Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors	150 (98 men and 52 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Anna Olsson, flatwater canoeing
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Sweden competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 150 competitors, 98 men and 52 women, took part in 92 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal

Name

Sport

Event

Date

Gold

Pia Hansen

Shooting

Women's double trap

19 September

Gold

Jonas Edman

Shooting

Men's 50 m rifle prone

21 September

Gold

Lars Frölander

Swimming

Men's 100 m butterfly

21 September

Gold

Mikael Ljungberg

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman 97 kg

26 September

Silver

Therese Alshammar

Swimming

Women's 100 m freestyle

20 September

Silver

Therese Alshammar

Swimming

Women's 50 m freestyle

23 September

Silver

Jan-Ove Waldner

Table tennis

Men's singles

25 September

Silver

Henrik Nilsson
Markus Oscarsson

Canoeing

Men's K-2 1000 m

30 September

Silver

Sweden men's national handball team

Magnus Andersson		Stefan Lövgren
Mattias Andersson		Staffan Olsson
Martin Boquist		Johan Petersson
Mathias Franzén		Tomas Sivertsson
Martin Frändesjö		Tomas Svensson
Peter Gentzel		Pierre Thorsson
Andreas Larsson		Ljubomir Vranjes
Ola Lindgren		Magnus Wislander

Handball

Men's competition

30 September

Bronze

Therese Alshammar
Louise Jöhncke
Anna-Karin Kammerling
Josefin Lillhage
Johanna Sjöberg
Malin Svahnström

Swimming

Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay

16 September

Bronze

Kajsa Bergqvist

Athletics

Women's high jump

30 September

Bronze

Fredrik Lööf

Sailing

Men's Finn class

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mattias Eriksson	Men's individual	616	42	Shikarev (KAZ) L 156–158	Did not advance
Niklas Eriksson		629	28	Rusnow (CAN) L 155–161	Did not advance
Magnus Petersson		646	6	Pombo (POR) W 165–146	Tang (CHN) W 157–148	Yang (CHN) W 167–164	22x20px Kim C-t (KOR) W 112–111	Wunderle (USA) L 107–108	van Alten (NED) L 109–114	4
Mattias Eriksson Niklas Eriksson Magnus Petersson	Men's team	1891	7	N/A		Australia L 238–241	Did not advance			9
Petra Ericsson	Women's individual	646	9	Martínez (CUB) W 154–146	Nowicka (POL) L 152–162	Did not advance
Karin Larsson		626	34	Wagner-Sachse (GER) W 147–146	Valeeva (ITA) L 160–162	Did not advance
Kristina Nordlander		618	45	Williamson (GBR) L 145–156	Did not advance
Petra Ericsson Karin Larsson Kristina Nordlander	Women's team	1890	8	N/A		United States L 230–242	Did not advance

Athletics

Men's 110 m hurdles

Robert Kronberg

Round 1 — 13.58
Round 2 — 13.56
Semifinal — 13.39
Final — 13.61 (8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

Patrik Bodén

Qualifying — 78.06 (did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Peter Häggström

Qualifying — 7.83 (did not advance)

Mattias Sunneborn

Qualifying — 7.63 (did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Christian Olsson

Qualifying — 16.64 (did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Stefan Holm

Qualifying — 2.27
Final — 2.32 (4th place)

Staffan Strand

Qualifying — 2.27
Final — 2.32 (6th place)

Men's Pole Vault

Patrik Kristiansson

Qualifying — 5.55 (did not advance)

Martin Eriksson

Qualifying — 5.55 (did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

Henrik Dagård

100 m — 10.84
Long Jump — 7.08
Shot Put — 14.97
High Jump — 1.94
400 m — 48.75
100 m hurdles — 14.30
Discus Throw — 42.95
Pole Vault — 5.10
Javelin Throw — 65.05
1,500 m — 04:49.51

- Points — 8178.00 (10th place)

Women's 800 m Wheelchair

Madeleine Nordlund

Final — 01:57.82 (8th place)

Women's Discus

Anna Söderberg

Qualifying — 56.11 (did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

Erica Johansson

Qualifying — 6.53 (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

Camilla Johansson

Qualifying — 13.87 (did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Kajsa Bergqvist

Qualifying — 1.94
Final — 1.99 (Bronze medal)

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tomas Johansson	Men's singles	BYE	Mainaky (INA) L 11–15, 16–17	Did not advance
Rasmus Wengberg	Men's singles	BYE	Vaughan (GBR) L 8–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Men's doubles	N/A	Helber / Siegemund (GER) W 15–7, 17–15	Hiang / Limpele (INA) L 12–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Fredrik Bergström Jenny Karlsson	Mixed doubles	N/A	Chuen / Chee Louisa (HKG) W 15–13, 10–15, 15–12	Zhang / Gao (CHN) L 6–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

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Björn Berg and Simon Dahl — 19th place (tied)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m

Anders Svensson

Qualifying Heat — 01:43.349
Semifinal — 01:43.070 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m

Johan Eriksson

Qualifying Heat — 03:40.190
Semifinal — 03:43.359 (did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m

Henrik Nilsson, Markus Oscarsson

Qualifying Heat — 01:30.051
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 01:56.301 (9th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m

Henrik Nilsson, Markus Oscarsson

Qualifying Heat — 03:15.102
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 03:16.075 (Silver medal)

Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m

Jonas Fager, Anders Gustafsson, Erik Lindeberg, Niklaes Persson

Qualifying Heat — 03:04.420
Semifinal — 03:02.611
Final — 03:01.326 (8th place)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m

Anna Olsson

Qualifying Heat — 01:52.782
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 02:24.774 (9th place)

Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m

Anna Olsson, Ingela Ericsson

Qualifying Heat — 01:45.491
Semifinal — Bye
Final — 02:04.574 (8th place)

Cycling

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

Martin Rittsel

Final — 1:01:59 (30th place)

Michael Andersson

Final — 1:05:19 (37th place)

Men's Road Race

Glenn Magnusson

Final — 5:30:46 (28th place)

Magnus Bäckstedt

Final — DNF

Michel Lafis

Final — DNF

Martin Rittsel

Final — DNF

Diving

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

Anna Lindberg

Preliminary — 275.34
Semi-final — 233.34 — 508.68
Final — 325.83 — 559.17 (5th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Péter Vánky	Men's épée	Pchenikin (BLR) W 15–9	Milanoli (ITA) W 15–6	Obry (FRA) L 12–15	Did not advance

Football

Women's team competition

Team Roster

Handball

Judo

Men's Competition:

Gabriel Bengtsson

Women's Competition:

Pernilla Andersson

Modern pentathlon

Women's Competition:

Jeanette Malm — 4687 pts, 17th place

Men's Competition:

Michael Brandt — 5154 pts, 12th place

Rowing

Sailing

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

Men's Mistral

Fredrik Palm

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

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

Fredrik Lööf

Race 1 — (17)
Race 2 — 5
Race 3 — 1
Race 4 — 6
Race 5 — 7
Race 6 — 4
Race 7 — 4
Race 8 — (22)
Race 9 — 2
Race 10 — 11
Race 11 — 7
Final — 47 (Bronze medal)

Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Johan Molund and Mattias Rahm

Race 2 — 10
Race 3 — 7
Race 4 — (30) OCS
Race 5 — 2
Race 6 — (29)
Race 7 — 1
Race 8 — 4
Race 9 — 19
Race 10 — 20
Race 11 — 15
Final — 96 (12th place)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

Therese Torgersson

Race 1 — 16
Race 2 — 14
Race 3 — (23)
Race 4 — 20
Race 5 — 18
Race 6 — 22
Race 7 — 20
Race 8 — 21
Race 9 — 17
Race 10 — 11
Race 11 — (23)
Final — 159 (22nd place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

Lena Carlsson and Agneta Engström

Race 1 — (18)
Race 2 — 13
Race 3 — 2
Race 4 — 10
Race 5 — 6
Race 6 — 9
Race 7 — 14
Race 8 — 4
Race 9 — 2
Race 10 — 11
Race 11 — (19)
Final — 71 (9th place)

Open Laser

Karl Suneson

Race 1 — 10
Race 2 — 5
Race 3 — 3
Race 4 — 24
Race 5 — 19
Race 6 — 17
Race 7 — 8
Race 8 — 14
Race 9 — (44) OCS
Race 10 — (44) OCS
Race 11 — 7
Final — 107 (14th place)

Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)

Mats Johansson and Leif Möller

Race 1 — (12)
Race 2 — (16)
Race 3 — 9
Race 4 — 12
Race 5 — 9
Race 6 — 11
Race 7 — 9
Race 8 — 8
Race 9 — 10
Race 10 — 7
Race 11 — 10
Final — 85 (13th place)

Open Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

Magnus Augustson, Johan Barne and Hans Wallen

Round Robin Group 2 — (3-2) 3 points — Did not advance

Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

John Harrysson and Patrik Sandeström

Race 1 — 9
Race 2 — 16
Race 3 — 13
Race 4 — (18) DSQ
Race 5 — 15
Race 6 — 15
Race 7 — 15
Race 8 — 14
Race 9 — 12
Race 10 — 15
Race 11 — 15
Race 12 — 16
Race 13 — (18) OCS
Race 14 — 14
Race 15 — 15
Race 16 — 18 DNF
Final — 202 (17th place)

Shooting

Women's events

Men's events

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

Lars Frölander

Preliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)

Stefan Nystrand

Preliminary Heat — 22.53
Semi-final — 22.49 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

