Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games

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IOC code:   SWE
1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Medals Gold
2		 Silver
4		 Bronze
2		 Total
8
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Sweden competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Sweden finished in 29th position in the final medal rankings, with 2 gold and 8 total medals.

[edit] Gold

  • Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson-Wiberg — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

[edit] Silver

  • Magnus Andersson, Robert Andersson, Per Carlén, Martin Frändesjö, Erik Hajas, Robert Hedin, Andreas Larsson, Ola Lindgren, Stefan Lövgren, Mats Olsson, Staffan Olsson, Johan Pettersson, Tomas Sivertsson, Tomas Svensson, Pierre Thorsson, and Magnus Wislander — Handball, Men's Team Competition
  • Bobby Lohse and Hans Wallén — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition

[edit] Bronze

  • Agneta Andersson, Ingela Ericsson, Anna Olsson and Susanne Rosenqvist — Canoeing, Women's K4 500 m Kayak Fours

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Swedish men returned to Olympic archery with a silver medal performance by Magnus Petersson. Veteran Göran Bjerendal was defeated in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Jenny Sjöwall → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)
  • Christa Backman → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)
  • Kristina Persson → Round of 64, 43rd place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Magnus Petersson → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)
  • Mikael Larsson → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
  • Göran Bjerendal → Round of 64, 34th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

  • Sjöwall, Backman, and Persson → Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

  • Petersson, Larsson, and Bjerendal → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Sven Nylander
    1. Heat — 49.54s
    2. Semi Final — 48.21s
    3. Final — 47.98s (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Anders Szalkai — 2:24.27 (→ 64th place)

Women's High Jump

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Stefan Strøm
    1. First Round — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • John Larbi
    1. First Round — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 5-19

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

  • Roger Pettersson
    1. First Round — Defeated Shokhrat Kourbanov (Turkmenistan), 7-2
    2. Second Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy), 4-18

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Ismael Kone
    1. First Round — Defeated Ilkham Kerimov (Azerbaijan), 22-3
    2. Second Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 9-24

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Kwamena Turkson
    1. First Round — Defeated Young-Sam Ko (South Korea), 12-8
    2. Second Round — Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), knock-out in first round

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

  • Attila Levin
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Jean-François Bergeron (Canada), referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), referee stopped contest in first round

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Per-Olov Danielson → 10th place (5375 pts)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Pär Lindström
    1. Heat – 23.47 (→ did not advance, 33th place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Men's 200 m Freestyle

Men's 400 m Freestyle

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Linda Olofsson
    1. Heat – 25.84
    2. Final – 25.63 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Linda Olofsson
    1. Heat – 56.56
    2. B-Final – 55.83 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Malin Nilsson
    1. Heat – 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Hanna Jaltner
    1. Heat – 1:10.69
    2. B-Final – 1:11.41 (→ 16th place)
  • Maria Östling
    1. Heat – 1:11.58 (→ did not advance, 23th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Lena Eriksson
    1. Heat – 2:31.65
    2. B-Final – 2:28.87 (→ 9th place)
  • Maria Östling
    1. Heat – 2:33.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Louise Karlsson
    1. Heat – 2:16.37
    2. Final – 2:17.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition



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