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Sweden at the Olympic Games

Flag of Sweden
IOC code  SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Website www.sok.se (Swedish) (English)
At the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary
Competitors 67 (54 men, 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Thomas Wassberg (cross-country skiing)
Medals
Rank: 5
Gold
4
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
6
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

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

Contents

Medalists [edit]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Svan, GundeGunde Svan Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km freestyle
 Gold Mogren, TorgnyTorgny Mogren
Ottosson, JanJan Ottosson
Svan, GundeGunde Svan
Wassberg, ThomasThomas Wassberg
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
 Gold , Tomas GustafsonTomas Gustafson Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Gold Gustafson, TomasTomas Gustafson Speed skating Men's 10,000m
 Bronze Eriksson, Lars-BörjeLars-Börje Eriksson Alpine skiing Men's super-G
 Bronze Sweden men's national ice hockey team
Mikael Andersson   Anders Eldebrink   Mats Kihlström
Peter Andersson   Peter Eriksson   Peter Lindmark
Peter Åslin   Thomas Eriksson   Lars Molin
Jonas Bergqvist   Michael Hjälm   Jens Öhling
Bo Berglund   Lars Ivarsson   Lars-Gunnar Pettersson
Anders Bergman   Mikael Johansson   Thomas Rundqvist
Thom Eklund   Lars Karlsson   Tommy Samuelsson
Ulf Sandström   Håkan Södergren
Ice hockey Men's competition

Alpine skiing [edit]

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 3
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 [edit]

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 7.5km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Peter Sjödén
Mikael Löfgren
Roger Westling
Leif Andersson
3 1'29:11.9 7

1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh [edit]

Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
SWE-1 Per-Anders Persson
Rolf Åkerström
Two-man 58.40 16 59.99 14 1:00.99 17 59.71 13 3:59.09 14

Cross-country skiing [edit]

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 1

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jan Ottosson
Thomas Wassberg
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
1'43:58.6 1
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-Östlund 30:53.5 8
20 km
F
Karin Lamberg-Skog 1'00:34.6 22
Lis Frost 59:59.6 21
Marie-Helene Westin-Östlund 58:39.4 10
Anna-Lena Fritzon 58:37.4 9

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Lis Frost
Anna-Lena Fritzon
Karin Lamberg-Skog
Marie-Helene Westin-Östlund
1'02:24.9 6

Figure skating [edit]

Men
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Peter Johansson 23 22 24 46.6 24
Women
Athlete CF SP FS TFP Rank
Lotta Falkenback 25 13 21 41.2 21

Ice hockey [edit]

Group A [edit]

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

Pld W L T GF GA Pts
 Finland 5 3 1 1 22 8 7
 Sweden 5 2 0 3 23 10 7
 Canada 5 3 1 1 17 12 7
 Switzerland 5 3 2 0 19 10 6
 Poland 5 1 3 1 9 13 3
 France 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 [edit]

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
 Soviet Union 5 4 1 0 25 7 8
 Finland 5 3 1 1 18 10 7
 Sweden 3 5 2 1 2 15 16 6
 Canada 5 2 2 1 17 14 5
 West Germany 5 1 4 0 8 26 2
 Czechoslovakia 5 1 4 0 12 22 2
  • Sweden 6-2 Czechoslovakia
  • Soviet Union 7-1 Sweden
  • Sweden 3-2 West Germany

Leading scorers [edit]

Rk GP G A Pts PIM
8th Anders Eldebrink 8 4 6 10 4

Team roster

Luge [edit]

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 pictogram.svg Ski jumping [edit]

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
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Per-Inge Tällberg
Anders Daun
Jan Boklöv
Staffan Tällberg
539.7 7

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

Speed skating [edit]

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 1
10,000 m Joakim Karlberg 14:22.94 12
Tomas Gustafson 13:48.20 WR 1
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

References [edit]


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