Sweden competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 177 competitors, 111 men and 66 women, took part in 109 events in 22 sports.
Swedish men returned to Olympic archery with a silver medal performance by Magnus Petersson. Veteran Göran Bjerendal was defeated in the first round.
Women's Individual Competition:
Jenny Sjöwall → Round of 32, 26th place (1-1)
Christa Backman → Round of 64, 35th place (0-1)
Kristina Persson → Round of 64, 43rd place (0-1)
Men's Individual Competition:
Magnus Petersson → Final, Silver Medal (5-1)
Mikael Larsson → Round of 32, 21st place (1-1)
Göran Bjerendal → Round of 64, 34th place (0-1)
Women's Team Competition:
Sjöwall, Backman, and Persson → Quarterfinal, 7th place (1-1)
Men's Team Competition:
Petersson, Larsson, and Bjerendal → Quarterfinal, 6th place (1-1)
Men's 400m Hurdles
Sven Nylander
Heat — 49.54s
Semi Final — 48.21s
Final — 47.98s (→ 4th place)
Men's Marathon
Anders Szalkai — 2:24.27 (→ 64th place)
Men's Javelin Throw
Dag Wennlund
Qualification — 75.24m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
Tore Gustafsson
Qualification — 71.02m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
Kajsa Bergqvist
Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
Tom Englen and Fredrik Petersson — 17th place overall
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)
Stefan Ström
First Round — Lost to Yosvani Aguilera (Cuba), referee stopped contest in second round
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)
John Larbi
First Round — Lost to Arnaldo Mesa (Cuba), 5-19
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
Roger Pettersson
First Round — Defeated Shokhrat Kourbanov (Turkmenistan), 7-2
Second Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy), 4-18
Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg)
Ismael Kone
First Round — Defeated Ilkham Kerimov (Azerbaijan), 22-3
Second Round — Lost to Thomas Ulrich (Germany), 9-24
Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)
Kwamena Turkson
First Round — Defeated Young-Sam Ko (South Korea), 12-8
Second Round — Lost to Félix Savón (Cuba), knock-out in first round
Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)
Attila Levin
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Jean-François Bergeron (Canada), referee stopped contest in first round
Quarterfinals — Lost to Wladimir Klitschko (Ukraine), referee stopped contest in first round
Men's Individual Time Trial
Jan Karlsson
Final — 1:08:52 (→ 18th place)
Michael Andersson
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Individual Road Race
Susanne Ljungskog
Final — 02:37:06 (→ 25th place)
Men's Cross Country
Roger Persson
Final — 2:37:17 (→ 21st place)
Men's 3m Springboard
Jimmy Sjödin
Preliminary Heat — 339.93 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Joakim Andersson
Preliminary Heat — 331.83 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Anna Lindberg
Preliminary Heat — 292.02
Semi Final — 220.29
Final — 269.52 (→ 8th place)
Two fencers, one man and one woman, represented Sweden in 1996.
Men's épée
Péter Vánky
Women's épée
Helena Elinder
Annelie Nilsson
Cecilia Sandell
Åsa Jakobsson
Annika Nessvold
Kristin Bengtsson
Anna Pohjanen
Pia Sundhage
Malin Swedberg
Malin Andersson
Ulrika Kalte
Lena Videkull
Ulrika Karlsson
Camilla Svensson
Maria Kun
Julia Carlsson
Hanna Ljungberg
Men's Individual Competition:
Per-Olov Danielson — 5375 pts (→ 10th place)
Men's 50 m Freestyle
Pär Lindström
Heat — 23.47 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Men's 100 m Freestyle
Lars Frölander
Heat — 49.91
Final — scratched
Men's 200 m Freestyle
Anders Holmertz
Heat — 1:48.41
Final — 1:48.42 (→ 5th place)
Men's 400 m Freestyle
Anders Holmertz
Heat — 3:52.27
Final — 3:50.66 (→ 5th place)
Men's 100 m Butterfly
Lars Frölander
Heat — 54.37 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Fredrik Letzler, Lars Frölander, Christer Wallin, and Johan Wallberg
Heat — 3:20.74
Lars Frölander, Fredrik Letzler, Anders Holmertz, and Christer Wallin
Final — 3:20.16 (→ 7th place)
Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Christer Wallin, Lars Frölander, Anders Lyrbring, and Anders Holmertz
Heat — 7:20.61
Christer Wallin, Anders Holmertz, Lars Frölander, and Anders Lyrbring
Final — 7:17.56 (→ Silver Medal)
Women's 50 m Freestyle
Linda Olofsson
Heat — 25.84
Final — 25.63 (→ 6th place)
Women's 100 m Freestyle
Linda Olofsson
Heat — 56.56
B-Final — 55.83 (→ 10th place)
Women's 200 m Freestyle
Louise Jöhncke
Heat — 2:01.13
B-Final — 2:01.37 (→ 11th place)
Malin Nilsson
Heat — 2:04.39 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Women's 100 m Backstroke
Therese Alshammar
Heat — 1:03.79
B-Final — 1:04.15 (→ 16th place)
Women's 100 m Breaststroke
Hanna Jaltner
Heat — 1:10.69
B-Final — 1:11.41 (→ 16th place)
Maria Östling
Heat — 1:11.58 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 200 m Breaststroke
Lena Eriksson
Heat — 2:31.65
B-Final — 2:28.87 (→ 9th place)
Maria Östling
Heat — 2:33.44 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Women's 100 m Butterfly
Johanna Sjöberg
Heat — 1:01.01
B-Final — 1:00.76 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200 m Individual Medley
Louise Karlsson
Heat — 2:16.37
Final — 2:17.25 (→ 8th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Louise Karlsson, and Linda Olofsson
Heat — 3:45.39
Linda Olofsson, Louise Jöhncke, Louise Karlsson, and Johanna Sjöberg
Final — 3:44.91 (→ 5th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Louise Jöhncke, Johanna Sjöberg, Josefin Lillhage, and Åsa Sandlund
Heat — 8:13.64 (→ did not advance, 9th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Therese Alshammar, Hanna Jaltner, Johanna Sjöberg, and Louise Jöhncke
Heat — 4:10.88 (→ did not advance, 10th place)
Men's Singles Competition
Thomas Enqvist
First round — Defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner (Germany) 7-6 4-6 6-4
Second round — Defeated Sargis Sargsian (Armenia) 4-6 7-6 6-4
Third round — Lost to Leander Paes (India) 5-7 6-7
Magnus Gustafsson
First round — Defeated Ronald Agénor (Haiti) 6-2 6-4
Second round — Lost to Greg Rusedski (Great Britain) 7-6 6-7 3-6
