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Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Flag of Sweden.svg
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

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]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

  • Svante Rasmuson — Modern Pentathlon, Individual Competition
  • Bo Gustafsson — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
  • Patrik Sjöberg — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Lars-Erik Moberg — Canoeing, Men's K1 500m Kayak Singles
  • Per-Inge Bengtsson and Lars-Erik Moberg — Canoeing, Men's K2 500m Kayak Pairs
  • Per-Inge Bengtsson, Tommy Karls, Thomas Ohlsson and Lars-Erik Moberg — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours
  • Agneta Andersson, Susanne Gunnarsson-Wiberg, Eva Karlsson, and Anna Olsson — Canoeing, Women's K4 500m Kayak Fours
  • Björne Väggö — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Ragnar Skanåker — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
  • Kent-Olle Johansson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
  • Roger Tallroth — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

Bronze

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

  • Final — 3:53:19 (→ Silver medal.svg 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.svg 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

  • Qualification — 81.06m
  • Final — 83.72m (→ Bronze medal.svg 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

  • 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

  • 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

Canoeing

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

Diving

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

Gymnastics

Handball

Men's Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to West Germany (17:18)
  • Lost to Denmark (19:26)
  • Defeated Spain (26:25)
  • Defeated United States (21:18)
  • Defeated South Korea (36:23)
  • Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Iceland (26:24) → 5th place
  • Team Roster

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)Med 2.png
  • Martin Lamprecht – 4803 points (→ 30th place)
  • Roderick Martin – 4205 points (→ 47th place)
Team
  • Svante Rasmuson, Martin Lamprecht, Roderick Martin

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 50.57
  • Final — 50.31 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png
  • Heat — 51.19
  • B-Final — 51.64 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:51.70
  • B-Final — 1:52.44 (→ 12th place)
  • 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

  • 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

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

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • 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

  • Heat — 3:23.86
  • Final — 3:22.69 (→ Bronze Medal)Med 3.png

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat — 3:49.76
  • Final — 3:47.13 (→ 5th place)
Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • 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

  • Heat — 3:52.27
  • 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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