Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. 174 competitors, 131 men and 43 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.[1]

Sweden at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors174 (131 men and 43 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer Hans Svensson
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
2
Silver
11
Bronze
6
Total
19
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 GoldAgneta AnderssonCanoeingWomen's K-1 500 metres10 August
 GoldAgneta Andersson
Anna Olsson
CanoeingWomen's K-2 500 metres10 August
 SilverRagnar SkanåkerShootingMen's 50 metre pistol29 July
 SilverSvante RasmusonModern pentathlonMen's individual1 August
 SilverKent-Olle JohanssonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 62 kg1 August
 SilverRoger TallrothWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 74 kg2 August
 SilverBjörne VäggöFencingMen's épée8 August
 SilverLars-Erik MobergCanoeingMen's K-1 500 metres10 August
 SilverPer-Inge Bengtsson
Lars-Erik Moberg
CanoeingMen's K-2 500 metres10 August
 SilverAgneta Andersson
Eva Karlsson
Anna Olsson
Susanne Wiberg
CanoeingWomen's K-4 500 metres11 August
 SilverPer-Inge Bengtsson
Tommy Karls
Lars-Erik Moberg
Thomas Ohlsson
CanoeingMen's K-4 1000 metres11 August
 SilverBo GustafssonAthleticsMen's 50 kilometres walk11 August
 SilverPatrik SjöbergAthleticsMen's high jump11 August
 BronzePer JohanssonSwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle31 July
 BronzeFrank AnderssonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 90 kg1 August
 BronzeBengt Baron
Per Johansson
Thomas Lejdström
Mikael Örn
SwimmingMen's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay2 August
 BronzeSören ClaesonWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 82 kg3 August
 BronzeKenth EldebrinkAthleticsMen's javelin throw5 August
 BronzeIngamay Bylund
Ulla Håkansson
Louise Nathhorst
EquestrianTeam dressage9 August

Archery

Göran Bjerendal, a veteran of the 1980 Summer Olympics, became the second Swedish archer to place in the top eight and the first since 1972.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Liselotte Andersson 2468 points (→ 14th place)
  • Ylva Iversson 2420 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Göran Bjerendal 2522 points (→ 6th place)
  • Gert Bjerendal 2481 points (→ 19th place)
  • Tommy Quick 2447 points (→ 27th place)

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

  • Tommy Johansson
  • Heat 47.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Mats Erixon
  • Heat 13:44.45
  • Semifinals 13:29.72
  • Final 13:41.64 (→ 12th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Tommy Persson did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Kjell-Erik Ståhl did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Bo Gustafsson
  • Final 3:53:19 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Bengt Simonsen
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)
  • Roland Nilsson
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification 2.24m
  • Final 2.33m (→ Silver Medal)
  • Thomas Eriksson
  • Qualification 2.21m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Thomas Eriksson
  • Qualification 15.97m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Kenth Eldebrink
  • Qualification 81.06m
  • Final 83.72m (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's Shot Put

  • Sören Tallhem
  • Qualifying Round 19.94 m
  • Final 19.81 m (→ 7th place)
  • Yngve Wahlander
  • Qualifying Round 18.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Stefan Fernholm
  • Final 63.22m (→ 8th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Miro Zalar
  • Qualifying Round no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Jill McCabe
  • Heat 4:16.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Eva Ernström
  • Heat 9.06.54 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Ann-Louise Skoglund
  • Heat 55.75
  • Semifinal 55.17
  • Final 55.43 (→ 5th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Midde Hamrin
  • Final 2:36:41 (→ 18th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Annette Tånnander
  • Qualification 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Kristine Tånnander
  • Final Result 5985 points (→ 12th place)
  • Annette Tånnander
  • Final Result 5908 points (→ 14th place)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight

  • Shadrach Odhiambo

Men's Light-Welterweight

  • Stefan Sjöstrand

Men's Welterweight

  • Vesa Koskela

Men's Light-Middleweight

  • Lotfi Ayed

Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Christer Corpi

Men's Heavyweight

  • Håkan Brock

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, seven men and four women, represented Sweden in 1984.

Men's individual road race
  • Per Christiansson
  • Lars Wahlqvist
  • Kjell Nilsson
  • Stefan Brykt
Team time trial
  • Bengt Asplund
  • Per Christiansson
  • Magnus Knutsson
  • Håkan Larsson
Women's individual road race
  • Kristina Ranudd 15th place
  • Tuulikki Jahre 16th place
  • Marianne Berglund 25th place
  • Paula Westher 35th place

Equestrianism

Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1984.

Men's épée
  • Björne Väggö
  • Jerri Bergström
  • Greger Forslöw
Men's team épée
  • Jerri Bergström, Greger Forslöw, Kent Hjerpe, Jonas Rosén, Björne Väggö
Women's foil
  • Kerstin Palm

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  South Korea
W 36–23
 United States
W 21–18
 West Germany
L 17–18
 Denmark
L 19–26
 Spain
W 26–25
3 Q  Iceland
W 26–24
5
Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated South Korea (36:23)
  • Defeated United States (21:18)
  • Lost to West Germany (17:18)
  • Lost to Denmark (19:26)
  • Defeated Spain (26:25)
  • Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Iceland (26:24) → 5th place
  • Team Roster
  • Göran Bengtsson
  • Per Carlsén
  • Lennart Ebbinge
  • Lars-Erik Hansson
  • Claes Hellgren
  • Rolf Hertzberg
  • Björn Jilsén
  • Per Jilsén
  • Mats Lindau
  • Christer Magnusson
  • Per Öberg
  • Peter Olofsson
  • Mats Olsson
  • Sten Sjögren
  • Danny Sjöberg-Augustsson

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male modern pentathletes represented Sweden in 1984. Svante Rasmuson won a silver medal in the individual event.

Individual
  • Svante Rasmuson 5456 points (→ Silver Medal)
  • Martin Lamprecht 4803 points (→ 30th place)
  • Roderick Martin 4205 points (→ 47th place)
Team
  • Svante Rasmuson, Martin Lamprecht, Roderick Martin

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Per Johansson
  • Heat 50.57
  • Final 50.31 (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Thomas Lejdström
  • Heat 51.19
  • B-Final 51.64 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat 1:51.70
  • B-Final 1:52.44 (→ 12th place)
  • Thomas Lejdström
  • Heat 1:51.76
  • B-Final 1:53.63 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Anders Grillhammar
  • Heat 4:00.26 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
  • Heat 4:03.07 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Heat 16:11.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat 57.66
  • Final 57.34 (→ 6th place)
  • Hans Fredin
  • Heat 58.39
  • B-Final 58.31 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Michael Söderlund
  • Heat 2:05.85
  • B-Final 2:05.02 (→ 11th place)
  • Hans Fredin
  • Heat 2:06.50 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Peter Berggren
  • Heat 1:04.95
  • B-Final 1:05.66 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat 54.67
  • Final 55.14 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Thomas Lejdström
  • Heat 2:03.81 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Mikael Örn
  • Heat 2:07.56
  • B-Final 2:11.79 (→ 16th place)
  • Anders Peterson
  • Heat 2:08.35 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Anders Peterson
  • Heat 4:32.93
  • B-Final 4:27.95 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Richard Milton, Michael Söderlund, Mikael Örn, and Per Johansson
  • Heat 3:23.86
  • Thomas Lejdström, Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn, and Per Johansson
  • Final 3:22.69 (→ Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat 7:28.60
  • Final 7:26.53 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Michael Söderlund, Peter Berggren, Bengt Baron, and Per Johansson
  • Heat 3:49.76
  • Bengt Baron, Peter Berggren, Thomas Lejdström, and Per Johansson
  • Final 3:47.13 (→ 5th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Agneta Eriksson
  • Heat 58.43
  • B-Final 58.08 (→ 15th place)
  • Maria Kardum
  • Heat 58.22
  • B-Final 58.12 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Ann Linder
  • Heat 2:04.60
  • B-Final 2:03.85 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Maria Kardum
  • Heat DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Ann Linder
  • Heat 4:18.28
  • B-Final 4:17.55 (→ 11th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Ann Linder
  • Heat 8:50.80 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Maria Kardum, Agneta Eriksson, Petra Hilder, and Malin Rundgren
  • Heat 3:52.27
  • Maria Kardum, Agneta Eriksson, Petra Hilder, and Karin Furuhed
  • Final 3:51.24 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Anna-Karin Eriksson, Eva-Marie Håkansson, Agneta Eriksson, and Maria Kardum
  • Heat 4:17.65
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Anna-Karin Eriksson
  • Heat 1:06.09 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Sofia Kraft
  • Heat 2:19.73
  • B-Final 2:19.37 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Anette Philipsson
  • Heat 2:21.70
  • B-Final 2:21.54 (→ 12th place)
  • Maria Kardum
  • Heat 2:22.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Sofia Kraft
  • Heat 4:55.10
  • B-Final 4:53.25 (→ 10th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Sweden at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-14.
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