Sweden at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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Gold

  • Jan-Ove Waldner
    Jan-Ove Waldner
    Jan-Ove Waldner is a Swedish table tennis player. He is known as "the Mozart of table tennis" and is a legend in his native Sweden as well as in China. In China he is known as 老瓦 Lao Wa - "Old Wa" or 常青树 Chang Qing Shu - "Evergreen"...

     — Table Tennis, Men's Singles

Silver

  • Patrik Sjöberg
    Patrik Sjöberg
    Jan Niklas Patrik Sjöberg is a former Swedish high jumper and previous world record holder. With , he holds the Swedish as well as the European record in men's high jump...

     — Athletics, Men's High Jump

  • Gunnar Olsson and Karl Sundqvist — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000 m Kayak Pairs

  • Agneta Andersson
    Agneta Andersson
    Agneta Monica Andersson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s...

     and Susanne Gunnarsson-Wiberg — Canoeing, Women's K2 500 m Kayak Pairs

  • Magnus Andersson
    Magnus Andersson (handballer)
    Per Magnus Andersson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Linköping....

    , Robert Andersson
    Robert Andersson (handballer)
    Robert Andersson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ystad....

    , Anders Bäckegren
    Anders Bäckegren
    Per Anders Bäckegren is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg....

    , Per Carlén
    Per Carlén
    Per Carlén is a former handball player. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén.- Player career:...

    , Magnus Cato
    Magnus Cato
    Jan Magnus Cato is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg.In 1992 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal. He played six matches and scored six goal.-External links:*...

    , Erik Hajas
    Erik Hajas
    Erik Hajas is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.He was born in Huddinge Municipality....

    , Robert Hedin
    Robert Hedin
    Gunnar Robert Hedin is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ystad....

    , Patrick Liljestrand, Ola Lindgren
    Ola Lindgren
    Per Ola Markus Lindgren is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Halmstad....

    , Mats Olsson
    Mats Olsson
    Mats Åke Olsson is a Swedish retired handball goalkeeper. He was born in Malmö.- Player career:Olsson played 294 caps for Sweden between 1979 and 1997. He competed at 4 summer olympics and 6 World championships. Mats Olsson started his career at Dalhems IF in Malmö...

    , Staffan Olsson
    Staffan Olsson
    Erik Staffan Olsson is a retired Swedish handball player and recently appointed Swedish national coach. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right wing player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking...

    , Axel Sjöblad
    Axel Sjöblad
    Axel Erland Sjöblad is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Malmö.In 1992 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal. He played all seven matches and scored five goals.-References:...

    , Tommy Souraniemi
    Tommy Souraniemi
    Tommy Roger Suoraniemi is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Tensta....

    , Tomas Svensson
    Tomas Svensson
    Tomas Runar Svensson is a Swedish handball player. He is currently playing for Pevafersa Valladolid and the Sweden national handball team.-Player career:...

    , Pierre Thorsson
    Pierre Thorsson
    Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Linköping....

    , and Magnus Wislander
    Magnus Wislander
    Hans Einar Magnus Wislander is a Swedish handball player, who has been voted Handball Player of the Century. Since his debut in the national team in he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals...

     — Handball, Men's Team Competition

  • Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

     — Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Lars Frölander
    Lars Frölander
    Lars Arne Frölander is a Swedish swimmer. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality. He competed in 5 consecutive Olympic Games . The highlight of his career was when he won the gold in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000...

    , Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

    , Christer Wallin
    Christer Wallin
    Bengt Christer Wallin is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander....

    , and Tommy Werner
    Tommy Werner
    Tommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...

     — Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle

  • Tomas Johansson — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Super Heavyweight

Bronze

  • Agneta Andersson
    Agneta Andersson
    Agneta Monica Andersson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s...

    , Maria Haglund
    Maria Haglund
    Maria Haglund is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. She won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona....

    , Anna Olsson and Susanne Rosenqvist
    Susanne Rosenqvist
    Susanne Rosenqvist is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won two bronze medals in the K-4 500 m event ....

     — Canoeing, Women's K4 500m Kayak Fours

  • Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

     — Swimming, Men's 400m freestyle

  • Torbjörn Kornbakk — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

  • Ragnar Skanåker
    Ragnar Skanåker
    Ragnar Skanåker is a Swedish pistol shooter who was a world-class shooter for an extremely long period. His international breakthrough came in the 1972 Olympics, where he won the 50 m Pistol event...

     — Shooting, Men's 50 m Pistol

Archery
Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics
There were 4 different Archery competitions at the 1992 Summer Olympics. The format of the previous Olympics was dropped for this Olympiad, with an entirely new system being put in place....

The Swedish women, despite not having a spectacular showing in the individual round, nearly knocked off the heavily favored Korean
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

 squad in the team round quarterfinals. The Swedes tied the Koreans at 240 in the 27-arrow match, forcing a shootout that the Koreans won to eliminate the Swedes from medal contention. No other team came within 12 points of the Koreans, and the Korean team's average margin against the three other nations it faced was nearly 20 points.

Women's Individual Competition:
  • Jenny Sjöwall — Round of 32, 18th place (0-1)
  • Liselotte Djerf — Round of 32, 28th place (0-1)
  • Kristina Persson — Ranking round, 34th place (0-0)


Women's Team Competition:
  • Sjöwall, Djerf, and Persson — Quarterfinal, 5th place (1-1)

Athletics
Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, 43 events in athletics were contested, 24 events by men and 19 by women. The competition ran from July 31, 1992 to August 9, 1992. Fourteen world record-holders were among the contenders...

Men's 400m Hurdles
  • Niklas Wallenlind
    Niklas Wallenlind
    Per Johan Niklas Wallenlind is a retired track and field athlete from Sweden, who competed in the men's 400 metres hurdles event. He won the bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia...

  • Heat — 48.71
  • Semifinal — 48.35
  • Final — 48.63 (→ 5th place)

  • Sven Nylander
    Sven Nylander
    Sven Olof Nylander is a retired hurdler from Sweden, who is best known for winning two silver medals at the European Championships during his career...

  • Heat — 49.49
  • Semifinal — 49.64 (→ did not advance)


Men's 5.000 metres
  • Jonny Danielson
  • Heat — 13:43.91 (→ did not advance)


Men's 20 km Walk
  • Stefan Johansson
    Stefan Johansson (athlete)
    Jan Bengt Stefan Johansson is a retired male race walker from Sweden. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992. Johansson set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk event in 1988.-Achievements:-References:*...

     — 1:28:37 (→ 15th place)


Men's 50 km Walk
  • Stefan Johansson
    Stefan Johansson (athlete)
    Jan Bengt Stefan Johansson is a retired male race walker from Sweden. He twice competed for his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1992. Johansson set his personal best in the men's 50 km walk event in 1988.-Achievements:-References:*...

     — 3:58:56 (→ 11th place)


Men's Triple Jump
  • Tord Henriksson
    Tord Henriksson
    Tord Erik Stefan Henriksson is a retired Swedish triple jumper, best known for his bronze medal at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. His personal best was 17.21 metres, achieved in July 1993 in Bad Cannstatt. He is married to middle-distance runner Maria Akraka.-Achievements:-External links:*...

  • Qualification — 15.66 m (→ did not advance)


Men's Javelin Throw
  • Dag Wennlund
    Dag Wennlund
    Dag Bengt Wennlund is a retired javelin thrower from Sweden, who represented his native country at three consecutive Summer Olympics . He is a three-time Swedish champion in the men's javelin event...

  • Qualification — 77.88 m (→ did not advance)

  • Patrik Bodén
    Patrik Bodén
    Lars Patrik Bodén is a retired male Swedish javelin thrower. He holds the Swedish national record at 89.10 meters, set in Austin, Texas, on March 24, 1990. He also held the world record with this throw for a while, until Steve Backley set a new record later the same year.-Achievements:-External...

  • Qualification — 77.70 m (→ did not advance)

  • Peter Borglund
    Peter Borglund
    Peter Lars Mikael Borglund is a retired javelin thrower from Sweden, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics . He is a five-time Swedish champion in the men's javelin event...

  • Qualification — 74.72 m (→ did not advance)


Men's Hammer Throw
  • Tore Gustafsson
    Tore Gustafsson
    Lars Tore Gustafsson is a retired male hammer thrower from Sweden, who competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988...

  • Qualification — 73.52 m (→ did not advance)


Men's Shot Put
  • Sören Tallhem
  • Qualification — 19.65 m
  • Final — 19.32 m (→ 12th place)

  • Kent Larsson
  • Qualification — 18.56 m (→ did not advance)


Women's 400m Hurdles
  • Frida Johansson
  • Heat — 56.13
  • Semifinal — 55.85 (→ did not advance)

  • Monica Westén
  • Heat — 56.68 (→ did not advance)


Women's 10 km Walk
  • Madelein Svensson
    Madelein Svensson
    Britta Madelein Svensson is a retired race walker from Sweden. She won the silver medal in the women's 10km Walk at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan and represented her native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, where she ended up in sixth place in the women's...

  • Final — 45:17 (→ 6th place)

Cycling
Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics. There were two categories of events – road cycling and track cycling...

Women's Individual Road Race
  • Marie Höljer
  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 9th place)

  • Elisabeth Westman
  • Final — 2:05:03 (→ 27th place)

  • Madeleine Lindberg
  • Final — 2:05:46 (→ 38th place)

Diving
Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, from 26 July to 4 August , comprising 95 divers from 30 nations.-Medal summary:...

Men's 3m Springboard
  • Joakim Andersson
    Joakim Andersson (diver)
    Arne Joakim Andersson is a retired diver from Sweden. He won four medals at the European Championships in the early 1990s....

  • Preliminary Round — 376.68 points
  • Final — 562.74 points (→ 9th place)

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Drew with Paraguay
    Paraguay national football team
    The Paraguay national football team is controlled by the Paraguayan Football Association and represents Paraguay in men's international football competitions. The team has reached the second round of the World Cup on four occasions . The 2010 trip also featured their first appearance in the...

     (0-0)
  • Defeated Morocco
    Morocco national football team
    The Morocco national football team , nicknamed أسود الأطلس , is the national team of Morocco and is managed by Eric Gerets. Winners of the African Nations Cup in 1976, they were the first African team to win a group at the World Cup, which they did in 1986, finishing ahead of Portugal, Poland, and...

     (4-0)
  • Drew with South Korea (1-1)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Australia (1-2) → Did not advance

  • Team Roster
  • ( 1.) Jan Ekholm
    Jan Ekholm
    Jan Tomas Ekholm is a retired professional footballer from Sweden, who played as a goalkeeper during his career. He was a member of the Sweden national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain....

  • ( 2.) Magnus Johansson
    Magnus Johansson (Ölme)
    Leif Magnus Johansson is a former Swedish football defender. After playing for a local club, he joined IFK Göteborg in 1990. He moved to the Dutch club FC Groningen in 1999 before rejoining IFK in 2003. He was a member of the Swedish squad that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona...

  • ( 3.) Joachim Björklund
    Joachim Björklund
    Joachim Björklund is a former Swedish professional footballer. For many years he formed a successful central defensive partnership with Patrik Andersson for the Swedish national team. Björklund was selected for the UEFA Euro 1992, 1994 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2000...

  • ( 4.) Filip Apelstav
    Filip Apelstav
    Klas Filip Apelstav is a retired professional footballer from Sweden, who played as a defender during his career. He was a member of the Sweden national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:**...

  • ( 5.) Niclas Alexandersson
  • ( 6.) Håkan Mild
    Håkan Mild
    Stig Håkan Mild is a former Swedish football midfielder and current director of sports of IFK Göteborg, his main club as player, with which he won four Swedish Championships...

