Medalists
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ! Gold | Gert Fredriksson | Canoeing | Men's K1 1000 m |
| 1 ! Gold | Gert Fredriksson | Canoeing | Men's K1 10000 m |
| 1 ! Gold | Petrus Kastenman | Equestrian | Three-Day Eventing Individual |
| 1 ! Gold | Henri Saint Cyr | Equestrian | Dressage Individual |
| 1 ! Gold | Adolf Boltenstern Jr. Gehnäll Persson Henri Saint Cyr |
Equestrian | Dressage Team |
| 1 ! Gold | Lars Hall | Modern pentathlon | Men's Individual |
| 1 ! Gold | Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork Lars Thörn |
Sailing | Men's 5½ m Class |
| 1 ! Gold | Leif Wikström Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist |
Sailing | Men's Dragon Class |
| 2 ! Silver | Karin Lindberg Ann-Sofi Pettersson Eva Rönström Evy Berggren Doris Hedberg Maud Karlén |
Gymnastics | Women's Team Exercise with portable Apparatus |
| 2 ! Silver | Sven Gunnarsson Olle Larsson Ivar Aronsson Gösta Eriksson Bertil Göransson |
Rowing | Men's Coxed Fours |
| 2 ! Silver | Olof Sköldberg | Shooting | Men's Running Deer, Single & Double Shot |
| 2 ! Silver | Edvin Vesterby | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Bantamweight |
| 2 ! Silver | William Thoresson | Gymnastics | Men's Floor |
| 3 ! Bronze | John Ljunggren | Athletics | Men's 50k m Walk |
| 3 ! Bronze | Ann-Sofi Pettersson | Gymnastics | Women's Side Horse Vault |
| 3 ! Bronze | John Sundberg | Shooting | Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions |
| 3 ! Bronze | Per Gunnar Berlin | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Welterweight |
| 3 ! Bronze | Rune Jansson | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Middleweight |
| 3 ! Bronze | Karl-Erik Nilsson | Wrestling (Greco-Roman) | Men's Light Heavyweight |
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