Sweden at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Sweden at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Sweden at the; 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	102 (56 men, 46 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Magdalena Forsberg (biathlon)
Medals; Ranked 19th	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Sweden competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. Sweden won seven medals; two silver and five bronze. For the first time ever Sweden failed to win gold medals in two straight Winter Olympic Games. On the other hand, they did manage to win medals in five different Winter Olympic sports for the first time, beating the previous record of four sports.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Silver	Anja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Richard Richardsson	Snowboarding	Men's parallel giant slalom
Bronze	Anja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Magdalena Forsberg	Biathlon	Women's 7.5 km sprint
Bronze	Magdalena Forsberg	Biathlon	Women's 15 km Individual
Bronze	Per Elofsson	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 + 10 km pursuit
Bronze	Sweden national women's ice hockey team 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	Ice hockey	Women's competition

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Patrik Järbyn	Downhill			1:41.05	18
Fredrik Nyberg	Downhill			1:40.30	7
Fredrik Nyberg	Super-G			DNF	–
Patrik Järbyn	Super-G			1:23.40	11
Patrik Järbyn	Giant slalom	1:14.95	1:12.71	2:27.66	24
Fredrik Nyberg	Giant slalom	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
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Janette Hargin	Downhill			1:42.83	25
Pernilla Wiberg	Downhill			1:41.09	14
Janette Hargin	Super-G			1:16.75	27
Pernilla Wiberg	Super-G			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
Athlete	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
12.5 km pursuit ²	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 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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
Sled	Athletes	Event	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
Athlete	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 pursuit¹
Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	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 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	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
Athlete	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 pursuit²
Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	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 × 5 km relay

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

Curling

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peja Lindholm Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup Anders Kraupp	Men's tournament	USA L 5–10	GBR W 7–2	DEN W 9–5	SUI L 7–8	CAN W 6–5	FRA W 9–6	FIN W 11–4	GER W 5–4	NOR L 8–9	4 Q	BYE	CAN L 4–6	SUI L 3–7	4
Elisabet Gustafson Katarina Nyberg Louise Marmont Elisabeth Persson Christina Bertrup	Women's tournament	CAN L 4–5	GBR W 7–4	USA L 5–6	DEN L 9–11	NOR W 10–3	JPN W 8–7	GER L 5–7	SUI W 8–7	RUS W 9–6	=4 QT	GBR L 4–6	did not advance		6

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

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	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

Summary

Key:

OT – Overtime
GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Pl.
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden men's	Men's tournament	Canada W 5–2	Czech Republic W 2–1	Germany W 7–1	1	Belarus L 3–4	did not advance		5
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	Russia W 3–2	Kazakhstan W 7–0	Canada L 0–11	2 Q	—	United States L 0–4	Finland W 2–1

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

Head coach: Hardy Nilsson

Women's tournament

First round - group A

Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.

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

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	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
Athletes	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Time	Rank	Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	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
Athlete	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
Athlete	Time	Rank	Round one	Quarter final	Semi final	Final	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
Athlete	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
Event	Athlete	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

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