Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  SWE
NOC Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté
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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors
Medals Gold
4		 Silver
5		 Bronze
3		 Total
12
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Sweden competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

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[edit] Medals

Sweden finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with 4 gold and 12 total medals.

[edit] Gold

[edit] Silver

[edit] Bronze

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Archery

Defending silver medallist Magnus Petersson was defeated in the semifinal by only one point, 108-107. He then lost the bronze medal match as well to finish in 4th.

Men's individual
Magnus Petersson Niklas Eriksson Mattias Eriksson
1/32 eliminations Defeated Nuno Pombo
Portugal		 165-146 Defeated Rob Rusnov
Canada		 161-155 Lost to Vadim Shikarev
Kazakhstan		 158-156
1/16 eliminations Defeated Hua Tang
China		 157-148 Lost to Stanislav Zabrodskiy
Kazakhstan		 163-146 - - -
1/8 eliminations Defeated Bo Yang
China		 167-164 - - - - - -
Quarterfinal Defeated Chung-Tae Kim
Korea		 112-111 - - - - - -
Semifinal Lost to Victor Wunderle
United States		 108-107 - - - - - -
Final Lost to Wietse van Alten
Netherlands		 114-109 - - - - - -
4th place - -
Women's individual
Karin Larsson Petra Ericsson Kristina Nordlander
1/32 eliminations Defeated Sandra Sachse
Germany		 147-146 Defeated Edisbel Martinez
Cuba		 154-146 Lost to Alison Williamson
Great Britain		 156-145
1/16 eliminations Lost to Natalia Valeeva
Italy		 162-160 Lost to Joanna Nowicka
Poland		 162-152 - - -

Women's team competition:

  • Larsson, Ericsson, and Nordlander – round of 16, 10th place (0-1)

Men's team competition:

  • Petersson, Eriksson, and Eriksson – quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

[edit] Athletics

Men's 110 m hurdles

  • Robert Kronberg
    1. Round 1 – 13.58
    2. Round 2 – 13.56
    3. Semifinal – 13.39
    4. Final – 13.61 (8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

Men's Long Jump

  • Peter Häggström
    1. Qualifying – 7.83 (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Men's High Jump

  • Stefan Holm
    1. Qualifying – 2.27
    2. Final – 2.32 (4th place)

Men's Pole Vault

Men's Decathlon

  • Henrik Dagård
    1. 100 m – 10.84
    2. Long Jump – 7.08
    3. Shot Put – 14.97
    4. High Jump – 1.94
    5. 400 m – 48.75
    6. 100 m hurdles – 14.30
    7. Discus Throw – 42.95
    8. Pole Vault – 5.10
    9. Javelin Throw – 65.05
    10. 1,500 m – 04:49.51
    • Points – 8178.00 (10th place)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

  • Madeleine Nordlund
    1. Final – 01:57.82 (8th place)

Women's Discus

Women's Long Jump

Women's Triple Jump

  • Camilla Johansson
    1. Qualifying – 13.87 (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

[edit] Badminton

Men's Singles

  • Tomas Johansson
    1. Round of 64: Bye
    2. Round of 32: Lost to Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia

Men's Doubles

Mixed Doubles

Sweden (SWE)

[edit] Canoe / Kayak

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Anders Svensson
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:43.349
    2. Semifinal – 01:43.070 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

  • Johan Eriksson
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:40.190
    2. Semifinal – 03:43.359 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

  • Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, Niklaes Persson
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:04.420
    2. Semifinal – 03:02.611
    3. Final – 03:01.326 (8th place)

[edit] Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

  • Anna Olsson
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:52.782
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 02:24.774 (9th place)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

  • Anna Olsson, Ingela Ericsson
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:45.491
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 02:04.574 (8th place)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Martin Rittsel
    1. Final – 1:01:59 (30th place)

Men's Road Race

  • Glenn Magnusson
    1. Final – 5:30:46 (28th place)
  • Michel Lafis
    1. Final – DNF
  • Martin Rittsel
    1. Final – DNF

[edit] Diving

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Anna Lindberg
    1. Preliminary – 275.34
    2. Semi-final – 233.34 – 508.68
    3. Final – 325.83 – 559.17 (5th place)

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Women's team competition

Team Roster

[edit] Judo

Men's Competition:

Women's Competition:

  • Pernilla Andersson

[edit] Modern Pentathlon

Women's Competition:

  • Jeanette Malm – 4687 pts, 17th place

Men's Competition:

  • Michael Brandt – 5154 pts, 12th place

[edit] Sailing

Sweden won one bronze medal and competed in nine Sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral

  • Fredrik Palm
    1. Race 1 – (30)
    2. Race 2 – 21
    3. Race 3 – (30)
    4. Race 4 – 2
    5. Race 5 – 12
    6. Race 6 – 14
    7. Race 7 – 26
    8. Race 8 – 22
    9. Race 9 – 25
    10. Race 10 – 28
    11. Race 11 – 15
    12. Final – 165 (23rd place)

