Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Sweden at the; 1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Atlanta
Competitors	177 (111 men and 66 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Jan-Ove Waldner
Medals; Ranked 29th	Gold 2 Silver 4 Bronze 2 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Sweden competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 177 competitors, 111 men and 66 women, took part in 109 events in 22 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ludmila Engquist	Athletics	Women's 100 m hurdles
Gold	Susanne Gunnarsson Agneta Andersson	Canoeing	Women's K-2 500 m
Silver	Bobby Lohse Hans Wallén	Sailing	Star
Silver	Magnus Petersson	Archery	Men's individual
Silver	Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz Anders Lyrbring Christer Wallin	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Silver	Sweden men's national handball team Magnus Andersson Robert Andersson Per Carlén Martin Frändesjö Erik Hajas Robert Hedin Andreas Larsson Ola Lindgren Stefan Lövgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Johan Petersson Tomas Svensson Tomas Sivertsson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander	Handball	Men's tournament
Bronze	Agneta Andersson Ingela Ericsson Anna Olsson Susanne Rosenqvist	Canoeing	Women's K-4 500 m
Bronze	Mikael Ljungberg	Wrestling	Men's greco-Roman 100 kg

Archery

Swedish men returned to Olympic archery with a silver medal performance by Magnus Petersson. Veteran Göran Bjerendal was defeated in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

Jenny Sjöwall → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)
Christa Backman → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)
Kristina Persson-Nordlander → Round of 64, 43rd place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

Magnus Petersson → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)
Mikael Larsson → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
Göran Bjerendal → Round of 64, 34th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

Sjöwall, Backman, and Persson → Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

Petersson, Larsson, and Bjerendal → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles

Sven Nylander

Heat — 49.54s
Semi Final — 48.21s
Final — 47.98s (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

Anders Szalkai — 2:24.27 (→ 64th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

Dag Wennlund

Qualification — 75.24m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

Tore Gustafsson

Qualification — 71.02m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

Kajsa Bergqvist

Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Badminton

Jan-Eric Antonsson, Peter Axelsson, Catrine Bengtsson, Maria Bengtsson, Margit Borg, Astrid Crabo, Tomas Johansson, Pär-Gunnar Jönsson, Christine Magnusson, Jens Olsson

Beach Volleyball

Tom Englen and Fredrik Petersson — 17th place overall

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Stefan Ström

First Round — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

John Larbi

First Round — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 5-19

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

Roger Pettersson

First Round — Defeated Shokhrat Kourbanov (Turkmenistan), 7-2
Second Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy), 4-18

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

Ismael Koné

First Round — Defeated Ilkham Kerimov (Azerbaijan), 22-3
Second Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 9-24

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

Kwamena Turkson

First Round — Defeated Young-Sam Ko (South Korea), 12-8
Second Round — Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), knock-out in first round

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

Attila Levin

First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Jean-François Bergeron (Canada), referee stopped contest in first round
Quarterfinals — Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), referee stopped contest in first round

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

Jan Karlsson

Final — 1:08:52 (→ 18th place)

Michael Andersson

Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Road Race

Susanne Ljungskog

Final — 02:37:06 (→ 25th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

Roger Persson

Final — 2:37:17 (→ 21st place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

Jimmy Sjödin

Preliminary Heat — 339.93 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Joakim Andersson

Preliminary Heat — 331.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 3m Springboard

Anna Lindberg

Preliminary Heat — 292.02
Semi Final — 220.29
Final — 269.52 (→ 8th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Sweden in 1996.

Men's épée

Péter Vánky

Women's épée

Helena Elinder

Football

Summary

Key:

W – Win D – Draw L – Loss
A.E.T – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	China L 0–2	United States L 1–2	Denmark W 3–1	3	—	Did not qualify		6

Women's tournament

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	United States W 23–19	Switzerland W 26–19	Russia W 22–20	Kuwait W 33–18	Croatia W 27–18	1 Q	Spain W 25–20	Croatia L 26–27