Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics

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Sweden at the Olympic Games
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At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
Competitors	112 in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Anja Pärson, Alpine Skiing
Medals Rank: 6	Gold 7	Silver 2	Bronze 5	Total 14
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Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. Despite the lack of success in recent Olympics, Sweden is seventh on the all-time ranking of gold medals in the Olympics, with 39 golds, and the Italian newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport have cited Swedish athletes and teams as among the favorites in twelve events.^[1] A total of 99 athletes have been selected, and Sweden have selected athletes to compete in eight of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Top 10 finishes 2.1 4th place 2.2 5th place 2.3 6th place 2.4 8th place 3 Events 3.1 Alpine skiing 3.2 Biathlon 3.3 Cross-country skiing 3.4 Curling 3.5 Freestyle skiing 3.5.1 Moguls 3.6 Ice hockey 3.7 Snowboard 3.7.1 Giant slalom 3.7.2 Halfpipe 3.7.3 Snowboard cross 3.8 Speed skating 4 Notes and references 5 Further reference

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Cross-country skiing
  • Men's team sprint, classical style: Thobias Fredriksson, Björn Lind
  • Women's team sprint, classical style: Lina Andersson, Anna Dahlberg
  • Men's individual sprint, free style: Björn Lind
• Alpine skiing
  • Women's slalom: Anja Pärson
• Curling
  • Women's team: Anette Norberg, Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman (alternate)
• Biathlon
  • Women's 12.5 km mass start: Anna Carin Olofsson
• Ice hockey
  • Men's: Mattias Öhlund, Nicklas Lidström, Nicklas Kronwall, Christian Bäckman, Niclas Hävelid, Ronnie Sundin, Kenny Jönsson, Daniel Tjärnqvist, Daniel Alfredsson, Daniel Sedin, Mats Sundin, Henrik Sedin, Peter Forsberg, Per-Johan Axelsson, Samuel Påhlsson, Fredrik Modin, Mikael Samuelsson, Henrik Zetterberg, Mika Hannula, Jörgen Jönsson, Tomas Holmström, Stefan Liv, Mikael Tellqvist and Henrik Lundqvist

[edit] Silver

• Biathlon
  • Women's 7.5 km sprint: Anna Carin Olofsson

• Ice hockey
  • Women's: Cecilia Andersson, Kim Martin, Elin Holmlöv, Jenni Asserholt, Joa Elfsberg, Emma Eliasson, Gunilla Andersson, Ylva Lindberg, Frida Nevalainen, Maria Rooth, Erika Holst, Jenny Lindqvist, Katarina Timglas, Pernilla Winberg, Ann-Louise Edstrand, Kristina Lundberg, Emilie O'Konor, Nanna Jansson, Therese Sjölander and Danijela Rundqvist

[edit] Bronze

• Alpine skiing
  • Women's downhill: Anja Pärson
  • Women's combined: Anja Pärson
  • Women's giant slalom: Anna Ottosson

• Cross-country skiing
  • Men's 4x10 km relay: Mats Larsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren and Mathias Fredriksson
  • Men's individual sprint, free style: Thobias Fredriksson

[edit] Top 10 finishes

[edit] 4th place

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's slalom: Andre Myhrer
• Biathlon
  • Men's 4x6 km relay: Jakob Börjesson, Björn Ferry, Mattias Nilsson and Carl Johan Bergman

[edit] 5th place

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's giant slalom: Fredrik Nyberg

[edit] 6th place

• Alpine skiing
  • Women's giant slalom: Anja Pärson

[edit] 8th place

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's slalom: Johan Brolenius
  • Women's combined: Jessica Lindell-Vikarby
  • Women's slalom: Therese Borssén
• Biathlon
  • Men's 10 km sprint: Mattias Nilsson

[edit] Events

[edit] Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's combined

Name	Downhill	Slalom run 1	Slalom run 2	Total	Final rank
Markus Larsson	1:41.22	46.38	44.74	3:12.34	11th place
Johan Brolenius	1:43.56	45.20	44.51	3:13.27	18th place

Men's downhill

Name	Time	Final rank
Patrik Järbyn	1:52.87	33rd place

Men's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Fredrik Nyberg	1:16.83	1:19.22	2:36.05	5th place

Men's slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Andre Myhrer	53.95	50.23	1:44.18	4th place
Johan Brolenius	54.37	50.44	1:44.81	8th place
Martin Hansson	54.50	50.74	1:45.24	10th place
Markus Larsson	Did not finish	-	-	-

Men's Super-G

Name	Time	Final rank
Patrik Järbyn	1:32.21	24th place

Women's combined

Name	Downhill	Slalom run 1	Slalom run 2	Total	Final rank
Anja Pärson	1:29.57	38.75	43.31	2:51.63	Bronze medal
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	1:30.19	40.04	44.96	2:55.19	8th place
Janette Hargin	1:31.29	40.06	44.78	2:56.13	12th place
Nike Bent	1:30.13	40.66	45.83	2:56.62	14th place

Women's downhill

Name	Time	Final rank
Anja Pärson	1:57.13	Bronze medal
Janette Hargin	1:58.53	17th place
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	1:58.56	18th place
Nike Bent	1:59.17	22nd place

Women's giant slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Anna Ottosson	1:02.04	1:08.29	2:10.33	Bronze medal
Anja Pärson	1:01.07	1:09.89	2:10.96	6th place
Maria Pietilä-Holmner	1:02.00	1:09.69	2:11.69	10th place
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	1:02.12	1:11.24	2:13.36	18th place

Women's slalom

Name	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Final rank
Anja Pärson	42.38	46.66	1:29.04	Gold medal
Therese Borssén	43.21	47.87	1:31.08	8th place
Anna Ottosson	44.09	47.99	1:32.08	18th place
Maria Pietilä-Holmner	44.16	48.31	1:32.47	21st place

Women's Super-G

Name	Time	Final rank
Anja Pärson	1:33.88	12th place
Nike Bent	1:34.41	21st place
Janette Hargin	1:34.48	22nd place
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	1:34.78	24th place

[edit] Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 10 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Mattias Nilsson	0	27:18.5	8th place
Björn Ferry	2	27:31.1	14th place
David Ekholm	2	28:33.3	39th place
Carl Johan Bergman	0	29:21.5	55th place

Men's 12.5 km pursuit

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Mattias Nilsson	3	+2:27.2	20th place
Björn Ferry	6	+3:05.3	27th place
David Ekholm	5	+4:23.6	40th place
Carl Johan Bergman	Did not start	-	-

Men's 15 km mass start

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Mattias Nilsson	1	48:37.7	14th place
Björn Ferry	2	48:56.4	18th place
Carl Johan Bergman	4	50:54.4	29th place

Men's 20 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Carl Johan Bergman	3	57:30.9	23rd place
Björn Ferry	4	58:49.0	28th place
David Ekholm	2	59:18.2	35th place
Mattias Nilsson	5	1:00:01.1	44th place

Men's 4x6 km relay

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Jakob Börjesson	4	21:35.3
Björn Ferry	3	20:20.5
Mattias Nilsson	3	20:27.5
Carl Johan Bergman	2	20:11.8
Total	12	1:22:35.1	4th place

Women's 7.5 km sprint

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Anna Carin Olofsson	1	22:33.8	Silver medal

Women's 10 km pursuit

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Anna Carin Olofsson	8	+3:22.5	14th place

Women's 12.5 km mass start

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Anna Carin Olofsson	1	40:36.5	Gold medal

Women's 15 km individual

Name	Missed shots	Final	Final rank
Anna Carin Olofsson	5	52:55.8	15th place

[edit] Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

A total of fifteen athletes – ten men and five women – have been selected, making the cross-country squad the largest excluding the ice hockey teams.

Men:

• Jörgen Brink
• Mathias Fredriksson
• Thobias Fredriksson
• Mats Larsson
• Peter Larsson
• Björn Lind
• Johan Olsson
• Anders Södergren
• Fredrik Östberg
• Mikael Östberg

Women:

• Lina Andersson
• Anna Dahlberg
• Elin Ek
• Anna-Carin Strömstedt
• Emelie Öhrstig

Öhrstig is defending World Champion at the women's sprint event, but that was in classical style^[2]. Lind leads the men's cross-country World Cup at sprint, where four Swedes are in the top seven^[3], which may have led to La Gazzetta citing the Swedish team as among the favourites for the men's sprint relay. They're also among the favourites for the women's sprint relay, and Peter Larsson, Lind and Thobias Fredriksson are all named as favourites for the individual sprint. Mathias Fredriksson was also named as a favourite on the double pursuit and 50 km events.

On February 14, 2006 (Day 4), Sweden won gold in both the Men's and the Women's team sprint, classic style.

[edit] Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Sweden is sending a team to both the women's and the men's events at the 2006 Olympics. The men's team is skipped by Peja Lindholm, and also includes Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup and Anders Kraupp. One of these will have to be reserve during the Games. The women's team is skipped by Anette Norberg, and her team mates are Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd and Ulrika Bergman. La Gazzetta named the women's team as among the favourites, and they are defending World and European Champions. Lindholm's team was not named as a favourite, though they won the 2004 World Championships.

[edit] Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Moguls

Swedish athletes have only been selected for the moguls event during the Olympics; one woman and two men have been selected to compete there.

Men:

• Jesper Björnlund
• Fredrik Fortkord

Women:

• Sara Kjellin
  1. Qualification run - 24.85 points
  2. Final run - 24.74 points (4th place)

[edit] Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Women's game results

Date	Opponent	Score	Result
February 11	Russia	3-1	W
February 13	Italy	11-0	W
February 14	Canada	1-8	L
February 17	USA	3-2	W
February 11	Canada	1-4	L

Sweden are sending both men and women's team to the Olympics, and both teams are among the favourites according to La Gazzetta.

Men's team
Number	Player	Club	Position
1	Stefan Liv	HV 71	GK
32	Mikael Tellqvist	Toronto Maple Leafs	GK
35	Henrik Lundqvist	New York Rangers	GK
2	Mattias Öhlund	Vancouver Canucks	D
3	Kim Johnsson	Philadelphia Flyers	D
5	Nicklas Lidström	Detroit Red Wings	D
7	Nicklas Kronwall	Detroit Red Wings	D
8	Christian Bäckman	St. Louis Blues	D
	Ronnie Sundin	Frölunda HC	D
29	Kenny Jönsson	Rögle BK	D
11	Daniel Alfredsson	Ottawa Senators	F
12	Daniel Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	F
13	Mats Sundin	Toronto Maple Leafs	F
19	Markus Näslund	Vancouver Canucks	F
20	Henrik Sedin	Vancouver Canucks	F
21	Peter Forsberg	Philadelphia Flyers	F
22	Per-Johan Axelsson	Boston Bruins	F
26	Samuel Påhlsson	Anaheim Mighty Ducks	F
33	Fredrik Modin	Tampa Bay Lightning	F
37	Mikael Samuelsson	Detroit Red Wings	F
40	Henrik Zetterberg	Detroit Red Wings	F
51	Mika Hannula	HV 71	F
72	Jörgen Jönsson	Färjestads BK	F
96	Tomas Holmström	Detroit Red Wings	F

Women's team
Number	Player	Club	Position
1	Cecilia Andersson	Concordia University Stingers	GK
30	Kim Martin	AIK	GK
2	Elin Holmlöv	AIK	D
4	Jenni Asserholt	Örebro HK	D
21	Joa Elfsberg	Brynäs IF	D
22	Emma Eliasson	MODO	D
23	Gunilla Andersson	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	D
27	Ylva Lindberg	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	D
3	Frida Nevalainen	MODO	F
7	Maria Rooth	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
8	Erika Holst	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
12	Jenny Lindqvist	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
15	Katarina Timglas	AIK	F
16	Pernilla Winberg	AIK	F
17	Ann-Louise Edstrand	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey	F
18	Kristina Lundberg	MODO	F
19	Emilie O'Konor	AIK	F
24	Nanna Jansson	Brynäs IF	F
25	Therese Sjölander	MODO	F
28	Danijela Rundqvist	AIK	F

[edit] Snowboard

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

[edit] Giant slalom

Men's parallel giant slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue Course	Red Course	Total	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Richard Richardsson	34.76	36.70	01:11.46	Heat 6 2nd place	-	-	-	-
Daniel Biveson	36.07	36.08	01:12.15	Heat 1 2nd place	-	-	-	-
Filip Fischer	36.46	36.97	01:13.43	-	-	-	-	-

Women's parallel giant slalom

	Qualification
Name	Blue Course	Red Course	Total	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Aprilia Hägglöf	41.34	41.77	01:23.11	Heat 1 2nd place	-	-	-	-
Sara Fischer	40.91	did not finish	-	-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Halfpipe

Men’s halfpipe

In men’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place.

	Qualification		Final
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 1	Run 2	Final Rank
Micael Lundmark	32.5 points	27.2 points	-	-	-
Mikael Sandy	19.7 points	14.0 points	-	-	-
Stefan Karlsson	11.5 points	8.7 points	-	-	-

Women’s halfpipe

In women’s halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of the Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place.

	Qualification		Final
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Run 1	Run 2	Final Rank
Anna Olofsson	27.4 points	24.4 points	-	-	-

[edit] Snowboard cross

Men's snowboard cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Jonatan Johansson	1:26.72	1:23.38	Heat 1 2nd place	Quarterfinal 1 3rd place	-	Classification 9-12	12th place
Mattias Blomberg	1:23.98	1:22.48	Heat 2 3rd place	-	-	-	-
Jonte Grundelius	1:24.53	1:21.85	Heat 5 4th place	-	-	-	-

Women's snowboard cross

	Qualification
Name	Run 1	Run 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Maria Danielsson	1:30.01	2:06.56	Quarterfinal 2 2nd place	Semifinal 1 4th place	Small final	6th place

[edit] Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men's 500 m

Name	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Erik Zachrisson	35.80	35.81	71.61	20th place

Men's 1000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Erik Zachrisson	Disqualified	-

Men's 1500 m

Name	Final	Rank
Johan Röjler	1:50.50	33rd place

Men's 5000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Johan Röjler	6:29.24	12th place

Men's 10000 m

Name	Final	Rank
Johan Röjler	13:29.50	10th place

[edit] Notes and references

1. ^ (Italian) "Quindici sport in cerca di podio" (10 January 2006), La Gazzetta dello Sport, pp. 4-6
2. ^ FIS-Ski - resultats, URL retrieved 22 January 2006
3. ^ FIS-Ski - Cup Standings, URL retrieved 22 January 2006

[edit] Further reference

• 2006 Team Book Sweden from the Swedish Olympic Committee, retrieved 22 January 2006

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