Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics

 

Sweden at the Olympic Games
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1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Medals Rank: 32	Gold 0	Silver 4	Bronze 7	Total 11
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Sweden competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medals

Silver

• George Cramne — Boxing, men's lightweight

• Ragnar Skanåker — Shooting, men's free pistol

• Anders Holmertz — Swimming, men's 200 m freestyle

• Birgitta Bengtsson and Marit Söderström — Sailing, women's 470 class

Bronze

• Patrik Sjöberg — Athletics, men's high jump

• Lars Myrberg — Boxing, men's light welterweight

• Michel Lafis, Anders Jarl, Björn Johansson, and Jan Karlsson — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

• Erik Lindh — Table tennis, Men's Singles

• Stefan Edberg — Tennis, Men's Singles

• Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd — Tennis, Men's Doubles

• Tomas Johansson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Results by event

Archery

The Swedish team continued their archery medal drought, though they took three top eight places in the women's individual, women's team, and men's team categories.

Women's individual competition:

• Jenny Sjöwall – Final (→ 5th place)
• Liselotte Andersson – Quarterfinal (→ 13th place)
• Carina Jonsson – Preliminary Round (→ 59th place)

Men's individual competition:

• Göran Bjerendal – Quarterfinal (→ 15th place)
• Mats Nordlander – Preliminary Round (→ 30th place)
• Gert Bjerendal – Preliminary Round (→ 35th place)

Women's team competition:

• Sjöwall, Andersson, and Jonsson – Final (→ 7th place)

Men's team competition:

• Bjerendal, Nordlander, and Bjerendal – Final (→ 8th place)

Athletics

Men's Decathlon

• Mikael Olander — 7869 points (→ 17th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.46s
2. Long Jump — 6.75m
3. Shot Put — 16.07m
4. High Jump — 2.00m
5. 400 metres — 51.28s
6. 110m Hurdles — 16.06s
7. Discus Throw — 50.66m
8. Pole Vault — 4.80m
9. Javelin Throw — 72.80m
10. 1.500 metres — 5:02.42s

Men's 50km Walk

• Bo Gustafsson

• Final — 3'44:49 (→ 7th place)

• Stefan Johansson

• Final — 3'53:34 (→ 20th place)

• Jan Staaf

• Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Evy Palm

• Final — 2"34.41 (→ 24th place)

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Marie Holjer — 2:00:52 (→ 7th place)
• Paula Westher — 2:00:52 (→ 26th place)
• Marianne Berglund — 2:00:52 (→ 44th place)

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

• Svante Rasmuson – 4987 pts (→ 22nd place)
• Jan-Erik Danielsson – 4956 pts (→ 25th place)
• Roderick Martin – 4262 pts (→ 57th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Rasmuson, Danielsson, and Martin – 14205 pts (→ 12th place)

Swimming

Men's 50m freestyle

• Göran Titus
  1. Heat – 23.44
  2. B-Final – 23.28 (→ 9th place)

• Per Johansson
  1. Heat – 23.12
  2. B-Final – 23.37 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100m freestyle

• Per Johansson
  1. Heat – 50.22
  2. Final – 50.35 (→ 7th place)

• Tommy Werner
  1. Heat – 50.45
  2. Final – 50.54 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200m freestyle

• Anders Holmertz
  1. Heat – 1:49.28
  2. Final – 1:47.89 (→ Silver Medal)

• Tommy Werner
  1. Heat – 1:51.96 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400m freestyle

• Anders Holmertz
  1. Heat – 3:50.06
  2. Final – 3:51.04 (→ 8th place)

• Henrik Jangvall
  1. Heat – 3:57.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 1500m freestyle

• Stefan Persson
  1. Heat – 15:24.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Christer Wallin
  1. Heat – 2:03.79 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 4x100m freestyle relay

• Tommy Werner, Richard Milton, Joakim Holmqvist, and Göran Titus
  1. Heat – 3:23.09
• Per Johansson, Tommy Werner, Joakim Holmqvist, and Göran Titus
  1. Final – 3:21.07 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x200m freestyle relay

• Tommy Werner, Christer Wallin, Henrik Jangvall, and Michael Söderlund
  1. Heat – 7:23.82
• Anders Holmertz, Tommy Werner, Michael Söderlund, and Christer Wallin
  1. Final – 7:19.10 (→ 6th place)

Women's 50m freestyle

• Helena Aberg
  1. Heat – 26.67 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

• Karin Furuhed
  1. Heat – 26.85 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100m freestyle

• Eva Nyberg
  1. Heat – 57.57 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

• Karin Furuhed
  1. Heat – 57.97 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200m freestyle

• Suzanne Nilsson
  1. Heat – 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Johanna Larsson
  1. Heat – 1:05.10 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Johanna Larsson
  1. Heat – 2:18.01 (→ 14th place)
  2. B-Final – DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Agneta Eriksson
  1. Heat – 1:03.45 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Anette Philipsson
  1. Heat – 2:18.86
  2. B-Final – 2:19.35 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Anette Philipsson
  1. Heat – 4:53.58
  2. B-Final – 4:52.77 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4x100m freestyle relay

• Agneta Eriksson, Karin Furuhed, Suzanne Nilsson, and Eva Nyberg
  1. Heat – 3:50.50 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4x100m medley relay

• Johanna Larsson, Anna-Karin Persson, Agneta Eriksson, and Eva Nyberg
  1. Heat – 4:17.72 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Stefan Edberg → Bronze Medal
  1. First round — Defeated Horst Skoff (Austria) 7-6 6-2 6-3
  2. Second round — Defeated Agustin Moreno (Mexico) 6-2 7-6 6-0
  3. Third round — Defeated Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 6-2 6-4 7-6
  4. Quarterfinals — Defeated Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-1 7-5 6-4
  5. Semifinals — Lost to Miloslav Mečíř (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 0-6 6-1 4-6 2-6

• Anders Järryd
  1. First round — Defeated Martin Laurendeau (Canada) 7-6 4-6 7-5 7-5
  2. Second round — Defeated Andrew Castle (Great Britain) 6-0 6-3 6-1
  3. Third round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 6-2 5-7 3-6 5-7

Men's Doubles Competition

• Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd → Bronze Medal
  1. First Round – Defeated Eric Jelen and Carl Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2
  2. Second Round – Defeated Mark Gurr and Philip Tuckniss (Zimbabwe) 6-0 6-1 6-4
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald (Australia) 6-3 6-4 6-3
  4. Semifinals – Lost to Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 4-6 6-1 3-6 3-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Catarina Lindqvist
  1. First Round – Defeated Kumiko Okamoto (Japan) 7-6 7-5
  2. Second Round – Defeated Nathalie Tauziat (France) 2-6 6-3 6-4
  3. Third Round – Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Bulgaria) 1-6 0-6

Volleyball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated South Korea (3-2)
• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
• Lost to Italy (2-3)
• Lost to Brazil (1-3)
• Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Lost to the Netherlands (2-3)
• 7th/8th place: Defeated France (3-2) → Seventh place

• Team Roster

• Urban Lennartsson
• Janni Kalmazidis
• Jan Hedengard
• Mats Karlsson
• Tomas Hoszek
• Anders Lundmark
• Per-Anders Saaf
• Bengt Gustafson
• Hakan Björne
• Lars Nilsson
• Peter Tholse
• Patrik Johansson

• Head Coach: Anders Kristiansson

Nations at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea

Afghanistan • Algeria • American Samoa • Andorra • Angola • Antigua‑Barbuda • Argentina • Aruba • Australia • Austria • Bahamas • Bahrain • Bangladesh • Barbados • Belgium • Belize • Benin • Bermuda • Bhutan • Bolivia • Botswana • Brazil • British Virgin Islands • Brunei • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Burma • Cameroon • Canada • Cayman Islands • Central African Republic • Chad • Chile • China • Chinese Taipei • Colombia • Congo • Cook Islands • Costa Rica • Côte d'Ivoire • Cyprus • Czechoslovakia • Denmark • Djibouti • Dominican Republic • Ecuador • Egypt • El Salvador • Equatorial Guinea • Fiji • Finland • France • Gabon • Gambia • East Germany • West Germany • Ghana • Great Britain • Greece • Grenada • Guam • Guatemala • Guinea • Guyana • Haiti • Honduras • Hong Kong • Hungary • Iceland • India • Indonesia • Iran • Iraq • Ireland • Israel • Italy • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kenya • South Korea • Kuwait • Laos • Lebanon • Lesotho • Liberia • Libya • Liechtenstein • Luxembourg • Malawi • Malaysia • Maldives • Mali • Malta • Mauritania • Mauritius • Mexico • Monaco • Mongolia • Morocco • Mozambique • Nepal • Netherlands • Netherlands Antilles • New Zealand • Niger • Nigeria • Norway • Oman • Pakistan • Panama • Papua New Guinea • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Poland • Portugal • Puerto Rico • Qatar • Romania • Rwanda • Saint Vincent‑Grenadines • Samoa • San Marino • Saudi Arabia • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Solomon Islands • Somalia • Soviet Union • Spain • Sri Lanka • Sudan • Suriname • Swaziland • Sweden • Switzerland • Syria • Tanzania • Thailand • Togo • Tonga • Trinidad‑Tobago • Tunisia • Turkey • Uganda • United Arab Emirates • United States • Uruguay • Vanuatu • Venezuela • Vietnam • Virgin Islands • North Yemen • South Yemen • Yugoslavia • Zaire • Zambia • Zimbabwe

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