Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 206 competitors, 183 men and 23 women, took part in 124 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
Athletics
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) Yngve Lundh — 5:12:15.2 (→ 16th place) Stig Mårtensson — 5:13:00.0 (→ 18th place) Allan Carlsson — 5:16:19.1 (→ 21st place) Lars Nordwall — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
Frank Landqvist
Preliminary Round — 60.11 points (→ 23rd place)
Gunnar Johansson
Preliminary Round — 59.11 points (→ 27th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
Ten fencers, all men, represented Sweden in 1952.
Men's foil
Bo Eriksson
Nils Rydström
Rolf Magnusson
Men's team foil
Rolf Magnusson, Sven Fahlman, Nils Rydström, Bo Eriksson
Men's épée
Per Carleson
Carl Forssell
Sven Fahlman
Men's team épée
Per Carleson, Carl Forssell, Bengt Ljungquist, Berndt-Otto Rehbinder, Sven Fahlman, Lennart Magnusson
Men's sabre
Henry Nordin
Bo Eriksson
Football
Summary
Gymnastics
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1952. Lars Hall won gold in the individual event and all three pentathletes won silver in the team event.
Individual
Lars Hall
Thorsten Lindqvist
Claes Egnell
Team
Lars Hall
Thorsten Lindqvist
Claes Egnell
Rowing
Sweden had 16 male rowers participate in four out of seven rowing events in 1952.
Men's double sculls
Tore Johansson
Curt Brunnqvist
Men's coxless pair
Bernt Torberntsson
Evert Gunnarsson
Men's coxed pair
Ove Nilsson
Ingemar Svensson
Lars-Erik Larsson
Men's eight
Lennart Andersson
Frank Olsson
John Niklasson
Gösta Adamsson
Ivan Simonsson
Ragnar Ek
Thore Börjesson
Rune Andersson
Sture Baatz
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters represented Sweden in 1952. Sweden won silver and bronze in the trap event and silver in the 100m running deer.