Bengt Ljungquist
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Bengt Helge•Ljungquist |
| Used name | Bengt•Ljungquist |
| Born | 20 September 1912 in Umeå, Västerbotten (SWE) |
| Died | 15 July 1979 in Förslöv, Båstad, Skåne (SWE) |
| Measurements | 185 cm / 90 kg |
| Affiliations | Skövde FF, Skövde (SWE) / Stockholms AF, Stockholm (SWE) / K3 IF, Skövde (SWE) |
| NOC |  Sweden |
| Medals | OG |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 1 |
| Bronze | 1 |
| Total | 2 |
Biography
Bengt Ljungquist competed at the Olympics in two sports, in the unusual combination of fencing and equestrian, with four Olympic appearances in fencing (1936-56) and one in equestrian events (1964). His 28-year span of Olympic competition is equal to the best ever for Swedish Olympian, with Tore Holm. Ljungquist was a career officer in the Swedish military, and won five Swedish national championships in fencing.
In 1970 he and his wife settled in Potomac, Maryland in the United States, where he became a dressage coach. Ljungquist coached the 1974 USA World Championship dressage squad, the gold-medal-winning 1975 Pan-American Team, the bronze-medal-winning 1976 Olympic Team, and the fourth-place finishers at the 1978 World Championships. Ljungquist died of a heart attack while on holiday in his native Sweden.
Results
| Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 Summer Olympics | Fencing | SWE |
Bengt Ljungquist | |||
| Foil, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 6 p2 r3/5 | |||||
| Sabre, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 7 p2 r1/4 | |||||
| Sabre, Team, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 3 p4 r2/4 | ||||
| 1948 Summer Olympics | Fencing | SWE |
Bengt Ljungquist | |||
| Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) | 6 p1 r3/4 | |||||
| Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 3 | Bronze | |||
| 1952 Summer Olympics | Fencing | SWE |
Bengt Ljungquist | |||
| Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 2 | Silver | |||
| 1956 Summer Olympics | Fencing | SWE |
Bengt Ljungquist | |||
| Épée, Individual, Men (Olympic) | ||||||
| Épée, Team, Men (Olympic) | Sweden | 3 p2 r1/3 | ||||
| 1964 Summer Olympics | Equestrian Dressage (Equestrian) | SWE |
Bengt Ljungquist | |||
| Individual, Open (Olympic) | Karat/San Fernando | 22 | ||||
| Team, Open (Olympic) | Karat/San Fernando / Sweden | 5 |
Special Notes
- Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Fencing Championships (0–4–2 1937 Paris bronze: épée team; 1938 Pieštany silver: épée team; 1947 Lisboa silver: épée and épée team; 1951 Stockholm bronze: épée team; 1954 Luxembourg silver: épée team)