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

  • Fredrik Lööf
    1. Race 1 – (17)
    2. Race 2 – 5
    3. Race 3 – 1
    4. Race 4 – 6
    5. Race 5 – 7
    6. Race 6 – 4
    7. Race 7 – 4
    8. Race 8 – (22)
    9. Race 9 – 2
    10. Race 10 – 11
    11. Race 11 – 7
    12. Final – 47 (Bronze medal)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Johan Molund and Mattias Rahm
    1. Race 2 – 10
    2. Race 3 – 7
    3. Race 4 – (30) OCS
    4. Race 5 – 2
    5. Race 6 – (29)
    6. Race 7 – 1
    7. Race 8 – 4
    8. Race 9 – 19
    9. Race 10 – 20
    10. Race 11 – 15
    11. Final – 96 (12th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

  • Therese Torgersson
    1. Race 1 – 16
    2. Race 2 – 14
    3. Race 3 – (23)
    4. Race 4 – 20
    5. Race 5 – 18
    6. Race 6 – 22
    7. Race 7 – 20
    8. Race 8 – 21
    9. Race 9 – 17
    10. Race 10 – 11
    11. Race 11 – (23)
    12. Final – 159 (22nd place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

  • Lena Carlsson and Agneta Engström
    1. Race 1 – (18)
    2. Race 2 – 13
    3. Race 3 – 2
    4. Race 4 – 10
    5. Race 5 – 6
    6. Race 6 – 9
    7. Race 7 – 14
    8. Race 8 – 4
    9. Race 9 – 2
    10. Race 10 – 11
    11. Race 11 – (19)
    12. Final – 71 (9th place)

Open Laser

  • Karl Suneson
    1. Race 1 – 10
    2. Race 2 – 5
    3. Race 3 – 3
    4. Race 4 – 24
    5. Race 5 – 19
    6. Race 6 – 17
    7. Race 7 – 8
    8. Race 8 – 14
    9. Race 9 – (44) OCS
    10. Race 10 – (44) OCS
    11. Race 11 – 7
    12. Final – 107 (14th place)

Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

  • Mats Johansson and Leif Möller
    1. Race 1 – (12)
    2. Race 2 – (16)
    3. Race 3 – 9
    4. Race 4 – 12
    5. Race 5 – 9
    6. Race 6 – 11
    7. Race 7 – 9
    8. Race 8 – 8
    9. Race 9 – 10
    10. Race 10 – 7
    11. Race 11 – 10
    12. Final – 85 (13th place)

Open Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

  • Magnus Augustson, Johan Barne and Hans Wallen
    1. Round Robin Group 2 – (3-2) 3 points – Did not advance

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

  • John Harrysson and Patrik Sandeström
    1. Race 1 – 9
    2. Race 2 – 16
    3. Race 3 – 13
    4. Race 4 – (18) DSQ
    5. Race 5 – 15
    6. Race 6 – 15
    7. Race 7 – 15
    8. Race 8 – 14
    9. Race 9 – 12
    10. Race 10 – 15
    11. Race 11 – 15
    12. Race 12 – 16
    13. Race 13 – (18) OCS
    14. Race 14 – 14
    15. Race 15 – 15
    16. Race 16 – 18 DNF
    17. Final – 202 (17th place)

[edit] Shooting

Women's Competition

Men's Competition

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m freestyle

  • Stefan Nystrand
    1. Preliminary Heat – 22.53
    2. Semi-final – 22.49 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m freestyle

  • Lars Frölander
    1. Preliminary Heat – 49.16
    2. Semi-final – 48.93
    3. Final – 49.22 (6th place)

Men's 100 m butterfly

  • Lars Frölander
    1. Preliminary Heat – 53.14
    2. Semi-final – 52.84
    3. Final – 52 (Gold medal)

Men's 100 m breaststroke

Men's 200 m breaststroke

  • Martin Gustavsson
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:15.02
    2. Semi-final – 02:15.23 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m backstroke

  • Mattias Ohlin
    1. Preliminary Heat – 57.51 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m freestyle

Men's 4x100 m Medley

Women's 50 m freestyle

  • Therese Alshammar
    1. Preliminary Heat – 25.24
    2. Semi-final – 24.8
    3. Final – 24.51 (Silver medal)

Women's 100 m freestyle

  • Therese Alshammar
    1. Preliminary Heat – 55.49
    2. Semi-final – 55.31
    3. Final – 54.33 (Silver medal)
  • Louise Jöhncke
    1. Preliminary Heat – 55.91
    2. Semi-final – 55.94 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m butterfly

  • Johanna Sjöberg
    1. Preliminary Heat – 59.59
    2. Semi-final – 59.15 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m breaststroke

Women's 100 m backstroke

  • Camilla Johansson
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:04.99 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m freestyle

Women's 4x100 m Medley

[edit] Taekwondo

Men's Competition:

  • Marcus Thorén
  • Roman Livaja

[edit] Tennis

Men's Competition:

[edit] Triathlon

Sweden sent one triathlete to the first Olympic triathlon competition.

Men's Competition:

[edit] References