Sweden sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Swedish athletes who participated in the Olympics.^[1]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Swedish Olympic Committee's website lists 131 participants. Their count also includes reserves: Emma Karlsson and Linda Heed in equestrian, 3 reserves in women's football team, 1 reserve in women's handball team and Robert Svensson in men's table tennis team.

Neither count includes Alexandra Engen who was qualified and selected and was practicing on the Olympic course when she fell and was injured, which caused her to miss the competition.

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Women

Track & road events

Field events

Women

Women

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Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emma Samuelsson	Individual épée	Logounova (RUS) W 15–6	Picot (FRA) W 15–13	Heidemann (GER) L 10–15	Did not advance

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Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	China L 1–2	Argentina W 1–0	Canada W 2–1	2 Q	Germany L 0–2 (a.e.t.)	Did not advance		6

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Women's tournament

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Thomas Dennerby

Sweden named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[2][3][4][5] During the tournament, Maria Aronsson replaced Josefine Öqvist on 12 August 2008 due to injury.^[6]

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Hedvig Lindahl	(1983-04-29)29 April 1983 (aged 25)	34	0	Linköping
2	2DF	Karolina Westberg	(1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 30)	126	2	Umeå
3	2DF	Stina Segerström	(1983-06-17)17 June 1983 (aged 25)	27	2	Örebro
4	2DF	Anna Paulson	(1984-02-29)29 February 1984 (aged 24)	23	0	Umeå
5	3MF	Caroline Seger	(1985-03-19)19 March 1985 (aged 23)	43	4	Linköping
6	2DF	Sara Thunebro	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 29)	32	2	Djurgårdens IF
7	2DF	Sara Larsson	(1987-02-06)6 February 1987 (aged 21)	77	7	Linköping
8	4FW	Lotta Schelin	(1984-02-27)27 February 1984 (aged 24)	52	19	Göteborg
9	4FW	Jessica Landström	(1984-12-12)12 December 1984 (aged 23)	13	4	Linköping
10	4FW	Johanna Almgren	(1984-03-22)22 March 1984 (aged 24)	15	0	Göteborg
11	4FW	Victoria Sandell Svensson (captain)	(1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 31)	149	64	Djurgårdens IF
12	1GK	Caroline Jönsson	(1977-11-22)22 November 1977 (aged 30)	79	0	Malmö
13	2DF	Frida Östberg	(1977-12-10)10 December 1977 (aged 30)	73	2	Umeå
14	3MF	Josefine Öqvist	(1983-07-23)23 July 1983 (aged 25)	48	10	Linköping
15	3MF	Therese Sjögran	(1977-04-08)8 April 1977 (aged 31)	127	11	Malmö
16	3MF	Linda Forsberg	(1985-06-19)19 June 1985 (aged 23)	5	0	Djurgårdens IF
17	2DF	Charlotte Rohlin	(1980-12-02)2 December 1980 (aged 27)	11	1	Linköping
18	3MF	Nilla Fischer	(1984-08-02)2 August 1984 (aged 24)	35	4	Malmö
19	4FW	Maria Aronsson	(1983-12-23)23 December 1983 (aged 24)	15	1	Malmö

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Group play

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Canada	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
4	Argentina	3	0	0	3	1	5	−4	0

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Source: ^[7]

More information China, 2–1 ...

China	2–1	Sweden
Xu Yuan 6' Han Duan 72'	Report	Schelin 38'

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6 August 2008

19:45

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 37,902

Referee: Hong Eun-ah (Korea Republic)

More information 1–0, Argentina ...

Sweden	1–0	Argentina
Fischer 57'	Report

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9 August 2008

17:00

Tianjin Olympic Center Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 38,293

Referee: Dianne Ferreira-James (Guyana)

More information 2–1, Canada ...

Sweden	2–1	Canada
Schelin 19', 51'	Report	Tancredi 63'

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12 August 2008

19:45

Beijing Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 51,112

Referee: Pannipar Kamnueng (Thailand)

Quarterfinal

More information 0–2 (a.e.t.), Germany ...

Sweden	0–2 (a.e.t.)	Germany
	Report	Garefrekes 104' Laudehr 115'

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15 August 2008

21:00

Shenyang Olympic Stadium, Shenyang

Attendance: 17,209

Referee: Dagmar Damkova (Czech Republic)

Summary

More information Team, Event ...

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal / Cl.	Final / BM / Pl.
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sweden women's	Women's tournament	Hungary L 24–30	Russia L 24–28	South Korea W 31–23	Germany W 27–26	Brazil W 25–22	4 Q	Norway L 24–31	5th-8th semifinal  China L 19–20	7th place final  Romania L 30–34	8

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Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Sweden roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Head coach: Ulf Schefvert

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No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 3 P Tina Flognman (1981-06-29)29 June 1981 (aged 27) 1.78 m 127 266 GOG Svendborg 4 LW Matilda Boson (1981-12-04)4 December 1981 (aged 26) 1.76 m 115 271 Aalborg DH 5 P Sara Holmgren (1979-03-29)29 March 1979 (aged 29) 1.81 m 96 106 HC Leipzig 6 CB Therese Islas Helgesson (1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 25) 1.68 m 44 66 Nordstrand IF 7 RW Annika Wiel Fredén (1978-08-21)21 August 1978 (aged 29) 1.76 m 52 135 Horsens HK 9 P Frida Toveby (1982-07-29)29 July 1982 (aged 26) 1.74 m 7 7 Aalborg DH 10 RW Teresa Utković (1980-07-31)31 July 1980 (aged 28) 1.70 m 55 128 IK Sävehof 11 CB Jessica Enström (1977-03-25)25 March 1977 (aged 31) 1.72 m 113 220 IVH Västerås 12 GK Therese Bengtsson (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 29) 1.87 m 21 0 Eslövs IK 14 RB Sara Eriksson (1981-04-13)13 April 1981 (aged 27) 1.82 m 96 152 HC Leipzig 15 LB Johanna Ahlm (1987-10-03)3 October 1987 (aged 20) 1.75 m 22 64 IK Sävehof 16 GK Madeleine Grundström (1980-08-12)12 August 1980 (aged 27) 1.82 m 122 0 Aalborg DH 17 LB Linnea Torstensson (1983-03-30)30 March 1983 (aged 25) 1.86 m 38 145 Aalborg DH 18 P Johanna Wiberg (1983-09-06)6 September 1983 (aged 24) 1.85 m 63 52 FCK Håndbold 20 CB Isabella Gulldén (1989-06-29)29 June 1989 (aged 19) 1.79 m 5 3 IK Sävehof

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Group play

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Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Russia	5	4	1	0	148	125	+23	9	Qualified for the quarterfinals
South Korea	5	3	1	1	155	127	+28	7
Hungary	5	2	1	2	129	142	−13	5
Sweden	5	2	0	3	123	137	−14	4
Brazil	5	1	1	3	124	137	−13	3
Germany	5	1	0	4	123	134	−11	2

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Source: ^{[citation needed]}

9 August 2008 10:45	Hungary	30 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Vérten, Görbicz 7	(15–14)	Islas Helgesson 6
	2× 7×	Report [dead link]	2× 4×

11 August 2008 20:45	Sweden	24 – 28	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Din, Dinu (ROU)
	Wiel Fredén 6	(12–14)	Turei 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 4×

13 August 2008 14:00	South Korea	31 – 23	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	An, Park 7	(18–13)	Ahlm, Boson 6
	3× 1× 1×	Report	4× 6×

15 August 2008 14:00	Germany	26 – 27	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Althaus, Wörz 5	(13–13)	Ahlm 7
	2× 4× 1×	Report	4× 4×

17 August 2008 09:00	Sweden	25 – 22	Brazil	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Ahlm 7	(14–11)	Rosas 5
	3× 3×	Report	2× 4×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 12:00	Norway	31 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Larsen, Lybekk 6	(16–10)	Torstenson 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 2×

Classification semifinal

21 August 2008 12:00	Sweden	19 – 20	China	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Karbaschi, Kolahdouzan (IRI)
	Torstenson 6	(7–8)	Wang Shasha 5
	4× 5×	Report	3× 3×

7th–8th place

23 August 2008 08:00	Sweden	30 – 34	Romania	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Gulldén 9	(15–17)	Meirosu, Stanca-Gâlcă 6
	4× 4×	Report	3× 2×

Men

Women

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Men

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Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Rasmus Myrgren	Laser	7	16	8	2	8	13	2	7	2	CAN	20	83	6
Anton Dahlberg Sebastian Östling	470	16	18	2	5	DSQ	20	17	13	14	6	EL	111	15
Anders Ekström Fredrik Lööf	Star	1	4	15	3	6	1	8	2	1	7	20	53

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Women

Open

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Men

Women

Men

Women

Singles

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Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jens Lundqvist	Men's singles	Bye	Henzell (AUS) L 2–4	Did not advance
Jörgen Persson		Bye		Karakašević (SRB) W 4–2	Cheung (HKG) W 4–1	Samsonov (BLR) W 4–3	Primorac (CRO) W 4–1	Wang H (CHN) L 1–4	Wang Lq (CHN) L 0–4	4

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Team

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Athlete	Event	Group round		Semifinals	Bronze playoff 1	Bronze playoff 2	Bronze medal	Final
		Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Pär Gerell Jens Lundqvist Jörgen Persson	Men's team	Group C  South Korea (KOR) L 0 – 3  Chinese Taipei (TPE) L 2 – 3  Brazil (BRA) W 3 – 0	3	Did not advance

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Robert Svensson was the reserve for the men's team.

Men's Greco-Roman

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Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Ara Abrahamian	−84 kg	Kim J-S (KOR) W 3–1 PP	Estrada (CUB) W 3–1 PP	Forov (ARM) W 3–1 PP	Minguzzi (ITA) L 1–3 PP	Bye		Noumonvi (FRA) W 3–1 PP	3*
Jalmar Sjöberg	−120 kg	Mikulski (POL) W 3–1 PP	Botev (AZE) W 3–0 PO	Byers (USA) W 3–1 PP	López (CUB) L 0–3 PO	Bye		Patrikeyev (ARM) L 1–3 PP	5

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* Ara Abrahamian won the bronze medal, but later disqualified and stripped off his medal after a protest during the medal ceremony. He stepped off the podium and put the medal on the floor and walked off, before the gold and silver medals had been awarded. His action was in protest at a controversial penalty call in his semifinal against Italy's Andrea Minguzzi. The medal, however, was not awarded to another athlete. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the Swede was punished for violating the spirit of fair play during the medal ceremony.^[9]

Women's freestyle

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Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sofia Mattsson	−48 kg	Bye	Chun (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					12
Ida-Theres Nerell	−55 kg	—	Yoshida (JPN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Golts (RUS) W 3–1 PP	Verbeek (CAN) L 0–3 PO	5
Jenny Fransson	−72 kg	—	Wang J (CHN) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		Bye	Bernard (USA) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance	9

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The following athletes did not qualify for the Olympics despite having won a nomination or being among the top of the world in their sport. This could either be due to injuries, failing to achieve the national and/or international standards or due to heavy competition from fellow Swedish athletes.

• Sweden at the 2008 Summer Paralympics