Handball
- Men's Team Competition
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.
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Sweden – Poland 13-13 (5-7)
- Sweden – Soviet Union 11-11 (4-3)
- Sweden – Denmark 16-10 (8-4)
- Second Round (Group A)
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- Sweden – Czechoslovakia 12-15 (6-7)
- Sweden – East Germany 11-14 (6-8)
- Classification Match
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- Sweden – Hungary 19-18 (11-8) → 7th place
- Team Roster
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- Björn Andersson
- Bo Andersson
- Dan Eriksson
- Lennart Eriksson
- Johan Fischerström
- Göran Hard Af Segerstad
- Bengt Johansson
- Benny Johansson
- Jan Jönsson
- Lars Karlsson
- Michael Koch
- Olle Olsson
- Sten Olsson
- Thomas Persson
- Bertil Söderberg
- Frank Ström
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