Sweden at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
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At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
Competitors	100 in 11 sports
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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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Erik Lundqvist	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	August 2
Gold	Sven Thofelt	Modern pentathlon		August 4
Gold	Sven Thorell	Sailing	Men's 12 foot dinghy	August 9
Gold	Arne Borg	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 6
Gold	Johan Richthoff	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	August 1^[2]
Gold	Thure Sjöstedt	Wrestling	Men's freestyle light heavyweight	August 1^[3]
Gold	Rudolf Svensson	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight	August 5^[4]
Silver	Erik Byléhn	Athletics	Men's 800 m	July 31
Silver	Ossian Skiöld	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	July 30
Silver	Nils Ramm	Boxing	Men's heavyweight	August 11
Silver	Carl Bonde Janne Lundblad Ragnar Olson	Equestrian	Team dressage	August 11
Silver	Bo Lindman	Modern pentathlon		August 4
Silver	Eric Malmberg	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman featherweight	August 5
Bronze	Edvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 5000 m	August 3
Bronze	Edvin Wide	Athletics	Men's 10,000 m	July 29
Bronze	Inga Gentzel	Athletics	Women's 800 m	August 2
Bronze	Ruth Svedberg	Athletics	Women's discus throw	July 31
Bronze	Gunnar Berggren	Boxing	Men's lightweight	August 11
Bronze	Gösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's ondividual road race	August 7
Bronze	Gösta Carlsson Erik Jansson Georg Johnsson Gösta Carlsson	Cycling	Men's team road race	August 7
Bronze	Laura Sjöqvist	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	August 11
Bronze	Ragnar Olson	Equestrian	Individual dressage	August 11
Bronze	Carl Bjornstjerna Ernst Hallberg Karl Hansén	Equestrian	Team jumping	August 12
Bronze	Clarence Hammar Tore Holm Carl Sandblom John Sandblom Philip Sandblom Wilhelm Törsleff	Sailing	8 metre class	August 9
Bronze	Arne Borg	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	August 9