Stefan Nystrand

Preliminary Heat — 50.19 (did not advance)

Lars Frölander

Preliminary Heat — 49.16
Semi-final — 48.93
Final — 49.22 (6th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

Lars Frölander

Preliminary Heat — 53.14
Semi-final — 52.84
Final — 52 (Gold medal)

Daniel Carlsson

Preliminary Heat — 54.15 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Breaststroke

Patrik Isaksson

Preliminary Heat — 01:03.05 (did not advance)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke

Martin Gustavsson

Preliminary Heat — 02:15.02
Semi-final — 02:15.23 (did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

Mattias Ohlin

Preliminary Heat — 57.51 (did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle

Lars Frölander, Stefan Nystrand, Johan Nyström, Mattias Ohlin, Johan Wallberg

Preliminary Heat — 03:19.80
Final — 03:19.60 (6th place)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

Mattias Ohlin, Martin Gustavsson, Daniel Carlsson, Stefan Nystrand

Preliminary Heat — 03:40.88 (did not advance)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

Therese Alshammar

Preliminary Heat — 25.24
Semi-final — 24.8
Final — 24.51 (Silver medal)

Anna-Karin Kammerling

Preliminary Heat — 25.79
Semi-final — 25.61 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

Therese Alshammar

Preliminary Heat — 55.49
Semi-final — 55.31
Final — 54.33 (Silver medal)

Louise Jöhncke

Preliminary Heat — 55.91
Semi-final — 55.94 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

Johanna Sjöberg

Preliminary Heat — 59.59
Semi-final — 59.15 (did not advance)

Anna-Karin Kammerling

Preliminary Heat — 59.88
Semi-final — 01:00.40 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

Emma Igelström

Preliminary Heat — 01:11.09 (did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

Camilla Johansson

Preliminary Heat — 01:04.99 (did not advance)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle

Therese Alshammar, Louise Jöhncke, Anna-Karin Kammerling, Josefin Lillhage, Johanna Sjöberg, and Malin Svahnström

Preliminary Heat — 03:43.77
Final — 03:40.30 (Bronze medal)

Women's 4x100 m Medley

Emma Igelström, Louise Jöhncke, Camilla Johansson, and Johanna Sjöberg

Preliminary Heat — 04:10.38 (did not advance)

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group Stage		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Karlsson	Men's singles	BYE		Roßkopf (GER) L 2–3	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson		BYE		Franz (GER) W3–1	Matsushita (JPN) W 3–0	Gz Liu (CHN) W 3–1	Kong (CHN) L 1–3	Gl Liu (CHN) L 1–3	4
Jan-Ove Waldner		BYE		Iseki (JPN) W 3–1	Saive (BEL) W 3–1	Samsonov (BLR) W 3–2	Gl Liu (CHN) W 3–0	Kong (CHN) L 2–3
Fredrik Håkansson Peter Karlsson	Men's doubles	Samsonov / Chtchetinine (BLR) W 2–0	Sweeris / Zhuang (USA) W 4–1	N/A	Chila / Gatien (FRA) L 1–3	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner	Men's doubles	BYE		N/A	Eloi / Legout (FRA) L 0–3	Did not advance
Marie Svensson	Women's singles	Kostromina (BLR) W 3–2	Al-Najar (JOR) W 3–0	Chen (TPE) L 0–3	Did not advance
Åsa Svensson	Women's singles	Pavlovich (BLR) W 3–1	El-Alfy (EGY) W 3–0	Tian-Zorner (GER) W 3–2	Steff (ROU) L 2–3	Did not advance
Marie Svensson Åsa Svensson	Women's doubles	Abdul-Aziz / Osman (EGY) W 2–0	Kostromina / Pavlovich (BLR) L 1–2	N/A	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men's Competition:

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Johansson	Men's singles	Philippoussis (AUS) L 6–7^(6–8), 4–6	Did not advance
Magnus Norman		Pavel (ROU) W 6–7^(1–7), 6–3, 10–8	Srichaphan (THA) W 7–5, 6–2	Di Pasquale (FRA) L 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance
Mikael Tillström		Paes (THA) W 6–2, 3–4	Lareau (CAN) W 6–1, 3–6, 6–3	Federer (SUI) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Andreas Vinciguerra		Ruud (NOR) W 6–2, 6–4	Haas (GER) L 6–4, 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Men's doubles	N/A	Mirnyi / Voltchkov (BLR) L 3–6, 4–4 (r)	Did not advance

Triathlon

Men's Competition

Joachim Willen — 1:51:40.80 (→ 35th place)

Wrestling

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

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Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Beach volleyball

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Women's competition

Cycling

Road Cycling

Diving

Equestrianism

Fencing

Football

Women's team competition

Handball

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Wrestling

Notes

References

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