Sweden at the 2008 Summer Paralympics explained

Npc:	SWE
Npcname:	Swedish Parasports Federation
Games:	Summer Paralympics
Year:	2008
Location:	Beijing
Flagbearer:	Anders Olsson^[1]
Rank:	24
Gold:	5
Silver:	3
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

Sweden sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's R1-10m Air Rifle Standing – SH1
			Men's R7-50m Free Rifle 3x40-SH1
			Mixed R6-50m Free Rifle Prone-SH1
			Men's 100m freestyle – S6
			Men's 400m Freestyle – S6
			Women's Individual – Class 8
			Quad Singles
			Quad Doubles
			Mixed R5-10m Air Rifle Prone – SH2
			Men's Individual – Class 9/10
			Men's Tournament
			Men's 50m freestyle – S6

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ann-Christin Nilsson	Individual Compound Open	641	6	L 102 - 112	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
Zandra Reppe	Individual Compound Open	658	2	L 106 - 107	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking Round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Anders Grönberg	Individual Compound Open	657	18	L 107 - 112	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
Håkan Törnström	Individual Compound Open	675	10	BYE	L 103 - 106	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Women's team

Event	Athletes	Classification	Qualifiers/Heat		Final
			Result	Position	Result	Position
100 m	Nathalie Nilsson	T13	14.01	4	align=center colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
	Madelene Nordlund	T53	18.66	3 Q	18.40	7
200 m	Madelene Nordlund	T53	32.66	5 q	32.31	8
	Gunilla Wallengren	T54	31.23	3	align=center colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
400 m	Madelene Nordlund	T53	align=center colspan=2	Did not start	align=center colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
	Gunilla Wallengren	T54	57.48	5 q	58.20	8
800 m	Madelene Nordlund	T53		align=center colspan=2	Did not start
	Gunilla Wallengren	T54	1:56.43	4 q	1:50.09	6
	Nathalie Nilsson	T12/13	2:32.70	4	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
1500 m	Gunilla Wallengren	T54	3:35.40	4	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
Long jump	Nathalie Nilsson	F13		4.43	11

Men's team

Event	Athletes	Classification	Qualifiers/Heat		Final
			Result	Position	Result	Position
100 m	Per Jonsson	T13	11.71	6	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
200 m	Per Jonsson	T13	23.73	8	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
800 m	Aron Andersson	T54	1:46.42	6	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
1500 m	Aron Andersson	T54	3:21.00	7	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
5000 m	Aron Andersson	T54	11:30.79	10	align=center colspan="2" bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance
Marathon	Aron Andersson	T54		1:32:36	26
	Henrik Rüffel (companion: Cedric Schwartzler)	T12		2:57:50	22

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Classification	Event	Team Test		Championship Test		Freestyle Test
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lotten Aronsson (Busy Lizzy)	Grade IV	Individual	61.857	10	64.839	6	68.362	6
Gabriella Löf (Oleander)	Grade III	Individual	60.231	6	56.960	11	65.055	9
Carolin Rutberg (Weltini)	Grade II	Individual	64.667	5	65.182	7	61.167	13

Goalball

See main article: Goalball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Åsa Alverstedt,Malin Gustavsson,Maria Juliusson,Josefine Jälmestål,Sofia Naesström,Anna Nilsson.

Preliminary

width=25%	Team	width=5%	Pld	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	Points
	7	6	1	0	21	7	14	19
	7	4	2	1	18	11	7	14
	7	4	2	1	13	9	4	14
	7	3	1	3	30	27	3	10
	7	2	3	2	15	13	2	9
	7	2	1	4	21	24	-3	7
	7	2	0	5	8	16	-8	6
	7	0	0	7	8	27	-19	0

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Semifinal

Bronze-medal match

Men

Jimmy Björkstrand,Stefan Gahne,Niklas Hultkvist,Oskar Kuus,Fatmir Seremeti,Mikael Åkerberg.

Preliminary

width=25%	Team	width=5%	P	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	Points
	5	4	0	1	57	25	32	12
	5	4	0	1	41	30	11	12
	5	2	0	3	27	30	3	6
	5	2	0	3	16	37	-21	6
	5	2	0	3	29	34	-5	6
	5	1	0	4	25	39	-14	3

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Quarterfinal

Semifinal

Bronze-medal match

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage Quarterfinals	Repechage Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Elvira Kivi	-63 kg	W 1000 - 0010	L 0120 - 0240			L 0000 - 1010	5
Nicolina Pernheim	-70 kg		L 0000 - 0200			L 0001 - 0113	5

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Classification	Qualification		Final		Rank
			Score	Rank	Score	Total
Jonas Jacobsson	10m Air Rifle Stand	SH1	596 WR	1 Q	104.5	700.5 FWR
	50m Free Rifle 3x40	SH1	1163 WR	1 Q	101.3	1264.3 FWR
	10m Air Rifle Prone	SH1	598	13	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance	13
	50m Free Rifle Prone	SH1	592	1 Q	103.8	695.8
Håkan Gustavsson	10m Air Rifle Stand	SH1	579	16	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance	16
	50m Free Rifle 3x40	SH1	1122	16	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance	16
	10m Air Rifle Prone	SH1	578	44	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance	44
	50m Free Rifle Prone	SH1	582	21	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance	21
Kenneth Pettersson	10m Air Pistol	SH1	558	16	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance	16
	25m Sport Pistol	SH1	554	12	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Classification	Qualification		Final		Rank
			Score	Rank	Score	Total
Lotta Helsinger	10m Air Rifle Stand	SH1	386	8 Q	101.2	487.2	6
	50m Sport Rifle 3x20	SH1	568	6 Q	91.9	659.9	7
	10m Air Rifle Prone	SH1	596	21	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance	21
	50m Free Rifle Prone	SH1	581	23	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance	23
Viktoria Wedin	10m Air Rifle Prone	SH2	600	1 Q	104.1	704.1
	10m Air Rifle Stand	SH2	596	10	align=center colspan=2 bgcolor="HoneyDew"	Did not advance	10

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Women

Event	Athletes	Classification	Heat		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
50 m freestyle	Jennie Ekström	S4		53.74	4
100 m freestyle	Jennie Ekström	S4	2:00.22	2 Q	2:00.68	6
50 m butterfly	Lalita Loureiro	S7	39.47	3 Q	38.55	4
100 m breaststroke	Lalita Loureiro	SB6	1:59.00	9	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance
150 m individual medley	Jennie Ekström	SM4		3:55.59	5
200 m individual medley	Lalita Loureiro	SM7	3:33.05	5	align=center colspan=2	Did not advance

Men

Event	Athletes	Classification	Heat		Final
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank
50 m freestyle	Christoffer Lindhe	S4	43.09	6 Q	42.75	6
	Anders Olsson	S6	31.48	4 Q	31.07
100 m freestyle	Christoffer Lindhe	S4	1:30.98	3 Q	1:30.92	4
	Anders Olsson	S6	1:07.68	1 Q	1:05.95
200 m freestyle	Christoffer Lindhe	S4	3:11.81	3 Q	3:11.84	4
200 m individual medley	Anders Olsson	SM6	3:03.35	3 Q	2:57.30	7
400 m freestyle	Anders Olsson	S6	5:00.41	1 Q	4:48.31 WR

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Fredrik Andersson	Singles – Class 9/10	W 3 - 0	W 3 - 0		W 3 - 0	W 3 - 2	L 0 - 3	W 3 - 1
Ernst Bolldén	Singles – Class 4/5	W 3 - 0	W 3 - 0		L 2 - 3	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Simon Itkonen	Singles – Class 6	L 0 - 3	L 2 - 3	L 1 - 3	align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Linus Karlsson	Singles – Class 9/10	W 3 - 1	L 0 - 3	align=center colspan=6 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Örjan Kylevik	Singles – Class 3	W 3 - 0	L 1 - 3	align=center colspan=6 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Örjan Kylevik Ernst Bolldén	Team – Class 4-5		W 3 - 0	L 2 - 3	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Linus Karlsson Fredrik Andersson	Team – Class 9-10		W 3 - 0	L 2 - 3	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Josefin Abrahamsson	Singles – Class 8	W 3 - 1	L 0 - 3	W 3 - 0			W 3 - 2	L 0 - 3
Anna-Carin Ahlquist	Singles – Class 3	W 3 - 1	L 2 - 3	W 3 - 1	align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Marleen Bengtsson Kovacs	Singles – Class 8	L 0 - 3	L 0 - 3	W 3 - 0	align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Ingela Lundbäck	Singles – Class 5	W 3 - 0	W 3 - 0	L 0 - 3	align=center colspan=5 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Ingela Lundbäck Anna-Carin Ahlquist	Team – Class 4-5		W 3 - 1	L 2 - 3	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance

Wheelchair basketball

See main article: Wheelchair basketball at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

• Men:

Enoch Ablorh,Joachim Gustavsson,Hussein Haidari,Peter Kohlström,Joakim Lindén,Patrik Nylander,Tomas Åkerberg,Niclas Larsson,Per Byquist,Dan Wallin,Thomas Larsson,Robin Meng.

width=25%	Team	width=5%	P	width=5%	W	width=5%	D	width=5%	L	width=5%	GF	width=5%	GA	width=5%	GD	width=8%	Points
	5	5	0	0	372	276	96	15
	5	3	0	2	357	344	13	9
	5	2	0	3	322	292	30	6
	5	2	0	3	265	319	-54	6
	5	2	0	3	305	305	0	6
	5	1	0	4	282	367	-85	3

Group A

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Classification 9TH-12TH

Classification 11TH-12TH

Wheelchair tennis

See main article: Wheelchair tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stefan Olsson	Men's singles	W 2 - 0	W 2 - 0	W 2 - 0	L 0 - 2	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Peter Wikström	Men's singles	W 2 - 0	W 2 - 0	L 0 - 2	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Johan Andersson	Quad Singles	align=center bgcolor="wheat"		align=center bgcolor="wheat"		W 2 - 0	W 2 - 0	W 2 - 1	L 0 - 2
Christer Jansson	Quad Singles	align=center bgcolor="wheat"		align=center bgcolor="wheat"		L 1 - 2	align=center colspan=4 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance
Stefan Olsson Peter Wikström	Men's Doubles	align=center bgcolor="wheat"		align=center bgcolor="wheat"		W 2 - 0	W 2 - 0	W 2 - 1	L 0 - 2
Johan Andersson Christer Jansson	Quad Doubles	align=center bgcolor="wheat"		align=center bgcolor="wheat"		align=center bgcolor="wheat"		L 0 - 2	align=center colspan=3 bgcolor="honeyDew"	Did not advance

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Sweden at the Paralympics
• Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics

External links

• Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Official Site
• International Paralympic Committee
• Svenska Handikappidrottsförbundet - Beijing 2008

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. http://www.sailing.org/24411.php "National Line Up For 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition"