Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1984
Website:
Location:	Sarajevo
Competitors:	60 (51 men, 9 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Mats Waltin (ice hockey)
Rank:	5
Gold:	4
Silver:	2
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's 15 km
			Men's 50 km
			Men's 4 × 10 km relay
			Men's 5000m
			Men's 50 km
			Men's 10,000m
			Men's 30 km
	Sweden men's national ice hockey team		Men's competition

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jörgen Sundqvist	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Johan Wallner		DNF	-	-	-	DNF	-
Gunnar Neuriesser		1:23.99	21	1:24.46	23	2:48.45	22
Niklas Henning		1:23.61	19	1:22.51	17	2:46.12	18
Bengt Fjällberg	Slalom	53.31	14	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Lars-Göran Halvarsson		52.97	9	48.73	6	1:41.70	8
Stig Strand		52.95	8	49.00	10	1:41.95	9
Jonas Nilsson		51.52	2	48.73	6	1:40.25	4

• Ingemar Stenmark, a double gold medalist in 1980, was banned from these Olympics by the International Ski Federation (FIS) for accepting promotional payments directly, rather than through the Swedish ski federation.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Ronnie Adolfsson	4	33:27.0	25
	Leif Andersson	3	33:21.9	24
	Sven Fahlén	2	33:12.9	21

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Ronnie Adolfsson	1'12:12.2	8	1'20:12.2	20
	Sven Fahlén	1'12:10.8	6	1'18:10.8	11
	Leif Andersson	1'13:19.3	3	1'16:19.3	8

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Torgny Mogren	43:39.4	22
	Benny Kohlberg	43:21.5	19
	Sven-Erik Danielsson	42:55.9	15
	Gunde Svan	41:25.6
30 km	Torgny Mogren	1'33:52.0	23
	Jan Ottosson	1'33:01.3	16
	Thomas Wassberg	1'32:25.3	14
	Gunde Svan	1'29:35.7
50 km	Anders Larsson	2'31:43.6	39
	Jan Ottosson	2'22:24.0	14
	Gunde Svan	2'16:00.7
	Thomas Wassberg	2'15:55.8

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km	Eva-Lena Karlsson	19:21.6	37
	Ann Rosendahl	18:22.8	23
	Karin Lamberg-Skog	18:02.5	16
	Marie Johansson-Risby	17:26.3	4
10 km	Stina Karlsson	34:52.4	31
	Ann Rosendahl	34:28.0	21
	Karin Lamberg-Skog	34:01.3	18
	Marie Johansson-Risby	32:34.6	6
20 km	Stina Karlsson	1'07:43.4	32
	Kristina Hugosson	1'07:40.5	31
	Ann Rosendahl	1'06:47.8	23
	Marie Johansson-Risby	1'03:31.8	5

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Group A

Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	5	5	0	0	42	5	10
	5	3	1	1	34	15	7
	5	3	1	1	27	17	7
	5	1	4	0	16	37	2
	5	1	4	0	15	31	2
	5	1	4	0	8	37	2

• Sweden 11-3 Italy
• Sweden 11-0 Yugoslavia
• Sweden 1-1 West Germany
• Sweden 10-1 Poland
• USSR 10-1 Sweden

Medal round

Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	3	3	0	0	16	1	6
	3	2	1	0	6	2	4
	3	1	2	0	3	12	2
	3	0	3	0	0	10	0

• Czechoslovakia 2-0 Sweden
• Sweden 2-0 Canada

Carried over group match:

• USSR 10-1 Sweden

Leading scorers

• Team roster
• Rolf Ridderwall
• Göte Wälitalo
• Bo Ericson
• Göran Lindblom
• Håkan Nordin
• Mats Thelin
• Michael Thelvén
• Mats Waltin
• Thomas Åhlén
• Pelle Eklund
• Thom Eklund
• Håkan Eriksson
• Peter Gradin
• Mats Hessel
• Michael Hjälm
• Tommy Mörth
• Thomas Rundqvist
• Tomas Sandström
• Håkan Södergren
• Jens Öhling
• Head coach: Anders Parmström

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Women

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Hans Magnusson	1:03.08	42
	Tomas Gustafson	41.18	36
	Jan-Åke Carlberg	40.64	34
1000 m	Jan-Åke Carlberg	1:19.92	29
	Hans Magnusson	1:18.95	21
1500 m	Jan Junell	2:02.55	24
	Claes Bengtsson	2:02.04	18
	Hans Magnusson	2:01.26	16
5000 m	Jan Junell	7:29.98	18
	Claes Bengtsson	7:26.57	16
	Tomas Gustafson	7:12.28
10,000 m	Claes Bengtsson	15:14.33	16
	Jan Junell	15:12.90	15
	Tomas Gustafson	14:39.95

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	43.65	18
1000 m	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	1:26.15	9
1500 m	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	2:10.80	12
3000 m	Annette Carlén-Karlsson	4:40.36	11

External links

• Olympic Winter Games 1984, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. News: Ski stars banned from Olympics . Ottawa Citizen . Reuters . November 26, 1983 . 71 .
2. News: Ruling slaps Stenmark . Bend (OR) Bulletin . UPI . November 7, 1983 . D-4.
3. News: Winter Olympics will take place without three alpine skiers . Palm Beach Post . wire services . January 25, 1984. D4.
4. News: Mahre skis for gold . Observer Reporter . Washington, PA. Associated Press . February 11, 1984 . B-8 .