Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code SWE
NOC Swedish Olympic Committee
Website www.sok.se (Swedish) (English)
in Amsterdam
Competitors 100 in 11 sports
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold Silver Bronze Total
7 6 12 25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 100 competitors, 87 men and 13 women, took part in 66 events in 11 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Lundqvist, ErikErik Lundqvist Athletics Men's javelin throw August 2
 Gold Thofelt, SvenSven Thofelt Modern pentathlon August 4
 Gold Thorell, SvenSven Thorell Sailing Men's 12 foot dinghy August 9
 Gold Borg, ArneArne Borg Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle August 6
 Gold Richthoff, JohanJohan Richthoff Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight August 1[2]
 Gold Sjöstedt, ThureThure Sjöstedt Wrestling Men's freestyle light heavyweight August 1[3]
 Gold Svensson, RudolfRudolf Svensson Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight August 5[4]
 Silver Byléhn, ErikErik Byléhn Athletics Men's 800 m July 31
 Silver Skiöld, OssianOssian Skiöld Athletics Men's hammer throw July 30
 Silver Ramm, NilsNils Ramm Boxing Men's heavyweight August 11
 Silver Bonde, CarlCarl Bonde
Janne Lundblad
Ragnar Olson
Equestrian Team dressage August 11
 Silver Lindman, BoBo Lindman Modern pentathlon August 4
 Silver Malmberg, EricEric Malmberg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight August 5
 Bronze Wide, EdvinEdvin Wide Athletics Men's 5000 m August 3
 Bronze Wide, EdvinEdvin Wide Athletics Men's 10,000 m July 29
 Bronze Gentzel, IngaInga Gentzel Athletics Women's 800 m August 2
 Bronze Svedberg, RuthRuth Svedberg Athletics Women's discus throw July 31
 Bronze Berggren, GunnarGunnar Berggren Boxing Men's lightweight August 11
 Bronze Carlsson, GöstaGösta Carlsson Cycling Men's ondividual road race August 7
 Bronze Carlsson, GöstaGösta Carlsson
Erik Jansson
Georg Johnsson
Gösta Carlsson
Cycling Men's team road race August 7
 Bronze Sjöqvist, LauraLaura Sjöqvist Diving Women's 10 m platform August 11
 Bronze Olson, RagnarRagnar Olson Equestrian Individual dressage August 11
 Bronze Bjornstjerna, CarlCarl Bjornstjerna
Ernst Hallberg
Karl Hansén
Equestrian Team jumping August 12
 Bronze Hammar, ClarenceClarence Hammar
Tore Holm
Carl Sandblom
John Sandblom
Philip Sandblom
Wilhelm Törsleff
Sailing 8 metre class August 9
 Bronze Borg, ArneArne Borg Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle August 9

Athletics

Boxing

Men's Flyweight ( 50.8 kg)

  • First Round Bye
  • Second Round Lost to Hubert Ausbock (GER), points


Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

Cycling

Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1928.

Individual road race
Team road race

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Eight fencers, six men and two women, represented Sweden in 1928.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Women's foil

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1928. Bo Lindman won the silver medal and Sven Thofelt won the gold.[5]

Sailing

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

  1. "Sweden at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2010-05-01.
  2. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  3. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  4. "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  5. "Sweden Modern Pentathlon at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
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