On the women's side, Olliwier was the only diver to advance to the final; she finished with the bronze medal.

The breaststroke was Sweden's strength, with all five men's individual finals appearances made by three swimmers in those two events.

Gylling also advanced to each of the women's individual event finals, placing sixth in both.

The five dressage competitors initially took the top five places in the individual competition, though Boltenstern was disqualified and thus the Swedes eventually held only the top four places (no team dressage event was held in 1920).

The individual jumpers' best result was a bronze medal, while a separate group of riders took the gold in the team event.

The vaulters had the most difficulty, coming in at the bottom four spots if finishing at all, though still receiving the bronze in the team event because only three nations entered.

Lindblom was the only individual fencer to advance to a final, placing ninth in the épée.

The second match also featured nine goals, but Sweden scored only four of them to lose in extra time.

Sweden entered a team in the Swedish system competition, defeating Denmark and Belgium to win the gold medal.

The team was unfortunate in the use of the Bergvall System, which caused the Swedes to have to play six games in seven days and resulted in a fourth-place finish for a team which would have taken the silver medal in a straight single-elimination tournament.

The Swedes finally got their third win in the bronze medal semifinals, beating Switzerland.

It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, having competed at both instances of the Olympic modern pentathlon.

The Swedes continued their domination of the sport, sweeping the medals for the second time in two attempts and finishing with the four top spots in the competition.

It was the nation's second appearance in the sport; Sweden was one of three countries to compete in both Summer Olympics figure skating competitions.

Johansson won the nation's only gold medal of the year, in the 600 metre prone military rifle, as well as being on two of the medal-winning teams.

Sweden competed in the Olympic water polo tournament for the third time in 1920, having won a bronze and a silver medal previously.

Sweden had little trouble with its first two matches, against Czechoslovakia and Brazil, but fell to Belgium in the semifinals.

In the third-place tournament, they defeated first the Netherlands and then the United States to take the bronze medal.

The Swedes took a pair of bronze medals, and no Swedish wrestler finished lower than sixth place.