Sweden at the 2012 European Athletics Championships explained

Iaaf:	SWE
Fedname:	Svenska Friidrottsförbundet
Year:	2012
Games:	European Athletics Championships
Location:	Helsinki
Competitors:	41
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Rank:	15
Appearances:	auto

Sweden competed at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, from 27 June to 1 July 2012.

Medals

Medal	width=150	Athlete	width=150	Event	width=100	Date
			29 June
			28 June
			1 July

Results

Men

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Stefan Tärnhuvud	10.35	13	10.47	15	DNQ
200 m	Nil de Oliveira	20.78	7	28.83	5	21.11	5
400 m	Johan Wissman	46.43	14	46.35	10	DNQ
800 m	Johan Rogestedt	1:48.86	29	DNQ
	Johan Svensson	1:48.21	19	DNQ
5000 m	Adil Bouafif	13:50.13	13
10000 m	Adil Bouafif	29:07.31	14
	Mustafa Mohamed	DNF	—
110 m hurdles	Philip Nossmy	13.56	6	13.47	7	13.59	7
4 x 100 m relay	David Sennung Benjamin Olsson Tom Kling-Baptiste Stefan Tärnhuvud	39.87	11	DNQ

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pole vault	Alhaji Jeng	NM	—	DNQ
Long jump	Andreas Otterling	NM	—	DNQ
	Michel Tornéus	8.07	2	8.17
Shot put	Leif Arrhenius	19.33	13	DNQ
Discus throw	Leif Arrhenius	60.49	18	DNQ
	Niklas Arrhenius	59.02	22	DNQ
Hammer throw	Mattias Jons	72.85	12	74.56	6
Javelin throw	Kim Amb	80.69	5	79.03	7
	Gabriel Wallin	78.89	12	77.18	8

Combined events

width=100	Event	Athlete	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Decathlon	Björn Barrefors	100 m	11.02	856	9
Long jump	7.17	854	10
Shot put	13.06	671	22
High jump	1.97	776	9
400 m	49.90	819	15
110 m hurdles	14.83	870	17
Discus throw	39.80	660	15
Pole vault	4.90	880	5
Javelin throw	49.03	574	18
1500 m	4:56.97	577	18
Final		7537	16
Marcus Nilsson	100 m	11.53	476	26
Long jump	6.60	720	23
Shot put	13.63	706	16
High jump	1.88	696	19
400 m	49.94	817	17
110 m hurdles	16.65	629	21
Discus throw	40.93	683	11
Pole vault	4.40	731	18
Javelin throw	54.14	650	13
1500 m	4:23.79	786	2
Final		7164	18
Petter Olson	100 m	11.02	856	9
Long jump	7.04	823	17
Shot put	13.40	692	17
High jump	1.94	749	17
400 m	49.01	861	9
110 m hurdles	14.63	895	9
Discus throw	39.41	653	16
Pole vault	4.80	849	7
Javelin throw	56.26	682	9
1500 m	4:35.13	711	11
Final		7771	10

Women

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m	Moa Hjelmer	52.33	4	51.40	2	51.13
	Josefin Magnusson	55.01	26	DNQ
800 m	Viktoria Tegenfeldt	2:05.74	15	DNQ
1500 m	Viktoria Tegenfeldt	DNS
400 m hurdles	Frida Persson	57.83	21	DNQ
4 x 100 m relay	Julia Skugge Erica Jarder Freja Jernstig Lena Berntsson	DSQ	—	DNQ

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Carolina Klüft	DNS
High jump	Emma Green Tregaro	1.90	1	1.92
	Ebba Jungmark	1.90	11	1.85	10
Pole vault	Angelica Bengtsson	4.40	11	4.30	10
	Malin Dahlström	3.95	26	DNQ
Shot put	Helena Engman	16.88	10	17.64	8
Hammer throw	Tracey Andersson	66.65	13	DNQ

Combined events

Event	width=100	Athlete	Result	Event	Points	Rank
Heptathlon	Jessica Samuelsson	100 m hurdles	13.92	990	11
High jump	1.77	941	8
Shot put	14.91	855	2
200 m	24.36	952	3
Long jump	6.18	905	7
Javelin throw	38.34	635	14
800 m	2:08.70	984	1
Final		6262	5

Sources

• Swedish Athletic Association