Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	112 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Anja Pärson (opening)[1] Anette Norberg (closing)[2]
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 7	Silver 2	Bronze 5	Total 14
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Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. A total of 99 athletes were selected, and they competed in eight of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports. When the medals were summed up, Sweden had managed seven gold medals, two silver and five bronze, which was the best result ever in the Winter Olympics,^{[citation needed]} and gave Sweden a 6th place in the medal table.

Contents 1 Medalists 2 Alpine skiing 3 Biathlon 4 Cross-country skiing 5 Curling 5.1 Men's 5.2 Women's 6 Figure skating 7 Freestyle skiing 8 Ice hockey 8.1 Men's 8.2 Women's 9 Snowboarding 10 Speed skating 11 Notes and references 12 Further reference

[edit] Medalists

The following Swedish athletes won medals at the games:

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Pärson, AnjaAnja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
1 Gold	Olofsson, Anna CarinAnna Carin Olofsson	Biathlon	Women's mass start
1 Gold	Bergman, UlrikaUlrika Bergman Cathrine Lindahl Eva Lund Anette Norberg Anna Svärd	Curling	Women's team
1 Gold	Fredriksson, ThobiasThobias Fredriksson Björn Lind	Cross-country skiing	Men's team sprint, classical style
1 Gold	Lind, BjörnBjörn Lind	Cross-country skiing	Men's 1.35 km individual sprint
1 Gold	Andersson, LinaLina Andersson Anna Dahlberg	Cross-country skiing	Women's team sprint, classical style
1 Gold	men's national ice hockey team, SwedenSweden men's national ice hockey team Daniel Alfredsson   Kenny Jönsson   Mikael Samuelsson P. J. Axelsson   Niklas Kronwall   Daniel Sedin Christian Bäckman   Nicklas Lidström   Henrik Sedin Peter Forsberg   Stefan Liv   Mats Sundin Mika Hannula   Henrik Lundqvist   Ronnie Sundin Niclas Hävelid   Fredrik Modin   Mikael Tellqvist Tomas Holmström   Mattias Öhlund   Daniel Tjärnqvist Jörgen Jönsson   Samuel Påhlsson   Henrik Zetterberg	Ice hockey	Men's competition
2 Silver	Olofsson, Anna CarinAnna Carin Olofsson	Biathlon	Women's sprint
2 Silver	women's national ice hockey team, SwedenSweden women's national ice hockey team Cecilia Andersson   Nanna Jansson   Maria Rooth Gunilla Andersson   Jenny Lindqvist   Danijela Rundqvist Jenni Asserholt   Kristina Lundberg   Therese Sjölander Ann-Louise Edstrand   Kim Martin   Katarina Timglas Joa Elfsberg   Frida Nevalainen   Anna Vikman Emma Eliasson   Emilie O'Konor   Pernilla Winberg Erika Holst	Ice hockey	Women's competition
3 Bronze	Pärson, AnjaAnja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill
3 Bronze	Pärson, AnjaAnja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's combined
3 Bronze	Ottosson, AnnaAnna Ottosson	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
3 Bronze	Fredriksson, MathiasMathias Fredriksson Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
3 Bronze	Fredriksson, ThobiasThobias Fredriksson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 1.35 km individual sprint

[edit] Alpine skiing

2004 and 2005 World Cup overall champion Anja Pärson won bronze medals in the women's combined and downhill, before claiming her first Olympic gold medal in the slalom.^[3] Anna Ottosson also earned a medal, winning the second run in the women's giant slalom to claim bronze.^[4]

Men

Athlete[4]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Johan Brolenius	Slalom	54.37	50.44	n/a	1:44.81	8
	Combined	1:43.56	45.20	44.51	3:13.27	18
Martin Hansson	Slalom	54.50	50.74	n/a	1:45.24	10
Patrik Järbyn	Downhill	n/a			1:52.87	33
	Super-G	n/a			1:32.21	24
Markus Larsson	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	1:41.22	46.38	44.74	3:12.34	11
André Myhrer	Slalom	53.95	50.23	n/a	1:44.18	4
Fredrik Nyberg	Giant slalom	1:16.83	1:19.22	n/a	2:36.05	5

Women

Athlete[4]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Nike Bent	Downhill	n/a			1:59.17	22
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.41	21
	Combined	40.66	45.83	1:30.13	2:56.62	14
Therese Borssén	Slalom	43.21	47.87	n/a	1:31.08	8
Janette Hargin	Downhill	n/a			1:58.53	17
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.48	22
	Combined	40.06	44.78	1:31.29	2:56.13	12
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	Downhill	n/a			1:58.56	18
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.78	24
	Giant slalom	1:02.12	1:11.24	n/a	2:13.36	18
	Combined	40.04	44.96	1:30.19	2:55.19	8
Anna Ottosson	Giant slalom	1:02.04	1:08.29	n/a	2:10.33
	Slalom	44.09	47.99	n/a	1:32.08	18
Anja Pärson	Downhill	n/a			1:57.13
	Super-G	n/a			1:33.88	12
	Giant slalom	1:01.07	1:09.89	n/a	2:10.96	6
	Slalom	42.38	46.66	n/a	1:29.04
	Combined	38.75	43.31	1:29.57	2:51.63
Maria Pietilä-Holmner	Giant slalom	1:02.00	1:09.69	n/a	2:11.69	10
	Slalom	44.16	48.31	n/a	1:32.47	21

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

[edit] Biathlon

Anna Carin Olofsson, who had switched from cross-country skiing to biathlon just four years previous, became the first Swedish woman to win a gold medal in biathlon.^[5] Olofsson also won a silver in the sprint event. The men's relay team fell short of a medal in a photo finish, having greatly hurt their chances by missing 12 shots.^[5]

Athlete[5]	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Carl Johan Bergman	Men's sprint	29:21.5	0	54
	Men's pursuit	Did not start
	Men's mass start	50:54.4	4	29
	Men's individual	57:30.9	3	23
David Ekholm	Men's sprint	28:33.2	2	38
	Men's pursuit	39:43.86	5	38
	Men's individual	59:18.2	2	35
Björn Ferry	Men's sprint	27:31.1	2	13
	Men's pursuit	38:25.52	6	25
	Men's mass start	48:56.4	2	18
	Men's individual	58:49.0	4	28
Mattias Nilsson	Men's sprint	27:18.5	0	7
	Men's pursuit	37:47.45	3	20
	Men's mass start	48:37.7	1	14
	Men's individual	1:00:01.1	5	44
Anna Carin Olofsson	Women's sprint	522:33.8	1
	Women's pursuit	40:06.19	8	14
	Women's mass start	40:36.5	1
	Women's individual	52:55.8	5	15
Jakob Börjesson Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Carl Johan Bergman	Men's relay	1:22:35.1	12	4

[edit] Cross-country skiing

A total of fifteen athletes – ten men and five women – were selected, making the cross-country squad the largest excluding the ice hockey teams.

Emelie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion at the women's sprint event, but that was in classical style, and she failed to make the final in Turin.^[6] Björn Lind, leader of the men's cross-country World Cup in sprint,^[7] was more successful, winning the gold medal and then pairing with bronze medalist Thobias Fredriksson to win the team sprint event as well.^[8]

The women's sprint team of Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg joined their male counterparts in winning gold, while the men's 4 x 10 km relay claimied the only Swedish medal from a distance event, a bronze.^[8]

Distance

Men

Athlete[8]	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Jörgen Brink	30 km pursuit	1:19:35.3	30
	50 km freestyle	2:11:19.2	51
Mathias Fredriksson	15 km classical	39:19.1	13
	30 km pursuit	1:17:23.1	15
	50 km freestyle	2:06:17.1	10
Mats Larsson	15 km classical	39:51.7	19
Johan Olsson	15 km classical	38:38.8	6
	30 km pursuit	1:18:47.9	23
	50 km freestyle	2:07:00.9	25
Anders Södergren	15 km classical	39:17.1	10
	30 km pursuit	1:17:04.3	5
	50 km freestyle	2:06:14.1	6
Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Mathias Fredriksson	4 x 10 km relay	1:44:01.7

Women

Athlete[8]	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Lina Andersson	10 km classical	30:25.53	33
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Elin Ek	10 km classical	29:40.9	23
	15 km pursuit	46:02.7	31
Britta Norgren	10 km classical	29:07.1	11
	15 km pursuit	44:18.0	15
	30 km freestyle	1:28:21.9	28
Emelie Öhrstig	10 km classical	31:31.6	47
Anna-Carin Strömstedt	15 km pursuit	47:51.3	47
	30 km freestyle	1:28:29.4	30
Anna Dahlberg Elin Ek Britta Norgren Anna-Carin Strömstedt	4 x 5 km relay	55:00.3	4

Sprint

Athlete[8]	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Lina Andersson	Women's sprint	2:13.29	3 Q	2:16.0	3	Did not advance			11
Anna Dahlberg	Women's sprint	2:15.91	12 Q	2:14.3	1 Q	2:18.9	5	Did not advance	10
Thobias Fredriksson	Men's sprint	2:18.90	19 Q	2:23.2	2 Q	2:25.9	1 Q	2:27.8
Peter Larsson	Men's sprint	2:16.62	9 Q	2:23.3	3	Did not advance			13
Björn Lind	Men's sprint	2:13.53	1 Q	2:21.5	1 Q	2:19.6	1 Q	2:26.5
Britta Norgren	Women's sprint	2:16.43	19 Q	2:15.0	3	Did not advance			13
Emelie Öhrstig	Women's sprint	2:16.75	21 Q	2:19.9	5	Did not advance			22
Mikael Östberg	Men's sprint	2:16.24	6 Q	2:26.7	3	Did not advance			12
Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:34.0	1 Q	17:02.9
Lina Andersson Anna Dahlberg	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:33.5	3 Q	16:36.9

[edit] Curling

In the men's event, three-time World champion Peja Lindholm had a strong start, opening the tournament 3-0, including a win over eventual gold-medalists Canada, but fell off as the week continued, losing six consecutive games to finish out of the medal round.^[9]

On the women's side, Anette Norberg, the 2005 World champion, and a six-time European champion, led her team to the top spot in the round robin. The Swedes then survived a close game with Norway in the semifinal, winning with a single point in the final end. In the gold medal game, Norberg's rink had a comfortable lead, but saw Switzerland storm back to tie and force an extra end. In that extra, Norberg converted a difficult double takeout to win the gold medal.^[9]

[edit] Men's

Team: Peja Lindholm (skip), Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup, Anders Kraupp (alternate)

Round-robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	5
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Gushue)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	7
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	8

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
Norway (Trulsen)	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	X	9

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	2	10
Sweden (Lindholm)	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6

Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	X	X	11

Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Great Britain (Murdoch)	2	2	0	3	0	0	1	X	X	X	8

Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	7
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5

Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	X	8

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pal Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

[edit] Women's

: Anette Norberg (skip), Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman (alternate)

Round-robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Kleibrink)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	4	10
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	8
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	6

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	8
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5
United States (Johnson)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Sweden (Norberg)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	9

Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	X	X	10
Denmark (Holm)	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	5

Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan (Onodera)	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	8

Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Russia (Privivkova)	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	6

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Sweden	Anette Norberg	7	2
2	Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	7	2
3	Canada	Shannon Kleibrink	6	3
4	Norway	Dordi Nordby	6	3
5	Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
6	Russia	Ludmila Privivkova	5	4
7	Japan	Ayumi Onodera	4	5
8	Denmark	Dorthe Holm	2	7
9	United States	Cassandra Johnson	2	7
10	Italy	Diana Gaspari	1	8

Playoffs

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	5
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

[edit] Figure skating

Kristoffer Berntsson, the lone Swedish figure skater in Turin, finished 23rd in the men's event.^[10]

Athlete[10]	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kristoffer Berntsson	Men's	n/a		59.55	23 Q	102.40	22	161.95	23

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

[edit] Freestyle skiing

Four moguls skiers represented Sweden in the freestyle disciplines, with the best finish coming from Sara Kjellin in the women's event. Kjellin sat in bronze medal position with only a single skiier to come, but that skier was eventual winner Jennifer Heil, leaving Kjellin just short of a medal.^[11]

Athlete[11]	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jesper Björnlund	Men's moguls	23.97	8 Q	25.21	5
Fredrik Fortkord	Men's moguls	22.87	17 Q	20.58	19
Sara Kjellin	Women's moguls	24.85	3 Q	24.74	4
Per Spett	Men's moguls	21.53	23	Did not advance	23

[edit] Ice hockey

The Swedish men's team suffered an early setback when it lost 5-0 to Russia, but wins over Kazakhstan, Latvia and the United States meant that the team was guaranteed a quarterfinal spot entering the final round-robin game with Slovakia. This game stirred up controversy, with head coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson suggesting that the team might not play for a win, in order to set-up a quarterfinal matchup with underdog Switzerland. Ultimately, the Swedes did lose the game, though the IIHF supervisor "didn't see anything special".^[12] The team then picked up comfortable wins in the medal round, beating the Swiss 5-2 and the Czech Republic 7-3, setting up a gold medal final with local rivals Finland.^[13] The Swedes fell behind after the first period, but a pair of goals in the second left the game tied going into the final 20 minutes. Nicklas Lidström then scored early in the third, giving the Swedes a 3-2 lead that would hold, and giving the country its first Olympic hockey title since 1994.^[14] Thousands of fans greeted the victorious team upon their return from Turin, with many of the NHL players stopping in Stockholm before returning to their club teams.^[15]

The women's team managed to advance to the medal round in the Olympic tournament, but an 8-1 loss to Canada only seemed to enhance the perception that women's hockey had few competitive teams.^[16] In the semifinals, the Swedes faced the United States, and fell behind 2-0 early in the second period. However, the Swedes then rallied, scoring twice to tie the game, and shut down the favoured Americans, forcing a shootout to decide the game. Swedish goaltender Kim Martin stopped four American shooters, while Pernilla Winberg and Maria Rooth scored for Sweden.^[13] This was the first game in which any team other than Canada had beaten the United States, and made Sweden the first team outside the top two to advance to a major final.^[17] The final was not as close, with Canada pulling out to a 4-0 lead by the halfway mark. Still, earning silver medal was a significant accomplishment for the Swedish women.

[edit] Men's

Players

Men's team
Number	Player	Club	Position
1	Stefan Liv	HV 71	GK
32	Mikael Tellqvist	Toronto Maple Leafs	GK
35	Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers	GK
2	Mattias Öhlund	Vancouver Canucks	D
3	Kim Johnsson	Philadelphia Flyers	D
5	Nicklas Lidström	Detroit Red Wings	D
7	Nicklas Kronwall	Detroit Red Wings	D
8	Christian Bäckman	St. Louis Blues	D
	Ronnie Sundin	Frölunda HC	D
29	Kenny Jönsson	Rögle BK	D
11	Daniel Alfredsson	Ottawa Senators	F
12	Daniel Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	F
13	Mats Sundin	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
19	Markus Näslund	Vancouver Canucks	F
20	Henrik Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	F
21	Peter Forsberg	Philadelphia Flyers	F
22	Per-Johan Axelsson	Boston Bruins	F
26	Samuel Påhlsson	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim	F
33	Fredrik Modin	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
37	Mikael Samuelsson	Detroit Red Wings	F
40	Henrik Zetterberg	Detroit Red Wings	F
51	Mika Hannula	HV 71	F
72	Jörgen Jönsson	Färjestads BK	F
96	Tomas Holmström	Detroit Red Wings	F

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

2 – 7 (0-3, 1-4, 1-0)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2200

Game reference
	Vitaly Yeremeyev	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Vladimir Sindler
	Y. Koreshkov - 20:17 (SH) Antipin (Upper) - 48:33	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5 1 - 6 1 - 7 2 - 7	7:45 - Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, Holmström) 10:46 - Alfredsson (PP) 16:06 - H. Sedin (Samuelsson, D. Sedin) 28:47 - Axelsson (Påhlsson, Öhlund) 31:08 - M. Sundin (Bäckman, Modin) (PP) 35:31 - D. Sedin (Öhlund, H. Sedin) 36:21 - Tjärnqvist (Axelsson, Påhlsson)
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	34

16 February 2006 16:05

Sweden

0 – 5 (0-0, 0-3, 0-2)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8545

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven
		0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 0 - 5	27:13 - Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP) 28:05 - Ovechkin (Yashin) 38:58 - Sushinsky (Malkin, Zhukov) 50:31 - Kozlov (Frolov, Korolyuk) 54:04 - Afinogenov (Datsyuk)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	32

18 February 2006 17:05

Sweden

6 – 1 (1-0, 4-0, 1-1)

Latvia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8795

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Påhlsson (Forsberg) - 14:20 Lidström (Zetterberg) (PP) - 22:22 Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) (PP) - 24:59 Axelsson (Forsberg) (PP) - 25:17 Zetterberg (Holmström) - 27:58 Alfredsson (M. Sundin, Lidström) - 44:48	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 6 - 1	49:10 - Ziediņš (Nizivijs, Ozoliņš)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	14

19 February 2006 17:05

United States

1 – 2 (1-1, 0-0, 0-1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4450

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Modano (Conroy, Chelios) - 17:31	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2	7:05 - Alfredsson (K. Jönsson, M. Sundin) 44:22 - Samuelsson (Alfredsson, M. Sundin) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	26

21 February 2006 20:05

Sweden

0 – 3 (0-1, 0-0, 0-2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 4250

Game reference
	Mikael Tellqvist	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Timo Favorin
		0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3	15:51 - Bondra (Šatan) 46:16 - Mari. Hossa (Demitra, Gáborík) 58:58 - Suchý (Demitra, Mari. Hossa)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	31

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Russia	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	4	0	9	16	2
Latvia	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 16:35

Switzerland

2 – 6 (1-2, 0-3, 1-1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2970

Game reference
	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Streit (Della Rossa, Plüss) - 8:37 Lemm (Rüthemann) - 40:49	0 - 1 1 - 1 1 - 2 1 - 3 1 - 4 1 - 5 2 - 5 2 - 6	3:06 - H. Sedin (D. Sedin, Lidström) 13:49 - Modin (Forsberg, Alfredsson) 22:17 - Zetterberg (Holmström, K. Jönsson) 29:07 - M. Sundin (Lidström, Alfredsson) (PP) M. Sundin (Forsberg, Tjärnqvist) 48:36 - Påhlsson (Alfredsson, Axelsson)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	27

Semifinal

24 February 2006 16:35

Sweden

7 – 3 (2-1, 4-2, 1-0)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8071

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička (out 27:54) Tomáš Vokoun (in 27:54)	Referee: Dan Marouelli
	Modin (Sundin, Forsberg) - 0:34 Axelsson (Lidström, Kronvall) - 13:37 H. Sedin (D. Sedin) - 21:16 Bäckman (Alfredsson) - 23:54 J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, Samuelsson) - 27:54 Alfredsson (Axelsson) - 39:00 Holmström (Zetterberg) - 56:05	1 - 0 1 - 1 2 - 1 3 - 1 4 - 1 5 - 1 5 - 2 5 - 3 6 - 3 7 - 3	3:11 - Kuba (Straka, Prospal) 30:40 - Hemský (Jágr, Židlický) (PP) 31:25 - Prospal (Výborný)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	24

Final

26 February 2006 14:05

Finland

2 – 3 (1-0, 1-2, 0-1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 8274

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Paul Devorski
	Timonen (Selänne) (PP) - 14:45 Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) - 35:00	1 - 0 1 - 1 1 - 2 2 - 2 2 - 3	24:42 - Zetterberg (Samuelsson, Bäckman) (PP) 33:24 - Kronwall (Zetterberg) (PP) 40:10 - Lidström (M. Sundin, Forsberg)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

[edit] Women's

Women's team
Number	Player	Club	Position
1	Cecilia Andersson	Concordia University Stingers	GK
30	Kim Martin	AIK	GK
2	Elin Holmlöv	AIK	D
4	Jenni Asserholt	Örebro HK	D
21	Joa Elfsberg	Brynäs IF	D
22	Emma Eliasson	Modo	D
23	Gunilla Andersson	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	D
27	Ylva Lindberg	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	D
3	Frida Nevalainen	Modo	F
7	Maria Rooth	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
8	Erika Holst	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
12	Jenny Lindqvist	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
15	Katarina Timglas	AIK	F
16	Pernilla Winberg	AIK	F
17	Ann-Louise Edstrand	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
18	Kristina Lundberg	Modo	F
19	Emilie O'Konor	AIK	F
24	Nanna Jansson	Brynäs IF	F
25	Therese Sjölander	Modo	F
28	Danijela Rundqvist	AIK	F

Results

Round-robin

11 February 2006 15:35

Sweden

3 – 1 (0-0, 2-1, 1-0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6500

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Stephanie Normand
	Jansson (Lindberg, Wiberg) (PP) - 23:26 Timglas, (Rooth, O'Konor) (PP) - 25:14 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) - 40:32	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 3 - 1	39:21 - Trefilova
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	31

13 February 2006 15:05

Sweden

11 – 0 (3-0, 5-0, 3-0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni Attendance: 2156

Game reference
	Cecilia Andersson	Goalies	Debora Montanari (out 40:00) Luana Frasnellli (in 40:00)	Referee: Katerina Ivicicova
	Sjölander (Winberg) (PP) - 7:09 Sjölander (Lindberg, G. Andersson) (PP) - 15:45 G. Andersson (Holst) - 18:15 Jansson (Eliasson) - 20:59 Holst (Rooth) - 25:05 Edstrand (Sjölander) - 31:45 Rooth (Holst) (SH) - 32:37 G. Andersson (Nevalainen) - 34:16 Sjölander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) - 49:31 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) - 50:55 Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) - 18:08	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 6 - 0 7 - 0 8 - 0 9 - 0 10 - 0 11 - 0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	4

14 February 2006 15:35

Canada

8 – 1 (2-0, 5-1, 1-0)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6850

Game reference
	Kim St. Pierre	Goalies	Cecilia Andersson	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
	Apps - 4:36 Wickenheiser (Pounder) - 12:28 Apps (PP) - 23:53 Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) - 30:58 Goyette (Piper, Campbell) (PP) - 34:02 Weatherston (Kingsbury) - 37:25 Hefford (PP) - 38:53 Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) - 46:02	1 - 0 2 - 0 3 - 0 4 - 0 5 - 0 5 - 1 6 - 1 7 - 1 8 - 1	36:12 - Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	8

Standings

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	9	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	16	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	1	32	0

Medal round

Semifinal

17 February 2006 17:05

United States

2 – 3 (1-0, 1-2, 0-0, 0-0, 0-1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 5654

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Kr. King (Potter, Chu) (PP) - 11:55 Stephens (Wall, Darwitz) (PP) - 21:04 Darwitz Potter Ruggiero Wendell	1 - 0 2 - 0 2 - 1 2 - 2 Shootout 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 2	26:17 - Rooth (O'Konor) 29:40 - Rooth (Holst) (SH) Holst Ansson Winberg Rooth
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	17

Final

20 February 2006 20:35

Sweden

1 – 4 (0-2, 0-2, 1-0)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico Attendance: 6664

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Anu Hirvonen
	G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) - 45:24	0 - 1 0 - 2 0 - 3 0 - 4 1 - 4	3:15 - Apps (Wickenheiser) 12:13 - Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 28:58 - Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 30:27 - Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt)
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	26

[edit] Snowboarding

Thirteen snowboarders represented Sweden across the three events, but only one, Maria Danielsson, earned a top-ten finish, which Danielsson did in the women's snowboard cross.^[18]

Halfpipe

Athlete[18]	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Stefan Karlsson	Men's halfpipe	11.5	39	8.7	34	Did not advance		40
Micael Lundmark	Men's halfpipe	32.5	13	27.2	21	Did not advance		27
Anna Olofsson	Women's halfpipe	27.4	15	24.4	16	Did not advance		22
Mikael Sandy	Men's halfpipe	19.7	29	14.0	30	Did not advance		36

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete[18]	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Daniel Biveson	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:12.15	16 Q	Schoch  (SUI) (1) L +0.52 (+0.14 +0.38)	Did not advance			16
Filip Fischer	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:13.43	23	Did not advance				23
Sara Fischer	Women's parallel giant slalom	Did not finish						30
Aprilia Hägglöf	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:12.15	16 Q	Tudigescheva  (RUS) (1) L +1.13 (+0.34 +0.79)	Did not advance			16
Richard Richardsson	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:11.46	11 Q	Grabner  (AUT) (6) L +1.44 (+0.37 +1.07)	Did not advance			12

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross

Athlete[18]	Event	Qualifying		1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Mattias Blomberg	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.48	24 Q	3	Did not advance			28
Maria Danielsson	Women's snowboard cross	1:30.01	5 Q	n/a	2 Q	4	Classification 5-8 2	6
Jonte Grundelius	Women's snowboard cross	1:21.85	14 Q	n/a	4	Did not advance		21
Jonatan Johansson	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.38	31 Q	2	3	Did not advance	Classification 9-12 24	12

[edit] Speed skating

In the 1000 metres, Erik Zachrisson blocked Russia's Dmitry Dorofeyev, who was ahead of the pace of gold medalist Shani Davis at the time.^[19] Zachrisson ended up being disqualified.^[19]

Athlete[19]	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johan Röjler	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:50.50	33
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:29.24	12
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:29.50	10
Erik Zachrisson	Men's 500 m	35.80	35.81	1:11.61	20
	Men's 1000 m	Disqualified

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1664. Retrieved on April 6, 2009. 
2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/media_centre/press_release_uk.asp?id=1726. Retrieved on April 6, 2009. 
3. ^ "Swedish skier finally adds gold to her impressive resume". Associated Press. ESPN. February 23, 2006. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=oly&id=2341441. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
4. ^ ^{a b c} "Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/AlpineSkiing.pdf. Retrieved on April 11, 2009. 
5. ^ ^{a b c} Chang Ailing. "Olofsson wins Sweden's first gold in women's biathlon". Xinhua. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-02/25/content_4227641.htm. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
6. ^ FIS-Ski - resultats, URL retrieved 22 January 2006.
7. ^ FIS-Ski - Cup Standings, URL retrieved 22 January 2006.
8. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/CrosscountrySki.pdf. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "Torino 2006 Official Report - Curling". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Curling.pdf. Retrieved on April 6, 2009. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/FigureSkating.pdf. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
11. ^ ^{a b} "Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/FreestyleSkiing.pdf. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
12. ^ "Officials kept close eye on Swedish hockey game". Associated Press. MSNBC. February 21, 2006. http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/11476779/. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
13. ^ ^{a b} "Torino 2006 Official Report - Ice Hockey". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/IceHockey.pdf. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
14. ^ "Sweden wins hockey gold". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Company. February 26, 2006. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2006/02/26/Finland-Sweden060226.html. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
15. ^ "Thousands of Swedes Greet Hockey Team". Associated Press. Washington Post. February 27, 2006. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022700552_pf.html. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
16. ^ John Eligon (February 17, 2006). "Trying to avoid the ill fate of softball". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/17/sports/olympics/17puck.html?fta=y. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
17. ^ Scott Burnside (February 17, 2006). "Semifinal stunner changes world hockey map". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/winter06/hockey/columns/story?id=2334389. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
18. ^ ^{a b c d} "Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding". Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2006/Results/Snowboarding.pdf. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 
19. ^ ^{a b c} Karolos Grohmann (February 18, 2006). "Davis makes Games history". Reuters. redOrbit. http://www.redorbit.com/news/general/396840/davis_makes_games_history/. Retrieved on April 29, 2009. 

[edit] Further reference

• 2006 Team Book Sweden from the Swedish Olympic Committee, retrieved 22 January 2006.

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