Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Sweden
games=1988 Summer
competitors=185
sports=23
flagbearer=Hans Svensson
gold=0
silver=4
bronze=7
total=11
rank=32

Sweden competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Medalists

Silver

* George Cramne — Boxing, men's lightweight

* Ragnar Skanåker — Shooting, men's free pistol

* Anders Holmertz — Swimming, men's 200 m freestyle

* Birgitta Bengtsson and Marit Söderström — Sailing, women's 470 class

Bronze

* Patrik Sjöberg — Athletics, men's high jump

* Lars Myrberg — Boxing, men's light welterweight

* Michel Lafis, Anders Jarl, Björn Johansson, and Jan Karlsson — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race

* Erik Lindh — Table tennis, Men's Singles

* Stefan Edberg — Tennis, Men's Singles

* Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd — Tennis, Men's Doubles

* Tomas Johansson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Results by event

=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=

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 50km 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)

=Cycling=

Women's Individual Road Race
* Marie Holjer — 2:00:52 (→ 7th place)
* Paula Westher — 2:00:52 (→ 26th place)
* Marianne Berglund — 2:00:52 (→ 44th place)

=Diving=

*Joakim Andersson

=Modern Pentathlon=

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)

=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 4x100m 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 4x200m 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 Aberg
*# 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 4x100m freestyle relay
* Agneta Eriksson, Karin Furuhed, Suzanne Nilsson, and Eva Nyberg
*# Heat – 3:50.50 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4x100m medley relay
* Johanna Larsson, Anna-Karin Persson, Agneta Eriksson, and Eva Nyberg
*# Heat – 4:17.72 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

=Tennis=

Men's Singles Competition
* Stefan Edberg → Bronze Medal
*# First round — Defeated Horst Skoff (Austria) 7-6 6-2 6-3
*# Second round — Defeated Agustin 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=

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