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