Sweden competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, United States. 174 competitors, 131 men and 43 women, took part in 138 events in 19 sports.
Medalists
Archery
Göran Bjerendal, a veteran of the 1980 Summer Olympics, became the second Swedish archer to place in the top eight and the first since 1972.
Women's Individual Competition: Liselotte Andersson – 2468 points (→ 14th place) Ylva Iversson – 2420 points (→ 26th place)
Men's Individual Competition: Göran Bjerendal – 2522 points (→ 6th place) Gert Bjerendal – 2481 points (→ 19th place) Tommy Quick – 2447 points (→ 27th place)
Athletics
Men's Competition
Men's 400 metres
Tommy Johansson
Heat — 47.77 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5,000 metres
Mats Erixon
Heat — 13:44.45
Semifinals — 13:29.72
Final — 13:41.64 (→ 12th place)
Men's Marathon
Tommy Persson — did not finish (→ no ranking) Kjell-Erik Ståhl — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 50 km Walk
Bo Gustafsson
Final — 3:53:19 (→ Silver Medal)
Bengt Simonsen
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Roland Nilsson
Final — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's High Jump
Patrik Sjöberg
Qualification — 2.24m
Final — 2.33m (→ Silver Medal)
Thomas Eriksson
Qualification — 2.21m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
Thomas Eriksson
Qualification — 15.97m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw
Kenth Eldebrink
Qualification — 81.06m
Final — 83.72m (→ Bronze Medal)
Men's Shot Put
Sören Tallhem
Qualifying Round — 19.94 m
Final — 19.81 m (→ 7th place)
Yngve Wahlander
Qualifying Round — 18.28 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Discus Throw
Stefan Fernholm
Final — 63.22m (→ 8th place)
Men's Pole Vault
Miro Zalar
Qualifying Round — no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Competition
Women's 1,500 metres
Jill McCabe
Heat — 4:16.48 (→ did not advance)
Women's 3,000 metres
Eva Ernström
Heat — 9.06.54 (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles
Ann-Louise Skoglund
Heat — 55.75
Semifinal — 55.17
Final — 55.43 (→ 5th place)
Women's Marathon
Midde Hamrin
Final — 2:36:41 (→ 18th place)
Women's Long Jump
Annette Tånnander
Qualification — 6.16 m (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's Heptathlon
Kristine Tånnander
Final Result — 5985 points (→ 12th place)
Annette Tånnander
Final Result — 5908 points (→ 14th place)
Boxing
Men's Lightweight
Shadrach Odhiambo
Men's Light-Welterweight
Stefan Sjöstrand
Men's Welterweight
Vesa Koskela
Men's Light-Middleweight
Lotfi Ayed
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Christer Corpi
Men's Heavyweight
Håkan Brock
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists, seven men and four women, represented Sweden in 1984.
Men's individual road race
Per Christiansson
Lars Wahlqvist
Kjell Nilsson
Stefan Brykt
Team time trial
Bengt Asplund
Per Christiansson
Magnus Knutsson
Håkan Larsson
Women's individual road race
Kristina Ranudd — 15th place
Tuulikki Jahre — 16th place
Marianne Berglund — 25th place
Paula Westher — 35th place
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
Six fencers, five men and one woman, represented Sweden in 1984.
Men's épée
Björne Väggö
Jerri Bergström
Greger Forslöw
Men's team épée
Jerri Bergström, Greger Forslöw, Kent Hjerpe, Jonas Rosén, Björne Väggö
Women's foil
Kerstin Palm
Gymnastics
Handball
Summary
Men's Team Competition
Preliminary Round (Group B) Defeated South Korea (36:23) Defeated United States (21:18) Lost to West Germany (17:18) Lost to Denmark (19:26) Defeated Spain (26:25) Classification Match 5th/6th place: Defeated Iceland (26:24) → 5th place
