Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 177 competitors, 111 men and 66 women, took part in 109 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	177 (111 men and 66 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Jan-Ove Waldner
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ludmila Engquist	Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles
Gold	Susanne Gunnarsson Agneta Andersson	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 m
Silver	Bobby Lohse Hans Wallén	Sailing	Star
Silver	Magnus Petersson	Archery	Men's individual
Silver	Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz Anders Lyrbring Christer Wallin	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Silver	Sweden men's national handball team Magnus Andersson Robert Andersson Per Carlén Martin Frändesjö Erik Hajas Robert Hedin Andreas Larsson Ola Lindgren Stefan Lövgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Johan Petersson Tomas Svensson Tomas Sivertsson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander	Handball	Men's tournament
Bronze	Agneta Andersson Ingela Ericsson Anna Olsson Susanne Rosenqvist	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m
Bronze	Mikael Ljungberg	Wrestling	Men's greco-Roman 100 kg

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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-Nordlander → 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)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Sven Nylander

• 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

• Dag Wennlund

• Qualification — 75.24m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Tore Gustafsson

• Qualification — 71.02m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Kajsa Bergqvist

• Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Jan-Eric Antonsson, Peter Axelsson, Catrine Bengtsson, Maria Bengtsson, Margit Borg, Astrid Crabo, Tomas Johansson, Pär-Gunnar Jönsson, Christine Magnusson, Jens Olsson

Beach Volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

• Tom Englen and Fredrik Petersson — 17th place overall

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Stefan Ström

• 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 Koné

• 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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Jan Karlsson

• Final — 1:08:52 (→ 18th place)

• Michael Andersson

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Susanne Ljungskog

• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 25th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Roger Persson

• Final — 2:37:17 (→ 21st place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard

• Jimmy Sjödin

• Preliminary Heat — 339.93 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• Joakim Andersson

• Preliminary Heat — 331.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Anna Lindberg

• Preliminary Heat — 292.02
• Semi Final — 220.29
• Final — 269.52 (→ 8th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Sweden in 1996.

Men's épée

• Péter Vánky

Women's épée

• Helena Elinder

Football

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• W – Win D – Draw L – Loss
• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	China L 0–2	United States L 1–2	Denmark W 3–1	3	—	Did not qualify		6

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

• Annelie Nilsson
• Cecilia Sandell
• Åsa Jakobsson
• Annika Nessvold
• Kristin Bengtsson
• Anna Pohjanen
• Pia Sundhage
• Malin Swedberg
• Malin Andersson
• Ulrika Kalte
• Lena Videkull
• Ulrika Karlsson
• Camilla Svensson
• Maria Kun
• Julia Carlsson
• Hanna Ljungberg

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summary

Key:

• ET: After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	United States W 23–19	Switzerland W 26–19	Russia W 22–20	Kuwait W 33–18	Croatia W 27–18	1 Q	Spain W 25–20	Croatia L 26–27

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Competition:

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

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 4 × 100 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 4 × 200 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 4 × 100 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 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Josefin Lillhage, and Åsa Sandlund

• Heat — 8:13.64 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Therese Alshammar, Hanna Jaltner, Johanna Sjöberg, and Louise Jöhncke

• Heat — 4:10.88 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 Agénor (Haiti) 6-2 6-4
• Second round — Lost to Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 6-7 3-6

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Notes

• (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 2008-02-05. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)

References

1. "Sweden at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-19.