Sweden at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Flag of Sweden during union with Norway
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Paris
Competitors	10 in 4 sports
Medals Ranked 20th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris^[1] under the IOC country code SWE. It was the second appearance of the European nation. Swedish results are typically separated from those of Norwegian competitors despite the personal union of the two kingdoms.

Gold medals were not given at the 1900 Games. A silver medal was given for first place, and a bronze medal was given for second. The International Olympic Committee has retroactively assigned gold, silver, and bronze medals to competitors who earned 1st, 2nd, and 3rd-place finishes, respectively, in order to bring early Olympics in line with current awards.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Ernst Fast	Athletics	Men's marathon	19 July

Also three Swedish athletes, August Nilsson, Gustaf Söderström and Karl Gustaf Staaf, were part of a mixed team with three Danish athletes that won the Tug of War competition.

Sweden was represented by one swimmer in its first Olympic swimming appearance. Erickson advanced to the final in two of his three events, but won no medals.

8 Swedish athletes competed in 11 events, Ernst Fast won Sweden's first Olympic Medal, a bronze medal in the marathon.

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Isaac Westergren	Men's 60 metres	Unknown	4–5	—				did not advance
Isaac Westergren	Men's 100 metres	Unknown	4	did not advance
Ernst Fast	Men's marathon	—						3:37:14.0
Johan Nyström								DNF	–

Field events

Sweden first competed in fencing at the Olympics in the sport's second appearance. The nation sent one fencer.

Sweden contributed 3 of the 6 members of the gold medal-winning team in the inaugural tug of war competition.

Athletes	Event	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result
Edgar Aabye (DEN) August Nilsson Eugen Schmidt (DEN) Gustaf Söderström Karl Gustaf Staaf Charles Winckler (DEN)	Tug of war	France W 2–0