Sweden_at_the_1984_Winter_Olympics
Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Sweden competed at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Quick Facts Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...
| Sweden at the 1984 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | SWE |
| NOC | Swedish Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sarajevo | |
| Competitors | 60 (51 men, 9 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Mats Waltin (ice hockey) |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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More information Medal, Name ...
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Gunde Svan | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Gold | Thomas Wassberg | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Gold | Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan Jan Ottosson Benny Kohlberg | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Gold | Tomas Gustafson | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
 Silver | Gunde Svan | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Tomas Gustafson | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |
 Bronze | Gunde Svan | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
| Bronze | Sweden men's national ice hockey team |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Event ...
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jörgen Sundqvist | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Johan Wallner | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – | |
| Gunnar Neuriesser | 1:23.99 | 21 | 1:24.46 | 23 | 2:48.45 | 22 | |
| Niklas Henning | 1:23.61 | 19 | 1:22.51 | 17 | 2:46.12 | 18 | |
| Bengt Fjällberg | Slalom | 53.31 | 14 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Lars-Göran Halvarsson | 52.97 | 9 | 48.73 | 6 | 1:41.70 | 8 | |
| Stig Strand | 52.95 | 8 | 49.00 | 10 | 1:41.95 | 9 | |
| Jonas Nilsson | 51.52 | 2 | 48.73 | 6 | 1:40.25 | 4 | |
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- Ingemar Stenmark, a double gold medalist in 1980, was banned from these Olympics by the International Ski Federation (FIS) for accepting promotional payments directly, rather than through the Swedish ski federation.[1][2][3][4]
Main article: Biathlon at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Misses 1 | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 km Sprint | Ronnie Adolfsson | 4 | 33:27.0 | 25 |
| Leif Andersson | 3 | 33:21.9 | 24 | |
| Sven Fahlén | 2 | 33:12.9 | 21 |
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More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 2 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Ronnie Adolfsson | 1'12:12.2 | 8 | 1'20:12.2 | 20 |
| Sven Fahlén | 1'12:10.8 | 6 | 1'18:10.8 | 11 | |
| Leif Andersson | 1'13:19.3 | 3 | 1'16:19.3 | 8 |
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- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 1 | Time | Rank | |
| Sven Fahlén Tommy Höglund Roger Westling Ronnie Adolfsson |
2 | 1'44:28.2 | 10 |
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- 1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
- 2 One minute added per missed target.
Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1984 Winter Olympics
More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SWE-1 | Carl-Erik Eriksson Nils Stefansson |
Two-man | 53.13 | 17 | 53.56 | 20 | 53.04 | 20 | 52.88 | 18 | 3:32.61 | 19 |
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More information Sled, Athletes ...
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| SWE-1 | Carl-Erik Eriksson Tommy Johansson Ulf Åkerblom Nils Stefansson |
Four-man | 51.57 | 22 | 51.82 | 19 | 51.94 | 21 | 51.74 | 19 | 3:27.07 | 21 |
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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Torgny Mogren | 43:39.4 | 22 |
| Benny Kohlberg | 43:21.5 | 19 | |
| Sven-Erik Danielsson | 42:55.9 | 15 | |
| Gunde Svan | 41:25.6 | | |
| 30 km | Torgny Mogren | 1'33:52.0 | 23 |
| Jan Ottosson | 1'33:01.3 | 16 | |
| Thomas Wassberg | 1'32:25.3 | 14 | |
| Gunde Svan | 1'29:35.7 | | |
| 50 km | Anders Larsson | 2'31:43.6 | 39 |
| Jan Ottosson | 2'22:24.0 | 14 | |
| Gunde Svan | 2'16:00.7 | | |
| Thomas Wassberg | 2'15:55.8 | | |
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- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Thomas Wassberg Benny Kohlberg Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan |
1'55:06.3 | |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 5 km | Eva-Lena Karlsson | 19:21.6 | 37 |
| Ann Rosendahl | 18:22.8 | 23 | |
| Karin Lamberg-Skog | 18:02.5 | 16 | |
| Marie Johansson-Risby | 17:26.3 | 4 | |
| 10 km | Stina Karlsson | 34:52.4 | 31 |
| Ann Rosendahl | 34:28.0 | 21 | |
| Karin Lamberg-Skog | 34:01.3 | 18 | |
| Marie Johansson-Risby | 32:34.6 | 6 | |
| 20 km | Stina Karlsson | 1'07:43.4 | 32 |
| Kristina Hugosson | 1'07:40.5 | 31 | |
| Ann Rosendahl | 1'06:47.8 | 23 | |
| Marie Johansson-Risby | 1'03:31.8 | 5 | |
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- Women's 4 × 5 km relay
More information Athletes, Race ...
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Karin Lamberg-Skog Kristina Hugosson Marie Johansson-Risby Ann Rosendahl |
1'09:30.0 | 5 |
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Main article: Figure skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Men
- Women
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Summary
More information Team, Event ...
| Team | Event | Group stage | Medal round / Placement match | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
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Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Sweden men's | Men's tournament |  ItalyW 11–3 |
 YugoslaviaW 11–0 |
 West GermanyT 1–1 |
 PolandW 10–1 |
 Soviet UnionL 1–10 |
2 Q |  CzechoslovakiaL 0–2 |
 CanadaW 2–0 |
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Group A
Top two teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union |
5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 5 | 10 |
 Sweden |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 15 | 7 |
| West Germany |
5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 7 |
| Poland |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 37 | 2 |
| Italy |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 2 |
| Yugoslavia |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 37 | 2 |
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- Sweden 11-3 Italy
- Sweden 11-0 Yugoslavia
- Sweden 1-1 West Germany
- Sweden 10-1 Poland
- USSR 10-1 Sweden
Medal round
More information Team, Pld ...
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| Czechoslovakia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Sweden |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| Canada |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
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- Czechoslovakia 2-0 Sweden
- Sweden 2-0 Canada
Carried over group match:
- USSR 10-1 Sweden
Leading scorers
- Team roster
- Rolf Ridderwall
- Göte Wälitalo
- Bo Ericson
- Göran Lindblom
- Håkan Nordin
- Mats Thelin
- Michael Thelvén
- Mats Waltin
- Thomas Åhlén
- Pelle Eklund
- Thom Eklund
- Håkan Eriksson
- Peter Gradin
- Mats Hessel
- Michael Hjälm
- Tommy Mörth
- Thomas Rundqvist
- Tomas Sandström
- Håkan Södergren
- Jens Öhling
- Head coach: Anders Parmström
Main article: Luge at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Fredrik Wickman | 47.693 | 21 | 47.850 | 23 | 47.808 | 24 | 47.579 | 21 | 3:10.930 | 19 |
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- Women
More information Athlete, Run 1 ...
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Lotta Dahlberg | 42.986 | 12 | 43.327 | 18 | 42.859 | 15 | 43.181 | 19 | 2:52.353 | 16 |
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Main article: Speed skating at the 1984 Winter Olympics
- Men
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Hans Magnusson | 1:03.08 | 42 |
| Tomas Gustafson | 41.18 | 36 | |
| Jan-Åke Carlberg | 40.64 | 34 | |
| 1000 m | Jan-Åke Carlberg | 1:19.92 | 29 |
| Hans Magnusson | 1:18.95 | 21 | |
| 1500 m | Jan Junell | 2:02.55 | 24 |
| Claes Bengtsson | 2:02.04 | 18 | |
| Hans Magnusson | 2:01.26 | 16 | |
| 5000 m | Jan Junell | 7:29.98 | 18 |
| Claes Bengtsson | 7:26.57 | 16 | |
| Tomas Gustafson | 7:12.28 | | |
| 10,000 m | Claes Bengtsson | 15:14.33 | 16 |
| Jan Junell | 15:12.90 | 15 | |
| Tomas Gustafson | 14:39.95 | | |
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- Women
More information Event, Athlete ...
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 500 m | Annette Carlén-Karlsson | 43.65 | 18 |
| 1000 m | Annette Carlén-Karlsson | 1:26.15 | 9 |
| 1500 m | Annette Carlén-Karlsson | 2:10.80 | 12 |
| 3000 m | Annette Carlén-Karlsson | 4:40.36 | 11 |
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- "Ski stars banned from Olympics". Ottawa Citizen. Reuters. November 26, 1983. p. 71.
- "Ruling slaps Stenmark". Bend (OR) Bulletin. UPI. November 7, 1983. p. D-4.
- "Winter Olympics will take place without three alpine skiers". Palm Beach Post. wire services. January 25, 1984. p. D4.
- "Mahre skis for gold". Observer Reporter. Washington, PA. Associated Press. February 11, 1984. p. B-8.