Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Gold

  • Jonas Edman
    Jonas Edman
    Jonas Edman is a Swedish rifle shooter, specializing in the Prone position. He was a 300 m Rifle specialist during most of the 1990s and a part of the winning team at the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zaragoza, Spain. After this however, he started to focus in the Olympic 50 m...

     — Shooting
    Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

    , Men's Small-bore Rifle

  • Pia Hansen
    Pia Hansen
    Pia Hansen is a Swedish sport shooter. She originally competed in Nordic Trap but then moved on to Olympic trap and double trap. She won the latter at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and she also finished eighth in trap. In Athens four years later, she finished ninth in both events.- External links :*...

     — Shooting
    Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

    , Women's Double Trap

  • 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...

     — Swimming
    Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

    , Men's 100 m butterfly

  • 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
    Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics took place in the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre and was split into two disciplines, Freestyle and Greco-Roman which are further divided into different weight categories. The freestyle competitions were held from September 28 to October 1, and the...

    , Men's Greco-Roman Heavyweight

Silver

  • Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to 2004. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

     and Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

     — Canoeing
    Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at the Sydney International Regatta Centre for the sprint events and the Whitewater Stadium in Penrith for the canoe and kayak slalom disciplines. The repechage rounds that ran from the 1960 to the 1996 Games were eliminated in the sprint events while...

    , Men's K2 1.000 m Kayak Pairs

  • 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...

    , 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....

    , Ljubomir Vranjes
    Ljubomir Vranjes
    Ljubomir Vranjes is a former Swedish handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics....

    , 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....

    , 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...

    , 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....

    , Mathias Franzén
    Mathias Franzén
    Karl Gustav Mathias Franzén is a Swedish handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Vreta Kloster, Linköping Municipality....

    , Peter Gentzel
    Peter Gentzel
    Hans Peter Ludvig Gentzel is a Swedish former handball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.He was born in Gothenburg....

    , 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....

    , Mattias Andersson, and Martin Boquist — Handball
    Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    -Medal summary:-References:*...

    , Men's team competition

  • 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...

     — Swimming
    Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

    , Women's 50 m freestyle

  • 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...

     — Swimming
    Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

    , Women's 100 m freestyle

  • 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
    Table tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    The table tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics consisted of four events.-Medal summary:-Medal table:-References:*...

    , Men's Singles Competition

Bronze

  • 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,...

     — Athletics
    Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

    , Women's High Jump

  • 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...

    , 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 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...

    , Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....

    , 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...

     (heats), and Malin Svahnström
    Malin Svahnström
    Malin Svahnström is a Swedish Olympic swimmer currently representing Väsby SS. Svahnström participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times as a part of a relay team. In the 2000 event she swum the prelims in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, that later won a bronze...

     (heats) — Swimming
    Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
    At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

    , Women's 4x100 m freestyle relay

  • Fredrik Lööf
    Fredrik Lööf
    Fredrik Lööf Fredrik Lööf Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in five Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals...

     — Sailing
    Sailing at the 2000 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 Finn individual competition

Archery
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held at Sydney International Archery Park in Sydney, Australia with ranking rounds on 16 September and regular competition held from 17 September to 20 September...

Defending 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....

list 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...

 was defeated in the semifinal by only one point, 108-107. He then lost the bronze medal match as well to finish in 4th.
Men's individual
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...

Niklas Eriksson
Niklas Eriksson
Niklas Eriksson is a Swedish former professional ice hockey player. He won a gold medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...

Mattias Eriksson
Mattias Eriksson
Mattias Eriksson is a Swedish archer.Eriksson competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, being placed 39th overall...

1/32 eliminations Defeated Nuno Pombo
Nuno Pombo
Nuno Pombo is an athlete from Portugal, who competes in archery.-2008 Summer Olympics:At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Pombo finished his ranking round with a total of 650 points, which gave him the 42nd seed for the final competition bracket in which he faced Yusuf Ergin in the first round...

 
Portugal
165-146 Defeated Rob Rusnov
Rob Rusnov
Robert Rusnov is a Canadian archer. He was born in Toronto.-Athletic career:Rusnov ranked first or second among Canadian archers every year from 1992 through 2000. As a competitor at the 1995 Pan American Games, he won two gold medals and three bronze medals...

 
Canada
161-155 Lost to Vadim Shikarev 
Kazakhstan
158-156
1/16 eliminations Defeated Hua Tang 
China
157-148 Lost to Stanislav Zabrodskiy
Stanislav Zabrodskiy
Stanislav Zabrodskiy is an athlete from Kazakhstan. Zabrodskiy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He won his first match, advancing to the round of 32. In the second round of elimination, he was defeated. His final rank was 18th overall.-References:...

 
Kazakhstan
163-146 - - -
1/8 eliminations Defeated Bo Yang
Bo Yang
This article is about the Chinese writer. His name in Western languages is homonymic with Bó Yáng .Boyang , also sometimes called Baiyang, was a Chinese language writer based in Taiwan...

 
China
167-164 - - - - - -
Quarterfinal Defeated Chung-Tae Kim 
Korea
112-111 - - - - - -
Semifinal Lost to Victor Wunderle 
United States
108-107 - - - - - -
Final Lost to Wietse van Alten
Wietse van Alten
Wietse Cornelis van Alten is an archer from the Netherlands. Van Alten was born in Zaandam, in the municipality of Zaanstad. He has competed in archery since the age of seven....

 
Netherlands
114-109 - - - - - -
4th place - -

Women's individual
Karin Larsson Petra Ericsson Kristina Nordlander
1/32 eliminations Defeated Sandra Sachse 
Germany
147-146 Defeated Edisbel Martinez 
Cuba
154-146 Lost to Alison Williamson
Alison Williamson
Alison Jane Williamson is an athlete from Great Britain. She competes in archery.Williamson, who is a member of the Long Mynd Archers, has represented Great Britain at five Olympic Games, from 1992-2008....

 
Great Britain
156-145
1/16 eliminations Lost to Natalia Valeeva
Natalia Valeeva
Natalia Valeeva is a naturalized Italian archer.Natalia Valeeva is the top female archer in Italy. She is a five-time Olympian, and a native of Moldova, having represented the Unified Team, Moldova and Italy, at the Olympic Games of 1992, 96, 00, 04 and 08...

 
Italy
162-160 Lost to Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka
Joanna Nowicka is a Polish archer, who competed in four consequentive Summer Olympics, starting in 1988. At the 1996 Olympic Games she won the bronze medal in the Women's Team Competition .For her sport achievements, she received: Silver Cross of Merit in 1996.-External links:*...

 
Poland
162-152 - - -


Women's team competition:
  • Larsson, Ericsson, and Nordlander — round of 16, 10th place (0-1)


Men's team competition:
  • Petersson, Eriksson, and Eriksson — quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)

Athletics
Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

Men's 110 m hurdles
  • Robert Kronberg
    Robert Kronberg
    Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish hurdler of Serbian descent.He finished 8th in the 110m hurdles final at the 2000 Olympics. He competed again in the 2004 Olympics, reaching the semi-finals. He has also been a regular competitor in the World Championships in Athletics, being present at every event...

  • Round 1 — 13.58
  • Round 2 — 13.56
  • Semifinal — 13.39
  • Final — 13.61 (8th place)


Men's Javelin Throw
  • 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...

  • Qualifying — 78.06 (did not advance)


Men's Long Jump
  • Peter Häggström
    Peter Häggström
    Erik Peter Häggström is a Swedish athlete who competed in the long jump. He represented Sweden at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he placed 11th in his heat and 24th overall in the qualifying round...

  • Qualifying — 7.83 (did not advance)

  • Mattias Sunneborn
    Mattias Sunneborn
    Mattias Sunneborn is a Swedish long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.21 metres, achieved in June 1996 in Malmö. This is the current Swedish record.He still competes on national level.-Achievements:...

  • Qualifying — 7.63 (did not advance)


Men's Triple Jump
  • Christian Olsson
    Christian Olsson
    Christian Olsson is a Swedish athlete competing in high jump and triple jump. He has won an Olympic gold medal, three gold and one silver medal in the World Championships and two gold medals in the European Championships...

  • Qualifying — 16.64 (did not advance)


Men's High Jump
  • Stefan Holm
    Stefan Holm
    Stefan Christian Holm is a retired Swedish high jumper. He has won an Olympic gold medal, a silver in the World Championships, and one silver and one bronze medal in the European Championships...

  • Qualifying — 2.27
  • Final — 2.32 (4th place)

  • Staffan Strand
    Staffan Strand
    Staffan Bo Strand is a Swedish former high jumper. He currently lives in Norrmalm in Stockholm with his wife since 2004 Tiffany.-Career:...

  • Qualifying — 2.27
  • Final — 2.32 (6th place)


Men's Pole Vault
  • Patrik Kristiansson
    Patrik Kristiansson
    Arne Patrik Klüft is a Swedish pole vault athlete.He made his breakthrough in 1998 when he set a new Swedish record with 5.77 metres. In 2001 he jumped 5.83 and the following year 5.85...

  • Qualifying — 5.55 (did not advance)

  • Martin Eriksson
  • Qualifying — 5.55 (did not advance)


Men's Decathlon
  • Henrik Dagård
    Henrik Dagård
    Olof Henrik Dagård is a retired Swedish decathlete.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.58 *400 metres - 46.71 *1500 metres - 4:34.46 *110 metres hurdles - 13.97...

  • 100 m — 10.84
  • Long Jump — 7.08
  • Shot Put — 14.97
  • High Jump — 1.94
  • 400 m — 48.75
  • 100 m hurdles — 14.30
  • Discus Throw — 42.95
  • Pole Vault — 5.10
  • Javelin Throw — 65.05
  • 1,500 m — 04:49.51
    • Points — 8178.00 (10th place)


Women's 800 m Wheelchair
  • Madeleine Nordlund
  • Final — 01:57.82 (8th place)


Women's Discus
  • Anna Söderberg
    Anna Söderberg
    Anna Söderberg is a female discus thrower from Sweden. Her personal best throw of 64.54 metres, achieved in July 1999 in Aremark, is the Swedish record for the event. She has represented her country at the Olympic Games on three occasions – in 2000, 2004 and 2008...

  • Qualifying — 56.11 (did not advance)


Women's Long Jump
  • Erica Johansson
    Erica Johansson
    Erica Johansson is a former Swedish athlete who specialized in long jump.She was very promising as a junior long jumper. At the age of 15 she equalled the Swedish record with 6.50 meters. One year later she won the silver medal in the 1990 World Junior Championships, jumping 6.50 again. She won...

  • Qualifying — 6.53 (did not advance)


Women's Triple Jump
  • Camilla Johansson
    Camilla Johansson
    Camilla Johansson is a former Swedish Olympic backstroke swimmer. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she finished 10th in the 4×100 m medley relay team and 31st in the 100 m backstroke. Her married name is Camilla Johansson-Sponseller...

  • Qualifying — 13.87 (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,...

  • Qualifying — 1.94
  • Final — 1.99 (Bronze medal)

Badminton
Badminton at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Badminton was held at The Dome and Exhibition Complex at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney from September 17–23, 2000. The competition included five events ....

Men's Singles
  • Rasmus Wengberg
    Rasmus Wengberg
    Rasmus Wengberg is a Swedish badminton player who was bronze medalist in the 2002 European Championships in Malmö.Born and raised in Skåne, Wengberg played until 2005 for IFK umeå...

  • Round of 64: Bye
  • Round of 32: Lost to Richard Vaughan
    Richard Vaughan (badminton)
    Richard Vaughan is a Welsh badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales. Vaughan is currently the Chief Executive of Badminton Ireland and has a MBA from Leicester University; MA Sports Development from Bath University, having previously achieved a BSc in Economics and Politics.Vaughan...

     of Great Britain

  • Tomas Johansson
  • Round of 64: Bye
  • Round of 32: Lost to Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia


Men's Doubles
  • Peter Axelsson
    Peter Axelsson
    Peter Axelsson is a retired male badminton player from Sweden.-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Pär-Gunnar Jönsson....

    , Par-Gunnar Jönsson
    Pär-Gunnar Jönsson
    Pär-Gunnar Jönsson is a retired male badminton player from Sweden.-Career:He won the bronze medal at the 1993 IBF World Championships in men's doubles with Peter Axelsson.-References:...

  • Round of 32: Defeated Michael Helber, Björn Siegemund
    Björn Siegemund
    -Career:Siegemund competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Nicol Pitro. They defeated Travis Denney and Kate Wilson-Smith of Australia in the first round but lost to Nathan Robertson and Gail Emms of Great Britain in the round of 16.-External links:*...

     of Germany
  • Round of 16: Lost to Flandy Limpele
    Flandy Limpele
    Flandy Limpele is a male badminton player from Indonesia.- Career :A doubles specialist, at various times Limpele has focused on either men's doubles or mixed doubles during his long career in international badminton. His earliest appearances in the final rounds of major events came in mixed...

    , Eng Hian
    Eng Hian
    Eng Hian is a Chinese Indonesian male badminton player. A men's doubles specialist, he won major international tournaments, most of them in partnership with Flandy Limpele, between 1999 and 2006. They earned a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 2004 Olympics in Athens...

     of Indonesia


Mixed Doubles
  • Jenny Karlsson, Fredrik Bergström
    Fredrik Bergström
    Fredrik Bergström is a male badminton player from Sweden.Bergstrom competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics in mixed double's with partner Johanna Persson. They defeated Mike Beres and Jody Patrick of Canada in the first round and Sudket Prapakamol and Saralee Thungthongkam of Thailand...

  • Round of 32: Defeated Wai Chee Louisa Koon, Kai Chuen Tam of Hong Kong
  • Round of 16: Lost to Zhang Jun, Gao Ling
    Gao Ling
    Gao Ling is a female badminton player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Noted for her consistency, anticipation, forecourt prowess, and sporting smile, Gao is unarguably, to many fans, the most successful doubles specialists in the history of women's badminton. In addition, she earned...

     of China


Sweden (SWE)
Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 500 m
  • Anders Svensson
    Anders Svensson (canoer)
    Anders Svensson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 500 m event at the 1997 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Dartmouth....

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:43.349
  • Semifinal — 01:43.070 (did not advance)


Men's Kayak Singles 1000 m
  • Johan Eriksson
    Johan Eriksson (canoer)
    Johann Eriksson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-1 1000 m event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.-References:*...

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:40.190
  • Semifinal — 03:43.359 (did not advance)


Men's Kayak Doubles 500 m
  • Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to 2004. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

    , Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:30.051
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 01:56.301 (9th place)


Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000 m
  • Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson
    Henrik Nilsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the mid 1990s to 2004. Competing in three Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

    , Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson
    Markus Oscarsson is a Swedish sprint kayaker who has competed since 1995. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won two medals in the K-2 1000 m event with a gold in 2004 and a silver in 2000....

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:15.102
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 03:16.075 (Silver medal)


Men's Kayak Fours 1,000 m
  • Jonas Fager
    Jonas Fager
    Jonas Fager is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s. He won a bronze medal in the K-4 10000 m event at the 1991 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Paris....

    , Anders Gustafsson
    Anders Gustafsson
    Anders Gustafsson is a Swedish sprint canoer who has competed since the mid 2000s. He won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a gold and two silvers .Gustafsson also competed in three Summer Olympics, earning his best finish of seventh in the K-1 500 m event at...

    , Erik Lindeberg
    Erik Lindeberg
    Erik Lindeberg is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he finished eighth in the K-4 1000 m event.-References:*...

    , Niklaes Persson
    Niklaes Persson
    Niklaes Persson is a Swedish sprint canoer who competed in the early 2000s. At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, he finished eighth in the K-4 1000 m event.-References:*...

  • Qualifying Heat — 03:04.420
  • Semifinal — 03:02.611
  • Final — 03:01.326 (8th place)

Women's competition

Women's Kayak Singles 500 m
  • Anna Olsson
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:52.782
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 02:24.774 (9th place)


Women's Kayak Doubles 500 m
  • Anna Olsson, 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....

  • Qualifying Heat — 01:45.491
  • Semifinal — Bye
  • Final — 02:04.574 (8th place)

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial
  • Martin Rittsel
  • Final — 1:01:59 (30th place)

  • Michael Andersson
  • Final — 1:05:19 (37th place)


Men's Road Race
  • Glenn Magnusson
  • Final — 5:30:46 (28th place)

  • Magnus Bäckstedt
    Magnus Bäckstedt
    Magnus Bäckstedt is a Swedish professional road bicycle racer.He began as a skier, selected for the national team when he was 14. His greatest achievement in cycling is winning Paris–Roubaix in 2004. Bäckstedt is 1m 93 tall and weighs 94 kg...

  • Final — DNF

  • Michel Lafis
  • Final — DNF

  • Martin Rittsel
  • Final — DNF

Diving
Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

Women's 3 Metre 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 — 275.34
  • Semi-final — 233.34 — 508.68
  • Final — 325.83 — 559.17 (5th place)

Women's team competition

Team Roster
  • 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...

  • 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...

  • Sara Call
  • Linda Fagerström
  • Sara Johansson
    Sara Johansson
    Sara Johansson is a female footballer for Hammarby IF DFF and the Swedish national team.-External links:* *...

  • Caroline Jönsson
    Caroline Jönsson
    Caroline Jönsson is a Swedish football goalkeeper currently playing for Umeå IK of Damallsvenskan and is a former member of the Swedish Women's National Team.-Youth career:...

  • Ulrika Karlsson
    Ulrika Karlsson
    Ulrika Karlsson, born in 1973, is a Swedish politician of the Moderate Party. She has been a member of the Riksdag since 2006 and a replacement member of the Riksdag in 2004.- External links :* at the Riksdag website...

  • Sara Larsson
    Sara Larsson
    Sara Larsson is a Swedish football defender currently playing for Philadelphia Independence of the Women's Professional Soccer league. She is also a member of the Sweden women's national football team.-Career:...

  • 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...

  • Åsa Lönnqvist
  • Hanna Marklund
    Hanna Marklund
    Hanna Gunilla Marklund is a Swedish football player. She plays as a defender, and her shirt number is 4....

  • Malin Moström
    Malin Moström
    Malin Sofi Moström is a Swedish former football player , from 2001 to 2006 she was the captain of the Sweden women's national football team...

  • Tina Nordlund
    Tina Nordlund
    Tina Nordlund is a Swedish football manager and former player, currently managing Umeå IK. She is one of the most well known Swedish female footballers. In 2000, she won the Diamantbollen, an award given the best female player in Sweden each year. She played for Alnö IF, Sundsvalls DFF and Umeå IK...

  • Cecilia Sandell
  • Therese Sjögren
  • Victoria Svensson
    Victoria Svensson
    Victoria Margareta Sandell Svensson is a former Swedish female football player. She was team captain on the Swedish women's national team and Djurgårdens IF Dam; captaining the national team during the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup...

  • Malin Swedberg
  • Ulla-Karin Thelin
  • Jane Törnqvist
    Jane Törnqvist
    Jane Törnqvist is a female footballer for Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC. A tough tackling central defender, she wears number 3 for her club...

  • Karolina Westberg
    Karolina Westberg
    Karolina Westberg born is a female footballer for Umeå IK and the Swedish national team. She is a defender as number 4 on Umeå and number 2 on the national team. She is currently the captain of Umeå IK.-External links:* * * *...


Judo
Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

Men's Competition:
Women's Competition:
  • Pernilla Andersson


Modern Pentathlon
Modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Final results for the modern pentathlon at the 2000 Summer OlympicsThe women's individual match was newly introduced.Men's held September 30. Women's held on October 1.Shooting, held on 6:45 at the Pavilion 2 Fencing, held on 8:00 at the Pavilion 2...

Women's Competition:
  • Jeanette Malm — 4687 pts, 17th place


Men's Competition:
  • Michael Brandt — 5154 pts, 12th place

Sailing
Sailing at the 2000 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....

Sweden won one bronze medal and competed in nine Sailing events at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.

Men's Mistral
  • Fredrik Palm
  • Race 1 — (30)
  • Race 2 — 21
  • Race 3 — (30)
  • Race 4 — 2
  • Race 5 — 12
  • Race 6 — 14
  • Race 7 — 26
  • Race 8 — 22
  • Race 9 — 25
  • Race 10 — 28
  • Race 11 — 15
  • Final — 165 (23rd place)


Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
  • Fredrik Lööf
    Fredrik Lööf
    Fredrik Lööf Fredrik Lööf Fredrik Lööf (born 13 December 1969 in Kristinehamn, Sweden is a Swedish professional sailor who has participated in five Summer Olympics, winning two bronze medals...

  • Race 1 — (17)
  • Race 2 — 5
  • Race 3 — 1
  • Race 4 — 6
  • Race 5 — 7
  • Race 6 — 4
  • Race 7 — 4
  • Race 8 — (22)
  • Race 9 — 2
  • Race 10 — 11
  • Race 11 — 7
  • Final — 47 (Bronze medal)


Men's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
  • Johan Molund and Mattias Rahm
  • Race 2 — 10
  • Race 3 — 7
  • Race 4 — (30) OCS
  • Race 5 — 2
  • Race 6 — (29)
  • Race 7 — 1
  • Race 8 — 4
  • Race 9 — 19
  • Race 10 — 20
  • Race 11 — 15
  • Final — 96 (12th place)


Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
  • Therese Torgersson
    Therese Torgersson
    Therese Torgersson is a Swedish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. She won a bronze medal in the 470 class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Vendela Zachrisson.-References:...

  • Race 1 — 16
  • Race 2 — 14
  • Race 3 — (23)
  • Race 4 — 20
  • Race 5 — 18
  • Race 6 — 22
  • Race 7 — 20
  • Race 8 — 21
  • Race 9 — 17
  • Race 10 — 11
  • Race 11 — (23)
  • Final — 159 (22nd place)


Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
  • Lena Carlsson and Agneta Engström
  • Race 1 — (18)
  • Race 2 — 13
  • Race 3 — 2
  • Race 4 — 10
  • Race 5 — 6
  • Race 6 — 9
  • Race 7 — 14
  • Race 8 — 4
  • Race 9 — 2
  • Race 10 — 11
  • Race 11 — (19)
  • Final — 71 (9th place)


Open Laser
  • Karl Suneson
  • Race 1 — 10
  • Race 2 — 5
  • Race 3 — 3
  • Race 4 — 24
  • Race 5 — 19
  • Race 6 — 17
  • Race 7 — 8
  • Race 8 — 14
  • Race 9 — (44) OCS
  • Race 10 — (44) OCS
  • Race 11 — 7
  • Final — 107 (14th place)


Open Two Handed Keelboat (Star)
  • Mats Johansson and Leif Möller
  • Race 1 — (12)
  • Race 2 — (16)
  • Race 3 — 9
  • Race 4 — 12
  • Race 5 — 9
  • Race 6 — 11
  • Race 7 — 9
  • Race 8 — 8
  • Race 9 — 10
  • Race 10 — 7
  • Race 11 — 10
  • Final — 85 (13th place)


Open Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
  • Magnus Augustson, Johan Barne and Hans Wallen
    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...

  • Round Robin Group 2 — (3-2) 3 points — Did not advance


Open High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
  • John Harrysson and Patrik Sandeström
  • Race 1 — 9
  • Race 2 — 16
  • Race 3 — 13
  • Race 4 — (18) DSQ
  • Race 5 — 15
  • Race 6 — 15
  • Race 7 — 15
  • Race 8 — 14
  • Race 9 — 12
  • Race 10 — 15
  • Race 11 — 15
  • Race 12 — 16
  • Race 13 — (18) OCS
  • Race 14 — 14
  • Race 15 — 15
  • Race 16 — 18 DNF
  • Final — 202 (17th place)

Shooting
Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The shooting competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics were carried out at the Sydney International Shooting Centre in Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia during the first week of the Games, from Saturday 16 September 2000 to Saturday 23 September 2000....

Women's events
  • Conny Persson
  • Pia Hansen
    Pia Hansen
    Pia Hansen is a Swedish sport shooter. She originally competed in Nordic Trap but then moved on to Olympic trap and double trap. She won the latter at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, and she also finished eighth in trap. In Athens four years later, she finished ninth in both events.- External links :*...

  • Monica Rundqvist


Men's events
  • Tomas Johansson
  • Jonas Edman
    Jonas Edman
    Jonas Edman is a Swedish rifle shooter, specializing in the Prone position. He was a 300 m Rifle specialist during most of the 1990s and a part of the winning team at the 1998 ISSF World Shooting Championships in Zaragoza, Spain. After this however, he started to focus in the Olympic 50 m...

  • Roger Hansson

Swimming
Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

Men's 50 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...

  • Preliminary Heat — DNS (did not advance)

  • Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

  • Preliminary Heat — 22.53
  • Semi-final — 22.49 (did not advance)


Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

  • Preliminary Heat — 50.19 (did not advance)

  • 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...

  • Preliminary Heat — 49.16
  • Semi-final — 48.93
  • Final — 49.22 (6th 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...

  • Preliminary Heat — 53.14
  • Semi-final — 52.84
  • Final — 52 (Gold medal)

  • Daniel Carlsson
    Daniel Carlsson (swimmer)
    Daniel Carlsson is a former swimmer from Sweden. He won gold medals in 4x50 m medley relay at European SC Championships 1998 and 1999 and 4x50 m freestyle at 1999. He won also a bronze medal in 50 m Backstroke at European SC Championships 1998...

  • Preliminary Heat — 54.15 (did not advance)


Men's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Patrik Isaksson
    Patrik Isaksson (swimmer)
    Patrik Isaksson is a former breaststroke swimmer from Sweden, who won several titles in the short course championships...

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:03.05 (did not advance)


Men's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Martin Gustavsson
    Martin Gustavsson
    Martin Gustavsson is a breaststroke swimmer from Sweden. In 2003 he won the silver medal in the 4×50 m medley relay at the European Short Course Championships in Dublin, Ireland, alongside Jens Petersson, Björn Lundin and Stefan Nystrand. He competed in both the 2000 and 2004 Summer...

  • Preliminary Heat — 02:15.02
  • Semi-final — 02:15.23 (did not advance)


Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin is a former international freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Sweden, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000....

  • Preliminary Heat — 57.51 (did not advance)


Men's 4x100 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...

    , Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

    , Johan Nyström
    Johan Nyström (swimmer)
    Johan Olof Nyström is a Swedish swimmer. He was born in Sollefteå, but grew up in Skellefteå, Västerbotten.He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. He currently holds the World Record for the 400 FR Relay short course, together with Lars Frölander, Stefan Nystrand, and Mattias...

    , Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin is a former international freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Sweden, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000....

    , 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:*...

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:19.80
  • Final — 03:19.60 (6th place)


Men's 4x100 m Medley
  • Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin
    Mattias Ohlin is a former international freestyle and backstroke swimmer from Sweden, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000....

    , Martin Gustavsson
    Martin Gustavsson
    Martin Gustavsson is a breaststroke swimmer from Sweden. In 2003 he won the silver medal in the 4×50 m medley relay at the European Short Course Championships in Dublin, Ireland, alongside Jens Petersson, Björn Lundin and Stefan Nystrand. He competed in both the 2000 and 2004 Summer...

    , Daniel Carlsson
    Daniel Carlsson (swimmer)
    Daniel Carlsson is a former swimmer from Sweden. He won gold medals in 4x50 m medley relay at European SC Championships 1998 and 1999 and 4x50 m freestyle at 1999. He won also a bronze medal in 50 m Backstroke at European SC Championships 1998...

    , Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand
    Stefan Nystrand is a freestyle swimmer from Sweden.-Biography:His father Sture Nystrand is a Swede and his mother Smiljana Kokeza is Croatian from Split...

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:40.88 (did not advance)


Women's 50 m Freestyle
  • 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...

  • Preliminary Heat — 25.24
  • Semi-final — 24.8
  • Final — 24.51 (Silver medal)

  • Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....

  • Preliminary Heat — 25.79
  • Semi-final — 25.61 (did not advance)


Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • 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...

  • Preliminary Heat — 55.49
  • Semi-final — 55.31
  • Final — 54.33 (Silver medal)

  • 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...

  • Preliminary Heat — 55.91
  • Semi-final — 55.94 (did not advance)


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:*...

  • Preliminary Heat — 59.59
  • Semi-final — 59.15 (did not advance)

  • Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....

  • Preliminary Heat — 59.88
  • Semi-final — 01:00.40 (did not advance)


Women's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Emma Igelström
    Emma Igelström
    Emma Igelström is a former breaststroke swimmer and European record holder from Sweden. She competed in the 2000 Olympics She quit her career because of Bulimia nervosa.-Long course :...

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:11.09 (did not advance)


Women's 100 m Backstroke
  • Camilla Johansson
    Camilla Johansson
    Camilla Johansson is a former Swedish Olympic backstroke swimmer. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she finished 10th in the 4×100 m medley relay team and 31st in the 100 m backstroke. Her married name is Camilla Johansson-Sponseller...

  • Preliminary Heat — 01:04.99 (did not advance)


Women's 4x100 m Freestyle
  • 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...

    , 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...

    , Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling
    Anna-Karin Kammerling is a world-record breaking Swedish swimmer, who was born in Malmö, Sweden. Currently she resides in Sundsvall and trains with the Sundsvalls Swim Club under coach Hans Bergquist....

    , 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...

    , 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 Malin Svahnström
    Malin Svahnström
    Malin Svahnström is a Swedish Olympic swimmer currently representing Väsby SS. Svahnström participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics, both times as a part of a relay team. In the 2000 event she swum the prelims in the 4×100 m freestyle relay, that later won a bronze...

  • Preliminary Heat — 03:43.77
  • Final — 03:40.30 (Bronze medal)


Women's 4x100 m Medley
  • Emma Igelström
    Emma Igelström
    Emma Igelström is a former breaststroke swimmer and European record holder from Sweden. She competed in the 2000 Olympics She quit her career because of Bulimia nervosa.-Long course :...

    , 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...

    , Camilla Johansson
    Camilla Johansson
    Camilla Johansson is a former Swedish Olympic backstroke swimmer. She competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she finished 10th in the 4×100 m medley relay team and 31st in the 100 m backstroke. Her married name is Camilla Johansson-Sponseller...

    , 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:*...

  • Preliminary Heat — 04:10.38 (did not advance)

Taekwondo
Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Taekwondo was contested as an official sport at the Olympic Games for the first time at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. It had previously been a demonstration sport in 1988 and 1992. Medals were awarded in four weight classes each for men and women...

Men's Competition:
  • Marcus Thorén
  • Roman Livaja

Tennis
Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics
The tennis competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia consisted of singles and doubles events for both men and women.-Medal table:-Events:-References:*...

Men's Competition:
  • Magnus Norman
    Magnus Norman
    Magnus Norman is a retired Swedish professional tennis player who is best known for being the runner-up at the French Open in 2000 and for briefly being ranked World Number 2. He won 12 singles titles, including a Tennis Masters Series tournament in Rome, Italy.Norman reached his career high...

  • 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...

  • Thomas Johansson
    Thomas Johansson
    Karl Thomas Conny Johansson , commonly known as Thomas Johansson, is a former Swedish professional tennis player. He is a former Australian Open singles champion and Olympic silver medalist in doubles.-Junior career:...

  • Nicklas Kulti
    Nicklas Kulti
    Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...

  • Mikael Tillström
  • Andreas Vinciguerra
    Andreas Vinciguerra
    Andreas Vinciguerra is a tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1998. He was an impressive junior, winning the European junior championships and making the final of the junior Australian Open when he was 17, when he finished number 6 in the junior rankings.-Tennis career:Vinciguerra...


Triathlon
Triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Triathlon made its Olympic Games debut at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. The sport consists of three different disciplines, competed consecutively with no rest between them.The Olympic distances for the three disciplines are:...

Men's Competition
  • Joachim Willen
    Joachim Willen
    Joachim Willen is a triathlete from Sweden.Willen competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took thirty-fifth place with a total time of 1:51:40.80.- References :...

     — 1:51:40.80 (→ 35th place)

Men's Beach Competition

  • Bjorn Berg
    Bjorn Berg
    Björn Berg is a beach volleyball player from Sweden, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000...

     and Simon Dahl
    Simon Dahl
    Simon Dahl is a beach volleyball player from Sweden, who competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 2000. In both tournaments he teamed up with Björn Berg. He's a resident of Stockholm....

    — 19th place (tied)
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