Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...
competed at the
2002 Winter Olympics
The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Salt Lake 2002 ( arp, Niico'ooowu' 2002; Gosiute Shoshoni: ''Tit'-so-pi 2002''; nv, Sooléí 2002; Shoshoni: ''Soónkahni 2002''), was an internation ...
in
Salt Lake City
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,
United States
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. Sweden won seven medals; two silver and five bronze. For the first time ever Sweden failed to win gold medals in two straight Winter Olympic Games. On the other hand, they did manage to win medals in five different Winter Olympic sports for the first time, beating the previous record of four sports.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
;Men
;Women
Women's combined
Biathlon
;Men
;Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
;Women
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1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
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2 Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.
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3 One minute added per missed target.
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4 Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.
Bobsleigh
;Women
Cross-country skiing
;Men
Sprint
Pursuit
:
1 Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.
: C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
4 × 10 km relay
;Women
Sprint
Pursuit
:
2 Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.
: C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
4 × 5 km relay
Curling
;Summary
Men's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Medal round
Semi-final
Bronze medal game
Contestants
Women's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Tie-breaker
Contestants
Freestyle skiing
;Men
;Women
Ice hockey
;Summary
Men's tournament
First round - group C
Quarter final
*Team roster
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Johan Hedberg
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Mikael Tellqvist
Mikael Karl Tellqvist (born September 19, 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League, his second tenure with the club.
Playing career
Tellqvist was dra ...
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Tommy Salo
Tommy Mikael Salo (born February 1, 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender and the current general manager of Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Ne ...
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Mattias Öhlund
Kenneth Mattias Öhlund (born 9 September 1976) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Vancouver Canucks and Tampa Bay Lightning. Öhlund played two seasons in the Swedish All ...
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Kim Johnsson
Kim Emil Jörgen Johnsson (born March 16, 1976) is a Sweden, Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers, Minnesota Wild and Chicago ...
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Fredrik Olausson
Karl-Gustav Fredrik Olausson (born October 5, 1966) is a Swedish former ice hockey player from Nybro who is currently assistant coach for HV71 in Elitserien. He had previously played 17 seasons in the NHL and another 6 in Sweden.
He was a member ...
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Nicklas Lidström
Erik Nicklas Lidström (; born 28 April 1970) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenceman and current vice president of hockey operations for the Detroit Red Wings. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detr ...
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Marcus Ragnarsson
Marcus Ragnarsson (born August 13, 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey defenseman. His last team was Djurgårdens IF of the Elitserien. He previously played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks an ...
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Mattias Norström
Erik Johan Mattias "Notan" Norström (born 2 January 1972) is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey defenceman, currently working for the AIK organization. Norström began his National Hockey League career with the New York Rangers. However, ...
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Kenny Jönsson
Kenny Per Anders Jönsson (born October 6, 1974) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
Jönsson was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1st round as the 12th overall selection in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Afte ...
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Daniel Alfredsson
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P. J. Axelsson
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Mats Sundin
Mats Johan Sundin (; born 13 February 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the National Hockey League (NHL), retiring in 2009. Originally drafted first overall in 1989, Sundin played ...
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Mathias Johansson
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Mikael Renberg
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Magnus Arvedson
Magnus Karl Olof Arvedson (born 25 November 1971) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators and Vancouver Canucks. He also competed in the men's tournament ...
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Ulf Dahlén
Ulf Reinhold Dahlén (born January 21, 1967) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player, and former head coach for HV71 and Frölunda HC in the Swedish Hockey League. His son Jonathan Dahlén was drafted 42nd overall in the 2016 NHL Entr ...
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Niklas Sundström
Lars Niklas Sundström (born June 6, 1975) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who started his professional career in Modo Hockey. He was drafted eighth overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Rangers. He was also on W ...
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Henrik Zetterberg
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Jörgen Jönsson
Ulf Peter Jörgen Jönsson (born 29 September 1972) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player who last played for Färjestads BK of the Sweden, Swedish Swedish Hockey League, Elitserien. He has represented the Team Swede ...
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Markus Näslund
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Michael Nylander
Michael Gunnar Nylander (born 3 October 1972) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre and current assistant coach with the Mississauga Steelheads in the Ontario Hockey League. He competed for the Swedish national team in the 1998 Wint ...
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Tomas Holmström
Bengt Tomas Holmström (; born 23 January 1973) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey left winger who played his entire National Hockey League (NHL) career with the Detroit Red Wings, with whom he won four Stanley Cup championships; in 1997 ...
*Head coach:
Hardy Nilsson
Hardy Nilsson (born 23 June 1947) is a Swedish retired ice hockey player and coach. During his playing career he mainly played for Skellefteå AIK where he won the Swedish championships in 1978. In 1978 Nilsson moved to the German team Kölner Ha ...
Women's tournament
First round - group A
Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.
Medal round
Semi-final
Bronze medal game
Luge
;Men
(Men's) Doubles
Short track speed skating
;Men
Snowboarding
;Men's parallel giant slalom
;Men's halfpipe
;Women's parallel giant slalom
;Women's halfpipe
Speed skating
;Men
References
Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com
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Nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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