Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1928
Website:
Location:	Amsterdam
Competitors:	100
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Bo Lindman
Rank:	4
Gold:	7
Silver:	6
Bronze:	12
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 100 competitors, 87 men and 13 women, took part in 66 events in 11 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				^[2]
				^[3]
				^[4]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight ( - 50.8 kg)

• Lennart Bohman

• First Round - Bye

• Second Round - Lost to Hubert Ausbock (GER), points

Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

• Nils Ramm → Silver Medal

• First Round - Bye

• Quarterfinals - Defeated Hans Schonrath (GER), points

• Semifinals - Defeated Sverre Sørsdal (NOR), points

• Final Match - Lost to Arturo Rodríguez (ARG), KO-1

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1928.

Individual road race

• Gösta Carlsson
• Erik Jansson
• Georg Johnsson
• Hjalmar Pettersson

Team road race

• Gösta Carlsson
• Erik Jansson
• Georg Johnsson
• Hjalmar Pettersson

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics. Eight fencers, six men and two women, represented Sweden in 1928.

Men's foil

• Bertil Uggla
• Ivar Tingdahl

Men's épée

• Nils Hellsten
• Gunnar Cederschiöld

Men's team épée

• Nils Hellsten, Sidney Stranne, Gunnar Cederschiöld, Bertil Uggla

Women's foil

• Ebba Gripenstedt
• Hanna Olsen

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1928. Bo Lindman won the silver medal and Sven Thofelt won the gold.^[5]

• Sven Thofelt
• Bo Lindman
• Ingvar Berg

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary series				Net points	Final rank	Final series				Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4			1	2	3	4
Sven Thorell	12' Dinghy	6	1	1	2	6	2 Q	1	3	1	2	10
Hakon Reuter Harry Hanson Georg Lindahl Yngve Lindqvist	6 Metre	2 Q	8	5	7	1 x 2nd	5 Q	3	6	6		1 x 2nd	7
Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	8 Metre	3 Q	4	2 Q	1 Q	1 x 1st	2 Q	1	4	2		2 x 1st

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sweden at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041230/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/summer/1928/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2010-05-01 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131939/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-heavyweight-freestyle.html "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle".
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131938/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-light-heavyweight-freestyle.html "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle".
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417223836/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1928/WRE/mens-heavyweight-greco-roman.html "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman".
5. Web site: Sweden Modern Pentathlon at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417071619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/summer/1928/MOP/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-20 . sports-reference.com.