Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the
1984 Summer Olympics
Flag of Sweden.svg
IOC code SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Website www.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]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Agneta Andersson Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 10 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Agneta Andersson
Anna Olsson
Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 10 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ragnar Skanåker Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 29 July
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Svante Rasmuson Modern pentathlon Men's individual 1 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kent-Olle Johansson Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 1 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Roger Tallroth Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 2 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Björne Väggö Fencing Men's épée 8 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Lars-Erik Moberg Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 10 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Per-Inge Bengtsson
Lars-Erik Moberg
Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 10 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Agneta Andersson
Eva Karlsson
Anna Olsson
Susanne Wiberg
Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 11 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Per-Inge Bengtsson
Tommy Karls
Lars-Erik Moberg
Thomas Ohlsson
Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 11 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bo Gustafsson Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 11 August
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Patrik Sjöberg Athletics Men's high jump 11 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Per Johansson Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 31 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Frank Andersson Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 1 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Bengt Baron
Per Johansson
Thomas Lejdström
Mikael Örn
Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 2 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sören Claeson Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 3 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kenth Eldebrink Athletics Men's javelin throw 5 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ingamay Bylund
Ulla Håkansson
Louise Nathhorst
Equestrian Team dressage 9 August

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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 400 metres

  • Heat 47.77 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5,000 metres

  • Heat 13:44.45
  • Semifinals 13:29.72
  • Final 13:41.64 (→ 12th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's 50 km Walk

  • Final 3:53:19 (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification 2.24m
  • Final 2.33m (→ Silver medal.svg Silver Medal)
  • Qualification 2.21m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • 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

  • Qualifying Round 19.94 m
  • Final 19.81 m (→ 7th place)
  • Qualifying Round 18.28 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Final 63.22m (→ 8th place)

Men's Pole Vault

  • Qualifying Round no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Competition

Women's 1,500 metres

  • Heat 4:16.48 (→ did not advance)

Women's 3,000 metres

  • Heat 9.06.54 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat 55.75
  • Semifinal 55.17
  • Final 55.43 (→ 5th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Final 2:36:41 (→ 18th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result 5985 points (→ 12th place)
  • Final Result 5908 points (→ 14th place)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight

Men's Light-Welterweight

Men's Welterweight

Men's Light-Middleweight

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, seven men and four women, represented Sweden in 1984.

Men's individual road race
Team time trial
Women's individual road race

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1984.

Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil

Gymnastics

Handball

Summary

Key:

TeamEventGroup StageFinal / BM / Pl.
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
W 36–23
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
W 21–18
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
L 17–18
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
L 19–26
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
W 26–25
3 QFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland
W 26–24
5
Men's Team Competition
  • 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)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Iceland (26:24) → 5th place

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Individual
Team

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's Competition

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat 50.57
  • Final 50.31 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)
  • 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

  • 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)
  • Heat 58.39
  • B-Final 58.31 (→ 13th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:05.85
  • B-Final 2:05.02 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat 2:06.50 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • 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)
  • Heat 2:08.35 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • 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 (→ Med 3.png Bronze Medal)

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)
  • Heat 58.22
  • B-Final 58.12 (→ 16th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat 2:04.60
  • B-Final 2:03.85 (→ 12th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat DNS (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat 4:18.28
  • B-Final 4:17.55 (→ 11th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

  • 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

  • Heat 4:17.65
  • Final DSQ (→ no ranking)

Women's 100m Backstroke

  • Heat 1:06.09 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

  • Heat 2:19.73
  • B-Final 2:19.37 (→ 15th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat 2:21.70
  • B-Final 2:21.54 (→ 12th place)
  • Heat 2:22.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat 4:55.10
  • B-Final 4:53.25 (→ 10th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. "Sweden at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-14.