| Sweden at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | SWE |
| NPC | Swedish Parasports Federation |
| in Beijing | |
| Flag bearer | Anders Olsson [1] |
| Medals Ranked 24th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Sweden sent a delegation to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Jonas Jacobsson | Shooting | Men's R1 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 |
| Gold | Jonas Jacobsson | Shooting | Men's R7 50m Free Rifle 3x40 SH1 |
| Gold | Jonas Jacobsson | Shooting | Mixed R6 50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 |
| Gold | Anders Olsson | Swimming | Men's 100m freestyle S6 |
| Gold | Anders Olsson | Swimming | Men's 400m freestyle S6 |
 Silver | Josefin Abrahamsson | Table Tennis | Women's individual – Class 8 |
| Silver | Johan Andersson | Wheelchair Tennis | Quad Singles |
| Silver | Stefan Olsson Peter Wikström | Wheelchair Tennis | Quad Doubles |
 Bronze | Viktoria Wedin | Shooting | Mixed R5 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 |
| Bronze | Fredrik Andersson | Table Tennis | Men's Individual – Class 9/10 |
| Bronze | Jimmy Björkstrand Stefan Gahne Niklas Hultkvist Oskar Kuus Fatmir Seremeti Mikael Åkerberg | Goalball | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Anders Olsson | Swimming | Men's 50m freestyle S6 |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Anders Grönberg | Men's individual compound open | 657 | 18 |  Simonelli (ITA)L 107–112 | Did not advance | |||
| Håkan Törnström | 675 | 10 | Bye |  Klich (CZE)L 103–106 | Did not advance | |||
| Ann-Christin Nilsson | Women's individual compound open | 641 | 6 |  Su (TUR)L 102–112 | Did not advance | |||
| Zandra Reppe | 658 | 2 |  Kamiya (JPN)L 106–107 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Position | Result | Position | ||
| Aron Andersson | 800m T54 | 1:46.42 | 6 | Did not advance | |
| 1500m T54 | 3:21.00 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
| 5000m T54 | 11:30.79 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| Marathon T54 | — | 1:32:36 | 26 | ||
| Per Jonsson | 100m T13 | 11.71 | 6 | Did not advance | |
| 200m T13 | 23.73 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Henrik Rüffel (companion: Cedric Schwartzler) | Marathon T12 | — | 2:57:50 | 22 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Nathalie Nilsson | 100m T13 | 14.01 | 4 | Did not advance | |
| 800m T13 | 2:32.76 | 8 | Did not advance | ||
| Madelene Nordlund | 100m T53 | 18.66 | 3 Q | 18.40 | 7 |
| 200m T53 | 32.66 | 5 q | 32.31 | 8 | |
| 400m T53 | DNS | Did not advance | |||
| 800m T53 | — | DNS | |||
| Gunilla Wallengren | 100m T54 | 31.23 | 3 | Did not advance | |
| 400m T54 | 57.48 | 5 q | 58.20 | 8 | |
| 800m T54 | 1:56.43 | 4 q | 1:50.09 | 6 | |
| 1500m T54 | 3:35.40 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | ||
| Nathalie Nilsson | Long jump F13 | 4.43 | 11 |
| Athlete | Classification | Event | Team Test | Championship Test | Freestyle Test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
| Lotten Aronsson (Busy Lizzy) | Grade IV | Individual | 61.857 | 10 | 64.839 | 6 | 68.362 | 6 |
| Gabriella Löf (Oleander) | Grade III | Individual | 60.231 | 6 | 56.960 | 11 | 65.055 | 9 |
| Carolin Rutberg (Weltini) | Grade II | Individual | 64.667 | 5 | 65.182 | 7 | 61.167 | 13 |
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China (CHN) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 19 |
 United States (USA) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 14 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 14 |
 Sweden (SWE) | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 27 | 3 | 10 |
 Canada (CAN) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 9 |
 Brazil (BRA) | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 24 | -3 | 7 |
| Japan (JPN) | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -8 | 6 |
 Germany (GER) | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 27 | -19 | 0 |
| 7 September 13:00 | Canada (CAN) | 3–3 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Nejc Jakic (SLO), Lena Bonke (DEN) |
| (Report) | Jalmestal 2 | |||
| 8 September 21:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 4–1 | Japan (JPN) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Patricia Fras(SLO), Nejc Jakic (SLO) |
| Gustavsson 2 | (Report) | |||
| 9 September 18:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 1–2 | Denmark (DEN) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Kari Rasanen (FIN), Keith Lound (GBR) |
| (Report) | Ryding 2 | |||
| 10 September 18:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 3–5 | China (CHN) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Balint Benko (HUN), Lena Bonke (DEN) |
| Gustavsson 2 | (Report) | Wang 4 | ||
| 11 September 13:00 | Brazil (BRA) | 4–5 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Claude Dagenais (CAN), Patrick Gafney (USA) |
| Silva, Custodio 2 | (Report) | Gustavsson 3 | ||
| 12 September 19:00 | Germany (GER) | 5–10 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Lena Bonke (DEN), Kari Rasanen(FIN) |
| Fischer, Schindler 2 | (Report) | Gustavsson, Jalmestal 5 | ||
| 13 September 11:00 | United States (USA) | 7–4 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Lena Bonke (DEN) |
| Armbruster 2, Miller 5 | (Report) | Gustavsson 3 | ||
| 14 September 10:00 | China (CHN) | 1–1 (3–2) | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Patrick Gafney (USA), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
| Wang 2 | (Report) | Gustavsson 3 | ||
| 14 September 10:00 | Denmark (DEN) | 3–2 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Pieter Westerhout (NED),Patricia Fras (SLO) |
| Vedsted 2 | (Report) | Gustavsson 2 | ||
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China (CHN) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 57 | 25 | 32 | 12 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 30 | 11 | 12 |
| Canada (CAN) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 27 | 30 | 3 | 6 |
| United States (USA) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 37 | -21 | 6 |
 Iran (IRI) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 34 | -5 | 6 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 39 | -14 | 3 |
| 7 September 10:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 8–6 | Brazil (BRA) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: Patricia Fras (SLO), Balint Benko (HUN) |
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| 8 September 10:00 | China (CHN) | 13–8 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Pieter Westerhout (NED), Claude Dagenais (CAN) |
| (Report) | ||||
| 9 September 17:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 10–5 | Iran (IRI) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Lena Bonke (DEN), Dan Parisi(USA) |
| Hultqvist 6, Björkstrand 4 | (Report) | Jalilvand 4 | ||
| 10 September 20:00 | Canada (CAN) | 5–6 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Keith Lound (GBR), Patrick Gafney (USA) |
| Caron 4 | (Report) | Hultqvist 5 | ||
| 11 September 17:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 9–1 | United States (USA) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Allan Wareham (CAN) |
| Björkstrand 6, Hultqvist 2 | (Report) | |||
| 12 September 10:00 | Denmark (DEN) | 2–4 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Eeva Sorkkila (FIN), Aurora Zanolin (ITA) |
| (Report) | Hultqvist 3 | |||
| 13 September 19:00 |  Lithuania (LTU) | 10–3 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Clive Spencer (GBR), Pieter Westerhout (NED) |
| Leonavicius 7, Montvydas 2 | (Report) | Seremeti 2 | ||
| 14 September 18:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 5–2 | United States (USA) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Claude Dagenais (CAN), Eeva Sorkkila (FIN) |
| Seremeti 2, Björkstrand 3 | (Report) | |||
| Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage Quarterfinals | Repechage Semifinals | Final | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Elvira Kivi | Women's -63 kg |  Batsukh (MGL)W1000–0010 |  Soazo (VEN)L 0120–0240 | — |  Quessandier (FRA)L 0000–1010 | 5 | |
| Nicolina Pernheim | Women's -70 kg | — |  Ruvalcaba (MEX)L 0000–0200 | — |  Vermeulen (NED)L 0001–0113 | 5 | |
| Athlete | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M | ||||
| Carl-Gustaf Fresk Birgitta Jacobsson Nilén | SKUD 18 [2] | 6 | (9) | 4 | 4 | 7 | (12) | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 45 | 7 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Jonas Jacobsson | 10m Air Rifle Stand SH1 | 596 WR | 1 Q | 104.5 | 700.5 FWR | |
| 50m Free Rifle 3x40 SH1 | 1163 WR | 1 Q | 101.3 | 1264.3 FWR | | |
| 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 | 598 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| 50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 | 592 | 1 Q | 103.8 | 695.8 | | |
| Håkan Gustavsson | 10m Air Rifle Stand SH1 | 579 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
| 50m Free Rifle 3x40 SH1 | 1122 | 16 | Did not advance | |||
| 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 | 578 | 44 | Did not advance | |||
| 50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 | 582 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| Kenneth Pettersson | 10m Air Pistol SH1 | 558 | 16 | Did not advance | ||
| 25m Sport Pistol SH1 | 554 | 12 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank | ||
| Lotta Helsinger | 10m Air Rifle Stand SH1 | 386 | 8 Q | 101.2 | 487.2 | 6 |
| 50m Sport Rifle 3x20 SH1 | 568 | 6 Q | 91.9 | 659.9 | 7 | |
| 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 | 596 | 21 | Did not advance | |||
| 50m Free Rifle Prone SH1 | 581 | 23 | Did not advance | |||
| Viktoria Wedin | 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 | 600 | 1 Q | 104.1 | 704.1 | |
| 10m Air Rifle Stand SH2 | 596 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Christoffer Lindhe | 50m freestyle S4 | 43.09 | 6 Q | 42.75 | 6 |
| 100m freestyle S4 | 1:32.98 | 3 Q | 1:30.92 | 4 | |
| 200m freestyle S4 | 3:11.81 | 3 Q | 3:11.84 | 4 | |
| Anders Olsson | 50m freestyle S6 | 31.48 | 4 Q | 31.07 | |
| 100m freestyle S6 | 1:07.68 | 1 Q | 1:05.95 WR | | |
| 400m freestyle S6 | 5:00.41 WR | 1 Q | 4:48.31 WR | | |
| 200m individual medley SM6 | 3:03.35 | 3 Q | 2:57.30 | 6 | |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jennie Ekström | 50m freestyle S4 | — | 53.74 | 4 | |
| 100m freestyle S4 | 2:00.22 | 2 Q | 2:00.68 | 6 | |
| 150m individual medley SM4 | — | 3:55.59 | 5 | ||
| Lalita Loureiro | 50m butterfly S7 | 39.47 | 3 Q | 38.55 | 4 |
| 100m breaststroke SB6 | 1:59.00 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| 200m individual medley SM7 | 3:33.05 | 5 | Did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Group | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Fredrik Andersson | Singles – C9/10 | Baroncelli (ITA) W3–0 |  Cardona (ESP)W3–0 | — |  Fraczyk (AUT)W3–0 | Ruiz Reyes (ESP) W3–2 | Ma (CHN) L 0–3 | Last (NED) W3–1 | |
| Ernst Bolldén | Singles – Class 4/5 | Ank (BRA) W3–0 |  Lin (TPE)W3–0 | — |  Saleh (EGY)L 2–3 | Did not advance | |||
| Simon Itkonen | Singles – Class 6 |  Thainiyom (THA)L 0–3 | Blok (NED) L 2–3 | Jensen (DEN) L 1–3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Linus Karlsson | Singles – Class 9/10 |  Gáspár (SVK)W3–1 | Last (NED) L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Örjan Kylevik | Singles – Class 3 |  Chan (GBR)W3–0 | Piñas (ESP) L 1–3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Örjan Kylevik Ernst Bolldén | Team – Class 4-5 | — | Slovakia W3–0 |  South Korea L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Linus Karlsson Fredrik Andersson | Team – Class 9-10 | — | Italy W3–0 | China L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Group | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Josefin Abrahamsson | Singles – Class 8 | Janeckova (CZE) W3–1 | Kamkasomphou (FRA) L 0–3 | Barbušová (SVK) W3–0 | — | Zhang (CHN) W3–2 | Kamkasomphou (FRA) L 0–3 | | |
| Anna-Carin Ahlquist | Singles – Class 3 |  Moll (RSA)W3–1 | Fillou (FRA) L 2–3 | Brunelli (ITA) W3–1 | Did not advance | ||||
| Marléen Bengtsson-Kovacs | Singles – Class 8 | Mairie (FRA) L 0–3 | Zhang (CHN) L 0–3 | Rodrigues (BRA) W3–0 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ingela Lundbäck | Singles – Class 5 | Tsai (TPE) W3–0 | Passos (BRA) W3–0 | Ren (CHN) L 0–3 | Did not advance | ||||
| Ingela Lundbäck Anna-Carin Ahlquist | Team – Class 4-5 | — |  Poland W3–1 | China L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||||
Enoch Ablorh, Joachim Gustavsson, Hussein Haidari, Peter Kohlström, Joakim Lindén, Patrik Nylander, Tomas Åkerberg, Niclas Larsson, Per Byquist, Dan Wallin, Thomas Larsson, Robin Meng.
| Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (CAN) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 372 | 276 | 96 | 15 |
| Iran (IRI) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 357 | 344 | 13 | 9 |
| Germany (GER) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 322 | 292 | 30 | 6 |
| Japan (JPN) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 265 | 319 | -54 | 6 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 305 | 305 | 0 | 6 |
| South Africa (RSA) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 282 | 367 | -85 | 3 |
Group A
September 9 18:30 |
| Canada (CAN) | 62–52 | Sweden (SWE) |
Beijing Science and Technology University Gymnasium Attendance: 8162 Referees: Gabriele Caligiuri (AUS) |
September 11 13:30 |
| Germany (GER) | 78–72 | Sweden (SWE) |
Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Antonia Gomez Ruf (ESP) |
Classification 9TH-12TH
September 12 09:00 |
| Brazil (BRA) | 75–56 | Sweden (SWE) |
Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Sebastien Gauthier (CAN) |
Classification 11TH-12TH
September 14 15:45 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 63–45 | China (CHN) |
Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Jorg-Ulrich Otto (GER) |
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Stefan Olsson | Men's singles |  Yusuf (NGR)W2–0 |  Tenhunen (FIN)W2–0 | Peifer (FRA) W2–0 | Kunieda (JPN) L 0–2 | Did not advance | ||
| Peter Wikström | Jaroszewski (POL) W2–0 |  Dobbie (AUS)W2–0 | Houdet (FRA) L 0–2 | Did not advance | ||||
| Johan Andersson | Quad Singles | — | Poppen (USA) W2–0 | Timmermans (NED) W2–0 | Wagner (USA) W2–1 | Norfolk (GBR) L 0–2 | | |
| Christer Jansson | — | Kimura (JPN) L 1–2 | Did not advance | |||||
| Stefan Olsson Peter Wikström | Men's doubles | — | Hinson / Moran (USA) W2–0 | Stuurman / Ammerlaan (NED) W2–0 | Kunieda / Saida (JPN) W2–1 | Houdet / Jeremaiasz (FRA) L 0–2 | | |
| Johan Andersson Christer Jansson | Quad doubles | — |  Kramer / Weinberg (ISR)L 0–2 | Did not advance | ||||
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