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
01 ! Gold	Lundqvist, ErikErik Lundqvist	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	000000002016-08-02-0000August 2
01 ! Gold	Thofelt, SvenSven Thofelt	Modern pentathlon		000000002016-08-04-0000August 4
01 ! Gold	Thorell, SvenSven Thorell	Sailing	Men's 12 foot dinghy	000000002016-08-09-0000August 9
01 ! Gold	Borg, ArneArne Borg	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	000000002016-08-06-0000August 6
01 ! Gold	Richthoff, JohanJohan Richthoff	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	000000002016-08-01-0000August 1^[2]
01 ! Gold	Sjöstedt, ThureThure Sjöstedt	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	000000002016-08-01-0000August 1^[3]
01 ! Gold	Svensson, RudolfRudolf Svensson	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight	000000002016-08-05-0000August 5^[4]
02 ! Silver	Byléhn, ErikErik Byléhn	Athletics	Men's 800 m	000000002016-07-31-0000July 31
02 ! Silver	Skiöld, OssianOssian Skiöld	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	000000002016-07-30-0000July 30
02 ! Silver	Ramm, NilsNils Ramm	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	000000002016-08-11-0000August 11
02 ! Silver	Bonde, CarlCarl Bonde Janne Lundblad Ragnar Olson	Equestrian	Team dressage	000000002016-08-11-0000August 11
02 ! Silver	Lindman, BoBo Lindman	Modern pentathlon		000000002016-08-04-0000August 4
02 ! Silver	Malmberg, EricEric Malmberg	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	000000002016-08-05-0000August 5
03 ! Bronze	Wide, EdvinEdvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	000000002016-08-03-0000August 3
03 ! Bronze	Wide, EdvinEdvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	000000002016-07-29-0000July 29
03 ! Bronze	Gentzel, IngaInga Gentzel	Athletics	Women's 800 m	000000002016-08-02-0000August 2
03 ! Bronze	Svedberg, RuthRuth Svedberg	Athletics	Women's discus throw	000000002016-07-31-0000July 31
03 ! Bronze	Berggren, GunnarGunnar Berggren	Boxing	Men's lightweight	000000002016-08-11-0000August 11
03 ! Bronze	Carlsson, GöstaGösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's ondividual road race	000000002016-08-07-0000August 7
03 ! Bronze	Carlsson, GöstaGösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson Gösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's team road race	000000002016-08-07-0000August 7
03 ! Bronze	Sjöqvist, LauraLaura Sjöqvist	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	000000002016-08-11-0000August 11
03 ! Bronze	Olson, RagnarRagnar Olson	Equestrian	Individual dressage	000000002016-08-11-0000August 11
03 ! Bronze	Bjornstjerna, CarlCarl Bjornstjerna Ernst Hallberg Karl Hansén	Equestrian	Team jumping	000000002016-08-12-0000August 12
03 ! Bronze	Hammar, ClarenceClarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	Sailing	8 metre class	000000002016-08-09-0000August 9
03 ! Bronze	Borg, ArneArne Borg	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	000000002016-08-09-0000August 9

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1928.

Individual road race

Team road race

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Nils Hellsten, Sidney Stranne, Gunnar Cederschiöld, Bertil Uggla

Women's foil

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer Olympics

References

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

Sweden at the Olympics

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Nations at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands

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