Sweden at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 185 competitors, 148 men and 37 women, took part in 113 events in 23 sports.

Medalists

Silver

• George Cramne — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
• Ragnar Skanåker — Shooting, Men's Free Pistol
• Anders Holmertz — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
• Birgitta Bengtsson and Marit Söderström — Sailing, Women's 470 Class

Bronze

• Patrik Sjöberg — Athletics, Men's High Jump
• Lars Myrberg — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Michel Lafis, Anders Jarl, Björn Johansson, and Jan Karlsson — Cycling, Men's Team Road Race
• Erik Lindh — Table tennis, Men's Singles
• Stefan Edberg — Tennis, Men's Singles
• Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd — Tennis, Men's Doubles
• Tomas Johansson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Archery

The Swedish team continued their archery medal drought, though they took three top eight places in the women's individual, women's team, and men's team categories.

Women's individual competition:

• Jenny Sjöwall — Final (→ 5th place)
• Liselotte Andersson — Quarterfinal (→ 13th place)
• Carina Jonsson — Preliminary Round (→ 59th place)

Men's individual competition:

• Göran Bjerendal — Quarterfinal (→ 15th place)
• Mats Nordlander — Preliminary Round (→ 30th......
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