Sweden at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games

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IOC code: SWE
NOC: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté
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1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Medals Gold
3		 Silver
3		 Bronze
6		 Total
12
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Sweden competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Sweden finished in 11th position in the final medal rankings, with 3 gold and 12 total medals.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Per Johansson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle
  • Sven Johansson — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
  • Benni Ljungbeck — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight
  • Lars-Erik Skiöld — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
  • Göran Marström and Jörgen Ragnarsson — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team Competition
  • George Horvath, Svante Rasmuson and Lennart Pettersson — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Two of the three Swedish archers in 1980 had competed at both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Anna-Lisa Berglund and Rolf Svensson were both less successful than they had been in Montreal four years before.
Women's Individual Competition:

  • Anna-Lisa Berglund — 2283 points (→ 16th place)


Men's Individual Competition:

  • Goran Bjerendal — 2408 points (→ 12th place)
  • Rolf Svensson — 2357 points (→ 20th place)

[edit] Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Kjell-Erik Stohl
  • Final — 2:17:44 (→ 19th place)
  • Tommy Persson
  • Final — 2:21:11 (→ 30th place)
  • Goran Hagberg
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Lost to Italy (77-92)
  • Lost to Cuba (59-71)
  • Lost to Australia (55-64)
  • Semi Final Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Senegal (70-64)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (61-83)
  • Defeated India (119-63)
  • Defeated Poland (70-67) → 10th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Peter Andersson
  • Thomas Nordgren
  • Peter Gunterberg
  • Göran Unger
  • Torbjörn Taxén
  • Joon-Olof Karlsson
  • Jan Enjebo
  • Bernt Malion
  • Roland Rahm
  • Sten Feldreich
  • Leif Yttergren
  • Åke Skyttevall

[edit] Boxing

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Odd Bengtsson
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Kalervo Alanenpää
    1. First Round — Lost to Omari Golaya (Tanzania) on points (0-5)


Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • Shadrach Odhiambo
    1. First Round — Defeated Bogdan Gajda (Poland) on points (4-1)
    2. Second Round — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (0-5)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Svante Rasmuson — 5,373 pts → (4th place)
  • Lennart Pettersson — 5,243 pts → (7th place)
  • George Horvath — 5,229 pts → (9th place)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Rasmuson, Pettersson, and Horvath — 15,845 pts → (Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heats — 52,01
  • Semi-Finals — 51,19
  • Final — 50,91 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)
  • Heats — 52,11
  • Semi-Finals — 51,42
  • Final — 51,29 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Heats — 52,29
  • Semi-Finals — 52,15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heats — 1.53,04
  • Final — 1.52,94 (→ 7th place)
  • Per-Ola Quist
  • Heats — 1.55,38 (→ did not advance)
  • Heats — 1.53,59 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Final — 54,92 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Final — 2.02,61 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Final — 56,53 (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Final — 2.04,10 (→ 6th place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Peter Berggren
  • Final — 2.21,65 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Final — 7.30,10 (→ 4th place)


Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Final — 57,90 (→ 8th place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Final — 1.02,61 (→ 6th place)

Women's 200 m Butterfly

  • Final — 2.15,22 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Eva-Marie Håkansson
  • Final — 1.11,72 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Final — 7.30,10 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

  • Final — 4.16,91 (→ 4th place)

[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Spain (3-7)
  • Drew with Italy (4-4)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-12)
  • Final Round (Group B)
  • Lost to Greece (5-9)
  • Lost to Italy (3-8)
  • Lost to Romania (3-8)
  • Lost to Australia (4-9)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (8-6) → 11th place
  • Team Roster
  • Anders Flodqvist
  • Kenth Karlson
  • Hans Lundén
  • Tommy Danielson
  • Sören Carlsson
  • Christer Stenberg
  • Gunnar Johansson
  • Peter Carlström
  • Lars Skåål
  • Per Arne Andersson
  • Arne Claesson


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