Sweden at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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)

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)

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

• Tom Englen and Fredrik Petersson — 17th place overall

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

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)

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

Men's épée

• Péter Vánky

Women's épée

• Helena Elinder

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		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

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
		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

Men's Individual Competition:

• Per-Olov Danielson — 5375 pts (→ 10th place)

Men's 50 m Freestyle

• Pär Lindström

• Heat — 23.47 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

• Lars Frölander

• Heat — 49.91
• Final — scratched

Men's 200 m Freestyle

• Anders Holmertz

• Heat — 1:48.41
• Final — 1:48.42 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400 m Freestyle

• Anders Holmertz

• Heat — 3:52.27
• Final — 3:50.66 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• Lars Frölander

• Heat — 54.37 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Fredrik Letzler, Lars Frölander, Christer Wallin, and Johan Wallberg

• Heat — 3:20.74

• Lars Frölander, Fredrik Letzler, Anders Holmertz, and Christer Wallin

• Final — 3:20.16 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Christer Wallin, Lars Frölander, Anders Lyrbring, and Anders Holmertz

• Heat — 7:20.61

• Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Lars Frölander, and Anders Lyrbring

• Final — 7:17.56 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 50 m Freestyle

• Linda Olofsson

• Heat — 25.84
• Final — 25.63 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle

• Linda Olofsson

• Heat — 56.56
• B-Final — 55.83 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Louise Jöhncke

• Heat — 2:01.13
• B-Final — 2:01.37 (→ 11th place)

• Malin Nilsson

• Heat — 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Therese Alshammar

• Heat — 1:03.79
• B-Final — 1:04.15 (→ 16th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Hanna Jaltner

• Heat — 1:10.69
• B-Final — 1:11.41 (→ 16th place)

• Maria Östling

• Heat — 1:11.58 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Lena Eriksson

• Heat — 2:31.65
• B-Final — 2:28.87 (→ 9th place)

• Maria Östling

• Heat — 2:33.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Johanna Sjöberg

• Heat — 1:01.01
• B-Final — 1:00.76 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley

• Louise Karlsson

• Heat — 2:16.37
• Final — 2:17.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Louise Karlsson, and Linda Olofsson

• Heat — 3:45.39

• Linda Olofsson, Louise Jöhncke, Louise Karlsson, and Johanna Sjöberg

• Final — 3:44.91 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Josefin Lillhage, and Åsa Sandlund

• Heat — 8:13.64 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Therese Alshammar, Hanna Jaltner, Johanna Sjöberg, and Louise Jöhncke

• Heat — 4:10.88 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's Singles Competition

• Thomas Enqvist

• First round — Defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner (Germany) 7-6 4-6 6-4
• Second round — Defeated Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) 4-6 7-6 6-4
• Third round — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 5-7 6-7

• Magnus Gustafsson

• First round — Defeated Ronald Agénor (Haiti) 6-2 6-4
• Second round — Lost to Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 6-7 3-6

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