Sweden at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Sweden at the; 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se(in Swedish and English)
inLondon
Competitors	134in20sports
Flag bearers	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson(opening); Fredrik Lööf(closing)
Medals; Ranked 37th	Gold 1 Silver 4 Bronze 3 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906Intercalated Games

Swedencompeted at the2012 Summer OlympicsinLondon,from 25 July to 12 August 2012. Swedish athletes have competed at every edition of theSummer Olympic Gamesin the modern era, except for the1904 Summer Olympicsin St. Louis. TheSwedish Olympic Committee(Swedish:Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté,SOK) sent a total of 134 athletes to the Games, 55 men and 79 women, to compete in 20 sports. For the second consecutive time in its Olympic history, Sweden was represented by more female than male athletes.

Sweden left London with a total of 8 Olympic medals (1 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze), tying withTokyoandAtlantafor the overall highest medal count. Two medals each were awarded to athletes in sailing and wrestling, and one each in equestrian, handball, and triathlon. For the first time since1992,Sweden won more than a single Olympic medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Among the nation's medalists were Star sailorsFredrik LööfandMax Salminen,who together won Sweden's only gold medal in London, the nation's first in eight years.Lisa Nordén,who finished eighteenth in Beijing, became the first Swedish athlete to win an Olympic medal in women's triathlon. Meanwhile, equestrian eventing riderSara Algotsson Ostholtwon the nation's only silver medal in her sport. Sweden's team-based athletes also equalled their previous best Olympic results after 12 years, as they achieved a silver medal in men's handball. Several Swedish athletes narrowly missed out on the medal places in their events, including long jumperMichel Tornéus,singles sculls rowerLassi Karonen,swimmersSarah SjöströmandTherese Alshammar,and sprint kayakersSofia PaldaniusandAnders Gustafsson.

Medalists

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Sailing	1	0	1	2
Equestrian	0	1	0	1
Handball	0	1	0	1
Shooting	0	1	0	1
Triathlon	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Total	1	4	3	8

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Fredrik Lööf Max Salminen	Sailing	Men's star class	5 August
Silver	Sara Algotsson Ostholt	Equestrian	Individual eventing	31 July
Silver	Håkan Dahlby	Shooting	Men's double trap	2 August
Silver	Lisa Nordén	Triathlon	Women's event	4 August
Silver	Sweden men's national handball team Kim Andersson Mattias Andersson Dalibor Doder Niclas Ekberg Kim Ekdahl du Rietz Mattias Gustafsson Johan Jakobsson Magnus Jernemyr Tobias Karlsson Jonas Källman Jonas Larholm Andreas Nilsson Fredrik Petersen Johan Sjöstrand Mattias Zachrisson	Handball	Men's tournament	12 August
Bronze	Rasmus Myrgren	Sailing	Men's Laser class	6 August
Bronze	Johan Eurén	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg	6 August
Bronze	Jimmy Lidberg	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 96 kg	7 August

Delegation

Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté(SOK) selected a team of 134 athletes, 55 men and 79 women, to compete in 20 sports; it was the nation's fourteenth largest team sent to the Olympics outside the host nation.Handballandwomen's footballwere the only team-based sports in which Sweden had its representation in these Olympic games. There was only a single competitor in archery, badminton, mountain biking, judo, and triathlon. Sailing was the largest team by individual-based sport, with a total of 14 competitors. Sweden also marked its Olympic return inmen's handballafter a twelve-year absence.

The Swedish team featured past Olympic medalists, four of them from Beijing (road cyclistsGustav LarssonandEmma Johansson,sailorFredrik Lööfin the Star class, and equestrian show jumperRolf-Göran Bengtsson,who competed at his fifth Olympics). For being the oldest and most experienced athlete, Bengtsson, at age 50, was Sweden's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Table tennis playerJörgen Perssonbecame the second Swedish athlete to compete in seven Olympic games, tying the record set by pistol shooter and former Olympic record holderRagnar Skanåker.Dressage riderTinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén,and butterfly swimmerLars Frölander,along with Lööf, competed at their sixth Olympics. Meanwhile, four other Swedish athletes made their fifth Olympic appearance, along with Bengtsson: equestrian eventing riderLinda Algotsson,freestyle swimmerTherese Alshammar,and sprint kayak pair and double Olympic medalistsHenrik NilssonandMarkus Oscarsson.GymnastJonna Adlerteg,at age 17, was the youngest athlete of the team.

Other notable Swedish athletes featured sprint kayaker and world championAnders Gustafsson,butterfly swimmer and triple European championSarah Sjöström,tennis doubles specialistRobert Lindstedt,triathlete and former World Series championLisa Nordén,and equestrian eventing riderSara Algotsson Ostholt,who made her Olympic comeback in London after a twelve-year absence.

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in football and handball are not counted as athletes:

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	3	6	9
Badminton	1	0	1
Bo xing	2	1	3
Canoeing	3	3	6
Cycling	1	4	5
Diving	1	1	2
Equestrian	6	6	12
Football	0	18	18
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Handball	14	14	28
Judo	1	0	1
Rowing	1	1	2
Sailing	8	6	14
Shooting	3	1	4
Swimming	2	9	11
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	1	2
Tennis	2	1	3
Triathlon	0	1	1
Wrestling	3	3	6
Total	55	79	134

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Christine Bjerendal	Women's individual	625	49	Hayakawa(JPN)(16) L4–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Swedish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[1]^[2]

Key

Note– Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q= Qualified for the next round
q= Qualified for the next round as a fastest loseror,in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR= National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kim Amb	Javelin throw	78.94	18	Did not advance
Alhaji Jeng	Pole vault	NM	—	Did not advance
Michel Tornéus	Long jump	8.03	6q	8.11	4

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Isabellah Andersson	Marathon	—				2:27:36	18
Moa Hjelmer	400 m	52.86	4	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Angelica Bengtsson	Pole vault	4.25	=19	Did not advance
Emma Green Tregaro	High jump	1.93	=2q	1.93	8
Ebba Jungmark	High jump	1.85	=20	Did not advance

Combined events –Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Jessica Samuelsson	Result	13.58	1.77	14.18	24.25	6.18	42.02	2:11.31	6300PB	14
Jessica Samuelsson	Points	1039	941	806	957	905	706	946	6300PB	14

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Henri Hurskainen	Men's singles	Cordón(GUA) L21–15, 12–21, 15–21	Ouseph(GBR) L20–22, 21–17, 15–21	3	Did not advance

Bo xing

After the2012 European Bo xing Olympic Qualification Tournament,Sweden has qualified two boxers.^[3]Anna Laurell received a wild card.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Salamo N'tuve	Flyweight	Suleimenov(KAZ) L8–13	Did not advance
Anthony Yigit	Light welterweight	Ramirez(PUR) W13–9	Berinchyk(UKR) L23–24	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anna Laurell	Middleweight	Rasmussen(AUS) W24–17	Shields(USA) L14–18	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Gustafsson	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:34.419	1Q	3:31.149	3FA	3:29.919	5
Henrik Nilsson Markus Oscarsson	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:16.590	3Q	3:13.125	1FA	3:11.803	5
Sofia Paldanius	Women's K-1 200 m	42.596	2Q	42.688	6	Did not advance
Sofia Paldanius	Women's K-1 500 m	1:51.212	1Q	1:51.945	3FA	1:53.197	4
Karin Johansson Josefin Nordlöw	Women's K-2 500 m	1:44.437	1Q	1:44.025	6FB	1:45.367	10

Qualification Legend:FA= Qualify to final (medal);FB= Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Emma Johanssonin women's road time trial.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gustav Larsson	Men's road race	5:46:37	76
Gustav Larsson	Men's time trial	54:35.26	16
Emilia Fahlin	Women's road race	3:35:56	19
Emilia Fahlin	Women's time trial	41:15.86	17
Emma Johansson	Women's road race	3:35:56	6
Emma Johansson	Women's time trial	40:38.56	14
Isabelle Söderberg	Women's road race	OTL

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Alexandra Engen	Women's cross-country	1:33:08	6

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christofer Eskilsson	10 m platform	375.30	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anna Lindberg	3 m springboard	318.60	11Q	319.80	10Q	316.80	10

Equestrian

Dressage

Sweden has qualified one team and three individual quota places after finishing in fourth place at the2011 European Dressage Championship.^[5]Rose Mathisenis a reserve in the team dressage event.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Patrik Kittel	Scandic	Individual	74.073	15Q	74.079	14Q	75.750	81.714	78.732	14
Minna Telde	Santana		67.477	44Q	72.270	20	Did not advance
Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén	Don Auriello		74.271	14Q	74.063	15Q	76.143	82.429	79.286	11
Patrik Kittel Minna Telde Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén	See above	Team	71.940	7Q	73.471	5	—		72.706	5

Eventing

Sweden has qualified one team and five quota places in the individual event after finishing in fourth place at the2011 European Eventing Championships.^[6]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Linda Algotsson	La Fair	Individual	59.80	=62	20.00	79.80	43	0.00	79.80	36	Did not advance			79.80	36
Sara Algotsson Ostholt	Wega		39.30	=4	0.00	39.30	=1	0.00	39.30	1Q	4.00	43.30	2	43.30
Niklas Lindbäck	Mister Pooh		45.20	22	2.80	48.00	13	9.00	57.00	20Q	11.00	68.00	18	68.00	18
Malin Petersen	Sofarsogood		60.40	65	0.80	61.20	30	6.00	67.20	26	Did not advance			67.20	26
Ludvig Svennerstål	Shamwari		43.70	16	0.40	44.10	7	8.00	52.10	11Q	20.00	72.10	20	72.10	20
Linda Algotsson Sara Algotsson Ostholt Niklas Lindbäck Malin Petersen Ludvig Svennerstål	See above	Team	128.20	=4	3.20	131.40	3	17.00	148.40	4	—			148.40	4

Jumping

After the2011 European Championships,Sweden has qualified four quota places in the individual event and one place in the team event.^[7]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Casall La Silla	Individual	0	=1Q	0	0	=1Q	8	8	=11Q	Did not start
Lisen Bratt Fredricson	Matrix		42	=72	Did not advance											42	=72
Henrik von Eckermann	Allerdings		0	=1Q	0	0	=1Q	16	16	=33Q	8	=23	Did not advance			8	=23
Jens Fredricson	Lunatic		0	=1Q	8	8	=31Q	4	12	=26Q	9	=26	Did not advance			9	=26
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Lisen Bratt Fredricson Henrik von Eckermann Jens Fredricson	See above	Team	—								4	=2	24	28	=6	28	=6

Football

Summary

Key:

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	South Africa W4–1	Japan D0–0	Canada D2–2	1Q	France L1–2	Did not advance		7

Women's tournament

Sweden women's football team qualified for the event by finishing as the best of the European teams in the2011 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[8]

Team roster

Head coach:Thomas Dennerby

Swedennamed a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hedvig Lindahl	(1983-04-29)29 April 1983 (aged 29)	86	0	Kristianstad
2	2DF	Linda Sembrant	(1987-05-15)15 May 1987 (aged 25)	35	1	Tyresö
3	2DF	Emma Berglund	(1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23)	11	0	Umeå
4	2DF	Annica Svensson	(1983-03-03)3 March 1983 (aged 29)	28	0	Tyresö
5	3MF	Nilla Fischer(captain)	(1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 27)	90	12	Linköping
6	2DF	Sara Thunebro	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 33)	93	3	FFC Frankfurt
7	3MF	Lisa Dahlkvist	(1987-02-06)6 February 1987 (aged 25)	56	7	Tyresö
8	4FW	Lotta Schelin	(1984-02-27)27 February 1984 (aged 28)	107	45	Lyon
9	3MF	Kosovare Asllani	(1989-07-29)29 July 1989 (aged 22)	36	6	Kristianstad
10	3MF	Sofia Jakobsson	(1990-04-23)23 April 1990 (aged 22)	17	3	WFC Rossiyanka
11	3MF	Antonia Göransson	(1990-09-16)16 September 1990 (aged 21)	24	4	FFC Turbine Potsdam
12	3MF	Marie Hammarström	(1982-03-29)29 March 1982 (aged 30)	23	1	Örebro
13	2DF	Lina Nilsson	(1987-06-17)17 June 1987 (aged 25)	34	0	Malmö
14	3MF	Johanna Almgren	(1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 28)	40	0	Göteborg
15	3MF	Caroline Seger	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 27)	93	13	Tyresö
16	4FW	Madelaine Edlund	(1985-09-15)15 September 1985 (aged 26)	33	1	Tyresö
17	2DF	Malin Levenstad	(1988-09-13)13 September 1988 (aged 23)	6	0	Malmö
18	1GK	Sofia Lundgren	(1982-09-20)20 September 1982 (aged 29)	26	0	Linköping

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5	Qualified for the quarter-finals
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
4	South Africa	3	0	1	2	1	7	−6	1

Source:IOC

25 July 2012

19:45

Sweden	4–1	South Africa
Fischer7' Dahlkvist20' Schelin21',63'	Report Report	Modise60'

City of Coventry Stadium,Coventry

Attendance: 18,290^[13]

Referee:Salomé di Iorio(Argentina)

28 July 2012

12:00

Japan	0–0	Sweden
	Report Report

City of Coventry Stadium,Coventry

Attendance: 14,160^[14]

Referee: Quetzalli Alvarado (Mexico)

31 July 2012

14:30

Canada	2–2	Sweden
Tancredi43',84'	Report Report	Hammarström14' Jakobsson16'

St James' Park,Newcastle

Attendance: 12,719^[15]

Referee:Hong Eun-ah(South Korea)

Quarterfinal

3 August 2012

12:00

Sweden	1–2	France
Fischer18'	Report Report	Georges29' Renard39'

Hampden Park,Glasgow

Attendance: 12,869^[16]

Referee:Kari Seitz(United States)

Gymnastics

Jonna Adlerteg ensured a quota place at the2012 Olympic Test Event.^[17]

Artistic

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank	F	V	UB	BB	Total	Rank
Jonna Adlerteg	All-around	12.466	13.600	13.933	12.200	52.199	39	Did not advance

Adlerteg was ranked 31st in the uneven bars event, 63rd in the balance beam event, and 70th in the floor event.

Handball

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Tunisia W28–21	Great Britain W41–19	Iceland L32–33	Argentina W29–13	France L26–29	3Q	Denmark W24–22	Hungary W27–26	France L21–22
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	Denmark L18–21	Norway L21–24	France L17–29	Spain L24–25	South Korea L28–32	6	Did not advance			11

Sweden women's handball team qualified to the Olympic Games as runners-up from the European Championships,^[18]and the men's team qualified through the IHF Qualification Tournament.

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Swedish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[19]^[20]^[21]

Head coaches:Staffan OlssonandOla Lindgren

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Mattias Andersson	(1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 34)	1.86 m	81	0	Flensburg
3	P	Mattias Gustafsson	(1978-07-11)11 July 1978 (aged 34)	1.93 m	90	137	Lübbecke
5	RB	Kim Andersson	(1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 29)	2.00 m	193	704	Kiel
6	LW	Jonas Källman	(1981-07-17)17 July 1981 (aged 31)	2.00 m	158	488	Atlético Madrid
7	P	Magnus Jernemyr	(1976-06-18)18 June 1976 (aged 36)	2.00 m	90	5	Barcelona
10	RW	Niclas Ekberg	(1988-12-23)23 December 1988 (aged 23)	1.91 m	65	271	København
11	CB	Dalibor Doder	(1979-05-07)7 May 1979 (aged 33)	1.82 m	135	392	Minden
15	LB	Jonas Larholm	(1982-06-03)3 June 1982 (aged 30)	1.93 m	180	579	Aalborg
18	P	Tobias Karlsson	(1981-06-04)4 June 1981 (aged 31)	1.96 m	109	71	Flensburg
19	RB	Johan Jakobsson	(1987-02-12)12 February 1987 (aged 25)	1.95 m	47	59	Aalborg
22	GK	Johan Sjöstrand	(1987-02-27)27 February 1987 (aged 25)	1.95 m	56	0	Barcelona
24	LW	Fredrik Petersen	(1983-08-27)27 August 1983 (aged 28)	1.88 m	77	190	Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
25	LW	Kim Ekdahl du Rietz	(1989-07-23)23 July 1989 (aged 23)	1.96 m	51	141	Nantes
32	RW	Mattias Zakrisson	(1990-08-22)22 August 1990 (aged 21)	1.78 m	21	37	Eskilstuna
35	P	Andreas Nilsson	(1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 22)	1.96 m	23	38	Skövde

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Iceland	5	5	0	167	132	+35	10	Quarter-finals
France	5	4	1	159	110	+49	8
Sweden	5	3	2	156	115	+41	6
Tunisia	5	2	3	121	125	−4	4
Argentina	5	1	4	113	138	−25	2
Great Britain	5	0	5	96	192	−96	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

29 July 2012 14:30	Sweden	28 – 21	Tunisia	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,155^[22] Referees: Raluy López, Sabroso(ESP)
	Doder8	(16–11)	Boughanmi6
	3×4×	Report	3×5×

31 July 2012 14:30	Great Britain	19 – 41	Sweden	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,382^[23] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković(SRB)
	Larsson4	(10–24)	Ekberg13
	3×6×1×	Report	3×4×

2 August 2012 21:15	Sweden	32 – 33	Iceland	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,590^[24] Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD)
	Källman9	(13–17)	Pálmarsson9
	3×3×	Report	3×8×

4 August 2012 14:30	Sweden	29 – 13	Argentina	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,592^[25] Referees: López, Sabroso(ESP)
	Ekberg9	(12–8)	Simonet3
	4×1×	Report	3×2×

6 August 2012 21:15	France	29 – 26	Sweden	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,833^[26] Referees: Gubica, Milošević(CRO)
	Narcisse6	(18–12)	Ekberg,Andersson5
	3×1×	Report	3×2×

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 18:00	Sweden	24 – 22	Denmark	Basketball Arena,London Attendance: 9,494^[27] Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov(MKD)
	Doder6	(11–9)	Lindberg6
	4×5×	Report	4×2×

Semi-final

10 August 2012 17:00	Hungary	26 – 27	Sweden	Basketball Arena,London Attendance: 9,597^[28] Referees: Geipel, Helbig(GER)
	Császár8	(12–15)	Ekberg6
	4×3×	Report	3×5×

Gold medal match

12 August 2012 15:00	Sweden	21 – 22	France	Basketball Arena,London Attendance: 9,627^[29] Referees: Krstić, Ljubić(SLO)
	Ekberg6	(8–10)	Guigou5
	3×4×	Report	4×2×

Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Swedish roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[30]^[31]

Head coaches:Per Johansson

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
2	P	Ulrika Ågren	(1987-07-13)13 July 1987 (aged 25)	1.77 m	24	32	Esbjerg
3	P	Tina Flognman	(1981-06-29)29 June 1981 (aged 31)	1.78 m	204	369	Toulon
4	LW	Matilda Boson	(1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 30)	1.76 m	199	491	Spårvägen
5	P	Hanna Fogelström	(1990-11-08)8 November 1990 (aged 21)	1.79 m	17	29	Sävehof
6	RB	Therese Islas Helgesson	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 22)	1.69 m	102	202	Toulon
8	LB	Jamina Roberts	(1990-05-28)28 May 1990 (aged 22)	1.75 m	40	55	Sävehof
10	RW	Annika Wiel Fredén	(1978-08-21)21 August 1978 (aged 33)	1.76 m	101	305	Heid
12	GK	Gabriella Kain	(1981-03-25)25 March 1981 (aged 31)	1.79 m	74	0	Kolding
15	LB	Johanna Ahlm	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 24)	1.75 m	79	301	Viborg
16	GK	Cecilia Grubbström	(1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 25)	1.78 m	60	1	Sävehof
17	CB	Linnea Torstenson	(1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 29)	1.86 m	117	500	Midtjylland
18	P	Johanna Wiberg	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 28)	1.85 m	136	90	Eslöv
20	CB	Isabelle Gulldén	(1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 23)	1.78 m	88	245	Viborg
25	CB	Angelica Wallén	(1986-04-11)11 April 1986 (aged 26)	1.71 m	37	58	Esbjerg
31	LB	Anna-Maria Johansson	(1982-02-15)15 February 1982 (aged 30)	1.80 m	45	97	Skövde

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
France	5	4	1	0	125	103	+22	9	Quarter-finals
South Korea	5	3	1	1	136	130	+6	7
Spain	5	3	1	1	119	114	+5	7
Norway	5	2	1	2	118	120	−2	5
Denmark	5	1	0	4	113	121	−8	2
Sweden	5	0	0	5	108	131	−23	0

Source:^{[citation needed]}

28 July 2012 16:15	Denmark	21 – 18	Sweden	Copper Box,London Attendance: 3,942^[32] Referees: Nikolić, Stojković(SRB)
	Skov6	(8–10)	Gulldén5
	3×4×	Report	4×3×

30 July 2012 21:15	Sweden	21 – 24	Norway	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,459^[33] Referees: Coulibaly, Diabate(CIV)
	Torstenson6	(9–14)	Koren,Sulland5
	3×3×	Report	3×3×

1 August 2012 14:30	France	29 – 17	Sweden	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,638^[34] Referees: Gubica, Milošević(CRO)
	three players4	(16–11)	Ahlm6
	3×2×	Report	3×1×

3 August 2012 19:30	Spain	25 – 24	Sweden	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,234^[35] Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar(UAE)
	Mangué,Alberto6	(11–10)	Fogelström5
	3×3×	Report	4×2×

5 August 2012 09:30	Sweden	28 – 32	South Korea	Copper Box,London Attendance: 4,180^[36] Referees: Abdulla, Bamutref(QAT)
	Flognman8	(13–16)	Ryu Eun-hee10
	4×4×	Report	3×5×

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Marcus Nyman	Men's −90 kg	Choriev(UZB) L0013–0101	Did not advance

Rowing

Sweden qualified two boats at the2011 World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lassi Karonen	Single sculls	6:45.42	1Q	Bye		6:57.06	1SA/B	7:19.77	2FA	7:04.04	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frida Svensson	Single sculls	7:32.61	2Q	Bye		7:40.64	3SA/B	7:54.52	5FB	7:56.42	10

Qualification Legend:FA=Final A (medal);FB=Final B (non-medal);FC=Final C (non-medal);FD=Final D (non-medal);FE=Final E (non-medal);FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B;SC/D=Semifinals C/D;SE/F=Semifinals E/F;Q=Quarterfinals;R=Repechage

Sailing

At the2011 World ChampionshipsinPerth,Sweden qualified boats in all classes with Swedish participation.^[37]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Rasmus Myrgren	Laser	11	5	4	5	25	10	4	9	10	2	12	72
Daniel Birgmark	Finn	17	5	14	1	9	9	10	12	10	8	12	90	9
Anton Dahlberg Sebastian Östling	470	4	6	8	14	13	9	14	24	22	13	20	123	10
Fredrik Lööf Max Salminen	Star	10	4	4	1	5	3	4	1	2	5	2	32

Women
Fleet racing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Josefin Olsson	Laser Radial	25	17	5	18	14	24	29	29	5	14	EL	151	18
Lisa Ericson Astrid Gabrielsson	470	17	12	11	9	16	20	19	13	18	20	EL	128	19

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Round robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
Athlete	Event	RUS	NZL	FIN	FRA	ESP	DEN	POR	AUS	GBR	USA	NED	Rank	Q-final	S-final	Final	Rank
Lotta Harrysson Malin Källström Anna Kjellberg	Elliott 6m	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	=11	Did not advance			=11

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Niclas Düring Jonas von Geijer	49er	5	3	12	8	17	4	14	3	16	8	19	6	18	10	11	18	153	10

M= Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race;

Shooting

Sweden has qualified four quota places in the shooting events.^[38]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Håkan Dahlby	Double trap	137	5Q	186
Stefan Nilsson	Skeet	118	15	Did not advance
Marcus Svensson	Skeet	119	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Therese Lundqvist	Skeet	67 S/O 1	7	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lars Frölander	100 m butterfly	52.47	20	Did not advance
Stefan Nystrand	50 m freestyle	22.32	17	Did not advance
Stefan Nystrand	100 m freestyle	49.55	25	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Therese Alshammar	50 m freestyle	24.77	6Q	24.71	8Q	24.61	6
Therese Alshammar	100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Stina Gardell	200 m individual medley	2:14.70	20	Did not advance
Stina Gardell	400 m individual medley	4:41.66	14	—		Did not advance
Martina Granström	100 m butterfly	58.70	14Q	58.95	15	Did not advance
Martina Granström	200 m butterfly	2:08.94	13Q	2:07.83NR	10	Did not advance
Joline Höstman	100 m breaststroke	1:08.28	19	Did not advance
Joline Höstman	200 m breaststroke	2:25.44	6Q	2:24.77	10	Did not advance
Jennie Johansson	100 m breaststroke	1:07.14	8Q	1:07.57	10	Did not advance
Sarah Sjöström	50 m freestyle	24.94	=10Q	25.08	14	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.26	=10Q	53.93	9	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:58.03	=7Q	1:58.12	12	Did not advance
	100 m butterfly	57.45	4Q	57.27	4Q	57.17	4
Therese Svendsen	100 m backstroke	1:03.11	35	Did not advance
Therese Alshammar* Michelle Coleman Gabriella Fagundez Ida Marko-Varga Sarah Sjöström	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:38.21	=7Q	—		DSQ
Michelle Coleman Gabriella Fagundez Martina Granström Joline Höstman Ida Marko-Varga Therese Svendsen	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:00.76NR	10	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Sweden has qualified two men in the men's singles event,^[39]and one woman.Kristian Karlssonis selected as reserve in the men's team event.

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pär Gerell	Men's singles	Bye	Lashin(EGY) L3–4	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson	Men's singles	Bye	Toriola(NGR) W4–1	Gaćina(CRO) L0–4	Did not advance
Pär Gerell Jens Lundqvist Jörgen Persson	Men's team	—				Germany(GER) L1–3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Elin Johansson has ensured a quota place for Sweden in the women's 67 kg by reaching the top 3 of the2011 WTF World Qualification Tournament.^[40]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Uno Sanli	Men's −58 kg	González(ESP) L6–7	Did not advance		Khalil(AUS) L1–4SDP	Did not advance
Elin Johansson	Women's −67 kg	El Sawalhy(EGY) W6–0	Marton(AUS) L3–6	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Johan Brunström Robert Lindstedt	Men's doubles	—	Djokovic/ Troicki(SRB) W7–6^(10–8),6–3	Čilić/ Dodig(CRO) L3–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Sofia Arvidsson	Women's singles	Zvonareva(RUS) L6–7^(3–7),4–6	Did not advance
Sofia Arvidsson Robert Lindstedt	Mixed doubles	—		Vinci/ Bracciali(ITA) L3–6, 6–4, 8–10	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Lisa Nordén	Women's	19:17	0:47	1:05:33	0:29	33:42	1:59:48

Wrestling

Sweden has qualified three quota places in the men's Greco-Roman wrestling, and three other quota places in the women's freestyle wrestling.

Key

VT-Victory by Fall.
PP- Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO- Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Rosengren	−74 kg	Bye	Çebi(TUR) W3–1^PP	Kazakevič(LTU) L1–3^PP	Did not advance				9
Jimmy Lidberg	−96 kg	Bye	Saikawa(JPN) W3–0^PO	Totrov(RUS) L0–3^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Gadabadze(AZE) W3–1^PP	Dzeinichenka(BLR) W3–1^PP
Johan Eurén	−120 kg	Tinaliyev(KAZ) W3–0^PO	Deák-Bárdos(HUN) W3–0^PO	Babajanzadeh(IRI) W3–0^PO	Nabi(EST) L1–3^PP	Bye		Chugoshvili(BLR) W3–1^PO

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sofia Mattsson	−55 kg	Sundev(MGL) W3–0^PO	Amri(TUN) W3–0^PO	Zholobova(RUS) L1–3^PP	Did not advance				7
Henna Johansson	−63 kg	Bye	Tynybekova(KGZ) W3–1^PP	Icho(JPN) L0–3^PO	Did not advance	Bye	Dugrenier(CAN) L1–3^PP	Did not advance	10
Jenny Fransson	−72 kg	Bernard(USA) W3–1^PP	Zlateva(BUL) L0–3^PO	Did not advance		Marzaliuk(BLR) L1–3^PP	Did not advance		9

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[1] "iaaf.org – Top Lists".IAAF.Retrieved4 June2011.

[2] IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS(PDF),IAAF,retrieved4 June2011

[3] "Men's Light Welter 64kg"(PDF).AIBA. 7 October 2011. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 27 October 2011.Retrieved7 October2011.

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[7] "FEI European Jumping Championship 2011 Team Standings".FEI.Retrieved20 September2011.

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[9] "Sweden – Squad List".FIFA.Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived fromthe originalon 10 October 2015.Retrieved26 January2020.

[10] "Här är fotbollsdamerna till London".sok.se(in Swedish). Archived fromthe originalon 22 August 2016.Retrieved28 June2012.

[11] "Damlandslagets spelare 2012".svenskfotboll.se(in Swedish).Retrieved28 June2012.

[12] "Women's Football: Sweden".London 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 27 July 2012.Retrieved28 July2012.

[13] "Sweden – South Africa".FIFA.Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 25 July 2012.Retrieved26 July2012.

[14] "Japan – Sweden".FIFA.Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 28 July 2012.Retrieved28 July2012.

[15] "Canada – Sweden".FIFA.Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 31 July 2012.Retrieved31 July2012.

[16] "Sweden – France".FIFA.Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 August 2012.Retrieved6 August2012.

[17] "Qualification Results"(PDF).FIG. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 21 July 2013.Retrieved11 January2012.

[18] "2012 Olympic Qual (Women)".Team Handball News.Retrieved2 June2011.

[19] "Herrarnas handbollstrupp uttagen".sok.se(in Swedish). 18 June 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 4 July 2012.Retrieved6 July2012.

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[21] "Sweden Team Rosters"(PDF).ihf.info.24 July 2012.

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[23] "Great Britain – Sweden"(PDF).IHF.31 July 2012.

[24] "Sweden – Iceland"(PDF).IHF.2 August 2012.

[25] "Sweden – Argentina"(PDF).IHF.4 August 2012.

[26] "France – Sweden"(PDF).IHF.6 August 2012.

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[28] "Hungary – Sweden"(PDF).IHF.10 August 2012.

[29] "Sweden – France"(PDF).IHF.12 August 2012.

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[34] "France – Sweden"(PDF).IHF.1 August 2012.

[35] "Spain – Sweden"(PDF).IHF.3 August 2012.

[36] "Sweden – South Korea"(PDF).IHF.5 August 2012.

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Contents

Medalists

Delegation

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Bo xing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Road

Mountain biking

Diving

Equestrian

Dressage

Eventing

Jumping

Football

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Wrestling

See also

References

External links