Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Sweden sent 112 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin trying to win their first gold medal since the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer. A total of 99 athletes were selected, and they competed in nine of the fifteen Winter Olympic sports. When the medals were summed up, Sweden had managed seven gold medals, two silver and five bronze, making it Sweden's best result ever in the Winter Olympics in terms of both medals and gold medals earned,[3] and gave Sweden a 6th place in the medal table.

Sweden at the 2006 Winter Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Turin
Competitors	106 (63 men, 43 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Anja Pärson (opening)[1] Anette Norberg (closing)[2]
Medals Ranked 6th	Gold 7 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 14
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

The following Swedish athletes won medals at the games:

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind	Cross-country skiing	Men's team sprint	14 February
Gold	Lina Andersson Anna Dahlberg	Cross-country skiing	Women's team sprint	14 February
Gold	Anja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom	22 February
Gold	Björn Lind	Cross-country skiing	Men's individual sprint	22 February
Gold	Ulrika Bergman Cathrine Lindahl Eva Lund Anette Norberg Anna Svärd	Curling	Women's tournament	23 February
Gold	Anna Carin Olofsson	Biathlon	Women's mass start	25 February
Gold	Sweden men's national ice hockey team Daniel Alfredsson P. J. Axelsson Christian Bäckman Peter Forsberg Mika Hannula Niclas Hävelid Tomas Holmström Jörgen Jönsson Kenny Jönsson Niklas Kronwall Nicklas Lidström Stefan Liv Henrik Lundqvist Fredrik Modin Mattias Öhlund Samuel Påhlsson Mikael Samuelsson Daniel Sedin Henrik Sedin Mats Sundin Ronnie Sundin Mikael Tellqvist Daniel Tjärnqvist Henrik Zetterberg	Ice hockey	Men's tournament	26 February
Silver	Anna Carin Olofsson	Biathlon	Women's sprint	16 February
Silver	Sweden women's national ice hockey team Cecilia Andersson Gunilla Andersson Jenni Asserholt Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Emma Eliasson Erika Holst Nanna Jansson Jenny Lindqvist Kristina Lundberg Kim Martin Frida Nevalainen Emilie O'Konor Maria Rooth Danijela Rundqvist Therese Sjölander Katarina Timglas Anna Vikman Pernilla Winberg	Ice hockey	Women's tournament	20 February
Bronze	Anja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's downhill	15 February
Bronze	Anja Pärson	Alpine skiing	Women's combined	18 February
Bronze	Mathias Fredriksson Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay	19 February
Bronze	Thobias Fredriksson	Cross-country skiing	Men's individual sprint	22 February
Bronze	Anna Ottosson	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom	24 February

Alpine skiing

2004 and 2005 World Cup overall champion Anja Pärson won bronze medals in the women's combined and downhill, before claiming her first Olympic gold medal in the slalom.[4] Anna Ottosson also earned a medal, winning the second run in the women's giant slalom to claim bronze.[5]

Men

Athlete[5]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Johan Brolenius	Slalom	54.37	50.44	n/a	1:44.81	8
	Combined	1:43.56	45.20	44.51	3:13.27	18
Martin Hansson	Slalom	54.50	50.74	n/a	1:45.24	10
Patrik Järbyn	Downhill	n/a			1:52.87	33
	Super-G	n/a			1:32.21	24
Markus Larsson	Slalom	Did not finish
	Combined	1:41.22	46.38	44.74	3:12.34	11
André Myhrer	Slalom	53.95	50.23	n/a	1:44.18	4
Fredrik Nyberg	Giant slalom	1:16.83	1:19.22	n/a	2:36.05	5

Women

Athlete[5]	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Total	Rank
Nike Bent	Downhill	n/a			1:59.17	22
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.41	21
	Combined	40.66	45.83	1:30.13	2:56.62	14
Therese Borssén	Slalom	43.21	47.87	n/a	1:31.08	8
Janette Hargin	Downhill	n/a			1:58.53	17
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.48	22
	Combined	40.06	44.78	1:31.29	2:56.13	12
Jessica Lindell-Vikarby	Downhill	n/a			1:58.56	18
	Super-G	n/a			1:34.78	24
	Giant slalom	1:02.12	1:11.24	n/a	2:13.36	18
	Combined	40.04	44.96	1:30.19	2:55.19	8
Anna Ottosson	Giant slalom	1:02.04	1:08.29	n/a	2:10.33
	Slalom	44.09	47.99	n/a	1:32.08	18
Anja Pärson	Downhill	n/a			1:57.13
	Super-G	n/a			1:33.88	12
	Giant slalom	1:01.07	1:09.89	n/a	2:10.96	6
	Slalom	42.38	46.66	n/a	1:29.04
	Combined	38.75	43.31	1:29.57	2:51.63
Maria Pietilä-Holmner	Giant slalom	1:02.00	1:09.69	n/a	2:11.69	10
	Slalom	44.16	48.31	n/a	1:32.47	21

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

Biathlon

Anna Carin Olofsson, who had switched from cross-country skiing to biathlon just four years earlier, became the first Swedish woman to win a gold medal in biathlon.[6] Olofsson also won a silver in the sprint event. The men's relay team fell short of a medal in a photo finish, having greatly hurt their chances by missing 12 shots.[7]

Athlete[6]	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Carl Johan Bergman	Men's sprint	29:21.5	0	54
	Men's pursuit	Did not start
	Men's mass start	50:54.4	4	29
	Men's individual	57:30.9	3	23
David Ekholm	Men's sprint	28:33.2	2	38
	Men's pursuit	39:43.86	5	38
	Men's individual	59:18.2	2	35
Björn Ferry	Men's sprint	27:31.1	2	13
	Men's pursuit	38:25.52	6	25
	Men's mass start	48:56.4	2	18
	Men's individual	58:49.0	4	28
Mattias Nilsson	Men's sprint	27:18.5	0	7
	Men's pursuit	37:47.45	3	20
	Men's mass start	48:37.7	1	14
	Men's individual	1:00:01.1	5	44
Anna Carin Olofsson	Women's sprint	22:33.8	1
	Women's pursuit	40:06.19	8	14
	Women's mass start	40:36.5	1
	Women's individual	52:55.8	5	15
Jakob Börjesson Björn Ferry Mattias Nilsson Carl Johan Bergman	Men's relay	1:22:35.1	12	4

Cross-country skiing

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

Emelie Öhrstig was the defending World Champion at the women's sprint event, but that was in classical style, and she failed to make the final in Turin.[8] Björn Lind, leader of the men's cross-country World Cup in sprint,[9] was more successful, winning the gold medal and then pairing with bronze medalist Thobias Fredriksson to win the team sprint event as well.[10]

The women's sprint team of Lina Andersson and Anna Dahlberg joined their male counterparts in winning gold, while the men's 4 × 10 km relay claimed the only Swedish medal from a distance event, a bronze.[10]

Distance

Men

Athlete[10]	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Jörgen Brink	30 km pursuit	1:19:35.3	30
	50 km freestyle	2:11:19.2	51
Mathias Fredriksson	15 km classical	39:19.1	13
	30 km pursuit	1:17:23.1	15
	50 km freestyle	2:06:17.1	10
Mats Larsson	15 km classical	39:51.7	19
Johan Olsson	15 km classical	38:38.8	6
	30 km pursuit	1:18:47.9	23
	50 km freestyle	2:07:00.9	25
Anders Södergren	15 km classical	39:17.1	10
	30 km pursuit	1:17:04.3	5
	50 km freestyle	2:06:14.1	6
Mats Larsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Mathias Fredriksson	4 x 10 km relay	1:44:01.7

Women

Athlete[10]	Event	Final
		Total	Rank
Lina Andersson	10 km classical	30:25.53	33
	30 km freestyle	Did not finish
Elin Ek	10 km classical	29:40.9	23
	15 km pursuit	46:02.7	31
Britta Norgren	10 km classical	29:07.1	11
	15 km pursuit	44:18.0	15
	30 km freestyle	1:28:21.9	28
Emelie Öhrstig	10 km classical	31:31.6	47
Anna-Carin Strömstedt	15 km pursuit	47:51.3	47
	30 km freestyle	1:28:29.4	30
Anna Dahlberg Elin Ek Britta Norgren Anna-Carin Strömstedt	4 x 5 km relay	55:00.3	4

Sprint

Athlete[10]	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank	Total	Rank
Lina Andersson	Women's sprint	2:13.29	3 Q	2:16.0	3	Did not advance			11
Anna Dahlberg	Women's sprint	2:15.91	12 Q	2:14.3	1 Q	2:18.9	5	Did not advance	10
Thobias Fredriksson	Men's sprint	2:18.90	19 Q	2:23.2	2 Q	2:25.9	1 Q	2:27.8
Peter Larsson	Men's sprint	2:16.62	9 Q	2:23.3	3	Did not advance			13
Björn Lind	Men's sprint	2:13.53	1 Q	2:21.5	1 Q	2:19.6	1 Q	2:26.5
Britta Norgren	Women's sprint	2:16.43	19 Q	2:15.0	3	Did not advance			13
Emelie Öhrstig	Women's sprint	2:16.75	21 Q	2:19.9	5	Did not advance			22
Mikael Östberg	Men's sprint	2:16.24	6 Q	2:26.7	3	Did not advance			12
Thobias Fredriksson Björn Lind	Men's team sprint	n/a				17:34.0	1 Q	17:02.9
Lina Andersson Anna Dahlberg	Women's team sprint	n/a				17:33.5	3 Q	16:36.9

Curling

In the men's event, three-time World champion Peja Lindholm had a strong start, opening the tournament 3–0, including a win over eventual gold-medalists Canada, but fell off as the week continued, losing six consecutive games to finish out of the medal round.[11]

On the women's side, Anette Norberg, the 2005 World champion, and a six-time European champion, led her team to the top spot in the round robin. The Swedes then survived a close game with Norway in the semifinal, winning with a single point in the final end. In the gold medal game, Norberg's rink had a comfortable lead, but saw Switzerland storm back to tie and force an extra end. In that extra, Norberg converted a difficult double takeout to win the gold medal.[11]

Men's

Team: Peja Lindholm (skip), Tomas Nordin, Magnus Swartling, Peter Narup, Anders Kraupp (alternate)

Round-robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
New Zealand (Becker)	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	3
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	6

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	5
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	7

Draw 3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Canada (Gushue)	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	7
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	8

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	4
Norway (Trulsen)	0	4	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	X	9

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Fenson)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	2	2	10
Sweden (Lindholm)	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6

Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	4
Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)	3	0	2	0	0	1	3	2	X	X	11

Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2
Great Britain (Murdoch)	2	2	0	3	0	0	1	X	X	X	8

Draw 10

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Kapp)	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	7
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5

Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Lindholm)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	3	1	X	8

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	7	2
2	Canada	Brad Gushue	6	3
3	United States	Pete Fenson	6	3
4	Great Britain	David Murdoch	6	3
5	Norway	Pål Trulsen	5	4
6	Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	5	4
7	Italy	Joel Retornaz	4	5
8	Sweden	Peter Lindholm	3	6
9	Germany	Andy Kapp	3	6
10	New Zealand	Sean Becker	0	9

Women's

: Anette Norberg (skip), Eva Lund, Cathrine Lindahl, Anna Svärd, Ulrika Bergman (alternate)

Round-robin

Draw 1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Kleibrink)	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	0	5
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	7

Draw 2

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Nordby)	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	4	10
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3

Draw 4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	8
Great Britain (Martin)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	6

Draw 5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	1	8
Italy (Gaspari)	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	4

Draw 6

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	5
United States (Johnson)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	4

Draw 7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Ott)	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Sweden (Norberg)	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	4	0	9

Draw 8

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	2	0	0	2	2	4	0	X	X	10
Denmark (Holm)	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	5

Draw 9

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Japan (Onodera)	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	7
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	8

Draw 11

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	4
Russia (Privivkova)	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	6

Standings

Rank	Team	Skip	Won	Lost
1	Sweden	Anette Norberg	7	2
2	Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	7	2
3	Canada	Shannon Kleibrink	6	3
4	Norway	Dordi Nordby	6	3
5	Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
6	Russia	Ludmila Privivkova	5	4
7	Japan	Ayumi Onodera	4	5
8	Denmark	Dorthe Holm	2	7
9	United States	Cassandra Johnson	2	7
10	Italy	Diana Gaspari	1	8

Playoffs

Semifinal

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	5
Norway (Nordby)	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Final

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sweden (Norberg)	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	7
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

Figure skating

Kristoffer Berntsson, the lone Swedish figure skater in Turin, finished 23rd in the men's event.[12]

Athlete[12]	Event	CD		SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kristoffer Berntsson	Men's	n/a		59.55	23 Q	102.40	22	161.95	23

Key: CD = Compulsory Dance, FD = Free Dance, FS = Free Skate, OD = Original Dance, SP = Short Program

Freestyle skiing

Four moguls skiers represented Sweden in the freestyle disciplines, with the best finish coming from Sara Kjellin in the women's event. Kjellin sat in bronze medal position with only a single skier to come, but that skier was eventual winner Jennifer Heil, leaving Kjellin just short of a medal.[13]

Athlete[13]	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jesper Björnlund	Men's moguls	23.97	8 Q	25.21	5
Fredrik Fortkord	Men's moguls	22.87	17 Q	20.58	19
Sara Kjellin	Women's moguls	24.85	3 Q	24.74	4
Per Spett	Men's moguls	21.53	23	Did not advance	23

Ice hockey

The Swedish men's team suffered an early setback when it lost 5–0 to Russia, but wins over Kazakhstan, Latvia and the United States meant that the team was guaranteed a quarterfinal spot entering the final round-robin game with Slovakia. This game stirred up controversy, with head coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson suggesting that the team might not play for a win, in order to set up a quarterfinal matchup with underdog Switzerland. Ultimately, the Swedes did lose the game, though the IIHF supervisor "didn't see anything special".[14] The team then picked up comfortable wins in the medal round, beating the Swiss 5–2 and the Czech Republic 7–3, setting up a gold medal final with local rivals Finland.[15] The Swedes fell behind after the first period, but a pair of goals in the second left the game tied going into the final 20 minutes. Nicklas Lidström then scored early in the third, giving the Swedes a 3–2 lead that would hold, and giving the country its first Olympic hockey title since 1994.[16] Thousands of fans greeted the victorious team upon their return from Turin, with many of the NHL players stopping in Stockholm before returning to their club teams.[17]

The women's team managed to advance to the medal round in the Olympic tournament, but an 8–1 loss to Canada only seemed to enhance the perception that women's hockey had few competitive teams.[18] In the semifinals, the Swedes faced the United States, and fell behind 2–0 early in the second period. However, the Swedes then rallied, scoring twice to tie the game, and shut down the favoured Americans, forcing a shootout to decide the game. Swedish goaltender Kim Martin stopped four American shooters, while Pernilla Winberg and Maria Rooth scored for Sweden.[15] This was the first game in which any team other than Canada had beaten the United States, and made Sweden the first team outside the top two to advance to a major final.[19] The final was not as close, with Canada pulling out to a 4–0 lead by the halfway mark. Still, earning silver medal was a significant accomplishment for the Swedish women.

Men's

Roster

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
1	G	Stefan Liv	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	21 December 1980	Gdynia, Poland	HV71
35	G	Henrik Lundqvist	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	2 March 1982	Åre	New York Rangers
32	G	Mikael Tellqvist	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	19 September 1979	Sundbyberg	Toronto Maple Leafs
8	D	Christian Bäckman	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	28 April 1980	Alingsås	St. Louis Blues
15	D	Niclas Hävelid	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	12 April 1973	Stockholm	Atlanta Thrashers
29	D	Kenny Jönsson	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	6 October 1974	Ängelholm	Rögle BK
7	D	Niklas Kronwall	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	12 January 1981	Järfälla	Detroit Red Wings
5	D	Nicklas Lidström – A	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	28 April 1970	Avesta	Detroit Red Wings
2	D	Mattias Öhlund	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	9 September 1976	Piteå	Vancouver Canucks
23	D	Ronnie Sundin	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	98 kg (216 lb)	3 October 1970	Ludvika	Frölunda Indians
34	D	Daniel Tjärnqvist	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	14 October 1976	Umeå	Minnesota Wild
11	F	Daniel Alfredsson – A	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	11 December 1972	Gothenburg	Ottawa Senators
22	F	P. J. Axelsson	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	26 February 1975	Kungälv	Boston Bruins
21	F	Peter Forsberg	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	20 July 1973	Örnsköldsvik	Philadelphia Flyers
51	F	Mika Hannula	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	2 April 1979	Huddinge	HV71
96	F	Tomas Holmström	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	23 January 1973	Piteå	Detroit Red Wings
72	F	Jörgen Jönsson	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	29 September 1972	Ängelholm	Färjestads BK
33	F	Fredrik Modin	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	8 October 1974	Sundsvall	Tampa Bay Lightning
26	F	Samuel Påhlsson	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	17 December 1977	Ånge	Mighty Ducks of Anaheim
37	F	Mikael Samuelsson	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	23 December 1976	Mariefred	Detroit Red Wings
12	F	Daniel Sedin	186 cm (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	26 September 1980	Örnsköldsvik	Vancouver Canucks
20	F	Henrik Sedin	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	26 September 1980	Örnsköldsvik	Vancouver Canucks
13	F	Mats Sundin – C	193 cm (6 ft 4 in)	100 kg (220 lb)	13 February 1971	Bromma	Toronto Maple Leafs
40	F	Henrik Zetterberg	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	9 October 1980	Njurunda	Detroit Red Wings

Results

Round-robin

15 February 2006 11:35

Kazakhstan

2–7 (0–3, 1–4, 1–0)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Vitali Yeremeyev	Goalies	Stefan Liv	Referee: Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Pierre Racicot
	0–1 7:45 – D. Tjärnqvist (J. Jönsson, T. Holmström) 0–2 10:46 – D. Alfredsson (PP) 0–3 16:06 – H. Sedin (M. Samuelsson, D. Sedin) E. Koreshkov (SH) – 20:17 1–3 1–4 28:47 – P. Axelsson (S. Påhlsson, M. Öhlund) 1–5 31:08 – M. Sundin (C. Bäckman, F. Modin) (PP) 1–6 35:31 – D. Sedin (M. Öhlund, H. Sedin) 1–7 36:21 – D. Tjärnqvist (P. Axelsson, S. Påhlsson) V. Antipin (D. Upper) – 48:33 2–7
	18 min	Penalties	6 min
	14	Shots	34

15 February 2006 16:05

Sweden

0–5 (0–0, 0–3, 0–2)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,545

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Evgeni Nabokov	Referee: Don Van Massenhoven Linesmen: Petr Blümel Steve Miller
	0–1 27:13 – A. Kovalev (A. Markov) (PP) 0–2 28:05 – A. Ovechkin (A. Yashin) 0–3 38:58 – M. Sushinsky (E. Malkin, S. Zhukov) 0–4 50:31 – V. Kozlov (A. Frolov, A. Korolyuk) 0–5 54:04 – M. Afinogenov (P. Datsyuk)
	20 min	Penalties	16 min
	24	Shots	32

18 February 2006 17:05

Sweden

6–1 (1–0, 4–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,795

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Sergejs Naumovs	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Derek Doucette Antti Hämäläinen
	S. Påhlsson (P. Forsberg) – 14:20 1–0 N. Lidström (H. Zetterberg) (PP) – 22:22 2–0 D. Alfredsson (K. Jönsson) (PP) – 24:59 3–0 P. Axelsson (P. Forsberg) (PP) – 25:17 4–0 H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström) – 27:58 5–0 D. Alfredsson (M. Sundin, N. Lidström) – 44:48 6–0 6–1 49:10 – M. Ziediņš (A. Ņiživijs, S. Ozoliņš)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	40	Shots	14

19 February 2006 17:05

United States

1–2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,450

Game reference
	Rick DiPietro	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Thomas Gemeinhardt Steve Miller
	0–1 7:05 – D. Alfredsson (K. Jönsson, M. Sundin) M. Modano (C. Conroy, C. Chelios) – 17:31 1–1 1–2 44:22 – M. Samuelsson (D. Alfredsson, M. Sundin) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	26

21 February 2006 20:05

Sweden

0–3 (0–1, 0–0, 0–2)

Slovakia

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 4,250

Game reference
	Mikael Tellqvist	Goalies	Karol Križan	Referee: Timo Favorin Linesmen: Petr Blümel Pierre Racicot
	0–1 15:51 – P. Bondra (M. Šatan) 0–2 46:16 – Mari. Hossa (P. Demitra, M. Gáborík) 0–3 58:58 – R. Suchý (P. Demitra, Mari. Hossa)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	31

Allegations have surfaced of Sweden throwing the game against Slovakia so the Swedes would face Switzerland in the quarterfinals instead of Canada or the Czech Republic. Shortly before the game, Sweden coach Bengt-Åke Gustafsson was reported to have publicly contemplated tanking in order to avoid those teams, saying about Canada and the Czechs, "One is cholera, the other the plague."[20] During the game itself, one reportedly suspect sequence came when Sweden had an extended five-on-three powerplay with five NHL stars on the ice—Peter Forsberg, Mats Sundin, Daniel Alfredsson, Nicklas Lidström and Fredrik Modin—and failed to put a shot on net. Sports Illustrated writer Michael Farber would say about this particular powerplay, "If the Swedes had passed the puck any more, their next opponent would have been the Washington Generals." "[They] were even afraid to shoot!", Russian coach Vladimir Krikunov said.[20]

As part of a subsequent interview about the championship over five years later, Forsberg was interpreted to insinuate that Sweden lost their preliminary round game against Slovakia on purpose, so as to draw Switzerland as their quarterfinal opponent, rather than Canada or the Czech Republic. Swedish forward Henrik Sedin, who played alongside Forsberg on the 2006 team denied the notion while adding that Forsberg's comments in the interview were misconstrued.[21][22]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	+10	10	Quarterfinals
2	Russia	5	4	0	1	23	11	+12	8
3	Sweden	5	3	0	2	15	12	+3	6
4	United States	5	1	1	3	13	13	0	3
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	0	4	9	16	−7	2
6	Latvia	5	0	1	4	11	29	−18	1

Source: IIHF

Medal round

Quarterfinal

22 February 2006 16:35

Switzerland

2–6 (1–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Sweden

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,970

Game reference
	Martin Gerber	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Thor Nelson Sergei Shelyanin
	0–1 3:05 – H. Sedin (D. Sedin, N. Lidström) M. Streit (P. Della Rossa, M. Plüss) – 8:37 1–1 1–2 13:49 – F. Modin (P. Forsberg, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 1–3 22:17 – H. Zetterberg (T. Holmström, K. Jönsson) 1–4 29:07 – M. Sundin (N. Lidström, D. Alfredsson) (PP) 1–5 32:52 – M. Sundin (P. Forsberg, D. Tjärnqvist) R. Lemm (I. Rüthemann) – 40:49 2–5 2–6 48:36 − S. Påhlsson (D. Alfredsson, P. Axelsson)
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	27

Semifinal

24 February 2006 16:35

Sweden

7–3 (2–1, 4–2, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,071

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Milan Hnilička (out 27:54) Tomáš Vokoun (in 27:54)	Referee: Dan Marouelli Linesmen: Antti Hämäläinen Pierre Racicot
	F. Modin (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg) – 0:34 1–0 1–1 3:11 – F. Kuba (M. Straka, V. Prospal) P. Axelsson (N. Lidström, N. Kronwall) – 13:37 2–1 H. Sedin (D. Sedin) – 21:16 3–1 C. Bäckman (D. Alfredsson) – 23:54 4–1 J. Jönsson (K. Jönsson, M. Samuelsson) (PP) – 27:54 5–1 5–2 30:40 – A. Hemský (J. Jágr, M. Židlický) (PP) 5–3 31:25 – V. Prospal (D. Výborný) D. Alfredsson (P. Axelsson) – 39:00 6–3 T. Holmström (H. Zetterberg) – 56:05 7–3
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	24

Final

26 February 2006 14:05

Finland

2–3 (1–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 8,274

Game reference
	Antero Niittymäki	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referee: Paul Devorski Linesmen: Milan Mášik Thor Nelson
	K. Timonen (T. Selänne) (PP) – 14:45 1–0 1–1 24:42 – H. Zetterberg (M. Samuelsson, C. Bäckman) (PP) 1–2 33:24 – N. Kronwall (H. Zetterberg) (PP) V. Peltonen (J. Jokinen, O. Jokinen) – 35:00 2–2 2–3 40:10 – N. Lidström (M. Sundin, P. Forsberg)
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	27	Shots	28

Women's

Roster

Position	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Birthplace	2005–06 team
G	Cecilia Andersson	179 cm (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	4 October 1982	Väddö	Concordia Stingers
G	Kim Martin	167 cm (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	28 February 1986	Stockholm	AIK
D	Gunilla Andersson – A	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	26 April 1975	Skutskär	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey
D	Jenni Asserholt	172 cm (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	8 April 1988	Örebro	Örebro HK
D	Joa Elfsberg	177 cm (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	30 July 1979	Valbo	Brynäs IF
D	Emma Eliasson	166 cm (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	12 June 1989	Kiruna	Modo Hockey
D	Ylva Lindberg	166 cm (5 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	29 June 1976	Umeå	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey
F	Ann-Louise Edstrand	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	25 April 1975	Örnsköldsvik	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey
F	Erika Holst – C	179 cm (5 ft 10 ^1⁄2 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	8 April 1979	Varberg	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey
F	Nanna Jansson	172 cm (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	7 July 1983	Gävle	Brynäs IF
F	Jenny Lindqvist	169 cm (5 ft 6 ^1⁄2 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	21 July 1978	Stockholm	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey
F	Kristina Lundberg	172 cm (5 ft 7 ^1⁄2 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	10 June 1985	Husum	Modo Hockey
D	Frida Nevalainen	164 cm (5 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	27 January 1987	Umeå	Modo Hockey
F	Emilie O'Konor	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	21 February 1983	Danderyd	AIK
F	Maria Rooth – A	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	2 November 1979	Ängelholm	Mälarhöjden/Bredäng Hockey
F	Danijela Rundqvist	176 cm (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	26 September 1984	Stockholm	AIK
F	Therése Sjölander	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	4 May 1981	Sollefteå	Modo Hockey
F	Katarina Timglas	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	24 November 1985	Malmö	AIK
F	Anna Vikman	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)	74 kg (163 lb)	13 January 1981	Överkalix	Modo Hockey
F	Pernilla Winberg	164 cm (5 ft 4 ^1⁄2 in)	60 kg (130 lb)	24 February 1989	Limhamn	AIK

Results

Round-robin

11 February 2006 15:35

Sweden

3–1 (0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Russia

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Irina Gashennikova	Referee: Stephanie Normand Linesmen: Michaela Kiefer Julie Piacentini
	Jansson (Lindberg, Winberg) (PP) – 23:26 1–0 Timglas (Rooth, O'Konor) (PP) – 25:14 2–0 2–1 39:21 – Trefilova Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 40:32 3–1
	14 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	31

13 February 2006 15:05

Sweden

11–0 (3–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Italy

Torino Esposizioni, Turin Attendance: 2,156

Game reference
	Cecilia Andersson	Goalies	Debora Montanari Luana Frasnelli	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová Linesmen: Marte Hove Johanna Suban
	Sjolander (Winberg) (PP) – 07:09 1–0 Sjolander (Lindberg, Asserholt) (PP) – 15:45 2–0 G. Andersson (Holst) – 18:15 3–0 Jansson (Eliasson) – 20:59 4–0 Holst (Rooth) – 25:05 5–0 Edstrand (Sjolander) – 31:45 6–0 Rooth (Holst) (SH) – 32:37 7–0 G. Andersson (Nevalainen) – 34:16 8–0 Sjolander (Nevalainen, Asserholt) – 49:31 9–0 Rooth (G. Andersson) (PP) – 50:55 10–0 Edstrand (Rooth, G. Andersson) (PP) – 58:08 11–0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	52	Shots	4

14 February 2006 15:35

Canada

8–1 (2–0, 5–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,850

Game reference
	Kim St-Pierre	Goalies	Cecilia Andersson	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Julie Piacentini
	Apps – 04:36 1–0 Wickenheiser (Pounder) – 12:28 2–0 Apps (PP) – 23:53 3–0 Apps (Wickenheiser, Piper) – 30:58 4–0 Goyette (Piper, Campbell) (PP) – 34:02 5–0 5–1 36:12 – Lindberg (Jansson, Winberg) (PP) Weatherston (Kingsbury) – 37:25 6–1 Hefford (PP) – 38:53 7–1 Goyette (Piper, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 46:02 8–1
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	47	Shots	8

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	+35	6	Semifinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	15	9	+6	4
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	6	16	−10	2	5–8th place semifinals
4	Italy (H)	3	0	0	3	1	32	−31	0

Source:
(H) Host.

Medal round

Semifinal

17 February 2006 17:05

United States

2–3 GWS (1–0, 1–2, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 5,654

Game reference
	Chanda Gunn	Goalies	Kim Martin	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Sanna Mattila Johanna Suban
	Kr. King (Potter, Chu) (PP) – 11:55 1–0 Stephens (Wall, Darwitz) (PP) – 21:04 2–0 2–1 26:17 – Rooth (O'Konor) 2–2 29:40 – Rooth (Holst) (SH)
	Darwitz Potter Ruggiero Wendell	Shootout	Holst Jansson Winberg Rooth
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	39	Shots	18

Final

20 February 2006 20:35

Sweden

1–4 (0–2, 0–2, 1–0)

Canada

Palasport Olimpico, Turin Attendance: 6,664

Game reference
	Kim Martin	Goalies	Charline Labonté	Referee: Anu Hirvonen Linesmen: Klára Quagliato Johanna Suban
	0–1 03:15 – Apps (Wickenheiser) 0–2 12:13 – Ouellette (Hefford, Botterill) 0–3 28:58 – Piper (Wickenheiser, Pounder) 0–4 30:27 – Hefford (Botterill, Vaillancourt) G. Andersson (Holst, Rooth) (PP) – 45:24 1–4
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	8	Shots	26

Snowboarding

Thirteen snowboarders represented Sweden across the three events, but only one, Maria Danielsson, earned a top-ten finish, which Danielsson did in the women's snowboard cross.[23]

Halfpipe

Athlete[23]	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Stefan Karlsson	Men's halfpipe	11.5	39	8.7	34	Did not advance		40
Micael Lundmark	Men's halfpipe	32.5	13	27.2	21	Did not advance		27
Anna Olofsson	Women's halfpipe	27.4	15	24.4	16	Did not advance		22
Mikael Sandy	Men's halfpipe	19.7	29	14.0	30	Did not advance		36

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

Parallel GS

Athlete[23]	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
Daniel Biveson	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:12.15	16 Q	Schoch (SUI) (1) L +0.52 (+0.14 +0.38)	Did not advance			16
Filip Fischer	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:13.43	23	Did not advance				23
Sara Fischer	Women's parallel giant slalom	Did not finish						30
Aprilia Hägglöf	Women's parallel giant slalom	1:12.15	16 Q	Tudigescheva (RUS) (1) L +1.13 (+0.34 +0.79)	Did not advance			16
Richard Richardsson	Men's parallel giant slalom	1:11.46	11 Q	Grabner (AUT) (6) L +1.44 (+0.37 +1.07)	Did not advance			12

Key: '+ Time' represents a deficit; the brackets indicate the results of each run.

Snowboard Cross

Athlete[23]	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Mattias Blomberg	Men's snowboard cross	1:22.48	24 Q	3	Did not advance			28
Maria Danielsson	Women's snowboard cross	1:30.01	5 Q	n/a	2 Q	4	Classification 5-8 2	6
Jonte Grundelius	Men's snowboard cross	1:21.85	14 Q	4	Did not advance			21
Jonatan Johansson	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.38	31 Q	2	3	Did not advance	Classification 9-12 4	12

Speed skating

In the 1000 metres, Erik Zachrisson blocked Russia's Dmitry Dorofeyev, who was ahead of the pace of gold medalist Shani Davis at the time.[24] Zachrisson ended up being disqualified.[25]

Athlete[25]	Event	Race 1		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johan Röjler	Men's 1500 m	n/a		1:50.50	33
	Men's 5000 m	n/a		6:29.24	12
	Men's 10000 m	n/a		13:29.50	10
Erik Zachrisson	Men's 500 m	35.80	35.81	1:11.61	20
	Men's 1000 m	Disqualified

Notes and references

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5. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Alpine Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
6. Chang Ailing (February 25, 2006). "Olofsson wins Sweden's first gold in women's biathlon". Xinhua. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
7. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Biathlon" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
8. FIS-Ski - resultats, URL retrieved 22 January 2006.
9. FIS-Ski - Cup Standings Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, URL retrieved 22 January 2006.
10. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
11. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Curling" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
12. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Figure Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
13. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Freestyle Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
14. "Officials kept close eye on Swedish hockey game". MSNBC. Associated Press. 21 February 2006. Archived from the original on 17 March 2008. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
15. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Ice Hockey" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
16. "Sweden wins hockey gold". CBC Sports. Canadian Broadcasting Company. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
17. "Thousands of Swedes Greet Hockey Team". Washington Post. Associated Press. 27 February 2006. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
18. John Eligon (17 February 2006). "Trying to avoid the ill fate of softball". New York Times. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
19. Scott Burnside (17 February 2006). "Semifinal stunner changes world hockey map". ESPN. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
20. Farber, Michael (March 6, 2006). "Swede Success". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
21. "Report: Peter Forsberg Says Sweden Threw Game During 2006 Winter Olympics". NESN. 19 December 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
22. "Forsberg shocker: admits Sweden may have tanked game in 2006 Olympics". Denver Post. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
23. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Snowboarding" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
24. Karolos Grohmann (18 February 2006). "Davis makes Games history". redOrbit. Reuters. Retrieved 29 April 2009.
25. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Speed Skating" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved 29 April 2009.

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