Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

in Moscow, Soviet Union. 145 competitors, 122 men and 23 women, took part in 102 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Johan Harmenberg Johan Georg Harmenberg (born 8 September 1954 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a Swedish Olympic and world champion epee fencer. Early and personal life Harmenberg was born in Stockholm, Sweden. He completed two years of study at the Massachusetts ...

— Fencing, Men's Épée Individual *

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 m f ...

— Swimming, Men's 100 metres Backstroke *

Pär Arvidsson Pär Arvidsson (born 27 February 1960 in Finspång) is a former butterfly swimmer from Sweden. He won the 100 m butterfly at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, after having set the world record in the same event a couple of months earlier in Aust ...

— Swimming, Men's 100 metres Butterfly

Silver

* Per Holmertz — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle *

Lars-Göran Carlsson Lars-Göran Carlsson (July 24, 1949 – July 27, 2020) was a Swedish sport shooter who won the silver medal in the skeet shooting event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r ...

— Shooting, men's Skeet Shooting * Agneta Eriksson,

Tina Gustafsson Tina Isabel Gustafsson (born 30 September 1962 in Norrköping, Östergötland) is a former Swedish freestyle swimmer. She won a silver medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow along with Carina Ljungdahl, ...

Carina Ljungdahl Anita Carina Ljungdahl (born 21 February 1960 in Filipstad, Värmland) is a Swedish former freestyle swimmer. She won a silver medal in 4 × 100 m freestyle relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow along with Tina Gustafsson, Agneta Mårten ...

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 George Horvath (14 March 1960 – 3 May 2022) was a Swedish modern pentathlete The modern pentathlon is an Olympic sport consisting of fencing (one-touch épée), freestyle swimming, equestrian show jumping, pistol shooting, and cross country ...

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 ...

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 Anna-Lisa Berglund (18 January 1935 – 3 June 2019) was a Swedish archer who competed at three Olympic Games in archery for Sweden. Career Berglund held two world records at the 30m distance. In 1971 she became the 23rd Swedish archer to rec ...

and

Rolf Svensson Rolf Svensson (born 29 June 1935) is a Swedish archer. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Let ...

were both less successful than they had been in Montreal four years before.
Women's Individual Competition: *

— 2283 points (→ 16th place)
Men's Individual Competition: *

Göran Bjerendal Göran Bjerendal (born 21 October 1951) is a Swedish archer. He competed at the 1980, 1984, 1988 and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly re ...

— 2408 points (→ 12th place) *

— 2357 points (→ 20th place)

Athletics

Men's Marathon *

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 in ...

:* Final — 2:17:44 (→ 19th place) *

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 Mosc ...

:* 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 Kazimir ("Miro") Zalar (born 24 March 1957 in Ljubljana) is a retired Swedish pole vaulter. He was born in Slovenia, but came to Sweden and Karlskrona at a young age. His personal best jump of 5.70 metres was achieved in 1986 in Nyköping. This w ...

:* Qualification — 5.40 m :* Final — 5.35 m (→ 10th place) Men's Discus Throw *

Kenth Gardenkrans Kenth Roland Gardenkrans (born October 2, 1955, in Helsingborg, Skåne, Sweden) is a Swedish discus thrower. He represented Sweden at the 1980 Olympics. He competed for Mölndal AIK . Gardenkrans won the 1980 and 81 Swedish championship in disc ...

:* 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 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 — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 50 km Walk * Bengt Simonsen :* Final — 3:57:08 (→ 4th place) *

:* Final — did not finish (→ no ranking) Women's 100 metres *

Linda Haglund Linda Haglund (15 June 1956 – 21 November 2015) was a Swedish Olympic Sprint (running), sprinter. Running career Haglund became a member of Hanvikens SK, a track and field club located just south of Stockholm, at the age of 13. She showed gr ...

:* Heat — 11.37 :* Quarterfinals — 11.31 :* Semifinals — 11.36 :* Final — 11.16 (→ 4th place) Women's 100 m Hurdles *

Helena Pihl Helena Pihl (born 26 April 1955) is a Swedish sprinter. She competed in the women's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyski ...

