Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics
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Sweden at the Olympic Games | ||||
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IOC code: | SWE | |||
NOC: | Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté external link (Swedish) |
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2006 Winter Olympics in Turin | ||||
Competitors | 112 in 9 sports | |||
Flag bearer | Anja Pärson, Alpine Skiing | |||
Medals Rank: 6 |
Gold 7 |
Silver 2 |
Bronze 5 |
Total 14 |
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. Despite the lack of success in recent Olympics, Sweden is seventh on the all-time ranking of gold medals in the Olympics, with 39 golds, and the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport have cited Swedish athletes and teams as among the favorites in twelve events[1]. A total of 99 athletes have been selected, and Sweden have selected athletes to compete in eight of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Gold
- Cross-country skiing
- Men's team sprint, classical style: Thobias Fredriksson, Björn Lind
- Women's team sprint, classical style: Lina Andersson, Anna Dahlberg
- Men's individual sprint, free style: Björn Lind
- Alpine skiing
- Women's slalom: Anja Pärson
- Curling
- Women's team: Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman (alternate)
- Biathlon
- Women's 12.5 km mass start: Anna Carin Olofsson
- Ice hockey
- Men's: Mattias Öhlund, Nicklas Lidström, Nicklas Kronwall, Christian Bäckman, Niclas Hävelid, Ronnie Sundin, Kenny Jönsson, Daniel Tjärnqvist, Daniel Alfredsson, Daniel Sedin, Mats Sundin, Henrik Sedin, Peter Forsberg, Per-Johan Axelsson, Samuel Påhlsson, Fredrik Modin, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Mika Hannula, Jörgen Jönsson, Tomas Holmström, Stefan Liv, Mikael Tellqvist and Henrik Lundqvist
[edit] Silver
- Biathlon
- Women's 7.5 km sprint: Anna Carin Olofsson
- Ice hockey
- Women's: Cecilia Andersson, Kim Martin, Elin Holmlöv, Jenni Asserholt, Joa Elfsberg, Emma Eliasson, Gunilla Andersson, Ylva Lindberg, Frida Nevalainen, Maria Rooth, Erika Holst, Jenny Lindqvist, Katarina Timglas, Pernilla Winberg, Ann-Louise Edstrand, Kristina Lundberg, Emilie O'Konor, Nanna Jansson, Therese Sjölander and Danijela Rundqvist
[edit] Bronze
- Alpine skiing
- Women's downhill: Anja Pärson
- Women's combined: Anja Pärson
- Women's giant slalom: Anna Ottosson
- Cross-country skiing
- Men's 4x10 km relay: Mats Larsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren and Mathias Fredriksson
- Men's individual sprint, free style: Thobias Fredriksson
[edit] Top 10 finishes
[edit] 4th place
- Alpine skiing
- Men's slalom: Andre Myhrer
- Biathlon
- Men's 4x6 km relay: Jakob Borjesson, Bjorn Ferry, Mattias Nilsson, Carl Johan Bergman
[edit] 5th place
- Alpine skiing
- Men's giant slalom: Fredrik Nyberg
[edit] 6th place
- Alpine skiing
- Women's giant slalom: Anja Paerson
[edit] 8th place
- Alpine skiing
- Men's slalom: Johan Brolenius
- Women's combined: Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
- Women's slalom: Therese Borssen
- Biathlon
- Men's 10 km sprint: Mattias Nilsson
[edit] Events
[edit] Alpine skiing
- Men's combined
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Name Downhill Slalom run 1 Slalom run 2 Total Final rank Markus Larsson 1:41.22 46.38 44.74 3:12.34 11th place Johan Brolenius 1:43.56 45.20 44.51 3:13.27 18th place
- Men's downhill
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Name Time Final rank Patrik Jaerbyn 1:52.87 33rd place
- Men's giant slalom
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Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank Fredrik Nyberg 1:16.83 1:19.22 2:36.05 5th place
- Men's slalom
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Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank Andre Myhrer 53.95 50.23 1:44.18 4th place Johan Brolenius 54.37 50.44 1:44.81 8th place Martin Hansson 54.50 50.74 1:45.24 10th place Markus Larsson Did not finish - - -
- Men's Super-G
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Name Time Final rank Patrik Jaerbyn 1:32.21 24th place
- Women's combined
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Name Downhill Slalom run 1 Slalom run 2 Total Final rank Anja Paerson 1:29.57 38.75 43.31 2:51.63 Bronze medal Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 1:30.19 40.04 44.96 2:55.19 8th place Janette Hargin 1:31.29 40.06 44.78 2:56.13 12th place Nike Bent 1:30.13 40.66 45.83 2:56.62 14th place
- Women's downhill
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Name Time Final rank Anja Paerson 1:57.13 Bronze medal Janette Hargin 1:58.53 17th place Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 1:58.56 18th place Nike Bent 1:59.17 22nd place
- Women's giant slalom
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Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank Anna Ottosson 1:02.04 1:08.29 2:10.33 Bronze medal Anja Paerson 1:01.07 1:09.89 2:10.96 6th place Maria Pietilae-Holmner 1:02.00 1:09.69 2:11.69 10th place Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 1:02.12 1:11.24 2:13.36 18th place
- Women's slalom
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Name Run 1 Run 2 Total Final rank Anja Paerson 42.38 46.66 1:29.04 Gold medal Therese Borssen 43.21 47.87 1:31.08 8th place Anna Ottosson 44.09 47.99 1:32.08 18th place Maria Pietilae-Holmner 44.16 48.31 1:32.47 21st place
- Women's Super-G
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Name Time Final rank Anja Paerson 1:33.88 12th place Nike Bent 1:34.41 21st place Janette Hargin 1:34.48 22nd place Jessica Lindell-Vikarby 1:34.78 24th place
[edit] Biathlon
- Men's 10 km sprint
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Mattias Nilsson 0 27:18.5 8th place Bjorn Ferry 2 27:31.1 14th place David Ekholm 2 28:33.3 39th place Carl Johan Bergman 0 29:21.5 55th place
- Men's 12.5 km pursuit
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Mattias Nilsson 3 +2:27.2 20th place Bjorn Ferry 6 +3:05.3 27th place David Ekholm 5 +4:23.6 40th place Carl Johan Bergman Did not start - -
- Men's 15 km mass start
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Mattias Nilsson 1 48:37.7 14th place Bjorn Ferry 2 48:56.4 18th place Carl Johan Bergman 4 50:54.4 29th place
- Men's 20 km individual
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Carl Johan Bergman 3 57:30.9 23rd place Bjorn Ferry 4 58:49.0 28th place David Ekholm 2 59:18.2 35th place Mattias Nilsson 5 1:00:01.1 44th place
- Men's 4x6 km relay
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Jakob Borjesson 4 21:35.3 Bjorn Ferry 3 20:20.5 Mattias Nilsson 3 20:27.5 Carl Johan Bergman 2 20:11.8 Total 12 1:22:35.1 4th place
- Women's 7.5 km sprint
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Anna Carin Olofsson 1 22:33.8 Silver medal
- Women's 10 km pursuit
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Anna Carin Olofsson 8 +3:22.5 14th place
- Women's 12.5 km mass start
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Anna Carin Olofsson 1 40:36.5 Gold medal
- Women's 15 km individual
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Name Missed shots Final Final rank Anna Carin Olofsson 5 52:55.8 15th place
[edit] Cross-country skiing
A total of fifteen athletes – ten men and five women – have been selected, making the cross-country squad the largest excluding the ice hockey teams.
Men:
- Jörgen Brink
- Mathias Fredriksson
- Thobias Fredriksson
- Mats Larsson
- Peter Larsson
- Björn Lind
- Johan Olsson
- Anders Södergren
- Fredrik Östberg
- Mikael Östberg
Women:
- Lina Andersson
- Anna Dahlberg
- Elin Ek
- Anna-Carin Strömstedt
- Emelie Öhrstig
Öhrstig is defending World Champion at the women's sprint event, but that was in classical style[2]. Lind leads the men's cross-country World Cup at sprint, where four Swedes are in the top seven[3], which may have led to La Gazzetta citing the Swedish team as among the favourites for the men's sprint relay. They're also among the favourites for the women's sprint relay, and Peter Larsson, Lind and Thobias Fredriksson are all named as favourites for the individual sprint. Mathias Fredriksson was also named as a favourite on the double pursuit and 50 km events.
On February 14, 2006 (Day 4), Sweden won gold in both the Men's and the Women's team sprint, classic style.
[edit] Curling
Sweden is sending a team to both the women's and the men's events at the 2006 Olympics. The men's team is skipped by Peja Lindholm, and also includes Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup and Anders Kraupp. One of these will have to be reserve during the Games. The women's team is skipped by Anette Norberg, and her team mates are Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd and Ulrika Bergman. La Gazzetta named the women's team as among the favourites, and they are defending World and European Champions. Lindholm's team was not named as a favourite, though they won the 2004 World Championships.
[edit] Freestyle skiing
[edit] Moguls
Swedish athletes have only been selected for the moguls event during the Olympics; one woman and two men have been selected to compete there.
Men:
- Jesper Björnlund
- Fredrik Fortkord
Women:
- Sara Kjellin
- Qualification run - 24.85 points
- Final run - 24.74 points (4th place)
[edit] Ice hockey
Women's game results
Date | Opponent | Score | Result |
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February 11 | Russia | 3-1 | W |
February 13 | Italy | 11-0 | W |
February 14 | Canada | 1-8 | L |
February 17 | USA | 3-2 | W |
February 11 | Canada | 1-4 | L |
Sweden are sending both men and women's team to the Olympics, and both teams are among the favourites according to La Gazzetta.
Women's team | |||
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Number | Player | Club | Position |
1 | Cecilia Andersson | Concordia University Stingers | GK |
30 | Kim Martin | AIK | GK |
2 | Elin Holmlöv | AIK | D |
4 | Jenni Asserholt | Örebro HK | D |
21 | Joa Elfsberg | Brynäs IF | D |
22 | Emma Eliasson | MODO | D |
23 | Gunilla Andersson | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey | D |
27 | Ylva Lindberg | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey | D |
3 | Frida Nevalainen | MODO | F |
7 | Maria Rooth | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey | F |
8 | Erika Holst | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey | F |
12 | Jenny Lindqvist | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey | F |
15 | Katarina Timglas | AIK | F |
16 | Pernilla Winberg | AIK | F |
17 | Ann-Louise Edstrand | Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey | F |
18 | Kristina Lundberg | MODO | F |
19 | Emilie O'Konor | AIK | F |
24 | Nanna Jansson | Brynäs IF | F |
25 | Therese Sjölander | MODO | F |
28 | Danijela Rundqvist | AIK | F |
[edit] Snowboard
[edit] Giant slalom
Men's parallel giant slalom
Qualification | ||||||||
Name | Blue Course | Red Course | Total | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
Richard Rikardsson | 34.76 | 36.70 | 01:11.46 | Heat 6 2nd place |
- | - | - | - |
Daniel Biveson | 36.07 | 36.08 | 01:12.15 | Heat 1 2nd place |
- | - | - | - |
Filip Fischer | 36.46 | 36.97 | 01:13.43 | - | - | - | - | - |
Women's parallel giant slalom
Qualification | ||||||||
Name | Blue Course | Red Course | Total | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
Aprilia Hagglof | 41.34 | 41.77 | 01:23.11 | Heat 1 2nd place |
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Sara Fischer | 40.91 | did not finish | - | - | - | - | - | - |
[edit] Halfpipe
Men’s halfpipe
In men’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.
Qualification | Final | ||||
Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final Rank |
Micael Lundmark | 32.5 points | 27.2 points | - | - | - |
Mikael Sandy | 19.7 points | 14.0 points | - | - | - |
Stefan Karlsson | 11.5 points | 8.7 points | - | - | - |
Women’s halfpipe
In women’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of the Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.
Qualification | Final | ||||
Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Final Rank |
Anna Olofsson | 27.4 points | 24.4 points | - | - | - |
[edit] Snowboard cross
Men's snowboard cross
Qualification | |||||||
Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | 1/8 Finals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank |
Jonatan Johansson | 1:26.72 | 1:23.38 | Heat 1 2nd place |
Quarterfinal 1 3rd place |
- | Classification 9-12 | 12th place |
Mattias Blomberg | 1:23.98 | 1:22.48 | Heat 2 3rd place |
- | - | - | - |
Jonte Grundelius | 1:24.53 | 1:21.85 | Heat 5 4th place |
- | - | - | - |
Women's snowboard cross
Qualification | |||||||
Name | Run 1 | Run 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Rank | |
Maria Danielsson | 1:30.01 | 2:06.56 | Quarterfinal 2 2nd place |
Semifinal 1 4th place |
Small final | 6th place |
[edit] Speed skating
Men's 500 m
Name | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Rank |
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Erik Zachrisson | 35.80 | 35.81 | 71.61 | 20th place |
Men's 1000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Erik Zachrisson | Disqualified | - |
Men's 1500 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Johan Röjler | 1:50.50 | 33rd place |
Men's 5000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Johan Röjler | 6:29.24 | 12th place |
Men's 10000 m
Name | Final | Rank |
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Johan Röjler | 13:29.50 | 10th place |
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ (Italian) "Quindici sport in cerca di podio" (10 January 2006), La Gazzetta dello Sport, pp. 4-6
- ^ FIS-Ski - resultats, URL retrieved 22 January 2006
- ^ FIS-Ski - Cup Standings, URL retrieved 22 January 2006
[edit] Further reference
- 2006 Team Book Sweden from the Swedish Olympic Committee, retrieved 22 January 2006
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