Sweden at the 1988 Winter Olympics

IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Calgary
Competitors	67 (54 men, 13 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Thomas Wassberg (cross-country skiing)
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 4 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 6
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Sweden competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tomas Gustafson	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	17 February
Gold	Tomas Gustafson	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 metres	21 February
Gold	Torgny Mogren Jan Ottosson Gunde Svan Thomas Wassberg	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay	22 February
Gold	Gunde Svan	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre freestyle	27 February
Bronze	Lars-Börje Eriksson	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	21 February
Bronze	Sweden men's national ice hockey team Mikael Andersson Peter Andersson Peter Åslin Jonas Bergqvist Bo Berglund Thom Eklund Ulf Sandström Anders Eldebrink Peter Eriksson Thomas Eriksson Michael Hjälm Lars Ivarsson Mikael Johansson Lars Karlsson Håkan Södergren Mats Kihlström Peter Lindmark Lars Molin Jens Öhling Lars-Gunnar Pettersson Thomas Rundqvist Tommy Samuelsson	Ice hockey	Men's competition	28 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	8	4	12
Biathlon	4	–	4
Bobsleigh	2	–	2
Cross-country skiing	5	7	12
Figure skating	1	1	2
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	2	0	2
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	6	1	7
Total	54	13	67

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Niklas Lindqvist	Downhill			2:09.41	40
Niklas Henning				2:05.52	30
Lars-Börje Eriksson				2:05.02	27
Niklas Henning	Super-G			DNF	–
Niklas Lindqvist				1:44.88	20
Lars-Börje Eriksson				1:41.08
Ingemar Stenmark	Giant Slalom	1:08.49	DNF	DNF	–
Jörgen Sundqvist		1:07.68	1:04.43	2:12.11	22
Jonas Nilsson		1:07.58	1:04.40	2:11.98	21
Johan Wallner		1:06.84	1:04.46	2:11.30	16
Johan Wallner	Slalom	54.05	DNF	DNF	–
Lars-Göran Halvarsson		53.33	DSQ	DSQ	–
Ingemar Stenmark		52.71	47.51	1:40.22	5
Jonas Nilsson		51.44	48.79	1:40.23	6

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Niklas Lindqvist	1:56.63	46.02	DNF	DNF	–
Niklas Henning	1:51.16	46.11	45.06	96.25	10
Lars-Börje Eriksson	1:49.52	DNF	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Monika Äijä	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kristina Andersson		1:04.01	1:11.08	2:15.09	22
Catharina Glassér-Bjerner		1:03.17	DNF	DNF	–
Camilla Nilsson		1:00.96	DNF	DNF	–
Kristina Andersson	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Monika Äijä		DNF	–	DNF	–
Catharina Glassér-Bjerner		50.88	DNF	DNF	–
Camilla Nilsson		48.82	DNF	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Leif Andersson	4	28:48.9	57
	Roger Westling	4	28:24.8	54
	Peter Sjödén	2	28:13.3	47
	Mikael Löfgren	1	27:01.0	22

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Roger Westling	DNF	–	DNF	–
	Mikael Löfgren	58:12.0	7	1'05:12.0	51
	Leif Andersson	58:27.3	5	1'03:27.3	37
	Peter Sjödén	59:07.9	3	1'02:07.8	31

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Peter Sjödén Mikael Löfgren Roger Westling Leif Andersson	3	1'29:11.9	7

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SWE-1	Per-Anders Persson Rolf Åkerström	Two-man	58.40	16	59.99	14	1:00.99	17	59.71	13	3:59.09	14

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Torgny Mogren	44:12.1	24
	Jan Ottosson	43:18.1	16
	Gunde Svan	43:07.3	13
	Christer Majbäck	42:58.6	11
30 km C	Thomas Wassberg	1'34:07.6	42
	Jan Ottosson	1'28:51.7	16
	Torgny Mogren	1'27:55.7	11
	Gunde Svan	1'27:30.8	10
50 km F	Thomas Wassberg	DNF	–
	Torgny Mogren	2'12:20.2	28
	Jan Ottosson	2'07:34.8	6
	Gunde Svan	2'04:30.9

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Jan Ottosson Thomas Wassberg Gunde Svan Torgny Mogren	1'43:58.6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Karin Svingstedt	16:15.0	23
	Marie Johansson	16:12.1	21
	Anna-Lena Fritzon	15:55.6	17
	Marie-Helene Westin-Östlund	15:28.9	7
10 km C	Annika Dahlman	32:31.4	28
	Karin Svingstedt	31:57.0	22
	Anna-Lena Fritzon	31:19.3	13
	Marie-Helene Westin	30:53.5	8
20 km F	Karin Lamberg-Skog	1'00:34.6	22
	Lis Frost	59:59.6	21
	Marie-Helene Westin	58:39.4	10
	Anna-Lena Fritzon	58:37.4	9

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Lis Frost Anna-Lena Fritzon Karin Lamberg-Skog Marie-Helene Westin	1'02:24.9	6

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Peter Johansson	23	22	24	46.6	24

Women

Athlete	CF	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Lotta Falkenback	25	13	21	41.2	21

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Medal round / Placement match
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	France W 13–2	Poland T 1–1	Switzerland W 4–2	Finland T 3–3	Canada T 2–2	2 Q	Czechoslovakia W 6–2	Soviet Union L 1–7	West Germany W 3–2

Group A

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	8	7
Sweden	5	2	0	3	23	10	7
Canada	5	3	1	1	17	12	7
Switzerland	5	3	2	0	19	10	6
Poland	5	1	3	1	9	13	3
France	5	0	5	0	10	47	0

Sweden 13-2 France
Sweden 1-1 Poland
Sweden 4-2 Switzerland
Finland 3-3 Sweden
Canada 2-2 Sweden

Medal round

The top three teams from each group play the top three teams from the other group once. Points from previous games against their own group carry over.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	4	1	0	25	7	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	18	10	7
Sweden	5	2	1	2	15	16	6
Canada	5	2	2	1	17	14	5
West Germany	5	1	4	0	8	26	2
Czechoslovakia	5	1	4	0	12	22	2

Sweden 6-2 Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union 7-1 Sweden
Sweden 3-2 West Germany

Leading scorers

Rk		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
8th	Anders Eldebrink	8	4	6	10	4

Team roster

Head coach: Tommy Sandlin

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Näsström	47.517	23	47.931	28	48.083	26	48.191	27	3:11.722	25
Mikael Holm	47.409	21	47.165	17	47.423	19	47.661	20	3:09.658	20

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jan Boklöv	Normal hill	78.0	85.4	80.5	92.4	177.8	28
Per-Inge Tällberg		79.5	89.3	78.0	84.9	174.2	36
Anders Daun		79.5	90.8	78.0	88.4	179.2	27
Staffan Tällberg		83.0	99.9	81.0	98.2	198.1	8
Anders Daun	Large hill	104.5	95.2	100.0	87.9	183.1	21
Per-Inge Tällberg		106.0	97.8	99.0	84.0	181.8	22
Jan Boklöv		109.0	99.5	100.0	85.9	185.4	18
Staffan Tällberg		110.0	104.9	102.0	91.7	196.6	8

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Per-Inge Tällberg Anders Daun Jan Boklöv Staffan Tällberg	539.7	7

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Claes Bengtsson	38.66	32
	Hans Magnusson	38.60	30
	Göran Johansson	37.69	18
1000 m	Göran Johansson	1:16.33	30
	Hans Magnusson	1:15.79	27
	Claes Bengtsson	1:15.07	21
1500 m	Joakim Karlberg	DNF	–
	Hans Magnusson	1:56.44	24
	Claes Bengtsson	1:55.16	13
5000 m	Joakim Karlberg	7:02.30	30
	Per Bengtsson	6:57.05	19
	Tomas Gustafson	6:44.63 OR
10,000 m	Joakim Karlberg	14:22.94	12
10,000 m	Tomas Gustafson	13:48.20 WR

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Jasmin Krohn	42.81	28
3000 m	Jasmin Krohn	4:25.06	10
5000 m	Jasmin Krohn	7:36.56	8

References

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Sweden at the Olympics

Summer Olympic Games	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
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Intercalated Games	1906

Sweden hosted the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada

Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada
Africa	Morocco
America	Argentina Bolivia Canada Chile Costa Rica Guatemala Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands
Asia	China Chinese Taipei India Japan North Korea South Korea Lebanon Mongolia Philippines
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia Fiji Guam New Zealand