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Sweden at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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

Sweden at the
1988 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Calgary
Competitors67 (54 men, 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer Thomas Wassberg (cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
4
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists edit

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Tomas Gustafson Speed skating Men's 5000 metres 17 February
  Gold Tomas Gustafson Speed skating Men's 10,000 metres 21 February
  Gold Torgny Mogren
Jan Ottosson
Gunde Svan
Thomas Wassberg		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay 22 February
  Gold Gunde Svan Cross-country skiing Men's 50 kilometre freestyle 27 February
  Bronze Lars-Börje Eriksson Alpine skiing Men's super-G 21 February
  Bronze Sweden men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Men's competition 28 February

Competitors edit

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

Sport Men Women 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 edit

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 edit

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
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Peter Sjödén
Mikael Löfgren
Roger Westling
Leif Andersson 		3 1'29:11.9 7
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh edit

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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

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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jan Ottosson
Thomas Wassberg
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren 		1'43:58.6  
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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Lis Frost
Anna-Lena Fritzon
Karin Lamberg-Skog
Marie-Helene Westin 		1'02:24.9 6

Figure skating edit

Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
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

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Summary
Team Event Group stage Medal round / Placement match
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Sweden men's Men's tournament   France
W 13–2 		  Poland
T 1–1 		   Switzerland
W 4–2 		  Finland
T 3–3 		  Canada
T 2–2 		2 Q   Czechoslovakia
W 6–2 		  Soviet Union
L 1–7 		  West Germany
W 3–2 		 

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   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

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 edit

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
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Per-Inge Tällberg
Anders Daun
Jan Boklöv
Staffan Tällberg 		539.7 7
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating edit

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

References edit

  1. ^ Sweden at the 1988 Winter Olympics

External links edit

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