Sweden at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Calgary
Competitors:	67 (54 men, 13 women)
Sports:	9
Flagbearer:	Thomas Wassberg (cross-country skiing)
Rank:	5
Gold:	4
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				17 February
				21 February
				22 February
				27 February
				21 February
	Sweden men's national ice hockey team			28 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	8	4	12
Biathlon	4	–	4
Bobsleigh	2	–	2
Cross-country skiing	5	7	12
Figure skating	1	1	2
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	2	0	2
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	6	1	7
Total	54	13	67

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Niklas Lindqvist	Downhill			2:09.41	40
Niklas Henning				2:05.52	30
Lars-Börje Eriksson				2:05.02	27
Niklas Henning	Super-G			DNF	-
Niklas Lindqvist				1:44.88	20
Lars-Börje Eriksson				1:41.08
Ingemar Stenmark	Giant Slalom	1:08.49	DNF	DNF	-
Jörgen Sundqvist		1:07.68	1:04.43	2:12.11	22
Jonas Nilsson		1:07.58	1:04.40	2:11.98	21
Johan Wallner		1:06.84	1:04.46	2:11.30	16
Johan Wallner	Slalom	54.05	DNF	DNF	-
Lars-Göran Halvarsson		53.33	DSQ	DSQ	-
Ingemar Stenmark		52.71	47.51	1:40.22	5
Jonas Nilsson		51.44	48.79	1:40.23	6

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Niklas Lindqvist	1:56.63	46.02	DNF	DNF	-
Niklas Henning	1:51.16	46.11	45.06	96.25	10
Lars-Börje Eriksson	1:49.52	DNF	-	DNF	-

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Monika Äijä	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Kristina Andersson		1:04.01	1:11.08	2:15.09	22
Catharina Glassér-Bjerner		1:03.17	DNF	DNF	-
Camilla Nilsson		1:00.96	DNF	DNF	-
Kristina Andersson	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Monika Äijä		DNF	-	DNF	-
Catharina Glassér-Bjerner		50.88	DNF	DNF	-
Camilla Nilsson		48.82	DNF	DNF	-

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Leif Andersson	4	28:48.9	57
	Roger Westling	4	28:24.8	54
	Peter Sjödén	2	28:13.3	47
	Mikael Löfgren	1	27:01.0	22

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Roger Westling	DNF	-	DNF	-
	Mikael Löfgren	58:12.0	7	1'05:12.0	51
	Leif Andersson	58:27.3	5	1'03:27.3	37
	Peter Sjödén	59:07.9	3	1'02:07.8	31

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 1988 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Torgny Mogren	44:12.1	24
	Jan Ottosson	43:18.1	16
	Gunde Svan	43:07.3	13
	Christer Majbäck	42:58.6	11
30 km C	Thomas Wassberg	1'34:07.6	42
	Jan Ottosson	1'28:51.7	16
	Torgny Mogren	1'27:55.7	11
	Gunde Svan	1'27:30.8	10
50 km F	Thomas Wassberg	DNF	-
	Torgny Mogren	2'12:20.2	28
	Jan Ottosson	2'07:34.8	6
	Gunde Svan	2'04:30.9

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Karin Svingstedt	16:15.0	23
	Marie Johansson	16:12.1	21
	Anna-Lena Fritzon	15:55.6	17
	Marie-Helene Westin-Östlund	15:28.9	7
10 km C	Annika Dahlman	32:31.4	28
	Karin Svingstedt	31:57.0	22
	Anna-Lena Fritzon	31:19.3	13
	Marie-Helene Westin	30:53.5	8
20 km F	Karin Lamberg-Skog	1'00:34.6	22
	Lis Frost	59:59.6	21
	Marie-Helene Westin	58:39.4	10
	Anna-Lena Fritzon	58:37.4	9

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Women

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Group A

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	5	3	1	1	22	8	7
	5	2	0	3	23	10	7
	5	3	1	1	17	12	7
	5	3	2	0	19	10	6
	5	1	3	1	9	13	3
	5	0	5	0	10	47	0

• Sweden 13-2 France
• Sweden 1-1 Poland
• Sweden 4-2 Switzerland
• Finland 3-3 Sweden
• Canada 2-2 Sweden

Medal round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	5	4	1	0	25	7	8
	5	3	1	1	18	10	7
	5	2	1	2	15	16	6
	5	2	2	1	17	14	5
	5	1	4	0	8	26	2
	5	1	4	0	12	22	2

• Sweden 6-2 Czechoslovakia
• Soviet Union 7-1 Sweden
• Sweden 3-2 West Germany

Leading scorers

• Team roster

• Peter Lindmark

• Peter Åslin

• Peter Andersson

• Anders Eldebrink

• Thomas Eriksson

• Lars Ivarsson

• Mats Kihlström

• Lars Karlsson

• Tommy Samuelsson

• Mikael Andersson

• Jonas Bergqvist

• Bo Berglund

• Thom Eklund

• Peter Eriksson

• Michael Hjälm

• Mikael Johansson

• Lars Molin

• Lars-Gunnar Pettersson

• Thomas Rundqvist

• Ulf Sandström

• Håkan Södergren

• Jens Öhling
• Head coach: Tommy Sandlin

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Näsström	47.517	23	47.931	28	48.083	26	48.191	27	3:11.722	25
Mikael Holm	47.409	21	47.165	17	47.423	19	47.661	20	3:09.658	20

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jan Boklöv	Normal hill	78.0	85.4	80.5	92.4	177.8	28
Per-Inge Tällberg		79.5	89.3	78.0	84.9	174.2	36
Anders Daun		79.5	90.8	78.0	88.4	179.2	27
Staffan Tällberg		83.0	99.9	81.0	98.2	198.1	8
Anders Daun	Large hill	104.5	95.2	100.0	87.9	183.1	21
Per-Inge Tällberg		106.0	97.8	99.0	84.0	181.8	22
Jan Boklöv		109.0	99.5	100.0	85.9	185.4	18
Staffan Tällberg		110.0	104.9	102.0	91.7	196.6	8

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Claes Bengtsson	38.66	32
	Hans Magnusson	38.60	30
	Göran Johansson	37.69	18
1000 m	Göran Johansson	1:16.33	30
	Hans Magnusson	1:15.79	27
	Claes Bengtsson	1:15.07	21
1500 m	Joakim Karlberg	DNF	-
	Hans Magnusson	1:56.44	24
	Claes Bengtsson	1:55.16	13
5000 m	Joakim Karlberg	7:02.30	30
	Per Bengtsson	6:57.05	19
	Tomas Gustafson	6:44.63 OR
10,000 m	Joakim Karlberg	14:22.94	12
	Tomas Gustafson	13:48.20 WR

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Jasmin Krohn	42.81	28
3000 m	Jasmin Krohn	4:25.06	10
5000 m	Jasmin Krohn	7:36.56	8

External links

• Olympic Winter Games 1988, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SWE/editions/43 Sweden at the 1988 Winter Olympics