Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sweden at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Sweden at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	124 in 19 sports
Flag bearers	Christian Olsson (opening); Jörgen Persson (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 55th	Gold0Silver4Bronze1Total5
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Last updated October 18, 2024

Sweden sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Emma Johansson	Cycling	Women's road race	10 August
Silver	Gustav Larsson	Cycling	Men's time trial	13 August
Silver	Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson	Tennis	Men's doubles	16 August
Silver	Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Equestrian	Individual jumping	21 August
Bronze	Anders Ekström Fredrik Lööf	Sailing	Star class	21 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	0	1
Athletics	8	4	12
Badminton	0	1	1
Boxing	2	0	2
Canoeing	2	1	3
Cycling	5	3	8
Diving	0	2	2
Equestrian	6	6	12
Fencing	0	1	1
Football	0	18	18
Handball	0	14	14
Rowing	1	1	2
Sailing	8	3	11
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	8	11	19
Table tennis	3	0	0
Taekwondo	0	2	2
Tennis	4	1	5
Triathlon	0	1	1
Wrestling	2	3	5
Total	51	73	124

Swedish Olympic Committee's website lists 131 participants. Their count also includes reserves: Emma Karlsson and Linda Heed in equestrian, 3 reserves in women's football team, 1 reserve in women's handball team and Robert Svensson in men's table tennis team.

Neither count includes Alexandra Engen who was qualified and selected and was practicing on the Olympic course when she fell and was injured, which caused her to miss the competition.

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Magnus Petersson	Men's individual	646	49	Duenas (CAN) (16) W 108 (19)–108 (18)	Kunda (BLR) (48) L 110–112	Did not advance

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mustafa Mohamed	3000 m steeplechase	8:17.80	5 q	—		8:20.69	10
Johan Wissman	400 m	44.81	3 Q	44.64	3 q	45.39	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Niklas Arrhenius	Discus throw	58.22	15	Did not advance
Magnus Arvidsson	Javelin throw	79.70	12 q	80.16	11
Jesper Fritz	Pole vault	5.45	24	Did not advance
Stefan Holm	High jump	2.29	=6 Q	2.32	4
Alhaji Jeng	Pole vault	5.55	14	Did not advance
Linus Thörnblad	High jump	2.20	26	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Susanna Kallur	100 m hurdles	12.68	2 Q	DNF		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Emma Green	High jump	1.93	13 q	1.96	9
Carolina Klüft	Long jump	6.70	5 q	6.49	9
Carolina Klüft	Triple jump	13.97	20	Did not advance
Anna Söderberg	Discus throw	55.28	31	Did not advance

Badminton

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sara Persson	Women's singles	Nedelcheva (BUL) L 10–21, 10–21	Did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Naim Terbunja	Middleweight	Korobov (RUS) L 6–18	Did not advance
Kennedy Katende	Light heavyweight	Beterbiyev (RUS) L 3–15	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Gustafsson	Men's K-1 500 m	1:36.633	3 QS	1:42.409	2 Q	1:38.447	7
Markus Oscarsson	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:30.044	3 QS	3:33.906	3 Q	3:30.198	6
Anders Gustafsson Markus Oscarsson	Men's K-2 1000 m	DSQ		Did not advance
Sofia Paldanius	Women's K-1 500 m	1:51.110	4 QS	1:53.797	5	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gustav Larsson	Road race	6:26:17	24
Gustav Larsson	Time trial	1:02:44
Thomas Lövkvist	Road race	6:26:25	38
Marcus Ljungqvist	Road race	6:34:26	58

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Emma Johansson	Road race	3:32:24
Emma Johansson	Time trial	38:28.83	21
Susanne Ljungskog	Road race	3:32:52	21
Susanne Ljungskog	Time trial	36:33.50	10
Sara Mustonen	Road race	3:43:25	56

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Fredrik Kessiakoff	Men's cross-country	2:03:09	17
Emil Lindgren	Men's cross-country	LAP (2 laps)	38

Alexandra Engen was scheduled to participate in women's cross-country. However, she was injured during the practice on the Olympic course and was unable to compete due to that.

Diving

Women

Athlete	Events	Preliminaries		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anna Lindberg	3 m springboard	294.75	12 Q	324.70	9 Q	342.15	6
Elina Eggers	10 m platform	309.45	16 Q	315.45	9 Q	285.85	12

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jan Brink	Briar	Individual	68.875	13 Q	68.960	13 Q	73.450	9	71.205	10
Patrik Kittel	Floresco		67.125	18 Q	64.360	24	Did not advance
Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén	Solos Carex		66.042	23 Q	69.240	11 Q	71.450	12	70.345	12
Jan Brink Patrik Kittel Tinne Vilhelmsson-Silfvén	See above	Team	67.347	5	—				67.347	4

Emma Karlsson was a reserve.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Dag Albert	Tubber Rebel	Individual	65.60 #	65	27.60	93.20 #	40	0.00	93.20	31	Did not advance			93.20	32
Linda Algotsson	Stand By Me		41.50	15	22.80	64.30	18	0.00	64.30	15 Q	4.00	68.30	13	68.30	13
Viktoria Carlerbäck	Bally's Geronimo		46.50	24	26.40	72.90 #	27	Withdrew
Magnus Gällerdal	Keymaster		54.60 #	48	13.60	68.20	23	Withdrew
Katrin Norling	Pandora		52.00	38	16.00	68.00	22	5.00	73.00	19 Q	8.00	81.00	18	81.00	22
Dag Albert Linda Algotsson Viktoria Carlerbäck Magnus Gällerdal Katrin Norling	See above	Team	140.00	7	60.50	200.50	5	30.00	230.50	4	—			230.50	4

# - Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson	Ninja	Individual	4	30	0	4	8 Q	4	8	8 Q	0	=1 Q	0	0	=1 JO	4
Peter Eriksson	Jaguar Mail		8	49	8	16	35 Q	4	20	27 Q	16	33	Did not advance			16	33
Helena Lundbäck	Erbblume		8	49	12	20	47 Q	17	37	42	Did not advance					37	42
Lotta Schultz	Calibra II		5	39	5	10	26 Q	20	30	40 Q	4	11 Q	13	17	19	17	19
Rolf-Göran Bengtsson Peter Eriksson Helena Lundbäck Lotta Schultz	See above	Team	—								13	3 Q	25	38	8	38	8

Linda Heed was reserve.

Fencing

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emma Samuelsson	Individual épée	Logounova (RUS) W 15–6	Picot (FRA) W 15–13	Heidemann (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance

Football

Summary

Key:

W – WinD – DrawL – 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 women's	Women's tournament	China L 1–2	Argentina W 1–0	Canada W 2–1	2 Q	Germany L 0–2 ( a.e.t. )	Did not advance		6

Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Thomas Dennerby

Sweden named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] During the tournament, Maria Aronsson replaced Josefine Öqvist on 12 August 2008 due to injury.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Hedvig Lindahl	(1983-04-29)29 April 1983 (aged 25)	34	0	Linköping
2	2 DF	Karolina Westberg	(1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 30)	126	2	Umeå
3	2 DF	Stina Segerström	(1983-06-17)17 June 1983 (aged 25)	27	2	Örebro
4	2 DF	Anna Paulson	(1984-02-29)29 February 1984 (aged 24)	23	0	Umeå
5	3 MF	Caroline Seger	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 23)	43	4	Linköping
6	2 DF	Sara Thunebro	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 29)	32	2	Djurgårdens IF
7	2 DF	Sara Larsson	(1987-02-06)6 February 1987 (aged 21)	77	7	Linköping
8	4 FW	Lotta Schelin	(1984-02-27)27 February 1984 (aged 24)	52	19	Göteborg
9	4 FW	Jessica Landström	(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 23)	13	4	Linköping
10	4 FW	Johanna Almgren	(1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 24)	15	0	Göteborg
11	4 FW	Victoria Sandell Svensson (captain)	(1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 31)	149	64	Djurgårdens IF
12	1 GK	Caroline Jönsson	(1977-11-22)22 November 1977 (aged 30)	79	0	Malmö
13	2 DF	Frida Östberg	(1977-12-10)10 December 1977 (aged 30)	73	2	Umeå
14	3 MF	Josefine Öqvist	(1983-07-23)23 July 1983 (aged 25)	48	10	Linköping
15	3 MF	Therese Sjögran	(1977-04-08)8 April 1977 (aged 31)	127	11	Malmö
16	3 MF	Linda Forsberg	(1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 23)	5	0	Djurgårdens IF
17	2 DF	Charlotte Rohlin	(1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 27)	11	1	Linköping
18	3 MF	Nilla Fischer	(1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 24)	35	4	Malmö
19	4 FW	Maria Aronsson	(1983-12-23)23 December 1983 (aged 24)	15	1	Malmö

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

Source: ^[7]

6 August 2008

19:45

China	2–1	Sweden
Xu Yuan 6' Han Duan 72'	Report	Schelin 38'

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 37,902

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

9 August 2008

17:00

Sweden	1–0	Argentina
Fischer 57'	Report

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 38,293

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

12 August 2008

19:45

Sweden	2–1	Canada
Schelin 19', 51'	Report	Tancredi 63'

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 51,112

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Quarterfinal

15 August 2008

21:00

Sweden	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Germany
	Report	Garefrekes 104' Laudehr 115'

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 17,209

Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Handball

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	Hungary L 24–30	Russia L 24–28	South Korea W 31–23	Germany W 27–26	Brazil W 25–22	4 Q	Norway L 24–31	5th-8th semifinal China L 19–20	7th place final Romania L 30–34	8

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Sweden roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Ulf Schefvert

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
3	P	Tina Flognman	(1981-06-29)29 June 1981 (aged 27)	1.78 m	127	266	GOG Svendborg
4	LW	Matilda Boson	(1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 26)	1.76 m	115	271	Aalborg DH
5	P	Sara Holmgren	(1979-03-29)29 March 1979 (aged 29)	1.81 m	96	106	HC Leipzig
6	CB	Therese Islas Helgesson	(1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 25)	1.68 m	44	66	Nordstrand IF
7	RW	Annika Wiel Fredén	(1978-08-21)21 August 1978 (aged 29)	1.76 m	52	135	Horsens HK
9	P	Frida Toveby	(1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 26)	1.74 m	7	7	Aalborg DH
10	RW	Teresa Utković	(1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (aged 28)	1.70 m	55	128	IK Sävehof
11	CB	Jessica Enström	(1977-03-25)25 March 1977 (aged 31)	1.72 m	113	220	IVH Västerås
12	GK	Therese Bengtsson	(1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 29)	1.87 m	21	0	Eslövs IK
14	RB	Sara Eriksson	(1981-04-13)13 April 1981 (aged 27)	1.82 m	96	152	HC Leipzig
15	LB	Johanna Ahlm	(1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 20)	1.75 m	22	64	IK Sävehof
16	GK	Madeleine Grundström	(1980-08-12)12 August 1980 (aged 27)	1.82 m	122	0	Aalborg DH
17	LB	Linnea Torstensson	(1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 25)	1.86 m	38	145	Aalborg DH
18	P	Johanna Wiberg	(1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 24)	1.85 m	63	52	FCK Håndbold
20	CB	Isabella Gulldén	(1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 19)	1.79 m	5	3	IK Sävehof

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	−13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	−14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	−13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	−11	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

9 August 2008 10:45	Hungary	30 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Vérten, Görbicz 7	(15–14)	Islas Helgesson 6
	2× 7×	Report ^{[ dead link ]}	2× 4×

11 August 2008 20:45	Sweden	24 – 28	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Wiel Fredén 6	(12–14)	Turei 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 4×

13 August 2008 14:00	South Korea	31 – 23	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	An, Park 7	(18–13)	Ahlm, Boson 6
	3× 1× 1×	Report	4× 6×

15 August 2008 14:00	Germany	26 – 27	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Althaus, Wörz 5	(13–13)	Ahlm 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	4× 4×

17 August 2008 09:00	Sweden	25 – 22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Ahlm 7	(14–11)	Rosas 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 12:00	Norway	31 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Larsen, Lybekk 6	(16–10)	Torstenson 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 2×

Classification semifinal

21 August 2008 12:00	Sweden	19 – 20	China	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Torstenson 6	(7–8)	Wang Shasha 5
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

7th–8th place

23 August 2008 08:00	Sweden	30 – 34	Romania	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Gulldén 9	(15–17)	Meirosu, Stanca-Gâlcă 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lassi Karonen	Single sculls	7:14.64	1 QF	6:50.40	2 SA/B	6:57.28	1 FA	7:07.64	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Frida Svensson	Single sculls	7:56.39	2 QF	7:29.29	2 SA/B	7:46.38	6 FB	7:48.19	7

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Rasmus Myrgren	Laser	7	16	8	2	8	13	2	7	2	CAN	20	83	6
Anton Dahlberg Sebastian Östling	470	16	18	2	5	~~DSQ~~	20	17	13	14	6	EL	111	15
Anders Ekström Fredrik Lööf	Star	1	4	15	3	6	1	8	2	1	7	20	53

