Sweden's entry at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
in
Sydney
Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...
, Australia consisted of 150 competitors (98 men and 52 women) who took part in 92 events in 22 sports.
Medalists
Archery
Athletics
Men's track
Men's field
Women's field
Wheelchair racing (demonstration)
Badminton
Beach volleyball
Canoeing
;Men
;Women
Cycling
Road cycling
Diving
Equestrianism
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
Football
;Summary
Women's tournament
;Team Roster
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Malin Andersson
Malin Elisabeth Andersson (born 4 May 1973 in Kristianstad, Skåne) is a Swedish women's football player.
In an international career lasting from 1994 to 2005, Andersson appeared in 151 international matches for Sweden. At the time of her re ...
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Kristin Bengtsson
Gärd Kristin "Kicki" Bengtsson (born 12 January 1970) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. She represented the Sweden national team from 1991 to 2005.
Career
She holds 157 caps for the Swedish women's national team. Beng ...
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Sara Call
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Linda Fagerström
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Sara Johansson
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Caroline Jönsson
Elin Hanna Caroline Jönsson (born 22 November 1977) is a Swedish former football goalkeeper who played for Malmö and Umeå IK of Damallsvenskan and Chicago Red Stars of Women's Professional Soccer (WPS). She played 80 times for the Sweden wo ...
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Ulrika Karlsson
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Sara Larsson
Sara Margareta Mattsson (; born 13 May 1979) is a Swedish former football defender who played for KIF Örebro DFF of the Damallsvenskan league. She won 112 caps as a member of the Sweden women's national football team.
Career
She formerly pl ...
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Hanna Ljungberg
Hanna Carolina Ljungberg (born 8 January 1979) is a Swedish former football player, who played the position of forward. She played for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on 6 Febr ...
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Åsa Lönnqvist
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Hanna Marklund
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Malin Moström
Malin Sofi Moström (born 1 August 1975) is a Swedish former football midfielder, from 2001 to 2006 she was the captain of the Sweden women's national football team. Nicknamed "Mosan", she retired in December 2006 in order to focus on her family ...
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Tina Nordlund
Tina Cecilia Elisabeth Nordlund (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish football coach and former player, most recently an assistant coach at Umeå IK. She is one of the most well known Swedish female footballers. In November 2000, she was awarded th ...
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Cecilia Sandell
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Therese Sjögran
Kerstin Ingrid Therese Sjögran (born 8 April 1977) is a Swedish football manager and coach, and former player as a midfielder for Damallsvenskan club FC Rosengård and the Sweden national team. A modern pioneer and source of inspiration in wome ...
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Victoria Svensson
Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson (born 18 May 1977) is a Swedish football manager and former player. Nicknamed Vickan, she was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam, captaining the national team during th ...
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Malin Swedberg
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Ulla-Karin Thelin
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Jane Törnqvist
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Karolina Westberg
;Group stage
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Handball
;Summary
Judo
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
;Men
;Women
Sailing
Sweden won one bronze medal and competed in nine Sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Men's Mistral
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Fredrik Palm
:* Race 1 — (30)
:* Race 2 — 21
:* Race 3 — (30)
:* Race 4 — 2
:* Race 5 — 12
:* Race 6 — 14
:* Race 7 — 26
:* Race 8 — 22
:* Race 9 — 25
:* Race 10 — 28
:* Race 11 — 15
:* Final — 165 (23rd place)
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
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Fredrik Lööf
Max Emil Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden) is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in six Summer Olympics, winning one gold and two bronze medals. He won the gold medal in Star with Max Salminen at the ...
:* Race 1 — (17)
:* Race 2 — 5
:* Race 3 — 1
:* Race 4 — 6
:* Race 5 — 7
:* Race 6 — 4
:* Race 7 — 4
:* Race 8 — (22)
:* Race 9 — 2
:* Race 10 — 11
:* Race 11 — 7
:* Final — 47 (Bronze medal)
Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
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Johan Molund
Carl Johan Styrbjörn Molund (born 13 October 1975) is a Swedish Olympic sailor. He finished 12th in the 470 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Mattias Rahm and 4th in the 470
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Mattias Rahm
Johan Mattias Rahm (born 12 March 1973) is a Swedish Olympic sailor. He finished 12th in the 470 event at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 ( Dharug: ' ...
:* Race 2 — 10
:* Race 3 — 7
:* Race 4 — (30) OCS
:* Race 5 — 2
:* Race 6 — (29)
:* Race 7 — 1
:* Race 8 — 4
:* Race 9 — 19
:* Race 10 — 20
:* Race 11 — 15
:* Final — 96 (12th place)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
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Therese Torgersson
Therese Torgersson (born March 28, 1976 in Göteborg) is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆν ...
:* Race 1 — 16
:* Race 2 — 14
:* Race 3 — (23)
:* Race 4 — 20
:* Race 5 — 18
:* Race 6 — 22
:* Race 7 — 20
:* Race 8 — 21
:* Race 9 — 17
:* Race 10 — 11
:* Race 11 — (23)
:* Final — 159 (22nd place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
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Lena Carlsson and
Agneta Engström
:* Race 1 — (18)
:* Race 2 — 13
:* Race 3 — 2
:* Race 4 — 10
:* Race 5 — 6
:* Race 6 — 9
:* Race 7 — 14
:* Race 8 — 4
:* Race 9 — 2
:* Race 10 — 11
:* Race 11 — (19)
:* Final — 71 (9th place)
Open Laser
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Karl Suneson
:* Race 1 — 10
:* Race 2 — 5
:* Race 3 — 3
:* Race 4 — 24
:* Race 5 — 19
:* Race 6 — 17
:* Race 7 — 8
:* Race 8 — 14
:* Race 9 — (44) OCS
:* Race 10 — (44) OCS
:* Race 11 — 7
:* Final — 107 (14th place)
Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
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Mats Johansson and
Leif Möller
:* Race 1 — (12)
:* Race 2 — (16)
:* Race 3 — 9
:* Race 4 — 12
:* Race 5 — 9
:* Race 6 — 11
:* Race 7 — 9
:* Race 8 — 8
:* Race 9 — 10
:* Race 10 — 7
:* Race 11 — 10
:* Final — 85 (13th place)
Open Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
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Magnus Augustson
Karl Magnus Augustson (born 14 Match 1973) is a Swedish Olympic sailor. He finished 7th in the Soling event at the 2000 Summer Olympics together with Hans Wallén and Johan Barne.
Augustson has sailed in multiple America’s Cups, competing for V ...
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Johan Barne and
Hans Wallén
Hans Carl Johan Wallén (born 19 January 1961) is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the Star class at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and co ...
:* Round robin Group 2 — (3-2) 3 points — Did not advance
Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
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John Harrysson and
Patrik Sandeström
:* Race 1 — 9
:* Race 2 — 16
:* Race 3 — 13
:* Race 4 — (18) DSQ
:* Race 5 — 15
:* Race 6 — 15
:* Race 7 — 15
:* Race 8 — 14
:* Race 9 — 12
:* Race 10 — 15
:* Race 11 — 15
:* Race 12 — 16
:* Race 13 — (18) OCS
:* Race 14 — 14
:* Race 15 — 15
:* Race 16 — 18 DNF
:* Final — 202 (17th place)
Shooting
Men
Women
Swimming
;Men
;Women
Table tennis
Taekwondo
;Men
Tennis
Triathlon
Wrestling
;Greco-Roman
See also
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Sweden at the 2000 Summer Paralympics
Notes
*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. .
*International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results Retrieved 12 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games Retrieved 20 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games Retrieved 20 November 2005.
*Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site
References
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Nations at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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