  • ( 7.) Patrik Andersson
  • ( 8.) Stefan Landberg
    Stefan Landberg
    Stefan Olof Ragnar Landberg is a Swedish football coach and former midfielder.He played for Kalmar FF , Östers IF and IFK Göteborg . He was capped for Sweden. He was later an assistant coach of IFK Göteborg, together with Kjell Pettersson under head coach Arne Erlandsen.-References:*...

  • ( 9.) Christer Fursth
    Christer Fursth
    Christer Fursth is a retired professional footballer from Sweden, who played as a left midfielder during his career. He was a member of the Sweden national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. He obtained a total number of four caps for the national team, making...

  • (10.) Johnny Rödlund
    Johnny Rödlund
    Jonny Erik Gunnar Rödlund is a retired Swedish footballer.He was a member of the Swedish national team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and earned 2 international caps. He failed however to develop his enormous talent to any higher degree.-References:*...

  • (11.) Tomas Brolin
    Tomas Brolin
    Per Tomas Brolin is a Swedish former professional football player who had a successful period with A.C. Parma during the early nineties winning the 1992 Coppa Italia, the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup, the 1993 UEFA Super Cup and the 1995 UEFA Cup.Brolin also played for the Swedish national team,...

  • (12.) Håkan Svensson
    Håkan Svensson
    Håkan Svensson is a former professional football goalkeeper, who currently is assistant manager at Falkenbergs FF in Superettan-Career:...

  • (13.) Jesper Jansson
    Jesper Jansson
    Jesper Jansson is a retired professional footballer from Sweden, who played as a defender and a midfielder during his career. He was a member of the Sweden national football team competing at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...

  • (14.) Jörgen Moberg
  • (15.) Björn Lilius
  • (16.) Henrik Nilsson
  • (17.) Anders Andersson
  • (18.) Pascal Simpson
    Pascal Simpson
    Pascal "Pagge" Simpson is a former Swedish football striker who had played for AIK and FC Copenhagen. He was part of the AIK squad that won the Swedish championship in 1992, its first such championship in 55 years. Simpson contributed significantly to the win...

  • (19.) Niklas Gudmundsson
    Niklas Gudmundsson
    Niklas Lars Roger Gudmundsson is a former Swedish footballer.During his career he played for Halmstads BK, Blackburn Rovers F.C., Ipswich Town F.C., Malmö FF, and IF Elfsborg...

  • (20.) Jonas Axeldahl
  • Head Coach: Nisse Andersson

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Sweden — Czechoslovakia 20-14
  • Sweden — South Korea 26-18
  • Sweden — Brazil 22-15
  • Sweden — Hungary 25-21
  • Sweden — Iceland 25-18
  • Semi Finals
  • Sweden — France 25-22
  • Final
  • Sweden — Unified Team 20-22 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Team Roster
  • Magnus Andersson
    Magnus Andersson (handballer)
    Per Magnus Andersson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Linköping....

  • Robert Andersson
    Robert Andersson (handballer)
    Robert Andersson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ystad....

  • Anders Bäckegren
    Anders Bäckegren
    Per Anders Bäckegren is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg....

  • Per Carlén
    Per Carlén
    Per Carlén is a former handball player. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén.- Player career:...

  • Magnus Cato
    Magnus Cato
    Jan Magnus Cato is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg.In 1992 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal. He played six matches and scored six goal.-External links:*...

  • Erik Hajas
    Erik Hajas
    Erik Hajas is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.He was born in Huddinge Municipality....

  • Robert Hedin
    Robert Hedin
    Gunnar Robert Hedin is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics and in the 1996 Summer Olympics.He was born in Ystad....

  • Patrick Liljestrand
  • Ola Lindgren
    Ola Lindgren
    Per Ola Markus Lindgren is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Halmstad....

  • Mats Olsson
    Mats Olsson
    Mats Åke Olsson is a Swedish retired handball goalkeeper. He was born in Malmö.- Player career:Olsson played 294 caps for Sweden between 1979 and 1997. He competed at 4 summer olympics and 6 World championships. Mats Olsson started his career at Dalhems IF in Malmö...

  • Staffan Olsson
    Staffan Olsson
    Erik Staffan Olsson is a retired Swedish handball player and recently appointed Swedish national coach. Olsson, who always played with no 13, was a left-handed right wing player with one of the most feared shots of all the elite players. Later in his career he won praise for his great playmaking...

  • Axel Sjöblad
    Axel Sjöblad
    Axel Erland Sjöblad is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Malmö.In 1992 he was a member of the Swedish handball team which won the silver medal. He played all seven matches and scored five goals.-References:...

  • Tommy Souraniemi
    Tommy Souraniemi
    Tommy Roger Suoraniemi is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics.He was born in Tensta....

  • Tomas Svensson
    Tomas Svensson
    Tomas Runar Svensson is a Swedish handball player. He is currently playing for Pevafersa Valladolid and the Sweden national handball team.-Player career:...

  • Pierre Thorsson
    Pierre Thorsson
    Pierre Roger Valdemar Thorsson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Linköping....

  • Magnus Wislander
    Magnus Wislander
    Hans Einar Magnus Wislander is a Swedish handball player, who has been voted Handball Player of the Century. Since his debut in the national team in he has played over 380 games and scored over 1,000 goals...

  • Head Coach: Bengt Johansson
    Bengt Johansson
    Bengt Johansson is a handball player and coach, playing in the national team -, but best known as coach for the Swedish national handball team 1988-2004....


Sailing
Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
  • Magnus Torell
  • Final Ranking — 157.0 points (→ 13th place)


Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390)
  • Lisa Gullberg
  • Final Ranking — 182.0 points (→ 16th place)

Swimming
Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, 31 swimming events were contested. There was a total of 641 participants from 92 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men's events:* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals....

Men's 50m Freestyle
  • Pär Lindström
    Pär Lindström
    Pär Arne Lindström is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed twice at the Summer Olympics for his native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the Men's 50m Freestyle. He later was affiliated with the University of California in Berkeley, California.-References:...

  • Heat — 22.92
  • B-Final — 22.88 (→ 11th place)


Men's 100m Freestyle
  • Tommy Werner
    Tommy Werner
    Tommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...

  • Heat — 50.00
  • Final — 49.63 (→ 6th place)

  • Håkan Karlsson
    Håkan Karlsson
    Jonas Klas Håkan Karlsson is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 m freestyle. He was affiliated with the Karlskrona SS.-References:*...

  • Heat — 50.73 (→ did not advance, 18th place)


Men's 200m Freestyle
  • Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

  • Heat — 1:46.76
  • Final — 1:46.86 (→ Silver Medal)

  • Tommy Werner
    Tommy Werner
    Tommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...

  • Heat — 1:50.01 (→ 15th place)
  • B-Final — Withdrew (→ no ranking)


Men's 400m Freestyle
  • Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

  • Heat — 3:49.95
  • Final — 3:46.77 (→ Bronze Medal)

  • Christer Wallin
    Christer Wallin
    Bengt Christer Wallin is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander....

  • Heat — 4:02.14 (→ did not advance, 36th place)


Men's 100m Backstroke
  • Rudi Dollmayer
    Rudi Dollmayer
    Rudolf Christopher Karl Dollmayer is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 m butterfly and the men's 100 m backstroke. He was affiliated with SK Ran in Malmö.-References:...

  • Heat — 58.26 (→ did not advance, 37th place)


Men's 100m Butterfly
  • Rudi Dollmayer
    Rudi Dollmayer
    Rudolf Christopher Karl Dollmayer is a former butterfly and backstroke swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 m butterfly and the men's 100 m backstroke. He was affiliated with SK Ran in Malmö.-References:...

  • Heat — 57.27 (→ did not advance, 47th place)


Men's 200m Individual Medley
  • Jan Bidrman
    Jan Bidrman
    Jan Bidrman is the head coach of the Calgary Academy of Swimming Excellence and the high performance coach of Swim Alberta...

  • Heat — DSQ (→ no ranking)


Men's 400m Individual Medley
  • Jan Bidrman
    Jan Bidrman
    Jan Bidrman is the head coach of the Calgary Academy of Swimming Excellence and the high performance coach of Swim Alberta...

  • Heat — 4:22.96
  • B-Final — 4:23.52 (→ 15th place)


Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
  • Göran Titus
    Göran Titus
    Göran Lars Titus is a former Swedish freestyle swimmer. He competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. His best individual result is a 9th place in the 50 m freestyle 1992....

    , Håkan Karlsson
    Håkan Karlsson
    Jonas Klas Håkan Karlsson is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 m freestyle. He was affiliated with the Karlskrona SS.-References:*...

    , Fredrik Letzler
    Fredrik Letzler
    Fredrik Lars-Owe Letzler is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed twice at the Summer Olympics for his native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay.- References :...

    , and Tommy Werner
    Tommy Werner
    Tommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...

  • Heat — 3:18.92
  • Tommy Werner
    Tommy Werner
    Tommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...

    , Håkan Karlsson
    Håkan Karlsson
    Jonas Klas Håkan Karlsson is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed for his native country at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the men's 100 m freestyle. He was affiliated with the Karlskrona SS.-References:*...

    , Fredrik Letzler
    Fredrik Letzler
    Fredrik Lars-Owe Letzler is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed twice at the Summer Olympics for his native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the men's 4×100 m freestyle relay.- References :...

    , and Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

  • Final — 3:20.10 (→ 5th place)


Men's 4x200m Freestyle
  • Christer Wallin
    Christer Wallin
    Bengt Christer Wallin is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander....

    , Lars Frölander
    Lars Frölander
    Lars Arne Frölander is a Swedish swimmer. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality. He competed in 5 consecutive Olympic Games . The highlight of his career was when he won the gold in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000...

    , Tommy Werner
    Tommy Werner
    Tommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...

    , and Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

    ,
  • Heat — 7:20.03
  • Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz
    Anders Holmertz is a Swedish retired swimmer who was a leader in freestyle races in the 1980s and at the beginning of 1990s, though often missing personal success. He also settled a record in the 400 m freestyle...

    , Tommy Werner
    Tommy Werner
    Tommy Henrik Werner was a freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the men's 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander...

    , Christer Wallin
    Christer Wallin
    Bengt Christer Wallin is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander....

    , and Lars Frölander
    Lars Frölander
    Lars Arne Frölander is a Swedish swimmer. He grew up in Ornäs in Borlänge Municipality. He competed in 5 consecutive Olympic Games . The highlight of his career was when he won the gold in the 100 metre butterfly event at the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000...

  • Final — 7:15.51 (→ Silver Medal)



Women's 50m Freestyle
  • Linda Olofsson
    Linda Olofsson (swimmer)
    Linda Olofsson , later Linda Andersson, is a former female freestyle swimmer from Sweden. She competed twice at the Summer Olympics for her native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 4×100 m freestyle.-References:...

  • Heat — 26.43
  • B-Final — 26.51 (→ 15th place)

  • Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson is a former Swedish breaststroke and medley swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished 8th on 200 m medley in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also held the world record on 100 m medley for about one year, with the time 1:01.03 in January...

  • Heat — 26.77 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)


Women's 100m Freestyle
  • Eva Nyberg
    Eva Nyberg
    Eva Karin Nyberg is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her best individual result is 19th place in the 100 m freestyle in 1992. She also swum a final with the 1992 4×100 m freestyle relay team finishing...

  • Heat — 57.36 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

  • Ellenor Svensson
    Ellenor Svensson
    Ellenor Susanne Svensson is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 100 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle relay. She finished 23rd in the individual event and 7th with the team.-References:*...

  • Heat — 58.03 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)


Women's 200m Freestyle
  • Malin Nilsson
    Malin Nilsson
    Malin Linda Maria Nilsson is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won a total number of three silver medals at the European Swimming Championships in the 1990s.-References:...

  • Heat — 2:03.44
  • B-Final — 2:02.02 (→ 12th place)


Women's 400m Freestyle
  • Malin Nilsson
    Malin Nilsson
    Malin Linda Maria Nilsson is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won a total number of three silver medals at the European Swimming Championships in the 1990s.-References:...

  • Heat — 4:13.16
  • Final — 4:14.10 (→ 7th place)


Women's 100m Butterfly
  • Therèse Lundin
    Therèse Lundin (swimmer)
    Therèse Lundin is a former Swedish Olympic butterfly swimmer. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she finished 12th in the 100 m butterfly with a time of 1:01.38.-References:*...

  • Heat — 1:01.38
  • B-Final — 1:01.43 (→ 12th place)

  • Malin Strömberg
    Malin Strömberg
    Malin Maria Birgitta Strömberg is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she finished 24th in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...

  • Heat — 1:02.78 (→ did not advance, 24th place)


Women's 200m Individual Medley
  • Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson is a former Swedish breaststroke and medley swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished 8th on 200 m medley in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also held the world record on 100 m medley for about one year, with the time 1:01.03 in January...

  • Heat — 2:18.75 (→ did not advance, 17th place)


Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
  • Eva Nyberg
    Eva Nyberg
    Eva Karin Nyberg is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her best individual result is 19th place in the 100 m freestyle in 1992. She also swum a final with the 1992 4×100 m freestyle relay team finishing...

    , Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson is a former Swedish breaststroke and medley swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished 8th on 200 m medley in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also held the world record on 100 m medley for about one year, with the time 1:01.03 in January...

    , Ellenor Svensson
    Ellenor Svensson
    Ellenor Susanne Svensson is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 100 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle relay. She finished 23rd in the individual event and 7th with the team.-References:*...

    , and Linda Olofsson
    Linda Olofsson (swimmer)
    Linda Olofsson , later Linda Andersson, is a former female freestyle swimmer from Sweden. She competed twice at the Summer Olympics for her native country, in 1992 and 1996, both in the women's 50 m freestyle and the women's 4×100 m freestyle.-References:...

  • Heat — 3:48.15
  • Eva Nyberg
    Eva Nyberg
    Eva Karin Nyberg is a former Swedish Olympic freestyle swimmer. She competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics and in the 1992 Summer Olympics. Her best individual result is 19th place in the 100 m freestyle in 1992. She also swum a final with the 1992 4×100 m freestyle relay team finishing...

    , Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson
    Louise Karlsson is a former Swedish breaststroke and medley swimmer who competed in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. She finished 8th on 200 m medley in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also held the world record on 100 m medley for about one year, with the time 1:01.03 in January...

    , Ellenor Svensson
    Ellenor Svensson
    Ellenor Susanne Svensson is a former Swedish Olympic swimmer. She competed in the 1992 Summer Olympics, where she swam the 100 m freestyle and the 4×100 m freestyle relay. She finished 23rd in the individual event and 7th with the team.-References:*...

    , and Malin Nilsson
    Malin Nilsson
    Malin Linda Maria Nilsson is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1992. She won a total number of three silver medals at the European Swimming Championships in the 1990s.-References:...

  • Final — 3:48.47 (→ 7th place)

Tennis
Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
These are the final results for the tennis competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.American teenager Jennifer Capriati stunned German Steffi Graf in the women's singles final to win the gold medal...

Men's Singles Competition:
  • Stefan Edberg
    Stefan Edberg
    Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

  • First round — Lost to Andrei Chesnokov
    Andrei Chesnokov
    Andrei Eduardovich Chesnokov is a former professional tennis player from Russia.Chesnokov's highest singles ranking was World No. 9 in 1991. The biggest tournament victories of his career came at the Monte Carlo Open in 1990, and at the Canadian Open in 1991 .Chesnokov's best performance at a...

     (Unified Team) 0-6, 4-6, 4-6

  • Magnus Larsson
    Magnus Larsson
    Per Henrik Magnus Larsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Larsson turned professional in 1989 and won his first top-level singles title at Florence in 1990. His first doubles title was also won in Florence, in 1991.Some of the most significant highlights of Larsson's career came...

  • First round — Defeated Horst Skoff
    Horst Skoff
    Horst Skoff was a professional tennis player from Austria.Skoff was born in Klagenfurt, Austria, and turned professional in 1985. He won his first top-level singles title in 1988 at Athens. Over the course of his career he won four top-level singles titles and two tour doubles titles...

     (Austria) 6-2, 6-2, 6-3
  • Second round — Defeated Guy Forget
    Guy Forget
    Guy Forget is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain.-Career:...

     (France) 6-3, 6-3, 6-1
  • Third round — Lost to Emilio Sánchez
    Emilio Sánchez
    Emilio Ángel Sánchez Vicario is a former professional tennis player from Spain. He won three Grand Slam doubles titles and the men's doubles silver medal at the 1988 Olympic Games...

     (Spain) 4-6, 6-7, 7-6, 4-6

  • Magnus Gustafsson
    Magnus Gustafsson
    Magnus Nils Gustafsson is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Gustafsson won 14 top-level singles titles during his career, reaching a career-high singles ranking of World No. 10 in 1991. He was also part of the Swedish team which won the Davis Cup in 1998...

  • First round — Defeated Owen Casey
    Owen Casey
    Owen Casey is a former tennis player from Ireland.Casey represented his native country as a lucky loser at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, where he was defeated in the first round by Sweden's Magnus Gustafsson. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 12 October 1992,...

     (Ireland) 7-6, 6-1, 6-4
  • Second round — Lost to Jordi Arrese
    Jordi Arrese
    Jordi Arrese i Castañé is a former professional tennis player from Spain.Born in Barcelona, Arrese won the men's singles Silver Medal at the 1992 Olympic Games in his home-town of Barcelona...

     (Spain) 2-6, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3, 7-9


Men's Doubles Competition:
  • Stefan Edberg
    Stefan Edberg
    Stefan Bengt Edberg is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Sweden. A major proponent of the serve-and-volley style of tennis, he won six Grand Slam singles titles and three Grand Slam men's doubles titles. He also won one season ending championship title the Masters Grand Prix...

     and Anders Järryd
    Anders Järryd
    Anders Per Järryd is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. During his career he won eight Grand Slam doubles titles , reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking, and achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 5.Järryd was born in Lidköping, Västra Götaland...

  • First round — Lost to Jim Courier
    Jim Courier
    James Spencer "Jim" Courier, Jr. is a former world no. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. During his career, he won four Grand Slam singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open...

     and Pete Sampras
    Pete Sampras
    Pete Sampras is a retired American tennis player and former world no. 1. During his 15-year tour career, he won 14 Grand Slam singles titles and became recognized as one of the greatest tennis players of all time....

     (USA) 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7, 4-6


Women's Singles Competition
  • Catarina Lindqvist
    Catarina Lindqvist
    Anna Catarina Lindqvist Ryan is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.-Career:Lindqvist turned professional in 1983. She reached a career high rank of #10 in April 1985. She also won 6 WTA Tour singles titles and 1 doubles...

  • First Round — Lost to Angélica Gavaldón
    Angélica Gavaldón
    Angélica Gavaldón Loaiza is a retired tennis player from Mexico.Gavaldón was born in the United States but comes from a Mexican family and turned pro in 1990. That same year, she qualified for the quarter-finals in the 1990 Australian Open, from which she was eliminated in a match against Claudia...

    (Mexico) 4-6, 3-6



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