2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Sweden)

SWE

-	4th	1

Sweden took part in the Summer Olympics forthe 25th timein Beijing in 2008 . 123 athletes (50 men and 73 women) competed in 81 competitions in 20 sports. The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Christian Olsson . At the closing ceremony, table tennis player Jörgen Persson carried the Swedish flag.

Archery

athlete	competition	round	opponent	Points	rank
Magnus Petersson	Men singles	Preliminary round		646	49.
		Round of the last 64	Crispin Duenas ( Canada )	108: 108	further
		Round of the last 32	Maksim Kunda ( Belarus )	110: 112	eliminated

badminton

Women

• Sara Persson

Boxing

Men

• Naim Terbunja
• Kennedy Katende

fencing

Women

• Emma Samuelsson

  Epee, singles: 8th place

Soccer

Women

• goal

  1 Hedvig Lindahl

  12 Caroline Jönsson

• Defense

  2 Karolina Westberg

  3 Stina Segerström

  4 Anna Paulson

  6 Sara Thunebro

  7 Sara Larsson

  13 Frida Östberg

  17 Charlotte Rohlin

• midfield

  5 Caroline Seger

  10 Johanna Almgren

  14 Josefine Öqvist

  15 Therese Sjögran

  16 Linda Forsberg

  18 Nilla Fischer

  19 Johanna Almgren (reserve)

  20 Lisa Dahlkvist (reserve)

• Storm

  8 Lotta Schelin

  9 Jessica Landström

  11 Victoria Svensson

  21 Madelaine Edlund (reserve)

• Trainer

  Thomas Dennerby

• Results

  Preliminary round

   People's Republic of China : 1: 2

   Argentina : 1-0

   Canada : 2-1

  Quarter finals

   Germany : 0-2

Handball

Women

• 8th place

Jessica Enström

Therese Islas Helgesson

Johanna Wiberg

Linnea Torstenson

Therese Bengtsson

Madeleine Grundström

Isabelle Gullden

Frida Toveby

Sara Eriksson

Annika Wiel Fredén

Teresa Utkovic

Tina Flognman

Matilda Boson

Sara Holmgren

Johanna Ahlm

• Trainer

  Ulf Schefvert

canoe

Women

• Sofia Paldanius

Men

• Not so Gustafsson
• Markus Oscarsson

athletics

Men

• Magnus Arvidsson
• Niklas Arrhenius
• Jesper Fritz
• Stefan Holm
• Alhaji Jeng
• Mustafa Mohamed
• Linus Thornblad
• Johan Wissman

Women

• Emma Green
• Susanna Kallur
• Carolina Klüft
• Anna Söderberg

Cycling

Men

• Gustav Larsson , time trial (silver )
• Fredrik Kessiakoff
• Emil Lindgren
• Marcus Ljungqvist
• Thomas Löfkvist

Women

• Emma Johansson , Tour (Silver )
• Susanne Ljungskog
• Sara Mustonen

horse riding

• Dag Albert
• Linda Algotsson
• Rolf-Göran Bengtsson , show jumping (silver )
• Jan Brink
• Viktoria Carlerbäck
• Peter Eriksson
• Magnus Gällerdal
• Patrik Kittel
• Helena Lundbäck
• Katrin Norling
• Lotta Schultz
• Tinne Vilhelmson Silfvén

Wrestling

Men

• Ara Abrahamian , Greco-Roman style up to 84 kg (bronze medal, but was subsequently disqualified)
• Jalmar Sjöberg

Women

• Jenny Fransson
• Ida-Theres Nerell
• Sofia Mattsson

rowing

• Lassi Karonen

  Men, one

• Frida Svensson

  Women, one

shoot

• Nathalie Larsson

  Women, skeet

• Håkan Dahlby

  Men, double trap

swim

Women

• Therese Alshammar
• Eva Berglund
• Gabriella Fagundez
• Petra Granlund
• Claire Hedenskog
• Joline Höstman
• Anna-Karin Kammerling
• Josefin Lillhage
• Ida Marko-Varga
• Sarah Sjöström
• Hanna Westrin

Men

• Jonas Andersson
• Lars Frölander
• Stefan Nystrand
• Jonas Persson
• Simon Sjödin
• Petter stymne
• Christoffer Wikström

sailing

• Star class (bronze )

  Not so Ekström

  Fredrik Lööf

• laser

  Rasmus Myrgren

• Laser Radial

  Karin Söderström

• Finn dinghy

  Daniel Birgmark

• 470s men

  Anton Dahlberg

  Sebastian Östling

• 470 women

  Therese Torgersson

  Vendela Santén

• 49er

  Jonas Lindberg

  Karl Torlén

Taekwondo

• Lisa Nordén

  Women, singles

tennis

Men

• Simon Aspelin
• Double men, (silver )
• Jonas Björkman
• Thomas Johansson
• Double men, (silver )
• Robin Soderling

Women

• Sofia Arvidsson

Table tennis

Men

• Par Gerell
• Jens Lundqvist
• Jörgen Persson

Triathlon

Women

• Karolina Kedzierska
• Hanna Zajc

Diving

• Anna Lindberg

  Women, jumping 3 m

• Elina Eggers

  Women, diving 10 m

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archery - Men's Individual Ranking Round ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Football - Women's First Round - Group E - Match 02 / CHN vs SWE ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Football - Women's First Round - Group E - Match 07 / SWE vs ARG ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ Football - Women's First Round - Group E - Match 16 / SWE vs CAN ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ Women's Q / Final - Match 21 - E2 vs F2 ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )

Web links

• Swedish Olympic team from 2008 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )