Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se  (in Swedish and English)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	100 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Bo Lindman
Medals Ranked 4th	Gold 7 Silver 6 Bronze 12 Total 25
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Sweden competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 100 competitors, 87 men and 13 women, took part in 66 events in 11 sports. ^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Erik Lundqvist	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	August 2
Gold	Sven Thofelt	Modern pentathlon		August 4
Gold	Sven Thorell	Sailing	Men's 12 foot dinghy	August 9
Gold	Arne Borg	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 6
Gold	Johan Richthoff	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	August 1 [2]
Gold	Thure Sjöstedt	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	August 1 [3]
Gold	Rudolf Svensson	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight	August 5 [4]
Silver	Erik Byléhn	Athletics	Men's 800 m	July 31
Silver	Ossian Skiöld	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	July 30
Silver	Nils Ramm	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	August 11
Silver	Carl Bonde Janne Lundblad Ragnar Olson	Equestrian	Team dressage	August 11
Silver	Bo Lindman	Modern pentathlon		August 4
Silver	Eric Malmberg	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	August 5
Bronze	Edvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	August 3
Bronze	Edvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	July 29
Bronze	Inga Gentzel	Athletics	Women's 800 m	August 2
Bronze	Ruth Svedberg	Athletics	Women's discus throw	July 31
Bronze	Gunnar Berggren	Boxing	Men's lightweight	August 11
Bronze	Gösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's individual road race	August 7
Bronze	Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson Gösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's team road race	August 7
Bronze	Laura Sjöqvist	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 11
Bronze	Ragnar Olson	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 11
Bronze	Carl Bjornstjerna Ernst Hallberg Karl Hansén	Equestrian	Team jumping	August 12
Bronze	Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	Sailing	8 metre class	August 9
Bronze	Arne Borg	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 9

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

• Lennart Bohman

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Hubert Ausbock (GER), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

• Nils Ramm → Silver Medal

• First Round — Bye
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Hans Schonrath (GER), points
• Semifinals — Defeated Sverre Sørsdal (NOR), points
• Final Match — Lost to Arturo Rodríguez (ARG), KO-1

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1928.

Individual road race

• Gösta Carlsson
• Erik Jansson
• Georg Johnsson
• Hjalmar Pettersson

Team road race

• Gösta Carlsson
• Erik Jansson
• Georg Johnsson
• Hjalmar Pettersson

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Eight fencers, six men and two women, represented Sweden in 1928.

Men's foil

• Bertil Uggla
• Ivar Tingdahl

Men's épée

• Nils Hellsten
• Gunnar Cederschiöld

Men's team épée

• Nils Hellsten, Sidney Stranne, Gunnar Cederschiöld, Bertil Uggla

Women's foil

• Ebba Gripenstedt
• Hanna Olsen

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1928. Bo Lindman won the silver medal and Sven Thofelt won the gold. ^[5]

• Sven Thofelt
• Bo Lindman
• Ingvar Berg

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary series				Net points	Final rank	Final series				Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4			1	2	3	4
Sven Thorell	12' Dinghy	6	1	1	2	6	2 Q	1	3	1	2	10
Hakon Reuter Harry Hanson Georg Lindahl Yngve Lindqvist	6 Metre	2 Q	8	5	7	1 x 2nd	5 Q	3	6	6	—	1 x 2nd	7
Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	8 Metre	3 Q	4	2 Q	1 Q	1 x 1st	2 Q	1	4	2	—	2 x 1st

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eskil Lundahl	100 m freestyle	1:03.0		Did not advance
Sven-Pelle Pettersson		1:06.4		Did not advance
Arne Borg	400 m freestyle	5:09.6		5:05.4		5:04.6
	1500 m freestyle	20:14.2	1 Q	20:42.0	1 Q	19:51.8 OR
Roland Johansson	100 m backstroke	1:17.4		Did not advance
Eskil Lundahl		1:14.4		Unknown		Did not advance
Erik Harling	200 m breaststroke	2:56.4		2:57.2		2:56.8	5
Tage Wissnell		Unknown		Did not advance
Aulo Gustafsson Sven-Pelle Pettersson Eskil Lundahl Arne Borg	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	—		10:03.2		10:01.8	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marianne Gustafsson	200 m breaststroke	3:27.0		Unknown		Did not advance
Brita Hazelius		3:21.6		3.21.4		3:23.0	6

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Sweden at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
2. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
3. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
4. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
5. "Sweden Modern Pentathlon at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-20.