otto Rehbinder Men's team épée Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Carl Forssell, Per Carleson, Bengt Ljungquist, John Sandwall Gymnastics Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented the Sweden in 1956. Lars Hall won gold in the individual event. Individual Lars Hall Bertil Haase Björn Thofelt Team Lars Hall Bertil Haase Björn Thofelt Rowing Sweden had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1956. Men's coxed four Olle Larsson Gösta Eriksson Ivar Aronsson Evert Gunnarsson Bertil Göransson Men's eight Olle Larsson Lennart Andersson Kjell Hansson Rune Andersson Lennart Hansson Gösta Eriksson Ivar Aronsson Evert Gunnarsson Bertil Göransson Sailing Shooting Eight shooters represented Sweden in 1956. Olof Sköldberg won a silver in the 100m running deer and John Sundberg won a bronze in the 50 m rifle, three positions. 50 m pistol Torsten Ullman Åke Lindblom 300 m rifle, three positions John Sundberg Anders Kvissberg 50 m rifle, three positions John Sundberg Anders Kvissberg 50 m rifle, prone John Sundberg Anders Kvissberg 100m running deer Olof Sköldberg Benkt Austrin Trap Knut Holmqvist Hans Liljedahl Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling References Nations at the 1956