Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1992
Website:
Date:	25 July-9 August
Location:	Barcelona, Spain
Competitors:	187 (143 men, 44 women)
Sports:	22
Flagbearer:	Stefan Edberg
Rank:	27
Gold:	1
Silver:	7
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 187 competitors, 143 men and 44 women, took part in 121 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Medalists

See main article: 1992 Summer Olympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				6 August
				26 July
				27 July
				29 July
				2 August
				7 August
				8 August
				8 August
				26 July
				29 July
				29 July
				8 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	0	3	3
Athletics	15	4	19
Badminton	5	3	8
Boxing	3	–	3
Canoeing	8	5	13
Cycling	6	3	9
Diving	1	0	1
Equestrian	5	7	12
Fencing	6	0	6
Football	16	–	16
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Handball	16	0	16
Judo	3	3	6
Modern pentathlon	3	–	3
Rowing	6	1	7
Sailing	13	2	15
Shooting	5	2	7
Swimming	10	7	17
Table tennis	4	2	6
Tennis	4	2	6
Weightlifting	5	–	5
Wrestling	8	–	8
Total	143	44	187

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The Swedish women, despite not having a spectacular showing in the individual round, nearly knocked off the heavily favored Korean squad in the team round quarterfinals. The Swedes tied the Koreans at 240 in the 27-arrow match, forcing a shootout that the Koreans won to eliminate the Swedes from medal contention. No other team came within 12 points of the Koreans, and the Korean team's average margin against the three other nations it faced was nearly 20 points.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Jenny Sjöwall - Round of 32, 18th place (0-1)
• Liselotte Djerf - Round of 32, 28th place (0-1)
• Kristina Persson-Nordlander - Ranking round, 34th place (0-0)

Women's Team Competition:

• Sjöwall, Djerf, and Persson - Quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 400m Hurdles

• Niklas Wallenlind

• Heat - 48.71

• Semifinal - 48.35

• Final - 48.63 (→ 5th place)
• Sven Nylander

• Heat - 49.49

• Semifinal - 49.64 (→ did not advance)

Men's 5.000 metres

• Jonny Danielson

• Heat - 13:43.91 (→ did not advance)

Men's 20 km Walk

• Stefan Johansson - 1:28:37 (→ 15th place)

Men's 50 km Walk

• Stefan Johansson - 3:58:56 (→ 11th place)

Men's Decathlon

• Sten Ekberg — 8,136 points (→ 9th place)

Men's Triple Jump

• Qualification - 15.66 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Qualification - 77.88 m (→ did not advance)

• Qualification - 77.70 m (→ did not advance)

• Qualification - 74.72 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Qualification - 73.52 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put

• Qualification - 19.65 m

• Final - 19.32 m (→ 12th place)

• Qualification - 18.56 m (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Hurdles

• Frida Johansson

• Heat - 56.13

• Semifinal - 55.85 (→ did not advance)
• Monica Westén

• Heat - 56.68 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10 km Walk

• Madelein Svensson

• Final - 45:17 (→ 6th place)

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Nine cyclists, six men and three women, represented Sweden in 1992.

Men's road race

• Michel Lafis
• Michael Andersson
• Glenn Magnusson

Men's team time trial

• Michael Andersson
• Björn Johansson
• Jan Karlsson
• Johan Fagrell

Women's road race

• Marie Höljer - 2:05:03 (→ 9th place)
• Elisabeth Westman - 2:05:03 (→ 27th place)
• Madeleine Lindberg - 2:05:46 (→ 38th place)

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 3m Springboard

• Joakim Andersson

• Preliminary Round - 376.68 points

• Final - 562.74 points (→ 9th place)

Equestrianism

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Six male fencers represented Sweden in 1992.

Men's foil

• Ola Kajbjer

Men's épée

• Péter Vánky
• Thomas Lundblad
• Ulf Sandegren

Men's team épée

• Mats Ahlgren, Jerri Bergström, Thomas Lundblad, Ulf Sandegren, Péter Vánky

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group C)

• Drew with Paraguay (0-0)

• Defeated Morocco (4-0)

• Drew with South Korea (1-1)
• Quarterfinals

• Lost to Australia (1-2) → Did not advance
• Team roster

• (1.) Jan Ekholm

• (2.) Magnus Johansson

• (3.) Joachim Björklund

• (4.) Filip Apelstav

• (5.) Niclas Alexandersson

• (6.) Håkan Mild

• (7.) Patrik Andersson

• (8.) Stefan Landberg

• (9.) Christer Fursth

• (10.) Johnny Rödlund

• (11.) Tomas Brolin

• (12.) Håkan Svensson

• (13.) Jesper Jansson

• (14.) Jörgen Moberg

• (15.) Björn Lilius

• (16.) Henrik Nilsson

• (17.) Anders Andersson

• (18.) Pascal Simpson

• (19.) Niklas Gudmundsson

• (20.) Jonas Axeldahl
• Head coach: Nisse Andersson

Gymnastics

See main article: article and Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Men's team competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Sweden - Czechoslovakia 20-14

