Sweden at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

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Sweden at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Sweden.svg
IPC code SWE
NPC Swedish Parasports Federation
in Athens
Competitors41 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Lars Löfström [1]
Medals
Ranked 21st
Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
6
Total
21
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

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]

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sandra Erikson Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly S4
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Men's air rifle standing SH1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Mixed air rifle prone SH1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Jonas Jacobsson Shooting Mixed free rifle prone SH1
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Anders Olsson Swimming Men's 400 m freestyle S6
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Iréne Slättengren Equestrian Individual championship dressage GII
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Iréne Slättengren Equestrian Individual freestyle dressage GII
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fredrik Andersson Table tennis Men's singles class 10
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Mikael Aspegren
Jimmy Björkstrand
Niklas Hultgvist
Oskar Kuus
Mikael Rendahl
Boris Samuelsson
Goalball Men's tournament
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Marléen Bengtsson-Kovacs Table tennis Women's singles class 6–8
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Anders Grönberg Archery Men's W1
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Thomas Johansson Shooting Mixed air rifle standing SH2
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Tim Johansson Athletics Men's 200 metres T51
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Madelene Nordlund Athletics Women's 400 metres T53
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Fredrik Andersson
Magnus Andrée
Table tennis Men's teams class 6–7
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Simon Itkonen
Linus Lönnberg
Table tennis Men's teams class 10
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Madelene Nordlund Athletics Women's 800 metres T53
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anders Olsson Swimming Men's 50 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Anders Olsson Swimming Men's 100 m freestyle S6
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Viktoria Wedin Shooting Mixed air rifle standing SH2

Sports

Archery

Men

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
ScoreSeedOpposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Opposition
score
Rank
Anders Groenberg Men's individual W1 6612N/AByeFlag of Germany.svg  Hassberg  (GER)
W 102-102*
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Sebek  (CZE)
W 99-96
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Cavanagh  (GBR)
L 102-108
Silver medal icon.svg

Athletics

Men's track

AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Tim Johansson T51 200m N/A40.15Silver medal icon.svg
Marathon N/ADNF
Christer Lenander T38 100m 12.649did not advance
Per Vesterlund T52 800m 2:12.669did not advance
1500m 4:05.497 qN/A4:04.326
5000m N/A14:30.337
Marathon N/A2:26:095

Men's field

AthleteClassEventFinal
ResultPointsRank
Christer Lenander F36-38 Long jump 5.599298
Harald von Koch P44 Pentathlon 33248

Women's track

AthleteClassEventHeatsSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Madelene Nordlund T53 400m 57.37 PR1 QN/A58.32Silver medal icon.svg
800m 1:58.034 qN/A2:00.30Bronze medal icon.svg

Cycling

Men's road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Michael Lindgren Men's road race/time trial LC1 2:39:176

Equestrian

AthleteEventTotal
ScoreRank
Kerstin Englund Mixed individual championship test grade II 68.0916
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II 71.3898
Gabriella Loef Mixed individual championship test grade III 64.7208
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III 71.7786
Irene Slaettengren Mixed individual championship test grade II 72.636Gold medal icon.svg
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II 78.944Gold medal icon.svg
Berit Svensson Mixed individual championship test grade III 64.5609
Mixed individual freestyle test grade III 68.50010

Team

AthleteEventTotal
TotalRank
Kerstin Englund
Gabriella Loef
Irene Slaettengren
Berit Svensson
Team 410.1484

Goalball

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

Players

Tournament

GameMatchScoreRank
1Sweden vs. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)3 – 32 Q
2Sweden vs. Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1 – 1
3Sweden vs. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)4 – 4
4Sweden vs. Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)3 – 1
5Sweden vs. Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)10 – 5
QuarterfinalsSweden vs. Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)5 – 1W
SemifinalsSweden vs. Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)5 – 3W
Gold medal finalSweden vs. Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)5 – 7Silver medal icon.svg

Shooting

Men

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Jonas Jacobsson Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 593 =WR1 Q100.4693.4Gold medal icon.svg
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 1162 WR1 Q99.11261.1 WRGold medal icon.svg
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 600 =WR1 Q105.3705.3Gold medal icon.svg
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 597 WR1 Q104.4701.4 WRGold medal icon.svg
Thomas Johansson Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 600 =WR1 Q103.9703.94
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 5984 Q105.4703.4Silver medal icon.svg
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 57723did not advance
Kenneth Pettersson Men's 10m air pistol SH1 55810did not advance
Mixed 25m pistol SH1 5608 Q88.5648.58
Mixed 50m pistol SH1 49524did not advance
Bjorn Samuelsson Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 55522did not advance
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 109220did not advance
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 57229did not advance

Women

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreTotalRank
Lotta Helsinger Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 5995 Q103.7702.78
Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 38110did not advance
Viktoria Wedin Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 5996 Q104.5703.57
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 5992 Q103.7702.7Bronze medal icon.svg

Swimming

Men

AthleteClassEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Anders Olsson S6 50m freestyle 32.714 Q31.90Bronze medal icon.svg
100m freestyle 1:09.222 Q1:09.47Bronze medal icon.svg
400m freestyle 5:11.63 PR1 Q5:03.76 WRGold medal icon.svg
SB5 100m breaststroke 1:45.698 Q1:44.688
SM6 200m individual medley 3:12.149did not advance
Alex Racoveanu S9 100m butterfly 1:06.538 Q1:05.775
SB8 100m breaststroke 1:23.748 Q1:23.306
SM9 200m individual medley 2:38.4010did not advance

Women

AthleteClassEventHeatsFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Sandra Erikson S4 50m freestyle 57.098 Q56.547
100m freestyle 2:12.118 Q2:09.498
50m butterfly N/A56.36 WRGold medal icon.svg
SM4 150m individual medley 4:15.0710did not advance

Table tennis

Men

AthleteEventPreliminariesRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fredrik Andersson Men's singles 10 Flag of Slovakia.svg  Gaspar  (SVK)
L 1-3
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Puglisi  (ITA)
W 3-0
Flag of Hungary.svg  Bereczki  (HUN)
W 3-0
2 QN/AFlag of France.svg  de la Bourdonnaye  (FRA)
W 3-1
Flag of Spain.svg  Ruiz  (ESP)
W 3-2
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Gaspar  (SVK)
L 1-3
Silver medal icon.svg
Ernst Bolldén Men's singles 5 Flag of Spain.svg  Robles  (ESP)
L 0-3
Flag of South Africa.svg  Nilsen  (RSA)
W 3-1
Flag of Greece.svg  Kalyvas  (GRE)
W 3-0
2 QChinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Chang  (TPE)
L 1-3
did not advance
Patrik Hoegstedt Men's singles 5 Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Kim  (KOR)
L 0-3
Flag of Serbia and Montenegro.svg  Djurasinovic  (SCG)
L 2-3
Flag of Mexico.svg  Pazaran  (MEX)
L 1-3
4did not advance
Simon Itkonen Men's singles 6 Flag of Germany.svg  Schmidt  (GER)
L 2-3
Flag of Denmark.svg  Jensen  (DEN)
L 2-3
Flag of Chile.svg  Solis  (CHI)
W 3-0
3did not advance
Oerjan Kylevik Men's singles 3 Flag of Spain.svg  Piñas  (ESP)
L 2–3
Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Wu  (TPE)
W 3–1
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Valka  (SVK)
W 3–1
2 QFlag of France.svg  Robin  (FRA)
L 0–3
did not advance
Linus Loennberg Men's singles 7 Flag of Germany.svg  Wollmert  (GER)
L 0-3
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Qin  (CHN)
L 0-3
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Popov  (UKR)
L 1-3
4did not advance

Women

AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Marléen Bengtsson-Kovacs Women's singles 6-8 Flag of Russia.svg  Ovsjannikova  (RUS)
W 3–0
Flag of France.svg  Darvand  (FRA)
W 3–0
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Munoz  (ARG)
W 3–0
1 QFlag of Slovakia.svg  Barbusova  (SVK)
W 3–0
Flag of Poland.svg  Turowska  (POL)
W 3-2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang  (CHN)
L 1-3
Silver medal icon.svg

Teams

AthleteEventPreliminariesQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ernst Bolldén
Patrik Hoegstedt
Oerjan Kylevik
Men's team 5 Chinese Taipei Paralympic Flag.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)
L 0-3
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
W 3-0
N/A2 QFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
L 1-3
did not advance
Simon Itkonen
Linus Loennberg
Men's team 6-7 Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
W 3-2
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
L 2-3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
W 3-0
3did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg
Magnus Andree
Fredrik Andersson
Men's team 10 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
L 1-3
Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy  (ITA)
W 3-0
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
W 3-1
2 QN/AFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
L 1-3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
W 3-1
Bronze medal icon.svg

Wheelchair tennis

AthleteClassEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Niclas Larsson Open Men's singles Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Ammerlaan  (NED)
L 0–6, 0–6
did not advance
Stefan Olsson Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Kumarasiri  (SRI)
W 6–1, 6–0
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Brychta  (CZE)
L 5–7, 2–6
did not advance
Peter Wikstrom Flag of Austria.svg  Krieghofer  (AUT)
W 6–3, 6–1
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Plowman  (GBR)
W 6–2, 6–0
Flag of Japan.svg  Kunieda  (JPN)
L 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
did not advance
Stefan Olsson
Peter Wikstrom
Men's doubles N/AFlag of Indonesia.svg  Onasie  (INA) /
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Sugiharto  (INA)
W 6–0, 6–0
Flag of Austria.svg  Baumgartner  (AUT) /
Flag of Austria.svg  Legner  (AUT)
W 6–4, 6–4
Flag of France.svg  Jérémiasz  (FRA) /
Flag of France.svg  Majdi  (FRA)
L 1–6, 2–6
did not advance

See also

References

  1. "Fanbärare – Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  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.