Sweden at the 1980 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1980
Website:
Location:	Moscow
Competitors:	145 (122 men and 23 women)
Sports:	18
Flagbearer:	Stig Pettersson
Rank:	11
Gold:	3
Silver:	3
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 145 competitors, 122 men and 23 women, took part in 102 events in 18 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Johan Harmenberg — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
• Bengt Baron — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Backstroke
• Pär Arvidsson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Butterfly

Silver

• Per Holmertz — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle
• Lars-Göran Carlsson — Shooting, men's Skeet Shooting
• Agneta Eriksson, Tina Gustafsson, Carina Ljungdahl 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, Svante Rasmuson and Lennart Pettersson — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Two of the three Swedish archers in 1980 had competed at both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Anna-Lisa Berglund and Rolf Svensson were both less successful than they had been in Montreal four years before.
Women's Individual Competition:

• Anna-Lisa Berglund - 2283 points (→ 16th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Göran Bjerendal - 2408 points (→ 12th place)
• Rolf Svensson - 2357 points (→ 20th place)

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Marathon

• Kjell-Erik Ståhl

• Final - 2:17:44 (→ 19th place)
• Tommy Persson

• 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

• Qualification - 5.40 m

• Final - 5.35 m (→ 10th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Kenth Gardenkrans

• 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

• Final - DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Bengt Simonsen

• Final - 3:57:08 (→ 4th place)
• Bo Gustafsson

• Final - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's 100 metres

• Linda Haglund

• Heat - 11.37

• Quarterfinals - 11.31

• Semifinals - 11.36

• Final - 11.16 (→ 4th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

• Heat - 13.46

• Semifinal - 13.68 (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Susanne Lorentzon

• Qualification - 1.85 m (→ did not advance)
• Ann-Ewa Karlsson

• Qualification - 1.80 m (→ did not advance)

Basketball

See main article: article and Basketball at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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

• Torbjörn Taxén

• Joon-Olof Karlsson

• Jan Enjebo

• Bernt Malion

• Roland Rahm

• Sten Feldreich

• Leif Yttergren

• Åke Skyttevall

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

• Odd Bengtsson
  1. First Round - Bye
  2. Second Round - Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

• Kalervo Alanenpää
  1. First Round - Lost to Omari Golaya (Tanzania) on points (0-5)

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

• Shadrach Odhiambo
  1. First Round - Defeated Bogdan Gajda (Poland) on points (4-1)
  2. Second Round - Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (0-5)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Anders Eklund
  1. First Round - Bye
  2. Quarter Finals - Lost to István Lévai (Hungary) on points (1-4)

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented Sweden in 1980.

Individual road race

• Peter Jonsson
• Bernt Scheler
• Anders Adamson
• Mats Gustafsson

Team time trial

• Anders Adamson
• Bengt Asplund
• Mats Gustafsson
• Håkan Karlsson

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1980.

Men's épée

• Johan Harmenberg
• Rolf Edling
• Hans Jacobson

Men's team épée

• Johan Harmenberg, Rolf Edling, Leif Högström, Göran Malkar, Hans Jacobson

Women's foil

• Kerstin Palm

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Wolfgang Biedron

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1980. They won the bronze in the team event.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Svante Rasmuson - 5,373 pts → (4th place)
• Lennart Pettersson - 5,243 pts → (7th place)
• George Horvath - 5,229 pts → (9th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Rasmuson, Pettersson, and Horvath - 15,845 pts → (Bronze Medal)

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics. 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

• 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

• Heats - 1:55.38 (→ did not advance)
• Per Wikström

• Heats - 1:53.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Pär Arvidsson

• Final - 54.92 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

• Pär Arvidsson

• Final - 2:02.61 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

• Bengt Baron

• 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

• Final - 2:21.65 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Michael Söderlund, Per Wikström, 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

• Carina Ljungdahl, Tina Gustafsson, Agneta Mårtensson, and Agneta Eriksson

• Final - 7:30.10 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Final - 4:16.91 (→ 4th place)

Water polo

See main article: article and Water polo at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1980 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sweden at the 1980 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041216/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/summer/1980/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-04-26 . sports-reference.com.