Sweden at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
# Sweden at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Sweden competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 41 athletes, 32 men and 9 women. Competitors from Sweden won 21 medals, including 8 gold, 7 silver and 6 bronze to finish 21st in the medal table.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Sandra Eriksson | Swimming | Women's 50 m butterfly S4 |
| Gold | Jonas Jacobsson | Shooting | Men's air rifle standing SH1 |
| Gold | Jonas Jacobsson | Shooting | Men's free rifle 3x40 SH1 |
| Gold | Jonas Jacobsson | Shooting | Mixed air rifle prone SH1 |
| Gold | Jonas Jacobsson | Shooting | Mixed free rifle prone SH1 |
| Gold | Anders Olsson | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle S6 |
| Gold | Iréne Slättengren | Equestrian | Individual championship dressage GII |
| Gold | Iréne Slättengren | Equestrian | Individual freestyle dressage GII |
| Silver | Fredrik Andersson | Table tennis | Men's singles class 10 |
| Silver | Mikael Aspegren Jimmy Björkstrand Niklas Hultgvist Oskar Kuus Mikael Rendahl Boris Samuelsson | Goalball | Men's tournament |
| Silver | Marleen Bengtsson Kovacs | Table tennis | Women's singles class 6–8 |
| Silver | Anders Grönberg | Archery | Men's W1 |
| Silver | Thomas Johansson | Shooting | Mixed air rifle standing SH2 |
| Silver | Tim Johansson | Athletics | Men's 200 metres T51 |
| Silver | Madelene Nordlund | Athletics | Women's 400 metres T53 |
| Bronze | Fredrik Andersson Magnus Andrée | Table tennis | Men's teams class 6–7 |
| Bronze | Simon Itkonen Linus Lönnberg | Table tennis | Men's teams class 10 |
| Bronze | Madelene Nordlund | Athletics | Women's 800 metres T53 |
| Bronze | Anders Olsson | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S6 |
| Bronze | Anders Olsson | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S6 |
| Bronze | Viktoria Wedin | Shooting | Mixed air rifle standing SH2 |

## Sports

### Archery

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank |
| Anders Groenberg | Men's individual W1 | 661 | 2 | N/A | Bye | Hassberg (GER) W 102-102* | Sebek (CZE) W 99-96 | Cavanagh (GBR) L 102-108 | |

* Anders Groenberg's quarterfinal against Germany's Eric Hassberg was decided by additional arrows. Anders won 9:9, 8:8, 8:x and went through to the semifinals.

### Athletics

**Men's track**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Tim Johansson | T51 | 200m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 40.15 | |
| Tim Johansson | T51 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | DNF | DNF |
| Christer Lenander | T38 | 100m | 12.64 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Per Vesterlund | T52 | 800m | 2:12.66 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Per Vesterlund | T52 | 1500m | 4:05.49 | 7 q | N/A | N/A | 4:04.32 | 6 |
| Per Vesterlund | T52 | 5000m | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 14:30.33 | 7 |
| Per Vesterlund | T52 | Marathon | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 2:26:09 | 5 |

**Men's field**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Christer Lenander | F36-38 | Long jump | 5.59 | 929 | 8 |
| Harald von Koch | P44 | Pentathlon | 3324 | 3324 | 8 |

**Women's track**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Madelene Nordlund | T53 | 400m | 57.37 PR | 1 Q | N/A | N/A | 58.32 | |
| Madelene Nordlund | T53 | 800m | 1:58.03 | 4 q | N/A | N/A | 2:00.30 | |

### Cycling

**Men's road**

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Michael Lindgren | Men's road race/time trial LC1 | 2:39:17 | 6 |

### Equestrian

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Kerstin Englund | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 68.091 | 6 |
| Kerstin Englund | Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 71.389 | 8 |
| Gabriella Loef | Mixed individual championship test grade III | 64.720 | 8 |
| Gabriella Loef | Mixed individual freestyle test grade III | 71.778 | 6 |
| Irene Slaettengren | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 72.636 | |
| Irene Slaettengren | Mixed individual freestyle test grade II | 78.944 | |
| Berit Svensson | Mixed individual championship test grade III | 64.560 | 9 |
| Berit Svensson | Mixed individual freestyle test grade III | 68.500 | 10 |

**Team**

| Athlete | Event | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Total | Rank |
| Kerstin Englund Gabriella Loef Irene Slaettengren Berit Svensson | Team | 410.148 | 4 |

### Goalball

The men's goalball team won the silver medal after being defeated by Denmark in the gold medal final.

**Players**

* Mikael Aspergen
* Jimmy Bjoerkstrand
* Niklas Hultqvist
* Oskar Kuus
* Mikael Rendahl
* Boris Samuelsson

**Tournament**

| Game | Match | Score | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sweden vs. Denmark (DEN) | 3 – 3 | 2 Q |
| 2 | Sweden vs. United States (USA) | 1 – 1 | 2 Q |
| 3 | Sweden vs. Canada (CAN) | 4 – 4 | 2 Q |
| 4 | Sweden vs. Germany (GER) | 3 – 1 | 2 Q |
| 5 | Sweden vs. Greece (GRE) | 10 – 5 | 2 Q |
| Quarterfinals | Sweden vs. Finland (FIN) | 5 – 1 | W |
| Semifinals | Sweden vs. Canada (CAN) | 5 – 3 | W |
| Gold medal final | Sweden vs. Denmark (DEN) | 5 – 7 | |

