Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:SWE
Nocname:Swedish Olympic Committee
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2006
Website: 
Location:Turin
Competitors:106 (63 men, 43 women)
Sports:9
Flagbearer:Anja Pärson (opening)[1]
Anette Norberg (closing)[2]
Rank:6
Gold:7
Silver:2
Bronze:5
Appearances:auto
See also:1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. A total of 99 athletes were selected, and they competed in nine of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports. When the medals were summed up, Sweden had managed seven gold medals, two silver and five bronze, making it Sweden's best result ever in the Winter Olympics in terms of both medals and gold medals earned,[3] and gave Sweden a 6th place in the medal table.

Sweden won gold medals in five different Winter Olympic sports, shattering the previous record of two.

Medalists

The following Swedish athletes won medals at the games:

MedalNameSportEventDate
14 February
14 February
22 February
22 February
23 February
25 February

26 February
16 February

20 February
15 February
18 February
19 February
22 February
24 February

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

2004 and 2005 World Cup overall champion Anja Pärson won bronze medals in the women's combined and downhill, before claiming her first Olympic gold medal in the slalom.[4] Anna Ottosson also earned a medal, winning the second run in the women's giant slalom to claim bronze.[5]

Men
AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
Johan BroleniusSlalom54.3750.44n/a1:44.818
Combined1:43.5645.2044.513:13.2718
Martin HanssonSlalom54.5050.74n/a1:45.2410
Patrik JärbynDownhilln/a1:52.8733
Super-Gn/a1:32.2124
Markus LarssonSlalomdid not finish
Combined1:41.2246.3844.743:12.3411
André MyhrerSlalom53.9550.23n/a1:44.184
Fredrik NybergGiant slalom1:16.831:19.22n/a2:36.055
Women
AthleteEventFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3TotalRank
Nike BentDownhilln/a1:59.1722
Super-Gn/a1:34.4121
Combined40.6645.831:30.132:56.6214
Therese BorssénSlalom43.2147.87n/a1:31.088
Janette HarginDownhilln/a1:58.5317
Super-Gn/a1:34.4822
Combined40.0644.781:31.292:56.1312
Jessica Lindell-VikarbyDownhilln/a1:58.5618
Super-Gn/a1:34.7824
Giant slalom1:02.121:11.24n/a2:13.3618
Combined40.0444.961:30.192:55.198
Anna OttossonGiant slalom1:02.041:08.29n/a2:10.33
Slalom44.0947.99n/a1:32.0818
Anja PärsonDownhilln/a1:57.13
Super-Gn/a1:33.8812
Giant slalom1:01.071:09.89n/a2:10.966
Slalom42.3846.66n/a1:29.04
Combined38.7543.311:29.572:51.63
Maria Pietilä-HolmnerGiant slalom1:02.001:09.69n/a2:11.6910
Slalom44.1648.31n/a1:32.4721

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Anna Carin Olofsson, who had switched from cross-country skiing to biathlon just four years earlier, became the first Swedish woman to win a gold medal in biathlon.[6] Olofsson also won a silver in the sprint event. The men's relay team fell short of a medal in a photo finish, having greatly hurt their chances by missing 12 shots.[7]

AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Carl Johan BergmanMen's sprint29:21.5054
Men's pursuitdid not start
Men's mass start50:54.4429
Men's individual57:30.9323
David EkholmMen's sprint28:33.2238
Men's pursuit39:43.86538
Men's individual59:18.2235
Björn FerryMen's sprint27:31.1213
Men's pursuit38:25.52625
Men's mass start48:56.4218
Men's individual58:49.0428
Mattias NilssonMen's sprint27:18.507
Men's pursuit37:47.45320
Men's mass start48:37.7114
Men's individual1:00:01.1544
Anna Carin OlofssonWomen's sprint22:33.81
Women's pursuit40:06.19814
Women's mass start40:36.51
Women's individual52:55.8515
Jakob Börjesson
Björn Ferry
Mattias Nilsson
Carl Johan Bergman		Men's relay1:22:35.1124

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

A total of fifteen athletes – ten men and five women – were selected, making the cross-country squad the largest excluding the ice hockey teams.

Emelie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion at the women's sprint event, but that was in classical style, and she failed to make the final in Turin.[8] Björn Lind, leader of the men's cross-country World Cup in sprint,[9] was more successful, winning the gold medal and then pairing with bronze medalist Thobias Fredriksson to win the team sprint event as well.[10]

The women's sprint team of Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg joined their male counterparts in winning gold, while the men's 4 × 10 km relay claimed the only Swedish medal from a distance event, a bronze.[10]

Distance
Men
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Jörgen Brink30 km pursuit1:19:35.330
50 km freestyle2:11:19.251
Mathias Fredriksson15 km classical39:19.113
30 km pursuit1:17:23.115
50 km freestyle2:06:17.110
Mats Larsson15 km classical39:51.719
Johan Olsson15 km classical38:38.86
30 km pursuit1:18:47.923
50 km freestyle2:07:00.925
Anders Södergren15 km classical39:17.110
30 km pursuit1:17:04.35
50 km freestyle2:06:14.16
Mats Larsson
Johan Olsson
Anders Södergren
Mathias Fredriksson		4 x 10 km relay1:44:01.7
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TotalRank
Lina Andersson10 km classical30:25.5333
30 km freestyleDid not finish
Elin Ek10 km classical29:40.923
15 km pursuit46:02.731
Britta Norgren10 km classical29:07.111
15 km pursuit44:18.015
30 km freestyle1:28:21.928
Emelie Öhrstig10 km classical31:31.647
Anna-Carin Strömstedt15 km pursuit47:51.347
30 km freestyle1:28:29.430
Anna Dahlberg
Elin Ek
Britta Norgren
Anna-Carin Strömstedt		4 x 5 km relay55:00.34
Sprint
AthleteEventQualifyingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TotalRankTotalRankTotalRankTotalRank
Lina AnderssonWomen's sprint2:13.293 Q2:16.03Did not advance11
Anna DahlbergWomen's sprint2:15.9112 Q2:14.31 Q2:18.95Did not advance10
Thobias FredrikssonMen's sprint2:18.9019 Q2:23.22 Q2:25.91 Q2:27.8
Peter LarssonMen's sprint2:16.629 Q2:23.33Did not advance13
Björn LindMen's sprint2:13.531 Q2:21.51 Q2:19.61 Q2:26.5
Britta NorgrenWomen's sprint2:16.4319 Q2:15.03Did not advance13
Emelie ÖhrstigWomen's sprint2:16.7521 Q2:19.95Did not advance22
Mikael ÖstbergMen's sprint2:16.246 Q2:26.73Did not advance12
Thobias Fredriksson
Björn Lind		Men's team sprintn/a17:34.01 Q17:02.9
Lina Andersson
Anna Dahlberg		Women's team sprintn/a17:33.53 Q16:36.9

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Summary
TeamEventGroup stageTiebreakerSemifinalFinal /
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Peja Lindholm
Tomas Nordin
Magnus Swartling
Peter Narup
Anders Kraupp		Men's tournament
W 6–3
W 7–5
W 8–7
L 4–9
L 6–10
L 4–11
L 2–8
L 5–7
L 3–8		9did not advance9
Anette Norberg
Eva Lund
Cathrine Lindahl
Anna Svärd
Ulrika Bergman		Women's tournament
W 7–5
L 3–10
W 8–6
W 8–4
W 5–4
W 9–7
W 10–5
W 8–7
L 4–6		1 Q
W 5–4
W 7–6

In the men's event, three-time World champion Peja Lindholm had a strong start, opening the tournament 3–0, including a win over eventual gold-medalists Canada, but fell off as the week continued, losing six consecutive games to finish out of the medal round.[11]

On the women's side, Anette Norberg, the 2005 World champion, and a six-time European champion, led her team to the top spot in the round robin. The Swedes then survived a close game with Norway in the semifinal, winning with a single point in the final end. In the gold medal game, Norberg's rink had a comfortable lead, but saw Switzerland storm back to tie and force an extra end. In that extra, Norberg converted a difficult double takeout to win the gold medal.[11]

Men's

Team: Peja Lindholm (skip), Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup, Anders Kraupp (alternate)

Round-robin
  • Draw 1
  • Draw 2
  • Draw 3
  • Draw 4
  • Draw 6
  • Draw 7
  • Draw 8
  • Draw 10
  • Draw 11
    • Standings
    width=25Rankwidth=150Teamwidth=150Skipwidth=60Wonwidth=60Lost
    1Markku Uusipaavalniemi72
    2Brad Gushue63
    3Pete Fenson63
    4David Murdoch63
    5Pål Trulsen54
    6Ralph Stöckli54
    7Joel Retornaz45
    8Peter Lindholm36
    9Andy Kapp36
    10Sean Becker09

    Women's

    Anette Norberg (skip), Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman (alternate)

    Round-robin
  • Draw 1
  • Draw 2
  • Draw 4
  • Draw 5
  • Draw 6
  • Draw 7
  • Draw 8
  • Draw 9
  • Draw 11
    • Standings
    width=25Rankwidth=150Teamwidth=150Skipwidth=60Wonwidth=60Lost
    1Anette Norberg72
    2Mirjam Ott72
    3Shannon Kleibrink63
    4Dordi Nordby63
    5Rhona Martin54
    6Ludmila Privivkova54
    7Ayumi Onodera45
    8Dorthe Holm27
    9Cassandra Johnson27
    10Diana Gaspari18
    Playoffs
  • Semifinal
  • Final

    • Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

    Figure skating

    See main article: Figure skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

    Kristoffer Berntsson, the lone Swedish figure skater in Turin, finished 23rd in the men's event.[12]

    Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

    Freestyle skiing

    See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

    Four moguls skiers represented Sweden in the freestyle disciplines, with the best finish coming from Sara Kjellin in the women's event. Kjellin sat in bronze medal position with only a single skier to come, but that skier was eventual winner Jennifer Heil, leaving Kjellin just short of a medal.[13]

    AthleteEventQualifyingFinal
    PointsRankPointsRank
    Jesper BjörnlundMen's moguls23.978 Q25.215
    Fredrik FortkordMen's moguls22.8717 Q20.5819
    Sara KjellinWomen's moguls24.853 Q24.744
    Per SpettMen's moguls21.5323did not advance23

    Ice hockey

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

    Summary
    TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinal / Final / /
    Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		RankOpposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Opposition
    Score    		Rank
    Sweden men'sMen's tournament
    W 7–2
    L 0–5
    W 6–1
    W 2–1
    L 0–3    		3 Q
    W 6–2
    W 7–3
    W 3–2
    Sweden women'sWomen's tournament
    W 3–1
    W 11–0
    L 1–8    		2 Q
    W 3–2 SO
    L 1–4

    The Swedish men's team suffered an early setback when it lost 5–0 to Russia, but wins over Kazakhstan, Latvia and the United States meant that the team was guaranteed a quarterfinal spot entering the final round-robin game with Slovakia. This game stirred up controversy, with head coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson suggesting that the team might not play for a win, in order to set up a quarterfinal matchup with underdog Switzerland. Ultimately, the Swedes did lose the game, though the IIHF supervisor "didn't see anything special".[14] The team then picked up comfortable wins in the medal round, beating the Swiss 5–2 and the Czech Republic 7–3, setting up a gold medal final with local rivals Finland.[15] The Swedes fell behind after the first period, but a pair of goals in the second left the game tied going into the final 20 minutes. Nicklas Lidström then scored early in the third, giving the Swedes a 3–2 lead that would hold, and giving the country its first Olympic hockey title since 1994.[16] Thousands of fans greeted the victorious team upon their return from Turin, with many of the NHL players stopping in Stockholm before returning to their club teams.[17]

    The women's team managed to advance to the medal round in the Olympic tournament, but an 8–1 loss to Canada only seemed to enhance the perception that women's hockey had few competitive teams.[18] In the semifinals, the Swedes faced the United States, and fell behind 2–0 early in the second period. However, the Swedes then rallied, scoring twice to tie the game, and shut down the favoured Americans, forcing a shootout to decide the game. Swedish goaltender Kim Martin stopped four American shooters, while Pernilla Winberg and Maria Rooth scored for Sweden.[15] This was the first game in which any team other than Canada had beaten the United States, and made Sweden the first team outside the top two to advance to a major final.[19] The final was not as close, with Canada pulling out to a 4–0 lead by the halfway mark. Still, earning silver medal was a significant accomplishment for the Swedish women.

    Men's

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

    Roster

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's team rosters.

    Round-robin
  • Medal round
    • Quarterfinal
  • Semifinal
  • Final

    • Women's

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.

    Roster

    See main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters.

    Results
    Round-robin
    Medal round
    Semifinal
  • Final

    • Snowboarding

    See main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

    Thirteen snowboarders represented Sweden across the three events, but only one, Maria Danielsson, earned a top-ten finish, which Danielsson did in the women's snowboard cross.[20]

    Halfpipe
    AthleteEventQualifying run 1Qualifying run 2Final
    PointsRankPointsRankRun 1Run 2Rank
    Stefan KarlssonMen's halfpipe11.5398.734did not advance40
    Micael LundmarkMen's halfpipe32.51327.221did not advance27
    Anna OlofssonWomen's halfpipe27.41524.416did not advance22
    Mikael SandyMen's halfpipe19.72914.030did not advance36

    Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

    Parallel GS
    AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
    TimeRankOpposition
    time    		Opposition
    time    		Opposition
    time    		Opposition
    time    		Rank
    Daniel BivesonMen's parallel giant slalom1:12.1516 Q (1)
    L +0.52 (+0.14 +0.38)    		did not advance16
    Filip FischerMen's parallel giant slalom1:13.4323did not advance23
    Sara FischerWomen's parallel giant slalomdid not finish30
    Aprilia HägglöfWomen's parallel giant slalom1:12.1516 Q (1)
    L +1.13 (+0.34 +0.79)    		did not advance16
    Richard RichardssonMen's parallel giant slalom1:11.4611 Q (6)
    L +1.44 (+0.37 +1.07)    		did not advance12

    Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

    Snowboard Cross
    AthleteEventQualifying1/8 finalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
    TimeRankPositionPositionPositionPositionRank
    Mattias BlombergMen's snowboard cross1:22.4824 Q3did not advance28
    Maria DanielssonWomen's snowboard cross1:30.015 Qn/a2 Q4Classification 5-8
    2    		6
    Jonte GrundeliusMen's snowboard cross1:21.8514 Q4did not advance21
    Jonatan JohanssonMen's snowboard cross1:23.3831 Q23did not advanceClassification 9-12
    4    		12

    Speed skating

    See main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

    In the 1000 metres, Erik Zachrisson blocked Russia's Dmitry Dorofeyev, who was ahead of the pace of gold medalist Shani Davis at the time.[21] Zachrisson ended up being disqualified.[22]

    AthleteEventRace 1Final
    TimeRankTimeRank
    Johan RöjlerMen's 1500 mn/a1:50.5033
    Men's 5000 mn/a6:29.2412
    Men's 10000 mn/a13:29.5010
    Erik ZachrissonMen's 500 m35.8035.811:11.6120
    Men's 1000 mdisqualified

    Further reference

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony . 6 April 2009.
    2. Web site: Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony . https://web.archive.org/web/20120115165300/http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726 . dead . 15 January 2012 . 6 April 2009.
    3. Web site: Team Sweden Profile . Sochi Organizing Committee . Sochi Organizing Committee . February 2014 . 16 February 2014 . 12 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140212232828/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/team-sweden-profile . dead.
    4. Web site: Swedish skier finally adds gold to her impressive resume. Associated Press. ESPN. 23 February 2006. 29 April 2009.
    5. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013210/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 11 April 2009.
    6. Web site: Olofsson wins Sweden's first gold in women's biathlon. https://web.archive.org/web/20080723071141/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/25/content_4227641.htm. dead. July 23, 2008. Chang Ailing. Xinhua. February 25, 2006. 29 April 2009.
    7. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013218/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Biathlon.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 29 April 2009.
    8. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930064343/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&competitorid=44717&raceid=7898 FIS-Ski - resultats
    9. http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/disciplines/cross-country/cupstandings.html?suchen=true&suchcompetitorid=&suchseason=2006&sector=CC&suchgender=M&suchcup=WC&suchnation=&discipline=SP&search=Search FIS-Ski - Cup Standings
    10. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013304/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/CrosscountrySki.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 29 April 2009.
    11. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Curling. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 6 April 2009.
    12. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 29 April 2009.
    13. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing . https://web.archive.org/web/20120612013356/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/FreestyleSkiing.pdf . dead . 2012-06-12 . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 29 April 2009.
    14. Web site: Officials kept close eye on Swedish hockey game . Associated Press . MSNBC . 21 February 2006 . 29 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080317024420/http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/11476779/ . 17 March 2008 . dead.
    15. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Ice Hockey. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 29 April 2009.
    16. Web site: Sweden wins hockey gold. CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Company. 26 February 2006. 29 April 2009.
    17. Web site: Thousands of Swedes Greet Hockey Team. Associated Press. Washington Post. 27 February 2006. 29 April 2009.
    18. Web site: Trying to avoid the ill fate of softball. John Eligon. New York Times. 17 February 2006. 29 April 2009.
    19. Web site: Semifinal stunner changes world hockey map. Scott Burnside. ESPN. 17 February 2006. 29 April 2009.
    20. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding. Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. 29 April 2009.
    21. Web site: Davis makes Games history. Karolos Grohmann. Reuters. redOrbit. 18 February 2006. 29 April 2009.
    22. Web site: Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating . Torino Organizing Committee . LA84 Foundation . March 2009 . 29 April 2009.

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