Sweden at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Sweden sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Swedish athletes who participated in the Olympics.

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

Swedish Olympic Committee's website lists 131 participants. Their count also includes reserves: Emma Karlsson and Linda Heed in equestrian, 3 reserves in women's football team, 1 reserve in women's handball team and Robert Svensson in men's table tennis team.

Neither count includes Alexandra Engen who was qualified and selected and was practicing on the Olympic course when she fell and was injured, which caused her to miss the competition.

Athletics

 * 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


 * Men
 * Track & road events


 * Field events


 * Women
 * Track & road events


 * Field events

Sprint
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Road

 * Men


 * Women

Mountain biking
Alexandra Engen was scheduled to participate in women's cross-country. However, she was injured during the practice on the Olympic course and was unable to compete due to that.

Diving

 * Women

Dressage
Emma Karlsson was a reserve.

Eventing

 * 1) - Indicates that points do not count in team total

Show jumping
Linda Heed was reserve.

Fencing

 * Women

Football
Key:
 * Summary
 * W – Win D – Draw L – Loss
 * A.E.T – After extra time.
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal

Handball
Key:
 * Summary
 * ET: After extra time
 * P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Women's tournament

 * Roster


 * Group play


 * Quarterfinal


 * Classification semifinal


 * 7th–8th place

Rowing

 * Men

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
 * Women

Sailing

 * Men


 * Women

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled
 * Open

Shooting

 * Men


 * Women

Swimming

 * