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.

Medalists

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!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

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| || || Canoeing || Women's K-1 500 metres || 10 August

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| || <br> || Canoeing || Women's K-2 500 metres || 10 August

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| || || Shooting || Men's 50 metre pistol || 29 July

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| || || Modern pentathlon || Men's individual || 1 August

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| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg || 1 August

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| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg || 2 August

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| || || Fencing || Men's épée || 8 August

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| || || Canoeing || Men's K-1 500 metres || 10 August

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| || <br> || Canoeing || Men's K-2 500 metres || 10 August

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| || <br><br><br> || Canoeing || Women's K-4 500 metres || 11 August

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| || <br><br><br> || Canoeing || Men's K-4 1000 metres || 11 August

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| || || Athletics || Men's 50 kilometres walk || 11 August

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| || || Athletics || Men's high jump || 11 August

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| || || Swimming || Men's 100 metre freestyle || 31 July

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| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg || 1 August

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| || <br><br><br> || Swimming || Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay || 2 August

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| || || Wrestling || Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg || 3 August

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| || || Athletics || Men's javelin throw || 5 August

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| || <br><br> || Equestrian || Team dressage || 9 August

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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 &ndash; 2468 points (→ 14th place)
  • Ylva Iversson &ndash; 2420 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

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

Athletics

;Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

  • Tommy Johansson

:* Heat &mdash; 47.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Mats Erixon

:* Heat &mdash; 13:44.45

:* Semifinals &mdash; 13:29.72

:* Final &mdash; 13:41.64 (→ 12th place)

Men's Marathon

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

Men's 50&nbsp;km Walk

  • Bo Gustafsson

:* Final &mdash; 3:53:19 (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)

  • Bengt Simonsen

:* Final &mdash; DSQ (→ no ranking)

  • Roland Nilsson

:* Final &mdash; DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

  • Patrik Sjöberg

:* Qualification &mdash; 2.24m

:* Final &mdash; 2.33m (→ 16x16px Silver Medal)

  • Thomas Eriksson

:* Qualification &mdash; 2.21m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Thomas Eriksson

:* Qualification &mdash; 15.97m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Kenth Eldebrink

:* Qualification &mdash; 81.06m

:* Final &mdash; 83.72m (→ 16x16px Bronze Medal)

Men's Shot Put

  • Sören Tallhem

:* Qualifying Round &mdash; 19.94 m

:* Final &mdash; 19.81 m (→ 7th place)

  • Yngve Wahlander

:* Qualifying Round &mdash; 18.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Stefan Fernholm

:* Final &mdash; 63.22m (→ 8th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Miro Zalar

:* Qualifying Round &mdash; no mark (→ did not advance)

;Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Jill McCabe

:* Heat &mdash; 4:16.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Eva Ernström

:* Heat &mdash; 9.06.54 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Ann-Louise Skoglund

:* Heat &mdash; 55.75

:* Semifinal &mdash; 55.17

:* Final &mdash; 55.43 (→ 5th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Midde Hamrin

:* Final &mdash; 2:36:41 (→ 18th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Annette Tånnander

:* Qualification &mdash; 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Kristine Tånnander

:* Final Result &mdash; 5985 points (→ 12th place)

  • Annette Tånnander

:* Final Result &mdash; 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 &mdash; 15th place
  • Tuulikki Jahre &mdash; 16th place
  • Marianne Berglund &mdash; 25th place
  • Paula Westher &mdash; 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

  • Kerstin Palm

Gymnastics

Handball

;Summary

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!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Group Stage

!colspan=2|Final / /

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!Opposition<br />Score

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!Opposition<br />Score

!Opposition<br />Score

!Rank

!Opposition<br />Score

!Rank

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|align=left|Sweden men's

|align=left|Men's tournament

|<br/>W 36–23

|<br/>W 21–18

|<br/>L 17–18

|<br/>L 19–26

|<br/>W 26–25

| 3 Q

|<br/>W 26–24

|5

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;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

;Extra Lightweight, Men

  • Anders Hellqvist (=18th)

;Half Lightweight, Men

  • Jörgen Häggqvist (11th)

;Half Middleweight, Men

  • Per Kjellin (=14th)

;Middleweight, Men

  • Michel Grant (=12th)

Modern pentathlon

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

;Individual

  • Svante Rasmuson &ndash; 5456 points (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)
  • Martin Lamprecht &ndash; 4803 points (→ 30th place)
  • Roderick Martin &ndash; 4205 points (→ 47th place)

;Team

  • Svante Rasmuson, Martin Lamprecht, Roderick Martin

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

;Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Per Johansson

:* Heat &mdash; 50.57

:* Final &mdash; 50.31 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

  • Thomas Lejdström

:* Heat &mdash; 51.19

:* B-Final &mdash; 51.64 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Anders Holmertz

:* Heat &mdash; 1:51.70

:* B-Final &mdash; 1:52.44 (→ 12th place)

  • Thomas Lejdström

:* Heat &mdash; 1:51.76

:* B-Final &mdash; 1:53.63 (→ 16th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Anders Grillhammar

:* Heat &mdash; 4:00.26 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

  • Anders Holmertz

:* Heat &mdash; 4:03.07 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

  • Anders Holmertz

:* Heat &mdash; 16:11.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Bengt Baron

:* Heat &mdash; 57.66

:* Final &mdash; 57.34 (→ 6th place)

  • Hans Fredin

:* Heat &mdash; 58.39

:* B-Final &mdash; 58.31 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Michael Söderlund

:* Heat &mdash; 2:05.85

:* B-Final &mdash; 2:05.02 (→ 11th place)

  • Hans Fredin

:* Heat &mdash; 2:06.50 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Peter Berggren

:* Heat &mdash; 1:04.95

:* B-Final &mdash; 1:05.66 (→ 16th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Bengt Baron

:* Heat &mdash; 54.67

:* Final &mdash; 55.14 (→ 8th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Thomas Lejdström

:* Heat &mdash; 2:03.81 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Mikael Örn

:* Heat &mdash; 2:07.56

:* B-Final &mdash; 2:11.79 (→ 16th place)

  • Anders Peterson

:* Heat &mdash; 2:08.35 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Anders Peterson

:* Heat &mdash; 4:32.93

:* B-Final &mdash; 4:27.95 (→ 9th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Richard Milton, Michael Söderlund, Mikael Örn, and Per Johansson

:* Heat &mdash; 3:23.86

  • Thomas Lejdström, Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn, and Per Johansson

:* Final &mdash; 3:22.69 (→ Image:Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Michael Söderlund, Tommy Werner, Mikael Örn, and Anders Holmertz

:* Heat &mdash; 7:28.60

  • Michael Söderlund, Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz, and Thomas Lejdström

:* Final &mdash; 7:26.53 (→ 6th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Michael Söderlund, Peter Berggren, Bengt Baron, and Per Johansson

:* Heat &mdash; 3:49.76

  • Bengt Baron, Peter Berggren, Thomas Lejdström, and Per Johansson

:* Final &mdash; 3:47.13 (→ 5th place)

;Women's Competition

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Agneta Eriksson

:* Heat &mdash; 58.43

:* B-Final &mdash; 58.08 (→ 15th place)

  • Maria Kardum

:* Heat &mdash; 58.22

:* B-Final &mdash; 58.12 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Ann Linder

:* Heat &mdash; 2:04.60

:* B-Final &mdash; 2:03.85 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Maria Kardum

:* Heat &mdash; DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Ann Linder

:* Heat &mdash; 4:18.28

:* B-Final &mdash; 4:17.55 (→ 11th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • Ann Linder

:* Heat &mdash; 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 &mdash; 3:52.27

  • Maria Kardum, Agneta Eriksson, Petra Hilder, and Karin Furuhed

:* Final &mdash; 3:51.24 (→ 7th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Anna-Karin Eriksson, Eva-Marie Håkansson, Agneta Eriksson, and Maria Kardum

:* Heat &mdash; 4:17.65

:* Final &mdash; DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Anna-Karin Eriksson

:* Heat &mdash; 1:06.09 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Sofia Kraft

:* Heat &mdash; 2:19.73

:* B-Final &mdash; 2:19.37 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Anette Philipsson

:* Heat &mdash; 2:21.70

:* B-Final &mdash; 2:21.54 (→ 12th place)

  • Maria Kardum

:* Heat &mdash; 2:22.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Sofia Kraft

:* Heat &mdash; 4:55.10

:* B-Final &mdash; 4:53.25 (→ 10th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Notes

References