Sweden at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Sweden competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 41 athletes, 32 men and 9 women.[2] Competitors from Sweden won 21 medals, including 8 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze to finish 21st in the medal table.[3]

Sweden at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeSWE
NPCSwedish Parasports Federation
in Athens
Competitors41 in 10 sports
Flag bearerLars Löfström[1]
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
6
Total
21
Summer Paralympics appearances

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 GoldSandra ErikssonSwimmingWomen's 50 m butterfly S4
 GoldJonas JacobssonShootingMen's air rifle standing SH1
 GoldJonas JacobssonShootingMen's free rifle 3x40 SH1
 GoldJonas JacobssonShootingMixed air rifle prone SH1
 GoldJonas JacobssonShootingMixed free rifle prone SH1
 GoldAnders OlssonSwimmingMen's 400 m freestyle S6
 GoldIréne SlättengrenEquestrianIndividual championship dressage GII
 GoldIréne SlättengrenEquestrianIndividual freestyle dressage GII
 SilverFredrik AnderssonTable tennisMen's singles class 10
 SilverMikael Aspegren
Jimmy Björkstrand
Niklas Hultgvist
Oskar Kuus
Mikael Rendahl
Boris Samuelsson
GoalballMen's tournament
 SilverMarleen Bengtsson KovacsTable tennisWomen's singles class 6–8
 SilverAnders GrönbergArcheryMen's W1
 SilverThomas JohanssonShootingMixed air rifle standing SH2
 SilverTim JohanssonAthleticsMen's 200 metres T51
 SilverMadelene NordlundAthleticsWomen's 400 metres T53
 BronzeFredrik Andersson
Magnus Andrée
Table tennisMen's teams class 6–7
 BronzeSimon Itkonen
Linus Lönnberg
Table tennisMen's teams class 10
 BronzeMadelene NordlundAthleticsWomen's 800 metres T53
 BronzeAnders OlssonSwimmingMen's 50 m freestyle S6
 BronzeAnders OlssonSwimmingMen's 100 m freestyle S6
 BronzeViktoria WedinShootingMixed air rifle standing SH2

Sports

Archery

Men

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Anders Groenberg Men's individual W1 661 2 N/A Bye  Hassberg (GER)
W 102-102*
 Sebek (CZE)
W 99-96
 Cavanagh (GBR)
L 102-108
  • Anders Groenberg's quarterfinal against Germany's Eric Hassberg was decided by additional arrows. Anders won 9:9, 8:8, 8:x and went through to the semifinals.

Athletics

Men's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Tim Johansson T51 200m N/A 40.15
Marathon N/A DNF
Christer Lenander T38 100m 12.64 9 Did not advance
Per Vesterlund T52 800m 2:12.66 9 Did not advance
1500m 4:05.49 7 q N/A 4:04.32 6
5000m N/A 14:30.33 7
Marathon N/A 2:26:09 5

Men's field

Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Christer Lenander F36-38 Long jump 5.59 929 8
Harald von Koch P44 Pentathlon 3324 8

Women's track

Athlete Class Event Heats Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Madelene Nordlund T53 400m 57.37 PR 1 Q N/A 58.32
800m 1:58.03 4 q N/A 2:00.30

Cycling

Men's road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Michael Lindgren Men's road race/time trial LC1 2:39:17 6

Equestrian

Athlete Event Total
Score Rank
Kerstin Englund Mixed individual championship test grade II 68.091 6
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II 71.389 8
Gabriella Loef Mixed individual championship test grade III 64.720 8
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III 71.778 6
Irene Slaettengren Mixed individual championship test grade II 72.636
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II 78.944
Berit Svensson Mixed individual championship test grade III 64.560 9
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III 68.500 10

Team

Athlete Event Total
Total Rank
Kerstin Englund
Gabriella Loef
Irene Slaettengren
Berit Svensson
Team 410.148 4

Goalball

The men's goalball team won the silver medal after being defeated by Denmark in the gold medal final.

Players

  • Mikael Aspergen
  • Jimmy Bjoerkstrand
  • Niklas Hultqvist
  • Oskar Kuus
  • Mikael Rendahl
  • Boris Samuelsson

Tournament

Game Match Score Rank
1 Sweden vs.  Denmark (DEN) 3 - 3 2 Q
2 Sweden vs.  United States (USA) 1 - 1
3 Sweden vs.  Canada (CAN) 4 - 4
4 Sweden vs.  Germany (GER) 3 - 1
5 Sweden vs.  Greece (GRE) 10 - 5
Quarterfinals Sweden vs.  Finland (FIN) 5 - 1 W
Semifinals Sweden vs.  Canada (CAN) 5 - 3 W
Gold medal final Sweden vs.  Denmark (DEN) 5 - 7

