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.
Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Ann-Christin Nilsson | Individual Compound Open | 641 | 6 | Gulbin Su (TUR) L 102–112 | Did not advance | ||
Zandra Reppe | Individual Compound Open | 658 | 2 | Chieko Kamiya (JPN) L 106–107 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Ranking Round | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Anders Grönberg | Individual Compound Open | 657 | 18 | Alberto Simonelli (ITA) L 107–112 | Did not advance | |||
Håkan Törnström | Individual Compound Open | 675 | 10 | BYE | Jiri Klich (CZE) L 103–106 | Did not advance |
Event | Athletes | Classification | Qualifiers/Heat | Final | ||
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Result | Position | Result | Position | |||
100 m | Nathalie Nilsson | T13 | 14.01 | 4 | Did not advance | |
Madelene Nordlund | T53 | 18.66 | 3 Q | 18.40 | 7 | |
200 m | Madelene Nordlund | T53 | 32.66 | 5 q | 32.31 | 8 |
Gunilla Wallengren | T54 | 31.23 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
400 m | Madelene Nordlund | T53 | Did not start | Did not advance | ||
Gunilla Wallengren | T54 | 57.48 | 5 q | 58.20 | 8 | |
800 m | Madelene Nordlund | T53 | Did not start | |||
Gunilla Wallengren | T54 | 1:56.43 | 4 q | 1:50.09 | 6 | |
Nathalie Nilsson | T12/13 | 2:32.70 | 4 | Did not advance | ||
1500 m | Gunilla Wallengren | T54 | 3:35.40 | 4 | Did not advance | |
Long jump | Nathalie Nilsson | F13 | 4.43 | 11 | ||
Event | Athletes | Classification | Qualifiers/Heat | Final | ||
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Result | Position | Result | Position | |||
100 m | Per Jonsson | T13 | 11.71 | 6 | Did not advance | |
200 m | Per Jonsson | T13 | 23.73 | 8 | Did not advance | |
800 m | Aron Andersson | T54 | 1:46.42 | 6 | Did not advance | |
1500 m | Aron Andersson | T54 | 3:21.00 | 7 | Did not advance | |
5000 m | Aron Andersson | T54 | 11:30.79 | 10 | Did not advance | |
Marathon | Aron Andersson | T54 | 1:32:36 | 26 | ||
Henrik Rüffel (companion: Cedric Schwartzler) | T12 | 2:57:50 | 22 | |||
Athlete | Classification | Event | Team Test | Championship Test | Freestyle Test | |||
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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 |
Åsa Alverstedt, Malin Gustavsson, Maria Juliusson, Josefine Jälmestål, Sofia Naesström, Anna Nilsson.
Preliminary
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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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) | Josefine Jalmestal 2 | |||
8 September 21:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 4–1 | Japan (JPN) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Patricia Fras(SLO), Nejc Jakic (SLO) |
Malin 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) | Kamilla Ryding 2 | |||
10 September 18:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 3–5 | China (CHN) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Balint Benko (HUN), Lena Bonke (DEN) |
Malin Gustavsson 2 | (Report) | Ruixue Wang 4 | ||
11 September 13:00 | Brazil (BRA) | 4–5 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Claude Dagenais (CAN), Patrick Gafney (USA) |
Simone Silva, Ana Carolina Custodio 2 | (Report) | Malin Gustavsson 3 | ||
12 September 19:00 | Germany (GER) | 5–10 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Lena Bonke (DEN), Kari Rasanen(FIN) |
Ina Fischer, Stefanie Schindler 2 | (Report) | Malin Gustavsson, Josefine 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) |
Jen Armbruster 2, Asya Miller 5 | (Report) | Malin Gustavsson 3 | ||
Semifinal
14 September 10:00 | China (CHN) | 1–1 (3–2) | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Patrick Gafney (USA), Rudi Janssen (BEL) |
Ruixue Wang 2 | (Report) | Malin Gustavsson 3 | ||
Bronze-medal match
14 September 10:00 | Denmark (DEN) | 3–2 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Pieter Westerhout (NED),Patricia Fras (SLO) |
Lykke Vedsted 2 | (Report) | Malin Gustavsson 2 | ||
Jimmy Björkstrand, Stefan Gahne, Niklas Hultkvist, Oskar Kuus, Fatmir Seremeti, Mikael Åkerberg.