### Shooting

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Jonas Jacobsson | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 593 =WR | 1 Q | 100.4 | 693.4 | |
| Jonas Jacobsson | Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1162 WR | 1 Q | 99.1 | 1261.1 WR | |
| Jonas Jacobsson | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 600 =WR | 1 Q | 105.3 | 705.3 | |
| Jonas Jacobsson | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 597 WR | 1 Q | 104.4 | 701.4 WR | |
| Thomas Johansson | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 600 =WR | 1 Q | 103.9 | 703.9 | 4 |
| Thomas Johansson | Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 598 | 4 Q | 105.4 | 703.4 | |
| Thomas Johansson | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 577 | 23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kenneth Pettersson | Men's 10m air pistol SH1 | 558 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kenneth Pettersson | Mixed 25m pistol SH1 | 560 | 8 Q | 88.5 | 648.5 | 8 |
| Kenneth Pettersson | Mixed 50m pistol SH1 | 495 | 24 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bjorn Samuelsson | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 555 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bjorn Samuelsson | Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 | 1092 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Bjorn Samuelsson | Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 | 572 | 29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Lotta Helsinger | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 | 599 | 5 Q | 103.7 | 702.7 | 8 |
| Lotta Helsinger | Women's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 381 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Viktoria Wedin | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 599 | 6 Q | 104.5 | 703.5 | 7 |
| Viktoria Wedin | Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 599 | 2 Q | 103.7 | 702.7 | |

### Swimming

**Men**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Anders Olsson | S6 | 50m freestyle | 32.71 | 4 Q | 31.90 | |
| Anders Olsson | S6 | 100m freestyle | 1:09.22 | 2 Q | 1:09.47 | |
| Anders Olsson | S6 | 400m freestyle | 5:11.63 PR | 1 Q | 5:03.76 WR | |
| Anders Olsson | SB5 | 100m breaststroke | 1:45.69 | 8 Q | 1:44.68 | 8 |
| Anders Olsson | SM6 | 200m individual medley | 3:12.14 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Alex Racoveanu | S9 | 100m butterfly | 1:06.53 | 8 Q | 1:05.77 | 5 |
| Alex Racoveanu | SB8 | 100m breaststroke | 1:23.74 | 8 Q | 1:23.30 | 6 |
| Alex Racoveanu | SM9 | 200m individual medley | 2:38.40 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sandra Erikson | S4 | 50m freestyle | 57.09 | 8 Q | 56.54 | 7 |
| Sandra Erikson | S4 | 100m freestyle | 2:12.11 | 8 Q | 2:09.49 | 8 |
| Sandra Erikson | S4 | 50m butterfly | N/A | N/A | 56.36 WR | |
| Sandra Erikson | SM4 | 150m individual medley | 4:15.07 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Table tennis

**Men**

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Fredrik Andersson | Men's singles 10 | Gaspar (SVK) L 1-3 | Puglisi (ITA) W 3-0 | Bereczki (HUN) W 3-0 | 2 Q | N/A | de la Bourdonnaye (FRA) W 3-1 | Ruiz (ESP) W 3-2 | Gaspar (SVK) L 1-3 | |
| Ernst Bolldén | Men's singles 5 | Robles (ESP) L 0-3 | Nilsen (RSA) W 3-1 | Kalyvas (GRE) W 3-0 | 2 Q | Chang (TPE) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Patrik Hoegstedt | Men's singles 5 | Kim (KOR) L 0-3 | Djurasinovic (SCG) L 2-3 | Pazaran (MEX) L 1-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Simon Itkonen | Men's singles 6 | Schmidt (GER) L 2-3 | Jensen (DEN) L 2-3 | Solis (CHI) W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Oerjan Kylevik | Men's singles 3 | Piñas (ESP) L 2–3 | Wu (TPE) W 3–1 | Valka (SVK) W 3–1 | 2 Q | Robin (FRA) L 0–3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Linus Loennberg | Men's singles 7 | Wollmert (GER) L 0-3 | Qin (CHN) L 0-3 | Popov (UKR) L 1-3 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

**Women**

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Marleen Bengtsson Kovacs | Women's singles 6-8 | Ovsjannikova (RUS) W 3–0 | Darvand (FRA) W 3–0 | Munoz (ARG) W 3–0 | 1 Q | Barbusova (SVK) W 3–0 | Turowska (POL) W 3-2 | Zhang (CHN) L 1-3 | |

**Teams**

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Ernst Bolldén Patrik Hoegstedt Oerjan Kylevik | Men's team 5 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 0-3 | Greece (GRE) W 3-0 | N/A | 2 Q | Czech Republic (CZE) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Simon Itkonen Linus Loennberg | Men's team 6-7 | France (FRA) W 3-2 | Denmark (DEN) L 2-3 | Netherlands (NED) W 3-0 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | |
| Magnus Andree Fredrik Andersson | Men's team 10 | Czech Republic (CZE) L 1-3 | Italy (ITA) W 3-0 | Hungary (HUN) W 3-1 | 2 Q | N/A | China (CHN) L 1-3 | Czech Republic (CZE) W 3-1 | |

### Wheelchair tennis

| Athlete | Class | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Niclas Larsson | Open | Men's singles | Ammerlaan (NED) L 0–6, 0–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stefan Olsson | Open | Men's singles | Kumarasiri (SRI) W 6–1, 6–0 | Brychta (CZE) L 5–7, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Wikstrom | Open | Men's singles | Krieghofer (AUT) W 6–3, 6–1 | Plowman (GBR) W 6–2, 6–0 | Kunieda (JPN) L 3–6, 6–4, 3–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stefan Olsson Peter Wikstrom | Open | Men's doubles | N/A | Onasie (INA) / Sugiharto (INA) W 6–0, 6–0 | Baumgartner (AUT) / Legner (AUT) W 6–4, 6–4 | Jérémiasz (FRA) / Majdi (FRA) L 1–6, 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance |
