Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics

1936 Winter Olympics

The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin...

in Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen

Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria, southern Germany. It is the administrative centre of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in the Oberbayern region, and the district is on the border with Austria...

, Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. There Star athlete was 'Sister Eleanor Gilligan BA MRE'.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
		Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...	Men's 18km
		Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...	Men's 50km
		Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...	Men's 50km
		Ski jumping Ski jumping at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, one individual ski jumping event was contested. It was held on Sunday, February 16, 1936.-Medalists:-Final standings:The competition took place at "Olympiaschanze" with a K-Point of 80 metres . It started at 11 a.m....	Men's normal hill (K90 individual 70m)
	John Berger John Berger (cross country skier) John Berger was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10km relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.-External links:*...	Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...	Men's 4 x 10km relay
		Cross-country skiing Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...	Men's 50km
		Figure skating Figure skating at the 1936 Winter Olympics At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three figure skating events were contested. The competitions were held from Sunday February 9, 1936 to Saturday February 15, 1936.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...	Women's singles

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Downhill		Slalom			Total
		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
		Time	Rank
18 km	Ivan Lindgren	1'21:04	17
	Artur Häggblad	1'18:55	8
	Martin Matsbo Martin Matsbo Martin Matsbo was a Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen...	1'17:02	4
	Erik Larsson Erik August Larsson Erik August Larsson was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s...	1'14:38
50 km	Hjalmar Bergström Hjalmar Bergström Hjalmar Bergström was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1920s and the 1930s. He won a four medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a gold , a silver and two bronzes -External links:...	3'35:50	4
	Nils Englund	3'34:10
	Axel Wikström Axel Wikström Axel Wikström was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s....	3'33:20
	Elis Wiklund Elis Wiklund Elis Wiklund is a former Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won the 50 km event at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen....	3'30:11

Men's 4 x 10km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
John Berger Erik August Larsson Erik August Larsson Erik August Larsson was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s... Arthur Häggblad Arthur Häggblad Arthur Häggblad was a Swedish cross-country skier who competed in the 1930s... Martin Matsbo Martin Matsbo Martin Matsbo was a Swedish cross country skier who competed in the 1930's. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen...	2'43:03

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Vivi-Anne Hultén Vivi-Anne Hultén Vivi-Anne Hultén was a Swedish figure skater who was a ten time national champion in ladies singles. She finished fifth at the 1932 Winter Olympics and then won the bronze medal at the 1936 Games. She was a two-time European bronze medalist and four time World medalist...	Women's singles	4	4	28	394.7

Ice hockey

Group D

Top two teams advanced to semifinals

Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	2	2	0	0	4	0	4
	2	1	1	0	2	1	2
	2	0	2	0	0	5	0

6 February		1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0)
8 February		2-0 (1-0,1-0,0-0)

Group B

Top two teams advanced to Medal Round

Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	5	1	6
	3	2	1	0	6	4	4
	3	1	0	2	3	6	2
	3	0	3	0	1	4	0

11 February		1-0 (1-0,0-0,0-0)
12 February		4-1 (0-1,2-0,2-0)
13 February		2-1 (0-0,1-1,1-0)

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

Cross-country skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

At the 1936 Winter Olympics, three cross country skiing events were contested. The 4x10 km relay was added to the competition.The relay event was held on Monday, February 10, 1936, the 18 km competition was held on Wednesday, February 12, 1936, and the 50 km event was held on Saturday, February 15,...

 of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (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			Ski Jumping				Total
		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		1'25:50	182.4	22	DNS	–	–	–	DNF	–
Jonas Westman		1'25:38	183.4	20	47.5	46.5	199.3	10	382.7	11

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		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		63.0	101.5	21	66.0	104.6	15	206.1	15
Nils Hjelmström		68.0	105.1	13	62.5	99.7	27	204.8	16
Sven Eriksson		76.0	115.5	1	76.0	115.0	3	230.5

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		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