Sweden at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Sweden at the 2002 Winter Paralympics
IPC code	SWE
NPC	Swedish Parasports Federation
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	19
Flag bearer	Bengt-Gösta Johansson [1]
Medals Ranked 19th	Gold 0 Silver 6 Bronze 3 Total 9
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Sweden competed at the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City, United States. 19 competitors ^[2] from Sweden won 9 medals, 6 silver and 3 bronze, and finished 19th in the medal table. ^[3]

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sonia Alfredsson	LW6/8
Cecilia Paulson	Women's giant slalom LW12
	Women's slalom LW12
Ronny Persson	Men's downhill LW10	Bye
	Men's giant-slalom LW10
	Men's slalom LW10
	Men's super-G LW10	Bye

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Men's events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Emil Östberg Guide: Peter Rune	Men's 5 km classical technique B2
	Men's 10 km free technique B2

Ice sledge hockey

Main article: Ice sledge hockey at the 2002 Winter Paralympics

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Group Stage						Final / BM
	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Canada D 1–1	Estonia W 4–1	Japan W 4–2	Norway L 3–8	United States L 0–6	3	Canada W 3–2P A.E.T: 1–1

Men's Tournament

Team: Mikael Axtelius, Daniel Cederstam, Dedjo Engmark, Marcus Holm, Niklas Ingvarsson, Rasmus Isaksson, Bengt-Gösta Johansson, Kenth Jonsson, Göran Karlsson, Jens Kask, Joakim Larsson, Mats Nyman, Leif Norgren, Frank Pedersen, Leif Wahlstedt

Team	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States  (USA)	5	5	0	0	22	3	+19	10
Norway  (NOR)	5	3	0	2	18	8	+10	6
Sweden  (SWE)	5	2	1	2	12	18	−6	5
Canada  (CAN)	5	1	2	2	8	12	−4	4
Estonia  (EST)	5	1	1	3	8	20	−12	3
Japan  (JPN)	5	1	0	4	5	12	−7	2

See also

• Sweden at the Paralympics
• Sweden at the 2002 Winter Olympics

References

1. "Fanbärare – Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-14. Retrieved 2016-09-06.
3. "Sweden – National Paralympic Committee". www.paralympic.org. Retrieved 2016-06-14.