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, Spain. 187 competitors, 143 men and 44 women, took part in 121 events in 22 sports.

Medalists

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Competitors

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Archery

The Swedish women, despite not having a spectacular showing in the individual round, nearly knocked off the heavily favored

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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 Jenny Sjöwall (born 17 August 1971) is a Swedish archer. She competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics, the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as A ...

— 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

Men's 400m Hurdles * Niklas Wallenlind :* Heat — 48.71 :* Semifinal — 48.35 :* Final — 48.63 (→ 5th place) *

Sven Nylander Sven Olof Nylander (born 1 January 1962) is a Swedish retired hurdler, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships in 1990 and 1994. He represented his native country in three Summer Olympics (1984, 1992 and 19 ...

:* 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 Tord Erik Stefan Henriksson (born 13 April 1965 in Karlstad, Värmland) is a retired Swedish triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.21 metres, achieved in July 1993 in Bad ...

:* Qualification — 15.66 m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw *

Dag Wennlund Dag Bengt Wennlund (born 6 October 1963 in Mariestad, Västra Götaland) is a retired javelin thrower from Sweden, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympi ...

:* Qualification — 77.88 m (→ did not advance) *

Patrik Bodén Lars Patrik Bodén (born 30 June 1967) is a retired Swedish track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. He holds the Swedish national record at 89.10 m, which he set on 24 March 1990. He briefly held the world record with this t ...

:* Qualification — 77.70 m (→ did not advance) * Peter Borglund :* Qualification — 74.72 m (→ did not advance) Men's Hammer Throw *

Tore Gustafsson Lars Tore Gustafsson (born February 11, 1962, in Göteborg, Västra Götaland) is a retired male hammer thrower from Sweden, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988 (Seoul, South Korea). Since his retirement from comp ...

:* 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

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

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

Men's 3m Springboard * Joakim Andersson :* Preliminary Round — 376.68 points :* Final — 562.74 points (→ 9th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

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

;Summary

Men's team competition

* Preliminary round (group C) :* Drew with

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(1-1) * Quarterfinals :* Lost to Australia (1-2) → Did not advance * Team roster :* ( 1.) Jan Ekholm :* ( 2.) Magnus Johansson :* ( 3.)

Joachim Björklund Joachim Björklund (born 15 March 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a centre back. He is the assistant coach of Sarpsborg 08 in the Norwegian Eliteserien. Beginning his playing career with Östers IF and SK Brann ...

:* ( 4.) Filip Apelstav :* ( 5.)

Niclas Alexandersson Jens Niclas Alexandersson (born 29 December 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right winger and right back. Beginning his career with Halmstads BK in 1989, he went on to represent IFK Göteborg, Sheffield Wednesday ...

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Håkan Mild Stig Håkan Mild (born 14 June 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. He is best remembered for his time with IFK Göteborg, with which he won four Swedish Championships. A full international betwe ...

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Patrik Andersson Patrik Jonas Andersson (; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play professionally in England, Germany, and Spain, an ...

:* ( 8.) Stefan Landberg :* ( 9.)

Christer Fursth Karl Christer Fursth (born 6 July 1970) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a left midfielder. He represented Örebro SK, Helsingborgs IF, 1. FC Köln, and Hammarby Fotboll, Hammarby IF during a career ...

:* (10.) Johnny Rödlund :* (11.)

Tomas Brolin Per Tomas Brolin (born 29 November 1969) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward or as a midfielder. At club level, he had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early 1990s, winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, ...

:* (12.) Håkan Svensson :* (13.)

Jesper Jansson Jesper Urban Jansson (born 8 January 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender or midfielder. He currently serves as the director of football at Hammarby IF. As a player, he represented Östers IF, AIK, Dju ...

:* (14.) Jörgen Moberg :* (15.)

Björn Lilius Björn Thomas Lilius (born 2 June 1970) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender. He represented Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He also played for domestic Swedish football clubs such as Malmö FF, Helsingborgs IF and Öste ...

:* (16.) Henrik Nilsson :* (17.) Anders Andersson :* (18.)

Pascal Simpson Pascal "Pagge" Simpson (born 4 May 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He represented IF Brommapojkarna, AIK, Vålerenga IF, FC Copenhagen, and Halmstads BK during a career that spanned between 1990 and 2 ...

:* (19.) Niklas Gudmundsson :* (20.) Jonas Axeldahl *Head coach:

Nisse Andersson Nils "Nisse" Andersson (born 28 August 1941) is a Swedish former football manager. Nisse became the football manager of AIK Fotboll team in 1987. He too served as the manager of Sweden U21 team from 1987 to 1990. In 1990, he took charge as the ...

Gymnastics

Handball

;Summary

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 Per Carlén (born 19 November 1960, in Karlstad) is a former handball player and current coach. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén and Swedish national football player Hilda Carlén. His most recent coachi ...

:* Magnus Cato :*

Erik Hajas Erik Hajas (born 16 September 1962 in Huddinge Parish, Sweden) is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially ...

:* Robert Hedin :* Patrick Liljestrand :*

Ola Lindgren Per Ola Markus Lindgren (born 29 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player and current coach. He is the head coach for IFK Kristianstad since 2012 and was head coach for Sweden from 2008 to 2016. As a player, he won two World Champion ...

:* Mats Olsson :*

Staffan Olsson Erik Staffan Olsson (born 26 March 1964) is a Swedish handball coach and former player. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right backcourt player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his care ...

:* Axel Sjöblad :* Tommy Souraniemi :*

Tomas Svensson Tomas Runar Svensson (born 15 February 1968) is a Swedish former professional handball goalkeeper who is currently goalkeeping coach of the Swedish men's national handball team, and an assistant coach for FC Barcelona. Career Growing up in Esk ...

Pierre Thorsson Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson (born 21 June 1966) is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He was born in Linköping Linköping () is a city i ...

Magnus Wislander Hans Einar Magnus Wislander (born 22 February 1964) is a Swedish former handball player, who has been voted ''Handball Player of the Century''. Since his debut in the national team in 1985 he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals ...

*Head coach: Bengt Johansson

Judo

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Sweden in 1992. ;Individual * Håkan Norebrink * Per Nyqvist *

Per-Olov Danielsson Per-Olov Danielsson (born 31 October 1968) is a Swedish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly refer ...

;Team * Håkan Norebrink * Per Nyqvist * Per-Olov Danielsson

Rowing

Sailing

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

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle * Pär Lindström :* Heat — 22.92 :* B-Final — 22.88 (→ 11th place) Men's 100m Freestyle *

Tommy Werner Tommy ("Tom") Henrik Werner (born 31 March 1966 in Karlskrona, Blekinge) was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holm ...

:* Heat — 50.00 :* Final — 49.63 (→ 6th place) * Håkan Karlsson :* Heat — 50.73 (→ did not advance, 18th place) Men's 200m Freestyle *

Anders Holmertz Anders Holmertz (born 1 December 1968) is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle (200 and 400 meters) races in the 1980s and at the beginning of the 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 40 ...

:* Heat — 1:46.76 :* Final — 1:46.86 (→ Silver Medal) *

:* Heat — 1:50.01 (→ 15th place) :* B-Final — Withdrew (→ no ranking) Men's 400m Freestyle *

:* Heat — 3:49.95 :* Final — 3:46.77 (→ Bronze Medal) *

Christer Wallin Bengt Christer Wallin (born 17 June 1969 in Timrå, Västernorrland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and ...

:* 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 Jan Bidrman (born 2 April 1966 in Rakovník, Czechoslovakia) is the head coach of the Calgary Academy of Swimming Excellence and the high performance coach of Swim Alberta. Formerly a decorated international athlete in Sweden, Bidrman was select ...

:* Heat — DSQ (→ no ranking) Men's 400m Individual Medley *

:* 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

:* Heat — 3:18.92 *

, Håkan Karlsson, Fredrik Letzler, and

:* Final — 3:20.10 (→ 5th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle *

Lars Frölander Lars Arne Frölander (born 26 May 1974) is a Swedish swimmer. He has competed in six consecutive Olympic Games (1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012). Biography Frölander was born in Boden. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality. ...

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:* 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

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition: * Stefan Edberg :* First round — Lost to

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(Unified Team) 0-6, 4-6, 4-6 *

Magnus Larsson Per Henrik ''Magnus'' Larsson (born 25 March 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Playing career Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title ...

:* First round — Defeated

Horst Skoff Horst Skoff (22 August 1968 – 7 June 2008) was a professional tennis player from Austria, who won four tournaments at the top-level. Biography Skoff was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and started playing tennis at age 6. In 1984 he won the singl ...

(Austria) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3 :* Second round — Defeated

Guy Forget Guy Forget (; born 4 January 1965) is a French tennis administrator and retired professional player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup te ...

(France) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1 :* Third round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez (Spain) 4-6, 6-7, 7-6, 4-6 *

Magnus Gustafsson Magnus Nils Gustafsson (born 3 January 1967) is a tennis coach and former top ten professional tennis player from Sweden. Gustafsson won 14 tour singles titles during his career and finished 15 consecutive seasons within the world's top 100, r ...

:* First round — Defeated

Owen Casey Owen Casey (born 22 October 1969 in Dublin) is a former tennis player from Ireland. Casey is a three-time tennis Olympian playing in Seoul '88, Barcelona '92 and Atlanta '96. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 October ...

(Ireland) 7-6, 6-1, 6-4 :* Second round — Lost to

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(Spain) 2-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 7-9 Men's Doubles Competition: * Stefan Edberg and

Anders Järryd Anders Per Järryd (; born 13 July 1961) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles (three French Open, two Wimbledon, two US Open, one Australian Open), reached the world No ...

:* First round — Lost to

Jim Courier James Spencer "Jim" Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He was the youngest man to reach the singles finals of ...

and Pete Sampras (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6 Women's Singles Competition *

Catarina Lindqvist Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan (born 13 June 1963) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Career Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of World No. 10 in April 1985 and won five singles titles. She re ...

:* First Round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón (Mexico) 4-6, 3-6

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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