Sweden competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 187 competitors, 143 men and 44 women, took part in 121 events in 22 sports.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Jan-Ove Waldner Table tennis Men's singles 6 August Anders Holmertz Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 26 July Lars FrölanderAnders HolmertzChrister WallinTommy Werner Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 27 July Tomas Johansson Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 29 July Patrik Sjöberg Athletics Men's high jump 2 August Agneta AnderssonSusanne Gunnarsson Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 7 August Gunnar OlssonKarl Sundqvist Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 8 August Handball Men's tournament 8 August Ragnar Skanåker Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 26 July Anders Holmertz Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 29 July Torbjörn Kornbakk Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 29 July Agneta AnderssonMaria HaglundAnna OlssonSusanne Rosenqvist Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 8 August
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 3 3Athletics 15 4 19Badminton 5 3 8Boxing 3 – 3Canoeing 8 5 13Cycling 6 3 9Diving 1 0 1Equestrian 5 7 12Fencing 6 0 6Football 16 – 16Gymnastics 1 0 1Handball 16 0 16Judo 3 3 6Modern pentathlon 3 – 3Rowing 6 1 7Sailing 13 2 15Shooting 5 2 7Swimming 10 7 17Table tennis 4 2 6Tennis 4 2 6Weightlifting 5 – 5Wrestling 8 – 8 Total 143 44 187
Archery
The Swedish women, despite not having a spectacular showing in the individual round, nearly knocked off the heavily favored Korean squad in the team round quarterfinals. The Swedes tied the Koreans at 240 in the 27-arrow match, forcing a shootout that the Koreans won to eliminate the Swedes from medal contention. No other team came within 12 points of the Koreans, and the Korean team's average margin against the three other nations it faced was nearly 20 points.
Women's Individual Competition: Jenny Sjöwall — Round of 32, 18th place (0-1) Liselotte Djerf — Round of 32, 28th place (0-1) Kristina Persson-Nordlander — Ranking round, 34th place (0-0)
Women's Team Competition: Sjöwall, Djerf, and Persson — Quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)
Athletics
Men's 400m Hurdles Niklas Wallenlind Heat — 48.71 Semifinal — 48.35 Final — 48.63 (→ 5th place)
Sven Nylander Heat — 49.49 Semifinal — 49.64 (→ did not advance)
Men's 5.000 metres Jonny Danielson Heat — 13:43.91 (→ did not advance)
Men's 20 km Walk Stefan Johansson — 1:28:37 (→ 15th place)
Men's 50 km Walk Stefan Johansson — 3:58:56 (→ 11th place)
Men's Decathlon Sten Ekberg — 8,136 points (→ 9th place) Men's Triple Jump Tord Henriksson Qualification — 15.66 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Javelin Throw Dag Wennlund Qualification — 77.88 m (→ did not advance)
Patrik Bodén Qualification — 77.70 m (→ did not advance)
Peter Borglund Qualification — 74.72 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw Tore Gustafsson Qualification — 73.52 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Shot Put Sören Tallhem Qualification — 19.65 m Final — 19.32 m (→ 12th place)
Kent Larsson Qualification — 18.56 m (→ did not advance)
Women's 400m Hurdles Frida Johansson Heat — 56.13 Semifinal — 55.85 (→ did not advance)
Monica Westén Heat — 56.68 (→ did not advance)
Women's 10 km Walk Madelein Svensson Final — 45:17 (→ 6th place)
Badminton
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Nine cyclists, six men and three women, represented Sweden in 1992.
Men's road race Michel Lafis Michael Andersson Glenn Magnusson
Men's team time trial Michael Andersson Björn Johansson Jan Karlsson Johan Fagrell
Women's road race Marie Höljer — 2:05:03 (→ 9th place) Elisabeth Westman — 2:05:03 (→ 27th place) Madeleine Lindberg — 2:05:46 (→ 38th place)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard Joakim Andersson Preliminary Round — 376.68 points Final — 562.74 points (→ 9th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Six male fencers represented Sweden in 1992.
Men's foil Ola Kajbjer
Men's épée Péter Vánky Thomas Lundblad Ulf Sandegren
Men's team épée Mats Ahlgren, Jerri Bergström, Thomas Lundblad, Ulf Sandegren, Péter Vánky
Football
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentD 0–0W 4–0D 1–11 QL 1–2Did not qualify6
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group C) Drew with Paraguay (0-0) Defeated Morocco (4-0) Drew with South Korea (1-1) Quarterfinals Lost to Australia (1-2) → Did not advance
Team roster ( 1.) Jan Ekholm ( 2.) Magnus Johansson ( 3.) Joachim Björklund ( 4.) Filip Apelstav ( 5.) Niclas Alexandersson ( 6.) Håkan Mild ( 7.) Patrik Andersson ( 8.) Stefan Landberg ( 9.) Christer Fursth (10.) Johnny Rödlund (11.) Tomas Brolin (12.) Håkan Svensson (13.) Jesper Jansson (14.) Jörgen Moberg (15.) Björn Lilius (16.) Henrik Nilsson (17.) Anders Andersson (18.) Pascal Simpson (19.) Niklas Gudmundsson (20.) Jonas Axeldahl Head coach: Nisse Andersson
Gymnastics
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankSweden men'sMen's tournamentW 20–14W 26–18W 22–15W 25–21W 25–181 QW 25–22L 20–22
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Sweden — Czechoslovakia 20-14 Sweden — South Korea 26-18 Sweden — Brazil 22-15 Sweden — Hungary 25-21 Sweden — Iceland 25-18 Semi Finals Sweden — France 25-22 Final Sweden — Unified Team 20-22 (→ Silver Medal)
Team roster Magnus Andersson Robert Andersson Anders Bäckegren Per Carlén Magnus Cato Erik Hajas Robert Hedin Patrick Liljestrand Ola Lindgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Axel Sjöblad Tommy Suoraniemi Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander Head coach: Bengt Johansson
Judo
Half Lightweight, Men Jörgen Häggqvist (=36th)
Lightweight, Men Anders Dahlin (=34th)
Half Middleweight, Men Lars Adolfsson (=5th)
Half Lightweight, Women Eva Wikström (=16th)
Lightweight, Women Ursula Myrén (=9th)
Half-Heavyweight, Women Katarina Håkansson (=7th)
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1992.
Individual Håkan Norebrink Per Nyqvist Per-Olov Danielsson
Team Håkan Norebrink Per Nyqvist Per-Olov Danielsson
Rowing
Sailing
Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) Magnus Torell Final Ranking — 157.0 points (→ 13th place)
Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) Lisa Gullberg Final Ranking — 182.0 points (→ 16th place)
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle Pär Lindström Heat — 22.92 B-Final — 22.88 (→ 11th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle Tommy Werner Heat — 50.00 Final — 49.63 (→ 6th place)
Håkan Karlsson Heat — 50.73 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle Anders Holmertz Heat — 1:46.76 Final — 1:46.86 (→ Silver Medal)
Tommy Werner Heat — 1:50.01 (→ 15th place) B-Final — Withdrew (→ no ranking)
Men's 400m Freestyle Anders Holmertz Heat — 3:49.95 Final — 3:46.77 (→ Bronze Medal)
Christer Wallin Heat — 4:02.14 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke Rudi Dollmayer Heat — 58.26 (→ did not advance, 37th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly Rudi Dollmayer Heat — 57.27 (→ did not advance, 47th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley Jan Bidrman Heat — DSQ (→ no ranking)
Men's 400m Individual Medley Jan Bidrman Heat — 4:22.96 B-Final — 4:23.52 (→ 15th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Göran Titus, Håkan Karlsson, Fredrik Letzler, and Tommy Werner Heat — 3:18.92 Tommy Werner, Håkan Karlsson, Fredrik Letzler, and Anders Holmertz Final — 3:20.10 (→ 5th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Christer Wallin, Lars Frölander, Tommy Werner, and Anders Holmertz, Heat — 7:20.03 Anders Holmertz, Tommy Werner, Christer Wallin, and Lars Frölander Final — 7:15.51 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 50m Freestyle Linda Olofsson Heat — 26.43 B-Final — 26.51 (→ 15th place)
Louise Karlsson Heat — 26.77 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 100m Freestyle Eva Nyberg Heat — 57.36 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Ellenor Svensson Heat — 58.03 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200m Freestyle Malin Nilsson Heat — 2:03.44 B-Final — 2:02.02 (→ 12th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle Malin Nilsson Heat — 4:13.16 Final — 4:14.10 (→ 7th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly Therèse Lundin Heat — 1:01.38 B-Final — 1:01.43 (→ 12th place)
Malin Strömberg Heat — 1:02.78 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Louise Karlsson Heat — 2:18.75 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Eva Nyberg, Louise Karlsson, Ellenor Svensson, and Linda Olofsson Heat — 3:48.15 Eva Nyberg, Louise Karlsson, Ellenor Svensson, and Malin Nilsson Final — 3:48.47 (→ 7th place)
Table tennis
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition: Stefan Edberg First round — Lost to Andrei Chesnokov (Unified Team) 0-6, 4-6, 4-6
Magnus Larsson First round — Defeated Horst Skoff (Austria) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 Second round — Defeated Guy Forget (France) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 Third round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 4-6, 6-7, 7-6, 4-6
Magnus Gustafsson First round — Defeated Owen Casey (Ireland) 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 Second round — Lost to Jordi Arrese (Spain) 2-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 7-9
Men's Doubles Competition: Stefan Edberg and Anders Järryd First round — Lost to Jim Courier and Pete Sampras (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6
Women's Singles Competition Catarina Lindqvist First Round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 4-6, 3-6
Weightlifting
Wrestling
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