:* Heat — 13.46 :* Semifinal — 13.68 (→ did not advance) Women's High Jump *

Susanne Lorentzon Barbro Marie Susanne Lorentzon-Borg (born 11 June 1961) is a Swedish former track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. She held the Swedish record for the high jump from 22 June 1980 to 20 April 1997, when her lifetime best of wa ...

:* Qualification — 1.85 m (→ did not advance) *

Ann-Ewa Karlsson Ann-Ewa Karlsson (born 1 April 1955) is a former Swedish female high jumper. She competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics representing Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names ...

:* Qualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

;Summary ;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 Göran Unger (29 September 1899 – 6 April 1982) was a Swedish athlete. He competed in the men's pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VII ...

:* Torbjörn Taxén :* Joon-Olof Karlsson :* Jan Enjebo :* Bernt Malion :* Roland Rahm :*

Sten Feldreich Sten Feldreich (born 24 July 1955) is a Swedish basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a b ...

:* Leif Yttergren :* Åke Skyttevall

Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg) * Odd Bengtsson *# First Round — Bye *# Second Round — Lost to

Adolfo Horta Adolfo Horta (3 October 1957 – 28 November 2016) was a Cuban amateur boxer, who won the silver medal in the Men's Featherweight division (– 57 kg) at age 22 at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. He was beaten by East Germany's R ...

(Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg) * Kalervo Alanenpää *# First Round — Lost to

Omari Golaya Omari Golaya (born 21 March 1954) is a Tanzanian boxer. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry ...

(Tanzania) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg) *

Shadrach Odhiambo Shadrach Odhiambo (born 20 October 1954) is an Ugandan-born Swedish boxer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics, he defeated Bogdan Gajda of Poland, before losing to Tony Willis ...

*# 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 István Lévai (born July 23, 1957) is a former boxing, boxer from Hungary, who won the bronze medal in the Heavyweight division (91 kg) at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. There he was defeated in the semifinals by titleholder Teófil ...

(Hungary) on points (1-4)

Canoeing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Sweden in 1980. ; Individual road race * Peter Jonsson *

Bernt Scheler Bernt Scheler (born 25 October 1955) is a Swedish former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimp ...

* Anders Adamson * Mats Gustafsson ;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* Anders Adamson *

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 ...

* Mats Gustafsson *

Håkan Karlsson Jonas Klas Håkan Karlsson (born 19 January 1970) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the men's 100-metre freestyle. He was affiliated with the Karlskrona SS Karlskron ...

Diving

Fencing

Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1980. ; Men's épée *

* Rolf Edling *

Hans Jacobson Hans Jacobson (March 17, 1947 – July 9, 1984) was a Swedish modern pentathlete, fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team. He originally won a ...

; Men's team épée *

, Rolf Edling,

Leif Högström Leif Nils Oskar Högström (born 4 July 1955) is a Swedish fencer and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in épée with the Swedish team. Högström represented Djurgårdens IF ...

, Göran Malkar,

; 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: *

— 5,373 pts → (4th place) * Lennart Pettersson — 5,243 pts → (7th place) *

— 5,229 pts → (9th place) Men's Team Competition: *Rasmuson, Pettersson, and Horvath — 15,845 pts → ( Bronze Medal)

Rowing

Sailing

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 Per ("Pelle") Vilhelm Wikström (born 29 June 1961 in Borlänge, Dalarna) is a former Swedish swimmer who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, where he finished 9th in the 100 metres freestyle. He is also father to Swedish swimmers Christof ...

:* 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 Per-Ola Quist (born 18 February 1961 in Malmö, Skåne County) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Oli ...

:* Heats — 1:55.38 (→ did not advance) *

:* Heats — 1:53.59 (→ did not advance) Men's 100 m Butterfly *

:* Final — 54.92 (→ Gold Medal) Men's 200 m Butterfly *

:* Final — 2:02.61 (→ 7th place) Men's 100 m Backstroke *

:* 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 Lars Peter Berggren (born 28 March 1962) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. He competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angel ...

:* Final — 2:21.65 (→ 7th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Michael Söderlund,

, Per-Alvar Magnusson, and Thomas Lejdström :* Final — 7:30.10 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle * 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 *

, 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

:* Final — 4:16.91 (→ 4th place)

Water polo

;Summary ;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

References

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