Preliminary
Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
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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) |
(report) | ||||
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) |
Niklas Hultqvist 6, Jimmy Björkstrand 4 | (Report) | Mohsen Jalilvand 4 | ||
10 September 20:00 | Canada (CAN) | 5–6 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Keith Lound (GBR), Patrick Gafney (USA) |
Mario Caron 4 | (Report) | Niklas 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) |
Jimmy Björkstrand 6, Niklas Hultqvist 2 | (Report) | |||
Quarterfinal
12 September 10:00 | Denmark (DEN) | 2–4 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Eeva Sorkkila (FIN), Aurora Zanolin (ITA) |
(Report) | Niklas Hultqvist 3 | |||
Semifinal
13 September 19:00 | Lithuania (LTU) | 10–3 | Sweden (SWE) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Clive Spencer (GBR), Pieter Westerhout (NED) |
Saulius Leonavicius 7, Nerijus Montvydas 2 | (Report) | Fatmir Seremeti 2 | ||
Bronze-medal match
14 September 18:00 | Sweden (SWE) | 5–2 | United States (USA) | Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Referees: Claude Dagenais (CAN), Eeva Sorkkila (FIN) |
Fatmir Seremeti 2, Jimmy Björkstrand 3 | (Report) | |||
Athlete | Event | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage Quarterfinals | Repechage Semifinals | Final | Rank |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Elvira Kivi | -63 kg | Khashtsetseg Batsukh (MGL) W1000–0010 | Naomi Soazo (VEN) L 0120–0240 | Angelique Quessandier (FRA) L 0000–1010 | 5 | ||
Nicolina Pernheim | -70 kg | Lenia Ruvalcaba (MEX) L 0000–0200 | Sanneke Vermeulen (NED) L 0001–0113 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Score | Rank | ||||||||||
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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 | Classification | Qualification | Final | Rank | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Total | ||||
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 | 13 | ||
50m Free Rifle Prone | SH1 | 592 | 1 Q | 103.8 | 695.8 | ||
Håkan Gustavsson | 10m Air Rifle Stand | SH1 | 579 | 16 | Did not advance | 16 | |
50m Free Rifle 3x40 | SH1 | 1122 | 16 | Did not advance | 16 | ||
10m Air Rifle Prone | SH1 | 578 | 44 | Did not advance | 44 | ||
50m Free Rifle Prone | SH1 | 582 | 21 | Did not advance | 21 | ||
Kenneth Pettersson | 10m Air Pistol | SH1 | 558 | 16 | Did not advance | 16 | |
25m Sport Pistol | SH1 | 554 | 12 | Did not advance | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Classification | Qualification | Final | Rank | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Total | ||||
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 | 21 | ||
50m Free Rifle Prone | SH1 | 581 | 23 | Did not advance | 23 | ||
Viktoria Wedin | 10m Air Rifle Prone | SH2 | 600 | 1 Q | 104.1 | 704.1 | |
10m Air Rifle Stand | SH2 | 596 | 10 | Did not advance | 10 |
Event | Athletes | Classification | Heat | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
50 m freestyle | Jennie Ekström | S4 | 53.74 | 4 | ||
100 m freestyle | Jennie Ekström | S4 | 2:00.22 | 2 Q | 2:00.68 | 6 |
50 m butterfly | Lalita Loureiro | S7 | 39.47 | 3 Q | 38.55 | 4 |
100 m breaststroke | Lalita Loureiro | SB6 | 1:59.00 | 9 | Did not advance | |
150 m individual medley | Jennie Ekström | SM4 | 3:55.59 | 5 | ||
200 m individual medley | Lalita Loureiro | SM7 | 3:33.05 | 5 | Did not advance |
Event | Athletes | Classification | Heat | Final | ||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
50 m freestyle | Christoffer Lindhe | S4 | 43.09 | 6 Q | 42.75 | 6 |
Anders Olsson | S6 | 31.48 | 4 Q | 31.07 | ||
100 m freestyle | Christoffer Lindhe | S4 | 1:30.98 | 3 Q | 1:30.92 | 4 |
Anders Olsson | S6 | 1:07.68 | 1 Q | 1:05.95 | ||
200 m freestyle | Christoffer Lindhe | S4 | 3:11.81 | 3 Q | 3:11.84 | 4 |
200 m individual medley | Anders Olsson | SM6 | 3:03.35 | 3 Q | 2:57.30 | 7 |
400 m freestyle | Anders Olsson | S6 | 5:00.41 | 1 Q | 4:48.31 WR |
Athlete | Event | Group | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Fredrik Andersson | Singles – Class 9/10 | Manfredi Paolo Baroncelli (ITA) W3–0 | Jorge Cardona (ESP) W3–0 | Stanislaw Fraczyk (AUT) W3–0 | José Manuel Ruiz Reyes (ESP) W3–2 | Ma Lin (CHN) L 0–3 | Gerben Last (NED) W3–1 | ||
Ernst Bolldén | Singles – Class 4/5 | Alexandre Ank (BRA) W3–0 | Lin Wen-Hsin (TPE) W3–0 | Sameh Saleh (EGY) L 2–3 | Did not advance | ||||
Simon Itkonen | Singles – Class 6 | Rungroj Thainiyom (THA) L 0–3 | Nico Blok (NED) L 2–3 | Michal Jensen (DEN) L 1–3 | Did not advance | ||||
Linus Karlsson | Singles – Class 9/10 | Ladislav Gaspar (SVK) W3–1 | Gerben Last (NED) L 0–3 | Did not advance | |||||
Örjan Kylevik | Singles – Class 3 | Arnie Chan (GBR) W3–0 | Tomas 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 | ||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
Josefin Abrahamsson | Singles – Class 8 | Jaroslava Janeckova (CZE) W3–1 | Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) L 0–3 | Olga Barbusova (SVK) W3–0 | Xiaoling Zhang (CHN) W3–2 | Thu Kamkasomphou (FRA) L 0–3 | |||
Anna-Carin Ahlquist | Singles – Class 3 | Alet Moll (RSA) W3–1 | Marie-Christine Fillou (FRA) L 2–3 | Michela Brunelli (ITA) W3–1 | Did not advance | ||||
Marleen Bengtsson Kovacs | Singles – Class 8 | Claire Mairie (FRA) L 0–3 | Xiaoling Zhang (CHN) L 0–3 | Jane Karla Rodrigues (BRA) W3–0 | Did not advance | ||||
Ingela Lundbäck | Singles – Class 5 | Hui-Chu Tsai (TPE) W3–0 | Maria Luiza Passos (BRA) W3–0 | Guixiang 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 |
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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 | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Stefan Olsson | Men's singles | Wasiu Yusuf (NGR) W2–0 | Taneli Tenhunen (FIN) W2–0 | Nicolas Peifer (FRA) W2–0 | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) L 0–2 | Did not advance | ||
Peter Wikström | Men's singles | Piotr Jaroszewski (POL) W2–0 | Michael Dobbie (AUS) W2–0 | Stéphane Houdet (FRA) L 0–2 | Did not advance | |||
Johan Andersson | Quad Singles | Brent Poppen (USA) W2–0 | Dorrie Timmermans-v Hall (NED) W2–0 | David Wagner (USA) W2–1 | Peter Norfolk (GBR) L 0–2 | |||
Christer Jansson | Quad Singles | Sadahiro Kimura (JPN) L 1–2 | Did not advance | |||||
Stefan Olsson Peter Wikström | Men's Doubles | Lee Hinson (USA) Paul Moran (USA) W2–0 | Eric Stuurman (NED) Robin Ammerlaan (NED) W2–0 | Shingo Kunieda (JPN) Satoshi Saida (JPN) W2–1 | Stéphane Houdet (FRA) Michael Jeremaiasz (FRA) L 0–2 | |||
Johan Andersson Christer Jansson | Quad Doubles | Boaz Kramer (ISR) Shraga Weinberg (ISR) L 0–2 | Did not advance |
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