Sweden at the 2004 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	SWE
Npcname:	Swedish Parasports Federation
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2004
Location:	Athens
Competitors:	41
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Lars Löfström^[1]
Rank:	21
Gold:	8
Silver:	7
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto

Sweden competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 41 athletes, 32 men and 9 women.^[2] Competitors from Sweden won 21 medals, including 8 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze to finish 21st in the medal table.^[3]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's 50 m butterfly S4
			Men's air rifle standing SH1
			Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1
			Mixed air rifle prone SH1
			Mixed free rifle prone SH1
			Men's 400 m freestyle S6
			Individual championship dressage GII
			Individual freestyle dressage GII
			Men's singles class 10
			Men's tournament
			Women's singles class 6–8
			Men's W1
			Mixed air rifle standing SH2
			Men's 200 metres T51
			Women's 400 metres T53
			Men's teams class 6–7
			Men's teams class 10
			Women's 800 metres T53
			Men's 50 m freestyle S6
			Men's 100 m freestyle S6
			Mixed air rifle standing SH2

Sports

Archery

Men

|-|align=left|Anders Groenberg|align=left|Men's individual W1|661|2|N/A|Bye|
W 102-102*|
W 99-96|
L 102-108||}

• Anders Groenberg's quarterfinal against Germany's Eric Hassberg was decided by additional arrows. Anders won 9:9, 8:8, 8:x and went through to the semifinals.

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Tim Johansson	T51	200m	N/A				40.15
		Marathon	N/A				DNF
Christer Lenander	T38	100m	12.64	9	did not advance
Per Vesterlund	T52	800m	2:12.66	9	did not advance
		1500m	4:05.49	7 q	N/A		4:04.32	6
		5000m	N/A				14:30.33	7
		Marathon	N/A				2:26:09	5

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Christer Lenander	F36-38	Long jump	5.59	929	8
Harald von Koch	P44	Pentathlon	3324		8

Women's track

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Madelene Nordlund	T53	400m	57.37 PR	1 Q	N/A		58.32
		800m	1:58.03	4 q	N/A		2:00.30

Cycling

Men's road

Equestrian

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Kerstin Englund	Mixed individual championship test grade II	68.091	6
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	71.389	8
Gabriella Loef	Mixed individual championship test grade III	64.720	8
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade III	71.778	6
Irene Slaettengren	Mixed individual championship test grade II	72.636
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	78.944
Berit Svensson	Mixed individual championship test grade III	64.560	9
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade III	68.500	10

Team

Goalball

The men's goalball team won the silver medal after being defeated by Denmark in the gold medal final.

Players

• Mikael Aspergen
• Jimmy Bjoerkstrand
• Niklas Hultqvist
• Oskar Kuus
• Mikael Rendahl
• Boris Samuelsson

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Sweden vs.	3 – 3	2 Q
2	Sweden vs.	1 – 1
3	Sweden vs.	4 – 4
4	Sweden vs.	3 – 1
5	Sweden vs.	10 – 5
Quarterfinals	Sweden vs.	5 – 1	W
Semifinals	Sweden vs.	5 – 3	W
Gold medal final	Sweden vs.	5 – 7

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Jonas Jacobsson	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	593 =WR	1 Q	100.4	693.4
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1162 WR	1 Q	99.1	1261.1 WR
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	600 =WR	1 Q	105.3	705.3
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	597 WR	1 Q	104.4	701.4 WR
Thomas Johansson	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	600 =WR	1 Q	103.9	703.9	4
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	598	4 Q	105.4	703.4
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	577	23	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Kenneth Pettersson	Men's 10m air pistol SH1	558	10	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 25m pistol SH1	560	8 Q	88.5	648.5	8
	Mixed 50m pistol SH1	495	24	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Bjorn Samuelsson	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	555	22	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1092	20	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	572	29	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lotta Helsinger	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	5 Q	103.7	702.7	8
	Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1	381	10	align=center colspan="3"	did not advance
Viktoria Wedin	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	599	6 Q	104.5	703.5	7
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	599	2 Q	103.7	702.7

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anders Olsson	S6	50m freestyle	32.71	4 Q	31.90
		100m freestyle	1:09.22	2 Q	1:09.47
		400m freestyle	5:11.63 PR	1 Q	5:03.76 WR
	SB5	100m breaststroke	1:45.69	8 Q	1:44.68	8
	SM6	200m individual medley	3:12.14	9	did not advance
Alex Racoveanu	S9	100m butterfly	1:06.53	8 Q	1:05.77	5
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:23.74	8 Q	1:23.30	6
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:38.40	10	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sandra Erikson	S4	50m freestyle	57.09	8 Q	56.54	7
		100m freestyle	2:12.11	8 Q	2:09.49	8
		50m butterfly	N/A		56.36 WR
	SM4	150m individual medley	4:15.07	10	did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fredrik Andersson	Men's singles 10	L 1-3	W 3-0	W 3-0	2 Q	N/A	W 3-1	W 3-2	L 1-3
Ernst Bolldén	Men's singles 5	L 0-3	W 3-1	W 3-0	2 Q	L 1-3	did not advance
Patrik Hoegstedt	Men's singles 5	L 0-3	L 2-3	L 1-3	4	did not advance
Simon Itkonen	Men's singles 6	L 2-3	L 2-3	W 3-0	3	did not advance
Oerjan Kylevik	Men's singles 3	L 2–3	W 3–1	W 3–1	2 Q	L 0–3	did not advance
Linus Loennberg	Men's singles 7	L 0-3	L 0-3	L 1-3	4	did not advance

Teams

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ernst Bolldén Patrik Hoegstedt Oerjan Kylevik	Men's team 5	L 0-3	W 3-0	N/A	2 Q	L 1-3	did not advance
Simon Itkonen Linus Loennberg	Men's team 6-7	W 3-2	L 2-3	W 3-0	3	did not advance
Magnus Andree Fredrik Andersson	Men's team 10	L 1-3	W 3-0	W 3-1	2 Q	N/A	L 1-3	W 3-1

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete	Class	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
			Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Niclas Larsson	Open	Men's singles	L 0–6, 0–6	did not advance
Stefan Olsson			W 6–1, 6–0	L 5–7, 2–6	did not advance
Peter Wikstrom			W 6–3, 6–1	W 6–2, 6–0	L 3–6, 6–4, 3–6	did not advance
Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom		Men's doubles	N/A	/ W 6–0, 6–0	/ W 6–4, 6–4	/ L 1–6, 2–6	did not advance

See also

• Sweden at the Paralympics
• Sweden at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fanbärare – Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté . 2016-10-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20161008215910/http://www.paralympics.se/OmParalympics/Statistik/Fanbarare . 2016-10-08 .
2. Web site: Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.
3. Web site: Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games. International Paralympic Committee. 8 June 2011.