Sweden competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

[1] In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Sweden entered three men and two women.

Gunnar Jervill won a silver medal in the men's competition.

Key: In a very tight division for the first round, Sweden came out in first place after a tie-breaker with the Soviet Union.

Sweden lost its games to those two opponents while the Soviet Union split its pair, dropping the Swedes to fourth place in the division.