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

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea.Before 1972, Seoul was the ''de jure'' capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) as stated iArticle 103 ...

, 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 The 1900 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1900, link=no), today officially known as the Games of the II Olympiad () and also known as Paris 1900, were an international multi-sport event that took place in Paris, France, from 1 ...

, Sweden failed to win a gold medal.

Medalists

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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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 Jenny Sjöwall (born 17 August 1971) is a Swedish archer. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as A ...

— Final (→ 5th place) *

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 ...

— Quarterfinal (→ 13th place) *

Carina Jonsson Carina Jonsson (born 15 April 1969) is a Swedish archer. She competed in the women's individual and team events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly k ...

— Preliminary Round (→ 59th 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 ...

— Quarterfinal (→ 15th place) * Mats Nordlander — Preliminary Round (→ 30th place) *

Gert Bjerendal Gert Bjerendal (born 12 June 1955) is a Swedish archer. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 19 ...

— 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 Sven Olof Nylander (born 1 January 1962) is a Swedish retired hurdler, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships in 1990 and 1994. He represented his native country in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1992 and 19 ...

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 Lars Tore Gustafsson (born February 11, 1962, in Göteborg, Västra Götaland) is a retired male hammer thrower from Sweden, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). Since his retirement from compe ...

:* Qualifying Heat — 76.44m :* Final — 74.24m (→ 11th place) *

Kjell Bystedt Kjell Erik Bystedt (born 24 May 1960) is a retired Swedish hammer thrower who has also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 19 ...

:* Qualifying Heat — no mark (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw * Dag Wennlund :* Qualification — 79.66m :* Final — 78.30m (→ 8th place) *

Peter Borglund Peter Lars Mikael Borglund (born 29 January 1964) is a retired javelin thrower from Sweden, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1988 and 1992). He is a five-time Swedish champion in the men's javelin event (1987, ...

:* Qualification — 80.16m :* Final — 78.22m (→ 9th place) Men's Decathlon *

Mikael Olander Mikael Olander (born 11 June 1963) is a retired decathlete from Sweden, who finished in 17th place (7869 points) at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. He is a one-time national champion (1986) in the men's decathlon. Olander was a m ...

— 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 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 — 3'44:49 (→ 7th place) *

Stefan Johansson Stefan Nils Edwin Johansson (born 8 September 1956) is a Swedish racing driver who drove in Formula One for both Ferrari and McLaren, among other teams. Since leaving Formula One he has won the 1997 24 Hours of Le Mans and raced in a number o ...

:* Final — 3'53:34 (→ 20th place) *

Jan Staaf Jan Egon Staaf (born 11 January 1962 in Västerås) is a retired race walker from Sweden. He twice competed for his country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1996. Staaf set his personal best (1:22.37) in the men's 20 km walk event in 1997. ...

:* Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon *

Evy Palm Evy Gunilla Palm (born January 31, 1942 in Lidköping, Västra Götaland) is a female athlete from Sweden, who competes in the long-distance events. She represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 24th place in the w ...

:* 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 Michel Peter Lafis (born 19 September 1967) is a Swedish former cyclist. He won the bronze medal in the Men's 100 kilometres team time trial along with Jan Karlsson, Anders Jarl and Björn Johansson at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He also rode ...

* Anders Jarl * Raoul Fahlin ; Men's team time trial * Björn Johansson * Jan Karlsson *

* Anders Jarl ; Women's road race * Marie Höljer — 2:00:52 (→ 7th place) * Paula Westher — 2:00:52 (→ 26th 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 ...

— 2:00:52 (→ 44th place)

Diving

Joakim Andersson Joakim Anders Andersson (born 5 February 1989) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre who played in the for Swedish Hockey League (SHL) and with the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). Andersson was drafted 88th ...

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 Jerri Bergström (born 12 March 1963) is a Swedish fencer. He competed in the épée events at the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992 ...

* Péter Vánky * Otto Drakenberg ; Men's team épée * Johan Bergdahl,

, Otto Drakenberg, Ulf Sandegren, Péter Vánky ; Women's foil * Kerstin Palm

Football

;Summary

Gymnastics

Handball

;Summary

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1988. Men's Individual Competition: *

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 ...

— 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 Göran Lars Titus (born 7 June 1967 in Luleå, Norrbotten) is a former Swedish freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. His best individual result is a 9th place in the 50 m freestyle ...

:* 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 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 Holmertz ...

:* Heat — 50.45 :* Final — 50.54 (→ 8th 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 — 1:49.28 :* Final — 1:47.89 (→ Silver Medal) *

:* Heat — 1:51.96 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Men's 400m freestyle *

:* Heat — 3:50.06 :* Final — 3:51.04 (→ 8th place) *

Henrik Jangvall Lars Henrik Jangvall (20 November 1966 in Sundsvall, Västernorrland) is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he swum the 400 m freestyle and 4×200 m freestyle team. Clubs *Malmö ...

:* 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 Bengt Christer Wallin (born 17 June 1969 in Timrå, Västernorrland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and ...

:* Heat — 2:03.79 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay *

, Richard Milton,

Joakim Holmqvist Joakim Holmquist (born 15 March 1969) is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 4×100 m freestyle team in the 1988 Summer Olympics finishing 5th. at Sports Reference Clubs *Jönköpings SS Jönköpings S ...

, and

:* Heat — 3:23.09 * Per Johansson,

, and

:* Final — 3:21.07 (→ 5th place) Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay *

, and Michael Söderlund :* Heat — 7:23.82 *

, Michael Söderlund, and

:* Final — 7:19.10 (→ 6th place)
Women's 50m freestyle *

Helena Åberg Sara Helena Åberg (born 16 July 1971) is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 50-metre freestyle, finishing 23rd. Åberg also represented Sweden at the European Championships - ...

:* Heat — 26.67 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) * Karin Furuhed :* Heat — 26.85 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Women's 100m freestyle *

Eva Nyberg Eva Karin Nyberg (born 8 February 1969 in Funbo, Uppsala) is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her best individual result is 19th place in the 100 m fr ...

:* Heat — 57.57 (→ did not advance, 21st place) * Karin Furuhed :* Heat — 57.97 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Women's 200m freestyle *

Suzanne Nilsson Suzanne Nilsson (born 25 October 1966) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 200 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle relay.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 Suzanne Nilsson (born 25 October 1966) is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 200 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle relay.Eva Nyberg Eva Karin Nyberg (born 8 February 1969 in Funbo, Uppsala) is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her best individual result is 19th place in the 100 m fr ...

:* Heat — 3:50.50 (→ did not advance, 9th place) Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay * Johanna Larsson, Anna-Karin Persson, Agneta Eriksson, and

:* Heat — 4:17.72 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Synchronized swimming

One synchronized swimmer represented Sweden in 1988. ; Women's solo *

Marie Jacobsson Marie Jacobsson (born 26 October 1964) is a former synchronized swimmer from 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 o ...

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Stefan Edberg Stefan Bengt Edberg (; born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles between 1985 ...

→ Bronze Medal :* First round — Defeated Horst Skoff (Austria) 7-6 6-2 6-3 :* Second round — Defeated

Agustín Moreno Agustín Moreno (born 31 March 1967) is a former tennis player from Mexico. Moreno represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest met ...

(Mexico) 6-2 7-6 6-0 :* Third round — Defeated Jakob Hlasek (Switzerland) 6-2 6-4 7-6 :* Quarterfinals — Defeated

Paolo Canè Paolo Canè (born 9 April 1965; ) is a former tennis player from Italy. Canè turned professional in 1983. During his career, he won three top-level singles titles (Bordeaux in 1986, Båstad in 1989, and Bologna in 1991) and achieved much succe ...

(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 Andrew Nicholas Castle (born 15 November 1963) is a British broadcaster and former tennis player. Castle was UK number 1 in singles tennis in 1986, reaching as high as World No. 80 in June 1988, and No. 45 in doubles in December 1988, with Tim ...

(Great Britain) 6-0 6-3 6-1 :* Third round — Lost to

Carl-Uwe Steeb Carl-Uwe Steeb (born 1 September 1967) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Steeb turned professional in 1986. He won his first top-level singles title in 1989 in Gstaad. His best singles performances at Grand Slam events came in ...

(Germany) 6-2 5-7 3-6 5-7 Men's Doubles Competition *

and Anders Järryd → Bronze Medal :* First Round — Defeated

Eric Jelen Eric Jelen (born 11 March 1965) is a former tennis player from Germany, who won one singles (1989, Bristol) and five doubles titles during his professional career. The right-hander Jelen reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 7 July 1986, w ...

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 Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario (born 29 May 1965) is a Spanish former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. He won five Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games. Sanchez is the older brother of multi ...

and

Sergio Casal Sergio may refer to: * Sergio (given name), for people with the given name Sergio * Sergio (carbonado), the largest rough diamond ever found * ''Sergio'' (album), a 1994 album by Sergio Blass * ''Sergio'' (2009 film), a documentary film * ''Se ...

(Spain) 4-6 6-1 3-6 3-6
Women's Singles Competition * Catarina Lindqvist :* First Round — Defeated

Kumiko Okamoto Kumiko Okamoto ( ja, 岡本久美子, born February 19, 1965) is a retired female tennis player from Japan, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea). In the doubles competition she partnered Etsuko Ino ...

(Japan) 7-6 7-5 :* Second Round — Defeated

Nathalie Tauziat Nathalie Tauziat (born 17 October 1967) is a French former professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships and runner-up in the women's doubles at the 2001 US Open partnering Kimberl ...

(France) 2-6 6-3 6-4 :* Third Round — Lost to

Manuela Maleeva Manuela Georgieva Maleeva ( bg, Мануела Георгиева Малеева; born 14 February 1967) is a Bulgarian former professional tennis player. She played on the WTA Tour between 1982 and 1994. Through her marriage, Maleeva began re ...

(Bulgaria) 1-6 0-6

Volleyball

;Summary

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 Bengt Gustafsson may refer to: *Bengt Gustafsson (astronomer) (born 1943), Swedish professor of astronomy *Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), Swedish ice hockey player and coach *Bengt Gustafsson (general) General Sten ''Bengt'' Gustaf Gustafsso ...

:* Hakan Björne :*Lars Nilsson :* Peter Tholse :* Patrik Johansson *Head coach:

Anders Kristiansson Anders is a male name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, an equivalent of the Greek Andreas ("manly") and the English Andrew. It originated from Andres via metathesis. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names fo ...

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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