Olympic Games

Sweden at the Olympics

Sweden first competed at the Olympic Games in 1896
Sweden have hosted the summer Olympic Games once, in 1912 when it was held in the city of Stockholm.
In Mexico City 1968, Swedish pentathlete Hans-Grunner Liljenwall is the first to be disqualified for drug use, having tested positive for excessive alcohol.
Oscar G Swahn of Sweden won a gold medal for shooting at the 1912 Olympics, when he was 65 years old, and took a silver medal eight years later (1920). He is the oldest ever Olympian of the modern era. He also qualified for the 1924 Olympics when he would have been 77 years old, but withdrew without competing.