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All of Sweden's Olympic medals in Paris

Eleven medals, including four gold medals, was Sweden's result in the Olympic Games in Paris. The best result in a summer Olympic Games since Sydney 2000. Here are all the medals.

» Updated: October 04 2024

» Published: August 11 2024

All of Sweden's Olympic medals in Paris
Photo: Jessica Gow/TT

GOLD

+ Sarah Sjöström, swimming, 100 meter freestyle

She had never taken a World Championship or Olympic Games gold on the distance. Right up to the last minute, she hesitated and considered not participating. Sjöström jumped into the pool as an outsider with a medal chance. 52.16 seconds later, her third fastest lap ever on the distance, she stunned the swimming world.

+ Sarah Sjöström, swimming, 50 meter freestyle

The big favorite on the distance held up to the pressure. Sjöström aimed to improve her own world record (23.61) in the final, but 23.71 was enough to win double gold. The swimming queen is now up to six medals, including three gold, at five Olympic Games.

+ Armand Duplantis, pole vault

Armand Duplantis rang the bell borrowed from the Notre-Dame Cathedral and the audience responded with a deafening roar. There were many loud cheers when the pole vaulter enchanted 80,000 people by winning Olympic Games gold and jumping one centimeter higher than his own previous world record.

+ David Åhman/Jonatan Hellvig, beach volleyball

They came to the Olympic Games as world number eight and big favorites. The start was tough with two losses in three matches in the group stage. Then Åhman and Hellvig got going. The final defeat against Germany was a world-class performance.

SILVER

+ Victor Lindgren, shooting

The 21-year-old finished sixth in the qualifying round, among the eight who advanced, but in the final on 10 meter air rifle, he didn't falter. It came down to a decisive shooting between him and Sheng Lihao, which the Chinese won.

+ Rebecca Netzler/Vilma Bobeck, sailing, 49er FX

The final sailing was postponed for a day due to weak winds in Marseille. When the boats finally got underway, the drama was great. The leading Netherlands ended up wrong in the end and had to change route. Many thought they risked being disqualified. In that case, the gold would have gone to Netzler and Bobeck. But the result list stood – and Sweden celebrated silver.

+ Truls Möregårdh, table tennis, singles

World number one Wang Chuqin was already waiting in the second round for the 22-year-old. The victory against the Chinese was classified by legend Jan-Ove Waldner as "the biggest upset of all time at an Olympic Games". On sheer momentum, Möregårdh reached the final, where Fan Zhendong proved too strong.

+ Truls Möregårdh, Anton Källberg, Kristian Karlsson, table tennis, team

The turnaround in the semifinal against Japan – from 0–2 to 3–2 in matches – stood out even internationally. Källberg's performance was enormous in the decisive match. In the final, the mighty China waited. There, every match went to five sets. The Chinese showed their class when it really mattered.

BRONZE

+ Tara Babulfath, judo, 48 kg

A year ago, the now 18-year-old super talent was close to switching national teams. Instead, she got the right conditions for her effort in Sweden. At the Olympic Games, it became a bronze. The semifinal went to extra time, where she lost to Japanese Natsumi Tsunoda, who then took gold.

+ Jenny Rissveds, mountain bike

The Olympic Games gold medalist from Rio 2016 made it, after her breakthrough in Brazil, through a tough period with depression and eating disorders and was away from cycling for almost two years. As a 30-year-old, she managed to take another Olympic medal.

+ Anton Dahlberg/Lovisa Karlsson, sailing, 470

The Swedish boat was fourth before the medal sailing. Soon it became clear that Dahlberg and Karlsson needed to have at least three boats between them and Spain to take a medal. It worked out. Sweden finished fourth, Spain ninth. The bronze was secured.

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