Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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

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)

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

• Tore Gustafsson

• Qualifying Heat — 76.44m
• Final — 74.24m (→ 11th place)

• Kjell Bystedt

• Qualifying Heat — no mark (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Dag Wennlund

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

• Peter Borglund

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

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 50 km 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)

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

Men's road race

• Michel Lafis
• Anders Jarl
• Raoul Fahlin

Men's team time trial

• Björn Johansson
• Jan Karlsson
• Michel Lafis
• Anders Jarl

Women's road race

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

• Joakim Andersson

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

Men's foil

• Ola Kajbjer
• Eric Strand
• Thomas Åkerberg

Men's team foil

• Peter Åkerberg, Thomas Åkerberg, Ola Kajbjer, Eric Strand, Per Täckenström

Men's épée

• Jerri Bergström
• Péter Vánky
• Otto Drakenberg

Men's team épée

• Johan Bergdahl, Jerri Bergström, Otto Drakenberg, Ulf Sandegren, Péter Vánky

Women's foil

• Kerstin Palm

Summary

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

Summary

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

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1988.

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)

Men's 50m freestyle

• Göran Titus

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

• Per Johansson

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

Men's 100m freestyle

• Per Johansson

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

• Tommy Werner

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

Men's 200m freestyle

• Anders Holmertz

• Heat — 1:49.28
• Final — 1:47.89 (→ Silver Medal)

• Tommy Werner

• Heat — 1:51.96 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 400m freestyle

• Anders Holmertz

• Heat — 3:50.06
• Final — 3:51.04 (→ 8th place)

• Henrik Jangvall

• Heat — 3:57.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 1500m freestyle

• Stefan Persson

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

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Christer Wallin

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

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Tommy Werner, Richard Milton, Joakim Holmqvist, and Göran Titus

• Heat — 3:23.09

• Per Johansson, Tommy Werner, Joakim Holmqvist, and Göran Titus

• Final — 3:21.07 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

• Tommy Werner, Christer Wallin, Henrik Jangvall, and Michael Söderlund

• Heat — 7:23.82

• Anders Holmertz, Tommy Werner, Michael Söderlund, and Christer Wallin

• Final — 7:19.10 (→ 6th place)

Women's 50m freestyle

• Helena Åberg

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

• Karin Furuhed

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

Women's 100m freestyle

• Eva Nyberg

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

• Karin Furuhed

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

Women's 200m freestyle

• Suzanne Nilsson

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

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Johanna Larsson

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

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Johanna Larsson

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

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Agneta Eriksson

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

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Anette Philipsson

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

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Anette Philipsson

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

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

• Agneta Eriksson, Karin Furuhed, Suzanne Nilsson, and Eva Nyberg

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

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

• Johanna Larsson, Anna-Karin Persson, Agneta Eriksson, and Eva Nyberg

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

One synchronized swimmer represented Sweden in 1988.

Women's solo

• Marie Jacobsson

Men's Singles Competition

• Stefan Edberg → Bronze Medal

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

• Anders Järryd

• First round — Defeated Martin Laurendeau (Canada) 7-6 4-6 7-5 7-5
• Second round — Defeated Andrew Castle (Great Britain) 6-0 6-3 6-1
• 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

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

Women's Singles Competition

• Catarina Lindqvist

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

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