Gold

• Ludmila Engquist
  Ludmila Engquist
  Ludmila Engquist is a former Soviet/Russian/Swedish athlete who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics , in the 1992 Summer Olympics , and in the 1996 Summer Olympics .She won gold medals in 100m hurdles at the 1991 World...
  
   — Athletics, Women's 100 m Hurdles

• 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

Silver

• Magnus Petersson
  Magnus Petersson
  Magnus Petersson is an archer from Sweden.He is an experienced Olympian, having won a silver medal in 1996. Petersson advanced to the semifinals in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated there by Vic Wunderle. In the consolation bronze medal match, he again lost, this time to...
  
   — Archery, Men's Individual Competition

• Magnus Andersson, 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....
  
  , Per Carlén
  Per Carlén
  Per Carlén is a former handball player. He is the father of Swedish national handball player Oscar Carlén.- Player career:...
  
  , Martin Frändesjö
  Martin Frändesjö
  Lars Gunnar Martin Frändesjö is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg....
  
  , 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....
  
  , Andreas Larsson
  Andreas Larsson
  Peter Andreas Larsson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Locketorp, Skövde Municipality....
  
  , 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....
  
  , Stefan Lövgren
  Stefan Lövgren
  Lars Stefan Lövgren is a former Swedish handball player. He was born in Gothenburg, Sweden. Making his debut in the national team in , he played a total of 268 games and scored 1138 goals...
  
  , 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...
  
  , Johan Pettersson
  Johan Petersson
  Pär Johan Petersson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Karlshamn....
  
  , Tomas Sivertsson
  Tomas Sivertsson
  Lars Tomas Sivertsson is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Halmstad....
  
  , 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

• 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...
  
  , Anders Lyrbring
  Anders Lyrbring
  Anders Christer Lyrbring is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4x200 m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander.- References :* *...
  
   and 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....
  
   — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Bobby Lohse
  Bobby Lohse
  Bobby Lohse is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the star class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Hans Wallén.-References:* at sports-reference.com...
  
   and Hans Wallén
  Hans Wallén
  Hans Wallén is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the star class at the 1996 Summer Olympics with Bobby Lohse.-References:* at sports-reference.com...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Star Team Competition

Bronze

• Agneta Andersson
  Agneta Andersson
  Agneta Monica Andersson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1980s to the late 1990s...
  
  , Ingela Ericsson
  Ingela Ericsson
  Ingela Ericsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, she won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at Atlanta in 1996....
  
  , 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 500 m Kayak Fours

• Mikael Ljungberg
  Mikael Ljungberg
  Mikael Ljungberg was a Swedish wrestler from Gothenburg. He competed for Örgryte IS's wrestling section.Ljungberg was one of the most successful Swedish wrestlers ever...
  
   — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight (100 kg)

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

Swedish men returned to Olympic archery with a silver medal

Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....

 performance by Magnus Petersson

Magnus Petersson

Magnus Petersson is an archer from Sweden.He is an experienced Olympian, having won a silver medal in 1996. Petersson advanced to the semifinals in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated there by Vic Wunderle. In the consolation bronze medal match, he again lost, this time to...

. Veteran Göran Bjerendal was defeated in the first round.

Women's Individual Competition:

• Jenny Sjöwall → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)
• Christa Backman → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)
• Kristina Persson → Round of 64, 43rd place (0-1)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Magnus Petersson
  Magnus Petersson
  Magnus Petersson is an archer from Sweden.He is an experienced Olympian, having won a silver medal in 1996. Petersson advanced to the semifinals in archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics, but was defeated there by Vic Wunderle. In the consolation bronze medal match, he again lost, this time to...
  
   → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)
• Mikael Larsson → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
• Göran Bjerendal → Round of 64, 34th place (0-1)

Women's Team Competition:

• Sjöwall, Backman, and Persson → Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)

Men's Team Competition:

• Petersson, Larsson, and Bjerendal → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

Men's 400m Hurdles

• 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 — 49.54s
• Semi Final — 48.21s
• Final — 47.98s (→ 4th place)

Men's Marathon

• Anders Szalkai
  Anders Szalkai
  Pal Anders Szalkai is a retired long-distance runner from Sweden. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in the men's marathon, finishing in 64th place. Szalkai won the 2001 edition of the Stockholm Marathon.-Achievements:-References:*...
  
