Sweden at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Website:
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	99 (53 men, 46 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Torgny Mogren (cross-country skiing)
Rank:	17
Gold:	0
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				February 16
				February 22
	Women's curling team			February 15

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Patrik Järbyn	Downhill			1:51.22	10
Fredrik Nyberg	Super-G			1:36.31	10
Patrik Järbyn				1:35.72	6
Martin Hansson	Giant slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Patrik Järbyn		1:23.19	1:20.63	2:43.82	21
Fredrik Nyberg		1:22.32	1:18.63	2:40.95	10
Martin Hansson	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-

Men's combined

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Pernilla Wiberg	Downhill			1:29.18
Pernilla Wiberg	Super-G			1:18.88	14
Ylva Nowén	Giant slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Martina Fortkord		1:21.99	1:34.36	2:56.35	14
Pernilla Wiberg		1:21.48	1:33.92	2:55.40	11
Anna Ottosson		1:20.48	1:33.33	2:53.81	7
Pernilla Wiberg	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Martina Fortkord		53.25	DNF	DNF	-
Ylva Nowén		48.07	48.26	1:36.33	12
Anna Ottosson		47.31	47.93	1:35.24	10

Women's combined

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Mikael Löfgren	1	29:31.6	25
	Fredrik Kuoppa	2	29:22.0	21

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Fredrik Kuoppa	59:59.2	2	1'01:59.2	39
	Mikael Löfgren	58:00.3	2	1'00:00.3	20

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Maria Schylander	4	27:46.9	60
	Eva-Karin Westin	1	26:07.8	51
	Kristina Brounéus	2	26:05.3	50
	Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin	3	24:19.5	17

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Kristina Brounéus	1'04:51.1	5	1'09:51.1	64
	Eva-Karin Westin	1'01:00.5	2	1'03:00.5	52
	Maria Schylander	58:35.0	4	1'02:35.0	49
	Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin	54:16.9	3	57:16.9	14

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Henrik Forsberg	30:55.7	56
	Niklas Jonsson	29:04.9	25
15 km pursuit^1 F	Henrik Forsberg	44:04.9	31
	Niklas Jonsson	41:01.7	10
30 km C	Henrik Forsberg	1'40:44.1	25
	Anders Bergström	1'40:30.8	23
	Per Elofsson	1'38:47.0	10
50 km F	Henrik Forsberg	DNF	-
	Torgny Mogren	2'17:28.8	34
	Mathias Fredriksson	2'14:05.9	20
	Niklas Jonsson	2'05:16.3

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Elin Ek	19:19.2	43
	Karin Säterkvist	19:12.9	36
	Antonina Ordina	18:50.7	24
10 km pursuit^2 F	Karin Säterkvist	31:49.4	28
	Antonina Ordina	30:35.6	19
15 km C	Elin Ek	51:51.0	35
	Karin Säterkvist	51:02.6	25
	Antonina Ordina	50:12.6	19
30 km F	Karin Säterkvist	1'34:15.1	45
	Anette Fanqvist	1'33:10.7	37
	Antonina Ordina	1'26:13.8	11

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage								Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peja Lindholm Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup Marcus Feldt	Men's tournament	W 6–2	L 5–6	W 7–6	W 7–5	L 4–7	L 3–6	L 2–8	=4 QT	L 2–5	did not advance		6
Elisabet Gustafson Katarina Nyberg Louise Marmont Elisabeth Persson Margaretha Lindahl	Women's tournament	W 8–2	W 8–5	W 5–4	W 12–6	W 8–3	L 5–7	W 8–5	2 Q		L 5–7	W 10–6

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
		6	1
		5	2
		5	2
		3	4
		3	4
6th		3	4
		2	5
		1	6

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Contestants

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
		6	1
		6	1
		5	2
		4	3
		2	5
		2	5
		2	5
		1	6

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Medal round

Semi-finals

Bronze medal match

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Women

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Roger Hållander	Moguls	26.80	23.35	22	did not advance
Jesper Rönnbäck		27.81	24.16	14 Q	25.28	25.32	6
Patrik Sundberg		27.30	24.19	13 Q	25.66	23.00	14
Kurre Lansburgh		28.31	25.14	4 Q	26.23	24.71	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Jenny Eidolf	Moguls	32.24	19.74	21	did not advance
Sara Kjellin		34.83	21.59	14 Q	32.83	21.52	14
Marja Elfman		32.63	23.03	5 Q	32.59	22.58	12
Liselotte Johansson	Aerials		140.23	18	did not advance

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	W 4–2	L 2–3	W 5–2	2	L 1–2	did not advance		5
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	L 0–6	L 1–7	L 3–5	L 1–3	W 5–0	5	Did not advance	5

Men's tournament

First round – group C

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	3	3	0	0	12	3	+9	6
	3	2	1	0	11	7	+4	4
	3	1	2	0	8	10	-2	2
	3	0	3	0	4	15	-11	0

Quarter-final

• Team roster
  • Johan Hedberg
  • Tommy Salo
  • Tommy Söderström
  • Tommy Albelin
  • Calle Johansson
  • Nicklas Lidström
  • Mattias Norström
  • Marcus Ragnarsson
  • Ulf Samuelsson
  • Mattias Öhlund
  • Daniel Alfredsson
  • Mikael Andersson
  • Ulf Dahlén
  • Peter Forsberg
  • Andreas Johansson
  • Jörgen Jönsson
  • Patric Kjellberg
  • Mats Lindgren
  • Michael Nylander
  • Mikael Renberg
  • Tomas Sandström
  • Mats Sundin
  • Niklas Sundström
• Head coach: Kent Forsberg

Women's tournament

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

width=165	Team	width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40		width=40
	5	5	0	0	33	7	10
	5	4	1	0	28	12	8
	5	3	2	0	27	10	6
	5	2	3	0	10	15	4
5th	5	1	4	0	10	21	2
	5	0	5	0	2	45	0

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Contestants Annica Åhlén Lotta Almblad Gunilla Andersson Kristina Bergstrand Pernilla Burholm Susanne Ceder Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Åsa Elfving Anne Ferm Lotta Göthesson Linda Gustafsson Malin Gustafsson Erika Holst Åsa Lidström Ylva Lindberg Tina Månsson Pia Morelius Maria Rooth Therese Sjölander

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Söderberg	50.878	23	50.696	21	50.708	18	50.747	21	3:23.029	21
Bengt Walden	50.750	21	50.479	18	50.722	20	50.601	18	3:22.552	19
Mikael Holm	50.324	11	50.197	14	50.146	13	50.131	10	3:20.798	11

(Men's) Doubles

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Martin Johansson	500 m	44.003	3	did not advance
Martin Johansson	1000 m	1:31.515	1 Q	1:33.047	4	did not advance

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's giant slalom

Athlete	Race 1	Race 2	Total
	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Stephen Copp	1:04.14	1:07.75	2:11.89	18
Richard Richardsson	1:02.93	DNF	DNF	-

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jacob Söderqvist	30.9	30	39.2	8 QF	77.8	6
Fredrik Sterner	32.4	25	36.5	15	did not advance
Pontus Ståhlkloo	33.5	22	37.9	10	did not advance
Ingemar Backman	35.5	17	37.0	14	did not advance

Women's giant slalom

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anna Hellman	20.0	26	22.7	18	did not advance
Jennie Waara	31.9	10	34.5	4 QF	62.7	8
Jenny Jonsson	34.5	3 QF			65.9	7

References

• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com