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.
Johan Harmenberg — Fencing, Men's Épée IndividualBengt Baron — Swimming, Men's 100 metres BackstrokePär Arvidsson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres ButterflyPer Holmertz — Swimming, Men's 100 metres FreestyleLars-Göran Carlsson — Shooting, men's Skeet ShootingAgneta Eriksson, Tina Gustafsson, Carina Ljungdahl and Agneta Mårtensson — Swimming, Women's 4x100 metres Freestyle RelayPer Johansson — Swimming, Men's 100 metres FreestyleSven Johansson — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three PositionsBenni Ljungbeck — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman BantamweightLars-Erik Skiöld — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman LightweightGöran Marström and Jörgen Ragnarsson — Sailing, Men's Tornado Team CompetitionGeorge Horvath, Svante Rasmuson and Lennart Pettersson — Modern Pentathlon, Men's Team CompetitionTwo of the three Swedish archers in 1980 had competed at both the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Anna-Lisa Berglund and Rolf Svensson were both less successful than they had been in Montreal four years before.
Women's Individual Competition:
Anna-Lisa Berglund — 2283 points (→ 16th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Goran Bjerendal — 2408 points (→ 12th place)Rolf Svensson — 2357 points (→ 20th place)Men's Marathon
Kjell-Erik StåhlFinal — 2:17:44 (→ 19th place)Tommy PerssonFinal — 2:21:11 (→ 30th place)Goran HagbergFinal — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's 400 m Hurdles
Christer GullstrandHeat — 50.95Semifinals — did not start (→ did not advance)Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
Anders CarlsonHeat — 9:01.8 (→ did not advance)Men's Pole Vault
Miro ZalarQualification — 5.40 mFinal — 5.35 m (→ 10th place)Men's Discus Throw
Kenth GardenkransQualification — 62.58 mFinal — 60.24 m (→ 12th place)Men's 20 km Walk
Alf BrandtFinal — 1:34:44.0 (→ 13th place)Bo GustafssonFinal — DSQ (→ no ranking)Men's 50 km Walk
Bengt SimonsenFinal — 3:57:08 (→ 4th place)Bo GustafssonFinal — did not finish (→ no ranking)Women's 100 metres
Linda HaglundHeat — 11.37Quarterfinals — 11.31Semifinals — 11.36Final — 11.16 (→ 4th place)Women's 100 m Hurdles
Helena PihlHeat — 13.46Semifinal — 13.68 (→ did not advance)Women's High Jump
Susanne LorentzonQualification — 1.85 m (→ did not advance)Ann-Ewa KarlssonQualification — 1.80 m (→ did not advance)Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group C)Lost to Italy (77-92)Lost to Cuba (59-71)Lost to Australia (55-64)Semi Final Round (Group B)Defeated Senegal (70-64)Lost to Czechoslovakia (61-83)Defeated India (119-63)Defeated Poland (70-67) → 10th placeTeam Roster:Peter AnderssonThomas NordgrenPeter GunterbergGöran UngerTorbjörn TaxénJoon-Olof KarlssonJan EnjeboBernt MalionRoland RahmSten FeldreichLeif YttergrenÅke SkyttevallMen's Featherweight (57 kg)
Odd Bengtsson- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Lost to Adolfo Horta (Cuba) on points (0-5)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg)
Kalervo Alanenpää- First Round — Lost to Omari Golaya (Tanzania) on points (0-5)
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)
Shadrach Odhiambo- First Round — Defeated Bogdan Gajda (Poland) on points (4-1)
- Second Round — Lost to Anthony Willis (Great Britain) on points (0-5)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Anders Eklund- First Round — Bye
- Quarter Finals — Lost to István Lévai (Hungary) on points (1-4)
Six cyclists represented Sweden in 1980.
Individual road racePeter JonssonBernt SchelerAnders AdamsonMats GustafssonTeam time trialAnders AdamsonBengt AsplundMats GustafssonHåkan KarlssonSix fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1980.
Men's épéeJohan HarmenbergRolf EdlingHans JacobsonMen's team épéeJohan Harmenberg, Rolf Edling, Leif Högström, Göran Malkar, Hans JacobsonWomen's foilKerstin PalmThree male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1980. They won the bronze in the team event.
Men's Individual Competition:
Svante Rasmuson — 5,373 pts → (4th place)Lennart Pettersson — 5,243 pts → (7th place)George Horvath — 5,229 pts → (9th place)Men's Team Competition:
Rasmuson, Pettersson, and Horvath — 15,845 pts → ( Bronze Medal)Men's 100 m Freestyle
Per HolmertzHeats — 52.01Semi-Finals — 51.19Final — 50.91 (→ Silver Medal)Per JohanssonHeats — 52.11Semi-Finals — 51.42Final — 51.29 (→ Bronze Medal)Per WikströmHeats — 52.29Semi-Finals — 52.15 (→ did not advance)Men's 200 m Freestyle
Thomas LejdströmHeats — 1:53.04Final — 1:52.94 (→ 7th place)Per-Ola QuistHeats — 1:55.38 (→ did not advance)Per WikströmHeats — 1:53.59 (→ did not advance)Men's 100 m Butterfly
Pär ArvidssonFinal — 54.92 (→ Gold Medal)Men's 200 m Butterfly
Pär ArvidssonFinal — 2:02.61 (→ 7th place)Men's 100 m Backstroke
Bengt BaronFinal — 56.53 (→ Gold Medal)Men's 200 m Backstroke
Michael SöderlundFinal — 2:04.10 (→ 6th place)Men's 200 m Breaststroke
Peter BerggrenFinal — 2:21.65 (→ 7th place)Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Michael Söderlund, Per Wikström, Per-Alvar Magnusson, and Thomas LejdströmFinal — 7:30.10 (→ 4th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Agneta ErikssonFinal — 57.90 (→ 8th place)Women's 100 m Butterfly
Agneta MårtenssonFinal — 1:02.61 (→ 6th place)Women's 200 m Butterfly
Agneta MårtenssonFinal — 2:15.22 (→ 7th place)Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Eva-Marie HåkanssonHeats — 1:12.26Final — 1:11.72 (→ 5th place)Women's 400 m Individual Medley
Ann-Sofi RoosHeats — 4:57.13 (→ did not advance)Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Carina Ljungdahl, Tina Gustafsson, Agneta Mårtensson, and Agneta ErikssonFinal — 7:30.10 (→ Silver Medal)Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Annika Uvehall, Eva-Marie Håkansson, Agneta Mårtensson, and Tina GustafssonFinal — 4:16.91 (→ 4th place)Men's Team CompetitionPreliminary Round (Group B)Lost to Spain (3-7)Drew with Italy (4-4)Lost to Soviet Union (1-12)Final Round (Group B)Lost to Greece (5-9)Lost to Italy (3-8)Lost to Romania (3-8)Lost to Australia (4-9)Defeated Bulgaria (8-6) → 11th placeTeam RosterAnders FlodqvistKenth KarlsonHans LundénTommy DanielsonSören CarlssonChrister StenbergGunnar JohanssonPeter CarlströmLars SkåålPer Arne AnderssonArne Claesson 