   — 2:24.27 (→ 64th place)

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 — 75.24m (→ 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 — 71.02m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

• Kajsa Bergqvist
  Kajsa Bergqvist
  Kajsa Margareta Bergqvist is a Swedish former high jumper. She won one bronze medal in the Olympic Games, one gold and two bronze medals in the World Championships in Athletics and one gold and one bronze in the European Championships. Her personal outdoor record of 2.06 m, set in Germany in 2003,...
  
  
• Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

• Stefan Ström
  Stefan Ström
  Stefan Ström is a retired male boxer from Sweden, who competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division by Cuba's title contender Yosvani Aguilera.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera
  Yosvani Aguilera
  Yosvany Aguilera Zamora is a boxer from Cuba.He participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics for his native Caribbean country. There he was stopped in the second round of the light-flyweight division by Philippines' eventual runner-up Mansueto Velasco...
  
   (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

• John Larbi
  John Larbi
  John Hamed Larbi is a boxer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the Men's Bantamweight division at the 1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Vejle, Denmark....
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa
  Arnaldo Mesa Bonell is a retired boxer from Cuba, who won the silver medal for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. In the final of the Bantamweight division he was defeated by Hungary's István Kovács...
  
   (Cuba), 5-19

Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)

• Roger Pettersson
• First Round — Defeated Shokhrat Kourbanov (Turkmenistan), 7-2
• Second Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy), 4-18

Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)

• Ismael Kone
• First Round — Defeated Ilkham Kerimov (Azerbaijan), 22-3
• Second Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich
  Thomas Ulrich
  Thomas Ulrich is a German boxer.- Amateur career :Ulrich was the German Light Heavyweight Champion 1994...
  
   (Germany), 9-24

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

• Kwamena Turkson
  Kwamena Turkson
  Papa Kwamena Andze Turkson is a retired male boxer from Sweden.Turkson competed for his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the second round of the men's heavyweight division by Cuba's defending champion and later gold medalist Félix Savón after...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Young-Sam Ko (South Korea), 12-8
• Second Round — Lost to Félix Savón
  Félix Savón
  Félix Savón Fabre is a Cuban heavyweight boxer, a winner of three gold medals at the Olympic Games. Savón is considered a legend in amateur boxing and has won six world titles....
  
   (Cuba), knock-out in first round

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

• Attila Levin
  Attila Levin
  Attila Levin is a Swedish boxer in the Heavyweight division.-Amateur career:Levin had a stellar amateur career prior to turning professional....
  
  
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Jean-François Bergeron (Canada), referee stopped contest in first round
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Wladimir Klitschko
  Wladimir Klitschko
  Wladimir Klitschko is a Ukrainian heavyweight boxer. Klitschko is the WBA , IBF, WBO Super, IBO & Ring Magazine Champion. His older brother Vitali Klitschko is the current WBC champion...
  
   (Ukraine), referee stopped contest in first round

Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Jan Karlsson
• Final — 1:08:52 (→ 18th place)

• Michael Andersson
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Susanne Ljungskog
  Susanne Ljungskog
  Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish cyclist. A four-time Olympian , she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion...
  
  
• Final — 02:37:06 (→ 25th place)

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

• Roger Persson
• Final — 2:37:17 (→ 21st place)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

Men's 3m Springboard

• Jimmy Sjödin
• Preliminary Heat — 339.93 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• 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 Heat — 331.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 3m Springboard

• Anna Lindberg
  Anna Lindberg
  Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg Anna Lindberg (born November 16, 1981 in Karlskoga, Sweden, is a Swedish diver. She won the 1m and 3m Springboard events at the 2006 European Aquatics Championships. She is daughter to former Swedish divers Ulrika Knape and Mathz Lindberg....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 292.02
• Semi Final — 220.29
• Final — 269.52 (→ 8th place)

Women's Team Competition

• Annelie Nilsson
• Cecilia Sandell
• Åsa Jakobsson
• Annika Nessvold
• Kristin Bengtsson
  Kristin Bengtsson
  Gärd Kristin Bengtsson is a women's soccer player, who currently plays for Djurgården/Älvsjö. She holds the record for the most capped player in the Swedish women's national team, with 157 caps. Bengtsson has appeared in three World Cups, the 1995, 1999 and 2003 competitions. She netted one goal...
  
  
• Anna Pohjanen
• Pia Sundhage
  Pia Sundhage
  Pia Mariane Sundhage is a Swedish former professional football player who is currently the head coach of the United States Women's National Team. While she played most of her career as a forward, she had stints as a midfielder as well as a sweeper.- Club :...
  
  
• Malin Swedberg
• Malin Andersson
  Malin Andersson (footballer)
  Malin Elisabeth Andersson is a Swedish women's soccer player.In an international career lasting from 1994 to 2005, she appeared in 151 international matches for Sweden, second only to Kristin Bengtsson in Swedish football history. She competed in both the 1995 and 2003 Women's World Cups, netting...
  
  
• Ulrika Kalte
• Lena Videkull
• Ulrika Karlsson
• Camilla Svensson
• Maria Kun
• Julia Carlsson
• Hanna Ljungberg
  Hanna Ljungberg
  Hanna Carolina Ljungberg is a Swedish football player, playing the position of forward. She plays for the club side Umeå IK and for the Swedish national football team. She debuted for Sweden, at age 17, on February 6, 1996 where Sweden won 8-0 against Spain.She is not related to Swedish male...
  
  

Modern Pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Team events were eliminated from the 1996 Olympics.-Medal Summary:Individual:-Final Results:-References:*...

Men's Individual Competition:

• Per-Olov Danielson — 5375 pts (→ 10th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

Men's 50 m 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 — 23.47 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

Men's 100 m 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...
  
  
• Heat — 49.91
• Final — scratched

Men's 200 m 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 — 1:48.41
• Final — 1:48.42 (→ 5th place)

Men's 400 m 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 — 3:52.27
• Final — 3:50.66 (→ 5th place)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

• 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...
  
  
• Heat — 54.37 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• 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 :...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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 Johan Wallberg
  Johan Wallberg
  Johan Mikael Wallberg is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He competed twice at the Summer Olympics for his native country, in 1996 and 2000, both in the Men's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay. After his active career he became coach for Swedish swimmer Therese Alshammar.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 3:20.74
• 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...
  
  , 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 :...
  
  , 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...
  
  , and 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....
  
  
• Final — 3:20.16 (→ 7th place)

Men's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• 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...
  
  , Anders Lyrbring
  Anders Lyrbring
  Anders Christer Lyrbring is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4x200 m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander.- 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...
  
  
• Heat — 7:20.61
• 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....
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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...
  
  , and Anders Lyrbring
  Anders Lyrbring
  Anders Christer Lyrbring is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4x200 m Freestyle Relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics together Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander.- References :* *...
  
  
• Final — 7:17.56 (→ Silver Medal)

Women's 50 m 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 — 25.84
• Final — 25.63 (→ 6th place)

Women's 100 m 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 — 56.56
• B-Final — 55.83 (→ 10th place)

Women's 200 m Freestyle

• Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Her biggest successes came on short course ; she won the world title as a member of the Swedish relay Team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the 1999 FINA...
  
  
• Heat — 2:01.13
• B-Final — 2:01.37 (→ 11th place)

• 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 — 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

• Therese Alshammar
  Therese Alshammar
  Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...
  
  
• Heat — 1:03.79
• B-Final — 1:04.15 (→ 16th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

• Hanna Jaltner
  Hanna Jaltner
  Hanna Maria Jaltner is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Women's 100m Breaststroke and the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay . She was affiliated with theUniversity of California in Berkeley,...
  
  
• Heat — 1:10.69
• B-Final — 1:11.41 (→ 16th place)

• Maria Östling
  Maria Östling
  Maria Cecilia Christina Östling is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, who twice won a gold medal at the European Championships. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the women's 100 m breaststroke and the women's 200 m...
  
  
• Heat — 1:11.58 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

• Lena Eriksson
  Lena Eriksson
  Lena Christina Eriksson is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, representing Spårvägens SF. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where she ended up in ninth place in the Women's 200m Breaststroke.-References:...
  
  
• Heat — 2:31.65
• B-Final — 2:28.87 (→ 9th place)

• Maria Östling
  Maria Östling
  Maria Cecilia Christina Östling is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, who twice won a gold medal at the European Championships. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the women's 100 m breaststroke and the women's 200 m...
  
  
• Heat — 2:33.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Women's 100 m Butterfly

• Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
  
  
• Heat — 1:01.01
• B-Final — 1:00.76 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200 m 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 — 2:16.37
• Final — 2:17.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay

• Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Her biggest successes came on short course ; she won the world title as a member of the Swedish relay Team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the 1999 FINA...
  
  , Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
  
  , 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...
  
  , 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 — 3:45.39
• 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:...
  
  , Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Her biggest successes came on short course ; she won the world title as a member of the Swedish relay Team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the 1999 FINA...
  
  , 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...
  
  , and Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
  
  
• Final — 3:44.91 (→ 5th place)

Women's 4x200 m Freestyle Relay

• Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Her biggest successes came on short course ; she won the world title as a member of the Swedish relay Team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the 1999 FINA...
  
  , Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
  
  , Josefin Lillhage
  Josefin Lillhage
  Josefin Lillhage is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who won the bronze medal in the 200 m freestyle at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. She represented her country four times at the Olympic Games: in 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008.-Long course :-Short course :-External links:* * Swim...
  
  , and Åsa Sandlund
  Åsa Sandlund
  Åsa Karin Sandlund is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There she was a member of the women's 4×200 m freestyle relay team that ended up in ninth place, teaming up with Louise Jöhncke, Josefin Lillhage,...
  
  
• Heat — 8:13.64 (→ did not advance, 9th place)

Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay

• Therese Alshammar
  Therese Alshammar
  Malin Therese Alshammar is a Swedish swimmer who has won three Olympic medals, 25 World Championship medals, and 43 European Championship medals. Standing at 1.80 m, she is a specialist of short races in freestyle and butterfly...
  
  , Hanna Jaltner
  Hanna Jaltner
  Hanna Maria Jaltner is a former female breaststroke swimmer from Sweden. She competed for her native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, in the Women's 100m Breaststroke and the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay . She was affiliated with theUniversity of California in Berkeley,...
  
  , Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg
  Johanna Sjöberg is a former international swimmer from Sweden, who won her first medal in 1997 by the European Swimming Championships in Sevilla: a bronze in the 100 m butterfly.-References:*...
  
  , and Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke
  Louise Jöhncke is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden, who competed for her native country at two consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. Her biggest successes came on short course ; she won the world title as a member of the Swedish relay Team in the 4×200 m freestyle at the 1999 FINA...
  
  
• Heat — 4:10.88 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the host nation United States won 3 of the 4 gold medals in tennis. For the first time at the Olympics, a single bronze medal was awarded in each event.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Singles Competition

• Thomas Enqvist
  Thomas Enqvist
  Thomas Karl Johan Enqvist is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 on the ATP Rankings.Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team...
  
  
• First round — Defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Goellner
  Marc-Kevin Peter Goellner is a former professional tennis player from Germany.The son of a German diplomat, Goellner lived in Rio de Janeiro, Tel Aviv, Sydney as a youngster before moving to Germany in 1986. In 1990, he suffered two torn ligaments in his left foot, which almost ended his tennis...
  
   (Germany) 7-6 4-6 6-4
• Second round — Defeated Sargis Sargsian
  Sargis Sargsian
  Sargis Sargsian is a former professional tennis player from Armenia.Sargsian turned pro in 1995, and has won one singles and two doubles titles during his career on the ATP Tour...
  
   (Armenia) 4-6 7-6 6-4
• Third round — Lost to Leander Paes
  Leander Paes
  Leander Adrian Paes, pronounced pās, is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament...
  
   (India) 5-7 6-7

• 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 Ronald Agénor
  Ronald Agenor
  Ronald Jean-Martin Agénor is a former professional tennis player who represented Haïti during his playing career. He is known as the only Haitian to have ever earned a top-25 world ranking....
  
   (Haiti) 6-2 6-4
• Second round — Lost to Greg Rusedski
  Greg Rusedski
  Gregory "Greg" Rusedski is a British Canadian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991 and played until his retirement on 7 April 2007, at the age of 33...
  
  (Great Britain) 7-6 6-7 3-6