Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games
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IOC code:	SWE
NOC:	Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté external link (Swedish)
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.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Silver 1.2 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Modern Pentathlon 2.4 Swimming 2.5 Tennis

[edit] Medals

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Results by event

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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)

[edit] 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 Cane (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

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