1996 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

2	4th	2

Sweden participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , USA , with a delegation of 177 athletes (111 men and 66 women).

Medalist

With two won gold, four silver and two bronze medals, the Swedish team finished 29th in the medals table .

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Agneta Andersson & Susanne Gunnarsson	canoe	Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters
Ludmila Engquist	athletics	Women, 100 meter hurdles

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Magnus Petersson	Archery	singles
Mats Olsson, Tomas Svensson, Thomas Sivertsson, Magnus Wislander, Robert Hedin, Ola Lindgren, Per Carlén, Erik Hajas, Johan Petersson, Stefan Lövgren, Robert Andersson, Pierre Thorsson, Staffan Olsson, Magnus Andersson, Martin Frandesjö & Andreas Larsson	Handball	Men's tournament
Christer Wallin , Anders Holmertz , Lars Frölander & Anders Lyrbring	swim	4 × 200 meter freestyle
Bobby Lohse & Hans Wallén	sailing	star

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Susanne Rosenqvist , Anna Olsson , Agneta Andersson & Ingela Ericsson	canoe	Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters
Mikael Ljungberg	Wrestling	Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

Participants by sport

badminton

• Jens Olsson

  Singles: 9th place

• Tomas Johansson

  Individual: 17th place

• Par-Gunnar Jönsson

  Doubles: 17th place

• Peter Axelsson

  Doubles: 17th place

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

• Astrid Crabo

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

• Jan-Eric Antonsson

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

• Catrine Bengtsson

  Mixed, doubles: 9th place

  Women, singles: 33rd place

• Margit Borg

  Women, singles: 9th place

  Women, doubles: 17th place

• Christine Magnusson

  Women, singles: 17th place

• Maria Bengtsson

  Women, doubles: 17th place

Archery

• Magnus Petersson

  Single: silver

  Team: 6th place

• Mikael Larsson

  Singles: 21st place

  Team: 6th place

• Göran Bjerendal

  Singles: 34th place

  Team: 6th place

• Jenny Sjöwall

  Women, singles: 26th place

  Women, team: 7th place

• Christa Backman

  Women, singles: 35th place

  Women, team: 7th place

• Kristina Persson-Nordlander

  Women, singles: 43rd place

  Women, team: 7th place

Boxing

• Stefan Ström

  Light flyweight: 17th place

• John Hamed Larbi

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Roger Pettersson

  Light middleweight: 9th place

• Ismael Koné

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• Kwamena Turkson

  Heavyweight: 9th place

• Attila Levin

  Super heavyweight: 5th place

fencing

• Péter Vánky

  Epee, singles: 17th place

• Helena Elinder

  Women, swords, singles: 31st place

Soccer

• Women team

  6th place

• Squad

  Annelie Nilsson

  Cecilia Sandell

  Åsa Jakobsson

  Annika Nessvold

  Kristin Bengtsson

  Anna Pohjanen

  Pia Sundhage

  Malin Swedberg

  Malin Andersson

  Ulrika Kalte

  Lena Videkull

  Ulrika Karlsson

  Camilla Svensson

  Maria Kun

  Julia Carlsson

  Hanna Ljungberg

Weightlifting

• André Aldenhov

  Lightweight: 21st place

• Bergström is different

  Super heavyweight: 12th place

Handball

• Men's team

  silver

• Squad

  Andreas Larsson

  Erik Hajas

  Johan Petersson

  Magnus Andersson

  Magnus Wislander

  Martin Frändesjö

  Mats Olsson

  Ola Lindgren

  Per Carlén

  Pierre Thorsson

  Robert Andersson

  Robert Hedin

  Staffan Olsson

  Stefan Lövgren

  Thomas Sivertsson

  Tomas Svensson

Judo

• Ursula Myrén

  Women, lightweight: 20th place

canoe

• Tom Krantz

  Single kayak, 500 meters: quarter-finals

  Single kayak, 1,000 meters: quarter-finals

• Markus Oscarsson

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: 8th place

• Staffan Malmsten

  Two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: 8th place

• Paw Madsen

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: 6th place

• Mattias Oscarsson

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: 6th place

• Henrik Nilsson

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: 6th place

• Jonas Fager

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: 6th place

• Susanne Gunnarsson

  Women, single kayak, 500 meters: 5th place

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: gold

• Agneta Andersson

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: gold

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

• Ingela Ericsson

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

• Anna Olsson

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

• Susanne Rosenqvist

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: bronze

athletics

• Peter Karlsson

  100 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Torbjörn Eriksson

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: quarter-finals

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Patrik Strenius

  100 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Lars Hedner

  200 meters: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Szalkai is different

  Marathon: 64th place

• Claes Albihn

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

• Sven Nylander

  400 meter hurdles: 4th place

• Torbjörn Mårtensson

  4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Jan Staaf

  20 kilometers of walking: 30th place

• Mattias Sunneborn

  Long jump: 8th place

• Kent Larsson

  Shot put: 17th place in qualification

• Tore Gustafsson

  Hammer throw: 30th place in qualification

• Dag Wennlund

  Javelin: 26th place in qualification

• Malin Ewerlöf

  Women, 800 meters: heats

  Women, 1,500 meters: semi-finals

• Sara Wedlund

  Women, 5,000 meters: 11th place

• Ludmila Engquist

  Women, 100 meter hurdles: gold

• Kajsa Bergqvist

  Women, high jump: 15th place in qualification

Modern pentathlon

• Per-Olov Danielsson

  Singles: 10th place

Cycling

• Michel Lafis

  Road race, individual: 34th place

• Glenn Magnusson

  Road race, individual: 35th place

• Markus Andersson

  Road race, individual: 55th place

• Michael Andersson

  Road race, individual: DNF

  Individual time trial: DNF

• Jan Karlsson

  Individual time trial: 18th place

• Roger Persson

  Mountain bike, cross-country: 21st place

• Susanne Ljungskog

  Women, road races, singles: 25th place

horse riding

• Louise Nathhorst

  Dressage, individual: 10th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Annette Solmell

  Dressage, individual: 19th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Ulla Håkansson

  Dressage, individual: 20th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén

  Dressage, individual: 37th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Peter Eriksson

  Show jumping, singles: 16th place in the qualification

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Maria Gretzer

  Show jumping, singles: 45th place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Rolf-Göran Bengtsson

  Show jumping, individual: 46th place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Malin Baryard

  Show jumping, singles: 48th place in qualification

  Show jumping, team: 10th place

• Fredrik Jonsson

  Versatility, singles: 13th place

• Linda Algotsson

  Versatility, team: 7th place

• Paula Törnqvist

  Versatility, team: 7th place

• Therese Olausson

  Versatility, team: 7th place

• Dag Albert

  Versatility, team: 7th place

Wrestling

• Usama Aziz

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Magnusson is different

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 17th place

• Thorbjörn Kornbakk

  Greterweight, Greco-Roman: 10th place

• Martin Lidberg

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

• Mikael Ljungberg

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: bronze

• Tomas Johansson

  Super heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 7th place

• Fariborz Besarati

  Paper weight, freestyle: 14th place

rowing

• Johan Flodin

  Quadruple: 6th place

• Pontus Ek

  Quadruple: 6th place

• Fredrik Hultén

  Quadruple: 6th place

• Henrik Nilsson

  Quadruple: 6th place

• Mattias Tichy

  Lightweight double scull: 6th place

• Christensson is different

  Lightweight double scull: 6th place

• Maria Brandin

  Women, one: 4th place

• Monika Knejp

  Women, lightweight double sculls: 12th place

• Kristina Knejp

  Women, lightweight double sculls: 12th place

shoot

• Lennart Andersson

  Air rifle: 23rd place

  Free pistol: 42nd place

• Ragnar Skanåker

  Air rifle: 26th place

  Free pistol: 25th place

• Peter Gabrielsson

  Small caliber, three-position battle: 22nd place

  Small caliber, lying: 42nd place

swim

• Par Lindström

  50 meter freestyle: 33rd place

• Lars Frölander

  100 meters freestyle: 17th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

  100 meter butterfly: 19th place

• Not so Holmertz

  200 meters freestyle: 5th place

  400 meters freestyle: 5th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

• Fredrik Letzler

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place

• Christer Wallin

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

• Johan Wallberg

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 7th place

• Lyrbring is different

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

• Linda Olofsson

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 6th place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 10th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

• Louise Jöhncke

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

• Malin Nilsson

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 24th place

• Louise Karlsson

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 200 meter medley: 8th place

• Johanna Sjöberg

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 5th place

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: 9th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

• Josefin Lillhage

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

• Åsa Sandlund

  Women, 4 × 200 meters freestyle: 9th place

• Therese Alshammar

  Women, 100 meters back: 16th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

• Hanna Jaltner

  Women, 100 meters chest: 16th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: 10th place

• Maria Ostling

  Women, 100 meters chest: 23rd place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 21st place

• Lena Eriksson

  Women, 200 meters chest: 9th place

sailing

• Fredrik Palm

  Windsurfing: 19th place

• Fredrik Lööf

  Finn dinghy: 5th place

• Marcus Westerlind

  470s: 18th place

• Henrik Wallin

  470s: 18th place

• John Harrysson

  Laser: 6th place

• Hans Wallén

  Star: silver

• Bobby Lohse

  Star: silver

• Mats Nyberg

  Tornado: 16th place

• Magnus Lövden

  Tornado: 16th place

• Magnus Holmberg

  Soling: 13th place

• Björn Alm

  Soling: 13th place

• Johan Barne

  Soling: 13th place

• Malin Milbourn

  Women, Europe: 9th place

• Lena Carlsson

  Women, 470s: 14th place

• Boel Bengtsson

  Women, 470s: 14th place

tennis

• Thomas Enqvist

  Singles: 9th place

• Magnus Gustafsson

  Individual: 17th place

• Jonas Björkman

  Singles: 33rd place

  Doubles: 17th place

• Nickla's cult

  Doubles: 17th place

Table tennis

• Jan-Ove Waldner

  Singles: 9th place

  Doubles: 5th place

• Jörgen Persson

  Individual: 17th place

  Doubles: 5th place

• Peter Karlsson

  Individual: 17th place

  Doubles: 17th place

• Thomas von Scheele

  Doubles: 17th place

• Marie Svensson

  Women, singles: 17th place

• Åsa Svensson

  Women, singles: 33rd place

  Women, doubles: 17th place

• Pernilla Pettersson

  Women, doubles: 17th place

Volleyball (beach)

• Tom Englén

  Men's competition: 17th place

• Fredrik Peterson

  Men's competition: 17th place

Diving

• Jimmy Sjödin

  Art jumping: 20th place

  Diving: 14th place

• Joakim Andersson

  Art jumping: 22nd place

• Anna Lindberg

  Women, jumping: 8th place

Web links

• Swedish Olympic team from 1996 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )