Sweden at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the
1992 Winter Olympics
Sweden at the; 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Albertville
Competitors	73 (56 men, 17 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Tomas Gustafson (speed skating)
Medals ; Ranked 13th	Gold1Silver0Bronze3Total4
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Last updated March 16, 2023

Sweden competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Pernilla Wiberg	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	19 February
Bronze	Christer Majbäck	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 kilometre classical	13 February
Bronze	Leif Andersson Ulf Johansson Mikael Löfgren Tord Wiksten	Biathlon	Men's relay	16 February
Bronze	Mikael Löfgren	Biathlon	Men's individual	20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	5	3	8
Biathlon	5	5	10
Cross-country skiing	6	6	12
Figure skating	0	1	1
Freestyle skiing	3	1	4
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	3	0	3
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Speed skating	7	1	8
Total	56	17	73

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Fredrik Nyberg	Super-G			1:14.61	11
Fredrik Nyberg	Giant Slalom	1:06.09	1:02.91	2:09.00	8
Johan Wallner	Giant Slalom	1:05.64	DNF	DNF	–
Johan Wallner	Slalom	55.29	DNF	DNF	–
Mats Ericson		53.92	54.09	1:48.01	14
Jonas Nilsson		53.58	52.99	1:46.57	8
Thomas Fogdö		52.85	52.63	1:45.48	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Pernilla Wiberg	Super-G			1:24.58	12
Ylva Nowén	Giant Slalom	1:08.63	DNF	DNF	–
Kristina Andersson		1:07.53	1:07.70	2:15.23	10
Pernilla Wiberg		1:06.36	1:06.38	2:12.74
Pernilla Wiberg	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ylva Nowén		50.92	46.92	1:37.84	21
Kristina Andersson		48.76	46.19	1:34.95	11

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Anders Mannelqvist	3	29:52.0	67
	Tord Wiksten	1	28:40.5	48
	Mikael Löfgren	0	27:33.3	20
	Ulf Johansson	0	27:19.0	14

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Ulf Johansson	1'02:58.2	2	1'04:58.2	64
	Anders Mannelqvist	59:38.6	3	1'02:38.6	43
	Leif Andersson	59:09.3	3	1'02:09.3	38
	Mikael Löfgren	55:59.4	2	57:59.4

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Ulf Johansson Leif Andersson Tord Wiksten Mikael Löfgren	0	1'25:38.2

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Christina Eklund	4	29:25.9	57
	Anna Hermansson	3	28:20.3	43
	Inger Björkbom	1	27:13.1	26
	Mia Stadig	0	26:15.0	14

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Anna Hermansson	54:49.0	9	1'03:49.0	64
	Mia Stadig	54:54.5	3	57:54.5	33
	Catarina Eklund	55:31.2	2	57:31.2	29
	Inger Björkbom	52:52.8	1	53:52.8	12

Women's 3 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Christina Eklund Inger Björkbom Mia Stadig	0	1'20:56.6	6

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Henrik Forsberg	29:09.0	12
	Torgny Mogren	28:37.8	9
	Niklas Jonsson	28:03.1	5
	Christer Majbäck	27:56.4
15 km pursuit¹ F	Niklas Jonsson	41:02.1	13
	Henrik Forsberg	40:16.4	9
	Christer Majbäck	39:41.0	6
	Torgny Mogren	39:01.4	5
30 km C	Jan Ottosson	1'25:33.9	11
	Jyrki Ponsiluoma	1'25:24.4	8
	Niklas Jonsson	1'25:17.6	7
	Christer Majbäck	1'24:12.1	6
50 km F	Jan Ottosson	2'18:59.9	44
	Henrik Forsberg	2'16:22.7	37
	Christer Majbäck	2'11:13.3	16
	Torgny Mogren	2'10:29.9	12

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Jan Ottosson Christer Majbäck Henrik Forsberg Torgny Mogren	1'41:23.1	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Karin Säterkvist	15:44.6	34
	Ann-Marie Karlsson	15:43.8	33
	Carina Görlin	15:00.8	14
	Marie-Helene Westin	14:42.6	9
10 km pursuit² F	Ann-Marie Karlsson	30:14.1	35
	Karin Säterkvist	29:27.6	30
	Carina Görlin	28:57.6	23
	Marie-Helene Westin	27:14.2	6
15 km C	Lis Frost	47:18.3	31
	Magdalena Wallin	46:40.2	26
	Carina Görlin	46:09.4	23
	Marie-Helene Westin	45:00.5	10
30 km F	Lis Frost	1'37:05.0	47
	Ann-Marie Karlsson	1'34:45.6	38
	Magdalena Wallin	1'33:46.6	34
	Marie-Helene Westin	1'27:16.2	7

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Carina Görlin Magdalena Wallin Karin Säterkvist Marie-Helene Westin	1'01:54.5	7

Curling

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Sweden
Karlstads CK, Karlstad Skip: Dan-Ola Eriksson Third: Sören Grahn Second: Jonas Sjölander Lead: Stefan Holmén Alternate: Håkan Funk

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Helene Persson	24	DNF	DNF	–

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Jörgen Pääjärvi	Moguls	31.98	22.98	12 Q	33.02	24.14	6
Björn Åberg		33.10	23.10	10 Q	34.73	20.29	16
Leif Persson		33.61	23.42	7 Q	33.04	22.99	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Helena Waller	Moguls	42.53	14.56	20	did not advance

Ice hockey

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Poland W 7–2	Italy W 7–3	Germany W 3–1	Finland T 2–2	United States T 3–3	2 Q	Czech Republic L 1–3	Classification semifinal Finland W 3–2	5th place final Germany W 4–3	5

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
United States	5	4	0	1	18	7	11	9
Sweden	5	3	0	2	22	11	11	8
Finland	5	3	1	1	22	11	11	7
Germany	5	2	3	0	11	12	-1	4
Italy	5	1	4	0	18	24	-6	2
Poland	5	0	5	0	4	30	-26	0

Sweden	7:2	Poland
Sweden	7:3	Italy
Sweden	3:1	Germany
Finland	2:2	Sweden
United States	3:3	Sweden

Final round

Quarter-finals

Czechoslovakia

3:1

Sweden

Consolation round 5th-8th places

Sweden

3:2

Finland

5th-place match

Sweden 5th

4:3

Germany

Team roster:

Head coach: Conny Evensson

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mikael Holm	46.202	18	45.794	11	46.914	19	46.382	13	3:05.292	14

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Hans Kohala Carl-Johan Lindqvist	46.661	8	46.473	6	1:33.134	6

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jan Boklöv	Normal hill	77.5	84.0	80.0	91.5	175.5	47
Staffan Tällberg		80.0	91.5	80.0	94.5	186.0	35
Magnus Westman		81.5	97.9	79.0	90.9	188.8	28
Mikael Martinsson		82.0	99.2	82.0	100.7	199.9	17
Per-Inge Tällberg	Large hill	91.5	65.1	80.0	41.0	106.1	50
Magnus Westman		96.0	70.9	87.5	57.0	127.9	44
Staffan Tällberg		101.5	84.6	93.5	69.4	154.0	27
Mikael Martinsson		104.0	89.1	98.5	79.4	168.5	16

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Mikael Martinsson Magnus Westman Jan Boklöv Staffan Tällberg	515.1	9

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Joakim Karlberg	40.71	38
	Bo König	39.06	34
	Hans Markström	38.89	33
	Björn Forslund	38.24	20
1000 m	Bo König	DNF	–
1000 m	Björn Forslund	1:17.71	31
1500 m	Jonas Schön	2:01.53	34
	Joakim Karlberg	2:00.01	26
	Bo König	1:58.94	21
5000 m	Per Bengtsson	7:23.03	21
	Tomas Gustafson	7:15.56	13
	Jonas Schön	7:12.15	9
10,000 m	Jonas Schön	14:46.20	16
10,000 m	Per Bengtsson	14:35.58	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
1500 m	Jasmin Krohn	2:09.62	13
3000 m	Jasmin Krohn	4:31.98	11
5000 m	Jasmin Krohn	7:50.64	11

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