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Sweden at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors
Flag bearer	Jan Karlsson
Medals	Gold 4	Silver 1	Bronze 0	Total 5
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Sweden competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

Medalists

Sweden finished in 12th position in the final medal rankings, with 4 gold and 5 total medals.

Gold

• Anders Gärderud — Athletics, Men's 3000 metre Steeplechase

• Bernt Johansson — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race

• Hans Jacobson, Carl von Essen, Rolf Edling, Göran Flodström, and Leif Högström — Fencing, Men's Team Épée

• John Albrechtson and Ingvar Hansson — Sailing, Tempest Class

Silver

• Ulrika Knape — Diving, Women's Platform

Results by event

Archery

Three of Sweden's archers from the 1972 Summer Olympics returned in 1976. Anna-Lisa Berglund improved her score by 155 points, moving up 23 places in the rankings. Rolf Svensson also competed again, shooting 26 points and 5 places higher than four years before. Defending silver medallist Gunnar Jervill, however, fell to 14th place.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Anna-Lisa Berglund – 2340 points (11th place)
• Lena Sjoholm – 2322 points (13th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Rolf Svensson – 2412 points (11th place)
• Gunnar Jervill – 2406 points (14th place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

• Ake Svensson

• Heat — 1:48.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Göran Bengtsson — 2:17:39 (→ 14th place)

Men's High Jump

• Rune Almen

• Qualification — 2.16m
• Final — 2.18m (→ 10th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Rickard Bruch

• Qualification — 58.06m (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Race Walk

• Bengt Simonsen — 1:35:31 (→ 26th place)

Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

• Bernt Johansson — 4:46:52 (→ Gold Medal)
• Sven-Åke Nilsson — 4:49:01 (→ 29th place)
• Leif Hansson — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Alf Segersäll — did not finish (→ no ranking)