Shooting

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Jonas Jacobsson Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 593 =WR 1 Q 100.4 693.4
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 1162 WR 1 Q 99.1 1261.1 WR
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 600 =WR 1 Q 105.3 705.3
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 597 WR 1 Q 104.4 701.4 WR
Thomas Johansson Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 600 =WR 1 Q 103.9 703.9 4
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 598 4 Q 105.4 703.4
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 577 23 Did not advance
Kenneth Pettersson Men's 10m air pistol SH1 558 10 Did not advance
Mixed 25m pistol SH1 560 8 Q 88.5 648.5 8
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 495 24 Did not advance
Bjorn Samuelsson Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 555 22 Did not advance
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 1092 20 Did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 572 29 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Lotta Helsinger Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 599 5 Q 103.7 702.7 8
Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 381 10 Did not advance
Viktoria Wedin Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 599 6 Q 104.5 703.5 7
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 599 2 Q 103.7 702.7

Swimming

Men

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Anders Olsson S6 50m freestyle 32.71 4 Q 31.90
100m freestyle 1:09.22 2 Q 1:09.47
400m freestyle 5:11.63 PR 1 Q 5:03.76 WR
SB5 100m breaststroke 1:45.69 8 Q 1:44.68 8
SM6 200m individual medley 3:12.14 9 Did not advance
Alex Racoveanu S9 100m butterfly 1:06.53 8 Q 1:05.77 5
SB8 100m breaststroke 1:23.74 8 Q 1:23.30 6
SM9 200m individual medley 2:38.40 10 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Sandra Erikson S4 50m freestyle 57.09 8 Q 56.54 7
100m freestyle 2:12.11 8 Q 2:09.49 8
50m butterfly N/A 56.36 WR
SM4 150m individual medley 4:15.07 10 Did not advance

Table tennis

Men

Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fredrik Andersson Men's singles 10  Gaspar (SVK)
L 1-3
 Puglisi (ITA)
W 3-0
 Bereczki (HUN)
W 3-0
2 Q N/A  de la Bourdonnaye (FRA)
W 3-1
 Ruiz (ESP)
W 3-2
 Gaspar (SVK)
L 1-3
Ernst Bolldén Men's singles 5  Robles (ESP)
L 0-3
 Nilsen (RSA)
W 3-1
 Kalyvas (GRE)
W 3-0
2 Q  Chang (TPE)
L 1-3
Did not advance
Patrik Hoegstedt Men's singles 5  Kim (KOR)
L 0-3
 Djurasinovic (SCG)
L 2-3
 Pazaran (MEX)
L 1-3
4 Did not advance
Simon Itkonen Men's singles 6  Schmidt (GER)
L 2-3
 Jensen (DEN)
L 2-3
 Solis (CHI)
W 3-0
3 Did not advance
Oerjan Kylevik Men's singles 3  Piñas (ESP)
L 2–3
 Wu (TPE)
W 3–1
 Valka (SVK)
W 3–1
2 Q  Robin (FRA)
L 0–3
Did not advance
Linus Loennberg Men's singles 7  Wollmert (GER)
L 0-3
 Qin (CHN)
L 0-3
 Popov (UKR)
L 1-3
4 Did not advance

Women

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marleen Bengtsson Kovacs Women's singles 6-8  Ovsjannikova (RUS)
W 3–0
 Darvand (FRA)
W 3–0
 Munoz (ARG)
W 3–0
1 Q  Barbusova (SVK)
W 3–0
 Turowska (POL)
W 3-2
 Zhang (CHN)
L 1-3

Teams

Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ernst Bolldén
Patrik Hoegstedt
Oerjan Kylevik
Men's team 5  Chinese Taipei (TPE)
L 0-3
 Greece (GRE)
W 3-0
N/A 2 Q  Czech Republic (CZE)
L 1-3
Did not advance
Simon Itkonen
Linus Loennberg
Men's team 6-7  France (FRA)
W 3-2
 Denmark (DEN)
L 2-3
 Netherlands (NED)
W 3-0
3 Did not advance
Magnus Andree
Fredrik Andersson
Men's team 10  Czech Republic (CZE)
L 1-3
 Italy (ITA)
W 3-0
 Hungary (HUN)
W 3-1
2 Q N/A  China (CHN)
L 1-3
 Czech Republic (CZE)
W 3-1

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete Class Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Niclas Larsson Open Men's singles  Ammerlaan (NED)
L 0-6, 0-6
Did not advance
Stefan Olsson  Kumarasiri (SRI)
W 6-1, 6-0
 Brychta (CZE)
L 5-7, 2-6
Did not advance
Peter Wikstrom  Krieghofer (AUT)
W 6-3, 6-1
 Plowman (GBR)
W 6-2, 6-0
 Kunieda (JPN)
L 3-6, 6-4, 3-6
Did not advance
Stefan Olsson
Peter Wikstrom
Men's doubles N/A  Onasie (INA) /
 Sugiharto (INA)
W 6-0, 6-0
 Baumgartner (AUT) /
 Legner (AUT)
W 6-4, 6-4
 Jeremiasz (FRA) /
 Majdi (FRA)
L 1-6, 2-6
Did not advance

See also

References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-02.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
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