• Sweden - South Korea 26-18

• Sweden - Brazil 22-15

• Sweden - Hungary 25-21

• Sweden - Iceland 25-18
• Semi Finals

• Sweden - France 25-22
• Final

• Sweden - Unified Team 20-22 (→ Silver Medal)
• Team roster

• Magnus Andersson

• Robert Andersson

• Anders Bäckegren

• Per Carlén

• Magnus Cato

• Erik Hajas

• Robert Hedin

• Patrick Liljestrand

• Ola Lindgren

• Mats Olsson

• Staffan Olsson

• Axel Sjöblad

• Tommy Souraniemi

• Tomas Svensson

• Pierre Thorsson

• Magnus Wislander
• Head coach: Bengt Johansson

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1992.

Individual

• Håkan Norebrink
• Per Nyqvist
• Per-Olov Danielsson

Team

• Håkan Norebrink
• Per Nyqvist
• Per-Olov Danielsson

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Magnus Torell

• Final Ranking - 157.0 points (→ 13th place)

Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)

• Lisa Gullberg

• Final Ranking - 182.0 points (→ 16th place)

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's 50m Freestyle

• Pär Lindström

• Heat - 22.92

• B-Final - 22.88 (→ 11th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Tommy Werner

• Heat - 50.00

• Final - 49.63 (→ 6th place)
• Håkan Karlsson

• Heat - 50.73 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Anders Holmertz

• Heat - 1:46.76

• Final - 1:46.86 (→ Silver Medal)
• Tommy Werner

• Heat - 1:50.01 (→ 15th place)

• B-Final - Withdrew (→ no ranking)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Anders Holmertz

• Heat - 3:49.95

• Final - 3:46.77 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Christer Wallin

• Heat - 4:02.14 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Rudi Dollmayer

• Heat - 58.26 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Rudi Dollmayer

• Heat - 57.27 (→ did not advance, 47th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Jan Bidrman

• Heat - DSQ (→ no ranking)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Jan Bidrman

• Heat - 4:22.96

• B-Final - 4:23.52 (→ 15th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Göran Titus, Håkan Karlsson, Fredrik Letzler, and Tommy Werner

• Heat - 3:18.92
• Tommy Werner, Håkan Karlsson, Fredrik Letzler, and Anders Holmertz

• Final - 3:20.10 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Christer Wallin, Lars Frölander, Tommy Werner, and Anders Holmertz,

• Heat - 7:20.03
• Anders Holmertz, Tommy Werner, Christer Wallin, and Lars Frölander

• Final - 7:15.51 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Linda Olofsson

• Heat - 26.43

• B-Final - 26.51 (→ 15th place)
• Louise Karlsson

• Heat - 26.77 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Eva Nyberg

• Heat - 57.36 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
• Ellenor Svensson

• Heat - 58.03 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Malin Nilsson

• Heat - 2:03.44

• B-Final - 2:02.02 (→ 12th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Malin Nilsson

• Heat - 4:13.16

• Final - 4:14.10 (→ 7th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Therèse Lundin

• Heat - 1:01.38

• B-Final - 1:01.43 (→ 12th place)
• Malin Strömberg

• Heat - 1:02.78 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Louise Karlsson

• Heat - 2:18.75 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Eva Nyberg, Louise Karlsson, Ellenor Svensson, and Linda Olofsson

• Heat - 3:48.15
• Eva Nyberg, Louise Karlsson, Ellenor Svensson, and Malin Nilsson

• Final - 3:48.47 (→ 7th place)

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Men's Singles Competition:

• Stefan Edberg

• First round - Lost to Andrei Chesnokov (Unified Team) 0-6, 4-6, 4-6
• Magnus Larsson

• First round - Defeated Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3

• Second round - Defeated Guy Forget (France) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1

• Third round - Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 4-6, 6-7, 7-6, 4-6
• Magnus Gustafsson

• First round - Defeated Owen Casey (Ireland) 7-6, 6-1, 6-4

• Second round - Lost to Jordi Arrese (Spain) 2-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 7-9

Men's Doubles Competition:

• Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd

• First round - Lost to Jim Courier and Pete Sampras (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6

Women's Singles Competition

• Catarina Lindqvist

• First Round - Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 4-6, 3-6

Weightlifting

See main article: article and Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sweden at the 1992 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/summer/1992/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-12-28 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/SWE/editions/23 Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics