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.
Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Men's javelin throw Modern pentathlon Sailing Men's 12 foot dinghy Swimming Men's 1500 m freestyle Wrestling Men's freestyle heavyweight "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015. Wrestling Men's freestyle light heavyweight "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Light-Heavyweight, Freestyle". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015. Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight "Wrestling at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 8 September 2015. Athletics Men's 800 m Athletics Men's hammer throw Boxing Men's heavyweight Janne LundbladRagnar Olson Equestrian Team dressage Modern pentathlon Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman featherweight Athletics Men's 5000 m Athletics Men's 10,000 m Athletics Women's 800 m Athletics Women's discus throw Boxing Men's lightweight Cycling Men's individual road race Erik JanssonGeorg JohnssonGösta Carlsson Cycling Men's team road race Diving Women's 10 m platform Equestrian Individual dressage Ernst HallbergKarl Hansén Equestrian Team jumping Tore HolmCarl SandblomJohn SandblomPhilip SandblomWilhelm Törsleff Sailing 8 metre class Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle
Athletics
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg) Lennart Bohman First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Hubert Ausbock (GER), points
Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg) Nils Ramm → Silver Medal First Round — Bye Quarterfinals — Defeated Hans Schonrath (GER), points Semifinals — Defeated Sverre Sørsdal (NOR), points Final Match — Lost to Arturo Rodríguez (ARG), KO-1
Cycling
Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1928.
Individual road race Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson Hjalmar Pettersson
Team road race Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson Hjalmar Pettersson
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Eight fencers, six men and two women, represented Sweden in 1928.
Men's foil Bertil Uggla Ivar Tingdahl
Men's épée Nils Hellsten Gunnar Cederschiöld
Men's team épée Nils Hellsten, Sidney Stranne, Gunnar Cederschiöld, Bertil Uggla
Women's foil Ebba Gripenstedt Hanna Olsen
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1928. Bo Lindman won the silver medal and Sven Thofelt won the gold.
Sven Thofelt Bo Lindman Ingvar Berg
Sailing
Men AthleteEventPreliminary seriesNet pointsFinal rank Final seriesNet pointsFinal rank12341234Sven Thorell12' Dinghy61126 2 Q131210Hakon ReuterHarry HansonGeorg LindahlYngve Lindqvist6 Metre2 Q8571 x 2nd5 Q3661 x 2nd7Clarence HammarTore HolmCarl SandblomJohn SandblomPhilip SandblomWilhelm Törsleff8 Metre3 Q42 Q1 Q1 x 1st2 Q1422 x 1st
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankEskil Lundahl100 m freestyle 1:03.0 Did not advanceSven-Pelle Pettersson 1:06.4 Did not advanceArne Borg400 m freestyle 5:09.6 5:05.4 5:04.6 1500 m freestyle 20:14.2 1 Q 20:42.0 1 Q 19:51.8 OR Roland Johansson100 m backstroke 1:17.4 Did not advanceEskil Lundahl 1:14.4 Unknown Did not advanceErik Harling200 m breaststroke 2:56.4 2:57.2 2:56.8 5Tage Wissnell Unknown Did not advanceAulo GustafssonSven-Pelle PetterssonEskil LundahlArne Borg4 × 200 m freestyle relay colspan=2 10:03.2 10:01.8 5
Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMarianne Gustafsson200 m breaststroke 3:27.0 Unknown Did not advanceBrita Hazelius 3:21.6 3.21.4 3:23.0 6
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References