Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
2008 Summer Olympics

IOC code

SWE

NOC

Swedish Olympic Committee

Website

www.sok.se (Swedish) (English)

in Beijing

Competitors

134 in 19 sports

Flag bearer

Christian Olsson (opening)
Jörgen Persson (closing)

Medals
Ranked 55th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	4	1	5

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

1906 Intercalated Games

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 have qualified for the Olympics.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
02 ! Silver	Emma Johansson	Cycling	Women's road race	10 August
02 ! Silver	Gustav Larsson	Cycling	Men's time trial	13 August
02 ! Silver	Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson	Tennis	Men's doubles	16 August
02 ! Silver	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Equestrian	Individual jumping	21 August
03 ! Bronze	Anders Ekström Fredrik Lööf	Sailing	Star class	21 August

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Magnus Petersson	Men's individual	646	49	Duenas (CAN) (16) W 108 (19)–108 (18)	Kunda (BLR) (48) L 110–112	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mustafa Mohamed	3000 m steeplechase	8:17.80	5 q	N/A		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
Athlete	Event	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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Susanna Kallur	100 m hurdles	12.68	2 Q	DNF		Did not advance

Field events

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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sara Persson	Women's singles	Nedelcheva (BUL) L 10–21, 10–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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	DSQ		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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emma Johansson	Road race	3:32:24	02 !
Emma Johansson	Time trial	38:28.83	21
Susanne Ljungskog	Road race	3:32:52	21
Susanne Ljungskog	Time trial	36:33.50	10
Sara Mustonen	Road race	3:43:25	56

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fredrik Kessiakoff	Men's cross-country	2:03:09	17
Emil Lindgren	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	38
Alexandra Engen	Women's cross-country	Did not start

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	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

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jan Brink	Briar	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	N/A				67.347	4

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Dag Albert	Tubber Rebel	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	N/A			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			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	Individual	4	30	0	4	8 Q	4	8	8 Q	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 JO	4	02 !
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	N/A								13	3 Q	25	38	8	38	8

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emma Samuelsson	Individual épée	Logounova (RUS) W 15–6	Picot (FRA) W 15–13	Heidemann (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Sweden squad in the women's football tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Head coach: Thomas Dennerby

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Lindahl, HedvigHedvig Lindahl	(1983-04-29)29 April 1983 (aged 25)	32	0	Linköping
2	2DF	Westberg, KarolinaKarolina Westberg	(1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 30)	124	2	Umeå
3	2DF	Segerström, StinaStina Segerström	(1983-06-17)17 June 1983 (aged 25)	25	2	Örebro
4	2DF	Paulson, AnnaAnna Paulson	(1984-02-29)29 February 1984 (aged 24)	21	0	Umeå
5	3MF	Seger, CarolineCaroline Seger	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 23)	42	4	Linköping
6	2DF	Thunebro, SaraSara Thunebro	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 29)	30	2	Djurgårdens IF
7	2DF	Larsson, SaraSara Larsson	(1987-02-06)6 February 1987 (aged 21)	75	7	Linköping
8	4FW	Schelin, LottaLotta Schelin	(1984-02-27)27 February 1984 (aged 24)	50	18	Göteborg
9	4FW	Landström, JessicaJessica Landström	(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 23)	11	3	Linköping
10	4FW	Almgren, JohannaJohanna Almgren	(1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 24)	13	0	Göteborg
11	4FW	Sandell Svensson, VictoriaVictoria Sandell Svensson (c)	(1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 31)	147	64	Djurgårdens IF
12	1GK	Jönsson, CarolineCaroline Jönsson	(1977-11-22)22 November 1977 (aged 30)	79	0	Malmö
13	2DF	Östberg, FridaFrida Östberg	(1977-12-10)10 December 1977 (aged 30)	71	2	Umeå
14	3MF	Öqvist, JosefineJosefine Öqvist	(1983-07-23)23 July 1983 (aged 25)	49	11	Linköping
15	3MF	Sjögran, ThereseTherese Sjögran	(1977-04-08)8 April 1977 (aged 31)	125	11	Malmö
16	3MF	Forsberg, LindaLinda Forsberg	(1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 23)	5	0	Djurgårdens IF
17	2DF	Rohlin, CharlotteCharlotte Rohlin	(1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 27)	9	1	Linköping
18	3MF	Fischer, NillaNilla Fischer	(1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 24)	33	4	Malmö
19	4FW	Aronsson, MariaMaria Aronsson	(1983-12-23)23 December 1983 (aged 24)	15	1	Malmö

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals


Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

China PR v Sweden

6 August 2008
19:45

China PR	2–1	Sweden
Xu Yuan 6' Han Duan 72'	Report	Schelin 38'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 37,902
Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

Sweden v Argentina

9 August 2008
17:00

Sweden	1–0	Argentina
Fischer 57'	Report

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 38,293
Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

Sweden v Canada

12 August 2008
19:45

Sweden	2–1	Canada
Schelin 19', 51'	Report	Tancredi 63'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 51,112
Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Quarterfinal

Sweden v Germany

15 August 2008
21:00

Sweden	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Germany
	Report	Garefrekes 104' Laudehr 115'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang
Attendance: 17,209
Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Sweden roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[3]^[4]

Head coach: Ulf Schefvert

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	P	Tina Flognman	(1981-06-29)29 June 1981 (aged 27)	1.78 m	127	266	GOG Svendborg
4	LW	Matilda Boson	(1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 26)	1.76 m	115	271	Aalborg DH
5	P	Sara Holmgren	(1979-03-29)29 March 1979 (aged 29)	1.81 m	96	106	HC Leipzig
6	CB	Therese Islas Helgesson	(1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 25)	1.68 m	44	66	Nordstrand IF
7	RW	Annika Wiel Fredén	(1978-08-21)21 August 1978 (aged 29)	1.76 m	52	135	Horsens HK
9	P	Frida Toveby	(1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 26)	1.74 m	7	7	Aalborg DH
10	RW	Teresa Utković	(1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (aged 28)	1.70 m	55	128	IK Sävehof
11	CB	Jessica Enström	(1977-03-25)25 March 1977 (aged 31)	1.72 m	113	220	IVH Västerås
12	GK	Therese Bengtsson	(1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 29)	1.87 m	21	0	Eslövs IK
14	RB	Sara Eriksson	(1981-04-13)13 April 1981 (aged 27)	1.82 m	96	152	HC Leipzig
15	LB	Johanna Ahlm	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 20)	1.75 m	22	64	IK Sävehof
16	GK	Madeleine Grundström	(1980-08-12)12 August 1980 (aged 27)	1.82 m	122	0	Aalborg DH
17	LB	Linnea Torstensson	(1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 25)	1.86 m	38	145	Aalborg DH
18	P	Johanna Wiberg	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 24)	1.85 m	63	52	FCK Håndbold
20	CB	Isabella Gulldén	(1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 19)	1.79 m	5	3	IK Sävehof

Group play

	Qualified for the quarterfinals

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	-13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	-14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	-13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	-11	2

9 August 2008 10:45	Hungary	30 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Vérten, Görbicz 7	(15–14)	Islas Helgesson 6
	7× 2×	Report	4× 2×

11 August 2008 20:45	Sweden	24 – 28	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Wiel Fredén 6	(12–14)	Turei 6
	4× 4×	Report	4× 3×

13 August 2008 14:00	South Korea	31 – 23	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	An, Park 7	(18–13)	Ahlm, Boson 6
	1× 3× 1×	Report	6× 4×

15 August 2008 14:00	Germany	26 – 27	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Althaus, Wörz 5	(13–13)	Ahlm 7
	4× 2× 1×	Report	4× 4×

17 August 2008 09:00	Sweden	25 – 22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Ahlm 7	(14–11)	Rosas 5
	3× 3×	Report	4× 2×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 12:00	Norway	31 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Larsen, Lybekk 6	(16–10)	Torstenson 6
	4× 3×	Report	2× 4×

Classification semifinal

21 August 2008 12:00	Sweden	19 – 20	China	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Torstenson 6	(7–8)	Wang Shasha 5
	5× 4×	Report	3× 3×

7th–8th place

23 August 2008 08:00	Sweden	30 – 34	Romania	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Gulldén 9	(15–17)	Meirosu, Stanca-Gâlcă 6
	4× 4×	Report	2× 3×

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lassi Karonen	Single sculls	7:14.64	1 QF	6:50.40	2 SA/B	6:57.28	1 FA	7:07.64	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frida Svensson	Single sculls	7:56.39	2 QF	7:29.29	2 SA/B	7:46.38	6 FB	7:48.19	7

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
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	03 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
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
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Daniel Birgmark	Finn	14	17	1	6	12	3	3	5	CAN	CAN	N/A					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

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Håkan Dahlby	Double trap	135	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nathalie Larsson	Skeet	69	6 Q	92 S/O 2	4

