Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Sweden
games=2000 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=Anna Olsson, flatwater canoeing
gold=4
silver=5
bronze=3
total=12
rank=18

Sweden competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalists

Sweden finished in 18th position in the final medal rankings, with 4 gold and 12 total medals.

Gold

* Jonas Edman — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle

* Pia Hansen — Shooting, Women's Double Trap

* Lars Frölander — Swimming, Men's 100 m butterfly

* Mikael Ljungberg — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

ilver

* Henrik Nilsson and Markus Oscarsson — Canoeing, Men's K2 1.000 m Kayak Pairs

* Magnus Wislander, Tomas Svensson, Pierre Thorsson, Ljubomir Vranjes, Staffan Olsson, Johan Pettersson, Tomas Sivertsson, Andreas Larsson, Ola Lindgren, Stefan Lövgren, Martin Frändesjö, Mathias Franzén, Peter Gentzel, Magnus Andersson, Mattias Andersson, and Martin Boquist — Handball, Men's team competition

* Therese Alshammar — Swimming, Women's 50 m freestyle

* Therese Alshammar — Swimming, Women's 100 m freestyle

* Jan-Ove Waldner — Table tennis, Men's Singles Competition

Bronze

* Kajsa Bergqvist — Athletics, Women's High Jump

* Therese Alshammar, Johanna Sjöberg, Louise Jöhncke, Anna-Karin Kammerling, Josefin Lillhage (heats), and Malin Svahnstrom (heats) — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay

* Fredrik Lööf — Sailing, Men's Finn individual competition

Results and competitors by event

=Archery=

Defending silver medallist Magnus Petersson was defeated in the semifinal by only one point, 108-107. He then lost the bronze medal match as well to finish in 4th.

Women's team competition:
* Larsson, Ericsson, and Nordlander – round of 16, 10th place (0-1)

Men's team competition:
* Petersson, Eriksson, and Eriksson – quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

=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=

Men's Singles
*Rasmus Wengberg
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Lost to Richard Vaughan of Great Britain

*Tomas Johansson
*# Round of 64: Bye
*# Round of 32: Lost to Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia

Men's Doubles
*Peter Axelsson, Par-Gunnar Jönsson
*# Round of 32: Defeated Michael Helber, Björn Siegemund of Germany
*# Round of 16: Lost to Flandy Limpele, Eng Hian of Indonesia

Mixed Doubles
*Jenny Karlsson, Fredrik Bergström
*# Round of 32: Defeated Wai Chee Louisa Koon, Kai Chuen Tam of Hong Kong
*# Round of 16: Lost to Zhang Jun, Gao Ling of China

Sweden (SWE)

=Canoe / Kayak=

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)

=Football (soccer)=

Women's team competition

Team Roster:* Malin Andersson:* Kristin Bengtsson:* Sara Call:* Linda Fagerström:* Sara Johansson:* Caroline Jönsson:* Ulrika Karlsson:* Sara Larsson:* Hanna Ljungberg:* Åsa Lönnqvist:* Hanna Marklund:* Malin Moström:* Tina Nordlund:* Cecilia Sandell:* Therese Sjögren:* Victoria Svensson:* Malin Swedberg:* Ulla-Karin Thelin:* Jane Törnqvist:* Karolina Westberg

=Judo=

Men's Competition:
* Gabriel BengtssonWomen's Competition:
* Pernilla Andersson

=Modern Pentathlon=

Women's Competition:
* Jeanette Malm – 4687 pts, 17th place

Men's Competition:
* Michael Brandt – 5154 pts, 12th place

=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
* Conny Persson
* Pia Hansen
* Monica Rundqvist

Men's events
* Tomas Johansson
* Jonas Edman
* Roger Hansson

=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, Malin Svahnström
*# Preliminary Heat – 03:43.77
*# Final – 03:40.30 (Bronze medal)"'

Women's 4x100 m Medley
* Emma Igelström, Louise Jöhncke, Camilla Johansson, Johanna Sjöberg
*# Preliminary Heat – 04:10.38 (did not advance)

=Taekwondo=

Men's Competition:
* Marcus Thorén
* Roman Livaja

=Tennis=

Men's Competition:
* Magnus Norman
* Thomas Enqvist
* Thomas Johansson
* Nicklas Kulti
* Mikael Tillström
* Andreas Vinciguerra

=Triathlon=

Men's Competition
* Joachim Willen — 1:51:40.80 (→ 35th place)

=Volleyball=

Men's Beach Competition

*Bjorn Berg and Simon Dahl — 19th place (tied)

References

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* [http://www.olympic.org International Olympic Committee Web Site]