Sweden at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the Olympic Games
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At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Competitors	102 (56 men, 46 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Magdalena Forsberg (biathlon)
Medals Rank: 19	Gold 0	Silver 2	Bronze 5	Total 7
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Sweden competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Pärson, AnjaAnja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's Giant Slalom
Silver	Richardsson, RichardRichard Richardsson	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
Bronze	Pärson, AnjaAnja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Forsberg, MagdalenaMagdalena Forsberg	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint
Bronze	Forsberg, MagdalenaMagdalena Forsberg	Biathlon	Women's 15 km Individual
Bronze	Elofsson, PerPer Elofsson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 + 10 km pursuit
Bronze	national women's ice hockey team, SwedenSweden national women's ice hockey team Annica Åhlén   Joa Elfsberg   Josefin Pettersson Lotta Almblad   Erika Holst   Maria Rooth Anna Andersson   Nanna Jansson   Danijela Rundqvist Gunilla Andersson   Maria Larsson   Evelina Samuelsson Emelie Berggren   Ylva Lindberg   Therese Sjölander Kristina Bergstrand   Ulrica Lindström   Anna Vikman Ann-Louise Edstrand   Kim Martin	Ice hockey	Women's competition

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Patrik Järbyn	Downhill			1:41.05	18
Fredrik Nyberg				1:40.30	7
Fredrik Nyberg	Super-G			DNF	–
Patrik Järbyn				1:23.40	11
Patrik Järbyn	Giant Slalom	1:14.95	1:12.71	2:27.66	24
Fredrik Nyberg		1:13.41	1:11.88	2:25.29	13
Markus Larsson	Slalom	50.29	52.57	1:42.86	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Janette Hargin	Downhill			1:42.83	25
Pernilla Wiberg				1:41.09	14
Janette Hargin	Super-G			1:16.75	27
Pernilla Wiberg				1:14.89	12
Janette Hargin	Giant Slalom	1:20.02	1:18.49	2:38.51	31
Anna Ottosson		1:17.12	1:15.81	2:32.93	9
Ylva Nowén		1:17.09	1:15.69	2:32.78	7
Anja Pärson		1:16.87	1:14.46	2:31.33
Susanne Ekman	Slalom	57.10	57.22	1:54.32	22
Anna Ottosson		55.32	56.45	1:51.77	13
Ylva Nowén		53.08	54.10	1:47.18	4
Anja Pärson		52.57	54.52	1:47.09

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Janette Hargin	DNF	46.14	44.18	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Tord Wiksten	4	29:39.5	78
	Henrik Forsberg	6	28:04.0	63
	Carl Johan Bergman	1	26:47.1	28
	Björn Ferry	2	26:30.5	17
12.5 km pursuit ^2	Carl Johan Bergman	1	36:33.4	36
	Björn Ferry	4	35:27.5	24

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^3	Rank
20 km	Tord Wiksten	56:02.3	2	58:02.3	55
	Henrik Forsberg	51:22.0	6	57:22.0	47
	Carl Johan Bergman	53:24.5	3	56:24.5	40
	Björn Ferry	52:20.7	4	56:20.7	38

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
Carl Johan Bergman Henrik Forsberg Tord Wiksten Björn Ferry	1	1'29:52.8	14

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin	1	21:20.4
10 km pursuit ^4	Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin	3	31:34.0	6

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^3	Rank
15 km	Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin	46:08.3	2	48:08.3

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

⁴ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

Women

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
SWE-1	Karin Olsson Lina Engren	Two-woman	50.37	15	49.93	14	1:40.30	14

Cross-country skiing

Men

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Jörgen Brink	2:56.84	25	Did not advance
Thobias Fredriksson	2:54.45	18	Did not advance
Peter Larsson	2:53.55	14 Q	DSQ	–	Did not advance
Björn Lind	2:52.17	9 Q	3:02.2	1 Q	3:10.4	2 QF	2:58.1	4

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit^1
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Niklas Jonsson	27:32.0	33 Q	25:18.1	28
Mathias Fredriksson	27:02.9	19 Q	25:12.9	27
Per Elofsson	26:39.3	8 Q	23:45.9

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Morgan Göransson	39:45.7	27
	Urban Lindgren	39:24.8	17
	Magnus Ingesson	38:38.5	8
	Per Elofsson	38:10.8	5
30 km F	Morgan Göransson	DNF	–
	Per Elofsson	DNF	–
	Niklas Jonsson	1'16:25.2	36
50 km C	Mathias Fredriksson	2'18:42.1	29
	Per Elofsson	2'14:50.6	17
	Magnus Ingesson	2'14:48.6	16

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Urban Lindgren Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Morgan Göransson	1'37:59.5	13

Women

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek	3:28.07	37	Did not advance
Elin Ek	3:25.93	35	Did not advance
Anna Dahlberg-Olsson	3:25.32	33	Did not advance
Lina Andersson	3:22.65	28	Did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit^2
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek	14:28.3	47 Q	14:22.5	46
Elin Ek	14:01.6	28 Q	13:20.1	25
Jenny Olsson	14:00.7	27 Q	13:31.6	35
Lina Andersson	13:50.6	18 Q	13:37.5	39

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Anna Dahlberg-Olsson	31:01.7	40
	Jenny Olsson	30:09.5	22
	Elin Ek	30:02.3	19
	Lina Andersson	30:00.1	16
15 km F	Jenny Olsson	43:57.7	39
	Elin Ek	43:55.3	38
	Anna Dahlberg-Olsson	43:53.7	36
	Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek	42:53.8	30
30 km C	Ulrika Persson	DNF	–
	Anna-Carin Olofsson-Zidek	DNF	–
	Anna Dahlberg-Olsson	1'46:51.3	39
	Elin Ek	1'40:48.2	25

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Lina Andersson Elin Ek Jenny Olsson Anna Dahlberg-Olsson	52:40.4	12

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kevin Martin	8	1
Norway	Pål Trulsen	7	2
Switzerland	Andreas Schwaller	6	3
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	3
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	5	4
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	5
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	3	6
Great Britain	Hammy McMillan	3	6
United States	Tim Somerville	3	6
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	0	9

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United States	10–5	Sweden
Sweden	7–2	United Kingdom
Denmark	5–9	Sweden
Sweden	7–8	Switzerland
Canada	5–6	Sweden
France	6–9	Sweden
Finland	4–11	Sweden
Germany	4–5	Sweden
Sweden	8–9	Norway

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4
Canada (Martin)	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	6

Bronze medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm) 4th	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	3
Switzerland (Schwaller)	1	2	0	1	0	0	2	1	0	X	7

Contestants

Sweden
Östersunds CK, Östersund Skip: Peja Lindholm Third: Tomas Nordin Second: Magnus Swartling Lead: Peter Narup Alternate: Anders Kraupp

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kelley Law	8	1
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	7	2
United States	Kari Erickson	6	3
Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
Germany	Natalie Neßler	5	4
Sweden 6th	Elisabet Gustafson	5	4
Norway	Dordi Nordby	4	5
Japan	Akiko Katoh	2	7
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	2	7
Russia	Olga Jarkova	1	8

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sweden	4–5	Canada
Sweden	7–4	United Kingdom
Sweden	5–6	United States
Sweden	9–11	Denmark
Sweden	10–3	Norway
Japan	7–8	Sweden
Germany	7–5	Sweden
Switzerland	7–8	Sweden
Sweden	9–6	Russia

Tie-breaker

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Sweden 6th	4–6	United Kingdom

Contestants

Sweden
Umeå CC, Umeå Skip: Elisabet Gustafson Third: Katarina Nyberg Second: Louise Marmont Lead: Elisabeth Persson Alternate: Christina Bertrup

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Patrik Sundberg	Moguls	29.58	23.16	22	Did not advance
Fredrik Fortkord		30.24	24.81	14 Q	28.15	24.89	13

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Sara Kjellin	Moguls	35.50	22.44	12 Q	DNF	DNF	–
Liselotte Johansson	Aerials		125.20	21	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

First round - group C

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Sweden	3	3	0	0	14	4	+10	6
Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	12	7	+5	3
Canada	3	1	1	1	8	10	−2	3
Germany	3	0	3	0	5	18	−13	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

15 February 2002 16:10

Canada

2 – 5 (1–1, 0–4, 1–0)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,597

17 February 2002 16:05

Sweden

2 – 1 (1–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

18 February 2002 19:00

Germany

1 – 7 (0–3, 0–3, 1–1)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,348

Quarter final

20 February 2002 11:05

Sweden

3 – 4 (1–2, 1–0, 1–2)

Belarus

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,240

• Team Roster

• • Johan Hedberg
  • Mikael Tellqvist
  • Tommy Salo
  • Mattias Öhlund
  • Kim Johnsson
  • Fredrik Olausson
  • Nicklas Lidström
  • Marcus Ragnarsson
  • Mattias Norström
  • Kenny Jönsson
  • Daniel Alfredsson
  • P. J. Axelsson
  • Mats Sundin
  • Mathias Johansson
  • Mikael Renberg
  • Magnus Arvedson
  • Ulf Dahlén
  • Niklas Sundström
  • Henrik Zetterberg
  • Jörgen Jönsson
  • Markus Näslund
  • Michael Nylander
  • Tomas Holmström

• Head Coach: Hardy Nilsson

Women's tournament

First round - group A

Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	25	0	+25	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	10	13	−3	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	11	−5	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	1	18	−17	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

11 February 2002 14:00

Sweden

3 – 2 (2–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,241

13 February 2002 14:00

Sweden

7 – 0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,349

16 February 2002 19:00

Canada

11 – 0 (1–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,306

Medal round

Semi-final

19 February 2002 16:30

United States

4 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,738

Bronze medal game

21 February 2002 12:10

Finland

1 – 2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,298

Contestants Annica Åhlén Lotta Almblad Anna Andersson Gunilla Andersson Emelie Berggren Kristina Bergstrand Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Erika Holst Nanna Jansson Maria Larsson Ylva Lindberg Ulrica Lindström Kim Martin Josefin Pettersson Maria Rooth Danijela Rundqvist Evelina Samuelsson Therese Sjölander Anna Vikman

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Söderberg	46.624	36	45.228	22	45.064	23	45.298	24	3:02.214	28
Bengt Walden	45.455	26	45.189	21	45.081	25	45.561	26	3:01.286	23

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anders Söderberg Bengt Walden	45.589	17	DNF	–	DNF	–

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Martin Johansson	500 m	43.435	3	Did not advance
Martin Johansson	1000 m	DSQ	–	Did not advance
Martin Johansson	1500 m	2:25.824	3 Q			2:24.032	4 QB	2:28.559	9

Snowboarding

Men's parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Qualifying		Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
	Time	Rank
Jonas Aspman	38.88	28	Did not advance
Stephen Copp	37.32	12 Q	Dejan Košir L	Did not advance
Richard Richardsson	36.58	4 Q	Mathias Behounek W	Dejan Košir W	Nicolas Huet W	Philipp Schoch L
Daniel Biveson	36.42	3 Q	Walter Feichter L	Did not advance

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stefan Karlsson	29.8	19	30.4	18	Did not advance
Magnus Sterner	32.0	16	39.1	6 Q	36.6	11
Tomas Johansson	32.1	15	30.1	19	Did not advance

Women's parallel giant slalom

Athlete	Qualifying		Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	Rank
	Time	Rank
Sara Fischer	43.21	18	Did not advance
Åsa Windahl	42.41	10 Q	Lisa Kosglow L	Did not advance

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Janet Jonsson	13.0	22	16.1	15	Did not advance
Anna Hellman	19.6	18	DNF	–	Did not advance

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1500 m	Johan Röjler	1:49.50	38
5000 m	Johan Röjler	6:33.18	22

References

• Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com