# Sweden at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Biathlon | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Cross-country skiing | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Curling | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Figure skating | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Freestyle skiing | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Ice hockey | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| Luge | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Short track speed skating | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Snowboarding | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Total | 53 | 46 | 99 |

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Pernilla Wiberg | Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | February 16 |
| Silver | Niklas Jonsson | Cross country skiing | Men's 50km freestyle | February 22 |
| Bronze | Women's curling team Elisabet GustafsonMargaretha LindahlLouise MarmontKatarina NybergElisabeth Persson | Curling | Women's competition | February 15 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Patrik Järbyn | Downhill | | | 1:51.22 | 10 |
| Fredrik Nyberg | Super-G | | | 1:36.31 | 10 |
| Patrik Järbyn | Super-G | | | 1:35.72 | 6 |
| Martin Hansson | Giant slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Patrik Järbyn | Giant slalom | 1:23.19 | 1:20.63 | 2:43.82 | 21 |
| Fredrik Nyberg | Giant slalom | 1:22.32 | 1:18.63 | 2:40.95 | 10 |
| Martin Hansson | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Downhill | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank |
| Patrik Järbyn | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Pernilla Wiberg | Downhill | | | 1:29.18 | |
| Pernilla Wiberg | Super-G | | | 1:18.88 | 14 |
| Ylva Nowén | Giant slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Martina Fortkord | Giant slalom | 1:21.99 | 1:34.36 | 2:56.35 | 14 |
| Pernilla Wiberg | Giant slalom | 1:21.48 | 1:33.92 | 2:55.40 | 11 |
| Anna Ottosson | Giant slalom | 1:20.48 | 1:33.33 | 2:53.81 | 7 |
| Pernilla Wiberg | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Martina Fortkord | Slalom | 53.25 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Ylva Nowén | Slalom | 48.07 | 48.26 | 1:36.33 | 12 |
| Anna Ottosson | Slalom | 47.31 | 47.93 | 1:35.24 | 10 |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Pernilla Wiberg | 1:28.86 | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Mikael Löfgren | 1 | 29:31.6 | 25 |
| 10 km Sprint | Fredrik Kuoppa | 2 | 29:22.0 | 21 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Fredrik Kuoppa | 59:59.2 | 2 | 1'01:59.2 | 39 |
| 20 km | Mikael Löfgren | 58:00.3 | 2 | 1'00:00.3 | 20 |

### Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Mikael Löfgren Jonas Eriksson Tord Wiksten Fredrik Kuoppa | 0 | 1'25:25.7 | 10 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Maria Schylander | 4 | 27:46.9 | 60 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Eva-Karin Westin | 1 | 26:07.8 | 51 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Kristina Brounéus | 2 | 26:05.3 | 50 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin | 3 | 24:19.5 | 17 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Kristina Brounéus | 1'04:51.1 | 5 | 1'09:51.1 | 64 |
| 15 km | Eva-Karin Westin | 1'01:00.5 | 2 | 1'03:00.5 | 52 |
| 15 km | Maria Schylander | 58:35.0 | 4 | 1'02:35.0 | 49 |
| 15 km | Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin | 54:16.9 | 3 | 57:16.9 | 14 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Maria Schylander Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin Kristina Brounéus Eva-Karin Westin | 0 | 1'44:50.8 | 10 |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Henrik Forsberg | 30:55.7 | 56 |
| 10 km C | Niklas Jonsson | 29:04.9 | 25 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Henrik Forsberg | 44:04.9 | 31 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Niklas Jonsson | 41:01.7 | 10 |
| 30 km C | Henrik Forsberg | 1'40:44.1 | 25 |
| 30 km C | Anders Bergström | 1'40:30.8 | 23 |
| 30 km C | Per Elofsson | 1'38:47.0 | 10 |
| 50 km F | Henrik Forsberg | DNF | – |
| 50 km F | Torgny Mogren | 2'17:28.8 | 34 |
| 50 km F | Mathias Fredriksson | 2'14:05.9 | 20 |
| 50 km F | Niklas Jonsson | 2'05:16.3 | |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Mathias Fredriksson Niklas Jonsson Per Elofsson Henrik Forsberg | 1'42:25.2 | 4 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Elin Ek | 19:19.2 | 43 |
| 5 km C | Karin Säterkvist | 19:12.9 | 36 |
| 5 km C | Antonina Ordina | 18:50.7 | 24 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Karin Säterkvist | 31:49.4 | 28 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Antonina Ordina | 30:35.6 | 19 |
| 15 km C | Elin Ek | 51:51.0 | 35 |
| 15 km C | Karin Säterkvist | 51:02.6 | 25 |
| 15 km C | Antonina Ordina | 50:12.6 | 19 |
| 30 km F | Karin Säterkvist | 1'34:15.1 | 45 |
| 30 km F | Anette Fanqvist | 1'33:10.7 | 37 |
| 30 km F | Antonina Ordina | 1'26:13.8 | 11 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Antonina Ordina Anette Fanqvist Magdalena Forsberg-Wallin Karin Säterkvist | 57:53.7 | 8 |

## Curling
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Tiebreaker | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Peja Lindholm Tomas Nordin Magnus Swartling Peter Narup Marcus Feldt | Men's tournament | USA W 6–2 | JPN L 5–6 | GER W 7–6 | GBR W 7–5 | NOR L 4–7 | CAN L 3–6 | SUI L 2–8 | =4 QT | USA L 2–5 | did not advance | did not advance | 6 |
| Elisabet Gustafson Katarina Nyberg Louise Marmont Elisabeth Persson Margaretha Lindahl | Women's tournament | NOR W 8–2 | USA W 8–5 | DEN W 5–4 | JPN W 12–6 | GER W 8–3 | CAN L 5–7 | GBR W 8–5 | 2 Q | BYE | DEN L 5–7 | GBR W 10–6 | |

### Men's tournament
#### Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Mike Harris | 6 | 1 |
| Norway | Eigil Ramsfjell | 5 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Patrick Hürlimann | 5 | 2 |
| United States | Tim Somerville | 3 | 4 |
| Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 3 | 4 |
| Sweden 6th | Peja Lindholm | 3 | 4 |
| Great Britain | Douglas Dryburgh | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | Andy Kapp | 1 | 6 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| United States | 2–6 | Sweden |
| Japan | 6–5 | Sweden |
| Germany | 6–7 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 7–5 | United Kingdom |
| Norway | 7–4 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 3–6 | Canada |
| Sweden | 2–8 | Switzerland |
Tie-breaker
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| United States | 5-2 | Sweden |
Contestants
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| Peja Lindholm | Tomas Nordin | Magnus Swartling | Peter Narup | Marcus Feldt |

### Women's tournament
#### Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Sandra Schmirler | 6 | 1 |
| Sweden | Elisabet Gustafson | 6 | 1 |
| Denmark | Helena Blach Lavrsen | 5 | 2 |
| Great Britain | Kirsty Hay | 4 | 3 |
| Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | 2 | 5 |
| Norway | Dordi Nordby | 2 | 5 |
| United States | Lisa Schoeneberg | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 1 | 6 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Norway | 2–8 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 8–5 | United States |
| Sweden | 5–4 | Denmark |
| Japan | 6–12 | Sweden |
| Germany | 3–8 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 5–7 | Canada |
| United Kingdom | 5–8 | Sweden |

#### Medal round

Semi-finals
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Denmark (Lavrsen) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 |
| Sweden (Gustafson) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 5 |
Bronze medal match
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Sweden (Gustafson) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | X | 10 |
| Great Britain (Hay) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 |
| Contestants | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| Bronze medal | Elisabet Gustafson | Katarina Nyberg | Louise Marmont | Elizabeth Persson | Margaretha Lindahl |

## Figure skating
### Women

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Helena Grundberg | 26 | DNF | DNF | – |

## Freestyle skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Roger Hållander | Moguls | 26.80 | 23.35 | 22 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jesper Rönnbäck | Moguls | 27.81 | 24.16 | 14 Q | 25.28 | 25.32 | 6 |
| Patrik Sundberg | Moguls | 27.30 | 24.19 | 13 Q | 25.66 | 23.00 | 14 |
| Kurre Lansburgh | Moguls | 28.31 | 25.14 | 4 Q | 26.23 | 24.71 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Jenny Eidolf | Moguls | 32.24 | 19.74 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Sara Kjellin | Moguls | 34.83 | 21.59 | 14 Q | 32.83 | 21.52 | 14 |
| Marja Elfman | Moguls | 32.63 | 23.03 | 5 Q | 32.59 | 22.58 | 12 |
| Liselotte Johansson | Aerials | | 140.23 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Ice hockey
### Summary

Key:
* OT – Overtime
* GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout
| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Sweden men's | Men's tournament | United States W 4–2 | Canada L 2–3 | Belarus W 5–2 | — | — | 2 | Finland L 1–2 | did not advance | did not advance | 5 |
| Sweden women's | Women's tournament | Finland L 0–6 | United States L 1–7 | Canada L 3–5 | China L 1–3 | Japan W 5–0 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | 5 |

### Men's tournament
#### First round – group C

| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 |
| Sweden | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 4 |
| United States | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | -2 | 2 |
| Belarus | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 15 | -11 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC-7).

#### Quarter-final

All times are local (UTC-7).
* Team roster
** Johan Hedberg
** Tommy Salo
** Tommy Söderström
** Tommy Albelin
** Calle Johansson
** Nicklas Lidström
** Mattias Norström
** Marcus Ragnarsson
** Ulf Samuelsson
** Mattias Öhlund
** Daniel Alfredsson
** Mikael Andersson
** Ulf Dahlén
** Peter Forsberg
** Andreas Johansson
** Jörgen Jönsson
** Patric Kjellberg
** Mats Lindgren
** Michael Nylander
** Mikael Renberg
** Tomas Sandström
** Mats Sundin
** Niklas Sundström
* Head coach: Kent Forsberg

### Women's tournament

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| United States | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 7 | 10 |
| Canada | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 |
| Finland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 6 |
| China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 4 |
| Sweden 5th | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 21 | 2 |
| Japan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 45 | 0 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Sweden | 0–6 | Finland |
| United States | 7–1 | Sweden |
| Sweden | 3–5 | Canada |
| China | 3–1 | Sweden |
| Japan | 0–5 | Sweden |
* Contestants Annica Åhlén Lotta Almblad Gunilla Andersson Kristina Bergstrand Pernilla Burholm Susanne Ceder Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Åsa Elfving Anne Ferm Lotta Göthesson Linda Gustafsson Malin Gustafsson Erika Holst Åsa Lidström Ylva Lindberg Tina Månsson Pia Morelius Maria Rooth Therese Sjölander

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anders Söderberg | 50.878 | 23 | 50.696 | 21 | 50.708 | 18 | 50.747 | 21 | 3:23.029 | 21 |
| Bengt Walden | 50.750 | 21 | 50.479 | 18 | 50.722 | 20 | 50.601 | 18 | 3:22.552 | 19 |
| Mikael Holm | 50.324 | 11 | 50.197 | 14 | 50.146 | 13 | 50.131 | 10 | 3:20.798 | 11 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athletes | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Anders Söderberg Bengt Walden | 51.725 | 14 | 51.137 | 11 | 1:42.862 | 12 |

## Short track speed skating
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round one | Round one | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Finals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Final rank |
| Martin Johansson | 500 m | 44.003 | 3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Martin Johansson | 1000 m | 1:31.515 | 1 Q | 1:33.047 | 4 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

## Snowboarding
### Men's giant slalom

| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Stephen Copp | 1:04.14 | 1:07.75 | 2:11.89 | 18 |
| Richard Richardsson | 1:02.93 | DNF | DNF | – |

### Men's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Jacob Söderqvist | 30.9 | 30 | 39.2 | 8 QF | 77.8 | 6 |
| Fredrik Sterner | 32.4 | 25 | 36.5 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Pontus Ståhlkloo | 33.5 | 22 | 37.9 | 10 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ingemar Backman | 35.5 | 17 | 37.0 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance |

### Women's giant slalom

| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Marie Birkl | 1:15.99 | 1:07.92 | 2:23.91 | 10 |

### Women's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Anna Hellman | 20.0 | 26 | 22.7 | 18 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jennie Waara | 31.9 | 10 | 34.5 | 4 QF | 62.7 | 8 |
| Jenny Jonsson | 34.5 | 3 QF | | | 65.9 | 7 |