Sweden at the 2012 European Athletics Championships

Sweden at the 2012 European Athletics Championships
WA code	SWE
National federation	Svenska Friidrottsförbundet
Website	www.friidrott.se
in Helsinki
Competitors	41
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 1 Silver 0 Bronze 2 Total 3
European Athletics Championships appearances
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Sweden competed at the 2012 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland, from 27 June to 1 July 2012.

Medals

Medal	Athlete	Event	Date
Gold	Moa Hjelmer	Women's 400 metres	29 June
Bronze	Emma Green Tregaro	Women's high jump	28 June
Bronze	Michel Tornéus	Men's long jump	1 July

Results

Men

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Stefan Tärnhuvud	10.35	13	10.47	15	DNQ
200 m	Nil de Oliveira	20.78	7	28.83	5	21.11	5
400 m	Johan Wissman	46.43	14	46.35	10	DNQ
800 m	Johan Rogestedt	1:48.86	29	DNQ
	Johan Svensson	1:48.21	19	DNQ
5000 m	Adil Bouafif	—				13:50.13	13
10000 m	Adil Bouafif	—				29:07.31	14
	Mustafa Mohamed	—				DNF	—
110 m hurdles	Philip Nossmy	13.56	6	13.47	7	13.59	7
4 x 100 m relay	David Sennung Benjamin Olsson Tom Kling-Baptiste Stefan Tärnhuvud	39.87	11	—		DNQ

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Pole vault	Alhaji Jeng	NM	—	DNQ
Long jump	Andreas Otterling	NM	—	DNQ
	Michel Tornéus	8.07	2	8.17
Shot put	Leif Arrhenius	19.33	13	DNQ
Discus throw	Leif Arrhenius	60.49	18	DNQ
	Niklas Arrhenius	59.02	22	DNQ
Hammer throw	Mattias Jons	72.85	12	74.56	6
Javelin throw	Kim Amb	80.69	5	79.03	7
	Gabriel Wallin	78.89	12	77.18	8

Combined events

Event	Athlete	Event	Result	Points	Rank
Decathlon	Björn Barrefors	100 m	11.02	856	9
		Long jump	7.17	854	10
		Shot put	13.06	671	22
		High jump	1.97	776	9
		400 m	49.90	819	15
		110 m hurdles	14.83	870	17
		Discus throw	39.80	660	15
		Pole vault	4.90	880	5
		Javelin throw	49.03	574	18
		1500 m	4:56.97	577	18
		Final	—	7537	16
	Marcus Nilsson	100 m	11.53	476	26
		Long jump	6.60	720	23
		Shot put	13.63	706	16
		High jump	1.88	696	19
		400 m	49.94	817	17
		110 m hurdles	16.65	629	21
		Discus throw	40.93	683	11
		Pole vault	4.40	731	18
		Javelin throw	54.14	650	13
		1500 m	4:23.79	786	2
		Final	—	7164	18
	Petter Olson	100 m	11.02	856	9
		Long jump	7.04	823	17
		Shot put	13.40	692	17
		High jump	1.94	749	17
		400 m	49.01	861	9
		110 m hurdles	14.63	895	9
		Discus throw	39.41	653	16
		Pole vault	4.80	849	7
		Javelin throw	56.26	682	9
		1500 m	4:35.13	711	11
		Final	—	7771	10

Women

Track

Event	Athletes	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m	Moa Hjelmer	52.33	4	51.40	2	51.13
	Josefin Magnusson	55.01	26	DNQ
800 m	Viktoria Tegenfeldt	2:05.74	15	—		DNQ
1500 m	Viktoria Tegenfeldt	DNS
400 m hurdles	Frida Persson	57.83	21	DNQ
4 x 100 m relay	Julia Skugge Erica Jarder Freja Jernstig Lena Berntsson	DSQ	—	—		DNQ

Field

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Long jump	Carolina Klüft	DNS
High jump	Emma Green Tregaro	1.90	1	1.92
	Ebba Jungmark	1.90	11	1.85	10
Pole vault	Angelica Bengtsson	4.40	11	4.30	10
	Malin Dahlström	3.95	26	DNQ
Shot put	Helena Engman	16.88	10	17.64	8
Hammer throw	Tracey Andersson	66.65	13	DNQ

Combined events

Event	Athlete	Result	Event	Points	Rank
Heptathlon	Jessica Samuelsson	100 m hurdles	13.92	990	11
		High jump	1.77	941	8
		Shot put	14.91	855	2
		200 m	24.36	952	3
		Long jump	6.18	905	7
		Javelin throw	38.34	635	14
		800 m	2:08.70	984	1
		Final	—	6262	5

Sources

• Swedish Athletic Association