Sweden in Athletics
Results in Melbourne 1956*


Athlete	Event	Heat	Res.	Pos.


Rune Aahlund	10000 m M	Final	--	19

	5000 m M	Round 1	15.20,0	7


Ingrid Almqvist	Javelin throw W	Final	49,74	5
		Qualifying Round	43,47	14	Q


Birger Asplund	Hammer throw M	Final	nm	-
		Qualifying Round	55,03	10	Q


Ingvar Ericsson	1500 m M	Round 1	3.49,0	5


Lars Hindmar	20 km walk M	Final	dq	-


Gunhild Larking	High jump W	Final	1,67	4
		Qualifying Round	1,58	2	Q


John Ljunggren	20 km walk M	Final	1.32.24,0	4

	50 km walk M	Final	4.35.02,0


Ragnar Lundberg	Pole vault M	Final	4,25	5
		Qualifying Round	4,15	5	q


Bengt Nilsson	High jump M	Qualifying Round	1,82	26


Thomas Nilsson	Marathon M	Final	2.33.33	9


Evert Nyberg	Marathon M	Final	2.31.12	8


Stig Pettersson	High jump M	Final	2,06	4
		Qualifying Round	1,92	7	Q


Gunnar Tjörnebo	3000 m steeplechase M	Round 1	9.02,0	6


Erik Uddebom	Discus throw M	Final	48,28	14
		Qualifying Round	48,44	7	Q

	Shot put M	Final	16,65	6
		Qualifying Round	16,36	5	q


Arnold Vaide	Marathon M	Final	2.36.21	11


Dan Waern	1500 m M	Round 1	3.48,8	5


Torgny Wåhlander	Long jump M	Qualifying Round	nm	-


* The list of Swedish olympians in Athletics at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics is not yet completed. All possible medalists are already included.

These facts about Sweden in Athletics at the Olympic Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database

Sweden in AthleticsResults in Melbourne 1956*