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Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
SWE

7
  
6

Competitors
  
100 in 11 sports

Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Swedish Olympic Committee

Website
  
www.sok.se (Swedish) (English)

Medals Ranked 4th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 7 6 12 25

Sweden competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 100 competitors, 87 men and 13 women, took part in 66 events in 11 sports.

Contents

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

  • Lennart Bohman
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Hubert Ausbock (GER), points


    • Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

  • Nils Ramm → Silver Medal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Hans Schonrath (GER), points
  • Semifinals — Defeated Sverre Sørsdal (NOR), points
  • Final Match — Lost to Arturo Rodríguez (ARG), KO-1

    • Cycling

    Four cyclists, all men, represented Sweden in 1928.

    Individual road race
  • Gösta Carlsson
  • Erik Jansson
  • Georg Johnsson
  • Hjalmar Pettersson
    • Team road race
  • Gösta Carlsson
  • Erik Jansson
  • Georg Johnsson
  • Hjalmar Pettersson

    • Fencing

    Eight fencers, six men and two women, represented Sweden in 1928.

    Men's foil
  • Bertil Uggla
  • Ivar Tingdahl
    • Men's épée
  • Nils Hellsten
  • Gunnar Cederschiöld
    • Men's team épée
  • Nils Hellsten, Sidney Stranne, Gunnar Cederschiöld, Bertil Uggla
    • Women's foil
  • Ebba Gripenstedt
  • Hanna Olsen

    • Modern pentathlon

    Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1928. Bo Lindman won the silver medal and Sven Thofelt won the gold.

  • Sven Thofelt
  • Bo Lindman
  • Ingvar Berg

    • References

    Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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