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Stefan Nystrand	50 m freestyle	21.75 NR	4 Q	21.71 NR	4 Q	21.72	8
Stefan Nystrand	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
Simon Sjödin	200 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
Simon Sjödin	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	N/A		3:11.92 NR	5
Jonas Andersson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand Simon Sjödin	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.83 NR	11	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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	N/A				2:01:05.0	18
Gabriella Fagundez	400 m freestyle	4:11.40	18	N/A		Did not advance
Gabriella Fagundez	800 m freestyle	8:39.06 NR	24	N/A		Did not advance
Petra Granlund	200 m butterfly	2:08.97 NR	14 Q	2:09.79	14	Did not advance
Joline Höstman	100 m breaststroke	1:07.91	8 Q	1:08.26	9	Did not advance
Joline Höstman	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
Josefin Lillhage	100 m freestyle	54.07 NR	10 Q	54.59	11	Did not advance
Josefin Lillhage	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
Sarah Sjöström	100 m backstroke	1:02.38 NR	29	Did not advance
Sarah Sjöström	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	N/A		Did not advance
Gabriella Fagundez Petra Granlund Josefin Lillhage Ida Marko-Varga	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.83 NR	5 Q	N/A		7:59.83	8
Joline Höstman Ida Marko-Varga Sarah Sjöström Hanna Westrin	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.12 NR	7 Q	N/A		DSQ

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jens Lundqvist	Men's singles	Bye	Henzell (AUS) L 2–4	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson	Men's singles	Bye		Karakašević (SRB) W 4–2	Cheung (HKG) W 4–1	Samsonov (BLR) W 4–3	Primorac (CRO) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 1–4	Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4	4

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pär Gerell Jens Lundqvist Jörgen Persson	Men's team	Group C South Korea (KOR) L 0 – 3 Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 2 – 3 Brazil (BRA) W 3 – 0	3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hanna Zajc	Women's −49 kg	Gonda (CAN) W 2–0	Wu Jy (CHN) L 1–8	Did not advance	Alango (KEN) L 2–2 SUP	Did not advance
Karolina Kedzierska	Women's +67 kg	Simon (ESP) W 4–1	Espinoza (MEX) L 2–4	Did not advance	Ben Hamza (TUN) W 5–4	Falavigna (BRA) L 2–5	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonas Björkman	Men's singles	Hewitt (AUS) L 5–7, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance
Thomas Johansson		Nieminen (FIN) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Youzhny (RUS) L 5–7, 2–6	Did not advance
Robin Söderling		Simon (FRA) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson	Men's doubles	N/A	Hanley / Kerr (AUS) W 7–6^(9–7), 6–3	Almagro / Ferrer (ESP) W 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	Fyrstenberg / Matkowski (POL) W 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Clément / Llodra (FRA) W 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 19–17	Federer / Wawrinka (SUI) L 3–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6	02 !
Jonas Björkman Robin Söderling	Men's doubles	N/A	Nadal / Robredo (ESP) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Sofia Arvidsson	Women's singles	Tanasugarn (THA) W 6–2, 6–1	Dementieva (RUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Lisa Nordén	Women's	20:56	0:29	1:05:26	0:31	35:05	2:02:27.47	18

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ara Abrahamian	−84 kg	Kim J-S (KOR) W 3–1 ^PP	Estrada (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Forov (ARM) W 3–1 ^PP	Minguzzi (ITA) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Noumonvi (FRA) W 3–1 ^PP	3*
Jalmar Sjöberg	−120 kg	Mikulski (POL) W 3–1 ^PP	Botev (AZE) W 3–0 ^PO	Byers (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	López (CUB) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Patrikeyev (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	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 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.^[5]

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sofia Mattsson	−48 kg	Bye	Chun (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					12
Ida-Theres Nerell	−55 kg	N/A	Yoshida (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Golts (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Verbeek (CAN) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Jenny Fransson	−72 kg	N/A	Wang J (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Bernard (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	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)

References

↑ "OS-uttagna", sok.se. Retrieved on June 2, 2008.
↑ "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Beijing – Sweden Squad List". FIFA. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
↑ "Sweden women's handball team roster". NBC Olympics. 1 February 2013.
↑ "Women's Handball Team Roster – Sweden (SWE)" (PDF). 2008 Beijing. LA84 Foundation. 1 February 2013. p. 2237.
↑ "Wrestler stripped of bronze medal". BBC. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17. External link in |publisher= (help)

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