Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
1992 Summer Olympics
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

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]

Medalists

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

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

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

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists, six men and three women, represented Sweden in 1992.

Men's road race

Men's team time trial

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

Men's team épée

Mats Ahlgren, Jerri Bergström, Thomas Lundblad, Ulf Sandegren, Péter Vánky

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
Team	Event	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

Head coach: Nisse Andersson

Gymnastics

Handball

Summary

Key:

ET: After extra time
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	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