Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
1928 Summer Olympics
Sweden at the; 1928 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Amsterdam
Competitors	100 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Bo Lindman
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 7 Silver 6 Bronze 12 Total 25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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	Erik Lundqvist	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	August 2
Gold	Sven Thofelt	Modern pentathlon		August 4
Gold	Sven Thorell	Sailing	Men's 12 foot dinghy	August 9
Gold	Arne Borg	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 6
Gold	Johan Richthoff	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	August 1^[2]
Gold	Thure Sjöstedt	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	August 1^[3]
Gold	Rudolf Svensson	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight	August 5^[4]
Silver	Erik Byléhn	Athletics	Men's 800 m	July 31
Silver	Ossian Skiöld	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	July 30
Silver	Nils Ramm	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	August 11
Silver	Carl Bonde Janne Lundblad Ragnar Olson	Equestrian	Team dressage	August 11
Silver	Bo Lindman	Modern pentathlon		August 4
Silver	Eric Malmberg	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	August 5
Bronze	Edvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	August 3
Bronze	Edvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	July 29
Bronze	Inga Gentzel	Athletics	Women's 800 m	August 2
Bronze	Ruth Svedberg	Athletics	Women's discus throw	July 31
Bronze	Gunnar Berggren	Boxing	Men's lightweight	August 11
Bronze	Gösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's ondividual road race	August 7
Bronze	Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson Gösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's team road race	August 7
Bronze	Laura Sjöqvist	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 11
Bronze	Ragnar Olson	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 11
Bronze	Carl Bjornstjerna Ernst Hallberg Karl Hansén	Equestrian	Team jumping	August 12
Bronze	Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	Sailing	8 metre class	August 9
Bronze	Arne Borg	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 9

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

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

Nils Hellsten, Sidney Stranne, Gunnar Cederschiöld, Bertil Uggla

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary series				Net points	Final rank	Final series				Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	Net points	Final rank	1	2	3	4	Net points	Final rank
Sven Thorell	12' Dinghy	6	1	1	2	6	2 Q	1	3	1	2	10
Hakon Reuter Harry Hanson Georg Lindahl Yngve Lindqvist	6 Metre	2 Q	8	5	7	1 x 2nd	5 Q	3	6	6	—	1 x 2nd	7
Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	8 Metre	3 Q	4	2 Q	1 Q	1 x 1st	2 Q	1	4	2	—	2 x 1st

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

^ "Sweden at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. 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. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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[sports-reference-1] "Sweden at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. 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.

[SportsRef-ModPen-5] "Sweden Modern Pentathlon at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-20.

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