Sweden at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codeSWE
NOCSwedish Olympic Committee
Websitewww.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors177 (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)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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]

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldLudmila EngquistAthleticsWomen's 100 m hurdles
 GoldSusanne Gunnarsson
Agneta Andersson		CanoeingWomen's K-2 500 m
 SilverBobby Lohse
Hans Wallén		SailingStar
 SilverMagnus PeterssonArcheryMen's individual
 SilverLars Frölander
Anders Holmertz
Anders Lyrbring
Christer Wallin		SwimmingMen's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
 SilverSweden men's national handball team
HandballMen's tournament
 BronzeAgneta Andersson
Ingela Ericsson
Anna Olsson
Susanne Rosenqvist		CanoeingWomen's K-4 500 m
 BronzeMikael LjungbergWrestlingMen's greco-Roman 100 kg

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:

Men's Individual Competition:

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

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 49.54s
  • Semi Final — 48.21s
  • Final — 47.98s (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 75.24m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 71.02m (→ did not advance)


Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

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

Beach Volleyball

  • Tom Englen and Fredrik Petersson — 17th place overall

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • 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)

  • 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

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 1:08:52 (→ 18th place)
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Final — 02:37:06 (→ 25th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Final — 2:37:17 (→ 21st place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 339.93 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • Preliminary Heat — 331.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 3m Springboard

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

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

Men's épée
Women's épée

Football

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

Handball

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		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

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

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 23.47 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 49.91
  • Final — scratched

Men's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:48.41
  • Final — 1:48.42 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 3:52.27
  • Final — 3:50.66 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 54.37 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:20.74
  • Final — 3:20.16 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 7:20.61
  • Final — 7:17.56 (→ Silver Medal)


Women's 50 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 25.84
  • Final — 25.63 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 56.56
  • B-Final — 55.83 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:01.13
  • B-Final — 2:01.37 (→ 11th place)
  • Heat — 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Heat — 1:03.79
  • B-Final — 1:04.15 (→ 16th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 1:10.69
  • B-Final — 1:11.41 (→ 16th place)
  • Heat — 1:11.58 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Heat — 2:31.65
  • B-Final — 2:28.87 (→ 9th place)
  • Heat — 2:33.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

  • Heat — 1:01.01
  • B-Final — 1:00.76 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

  • Heat — 2:16.37
  • Final — 2:17.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat — 3:45.39
  • Final — 3:44.91 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

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

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

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

Table tennis

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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.
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