Sweden competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 185 competitors, 148 men and 37 women, took part in 113 events in 23 sports. For the first time since the 1900 Summer Olympics, Sweden failed to win a gold medal.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 18 September Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 19 September Sailing Women's 470 27 September Boxing Lightweight 1 October Cycling Men's team time trial 18 September Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 21 September Athletics Men's high jump 25 September Tennis Men's singles 28 September Tennis Men's doubles 29 September Boxing Light welterweight 29 September Table tennis Men's singles 1 October
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 3 6Athletics 10 1 11Boxing 6 – 6Canoeing 8 4 12Cycling 5 3 8Diving 1 1 2Equestrian 1 3 4Fencing 10 1 11Football 17 – 17Gymnastics 1 0 1Handball 14 0 14Judo 2 – 2Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 5 3 8Sailing 13 2 15Shooting 9 6 15Swimming 10 8 18Synchronized swimming – 1 1Table tennis 4 0 4Tennis 2 1 3Volleyball 11 0 11Weightlifting 3 – 3Wrestling 10 – 10 Total 148 37 185
Archery
The Swedish team continued their archery medal drought, though they took three top eight places in the women's individual, women's team, and men's team categories.
Women's individual competition: Jenny Sjöwall — Final (→ 5th place) Liselotte Andersson — Quarterfinal (→ 13th place) Carina Jonsson — Preliminary Round (→ 59th place)
Men's individual competition: Göran Bjerendal — Quarterfinal (→ 15th place) Mats Nordlander — Preliminary Round (→ 30th place) Gert Bjerendal — Preliminary Round (→ 35th place)
Women's team competition: Sjöwall, Andersson, and Jonsson — Final (→ 7th place)
Men's team competition: Bjerendal, Nordlander, and Bjerendal — Final (→ 8th place)
Athletics
Sven Nylander was on location and scheduled to start in men's 400m hurdles, but ended up not starting due to illness.
Men's Hammer Throw Tore Gustafsson Qualifying Heat — 76.44m Final — 74.24m (→ 11th place)
Kjell Bystedt Qualifying Heat — no mark (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Dag Wennlund Qualification — 79.66m Final — 78.30m (→ 8th place)
Peter Borglund Qualification — 80.16m Final — 78.22m (→ 9th place)
Men's Decathlon Mikael Olander — 7869 points (→ 17th place) 100 metres — 11.46s Long Jump — 6.75m Shot Put — 16.07m High Jump — 2.00m 400 metres — 51.28s 110m Hurdles — 16.06s Discus Throw — 50.66m Pole Vault — 4.80m Javelin Throw — 72.80m 1.500 metres — 5:02.42s
Men's 50 km Walk Bo Gustafsson Final — 3'44:49 (→ 7th place)
Stefan Johansson Final — 3'53:34 (→ 20th place)
Jan Staaf Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon Evy Palm Final — 2"34.41 (→ 24th place)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Eight cyclists, five men and three women, represented Sweden in 1988.
Men's road race Michel Lafis Anders Jarl Raoul Fahlin
Men's team time trial Björn Johansson Jan Karlsson Michel Lafis Anders Jarl
Women's road race Marie Höljer — 2:00:52 (→ 7th place) Paula Westher — 2:00:52 (→ 26th place) Marianne Berglund — 2:00:52 (→ 44th place)
Diving
Men AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankJoakim Andersson3 m springboard549.9914Did not advance
Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankAnita Rossing3 m springboard414.6313Did not advance
Equestrianism
Fencing
Eleven fencers, 10 men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1988.
Men's foil Ola Kajbjer Eric Strand Thomas Åkerberg
Men's team foil Peter Åkerberg, Thomas Åkerberg, Ola Kajbjer, Eric Strand, Per Täckenström
Men's épée Jerri Bergström Péter Vánky Otto Drakenberg
Men's team épée Johan Bergdahl, Jerri Bergström, Otto Drakenberg, Ulf Sandegren, Péter Vánky
Women's foil Kerstin Palm
Football
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentD 2–2W 2–0W 2–11 QL 1–2 Did not qualify6
Gymnastics
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageFinal / / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 21–18L 18–22W 20–14W 22–16L 21–25 3 QW 27–185
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1988.
Men's Individual Competition: Svante Rasmuson — 4987 pts (→ 22nd place) Jan-Erik Danielsson — 4956 pts (→ 25th place) Roderick Martin — 4262 pts (→ 57th place)
Men's Team Competition: Rasmuson, Danielsson, and Martin — 14205 pts (→ 12th place)
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m freestyle Göran Titus Heat — 23.44 B-Final — 23.28 (→ 9th place)
Per Johansson Heat — 23.12 B-Final — 23.37 (→ 10th place)
Men's 100m freestyle Per Johansson Heat — 50.22 Final — 50.35 (→ 7th place)
Tommy Werner Heat — 50.45 Final — 50.54 (→ 8th place)
Men's 200m freestyle Anders Holmertz Heat — 1:49.28 Final — 1:47.89 (→ Silver Medal)
Tommy Werner Heat — 1:51.96 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 400m freestyle Anders Holmertz Heat — 3:50.06 Final — 3:51.04 (→ 8th place)
Henrik Jangvall Heat — 3:57.41 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 1500m freestyle Stefan Persson Heat — 15:24.33 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Men's 200m Butterfly Christer Wallin Heat — 2:03.79 (→ did not advance, 26th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Tommy Werner, Richard Milton, Joakim Holmqvist, and Göran Titus Heat — 3:23.09 Per Johansson, Tommy Werner, Joakim Holmqvist, and Göran Titus Final — 3:21.07 (→ 5th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay Tommy Werner, Christer Wallin, Henrik Jangvall, and Michael Söderlund Heat — 7:23.82 Anders Holmertz, Tommy Werner, Michael Söderlund, and Christer Wallin Final — 7:19.10 (→ 6th place)
Women's 50m freestyle Helena Åberg Heat — 26.67 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Karin Furuhed Heat — 26.85 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100m freestyle Eva Nyberg Heat — 57.57 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Karin Furuhed Heat — 57.97 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 200m freestyle Suzanne Nilsson Heat — 2:03.32 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke Johanna Larsson Heat — 1:05.10 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200m Backstroke Johanna Larsson Heat — 2:18.01 (→ 14th place) B-Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's 100m Butterfly Agneta Eriksson Heat — 1:03.45 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Anette Philipsson Heat — 2:18.86 B-Final — 2:19.35 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Anette Philipsson Heat — 4:53.58 B-Final — 4:52.77 (→ 13th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay Agneta Eriksson, Karin Furuhed, Suzanne Nilsson, and Eva Nyberg Heat — 3:50.50 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay Johanna Larsson, Anna-Karin Persson, Agneta Eriksson, and Eva Nyberg Heat — 4:17.72 (→ did not advance, 11th place)
Synchronized swimming
One synchronized swimmer represented Sweden in 1988.
Women's solo Marie Jacobsson
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition Stefan Edberg → Bronze Medal First round — Defeated Horst Skoff (Austria) 7-6 6-2 6-3 Second round — Defeated Agustín Moreno (Mexico) 6-2 7-6 6-0 Third round — Defeated Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 6-2 6-4 7-6 Quarterfinals — Defeated Paolo Canè (Italy) 6-1 7-5 6-4 Semifinals — Lost to Miloslav Mečíř (Czechoslovakia) 6-3 0-6 6-1 4-6 2-6
Anders Järryd First round — Defeated Martin Laurendeau (Canada) 7-6 4-6 7-5 7-5 Second round — Defeated Andrew Castle (Great Britain) 6-0 6-3 6-1 Third round — Lost to Carl-Uwe Steeb (Germany) 6-2 5-7 3-6 5-7
Men's Doubles Competition Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd → Bronze Medal First Round — Defeated Eric Jelen and Carl Uwe Steeb (West Germany) 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-2 Second Round — Defeated Mark Gurr and Philip Tuckniss (Zimbabwe) 6-0 6-1 6-4 Quarterfinals — Defeated Darren Cahill and John Fitzgerald (Australia) 6-3 6-4 6-3 Semifinals — Lost to Emilio Sánchez and Sergio Casal (Spain) 4-6 6-1 3-6 3-6
Women's Singles Competition Catarina Lindqvist First Round — Defeated Kumiko Okamoto (Japan) 7-6 7-5 Second Round — Defeated Nathalie Tauziat (France) 2-6 6-3 6-4 Third Round — Lost to Manuela Maleeva (Bulgaria) 1-6 0-6
Volleyball
Summary TeamEventPreliminary roundSemifinal / Final / / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankSweden menMen's tournamentW 3–2L 0–3L 2–3L 1–3W 3–035th-8th semifinalL 2–37th place finalW 3–27th
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated South Korea (3-2) Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) Lost to Italy (2-3) Lost to Brazil (1-3) Defeated Bulgaria (3-0) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Lost to the Netherlands (2-3) 7th/8th place: Defeated France (3-2) → Seventh place
Team roster Urban Lennartsson Janni Kalmazidis Jan Hedengard Mats Karlsson Tomas Hoszek Anders Lundmark Per-Anders Saaf Bengt Gustafsson Hakan Björne Lars Nilsson Peter Tholse Patrik Johansson Head coach: Anders Kristiansson
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References