Sweden at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 145 competitors, 122 men and 23 women, took part in 102 events in 18 sports.

Medalists

Gold

• Johan Harmenberg — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
• Bengt Baron — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Backstroke
• Pär Arvidsson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Butterfly

Silver

• Per Holmertz — Swimming, Men's 100 metres Freestyle
• Lars-Göran Carlsson — Shooting, men's Skeet Shooting
• Agneta Eriksson, Tina Gustafsson, Carina Ljungdahl and Agneta Mårtensson — Swimming, Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle Relay

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

Archery

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