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 MedalNameSportEventDate Canoeing Women's K-1 500 metres 10 August Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 10 August Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 29 July Modern pentathlon Men's individual 1 August Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 1 August Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 2 August Fencing Men's épée 8 August Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres 10 August Canoeing Men's K-2 500 metres 10 August Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 11 August Canoeing Men's K-4 1000 metres 11 August Athletics Men's 50 kilometres walk 11 August Athletics Men's high jump 11 August Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle 31 July Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 90 kg 1 August Swimming Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 2 August Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 82 kg 3 August Athletics Men's javelin throw 5 August 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: Liselotte Andersson – 2468 points (→ 14th place) Ylva Iversson – 2420 points (→ 26th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Göran Bjerendal – 2522 points (→ 6th place) Gert Bjerendal – 2481 points (→ 19th place) Tommy Quick – 2447 points (→ 27th place)
Athletics
Men's Competition Men's 400 metres Tommy Johansson Heat — 47.77 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres Mats Erixon Heat — 13:44.45 Semifinals — 13:29.72 Final — 13:41.64 (→ 12th place)
Men's Marathon Tommy Persson — did not finish (→ no ranking) Kjell-Erik Ståhl — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk Bo Gustafsson Final — 3:53:19 (→ Silver Medal)
Bengt Simonsen Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Roland Nilsson Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump Patrik Sjöberg Qualification — 2.24m Final — 2.33m (→ Silver Medal)
Thomas Eriksson Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump Thomas Eriksson Qualification — 15.97m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Kenth Eldebrink Qualification — 81.06m Final — 83.72m (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Shot Put Sören Tallhem Qualifying Round — 19.94 m Final — 19.81 m (→ 7th place)
Yngve Wahlander Qualifying Round — 18.28 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw Stefan Fernholm Final — 63.22m (→ 8th place)
Men's Pole Vault Miro Zalar Qualifying Round — no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Competition Women's 1,500 metres Jill McCabe Heat — 4:16.48 (→ did not advance)
Women's 3,000 metres Eva Ernström Heat — 9.06.54 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles Ann-Louise Skoglund Heat — 55.75 Semifinal — 55.17 Final — 55.43 (→ 5th place)
Women's Marathon Midde Hamrin Final — 2:36:41 (→ 18th place)
Women's Long Jump Annette Tånnander Qualification — 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's Heptathlon Kristine Tånnander Final Result — 5985 points (→ 12th place)
Annette Tånnander Final Result — 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 — 15th place Tuulikki Jahre — 16th place Marianne Berglund — 25th place Paula Westher — 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
TeamEventGroup StageFinal / / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 36–23W 21–18L 17–18L 19–26W 26–25 3 QW 26–245
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 – 5456 points (→ Silver Medal) Martin Lamprecht – 4803 points (→ 30th place) Roderick Martin – 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 — 50.57 Final — 50.31 (→ Bronze Medal)
Thomas Lejdström Heat — 51.19 B-Final — 51.64 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle Anders Holmertz Heat — 1:51.70 B-Final — 1:52.44 (→ 12th place)
Thomas Lejdström Heat — 1:51.76 B-Final — 1:53.63 (→ 16th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle Anders Grillhammar Heat — 4:00.26 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Anders Holmertz Heat — 4:03.07 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle Anders Holmertz Heat — 16:11.38 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 100m Backstroke Bengt Baron Heat — 57.66 Final — 57.34 (→ 6th place)
Hans Fredin Heat — 58.39 B-Final — 58.31 (→ 13th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke Michael Söderlund Heat — 2:05.85 B-Final — 2:05.02 (→ 11th place)
Hans Fredin Heat — 2:06.50 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke Peter Berggren Heat — 1:04.95 B-Final — 1:05.66 (→ 16th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly Bengt Baron Heat — 54.67 Final — 55.14 (→ 8th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly Thomas Lejdström Heat — 2:03.81 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley Mikael Örn Heat — 2:07.56 B-Final — 2:11.79 (→ 16th place)
Anders Peterson Heat — 2:08.35 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley Anders Peterson Heat — 4:32.93 B-Final — 4:27.95 (→ 9th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Richard Milton, Michael Söderlund, Mikael Örn, and Per Johansson Heat — 3:23.86 Thomas Lejdström, Bengt Baron, Mikael Örn, and Per Johansson Final — 3:22.69 (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Michael Söderlund, Tommy Werner, Mikael Örn, and Anders Holmertz Heat — 7:28.60 Michael Söderlund, Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz, and Thomas Lejdström Final — 7:26.53 (→ 6th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Michael Söderlund, Peter Berggren, Bengt Baron, and Per Johansson Heat — 3:49.76 Bengt Baron, Peter Berggren, Thomas Lejdström, and Per Johansson Final — 3:47.13 (→ 5th place)
Women's Competition Women's 100m Freestyle Agneta Eriksson Heat — 58.43 B-Final — 58.08 (→ 15th place)
Maria Kardum Heat — 58.22 B-Final — 58.12 (→ 16th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle Ann Linder Heat — 2:04.60 B-Final — 2:03.85 (→ 12th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle Maria Kardum Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Freestyle Ann Linder Heat — 4:18.28 B-Final — 4:17.55 (→ 11th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle Ann Linder Heat — 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 — 3:52.27 Maria Kardum, Agneta Eriksson, Petra Hilder, and Karin Furuhed Final — 3:51.24 (→ 7th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Anna-Karin Eriksson, Eva-Marie Håkansson, Agneta Eriksson, and Maria Kardum Heat — 4:17.65 Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 100m Backstroke Anna-Karin Eriksson Heat — 1:06.09 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke Sofia Kraft Heat — 2:19.73 B-Final — 2:19.37 (→ 15th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Anette Philipsson Heat — 2:21.70 B-Final — 2:21.54 (→ 12th place)
Maria Kardum Heat — 2:22.87 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Sofia Kraft Heat — 4:55.10 B-Final — 4:53.25 (→ 10th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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