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Karin Söderström	Laser Radial	19	19	4	25	9	18	~~DSQ~~	5	8	CAN	EL	107	14
Vendela Santén Therese Torgersson	470	10	14	18	~~DSQ~~	19	8	5	14	5	8	EL	101	15

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Daniel Birgmark	Finn	14	17	1	6	12	3	3	5	CAN	CAN	—					14	58	4
Jonas Lindberg Kalle Torlen	49er	16	18	2	17	12	16	17	14	19	16	16	~~DSQ~~	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	163	18

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Håkan Dahlby	Double trap	135	10	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nathalie Larsson	Skeet	69	6 Q	92 S/O 2	4

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonas Andersson	100 m breaststroke	1:01.77	31	Did not advance
Lars Frölander	100 m butterfly	52.15	18	Did not advance
Stefan Nystrand	50 m freestyle	21.75 NR	4 Q	21.71 NR	4 Q	21.72	8
Stefan Nystrand	100 m freestyle	47.83 NR	2 Q	47.91	5 Q	48.33	8
Jonas Persson	100 m freestyle	48.51	15 Q	48.59	13	Did not advance
Simon Sjödin	200 m backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
Simon Sjödin	200 m butterfly	1:57.75 NR	26	Did not advance
Christoffer Wikström	200 m freestyle	1:49.84	38	Did not advance
Stefan Nystrand Jonas Persson Marcus Piehl Petter Stymne Christoffer Wikström	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:12.73 NR	5 Q	—		3:11.92 NR	5
Jonas Andersson Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand Simon Sjödin	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:35.83 NR	11	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Therese Alshammar	50 m freestyle	24.94	9 Q	24.96	14	Did not advance
Eva Berglund	10 km open water	—				2:01:05.0	18
Gabriella Fagundez	400 m freestyle	4:11.40	18	—		Did not advance
Gabriella Fagundez	800 m freestyle	8:39.06 NR	24	—		Did not advance
Petra Granlund	200 m butterfly	2:08.97 NR	14 Q	2:09.79	14	Did not advance
Joline Höstman	100 m breaststroke	1:07.91	8 Q	1:08.26	9	Did not advance
Joline Höstman	200 m breaststroke	2:26.00	12 Q	2:27.14	12	Did not advance
Anna-Karin Kammerling	50 m freestyle	25.34	22	Did not advance
Josefin Lillhage	100 m freestyle	54.07 NR	10 Q	54.59	11	Did not advance
Josefin Lillhage	200 m freestyle	1:57.98	13 Q	1:59.29	15	Did not advance
Ida Marko-Varga	200 m freestyle	1:58.21	16 Q	1:59.41	16	Did not advance
Sarah Sjöström	100 m backstroke	1:02.38 NR	29	Did not advance
Sarah Sjöström	100 m butterfly	59.08	27	Did not advance
Hanna Westrin	100 m breaststroke	1:08.80	21	Did not advance
Therese Alshammar Claire Hedenskog Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage Ida Marko-Varga	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:40.52	11	—		Did not advance
Gabriella Fagundez Petra Granlund Josefin Lillhage Ida Marko-Varga	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:53.83 NR	5 Q	—		7:59.83	8
Joline Höstman Ida Marko-Varga Sarah Sjöström Hanna Westrin	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:02.12 NR	7 Q	—		DSQ

Table tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jens Lundqvist	Men's singles	Bye	Henzell (AUS) L 2–4	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson	Men's singles	Bye		Karakašević (SRB) W 4–2	Cheung (HKG) W 4–1	Samsonov (BLR) W 4–3	Primorac (CRO) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 1–4	Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4	4

Team

Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pär Gerell Jens Lundqvist Jörgen Persson	Men's team	Group C South Korea (KOR) L 0 – 3 Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 2 – 3 Brazil (BRA) W 3 – 0	3	Did not advance

Robert Svensson was the reserve for the men's team.

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hanna Zajc	Women's −49 kg	Gonda (CAN) W 2–0	Wu Jy (CHN) L 1–8	Did not advance	Alango (KEN) L 2–2 SUP	Did not advance
Karolina Kedzierska	Women's +67 kg	Simon (ESP) W 4–1	Espinoza (MEX) L 2–4	Did not advance	Ben Hamza (TUN) W 5–4	Falavigna (BRA) L 2–5	Did not advance	5

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonas Björkman	Men's singles	Hewitt (AUS) L 5–7, 6–7^(2–7)	Did not advance
Thomas Johansson		Nieminen (FIN) W 4–6, 6–4, 6–4	Youzhny (RUS) L 5–7, 2–6	Did not advance
Robin Söderling		Simon (FRA) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance
Simon Aspelin Thomas Johansson	Men's doubles	—	Hanley / Kerr (AUS) W 7–6^(9–7), 6–3	Almagro / Ferrer (ESP) W 7–6^(8–6), 6–4	Fyrstenberg / Matkowski (POL) W 7–6^(7–5), 6–4	Clément / Llodra (FRA) W 7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 19–17	Federer / Wawrinka (SUI) L 3–6, 4–6, 7–6^(7–4), 3–6
Jonas Björkman Robin Söderling	Men's doubles	—	Nadal / Robredo (ESP) L 3–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Sofia Arvidsson	Women's singles	Tanasugarn (THA) W 6–2, 6–1	Dementieva (RUS) L 3–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Lisa Nordén	Women's	20:56	0:29	1:05:26	0:31	35:05	2:02:27.47	18

Wrestling

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ara Abrahamian	−84 kg	Kim J-S (KOR) W 3–1 ^PP	Estrada (CUB) W 3–1 ^PP	Forov (ARM) W 3–1 ^PP	Minguzzi (ITA) L 1–3 ^PP	Bye		Noumonvi (FRA) W 3–1 ^PP	3*
Jalmar Sjöberg	−120 kg	Mikulski (POL) W 3–1 ^PP	Botev (AZE) W 3–0 ^PO	Byers (USA) W 3–1 ^PP	López (CUB) L 0–3 ^PO	Bye		Patrikeyev (ARM) L 1–3 ^PP	5

* Ara Abrahamian won the bronze medal, but later disqualified and stripped off his medal after a protest during the medal ceremony. He stepped off the podium and put the medal on the floor and walked off, before the gold and silver medals had been awarded. His action was in protest at a controversial penalty call in his semifinal against Italy's Andrea Minguzzi. The medal, however, was not awarded to another athlete. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the Swede was punished for violating the spirit of fair play during the medal ceremony.^[9]

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sofia Mattsson	−48 kg	Bye	Chun (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					12
Ida-Theres Nerell	−55 kg	—	Yoshida (JPN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Golts (RUS) W 3–1 ^PP	Verbeek (CAN) L 0–3 ^PO	5
Jenny Fransson	−72 kg	—	Wang J (CHN) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance		Bye	Bernard (USA) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance	9

Missing athletes

The following athletes did not qualify for the Olympics despite having won a nomination or being among the top of the world in their sport. This could either be due to injuries, failing to achieve the national and/or international standards or due to heavy competition from fellow Swedish athletes.

Athletics

Robert Kronberg - men's 110 metres hurdles (A - norm, 13.53 July 16, 2008 Luzern)
Christian Olsson - injury, men's triple jump (A - norm, 17.00 July 22, 2008 Stockholm)
Nicklas Wiberg - men's decathlon (A - norm, 8040 June 29, 2008 Jyvaskyla)
Jessica Samuelsson - women's heptathlon (A - norm, 6111 June 1, 2008 Götzis)

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Canada, represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC), competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, from August 8 to 24, 2008. Canadian athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900 with the exception of 1980, which were boycotted in protest of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Canada sent 332 athletes in 25 sports, the seventh largest team at the games and Canada's largest since 1988. Canada did not send a team in handball, volleyball or basketball. Kayaker and 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist Adam van Koeverden was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies; Karen Cockburn bore the flag at the closing.

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[1] "OS-uttagna" Archived 2008-02-17 at the Wayback Machine , sok.se . Retrieved on June 2, 2008.

[2] "Sweden – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[3] "Dam: Smärtsam förlust mot Kina i öppningsmatchen" [Women: Painful loss to China in the opening match]. SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[4] "Team profile – Football Women: Sweden". BOCOG . 2008. Archived from the original on 13 October 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[5] "A-landskamper 1973–2000" [A-internationals 1973–2000]. SvenskFotboll.se (in Swedish). Swedish Football Association . Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[6] "Slut i förtid för Josefine Öqvist" [Premature end for Josefine Öqvist]. BT.se (in Swedish). Borås Tidning. 12 August 2008. Archived from the original on 26 January 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[7] "2008 Summer Olympics Soccer Results - Beijing, China - ESPN". www.espn.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.

[8] "Sweden women's handball team roster". Handball Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. 23 August 2008. p. 14. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[9] "Wrestler stripped of bronze medal". BBC. 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2008-08-17.{{cite news}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

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