Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games
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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 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results by event 2.1 Archery 2.2 Athletics 2.3 Boxing 2.4 Modern Pentathlon 2.5 Swimming 2.6 Tennis

[edit] Medals

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

• 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

• Kajsa Bergqvist
  1. Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

[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, 33rd place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Lars Frölander
  1. Heat – 49.91
  2. Final – scratched

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Anders Holmertz
  1. Heat – 1:48.41
  2. Final – 1:48.42 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Anders Holmertz
  1. Heat – 3:52.27
  2. Final – 3:50.66 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Lars Frölander
  1. Heat – 54.37 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Fredrik Letzler, Lars Frölander, Christer Wallin, and Johan Wallberg
  1. Heat – 3:20.74
• Lars Frölander, Fredrik Letzler, Anders Holmertz, and Christer Wallin
  1. Final – 3:20.16 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Christer Wallin, Lars Frölander, Anders Lyrbring, and Anders Holmertz
  1. Heat – 7:20.61
• Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Lars Frölander, and Anders Lyrbring
  1. Final – 7:17.56 (→ Silver Medal)

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

• Louise Jöhncke
  1. Heat – 2:01.13
  2. B-Final – 2:01.37 (→ 11th place)

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

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Therese Alshammar
  1. Heat – 1:03.79
  2. B-Final – 1:04.15 (→ 16th place)

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, 23rd 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

• Johanna Sjöberg
  1. Heat – 1:01.01
  2. B-Final – 1:00.76 (→ 9th place)

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

• Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Louise Karlsson, and Linda Olofsson
  1. Heat – 3:45.39
• Linda Olofsson, Louise Jöhncke, Louise Karlsson, and Johanna Sjöberg
  1. Final – 3:44.91 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Josefin Lillhage, and Asa Sandlund
  1. Heat – 8:13.64 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Therese Alshammar, Hanna Jaltner, Johanna Sjöberg, and Louise Jöhncke
  1. Heat – 4:10.88 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

• Thomas Enqvist
  1. First round — Defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner (Germany) 7-6 4-6 6-4
  2. Second round — Defeated Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) 4-6 7-6 6-4
  3. Third round — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 5-7 6-7

• Magnus Gustafsson
  1. First round — Defeated Ronald Agenor (Haiti) 6-2 6-4
  2. Second round — Lost to Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 6-7 3-6

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