Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Seoul
Competitors185 (148 men and 37 women) in 23 sports
Flag bearer Agneta Andersson
Medals
Ranked 32nd
Gold
0
Silver
4
Bronze
7
Total
11
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 185 competitors, 148 men and 37 women, took part in 113 events in 23 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Ragnar Skanåker Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 18 September
 Silver Anders Holmertz Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 19 September
 Silver Birgitta Bengtsson
Marit Söderström		 Sailing Women's 470 27 September
 Silver George Cramne Boxing Lightweight 1 October
 Bronze Anders Jarl
Björn Johansson
Jan Karlsson
Michael Lafis		 Cycling Men's team time trial 18 September
 Bronze Tomas Johansson Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 21 September
 Bronze Patrik Sjöberg Athletics Men's high jump 25 September
 Bronze Stefan Edberg Tennis Men's singles 28 September
 Bronze Stefan Edberg
Anders Järryd		 Tennis Men's doubles 29 September
 Bronze Lars Myrberg Boxing Light welterweight 29 September
 Bronze Erik Lindh Table tennis Men's singles 1 October

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 3 6
Athletics 10 1 11
Boxing 6 – 6
Canoeing 8 4 12
Cycling 5 3 8
Diving 1 1 2
Equestrian 1 3 4
Fencing 10 1 11
Football 17 – 17
Gymnastics 1 0 1
Handball 14 0 14
Judo 2 – 2
Modern pentathlon 3 – 3
Rowing 5 3 8
Sailing 13 2 15
Shooting 9 6 15
Swimming 10 8 18
Synchronized swimming – 1 1
Table tennis 4 0 4
Tennis 2 1 3
Volleyball 11 0 11
Weightlifting 3 – 3
Wrestling 10 – 10
Total 148 37 185

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:

Men's individual competition:

Women's team competition:

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

Men's team competition:

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

Athletics

Sven Nylander was on location and scheduled to start in men's 400m hurdles, but ended up not starting due to illness.

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Heat — 76.44m
  • Final — 74.24m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualifying Heat — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 79.66m
  • Final — 78.30m (→ 8th place)
  • Qualification — 80.16m
  • Final — 78.22m (→ 9th place)

Men's Decathlon

  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 50 km Walk

  • Final — 3'44:49 (→ 7th place)
  • Final — 3'53:34 (→ 20th place)
  • Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)


Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2"34.41 (→ 24th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eight cyclists, five men and three women, represented Sweden in 1988.

Men's road race
Men's team time trial
Women's road race

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Eleven fencers, 10 men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1988.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil

Football

Summary

Key:

  • W – Win D – Draw L – Loss
  • A.E.T – After extra time.
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament  Tunisia
D 2–2 		 China
W 2–0 		 West Germany
W 2–1 		1 Q  Italy
L 1–2 (a.e.t.) 		Did not qualify 6

Gymnastics

Handball

Summary

Key:

  • ET: After extra time
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group Stage Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament  Algeria
W 21–18 		 Soviet Union
L 18–22 		 Iceland
W 20–14 		 United States
W 22–16 		 Yugoslavia
L 21–25 		3 Q  Czechoslovakia
W 27–18 		5

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

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

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m freestyle

  • Heat — 23.44
  • B-Final — 23.28 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 23.12
  • B-Final — 23.37 (→ 10th place)

Men's 100m freestyle

  • Heat — 50.22
  • Final — 50.35 (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 50.45
  • Final — 50.54 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200m freestyle

  • Heat — 1:49.28
  • Final — 1:47.89 (→ Silver Silver Medal)
  • Heat — 1:51.96 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400m freestyle

  • Heat — 3:50.06
  • Final — 3:51.04 (→ 8th place)
  • Heat — 3:57.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 1500m freestyle

  • Heat — 15:24.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat — 2:03.79 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat — 3:23.09
  • Final — 3:21.07 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

  • Heat — 7:23.82
  • Final — 7:19.10 (→ 6th place)


Women's 50m freestyle

  • Heat — 26.67 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
  • Heat — 26.85 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100m freestyle

  • Heat — 57.57 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Heat — 57.97 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Women's 200m freestyle

  • Heat — 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:05.10 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat — 2:18.01 (→ 14th place)
  • B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:03.45 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:18.86
  • B-Final — 2:19.35 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 4:53.58
  • B-Final — 4:52.77 (→ 13th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

  • Heat — 3:50.50 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

  • Heat — 4:17.72 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Synchronized swimming

One synchronized swimmer represented Sweden in 1988.

Women's solo

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Men's Doubles Competition


Women's Singles Competition

Volleyball

Summary
Team Event Preliminary round Semifinal / Cl. Final / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Sweden men Men's tournament  South Korea
W 3–2 		 Soviet Union
L 0–3 		 Italy
L 2–3 		 Brazil
L 1–3 		 Bulgaria
W 3–0 		3 5th-8th semifinal
 Netherlands
L 2–3 		7th place final
 France
W 3–2 		7th

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
  • Head coach: Anders Kristiansson

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. ^ "Sweden at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-07-29.
  2. ^ Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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