1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

7th	6th	12

Sweden participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 100 athletes (87 men and 13 women).

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Erik Lundqvist	athletics	Javelin
Sven Thofelt	Modern pentathlon	Men's competition
Thure Sjöstedt	Wrestling	Light heavyweight, freestyle
Johan Richthoff	Wrestling	Heavyweight, freestyle
Rudolf Svensson	Wrestling	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Arne Borg	swim	1,500 meters freestyle
Sven Thorell	sailing	12-foot dinghy

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Nils Arvid Ramm	Boxing	Heavyweight
Erik Byléhn	athletics	800 meters
Ossian Skiold	athletics	Hammer throwing
Bo Lindman	Modern pentathlon	Men's competition
Ragnar Olsson , Carl Bonde & Janne Lundblad	horse riding	Dressage, team
Erik Malmberg	Wrestling	Featherweight, Greco-Roman

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Gunnar Berggren	Boxing	lightweight
Edvin Wide	athletics	5,000 meters & 10,000 meters
Inga Gentzel	athletics	Women, 800 meters
Ruth Svedberg	athletics	Women throwing discus
Gosta Carlsson	Cycling	Individual time trial
Gösta Carlsson, Erik Jansson , Georg Johnsson	Cycling	Team driving
Ragnar Olsson	horse riding	Dressage, singles
Carl Björnstjerna , Ernst Hallberg , Karl Hansén	horse riding	Show jumping, team
Arne Borg	swim	400 meters freestyle
Clarence Hammar , Tore Holm , Carl Sandblom , John Sandblom , Philip Sandblom , Wilhelm Törsleff	sailing	8 meter class
Laura Sjöqvist	Diving	Women, diving

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Lennart Bohman

  Flyweight: 9th place

• Lars Mellström

  Bantamweight: 9th place

• Rolf Gustafsson

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Gunnar Berggren

  Lightweight: bronze

• Selfrid Johansson

  Welterweight: 9th place

• Oscar Kjallander

  Middleweight: 5th place

• Emil Johansson

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• Nils Arvid Ramm

  Heavyweight: silver

fencing

• Bertil Uggla

  Foil, singles: 12th place

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Ivar Tingdahl

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

• Nils Erik Hellsten

  Epee, singles: 5th place

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Gustaf Dyrssen

  Epee, singles: quarter-finals

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Gunnar Cederschiöld

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Sidney Stranne

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Ebba Gripenstedt

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

• Hanna Olsen

  Women, foil, singles: preliminary round

Weightlifting

• Helge Sjogren

  Lightweight: 15th place

• Bertil Carlsson

  Middleweight: DNF

athletics

• Bjorn Kugelberg

  200 meters: semi-finals

  4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Erik Byléhn

  800 meters: silver

  4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Edvin Wide

  1,500 meters: heats

  5,000 meters: bronze

  10,000 meters: bronze

• Ragnar Magnusson

  5,000 meters: 5th place

  10,000 meters: 6th place

• Nils Eklöf

  5,000 meters: DNF in the final

  3,000 meter obstacle: 4th place

• Jean-Gunnar Lindgren

  10,000 meters: 4th place

  3,000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Gustav Chin

  Marathon: 25th place

• Axel Elofs

  Marathon: DNF

• Eric Wennström

  110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

• Sten Pettersson

  110 meter hurdles: semi-finals

  400 meter hurdles: 4th place

  4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Albert Andersson

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

  Decathlon: 8th place

• Erik Kjellström

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Bertil von Wachenfeldt

  4 × 400 meters: 4th place

• Herbert Adolfsson

  High jump: 11th place

• Henry Lindblad

  Pole vault: 7th place

  Decathlon: 9th place

• Eric Svensson

  Long jump: 8th place in qualification

• Olle Hallberg

  Long jump: 10th place in qualification

• Ossian Skiold

  Hammer throw: silver

• Carl Johan Lind

  Hammer throw: 14th place in qualification

• Erik Lundqvist

  Javelin: gold

• Gunnar Lindström

  Javelin: 14th place in qualification

• Helge Jansson

  Decathlon: 6th place

• Sven Lundgren

  Decathlon: 14th place

• Maud Sundberg

  Women, 100 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Ruth Svedberg

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

  Women, discus throwing: bronze

• Inga Gentzel

  Women, 800 meters: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Emy Pettersson

  Women, 800 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats

• Bride Adams-Ray

  Women, high jump: 13th place

• Ann-Margret Ahlstrand

  Women, high jump: 15th place

Modern pentathlon

• Sven Thofelt

  Single: gold

• Bo Lindman

  Single: silver

• Ingvar Mountain

  Singles: 4th place

Cycling

• Gosta Carlsson

  Road race, individual: bronze

  Road race, team: bronze

• Erik Jansson

  Road race, individual: 14th place

  Road race, team: bronze

• Georg Johnsson

  Road race, individual: 17th place

  Road race, team: bronze

• Hjalmar Pettersson

  Road race, individual: 32nd place

  Road race, team: bronze

horse riding

• Ragnar Olson

  Dressage, individual: bronze

  Dressage, team: silver

• Janne Lundblad

  Dressage, individual: 4th place

  Dressage, team: silver

• Carl Bonde

  Dressage, individual: 19th place

  Dressage, team: silver

• Karl Hansen

  Show jumping, singles: 6th place

  Show jumping, team: bronze

• Carl Björnstjerna

  Show jumping, singles: 9th place

  Show jumping, team: bronze

• Ernst Hallberg

  Show jumping, singles: 25th place

  Show jumping, team: bronze

• Nils Kettner

  Versatility, singles: 7th place

  Versatility, team: no result

• Sven Colliander

  Versatility, singles: 13th place

  Versatility, team: no result

• Victor Ankarcrona

  Versatility, Individual: DNF

  Versatility, team: no result

Wrestling

• Oscar Lindelof

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place

• Erik Malmberg

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: silver

• Harald Pettersson

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Ivar Johansson

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Carl Westergren

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 17th place

• Rudolf Svensson

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: gold

• Algot Malmberg

  Lightweight, freestyle: 10th place

• Thure Sjöstedt

  Light Heavyweight, Freestyle: Gold

• Johan Richthoff

  Heavyweight, freestyle: gold

swim

• Sven Pettersson

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Eskil Lundahl

  100 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

  100 meters back: semi-finals

• Arne Borg

  400 meters freestyle: bronze

  1,500 meters freestyle: gold

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Aulo Gustafsson

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place

• Roland Johansson

  100 meters back: heats

• Erik Harling

  200 meters chest: 5th place

• Days of Wissnell

  200 meters chest: heats

• Brita Hazelius

  Women, 200 meters chest: 6th place

• Marianne Gustafsson

  Women, 200 meters chest: semi-finals

sailing

• Sven Thorell

  12-foot dinghy: gold

• Georg Lindahl

  6-meter class: 7th place

• Hakon Reuter

  6-meter class: 7th place

• Harry Hanson

  6-meter class: 7th place

• Yngve Lindqvist

  6-meter class: 7th place

• Carl Sandblom

  8 meter class: bronze

• Clarence Hammar

  8 meter class: bronze

• John Sandblom

  8 meter class: bronze

• Philip Sandblom

  8 meter class: bronze

• Tore Holm

  8 meter class: bronze

• Wilhelm Törsleff

  8 meter class: bronze

Diving

• Edmund Lindmark

  Art jumping: prelims

• Curt Sjöberg

  Art jumping: prelims

• Helge Öberg

  High diving: prelims

• Eugen Ahnström

  High diving: prelims

• Gosta Horn

  High diving: prelims

• Lala Sjöqvist

  Art jumping: bronze

• Ingegärd Töpel

  Art jumping: prelims

• Hjördis Töpel

  Art jumping: prelims

Web links

• Swedish Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )