Sweden at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Sweden at the
2012 Summer Paralympics
Sweden at the; 2012 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	SWE
NPC	Swedish Parasports Federation
in London
Competitors	59 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Jonas Jacobsson (opening)
Medals; Ranked 29th	Gold 4 Silver 4 Bronze 4 Total 12
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Sweden competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom, from 29 August to 9 September 2012.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Anna-Carin Ahlquist	Table tennis	Women's singles class 3	3 September
Gold	Maja Reichard	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB11	3 September
Gold	Jonas Jacobsson	Shooting	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	5 September
Gold	Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	Wheelchair tennis	Men's doubles	7 September
Silver	Jonas Jacobsson	Shooting	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	31 August
Silver	Anders Olsson	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle S6	1 September
Silver	Jeffrey Ige	Athletics	Men's shot put F20	7 September
Silver	Anna-Carin Ahlquist Ingela Lundbäck	Table tennis	Women's team C4–5	8 September
Bronze	Josefin Abrahamsson	Table tennis	Women's singles class 8	2 September
Bronze	Ingela Lundbäck	Table tennis	Women's singles class 5	2 September
Bronze	Emil Andersson	Table tennis	Men's singles class 8	3 September
Bronze	Sweden women's national goalball team Viktoria Andersson Anna Dahlberg Malin Gustavsson Josefin Jälmestål Sofia Naesström Maria Wåglund	Goalball	Women's	7 September

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Table tennis	1	1	3	5
Shooting	1	1	0	2
Swimming	1	1	0	2
Wheelchair tennis	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Goalball	0	0	1	1
Total	4	4	4	12

Archery

Men


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Robert Larsson	Ind. compound open	636	19	Lee (KOR) W 7–3	Hancı (TUR) L 1–7	Did not advance

Women


Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Opposition score	Rank
Zandra Reppe	Ind. compound open	642	7	—	Polegaeva (RUS) L 4–6	Did not advance

Athletics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Niklas Almers	Men's 100 m T54	14.89	13	Did not advance
Jeffrey Ige	Men's shot put F20	—		15.50 ER
Per Jonsson	Men's 200 m T13	24.42	19	Did not advance
Per Jonsson	Men's long jump F13	—		6.48	4
Tobias Jonsson	Men's 200 m T13	Did not start		Did not advance
Tobias Jonsson	Men's long jump F13	—		5.83	10
Rickard Straht	Men's long jump F11	—		5.67	7
Emma Eriksson	Women's long jump F20	—		4.78	5
Gunilla Wallengren	Women's 400 m T54	58.24	8 q	58.74	8
	Women's 800 m T54	1:57.14	11	Did not advance
	Women's 1500 m T54	3:33.53	6 q	3:39.02	9

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Seeding Match	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Christoffer Hagdahl	Individual BC3	Martins (BRA) L 2–6	Peña Cortes (ESP) L 2–3	Did not advance

Cycling

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Jessica Hedlund	Women's road race H4	1:48:42	4
Jessica Hedlund	Women's time trial H4	34:14.31	4

Equestrian

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Result	Rank
Anita Johnsson	Donar	Individual Championship test grade Ia	68.050	9
Anita Johnsson	Donar	Individual Freestyle test grade Ia	66.800	10

Goalball

Men's tournament

Roster

Name	Date of birth (age)	Club	Residence
Stefan Gahne	(1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 30)	Malmö FIFH	Malmö
Niklas Hultqvist	(1982-12-27)27 December 1982 (aged 29)	IFAS	Stockholm
Piotr Lawniczak	(1981-01-08)8 January 1981 (aged 31)	IFAS	Handen
Magnus Rendahl	(1990-11-25)25 November 1990 (aged 21)	IFAS	Nacka
Fatmir Seremeti	(1983-04-10)10 April 1983 (aged 29)	Malmö FIFH	Malmö
Mikael Åkerberg	(1982-07-01)1 July 1982 (aged 30)	Hammarby IF	Farsta

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Turkey	5	4	1	0	26	6	+20	13	Quarterfinals
Brazil	5	3	0	2	30	20	+10	9
Lithuania	5	2	2	1	33	20	+13	8
Finland	5	2	0	3	16	24	−8	6
Sweden	5	1	2	2	16	25	−9	5	Eliminated
Great Britain	5	0	1	4	9	35	−26	1	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.

30 August 2012 11:30	Turkey	9 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Shinji Mizuno (JPN), Carla Da Matta (BRA)
	Alkan 3 Düzgün 3 Uçar 2 Karakaya 1	Report	Seremati 2

31 August 2012 13:45	Brazil	4 – 5	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Christl Daentler (GER), Tony Connolly (USA)
	Leo. Moreno da Silva 2 Marques 1 Santos Silvestre 1	Report	Hultqvist 4 Gahne 1

1 September 2012 10:15	Sweden	3 – 3	Great Britain	Copper Box, London Referees: Bülent Kimyon (TUR), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	Hultqvist 2 Seremati 1	Report	Graham 1 Knott 1 Sharkey 1

2 September 2012 19:45	Sweden	5 – 5	Lithuania	Copper Box, London Referees: Janne Ahokas (FIN), Hooshang Shariati (IRI)
	Seremati 5	Report	Pavliukianec 2 Panovas 2 Juchna 1

4 September 2012 17:15	Finland	4 – 1	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Dawna Christy (CAN)
	Mattila 4	Report	Seremeti 1

Women's tournament

Roster

Name	Date of birth (age)	Club	Residence
Viktoria Andersson	(1985-01-16)16 January 1985 (aged 27)	IFAS	Farsta
Anna Dahlberg	(1980-09-12)12 September 1980 (aged 31)	Hammarby IF	Sundbyberg
Malin Gustavsson	(1970-11-17)17 November 1970 (aged 41)	MIS Göteborg	Gothenburg
Josefin Jälmestål	(1978-10-11)11 October 1978 (aged 33)	IFAS	Farsta
Sofia Naesström	(1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 33)	Hammarby IF	Farsta
Maria Wåglund	(1984-03-26)26 March 1984 (aged 28)	IFAS	Stockholm

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Canada	4	3	0	1	6	3	+3	9	Quarterfinals
Japan	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7
Sweden	4	2	1	1	11	11	0	7
United States	4	2	0	2	9	4	+5	6
Australia	4	0	0	4	7	17	−10	0	Eliminated

Source: "London 2012 Paralympic Games - Goalball results" (PDF). Paralympic.org. 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2024-04-27 – via Goalball.sport.

30 August 2012 21:00	United States	5 – 1	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Yasser Oman (EGY), Warrick Jackes (AUS)
	Armbruster 3 Czechowski 1 Miller 1	Report	Jälmestål 1

1 September 2012 13:45	Canada	1 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Bulent Kimyor (TUR), Thomas Bärz (GER)
	Kneebone 1	Report	Gustavsson 2

2 September 2012 11:30	Sweden	0 – 0	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Tony Collonny (USA), Christl Däntler (GER)
		Report

4 September 2012 12:30	Sweden	8 – 5	Australia	Copper Box, London Referees: Hooshang Shariati (IRI), Janne Ahokas (FIN)
	Gustavsson 5 Naesström 2 Jälmestål 1	Report	Esdaile 3 Christensen 2

Quarter-final

5 September 2012 12:45	Great Britain	1 – 2	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Thomas Baerz (GER)
	Sharkey 1	Report	Gustavsson 2

Semi-final

6 September 2012 15:00	Sweden	3 – 4 (a.e.t.)	Japan	Copper Box, London Referees: Dina Murdie (GBR), Launel Scott (CAN)
	Gustavsson 1 Jälmestål 1 Wåglund 1	Report	Komiya 2 Adachi 1 Urata 1

Bronze medal match

7 September 2012 13:30	Finland	1 – 5	Sweden	Copper Box, London Referees: Carla Da Matta (BRA), Kimberly Anderson (USA)
	Heikkinen 1	Report	Naesström 2 Gustavsson 2 Jälmestål 1

Judo

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nicolina Pernheim	Women's 63 kg	Arce Payno (ESP) L 000-021	Did not advance	Soazo (VEN) L 000–110	Did not advance

Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Jonas Jacobsson	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	593	3 Q	103.5	696.5
	Men's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	1155	2 Q	100.9	1255.9
	Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1	597	19	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	591	2 Q	101.2	692.2	4
Håkan Gustafsson	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	588	11	Did not advance
Fredrik Larsson	Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	573	22	Did not advance
Fredrik Larsson	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	586	14	Did not advance
Lotta Helsinger	Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1	387	11	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions SH1	550	11	Did not advance
	Mixed 50 m rifle prone SH1	560	48	Did not advance

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mikael Fredriksson	Men's 50 m backstroke S3	56.28	7 Q	55.81	6
Mikael Fredriksson	Men's 150 m individual medley SM3	3:27.11	9	Did not advance
Christoffer Lindhe	Men's 50 m freestyle S4	41.52	8 Q	41.02	7
	Men's 100 m freestyle S4	1:29.11	6 Q	1:28.06	6
	Men's 200 m freestyle S4	3:06.60	5 Q	3:07.02	5
	Men's 150 m individual medley SM3	3:05.86	3 Q	3:04.12	4
Anders Olsson	Men's 50 m freestyle S6	33.88	12	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle S6	1:11.04	6 Q	1:10.12	6
	Men's 400 m freestyle S6	5:06.90	2 Q	5:03.44
	Men's 100 m breaststroke SB5	1:41.08	6 Q	1:41.59	6
Jennie Ekström	Women's 50 m backstroke S4	1:01.53	6 Q	1:00.37	6
Pernilla Lindberg	Women's 200 m freestyle S14	2:16.39 NR	5 Q	2:15.33 NR	5
	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB14	1:27.50	11	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m backstroke S14	1:18.38	10	Did not advance
Maja Reichard	Women's 50 m freestyle S11	33.17	=5 Q	32.66	5
	Women's 100 m freestyle S11	1:16.20	7 Q	1:12.65	7
	Women's 100 m breaststroke SB11	1:28.51 WR	1 Q	1:27.98 WR
	Women's 200 m individual medley SM11	3:03.72	5 Q	3:00.08	4

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Group			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Emil Andersson	Men's individual C8	BYE			—	Sun (CHN) W 3–2	Csejtej (SVK) L 2–3	Wilson (GBR) W 3–0
Fredrik Andersson	Men's individual C10	Abdelwahab (EGY) L 2–3	Berecki (HUN) W 3–1	—		Did not advance
Linus Karlsson	Men's individual C9	Cabestany (FRA) L 2–3	Leibovitz (USA) L 1–3	—		Did not advance
Fabian Rignell	Men's individual C8	Jambor (SVK) W 3–2	Csonka (HUN) L 0-3	—		Did not advance
Alexander Öhgren	Men's individual C3	Makszin (ROU) L 2–3	Piñas (ESP) W 3–1	—		Did not advance
Emil Andersson Fabian Rignell	Men's team C6–8	—			Czech Republic (CZE) W 3–2	Germany (GER) L 1–3	Did not advance
Fredrik Andersson Linus Karlsson	Men's team C9–10	—			France (FRA) W 3–2	Poland (POL) L 2–3	Did not advance
Josefin Abrahamsson	Women's individual C8	Kamkasomphou (FRA) L 0–3	Mahmoud (EGY) W 3–1	Yu (CHN) W 3–2	—		Mao (CHN) L 0–3	Medina (PHI) W 3–0
Anna-Carin Ahlquist	Women's individual C3	BYE			—	Campbell (GBR) W 3–0	Kanova (SVK) W 3–0	Mader (AUT) W 3–0
Ingela Lundbäck	Women's individual C5	Hsiao (TPE) W 3–2	Wong (HKG) W 3–2	—			Zhang (CHN) L 0–3	Abuawad (JOR) W 3–2
Anna-Carin Ahlquist Ingela Lundbäck	Women's team C4–5	—			BYE	Jordan (JOR) W 3–0	South Korea (KOR) W 3–1	China (CHN) L 0–3

Wheelchair rugby

Roster

The following is the Sweden roster in the wheelchair rugby tournament of the 2012 Summer Paralympics.

Name	Class.	Date of birth (age)	Club	Residence
Glenn Adaszak	1.0	(1983-01-09)9 January 1983 (aged 29)	Köping Hillbillies	Kungsör
Alfredo Alvarez	1.5	(1982-05-13)13 May 1982 (aged 30)	Nacka HI	Stockholm
Martin Bretz	0.5	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 27)	Nacka HI	Solna
Andreas Collin	2.5	(1986-03-19)19 March 1986 (aged 26)	Rehab Alpin	Västra Frölunda
Tomas Hjert	2.5	(1989-06-22)22 June 1989 (aged 23)	Nacka HI	Trångsund
Stefan Jansson	1.5	(1985-03-06)6 March 1985 (aged 27)	Köping Hillbillies	Järfälla
Per-Arne Kulle	2.0	(1976-10-12)12 October 1976 (aged 35)	Malmö FIFH	Svängsta
Richard Löfgren	0.5	(1971-08-17)17 August 1971 (aged 41)	Nacka HI	Upplands Väsby
Mikael Norlin	3.5	(1974-02-20)20 February 1974 (aged 38)	Malmö FIFH	Malmö
Tobias Sandberg	3.5	(1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 28)	Malmö FIFH	Lidingö
Per-Johan Uhlman	3.5	(1974-10-02)2 October 1974 (aged 37)	Malmö FIFH	Malmö
Mikael Wahlberg	0.5	(1980-02-18)18 February 1980 (aged 32)	Köping Hillbillies	Solna

Group stage

Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Australia (AUS)	3	3	0	182	142	+40	6	Semifinals
Canada (CAN)	3	2	1	163	166	−3	4	Semifinals
Sweden (SWE)	3	1	2	151	155	−4	2	Eliminated
Belgium (BEL)	3	0	3	135	168	−33	0	Eliminated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

5 September 2012

16:15

Sweden	52 – 42	Belgium
Uhlmann 15 Hjert 9 Jansson 7 Sandberg 6 Kulle 5 Norlin 4 Team 4 Collin 2	Report	Mertens 20 Verhaegen 9 Genyn 6 Vanacker 3 Team 2 Budeners 1 Meersschaut 1

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 4,404

Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Philip Washbourn (NZL)

6 September 2012

14:00

Sweden	47 – 60	Australia
Uhlmann 9 Norlin 8 Kulle 7 Hjelt 7 Collin 6 Team 4 Sandberg 3 Jansson 2 Wahlberg 1	Report	Batt 30 Bond 14 Team 4 Carr 3 Newton 2 Smith 2 Harrison 2 Hose 1 Lees 1 Meakin 1

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,622

Referee: Pierre-Alexandre Brière (CAN), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

7 September 2012

12:15

Canada	53 – 52	Sweden
	Report

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 5,469

Referee: Darren Roberts (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

5th–8th place semi-final

8 September 2012

14:00

Sweden	58 – 48	France
	Report

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,994

Referee: Motoko Izumiya (JPN), Dave Woods (GBR)

Classification 5-6

8 September 2012

21:15

Great Britain	59 – 47	Sweden
	Report

Basketball Arena

Attendance: 2,484

Referee: Mitch Carr (USA), Alexander Schreiner (GER)

Wheelchair tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stefan Olsson	Men's singles	Denayer (BEL) W 6–0, 6–0	Lee (KOR) W 6–1, 6–2	Reid (GBR) L 5–7, 4–6	Did not advance
Peter Vikström	Men's singles	Kellerman (AUS) L 4–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Stefan Olsson Peter Vikström	Men's doubles	—	Baldwin / Yablong (USA) W 6–0, 6–1	Arzola / Blanch (ESP) W 6–1, 6–0	Egberink / Scheffers (NED) W 6–3, 6–2	Houdet / Jérémiasz (FRA) W 6–1, 7–6	Cattanéo / Peifer (FRA) W 6–1, 6–2
Anders Hård	Quad singles	—		Lapthorne (GBR) W 5–7, 6–3, 6–3	Taylor (USA) L 6–4, 4–6, 1–6	Did not advance
Marcus Jonsson	Quad singles	—		Weinberg (ISR) L 1–6, 2–6	Did not advance
Anders Hård Marcus Jonsson	Quad doubles	—			Gershony / Weinberg (ISR) L 1–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Notes

Official site Archived 2012-06-20 at the Wayback Machine

^ "Fanbärare – Svenska Parasportförbundet och Sveriges Paralympiska Kommitté". Archived from the original on 2016-10-08. Retrieved 2016-10-02.

Sweden at the 2012 Summer Paralympics

Contents

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Boccia

Cycling

Equestrian

Goalball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Judo

Shooting

Swimming

Table tennis

Wheelchair rugby

Wheelchair tennis

Notes

See also