1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)
SWE
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Sweden participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 100 athletes (87 men and 13 women).
Medalist
gold
silver
bronze
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Lennart Bohman
- Flyweight: 9th place
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Lars Mellström
- Bantamweight: 9th place
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Rolf Gustafsson
- Featherweight: 17th place
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Selfrid Johansson
- Welterweight: 9th place
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Oscar Kjallander
- Middleweight: 5th place
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Emil Johansson
- Light heavyweight: 9th place
fencing
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Bertil Uggla
- Foil, singles: 12th place
- Epee, team: preliminary round
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Ivar Tingdahl
- Foil, singles: preliminary round
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Nils Erik Hellsten
- Epee, singles: 5th place
- Epee, team: preliminary round
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Gustaf Dyrssen
- Epee, singles: quarter-finals
- Epee, team: preliminary round
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Gunnar Cederschiöld
- Epee, singles: preliminary round
- Epee, team: preliminary round
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Sidney Stranne
- Epee, team: preliminary round
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Ebba Gripenstedt
- Women, foil, singles: preliminary round
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Hanna Olsen
- Women, foil, singles: preliminary round
Weightlifting
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Helge Sjogren
- Lightweight: 15th place
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Bertil Carlsson
- Middleweight: DNF
athletics
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Bjorn Kugelberg
- 200 meters: semi-finals
- 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Ragnar Magnusson
- 5,000 meters: 5th place
- 10,000 meters: 6th place
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Nils Eklöf
- 5,000 meters: DNF in the final
- 3,000 meter obstacle: 4th place
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Jean-Gunnar Lindgren
- 10,000 meters: 4th place
- 3,000 meter obstacle: prelims
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Gustav Chin
- Marathon: 25th place
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Axel Elofs
- Marathon: DNF
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Eric Wennström
- 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals
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Sten Pettersson
- 110 meter hurdles: semi-finals
- 400 meter hurdles: 4th place
- 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Albert Andersson
- 110 meter hurdles: prelims
- Decathlon: 8th place
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Erik Kjellström
- 110 meter hurdles: prelims
- 400 meter hurdles: prelims
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Bertil von Wachenfeldt
- 4 × 400 meters: 4th place
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Herbert Adolfsson
- High jump: 11th place
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Henry Lindblad
- Pole vault: 7th place
- Decathlon: 9th place
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Eric Svensson
- Long jump: 8th place in qualification
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Olle Hallberg
- Long jump: 10th place in qualification
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Carl Johan Lind
- Hammer throw: 14th place in qualification
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Gunnar Lindström
- Javelin: 14th place in qualification
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Helge Jansson
- Decathlon: 6th place
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Sven Lundgren
- Decathlon: 14th place
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Maud Sundberg
- Women, 100 meters: semi-finals
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats
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Emy Pettersson
- Women, 800 meters: heats
- Women, 4 × 100 meters: heats
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Bride Adams-Ray
- Women, high jump: 13th place
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Ann-Margret Ahlstrand
- Women, high jump: 15th place
Modern pentathlon
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Ingvar Mountain
- Singles: 4th place
Cycling
horse riding
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Nils Kettner
- Versatility, singles: 7th place
- Versatility, team: no result
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Sven Colliander
- Versatility, singles: 13th place
- Versatility, team: no result
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Victor Ankarcrona
- Versatility, Individual: DNF
- Versatility, team: no result
Wrestling
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Oscar Lindelof
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place
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Harald Pettersson
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place
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Ivar Johansson
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place
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Carl Westergren
- Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 17th place
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Algot Malmberg
- Lightweight, freestyle: 10th place
swim
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Sven Pettersson
- 100 meters freestyle: prelims
- 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place
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Eskil Lundahl
- 100 meters freestyle: prelims
- 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place
- 100 meters back: semi-finals
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Aulo Gustafsson
- 4 × 200 meter freestyle: 5th place
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Roland Johansson
- 100 meters back: heats
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Erik Harling
- 200 meters chest: 5th place
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Days of Wissnell
- 200 meters chest: heats
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Brita Hazelius
- Women, 200 meters chest: 6th place
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Marianne Gustafsson
- Women, 200 meters chest: semi-finals
sailing
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Georg Lindahl
- 6-meter class: 7th place
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Hakon Reuter
- 6-meter class: 7th place
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Harry Hanson
- 6-meter class: 7th place
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Yngve Lindqvist
- 6-meter class: 7th place
Diving
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Edmund Lindmark
- Art jumping: prelims
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Curt Sjöberg
- Art jumping: prelims
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Helge Öberg
- High diving: prelims
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Eugen Ahnström
- High diving: prelims
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Gosta Horn
- High diving: prelims
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Ingegärd Töpel
- Art jumping: prelims
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Hjördis Töpel
- Art jumping: prelims
Web links
- Swedish Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )