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Sweden at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Sweden at the
1988 Winter Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Calgary
Competitors67 (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)

Sweden competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Medalists

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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
Ice hockey Men's competition 28 February

Competitors

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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

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Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
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
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

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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
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

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Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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

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Men
Event Athlete Race
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Jan Ottosson
Thomas Wassberg
Gunde Svan
Torgny Mogren
1'43:58.6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
Time Rank
Lis Frost
Anna-Lena Fritzon
Karin Lamberg-Skog
Marie-Helene Westin
1'02:24.9 6

Figure skating

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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

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Summary
Team Event Group stage Medal round / Placement match
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
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Group A

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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

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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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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

Luge

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Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
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

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Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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
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

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Men
Event Athlete Race
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
10,000 m Joakim Karlberg 14:22.94 12
Tomas Gustafson 13:48.20 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
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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