Sweden at the 2004 Summer Olympics
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Gold

  • Stefan Holm
    Stefan Holm
    Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...

     — Athletics
    Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

    , Men's High Jump

  • Christian Olsson
    Christian Olsson
    Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...

     — Athletics
    Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

    , Men's Triple Jump

  • Carolina Kluft
    Carolina Klüft
    Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

     — Athletics
    Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

    , Women's Heptathlon

  • Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to 2004. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

     and Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

     — Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....

    , Men's K-2 1000 m

Silver

  • Ara Abrahamian
    Ara Abrahamian
    Ara Abrahamian is a retired Armenian-Swedish wrestler in Greco-Roman wrestling...

     — Wrestling (Greco-Roman)
    Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

    , Men's 74–84 kg

  • Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
    Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
    Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics....

    , Malin Baryard
    Malin Baryard
    Malin Baryard is a Swedish equestrian, competing in show jumping. Baryard started to ride at the age of six and went on to be a very accomplished show jumper. She won a gold medal in the Swedish Championships at the age of just 14...

    , Peter Eriksson, and Peter Fredericson — Equestrian
    Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

    , Team Jumping
    Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Team jumping
    The individual jumping event, part of the equestrian program at the 2004 Summer Olympics, was held from 22 August to 27 August 2004 in the Olympic Equestrian Centre on the outskirts of Markopoulo in the Attica region of Greece...


Bronze

  • Therese Torgersson
    Therese Torgersson
    Therese Torgersson is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Vendela Zachrisson.-References:...

     and Vendela Zachrisson
    Vendela Zachrisson
    Vendela Zachrisson is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Therese Torgersson.- References :...

     — Sailing
    Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
    Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

    , Women's 470 Class

Archery
Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at Panathinaiko Stadium in Athens, Greece with ranking rounds on 12 August and regular competition held from 15 August to 21 August...

Men's individual competition:
  • Magnus Petersson
    Magnus Petersson
    Magnus Petersson is an archer from Sweden.He is an experienced Olympian, having won a silver medal in 1996. Petersson advanced to the semifinals in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated there by Vic Wunderle. In the consolation bronze medal match, he again lost, this time to...

     – 23rd place
  • Jonas Andersson
    Jonas Andersson (archery)
    Jonas Lennart Andersson is a Swedish archer. He lives in Malmö and competes for BK Gripen.Andersson competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match against David Barnes of Australia 160-151, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination,...

     – 25th place
  • Mattias Eriksson
    Mattias Eriksson
    Mattias Eriksson is a Swedish archer.Eriksson competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, being placed 39th overall...

     – 39th place


Men's team competition:
  • Jonas Andersson, Mattias Eriksson, and Magnus Petersson – 9th place

Athletics
Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29, except for the marathons , the race walks , and the shot put...

 (track and field)

Men's 110 m hurdles:
  • Robert Kronberg
    Robert Kronberg
    Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...

     – Semifinal, 13.42 s (did not advance)


Women's 100 m hurdles:
  • Susanna Kallur
    Susanna Kallur
    Susanna Elisabeth Kallur is a Swedish athlete competing mainly in sprint hurdles. She has won several international medals, including the gold medal in the 100 m hurdles at the 2006 European Athletics Championships...

     – Semifinal, 12.67 s (did not advance)
  • Jenny Kallur
    Jenny Kallur
    Jenny Margareta Kallur is a former Swedish track and field athlete who competed in hurdling and sprinting events. Her twin sister Susanna Kallur, whom she is four minutes older than, is also a 100 m hurdler...

     – Round 1, 13.11 s (did not advance)


Men's 200 m:
  • Johan Wissman
    Johan Wissman
    Johan Lukas Wissman is a Swedish athlete from Helsingborg, specializing in the 200 and 400 m. He is the current national record holder in both of these events....

     – Round 2, 20.74 s (did not advance)


Men's 3000 m Steeplechase:
  • Mustafa Mohamed
    Mustafa Mohamed
    Mustafa Hassan Mohamed is a Somali-Swedish long-distance runner who mainly competes in the 3000 meter steeplechase.-Biography:Born in Mogadishu, Somalia, Mohamed moved to Sweden at the age of 11...

     – Final, 8:18.05 (13th place)


Women's Heptathlon:
  • Carolina Klüft
    Carolina Klüft
    Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

     – 6952 points (gold medal)


Women's Long Jump:
  • Carolina Klüft
    Carolina Klüft
    Carolina Evelyn Klüft is a Swedish athlete competing in triple jump, long jump and formerly in heptathlon and pentathlon. She won the Olympic heptathlon title in 2004...

     – Round 1: 6.73 m, Final: 6.63 m (11th place)


Men's Triple Jump:
  • Christian Olsson
    Christian Olsson
    Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...

     – Final, 17.79 m (NR, gold medal)


Men's High Jump:
  • Stefan Holm
    Stefan Holm
    Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...

     – Final, 2.36 m (gold medal)
  • Staffan Strand
    Staffan Strand
    Staffan Bo Strand is a Swedish former high jumper. He currently lives in Norrmalm in Stockholm with his wife since 2004 Tiffany.-Career:...

     – Round 1, 2.25 m (did not advance)
  • Linus Thornblad
    Linus Thörnblad
    Linus Thörnblad is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump. He won the bronze medal at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships.Thörnblad started high jumping at age 16 jumping 2.06 m his first year. Two years later he jumped 2.30 m....

     – Round 1, 2.20 m (did not advance)


Men's Pole Vault:
  • Patrik Kristiansson
    Patrik Kristiansson
    Arne Patrik Klüft is a Swedish pole vault athlete.He made his breakthrough in 1998 when he set a new Swedish record with 5.77 metres. In 2001 he jumped 5.83 and the following year 5.85...

     – Round 1, 5.60 m (did not advance)


Women's Discus:
  • Anna Söderberg
    Anna Söderberg
    Anna Söderberg is a female discus thrower from Sweden. Her personal best throw of 64.54 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Aremark, is the Swedish record for the event. She has represented her country at the Olympic Games on three occasions – in 2000, 2004 and 2008...

     – Round 1: 55.49 m

Badminton
Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Goudi Olympic Hall at the Goudi Olympic Complex from August 14 through August 21. Both men and women competed in their own singles and doubles events and together they competed in a mixed doubles event....

Women's Singles:
  • Marina Andrievskaia – defeated in round of 32


Mixed Doubles:
  • Fredrik Bergström
    Fredrik Bergström
    Fredrik Bergström is a male badminton player from Sweden.Bergstrom competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Johanna Persson. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand...

     and Johanna Persson
    Johanna Persson
    Johanna Persson is a female badminton player from Sweden.Persson competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed doubles with partner Fredrik Bergström. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand in...

     – defeated in quarterfinals

Boxing
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall. The event was only open to men and bouts were contested over four rounds of two minutes each...

  • Patrick Bogere, 64 kg, lost first round

Canoeing
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre for the sprint events and the Olympic Canoe/Kayak Slalom Centre at the Helliniko Olympic Complex for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines....

  • Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

    , Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to 2004. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

    , K2, 1000 m, 1st place (gold medal)
  • Anders Gustafsson
    Anders Gustafsson
    Anders Gustafsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and two silvers .Gustafsson also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-1 500 m event at...

    , K1, 500 m/1000 m
  • Anna Karlsson
    Anna Karlsson
    Anna Karlsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the late 1990s. She won four medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver and three bronzes .Karlsson also finished eighth in the K-2 500 m event at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.-References:***...

    , Sofia Paldanius
    Sofia Paldanius
    Sofia Paldanius is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. She won four bronze medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships ....

    , K2 500 m

Cycling
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics had 18 events in three disciplines:*Road cycling, held at the Athens historic centre and in Vouliagmeni Olympic Centre ....

  • Madeleine Lindberg, road, 49th
  • Susanne Ljungskog
    Susanne Ljungskog
    Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish cyclist. A four-time Olympian , she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion...

    , road (33rd) and track
  • Camilla Larsson, road, (did not finish)
  • Magnus Bäckstedt
    Magnus Bäckstedt
    Magnus Bäckstedt is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer.He began as a skier, selected for the national team when he was 14. His greatest achievement in cycling is winning Paris–Roubaix in 2004. Bäckstedt is 1m 93 tall and weighs 94 kg...

    , road (did not finish) and track
  • Thomas Lövkvist
    Thomas Lövkvist
    Thomas Löfkvist is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer riding for the UCI ProTour . He became the youngest Swedish professional road bicycle racer when he started his professional bicycling career in at the age of 19 in 2004...

    , line, (did not finish)
  • Marcus Ljungqvist
    Marcus Ljungqvist
    Marcus Ljungqvist is a Swedish former professional road bicycle racer. He turned professional in 1998, and retired from racing after the 2009 season...

    , road, 14th
  • Gustav Larsson, road, 72nd
  • Maria Östergren, mountain bike
  • Fredrik Kessiakoff
    Fredrik Kessiakoff
    Fredrik Carl Wilhelm Kessiakoff is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team . Kessiakoff turned to road racing in 2009, having had a successful career as a professional mountain biker for many years, winning the Swedish national championship 4 times, and finishing third at...

    , mountain bike.

Diving
Diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics, in Athens, eight diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, from 20 to 28 August , comprising a total of 125 divers from 30 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:-Participating nations:Here are listed the nations that...

Women's 3 m Springboard:
  • Anna Lindberg
    Anna Lindberg
    Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg (born November 16, 1981 in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is daughter to former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg....

     – Prelim: 255.63 (19th place)

Equestrian
Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The events of the Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics featured three equestrian disciplines: dressage, eventing and jumping. All three disciplines are further divided into individual and team contests for a total of six events....

Dressage:
  • Jan Brink, (Briar), individual and team
  • Louise Nathhorst (Guinness), team
  • Tinne Wilhelmsson (Just Mickey), team
  • Minna Telde (Sacks), team


Jumping:
  • Malin Baryard
    Malin Baryard
    Malin Baryard is a Swedish equestrian, competing in show jumping. Baryard started to ride at the age of six and went on to be a very accomplished show jumper. She won a gold medal in the Swedish Championships at the age of just 14...

    , (Butterfly Flip),ind/team (silver medal)
  • Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
    Rolf-Göran Bengtsson
    Rolf-Göran Bengtsson is a Swedish show jumper. He won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the individual jumping, and also a silver medal in the team jumping event at the 2004 Summer Olympics....

     (Mac Kinley), team (silver medal)
  • Peter Eriksson (Cardento), team (silver medal)
  • Peder Fredricsson (Magic Bengtsson), team (silver medal)


Eventing:
  • Linda Algotsson, ind
  • Magnus Gällerdal, team, ind
  • Sara Algotsson, team, ind

Women's team competition

  • Preliminary round: 1-0-1
  • Quarterfinal: defeated Australia, 2-1
  • Semifinal: lost to Brazil, 1-0
  • Bronze medal match: lost to Germany, 1-0 (→ Fourth place)


Goal keeper:
  • Caroline Jönsson
    Caroline Jönsson
    Caroline Jönsson is a Swedish football goalkeeper currently playing for Umeå IK of Damallsvenskan and is a former member of the Swedish Women's National Team.-Youth career:...

    , Malmö FF, Hedvig Lindahl.


Defenders:
  • Kristin Bengtsson
    Kristin Bengtsson
    Gärd Kristin Bengtsson is a women's soccer player, who currently plays for Djurgården/Älvsjö. She holds the record for the most capped player in the Swedish women's national team, with 157 caps. Bengtsson has appeared in three World Cups, the 1995, 1999 and 2003 competitions. She netted one goal...

    , DIF/Älvsjö,
  • Sara Larsson
    Sara Larsson
    Sara Larsson is a Swedish football defender currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of the Women's Professional Soccer league. She is also a member of the Sweden women's national football team.-Career:...

    , Malmö FF,
  • Hanna Marklund
    Hanna Marklund
    Hanna Gunilla Marklund is a Swedish football player. She plays as a defender, and her shirt number is 4....

    , Umeå IK,
  • Jane Törnqvist
    Jane Törnqvist
    Jane Törnqvist is a female footballer for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. A tough tackling central defender, she wears number 3 for her club...

    , DIF/Älvsjö,
  • Karolina Westberg
    Karolina Westberg
    Karolina Westberg born is a female footballer for Umeå IK and the Swedish national team. She is a defender as number 4 on Umeå and number 2 on the national team. She is currently the captain of Umeå IK.-External links:* * * *...

    , Malmö FF,
  • Frida Östberg
    Frida Östberg
    Frida Christina Östberg is a retired Swedish football midfielder who played for Umeå IK, Linköpings FC and Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer. She is a former member of the Sweden women's national football team.-Club:Östberg started her career with Hägglunds IoFK, who she played for...

    , Umeå IK.


Midfielders:
  • Malin Andersson
    Malin Andersson (footballer)
    Malin Elisabeth Andersson is a Swedish women's soccer player.In an international career lasting from 1994 to 2005, she appeared in 151 international matches for Sweden, second only to Kristin Bengtsson in Swedish football history. She competed in both the 1995 and 2003 Women's World Cups, netting...

    , Malmö FF,
  • Linda Fagerström, DIF/Älvsjö,
  • Malin Moström
    Malin Moström
    Malin Sofi Moström is a Swedish former football player , from 2001 to 2006 she was the captain of the Sweden women's national football team...

    , Umeå IK,
  • Sara Johansson
    Sara Johansson
    Sara Johansson is a female footballer for Hammarby IF DFF and the Swedish national team.-External links:* *...

    , DIF/Älvsjö,
  • Therese Sjögran
    Therese Sjögran
    Therese Sjögran is a female midfielder for Sky Blue FC of Women's Professional Soccer and the Swedish Women's National Team. Although her club number is 11, she wears the number 15 for the national team....

    , Malmö FF,
  • Anna Sjöström, Umeå IK.


Forwards:
  • Hanna Ljungberg
    Hanna Ljungberg
    Hanna Carolina Ljungberg is a Swedish football player, playing the position of forward. She plays for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on February 6, 1996 where Sweden won 8-0 against Spain.She is not related to Swedish male...

    , Umeå IK,
  • Salina Olsson, HIF,
  • Victoria Svensson
    Victoria Svensson
    Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson is a former Swedish female football player. She was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam; captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup...

    , DIF/Älvsjö,
  • Josefine Öqvist
    Josefine Öqvist
    Josefine "Jossan" Öqvist is a female footballer for Tyresö FF and the Swedish national team. She scored a critical goal at the 86' minute in the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup semifinals against Canada to put them through to the finals...

    , Bälinge.

Gymnastics
Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, three disciplines of gymnastics were contested: artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline...

Women's artistic:
  • Veronica Wagner
    Veronica Wagner
    Isabella Minna Veronica Wagner, better known as Veronica, , is a Gymnast who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics as a member of the Swedish Olympic team. She is coached by Staffan Söderberg....

     – did not advance in any exercise

Judo
Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Judo at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and featured 368 judoka competing for 14 gold medals with seven different weight categories in both the men's and women's competitions. Japan dominated the event by taking 8 gold and 2 silver medals.Gold and silver medals...

Women's 52 kg:
  • Sanna Askelöf – defeated in round of 32; repechage round of 16

Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The modern pentathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Olympic Modern Pentathlon Centre at the Goudi Olympic Complex as single day events for men and women on August 26 and August 27, respectively....

Men's:
  • Erik Johansson – 23rd place

Rowing
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Schinias Olympic Rowing and Canoeing Centre and featured 550 competitors taking part in 14 events....

  • Frida Svensson
    Frida Svensson (rower)
    Frida Svensson is a professional sculler. She won a gold medal in the women's single sculls at the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Lake Karapiro, the victory was notable for narrowly defeating Ekaterina Karsten who has dominated women's sculling since 1996...

    , single-sculler

Sailing
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre with eleven events being contested.The events were split into four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women...

  • Fredrik Lööf
    Fredrik Lööf
    Fredrik Lööf Fredrik Lööf Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in five Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals...

    , star,
  • Anders Ekström
    Anders Ekström
    Anders Ekström is a Swedish sailor who has participated in two Summer Olympics. He and Fredrik Lööf sailed together in the Star class, winning the Star world championship, the Star European championship, finishing 14th at Athens in 2004, and winning the bronze medal at Beijing in 2008.-External...

    , star,
  • Johan Molund, Martin Andersson, 470, 19th place
  • Karl Suneson, laser,
  • Martin Strandberg, tornado,
  • Kristian Mattsson, tornado,
  • Therese Torgersson
    Therese Torgersson
    Therese Torgersson is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Vendela Zachrisson.-References:...

    , Vendela Zachrisson
    Vendela Zachrisson
    Vendela Zachrisson is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Therese Torgersson.- References :...

    , 470, 3rd place
  • Daniel Birgmark
    Daniel Birgmark
    Daniel Birgmark is a sailor representing Sweden at Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Finn class.- External links :*...

    , finn.

Shooting
Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics
In shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 390 competitors from 106 nations contested 17 events . The competition took place at the Markopoulo Olympic Shooting Centre, located in the east of the Greek region of Attica....

  • Emil Andersson
    Emil Andersson
    Emil Andersson is a Swedish running target shooter. He grew up close to the Småland-Skåne border, but now lives in Strömsund, Jämtland. His trainer is Claes Johansson....

    , 10 m Running Target 4th
  • Håkan Dahlby
    Håkan Dahlby
    Håkan Dahlby is a Swedish double trap shooter, the winner of the 2003 and 2004 European Championships. In the 2004 Olympics he finished second in the qualification round, but dropped to fifth place during the final round...

    , Double Trap 5th
  • Pia Hansen
    Pia Hansen
    Pia Hansen is a Swedish sport shooter. She originally competed in Nordic Trap but then moved on to Olympic trap and double trap. She won the latter at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and she also finished eighth in trap. In Athens four years later, she finished ninth in both events.- External links :*...

    , Trap 9th, Double Trap 9th
  • Niklas Bergström, 10 m Running Target 12th
  • Sven Haglund, 50 m Rifle 3 Positions, 10 m Air Rifle 29th
  • Roger Hansson, 50 m Rifle 3 Positions, 50 m Rifle Prone 32nd
  • Jonas Edman
    Jonas Edman
    Jonas Edman is a Swedish rifle shooter, specializing in the Prone position. He was a 300 m Rifle specialist during most of the 1990s and a part of the winning team at the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zaragoza, Spain. After this however, he started to focus in the Olympic 50 m...

    , 50 m Rifle Prone 32nd
  • Marcus Åkerholm, 10 m Air Rifle 33rd

Swimming
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Olympic Aquatic Centre with the athletes competing in 32 events. There was a total of 937 participants from 152 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:...

  • Women, relay, (4x100 free/4x100 medl/4x200 free),
  • Therese Alshammar
    Therese Alshammar
    Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...

    , 50 m free/4x100 m free,
  • Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....

    , 100 m butterfly/4x100 m free,
  • Josefin Lillhage
    Josefin Lillhage
    Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...

    , 200 m free/4x100 free/4x200 free,
  • Johanna Sjöberg
    Johanna Sjöberg
    Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...

    , 4x100 m free/4x200 m free,
  • Ida Mattson, 4x200 m,
  • Lotta Wänberg
    Lotta Wänberg
    Lotta Wänberg is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she swum a leg in the 4×200 m freestyle relay team that finished eighth.-References:...

    , 4x200 m,
  • Cathrin Carlzon
    Cathrin Carlzon
    Cathrin Carlzon is a Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 4×100 m freestyle prelims.-References:...

    , 4x100 m,
  • Maria Östling
    Maria Östling
    Maria Cecilia Christina Östling is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, who twice won a gold medal at the European Championships. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the women's 100 m breaststroke and the women's 200 m...

    , 100 m breast,
  • Malin Svahnström
    Malin Svahnström
    Malin Svahnström is a Swedish Olympic swimmer currently representing Väsby SS. Svahnström participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times as a part of a relay team. In the 2000 event she swum the prelims in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, that later won a bronze...

    , relay.

  • Men, relay(4x100 m free),
  • Martin Gustavsson
    Martin Gustavsson
    Martin Gustavsson is a breaststroke swimmer from Sweden. In 2003 he won the silver medal in the 4×50 m medley relay at the European Short Course Championships in Dublin, Ireland, alongside Jens Petersson, Björn Lundin and Stefan Nystrand. He competed in both the 2000 and 2004 Summer...

    , 100 m breast/200 m breast,
  • Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

    , 50 m free/4x100 m free,
  • Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin is a former international freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Sweden, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000....

    , 4x100 m,
  • Lars Frölander
    Lars Frölander
    Lars Arne Frölander is a Swedish swimmer. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality. He competed in 5 consecutive Olympic Games . The highlight of his career was when he won the gold in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000...

    , 4x100 m,
  • Erik Andersson, 4x100 m,
  • Eric la Fleur
    Eric la Fleur
    Eric la Fleur is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he swum the 4×100 m freestyle relay prelims for the Swedish team that became disqualified.*17-Time All American Div...

    , 4x100 m.

Table tennis
Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
thumb|rightTable tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Galatsi Olympic Hall with 172 competitors in 4 events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

  • Peter Karlsson, single, lost third round
  • Jörgen Persson
    Jörgen Persson
    Jörgen Persson is a Swedish table tennis player. In two memorable World Table Tennis Championships finals he faced fellow Swede Jan-Ove Waldner in 1989 and 1991, losing the former and winning the latter....

    , single, lost round of 16
  • Jan-Ove Waldner
    Jan-Ove Waldner
    Jan-Ove Waldner is a Swedish table tennis player. He is known as "the Mozart of table tennis" and is a legend in his native Sweden as well as in China. In China he is known as 老瓦 Lao Wa - "Old Wa" or 常青树 Chang Qing Shu - "Evergreen"...

    , single, fourth
  • Jörgen Persson & Jan-Ove Waldner, Double, lost quarter finals

Tennis
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place on ten separate courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre. The surface was hardcourt, specifically DecoTurf....

  • Jonas Björkman
    Jonas Björkman
    Jonas Lars Björkman is a former World Number 4 Swedish professional tennis player. He is also a former World No. 1 in doubles. Björkman retired from professional tennis after competing at the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup Doubles championships....

    , single/double,
  • Joachim Johansson
    Joachim Johansson
    Joachim Johansson is a former professional male tennis player from Sweden.-Background:Johansson was born in Lund and currently lives in Södertälje, Sweden. His father, Leif Johansson, was also a tennis player and represented Sweden in the Davis Cup in the 1970s. He goes by the nickname "Pim Pim",...

    , double/single,
  • Robin Söderling
    Robin Söderling
    Robin Bo Carl Söderling is a professional tennis player from Sweden who is currently ranked number 13 in the ATP rankings. Söderling reached successive French Open finals in 2009 and 2010...

    , single,
  • Thomas Enqvist
    Thomas Enqvist
    Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...

    , single.

Volleyball
Volleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics
thumb|right|Indoorthumb|right|BeachVolleyball at the 2004 Summer Olympics consisted of indoor volleyball held at the Peace and Friendship Stadium and beach volleyball held at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre, in the southern portion of the Roth Pavilion; both were located at the Faliro Coastal...

Men's beach:
  • Björn Berg
    Bjorn Berg
    Björn Berg is a beach volleyball player from Sweden, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...

     and Simon Dahl
    Simon Dahl
    Simon Dahl is a beach volleyball player from Sweden, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000. In both tournaments he teamed up with Björn Berg. He's a resident of Stockholm....

    • Prelims: 1-2
    • Round of 16: Defeated 2-0 by Javier Bosma
      Javier Bosma
      Francisco Javier Bosma Mínguez is a former Spanish beach volleyball player, who won the silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Pablo Herrera....

       and Pablo Herrera
      Pablo Herrera (volleyball player)
      Pablo Herrera Allepuz is a Spanish volleyball player, who won a silver medal in the men's beach volleyball tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens together with Javier Bosma.-References:...

      , Spain
      Spain
      Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...


Wrestling
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Ano Liossia Olympic Hall and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. Men competed in both disciplines whereas women only took part in the Freestyle event with 18...

  • Sara Eriksson
    Sara Eriksson
    Sara Eriksson is a Swedish handball player. She plays for the club HC Leipzig and for the Swedish national team. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in China, where the Swedish team placed eighth.-References:...

    , 63 kg,
  • Ida-Theres Karlsson, 55 kg,
  • Jimmy Samuelsson
    Jimmy Samuelsson
    Jimmy Fredrik Samuelsson is a retired Swedish sport wrestler.He was born in Norrtälje, and represented the sports club Spårvägens IK. At the World Championships he finished fourth in 2001 , won the gold medal in 2002 , finished eighth in 2005 , fifteenth in 2006 and tenth in 2007...

    , 66 kg,
  • Ara Abrahamian
    Ara Abrahamian
    Ara Abrahamian is a retired Armenian-Swedish wrestler in Greco-Roman wrestling...

    , 84 kg, 2:nd place in Final against Alexej Misjin,
  • Martin Lidberg
    Martin Lidberg
    Martin Lidberg is a highly decorated Swedish wrestler. He is a world champion, two-time European champion as well as 19-time Swedish champion. He has competed in the olympics three times...

    , 96 kg,
  • Mohammad Babulfath, 74 kg,
  • Eddy Bengtsson
    Eddy Bengtsson
    Eddy Bengtsson is a Swedish wrestler who competed in the Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Eddy has since retired from wrestling and competes in many grappling tournaments, as well as mixed martial arts competition...

    , 120 kg.
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