Sweden at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Sweden
IPC codeSWE
NPCSwedish Parasports Federation
in Tokyo, Japan
August 24, 2021 (2021-08-24) – September 5, 2021 (2021-09-05)
Competitors26 in 11 sports
Medals
Gold
1
Silver
5
Bronze
2
Total
8
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Sweden competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, which took place from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their sixteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1960. The Swedish team consisted of 26 athletes in 11 sports.[1]

Medalists

Medal Athlete/s Sport Event Date
 GoldPhilip JönssonShootingMixed 10 m air rifle standing SH230 August
 SilverLouise Etzner JakobssonEquestrianIndividual freestyle test grade IV30 August
 SilverAnna BeckCyclingWomen's road time trial C1–331 August
 SilverAnna BeckCyclingWomen's road race C1–33 September
 SilverAnna-Carin Ahlquist
Ingela Lundbäck		Table tennisWomen's team class 4–53 September
 SilverAnna NormannShootingMixed R6 50 metre rifle prone SH15 September
 BronzeLouise Jannering
Guide: Anna Svärdström		CyclingWomen's road time trial B31 August
 BronzeLouise Jannering
Guide: Anna Svärdström		CyclingWomen's road race B3 September

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Archery011
Athletics213
Boccia011
Canoeing011
Cycling224
Equestrian022
Judo011
Shooting325
Swimming022
Table tennis325
Wheelchair tennis101
Total111526

Archery

Sweden collected one quota place at the 2019 Para Archery World Championships held in Den Bosch, Netherlands.[2]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Score Seed Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Opposition
score		 Rank
Zandra Reppe Women's individual compound open 643 24  Li (CHN)
L 134–138		 Did not advance 17

Athletics

Men's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Tobias Jonsson Men's long jump T12 6.50 7
Olof Ryberg 6.25 8

Per Jonsson was qualified and selected to compete in men's long jump T12, but was injured shortly before the games and was replaced by Olof Ryberg.[3]

Women's field
Athlete Event Final
Result Rank
Viktoria Karlsson Women's long jump T11 4.55 6

Boccia

Athlete Event Group Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
Maria Bjurström Individual BC3  de Oliveira (BRA)
L 2–4		  Michel (AUS)
L 2–8		  Chaipanich (THA)
W 7–0		 3 Did not advance 15

Canoeing

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Helene Ripa Women's KL3 53.005 2 SF 51.220 2 FA 52.307 5

Cycling

Sweden is scheduled to compete in cycling (male and female road events) at the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Anna Beck Women's road race C1–3 1:13:11 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's road time trial C1–3 26:18.03 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Louise Jannering
Pilot: Anna Svärdström		 Women's road race B 2:36:00 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women's road time trial B 49:36.06 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Henrik Marvig Men's road race C1–3 2:11:43 11
Daniel Strandberg Men's road race C1–3 2:23:00 21
Men's road time trial C3 38:37.17 11

Track

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time		 Rank
Anna Beck Women's individual pursuit C1–3 4:03.035 6 Did not advance
Louise Jannering
Pilot: Jenny Eliasson		 Women's individual pursuit B 3:53.457 9 Did not advance
Women's time trial B — 1:19.965 10
Henrik Marvig Men's time trial C1–3 — 1:18.100 19

Equestrian

Sweden sent two athletes, Louise Etzner Jakobsson and Lena Malmström.[1][4]

Athlete Horse Event Final
Result Rank
Louise Etzner Jakobsson Goldstrike B.J. Individual Championship test grade IV 72.634 4
Individual Freestyle test grade IV 75.935 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lena Malmström Fabolous Fidelie Individual Championship test grade V 69.833 6
Individual Freestyle test grade V 71.505 7

Judo

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
round 1		 Repechage
round 2		 Final/
Bronze medal contest
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Nicolina Pernheim Women's 63 kg Bye  Husieva (UKR)
L 01–10		 Did not advance  Pozdnysheva (RPC)
L 00–10		 Did not advance 7

Shooting

Sweden qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics after their results at the 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships and the 2019 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup.[5]

The athletes that qualified for the 2020 Summer Paralympics are Bang Yu-jeong, Håkan Gustafsson, Philip Jönsson, Joackim Norberg and Anna Normann.[1]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Bang Yu-jeong Women's 10 m air pistol SH1 543 14 Did not advance
Håkan Gustafsson Men's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 612.6 13 Did not advance
Philip Jönsson Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 632.0 6 Q 252.8 1st place, gold medalist(s) PR
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 632.0 23 Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH2 623.1 7 143.0 7
Joackim Norberg Men's 10 m air pistol SH1 551 19 Did not advance
Mixed 25 m pistol SH1 556 14 Did not advance
Mixed 50 m pistol SH1 513 23 Did not advance
Anna Normann Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 622.1 6 Q 121.3 8
Women's 50 m air rifle 3 positions SH1 1177 WR 1 424.4 5
Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH1 630.5 24 Did not advance
Mixed 50 m air rifle prone SH1 620.2 5 Q 248.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Legend: Q=Qualified; PR=Paralympic record

Swimming

Two Swedish swimmer has successfully entered the paralympic slot after breaking the MQS.[6][7]

Athlete Event Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Pernilla Lindberg 200 m freestyle S14 2:12.86 5 Q 2:12.33 5
100 m breaststroke SB14 1:21.37 8 Q 1:21.56 8
100 m backstroke S14 1:14.71 9 Did not advance
100 m butterfly S14 1:11.79 10 Did not advance
200 m individual medley SM14 2:34.02 6 2:32.01 5
Lina Watz 400 m freestyle S9 5:11.19 13 Did not advance
100 m backstroke S9 1:13.70 5 Q 1:14.86 7

Legend: Q=Qualified; ER=European record; NR=National record

Table tennis

Sweden entered four athletes into the table tennis competition at the games. Anna-Carin Ahlquist & Ingela Lundbäck qualified from 2019 ITTF European Para Championships which was held in Helsingborg, Sweden and Alexander Öhgren & Emil Andersson via World Ranking allocation.[8]

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Emil Andersson Individual C8  Charitsat (THA)
W 3–0		  Bouvais (FRA)
L 0–3		 2 Q  Wilson (GBR)
L 0–3		 Did not advance 9
Linus Karlsson Individual C8  Ye (CHN)
W 3–2		  Guarnieri Manara (BRA)
W 3–1		 1 Q  McKibbin (GBR)
L 2–3		 Did not advance 9
Alexander Öhgren Individual C3  Andrade de Freitas (BRA)
L w/o		  Glinbancheun (THA)
L w/o		 3 Did not advance
Emil Andersson
Linus Karlsson		 Team C8 —  France (FRA)
L 1–2		 Did not advance 5

Alexander Öhgren developed cold symptoms. While he tested negative for Covid-19 he was nevertheless forced to withdraw from the games.

Women
Athlete Event Group stage Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Anna-Carin Ahlquist Individual C3  Altıntaş (BRA)
W 3–1		  Asayut (THA)
W 3–1		 1 Q Bye  Kanova (SVK)
L 0–3		 Did not advance 5
Ingela Lundbäck Individual C5  Zhang (CHN)
L 1–3		  Mahmoud (EGY)
W 3–0		 2 Q —  Pan (CHN)
L 2–3		 Did not advance 5
Anna-Carin Ahlquist
Ingela Lundbäck		 Team C4–5 —  Thailand (THA)
W 2–0		  Serbia (SRB)
W 2–0		  China (CHN)
L 1–2		 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Wheelchair tennis

Sweden qualified one players entries for wheelchair tennis. Stefan Olsson qualified by the world rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Stefan Olsson Men's singles  Daniel Rodrigues (BRA)
W 6–3, 6–2		  Arai (JPN)
W 6–0, 6–2		  Egberink (NED)
L 6–1, 6–7, 3–6		 Did not advance 9

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Medaljstark trupp till Paralympics" [Strong medal contending team for the Paralympics] (in Swedish). Swedish Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ↑ Wells, Chris (10 June 2019). "23 countries collect Tokyo 2020 Paralympic quota places at World Championships". World Archery. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  3. ↑ "Tobias Jonsson slutade på en sjundeplats i finalen" [Tobias Jonsson finished seventh in the final] (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 30 August 2021. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ↑ Lindahl, Linnea (2 July 2021). "Två svenska ekipage uttagna till Paralympics" [Two Swedish crews selected for Paralympics]. Hippson. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Cheongju 2018 Live Results". www.paralympic.org. 30 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Calculation of Swimming Slots for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 24 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.
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