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Sweden at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Athens
Competitors	115 in 20 sports
Flag bearer	Lars Frölander
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 4 Silver 2 Bronze 1 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Sweden competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This nation has competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Swedish Olympic Committee (Swedish: Sveriges Olympiska Kommitté, SOK) sent the nation's smallest team to the Games since the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. A total of 115 athletes, 62 men and 53 women, competed only in 20 different sports. Women's football was the only team-based sport in which Sweden had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in boxing, diving, artistic gymnastics, judo, modern pentathlon, and rowing.

The Swedish team featured four prominent Olympic medalists: rifle prone shooter Jonas Edman, double trap shooter Pia Hansen, and swimmers Therese Alshammar and defending Olympic champion Lars Frölander, who later became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony. Table tennis players Jörgen Persson and 1992 Olympic champion Jan-Ove Waldner were among the Swedish athletes to compete in fifth Olympics, since the sport had been formally included into the Olympic program in 1988. Notable Swedish athletes also included sprint kayak pair Henrik Nilsson and Markus Oscarsson, Greco-Roman wrestler Ara Abrahamian, who emigrated from his native Armenia to compete for the Swedish team, and tennis player Robin Söderling, the youngest male athlete of the team.

Sweden left Athens with a total of seven Olympic medals, four golds, two silver, and one bronze, matching its gold medal tally with Munich (1972), Montreal (1976), and Sydney (2000). Three individual Swedish athletes had won Olympic gold medals in athletics: Stefan Holm in men's high jump, Christian Olsson in men's triple jump, and Carolina Klüft in women's heptathlon. Meanwhile, sprint kayak pair Nilsson and Oscarsson picked up their first Olympic title in men's K-2 1000 metres, following their silver medal triumph in Sydney four years earlier.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Carolina Klüft	Athletics	Women's heptathlon	21 August
Gold	Stefan Holm	Athletics	Men's high jump	22 August
Gold	Christian Olsson	Athletics	Men's triple jump	22 August
Gold	Henrik Nilsson Markus Oscarsson	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m	27 August
Silver	Malin Baryard-Johnsson Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Peter Eriksson Peder Fredericson	Equestrian	Team jumping	24 August
Silver	Ara Abrahamian	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 84 kg	25 August
Bronze	Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson	Sailing	Women's 470 class	21 August

Archery

Three Swedish archers qualified each for the men's individual archery, and a spot for the men's team.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonas Andersson	Men's individual	653	26	Barnes (AUS) W 160–151	Tsyrempilov (RUS) L 160–162	Did not advance
Mattias Eriksson		637	46	van Alten (NED) L 146–152	Did not advance
Magnus Petersson		673	2	Thiamphasone (THA) W 158–95	Godfrey (GBR) L 162–163	Did not advance
Jonas Andersson Mattias Eriksson Magnus Petersson	Men's team	1963	6	—		United States (USA) L 242–246	Did not advance

Athletics

Swedish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Stefan Holm	High jump	2.28	=1 Q	2.36
Patrik Kristiansson	Pole vault	5.60	20	Did not advance
Christian Olsson	Triple jump	17.68	1 Q	17.79
Staffan Strand	High jump	2.25	=18	Did not advance
Linus Thörnblad		2.20	24	Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Carolina Klüft	Result	13.21	1.91	14.77	23.27	6.78	48.89	2:14.15	6952
	Points	1093	1119	845	1052	1099	839	932

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Marina Andrievskaya	Women's singles	Zhang N (CHN) L 11–4, 3–11, 7–11	Did not advance
Fredrik Bergström Johanna Persson	Mixed doubles	Beres / Patrick (CAN) W 15–17, 15–11, 15–4	Prapakamol / Thungthongkam (THA) W 3–15, 17–15, 15–3	Gao L / Zhang J (CHN) L 3–15, 1–15	Did not advance

Boxing

Sweden sent a single boxer to Athens.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Patrick Bogere	Light welterweight	Brin (PHI) L 35–43	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Gustafsson	Men's K-1 500 m	1:40.689	6 q	1:41.291	5	Did not advance
Henrik Nilsson Markus Oscarsson	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:09.536	1 Q	Bye		3:18.420
Anna Karlsson Sofia Paldanius	Women's K-2 500 m	1:44.059	4 q	1:44.570	2 Q	1:43.077	8

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Men

Women

Mountain biking

Diving

Sweden has qualified a single diver.

Equestrian

Because only three horse and rider pairs from each nation could advance beyond certain rounds in the individual events, five American pairs did not advance despite being placed sufficiently high. They received rankings below all pairs that did advance.

Dressage

Eventing

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Malin Baryard	Butterfly Flip	Individual	0	=1	8	8	=16 Q	4	12	=13 Q	12	=30	Did not advance			12	=30
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Mac Kinley		4	=19 Q	0	4	=5 Q	0	4	3 Q	8	=12 Q	4	12	=5	12	=4
Peter Eriksson	Cardento		5	=31 Q	4	9	=23 Q	10	19	28	Did not advance					19	28
Peder Fredricson	Magic Bengtsson		0	=1 Q	8	8	=16 Q	4	12	13 Q	8	=12 Q	4	12	=5	12	=4
Malin Baryard Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Peter Eriksson Peder Fredricson	See above	Team	—								12	=4 Q	8	20	=1	20

Football

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 women's	Women's tournament	Japan L 0–1	Nigeria W 2–1	—	1 Q	Australia W 2–1	Brazil L 0–1	Germany L 0–1	4

Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Marika Domanski-Lyfors

Sweden named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Caroline Jönsson	(1977-11-22)22 November 1977 (aged 26)	55	0	Malmö FF Dam
2	2DF	Karolina Westberg	(1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 26)	98	0	Malmö FF Dam
3	2DF	Jane Törnqvist	(1975-05-09)9 May 1975 (aged 29)	96	11	Djurgårdens IF Dam
4	2DF	Hanna Marklund	(1977-11-26)26 November 1977 (aged 26)	76	4	Umeå IK
5	2DF	Kristin Bengtsson	(1970-01-12)12 January 1970 (aged 34)	138	14	Djurgårdens IF Dam
6	3MF	Malin Moström	(1975-08-01)1 August 1975 (aged 29)	85	16	Umeå IK
7	2DF	Sara Larsson	(1979-05-13)13 May 1979 (aged 25)	43	3	Malmö FF Dam
8	2DF	Frida Östberg	(1977-12-10)10 December 1977 (aged 26)	24	1	Umeå IK
9	3MF	Malin Andersson (captain)	(1973-05-04)4 May 1973 (aged 31)	139	38	Malmö FF Dam
10	4FW	Hanna Ljungberg	(1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 25)	98	55	Umeå IK
11	4FW	Victoria Svensson	(1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 27)	102	39	Djurgårdens IF Dam
12	4FW	Josefine Öqvist	(1983-07-23)23 July 1983 (aged 21)	19	4	Bälinge IF
13	3MF	Lotta Schelin	(1984-02-27)27 February 1984 (aged 20)	4	0	Kopparberg/Göteborg FC
14	3MF	Linda Fagerström	(1977-03-17)17 March 1977 (aged 27)	83	7	Djurgårdens IF Dam
15	3MF	Therese Sjögran	(1977-04-08)8 April 1977 (aged 27)	75	6	Malmö FF Dam
16	4FW	Salina Olsson	(1978-08-29)29 August 1978 (aged 25)	47	9	Hammarby IF DFF
17	3MF	Anna Sjöström	(1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 27)	39	4	Umeå IK
18	1GK	Hedvig Lindahl	(1983-10-29)29 October 1983 (aged 20)	6	0	Linköping FC

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Nigeria	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
3	Japan	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	3

Sweden	0 – 1	Japan
	Report	Arakawa 24'

Sweden	2 – 1	Nigeria
Marklund 68' Moström 73'	Report	Akide 25'

Quarter-final

Sweden	2 – 1	Australia
Ljungberg 25' Larsson 30'	Report	de Vanna 48'

Semi-final

Brazil	1 – 0	Sweden
Pretinha 64'	Report

Bronze medal match

Germany	1 – 0	Sweden
Lingor 17'	Report

Gymnastics

Artistic

Women

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sanna Askelöf	Women's −52 kg	Savón (CUB) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Lee E-H (KOR) W 1001–0000	Heylen (BEL) L 0000–0201	Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

One Swedish athlete qualified to compete in the modern pentathlon event through the European Championships.

Rowing

Swedish rowers qualified the following boats:

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Swedish sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson	470	9	10	7	2	3	14	9	6	7	7	3	63

Open

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Eight Swedish shooters (seven men and one woman) qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Women

Swimming

Swedish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Women

Table tennis

Three Swedish table tennis players qualified for the following events.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Karlsson	Men's singles	Bye	Yang (ITA) W 4–3	Chuang C-Y (TPE) L 2–4	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson		Bye	Merotohun (NGR) W 4–1	Kreanga (GRE) W 4–0	Chuang C-Y (TPE) L 1–4	Did not advance
Jan-Ove Waldner		Bye		Karakašević (SCG) W 4–2	Ma L (CHN) W 4–1	Boll (GER) W 4–1	Ryu S-M (KOR) L 1–4	Wang Lq (CHN) L 1–4	4
Jörgen Persson Jan-Ove Waldner	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Huang / Kassam (CAN) W 4–2	Kong Lh / Wang H (CHN) W 4–1	Maze / Tugwell (DEN) L 1–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Sweden nominated four male tennis players to compete in the tournament.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonas Björkman	Men's singles	Fish (USA) L 6–7, 0–1 RET	Did not advance
Thomas Enqvist		Moyà (ESP) L 6–7, 7–6, 7–9	Did not advance
Joachim Johansson		Srichaphan (THA) W 6–2, 6–3	Ljubičić (CRO) W 6–7, 4–6	Did not advance
Robin Söderling		López (ESP) L 3–6, 6–3, 4–6	Did not advance
Jonas Björkman Joachim Johansson	Men's doubles	—	Ančić / Ljubičić (CRO) L RET	Did not advance
Thomas Enqvist Robin Söderling		—	Erlich / Ram (ISR) L 5–7, 3–6	Did not advance

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Björn Berg Simon Dahl	Men's	Pool D  Høidalen – Kjemperud (NOR) W 2 – 0 (21–13, 21–18)  Dieckmann – Reckermann (GER) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 15–21)  Hernández – Papaleo (PUR) W 2 – 1 (19–21, 21–16, 18–16)	2 Q	Bosma – Herrera (ESP) L 0 – 2 (16–21, 17–21)	Did not advance			=9

Wrestling

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jimmy Samuelsson	−66 kg	Galstyan (ARM) W 3–1	Semenov (RUS) L 1–3	—	1 Q	Kim I-S (KOR) W 3–1	Mansurov (AZE) L 1–3	Manukyan (KAZ) L 1–3	4
Mohammad Babulfath	−74 kg	Schneider (GER) L 0–3	Samurgashev (RUS) L 0–3	Shatskykh (UKR) L 0–5	4	Did not advance			20
Ara Abrahamian	−84 kg	Matsumoto (JPN) W 3–0	Bátky (SVK) W 3–0	Kenjeev (KGZ) W 3–1	1 Q	Bye	Yerlikaya (TUR) W 3–0	Mishin (RUS) L 1–3
Martin Lidberg	−96 kg	Koguashvili (RUS) L 1–3	Lishtvan (BLR) L 0–5	—	3	Did not advance			18
Eddy Bengtsson	−120 kg	Giorgadze (GEO) W 3–0	Koutsioumpas (GRE) L 0–3	Tsurtsumia (KAZ) L 1–3	3	Did not advance			12

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Classification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ida-Theres Karlsson	−55 kg	Lazareva (UKR) L 1–3	Fonseca (PUR) W 3–0	1 Q	Bye	Verbeek (CAN) L 1–3	Gomis (FRA) L 0–3	4
Sara Eriksson	−63 kg	Groß (GER) L 0–3	Zygouri (GRE) L 1–3	3	Did not advance			10

See also

• Sweden at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

1. ^ "Frölander blir svensk fanbärare" [Frölander becomes Swedish flag bearer] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
2. "Lars Frölander gör sitt sista OS i Aten" [Lars Frölander makes his last Olympics in Athens] (in Swedish). Kristianstadsbladet. 13 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
3. "2004 Athens: Medal Tally". USA Today. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
4. "Guld till Holm efter rysare" [Gold to Holm after thriller] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
5. "Olsson leaps to Athens gold". BBC Sport. 22 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
6. "Secrets of Swedish Success". IAAF. 26 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
7. "British paddlers miss out". BBC Sport. 27 August 2004. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
8. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
9. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
10. "Sweden – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 28 January 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
11. "A-landskamper 1973–2000" [A-internationals 1973–2000]. SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 25 August 1973. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad Archived 11 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
• Swedish Olympic Committee (in Swedish and English)

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