Sweden at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. It was the sixteenth time that the nation had competed, having missed only the 1904 games. Sweden competed under the IOC country code SWE.

Medals

Silver

• Gunnar Jervill – Archery, men's competition

Results by event

Archery

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.

Women's:

• Maj-Britt Johansson – 2283 points (19th place)
• Anna-Lisa Berglund – 2185 points (34th place)

Men's:

• Gunnar Jervill – 2481 points (silver medal)
• Rolf Svensson – 2386 points (16th place)
• Olov Bostroem – 2347 points (27th place)

Handball

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.

Men's:

• Sweden – 7th place (2–2–2)