Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||||||||
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| Medals Rank: 29 |
Gold 2 |
Silver 4 |
Bronze 2 |
Total 8 |
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Sweden competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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[edit] Medals
[edit] Gold
- Ludmila Engquist — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles
- Agneta Andersson and Susanne Gunnarsson-Wiberg — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs
[edit] Silver
- Magnus Petersson — Archery, Men's Individual Competition
- 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
- Lars Frölander, Anders Holmertz, Anders Lyrbring and Christer Wallin — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- 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
- Mikael Ljungberg — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)
[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
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- Heat — 49.54s
- Semi Final — 48.21s
- Final — 47.98s (→ 4th place)
Men's Marathon
- Anders Szalkai — 2:24.27 (→ 64th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
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- Qualification — 75.24m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Tore Gustafsson
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- Qualification — 71.02m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
- Kajsa Bergqvist
- Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
- Stefan Strøm
- First Round — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
- John Larbi
- First Round — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 5-19
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
- Roger Pettersson
- First Round — Defeated Shokhrat Kourbanov (Turkmenistan), 7-2
- Second Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy), 4-18
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
- Ismael Kone
- First Round — Defeated Ilkham Kerimov (Azerbaijan), 22-3
- Second Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 9-24
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
- Kwamena Turkson
- First Round — Defeated Young-Sam Ko (South Korea), 12-8
- Second Round — Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), knock-out in first round
Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
- Attila Levin
- First Round — Bye
- Second Round — Defeated Jean-François Bergeron (Canada), referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), referee stopped contest in first round
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Road Competition
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Jan Karlsson
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- Final — 1:08:52 (→ 18th place)
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Individual Road Race
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- Final — 02:37:06 (→ 25th place)
[edit] Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country
- Roger Persson
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- Final — 2:37:17 (→ 21st place)
[edit] Modern Pentathlon
Men's Individual Competition:
- Per-Olov Danielson — 5375 pts (→ 10th place)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 50 m Freestyle
- Pär Lindström
- Heat – 23.47 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
- Lars Frölander
- Heat – 49.91
- Final – scratched
Men's 200 m Freestyle
- Anders Holmertz
- Heat – 1:48.41
- Final – 1:48.42 (→ 5th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
- Anders Holmertz
- Heat – 3:52.27
- Final – 3:50.66 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
- Lars Frölander
- Heat – 54.37 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Fredrik Letzler, Lars Frölander, Christer Wallin, and Johan Wallberg
- Heat – 3:20.74
- Lars Frölander, Fredrik Letzler, Anders Holmertz, and Christer Wallin
- Final – 3:20.16 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Christer Wallin, Lars Frölander, Anders Lyrbring, and Anders Holmertz
- Heat – 7:20.61
- Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Lars Frölander, and Anders Lyrbring
- Final – 7:17.56 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
- Linda Olofsson
- Heat – 25.84
- Final – 25.63 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
- Linda Olofsson
- Heat – 56.56
- B-Final – 55.83 (→ 10th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
- Louise Jöhncke
- Heat – 2:01.13
- B-Final – 2:01.37 (→ 11th place)
- Malin Nilsson
- Heat – 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
- Therese Alshammar
- Heat – 1:03.79
- B-Final – 1:04.15 (→ 16th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
- Hanna Jaltner
- Heat – 1:10.69
- B-Final – 1:11.41 (→ 16th place)
- Maria Östling
- Heat – 1:11.58 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
- Lena Eriksson
- Heat – 2:31.65
- B-Final – 2:28.87 (→ 9th place)
- Maria Östling
- Heat – 2:33.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
- Johanna Sjöberg
- Heat – 1:01.01
- B-Final – 1:00.76 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
- Louise Karlsson
- Heat – 2:16.37
- Final – 2:17.25 (→ 8th place)
Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
- Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Louise Karlsson, and Linda Olofsson
- Heat – 3:45.39
- Linda Olofsson, Louise Jöhncke, Louise Karlsson, and Johanna Sjöberg
- Final – 3:44.91 (→ 5th place)
Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay
- Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Josefin Lillhage, and Asa Sandlund
- Heat – 8:13.64 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
- Therese Alshammar, Hanna Jaltner, Johanna Sjöberg, and Louise Jöhncke
- Heat – 4:10.88 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
[edit] Tennis
Men's Singles Competition
- Thomas Enqvist
- First round — Defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner (Germany) 7-6 4-6 6-4
- Second round — Defeated Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) 4-6 7-6 6-4
- Third round — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 5-7 6-7
- Magnus Gustafsson
- First round — Defeated Ronald Agenor (Haiti) 6-2 6-4
- Second round — Lost to Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 6-7 3-6
[edit] Volleyball
[edit] Men's Beach Competition
- Tom Englen and Fredrik Petersson — 17th place overall
[edit] References
- (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF), Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved on 2008-02-05.
