Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics explained

Sweden sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

This is a list of all of the Swedish athletes who participated in the Olympics.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				10 August
				13 August
				16 August
				21 August
				21 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
	1	0	1
	8	4	12
	0	1	1
	2	0	2
	2	1	3
	5	3	8
	0	2	2
	6	6	12
	0	1	1
	0	18	18
	0	14	14
	1	1	2
	8	3	11
	1	1	2
	8	11	19
	3	0	0
	0	2	2
	4	1	5
	0	1	1
	2	3	5
Total	51	73	124

Swedish Olympic Committee's website lists 131 participants. Their count also includes reserves: Emma Karlsson and Linda Heed in equestrian, 3 reserves in women's football team, 1 reserve in women's handball team and Robert Svensson in men's table tennis team.

Neither count includes Alexandra Engen who was qualified and selected and was practicing on the Olympic course when she fell and was injured, which caused her to miss the competition.

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mustafa Mohamed	3000 m steeplechase	8:17.80	5 q	8:20.69	10
Johan Wissman	400 m	44.81	3 Q	44.64	3 q	45.39	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Niklas Arrhenius	Discus throw	58.22	15	Did not advance
Magnus Arvidsson	Javelin throw	79.70	12 q	80.16	11
Jesper Fritz	Pole vault	5.45	24	Did not advance
Stefan Holm	High jump	2.29	=6 Q	2.32	4
Alhaji Jeng	Pole vault	5.55	14	Did not advance
Linus Thörnblad	High jump	2.20	26	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Emma Green	High jump	1.93	13 q	1.96	9
align=left rowspan=2	Carolina Klüft	Long jump	6.70	5 q	6.49	9
Triple jump	13.97	20	Did not advance
Anna Söderberg	Discus throw	55.28	31	Did not advance

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naim Terbunja	Middleweight	L 6–18	Did not advance
Kennedy Katende	Light heavyweight	L 3–15	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Gustafsson	Men's K-1 500 m	1:36.633	3 QS	1:42.409	2 Q	1:38.447	7
Markus Oscarsson	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:30.044	3 QS	3:33.906	3 Q	3:30.198	6
Anders Gustafsson Markus Oscarsson	Men's K-2 1000 m			Did not advance
Sofia Paldanius	Women's K-1 500 m	1:51.110	4 QS	1:53.797	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Gustav Larsson	Road race	6:26:17	24
Time trial	1:02:44
Thomas Lövkvist	align=left rowspan=2	Road race	6:26:25	38
Marcus Ljungqvist	6:34:26	58

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Emma Johansson	Road race	3:32:24
Time trial	38:28.83	21
align=left rowspan=2	Susanne Ljungskog	Road race	3:32:52	21
Time trial	36:33.50	10
Sara Mustonen	Road race	3:43:25	56

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fredrik Kessiakoff	align=left rowspan=2	Men's cross-country	2:03:09	17
Emil Lindgren	(2 laps)	38

Alexandra Engen was scheduled to participate in women's cross-country. However, she was injured during the practice on the Olympic course and was unable to compete due to that.

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anna Lindberg	3 m springboard	294.75	12 Q	324.70	9 Q	342.15	6
Elina Eggers	10 m platform	309.45	16 Q	315.45	9 Q	285.85	12

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jan Brink	Briar	align=left rowspan=3	Individual	68.875	13 Q	68.960	13 Q	73.450	9	71.205	10
Patrik Kittel	Floresco	67.125	18 Q	64.360	24	Did not advance
Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén	Solos Carex	66.042	23 Q	69.240	11 Q	71.450	12	70.345	12
Jan Brink Patrik Kittel Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén	See above	Team	67.347	5	67.347	4

Emma Karlsson was a reserve.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Dag Albert	Tubber Rebel	align=left rowspan=5	Individual	65.60 #	65	27.60	93.20 #	40	0.00	93.20	31	Did not advance			93.20	32
Linda Algotsson	Stand By Me	41.50	15	22.80	64.30	18	0.00	64.30	15 Q	4.00	68.30	13	68.30	13
Viktoria Carlerbäck	Bally's Geronimo	46.50	24	26.40	72.90 #	27	Withdrew
Magnus Gällerdal	Keymaster	54.60 #	48	13.60	68.20	23	Withdrew
Katrin Norling	Pandora	52.00	38	16.00	68.00	22	5.00	73.00	19 Q	8.00	81.00	18	81.00	22
Dag Albert Linda Algotsson Viktoria Carlerbäck Magnus Gällerdal Katrin Norling	See above	Team	140.00	7	60.50	200.50	5	30.00	230.50	4	230.50	4

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	4	30	0	4	8 Q	4	8	8 Q	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 JO	4
Peter Eriksson	Jaguar Mail	8	49	8	16	35 Q	4	20	27 Q	16	33	Did not advance			16	33
Helena Lundbäck	Erbblume	8	49	12	20	47 Q	17	37	42	Did not advance					37	42
Lotta Schultz	Calibra II	5	39	5	10	26 Q	20	30	40 Q	4	11 Q	13	17	19	17	19
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Peter Eriksson Helena Lundbäck Lotta Schultz	See above	Team	13	3 Q	25	38	8	38	8

Linda Heed was reserve.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Women

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: article and Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Quarterfinal

Classification semifinal

7th–8th place

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Rasmus Myrgren	Laser	7	16	8	2	8	13	2	7	2	CAN	20	83	6
Anton Dahlberg Sebastian Östling	470	16	18	2	5	DSQ	20	17	13	14	6	EL	111	15
Anders Ekström Fredrik Lööf	Star	1	4	15	3	6	1	8	2	1	7	20	53

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Karin Söderström	Laser Radial	19	19	4	25	9	18	DSQ	5	8	CAN	EL	107	14
Vendela Santén Therese Torgersson	470	10	14	18	DSQ	19	8	5	14	5	8	EL	101	15

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Daniel Birgmark	Finn	14	17	1	6	12	3	3	5	CAN	CAN	14	58	4
Jonas Lindberg Kalle Torlen	49er	16	18	2	17	12	16	17	14	19	16	16	DSQ	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	163	18

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonas Andersson	100 m breaststroke	1:01.77	31	Did not advance
Lars Frölander	100 m butterfly	52.15	18	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Stefan Nystrand	50 m freestyle	21.75 NR	4 Q	21.71 NR	4 Q	21.72	8
100 m freestyle	47.83 NR	2 Q	47.91	5 Q	48.33	8
Jonas Persson	100 m freestyle	48.51	15 Q	48.59	13	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Simon Sjödin	200 m backstroke			Did not advance
200 m butterfly	1:57.75 NR	26	Did not advance
Christoffer Wikström	200 m freestyle	1:49.84	38	Did not advance
Stefan Nystrand Jonas Persson Marcus Piehl Petter Stymne Christoffer Wikström	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.73 NR	5 Q	3:11.92 NR	5
Jonas Andersson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand Simon Sjödin	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.83 NR	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Therese Alshammar	50 m freestyle	24.94	9 Q	24.96	14	Did not advance
Eva Berglund	10 km open water	2:01:05.0	18
align=left rowspan=2	Gabriella Fagundez	400 m freestyle	4:11.40	18	Did not advance
800 m freestyle	8:39.06 NR	24	Did not advance
Petra Granlund	200 m butterfly	2:08.97 NR	14 Q	2:09.79	14	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Joline Höstman	100 m breaststroke	1:07.91	8 Q	1:08.26	9	Did not advance
200 m breaststroke	2:26.00	12 Q	2:27.14	12	Did not advance
Anna-Karin Kammerling	50 m freestyle	25.34	22	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Josefin Lillhage	100 m freestyle	54.07 NR	10 Q	54.59	11	Did not advance
200 m freestyle	1:57.98	13 Q	1:59.29	15	Did not advance
Ida Marko-Varga	200 m freestyle	1:58.21	16 Q	1:59.41	16	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Sarah Sjöström	100 m backstroke	1:02.38 NR	29	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	59.08	27	Did not advance
Hanna Westrin	100 m breaststroke	1:08.80	21	Did not advance
Therese Alshammar Claire Hedenskog Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Ida Marko-Varga	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:40.52	11	Did not advance
Gabriella Fagundez Petra Granlund Josefin Lillhage Ida Marko-Varga	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.83 NR	5 Q	7:59.83	8
Joline Höstman Ida Marko-Varga Sarah Sjöström Hanna Westrin	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.12 NR	7 Q

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jens Lundqvist	align=left rowspan=2	Men's singles		L 2–4	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson	W 4–2	W 4–1	W 4–3	W 4–1	L 1–4	L 0–4	4

Team

Robert Svensson was the reserve for the men's team.

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hanna Zajc	Women's −49 kg	W 2–0	L 1–8	Did not advance	L 2–2	Did not advance
Karolina Kedzierska	Women's +67 kg	W 4–1	L 2–4	Did not advance	W 5–4	L 2–5	Did not advance	5

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonas Björkman	align=left rowspan=3	Men's singles	L 5–7, 6–7(2–7)	Did not advance
Thomas Johansson	W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	L 5–7, 2–6	Did not advance
Robin Söderling	L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson	align=left rowspan=2	Men's doubles		W 7–6(9–7), 6–3	W 7–6(8–6), 6–4	W 7–6(7–5), 6–4	W 7–6(8–6), 4–6, 19–17	L 3–6, 4–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6
Jonas Björkman Robin Söderling		L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Sofia Arvidsson	Women's singles	W 6–2, 6–1	L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ara Abrahamian	−84 kg	W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–1	L 1–3	W 3–1	3*
Jalmar Sjöberg	−120 kg	W 3–1	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 0–3	L 1–3	5

* Ara Abrahamian won the bronze medal, but later disqualified and stripped off his medal after a protest during the medal ceremony. He stepped off the podium and put the medal on the floor and walked off, before the gold and silver medals had been awarded. His action was in protest at a controversial penalty call in his semifinal against Italy's Andrea Minguzzi. The medal, however, was not awarded to another athlete. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the Swede was punished for violating the spirit of fair play during the medal ceremony.^[2]

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sofia Mattsson	−48 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance					12
Ida-Theres Nerell	−55 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance			W 3–1	L 0–3	5
Jenny Fransson	−72 kg		L 1–3	Did not advance			L 1–3	Did not advance	9

Missing athletes

The following athletes did not qualify for the Olympics despite having won a nomination or being among the top of the world in their sport. This could either be due to injuries, failing to achieve the national and/or international standards or due to heavy competition from fellow Swedish athletes.

Athletics

• Robert Kronberg - men's 110 metres hurdles (A - norm, 13.53 July 16, 2008 Luzern)
• Christian Olsson - injury, men's triple jump (A - norm, 17.00 July 22, 2008 Stockholm)
• Nicklas Wiberg - men's decathlon (A - norm, 8040 June 29, 2008 Jyvaskyla)
• Jessica Samuelsson - women's heptathlon (A - norm, 6111 June 1, 2008 Götzis)

See also

• Sweden at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Notes and References

1. http://www.sok.se/aktiva/osuttagna.4.18ea16851076df63622800013021.html "OS-uttagna"
2. News: Wrestler stripped of bronze medal. BBC. 2008-08-17 . 2008-08-16.