Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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.^[1]

Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Barcelona, Spain 25 July-9 August
Competitors	187 (143 men, 44 women) in 22 sports
Flag bearer	Stefan Edberg
Medals Ranked 27th	Gold 1 Silver 7 Bronze 4 Total 12
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Main article: 1992 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal Name Sport Event Date   Gold Jan-Ove Waldner Table tennis Men's singles 6 August   Silver Anders Holmertz Swimming Men's 200 metre freestyle 26 July   Silver Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz Christer Wallin Tom Werner Swimming Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay 27 July   Silver Tomas Johansson Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg 29 July   Silver Patrik Sjöberg Athletics Men's high jump 2 August   Silver Agneta Andersson Susanne Gunnarsson Canoeing Women's K-2 500 metres 7 August   Silver Gunnar Olsson Karl Sundqvist Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 metres 8 August   Silver Sweden men's national handball team Magnus Andersson Robert Andersson Anders Bäckegren Per Carlén Magnus Cato Erik Hajas Robert Hedin Patrik Liljestrand Ola Lindgren Mats Olsson Staffan Olsson Axel Sjöblad Tommy Suoraniemi Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander Handball Men's tournament 8 August   Bronze Ragnar Skanåker Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol 26 July   Bronze Anders Holmertz Swimming Men's 400 metre freestyle 29 July   Bronze Torbjörn Kornbakk Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 29 July   Bronze Agneta Andersson Maria Haglund Anna Olsson Susanne Rosenqvist Canoeing Women's K-4 500 metres 8 August Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2] Sport Men Women Total Archery 0 3 3 Athletics 15 4 19 Badminton 5 3 8 Boxing 3 – 3 Canoeing 8 5 13 Cycling 6 3 9 Diving 1 0 1 Equestrian 5 7 12 Fencing 6 0 6 Football 16 – 16 Gymnastics 1 0 1 Handball 16 0 16 Judo 3 3 6 Modern pentathlon 3 – 3 Rowing 6 1 7 Sailing 13 2 15 Shooting 5 2 7 Swimming 10 7 17 Table tennis 4 2 6 Tennis 4 2 6 Weightlifting 5 – 5 Wrestling 8 – 8 Total 143 44 187 Archery Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics Boxing Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics Canoeing Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics Cycling Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics Men's 3m Springboard Joakim Andersson Preliminary Round — 376.68 points Final — 562.74 points (→ 9th place) Equestrianism Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics Fencing Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics Summary Key: W – Win D – Draw L – Loss A.E.T – After extra time. P – Match decided by penalty-shootout. Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Opposition Score Opposition Score Opposition Score Rank Sweden men's Men's tournament   Paraguay D 0–0   Morocco W 4–0   South Korea D 1–1 1 Q   Australia L 1–2 Did not qualify 6 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 Main article: Gymnastics at the 1992 Summer Olympics Handball Main article: Handball at the 1992 Summer Olympics Summary Key: ET: After extra time P – Match decided by penalty-shootout. 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   Czechoslovakia W 20–14   South Korea W 26–18   Brazil W 22–15   Hungary W 25–21   Iceland W 25–18 1 Q   France W 25–22   Unified Team L 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 Souraniemi Tomas Svensson Pierre Thorsson Magnus Wislander Head coach: Bengt Johansson Judo Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics Modern pentathlon Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1992 Summer Olympics Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1992. Individual Håkan Norebrink Per Nyqvist Per-Olov Danielsson Team Håkan Norebrink Per Nyqvist Per-Olov Danielsson Rowing Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sailing Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics Swimming Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics Tennis Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics 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 Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics Wrestling Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics References . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-28. Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics