Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	SWE
Nocname:	Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	150 (98 men and 52 women)
Sports:	22
Flagbearer:	Anna Olsson, flatwater canoeing
Rank:	18
Gold:	4
Silver:	5
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden's entry at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia consisted of 150 competitors (98 men and 52 women) who took part in 92 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date

Archery

See main article: article and Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mattias Eriksson	Men's individual	616	42	L 156–158	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Niklas Eriksson		629	28	L 155–161	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Magnus Petersson		646	6	W 165–146	W 157–148	W 167–164	W 112–111	L 107–108	L 109–114	4
Mattias Eriksson Niklas Eriksson Magnus Petersson	Men's team	1891	7	W 241–238	L 244–255	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance	6
Petra Ericsson	Women's individual	646	9	W 154–146	L 152–162	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Karin Larsson		626	34	W 147–146	L 160–162	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Kristina Nordlander		618	45	L 145–156	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Petra Ericsson Karin Larsson Kristina Nordlander	Women's team	1890	8	L 230–242	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Stefan Holm	align=left rowspan=2	High jump	2.27	=1 q	=2.32	4
Staffan Strand	2.27	=7 q	2.32	=6
Patrik Bodén	Javelin throw	78.06	23	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Peter Häggström	align=left rowspan=2	Long jump	7.83	24	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Mattias Sunneborn	7.63	29	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Martin Eriksson	align=left rowspan=2	Pole vault	5.55	=22	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Patrik Kristiansson	5.55	=20	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Christian Olsson	Triple jump	16.64	17	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Athlete	Event											Final	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Henrik Dagård	Result	10.84	7.08	14.97	1.94	48.75	14.30	42.95	5.10	65.05	4:49.51	align=center rowspan=2	8178 SB	align=center rowspan=2	10
Points	897	833	788	749	873	936	725	941	814	622

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Anna Söderberg	Discus throw	56.11	24	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Kajsa Bergqvist	High jump	1.94	=1 Q	1.99
Erica Johansson	Long jump	6.53	16	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Camille Johansson	Triple jump	13.87	17	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Wheelchair racing (demonstration)

Badminton

See main article: article and Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tomas Johansson	Men's singles	L 11–15, 16–17	Did not advance
Rasmus Wengberg	Men's singles	L 8–15, 4–15	Did not advance
Peter Axelsson Pär-Gunnar Jönsson	Men's doubles	W 15–7, 17–15	L 12–15, 11–15	Did not advance
Fredrik Bergström Jenny Karlsson	Mixed doubles	W 15–13, 10–15, 15–12	L 6–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Beach volleyball

See main article: article and Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: article and Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Svensson	K-1 500m	1:43.349	21 Q	1:43.070	18	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Johan Eriksson	K-1 1000m	3:40.190	16 Q	3:43.359	17	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Henrik Nilsson Markus Oscarsson	K-2 500m	1:30.051	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	1:56.301	9
K-2 1000m	3:15.102	5 Q	align=center colspan=2	3:16.075
Jonas Fager Anders Gustafsson Erik Lindeberg Niklaes Persson	K-4 1000m	3:04.420	9 Q	3:02.611	2 Q	3:01.326	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Olsson	K-1 500m	1:52.785	6 Q	align=center colspan=2	2:24.774	9
Anna Olsson Ingela Ericsson	K-2 500m	1:45.491	7 Q	align=center colspan=2	2:04.574	8

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Road cycling

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Magnus Bäckstedt	align=left rowspan=4	Road race	align=center colspan=2	DNF
Michel Lafis	align=center colspan=2	DNF
Glenn Magnusson	–	28
Martin Rittsel	align=center colspan=2	DNF
Michael Andersson	align=left rowspan=2	Time trial	1:05:19	37
Martin Rittsel	1:01:59	30

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Equestrianism

See main article: article and Equestrianism at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special			Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jan Brink	Briar	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	62.92	40	align=center colspan=7	Did not advance
Ulla Hakanson	Bobby	align=center colspan=9	Withdrew
Pether Markne	Amiral	65.20	28	align=center colspan=7	Did not advance
Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén	Cezar	65.84	22 Q	58.18	124.02	25	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Jan Brink Ulla Hakanson Pether Markne Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén	See above	Team	4849	9	align=center colspan=5	4849	9

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country		Showjumping		Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Sofia Andler	Amaretto	align=left rowspan=2	Individual	39.8	5	align=center colspan=6	Did not advance
Paula Törnqvist	Monaghan	60.6	31	2.8	14	11.0	19	74.4	14

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Malin Baryard	Butterfly Flip	align=left rowspan=4	Individual	4.50	6	8.75	13.25	17	12.00	25.25	28 Q	12.00	20	16.00	20.00	20	20.00	20
Lisen Bratt	Casanova	13.50	41	4.00	17.50	28	8.50	29.50	37	align=center colspan=7	Did not advance
Maria Gretzer	Feliciano	4.50	6	20.25	24.75	46	0.00	24.75	27 Q	8.00	14	8.00	16.00	15	16.00	15
Helena Lundbäck	Mynta	17.25	55	4.00	21.25	41	12.00	29.25	34 Q	16.00	33	align=center colspan=5	Did not advance
Malin Baryard Lisen Bratt Maria Gretzer Helena Lundbäck	See above	Team	16.75	7	20.00	36.75	6	align=center colspan=8	36.75	7

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Football

See main article: article and Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Women's tournament

See main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

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 Sjögran

Victoria Svensson

Malin Swedberg

Ulla-Karin Thelin

Jane Törnqvist

Karolina Westberg

Group stage--------

Handball

See main article: article and Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Summary

Judo

See main article: article and Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gabriel Bengtsson	Men's 66kg	L 0011–1000	align=center colspan=8	Did not advance
Pernilla Andersson	Women's 57kg	align=center	W	L	align=center colspan=2	L	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Results	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Michael Brandt	Men's	180	8	1048	16	1	1000	2:13.71	20	1163	172	16	928	9:32.15	9	1112	5353	12
Jeanette Malm	Women's	170	17	976	8	23	680	2:19.70	4	1205	216	16	884	11:34.26	15	944	4687	17

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Women

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. 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 Wallén

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

See main article: article and Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Jonas Edman	50m rifle prone	599	1 Q	701.3
50m rifle three positions	1159	20	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Roger Hansson	10m air rifle	587	27	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
50m rifle prone	594	13	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
50m rifle three positions	1162	12	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Tomas Johansson	Skeet	115	43	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=2	Conny Persson	Trap	113	13	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Double trap	141	3 Q	184	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Pia Hansen	Trap	64	8	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Double trap	112 OR	1 Q	148 OR
align=left rowspan=2	Monica Rundqvist	10m air pistol	381	11	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
25m pistol	567	33	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lars Frölander	align=left rowspan=2	50m freestyle	align=center colspan=2	DNS	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Stefan Nystrand	22.53	10 Q	22.49	13	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Lars Frölander	align=left rowspan=2	100m freestyle	49.16	3 Q	48.93	4 Q	49.22	6
Stefan Nystrand	50.19	19	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Mattias Ohlin	100m backstroke	57.51	36	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Patrik Isaksson	100m breaststroke	1:03.05	26	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Martin Gustavsson	200m breaststroke	2:15.02	8 Q	2:15.23	15	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Daniel Carlsson	align=left rowspan=2	100m butterfly	54.15	23	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Lars Frölander	53.14	5 Q	52.84	4 Q	52.00 EU
Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand Johan Nyström Mattias Ohlin Johan Wallberg	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:19.80	7 Q	align=center colspan=2	3:19.60	6
Daniel Carlsson Martin Gustavsson Stefan Nystrand Mattias Ohlin	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:40.88	10	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Therese Alshammar	align=left rowspan=2	50m freestyle	25.24	4 Q	24.80	2 Q	24.51
Anna-Karin Kammerling	25.79	13 Q	25.61	9	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Therese Alshammar	align=left rowspan=2	100m freestyle	55.49	6 Q	55.31	7 Q	54.33 NR
Louise Jöhncke	55.91	11 Q	55.94	13	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Camilla Johansson	100m backstroke	1:04.99	31	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Emma Igelström	100m breaststroke	1:11.09	22	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Anna-Karin Kammerling	align=left rowspan=2	100m butterfly	59.88	15 Q	1:00.40	16	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Johanna Sjoberg	59.59	11 Q	59.15	10	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
Therese Alshammar Louise Jöhncke Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Malin Svahnström	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:43.77	6 Q	align=center colspan=2	3:40.30
Emma Igelström Louise Jöhncke Camilla Johansson Johanna Sjoberg	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:10.38	10	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Table tennis

See main article: article and Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Karlsson	Men's singles	L 2–3	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson		W3–1	W 3–0	W 3–1	L 1–3	L 1–3	4
Jan-Ove Waldner		W 3–1	W 3–1	W 3–2	W 3–0	L 2–3
Fredrik Håkansson Peter Karlsson	Men's doubles	W 2–0	W 4–1		L 1–3	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner	Men's doubles		L 0–3	Did not advance
Marie Svensson	Women's singles	W 3–2	W 3–0	L 0–3	Did not advance
Åsa Svensson	Women's singles	W 3–1	W 3–0	W 3–2	L 2–3	Did not advance
Marie Svensson Åsa Svensson	Women's doubles	W 2–0	L 1–2		Did not advance

Taekwondo

See main article: article and Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Roman Livaja	-80kg	W 4+-4	W 4-2	L 0-4	align=center	W 1-0	L 1-2	4
Marcus Thorén	+80kg	L 3-6	align=center colspan=2	L 2-9	align=center colspan=3	Did not advance

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Johansson	Men's singles	L 6–7^(6–8), 4–6	Did not advance
Magnus Norman		W 6–7^(1–7), 6–3, 10–8	W 7–5, 6–2	L 6–7^(4–7), 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance
Mikael Tillström		W 6–2, 3–4	W 6–1, 3–6, 6–3	L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Andreas Vinciguerra		W 6–2, 6–4	L 6–4, 4–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	Men's doubles		L 3–6, 4–4 (r)	Did not advance

Triathlon

See main article: article and Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mattias Schoberg	69kg	L 0-4	L 0-2	align=center	3	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Ara Abrahamian	76kg	W 3-2	W 3-0	align=center	1 Q	L 1-3	align=center	5th place match L 0-9	6
Martin Lidberg	85kg	L 0-2	W 3-2	W 4-0	2	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance
Mikael Ljungberg	97kg	W 3-2	W 10-0	align=center	1 Q	W 5-0	W 8-1	W 2-1
Eddy Bengtsson	130kg	L 1-2	W 4-0	align=center	2	align=center colspan=4	Did not advance

Notes

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

Notes and References

Web site: Sweden at the 2000 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417041205/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/SWE/summer/2000/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 17 March 2012 . sports-reference.com.