Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sweden is expected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games have been postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] Swedish athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

Sweden at the 2020 Summer Olympics
IOC code	SWE
NOC	Swedish Olympic Committee
Website	www.sok.se (in Swedish and English)
in Tokyo, Japan
Competitors	66 in 13 sports
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Archery

One Swedish archer qualified for the women's individual recurve by securing one of three remaining spots available in the secondary tournament at the 2019 World Archery Championships in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[2]

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
	Women's individual

Athletics

Swedish athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[3][4]

On 20 November 2019, race walker Perseus Karlström, world discus throw champion Daniel Ståhl, and American-born pole vaulter Armand Duplantis were officially named to the first batch of nominated Swedish athletes for the Games, with two-time Olympians Kim Amb (men's javelin throw) and Angelica Bengtsson (women's pole vault) joining them as part of the next batch two months later.[5][6]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Perseus Karlström	Men's 20 km walk	N/A
	Men's 800 m
	Men's 1500 m

Field events

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kim Amb	Javelin throw
Armand Duplantis	Pole vault
Daniel Ståhl	Discus throw
	Long jump
	Discus throw

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Angelica Bengtsson	Pole vault
	High jump
	Pole vault
	Shot put

Canoeing

Slalom

Sweden qualified one canoeist for the men's K-1 class by finishing in the top eighteen at the 2019 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in La Seu d'Urgell, Spain.[7]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary						Semifinal		Final
		Run 1	Rank	Run 2	Rank	Best	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's K-1

Sprint

Sweden qualified a single boat in the women's K-1 500 m for the Games by finishing sixth in the final race at the 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[8][9] On 20 November 2019, Rio 2016 kayaker Linnea Stensils was officially selected to the Swedish roster for the Games.[5]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Linnea Stensils	Women's K-1 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Sweden entered one rider each to compete in the men's and women's Olympic road race, by virtue of his top 50 national finish (for men) and her top 100 individual finish (for women) in the UCI World Ranking.[10]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Women's road race
	Women's time trial

Equestrian

Swedish equestrians qualified a full squad each in the team dressage and jumping competitions by virtue of a top-six finish at the 2018 FEI World Equestrian Games in Tryon, North Carolina, United States.[11][12] The eventing riders were added to the squad by winning the bronze medal and finishing second among those eligible for Olympic qualification at the 2019 European Championships in Luhmühlen, Germany.[13][14]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual			N/A
	See above	Team					N/A

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final; q = Qualified for the final as a lucky loser

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
		Individual
	See above	Team									N/A

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
		Individual
	See above	Team

Football

Summary

Key:

• A.E.T – After extra time.
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

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

Women's tournament

Sweden women's national football team qualified for the Games by securing a top-three finish among UEFA teams at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup in France, defeating Rio 2016 champion Germany in the quarterfinal round to reach the semifinals.[15]

Team roster

• Women's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Gymnastics

Artistic

Sweden entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. David Rumbutis and London 2012 Olympian Jonna Adlerteg received a spare berth each from the men's and women's apparatus events, respectively, as one of the highest-ranked gymnasts, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
David Rumbutis	All-around

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification						Final
		Apparatus				Total	Rank	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F			V	UB	BB	F
Jonna Adlerteg	All-around

Judo

No Swedish athletes have qualified in judo yet as qualification in judo isn't decided until the world ranking released in May 2020. However, the Swedish Olympic Committee has selected athletes Tommy Macias, in men's 73 kg, and Anna Bernholm, in women's 70 kg, as they expect them to qualify.[16]

Sailing

Swedish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.[17][18][19] Additionally, they received an unused berth from Oceania to send the mixed Nacra 17 crew to the Games based on the results at the 2019 World Championships.

On 20 November 2019, the Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) officially selected the first three sailors to compete at the Tokyo 2020 regatta, namely London 2012 champion and Finn yachtsman Max Salminen and 470 crew members Fredrik Bergström and Anton Dahlberg.[5] Dinghy sailors Jesper Stålheim (Laser) and Josefin Olsson (Laser Radial) were named to the second batch of nominated Swedish athletes for the Games on 31 January 2020.[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Jesper Stålheim	Laser
Max Salminen	Finn
Fredrik Bergström Anton Dahlberg	470

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Josefin Olsson	Laser Radial

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
	Nacra 17

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

Shooting

Swedish shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by 31 May 2020.[20] On 20 November 2019, skeet shooter and two-time Olympian Stefan Nilsson was officially selected to the Swedish roster for the Games.[5]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stefan Nilsson	Men's skeet

Swimming

Swedish swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[21][22][23]

On 20 November 2019, multiple Olympic medalist and current world record holder Sarah Sjöström was officially selected to the Swedish roster for the Games, with fellow swimmers Louise Hansson (women's 100 m butterfly) and Erik Persson (men's 200 m breaststroke) joining her as part of the next batch two months later.[5][6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erik Persson	200 m breaststroke

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Louise Hansson	100 m butterfly
Sarah Sjöström	50 m freestyle
	100 m freestyle
	200 m freestyle
	100 m butterfly
	50 m freestyle
	100 m freestyle
Sarah Sjöström	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			N/A
Sarah Sjöström	4 × 100 m medley relay			N/A

Table tennis

Sweden entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. The men's team secured a berth by advancing to the quarterfinal round of the 2020 World Olympic Qualification Event in Gondomar, Portugal, permitting a maximum of two starters to compete in the men's singles tournament.[24]

On 20 November 2019, table tennis player Mattias Falck was officially selected to the Swedish roster for the Games.[5]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mattias Falck	Men's singles
Mattias Falck	Men's team	N/A

Wrestling

Sweden qualified three wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition; all of whom finished among the top six to book Olympic spots in the men's Greco-Roman 77 kg and women's freestyle (62 and 68 kg) at the 2019 World Championships.[25]

On 20 November 2019, Greco-Roman wrestling rookie Alex Bjurberg Kessidis and freestyle wrestler Henna Johansson were officially selected to the Swedish roster for the Games.[5] Johansson's teammate and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Jenny Fransson was permanently removed from the team for the Games after testing positive for the banned steroid methyltestosterone.[26]

Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Alex Bjurberg Kessidis	−77 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Henna Johansson	−62 kg

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