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. 174 competitors, 131 men and 43 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.

Medalists

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 Agneta Liselotte "Lisa" Andersson (born 31 August 1961, in Malmö) is a Swedish archer. Archery Andersson won a bronze medal at the 1983 World Archery Championships. She competed at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games The 1984 Summer Olympics (of ...

– 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 Lars Tommy Persson (born 23 December 1954 in Östra Grevie, Skåne) is a retired long-distance runner from Sweden. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984) in the men's marathon, finishing in 30th place in ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) *

Kjell-Erik Ståhl Kjell-Erik Bertil Ståhl (born 17 February 1946 in Killeberg, Skåne) is a retired long-distance runner from Sweden. He represented his native country twice at the Summer Olympics (1980 and 1984) in the men's marathon, finishing in 19th place ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk *

Bo Gustafsson Bo Henning Gustafsson (born 29 September 1954) is a former Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the men's 50 kilometre walk during his career. Biography He competed for Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, where h ...

:* Final — 3:53:19 (→ Silver Medal) * Bengt Simonsen :* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) *

Roland Nilsson Nils Lennart Roland Nilsson (born 27 November 1963) is a Swedish professional football manager and former player. He was most recently the head coach of Allsvenskan club IFK Göteborg. As a player, Nilsson played 116 games for Sweden, mak ...

:* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's High Jump *

Patrik Sjöberg Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg (; born 5 January 1965) is a Swedish former high jumper. He broke the world record with in Stockholm on 30 June 1987. This mark is still the European record and ranks him third on the world all-time list behind Jav ...

:* 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 Kenth Eldebrink (born 14 May 1955 in Morjärv) is a retired Swedish athlete who mainly competed in the men's javelin throw event. He competed for Sweden at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California, where he won the bronze medal i ...

:* 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 Bengt Stefan Fernholm (July 2, 1959 in Norrköping, Östergötland – March 11, 1997 in Västerås, Västmanland) was a discus thrower and shot putter from Sweden. Fernholm represented his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Ang ...

:* 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 Vesa Koskela (born 22 December 1960) is a Swedish boxer. He competed in the men's welterweight event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were ...

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 Per Mikael Christiansson (21 June 1961 – 18 January 2023) was a Swedish competitive cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He also rode in the 1986 Giro d'Italia, but did ...

* Lars Wahlqvist * Kjell Nilsson *

Stefan Brykt Stefan Brykt (born 14 July 1964) is a Swedish former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

; Team time trial *

Bengt Asplund Bengt Asplund (born 30 March 1957) is a Swedish former cyclist. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were a ...

Magnus Knutsson Magnus Knutsson (born 12 March 1963) is a Swedish former cyclist. He competed in the team time trial event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

* Håkan Larsson ; Women's individual road race * Kristina Ranudd — 15th place *

Tuulikki Jahre Tuulikki Jahre (; born 11 August 1951) is a Swedish former cyclist. She competed in the women's road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Early life Jahre was born in Pielisjärvi Pielisjärvi is a former municipality in the region o ...

— 16th place *

Marianne Berglund Marianne Berglund (born 23 June 1963) is a Swedish former road racing cyclist. On 3 September 1983 she won the women's road race during the UCI Road World Championships in Altenrhein, Switzerland. She also won the Tour of Texas. She rode in th ...

— 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 Thomas Greger Forslöw (born 27 May 1961) is a Swedish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angel ...

; Men's team épée * Jerri Bergström,

, Kent Hjerpe, Jonas Rosén, Björne Väggö ; Women's foil *

Kerstin Palm Kerstin Palm (born 5 February 1946) is a Swedish fencer. She competed in seven Summer Olympics, which is a record for a female fencer, with the best result of fifth in the individual foil event in 1968. She was named Sportswoman of the Year in Sw ...

Gymnastics

Handball

;Summary ;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 Claes Hellgren (born 27 February 1955) is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and in the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and comm ...

:* Rolf Hertzberg :* Björn Jilsén :* Per Jilsén :* Mats Lindau :*

Christer Magnusson Christer Magnusson (born 1 April 1958) is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international ...

:* Per Öberg :* Peter Olofsson :* Mats Olsson :* Sten Sjögren :* Danny Sjöberg-Augustsson

Judo

Modern pentathlon

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

Svante Rasmuson Svante Rasmuson (born 18 November 1955) is a Swedish modern pentathlete and fencer. He won a bronze medal in the modern pentathlon event with his team at the 1980 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer ...

– 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 Thomas Lejdström (born 31 May 1962) is a former Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer, who competed in the 1980 and 1984 Summer Olympics. In 1984 Lejdström won a bronze medal in 4×100 m freestyle relay along with Bengt Baron Bengt ...

:* Heat — 51.19 :* B-Final — 51.64 (→ 13th place) Men's 200m Freestyle *

Anders Holmertz Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 40 ...

:* 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 * Anders Grillhammar :* 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 *

Bengt Baron Bengt Baron (born 6 March 1962) is a business leader and former backstroke swimmer from Sweden. Baron won the 100 m backstroke at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and was a member of the bronze winning team from Sweden in the 4×100 ...

:* 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 *

:* 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 *

Mikael Örn Mikael Gustaf Örn (born 29 November 1961) is a Swedish freestyle and medley swimmer whose notability, during the 1980s, stems from winning a bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics, held in Los Angeles. A native of the southwestern coastal cit ...

:* 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,

, and Per Johansson :* Heat — 3:23.86 *

, and Per Johansson :* Final — 3:22.69 (→ Bronze Medal) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Michael Söderlund,

Tommy Werner Tommy ("Tom") Henrik Werner (born 31 March 1966 in Karlskrona, Blekinge) was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holm ...

, and

:* Heat — 7:28.60 * Michael Söderlund,

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:* Final — 7:26.53 (→ 6th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Michael Söderlund, Peter Berggren,

, and Per Johansson :* Heat — 3:49.76 *

, Peter Berggren,

, and Per Johansson :* Final — 3:47.13 (→ 5th place) ;Women's Competition Women's 100m Freestyle *

Agneta Eriksson Berith Agneta Eriksson (born 3 May 1965 in Västerås, Västmanland) is a Swedish former freestyle swimmer. Aged fifteen she won a silver medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow along with Carina Ljungdahl, T ...

:* 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,

, Petra Hilder, and Malin Rundgren :* Heat — 3:52.27 * Maria Kardum,

, Petra Hilder, and Karin Furuhed :* Final — 3:51.24 (→ 7th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Anna-Karin Eriksson, Eva-Marie Håkansson,

, 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

References

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