Sweden competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 145 competitors, 122 men and 23 women, took part in 102 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
Gold Johan Harmenberg — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual Bengt Baron — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Backstroke Pär Arvidsson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Butterfly
Silver Per Holmertz — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle Lars-Göran Carlsson — Shooting, men's Skeet Shooting Agneta Eriksson, Tina Gustafsson, Carina Ljungdahl and Agneta Mårtensson — Swimming, Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay
Bronze Per Johansson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle Sven Johansson — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions Benni Ljungbeck — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight Lars-Erik Skiöld — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight Göran Marström and Jörgen Ragnarsson — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition George Horvath, Svante Rasmuson and Lennart Pettersson — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition
Archery
Two of the three Swedish archers in 1980 had competed at both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Anna-Lisa Berglund and Rolf Svensson were both less successful than they had been in Montreal four years before.
Women's Individual Competition: Anna-Lisa Berglund — 2283 points (→ 16th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Göran Bjerendal — 2408 points (→ 12th place) Rolf Svensson — 2357 points (→ 20th place)
Athletics
Men's Marathon Kjell-Erik Ståhl Final — 2:17:44 (→ 19th place)
Tommy Persson Final — 2:21:11 (→ 30th place)
Göran Hagberg Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 400 m Hurdles Christer Gullstrand Heat — 50.95 Semifinals — did not start (→ did not advance)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Anders Carlson Heat — 9:01.8 (→ did not advance)
Men's Pole Vault Miro Zalar Qualification — 5.40 m Final — 5.35 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Discus Throw Kenth Gardenkrans Qualification — 62.58 m Final — 60.24 m (→ 12th place)
Men's 20 km Walk Alf Brandt Final — 1:34:44.0 (→ 13th place)
Bo Gustafsson Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk Bengt Simonsen Final — 3:57:08 (→ 4th place)
Bo Gustafsson Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's 100 metres Linda Haglund Heat — 11.37 Quarterfinals — 11.31 Semifinals — 11.36 Final — 11.16 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 m Hurdles Helena Pihl Heat — 13.46 Semifinal — 13.68 (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Susanne Lorentzon Qualification — 1.85 m (→ did not advance)
Ann-Ewa Karlsson Qualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
Summary TeamEventGroup stagePlacement RoundOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentL 77–92L 59–71L 55–644W 70–64L 61–83W 119–63W 70–6710
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group C) Lost to Italy (77-92) Lost to Cuba (59-71) Lost to Australia (55-64) Semi Final Round (Group B) Defeated Senegal (70-64) Lost to Czechoslovakia (61-83) Defeated India (119-63) Defeated Poland (70-67) → 10th place
Team Roster: Peter Andersson Thomas Nordgren Peter Gunterberg Göran Unger Torbjörn Taxén Joon-Olof Karlsson Jan Enjebo Bernt Malion Roland Rahm Sten Feldreich Leif Yttergren Åke Skyttevall
Boxing
Men's Featherweight (57 kg) Odd Bengtsson First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg) Kalervo Alanenpää First Round — Lost to Omari Golaya (Tanzania) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg) Shadrach Odhiambo First Round — Defeated Bogdan Gajda (Poland) on points (4-1) Second Round — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (0-5)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) Anders Eklund First Round — Bye Quarter Finals — Lost to István Lévai (Hungary) on points (1-4)
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Sweden in 1980.
Individual road race Peter Jonsson Bernt Scheler Anders Adamson Mats Gustafsson
Team time trial Anders Adamson Bengt Asplund Mats Gustafsson Håkan Karlsson
Diving
Fencing
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1980.
Men's épée Johan Harmenberg Rolf Edling Hans Jacobson
Men's team épée Johan Harmenberg, Rolf Edling, Leif Högström, Göran Malkar, Hans Jacobson
Women's foil Kerstin Palm
Gymnastics
Judo
Wolfgang Biedron
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1980. They won the bronze in the team event.
Men's Individual Competition: Svante Rasmuson — 5,373 pts → (4th place) Lennart Pettersson — 5,243 pts → (7th place) George Horvath — 5,229 pts → (9th place)
Men's Team Competition: Rasmuson, Pettersson, and Horvath — 15,845 pts → ( Bronze Medal)
Rowing
Sailing
470 class Lars Bengtsson, Stefan Bengtsson (8th)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100 m Freestyle Per Holmertz Heats — 52.01 Semi-Finals — 51.19 Final — 50.91 (→ Silver Medal) Per Johansson Heats — 52.11 Semi-Finals — 51.42 Final — 51.29 (→ Bronze Medal) Per Wikström Heats — 52.29 Semi-Finals — 52.15 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 m Freestyle Thomas Lejdström Heats — 1:53.04 Final — 1:52.94 (→ 7th place) Per-Ola Quist Heats — 1:55.38 (→ did not advance) Per Wikström Heats — 1:53.59 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100 m Butterfly Pär Arvidsson Final — 54.92 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 200 m Butterfly Pär Arvidsson Final — 2:02.61 (→ 7th place)
Men's 100 m Backstroke Bengt Baron Final — 56.53 (→ Gold Medal)
Men's 200 m Backstroke Michael Söderlund Final — 2:04.10 (→ 6th place)
Men's 200 m Breaststroke Peter Berggren Final — 2:21.65 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Michael Söderlund, Per Wikström, Per-Alvar Magnusson, and Thomas Lejdström Final — 7:30.10 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle Carina Ljungdahl Heats — 58.05 (→ did not advance)
Agneta Eriksson Final — 57.90 (→ 8th place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly Agneta Mårtensson Final — 1:02.61 (→ 6th place)
Women's 200 m Butterfly Agneta Mårtensson Final — 2:15.22 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke Eva-Marie Håkansson Heats — 1:12.26 Final — 1:11.72 (→ 5th place)
Women's 400 m Individual Medley Ann-Sofi Roos Heats — 4:57.13 (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Carina Ljungdahl, Tina Gustafsson, Agneta Mårtensson, and Agneta Eriksson Final — 7:30.10 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Annika Uvehall, Eva-Marie Håkansson, Agneta Mårtensson, and Tina Gustafsson Final — 4:16.91 (→ 4th place)
Water polo
Summary TeamEventPreliminary roundFinal roundRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultSweden menMen's tournament SpainL 3–7 ItalyD 4–4L 1–124 QBL 5–9 ItalyL 3–8L 3–8 AustraliaL 4–9W 8–611
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group B) Lost to Spain (3-7) Drew with Italy (4-4) Lost to Soviet Union (1-12) Final Round (Group B) Lost to Greece (5-9) Lost to Italy (3-8) Lost to Romania (3-8) Lost to Australia (4-9) Defeated Bulgaria (8-6) → 11th place
Team Roster Anders Flodqvist Kenth Karlson Hans Lundén Tommy Danielson Sören Carlsson Christer Stenberg Gunnar Johansson Peter Carlström Lars Skåål Per Arne Andersson Arne Claesson
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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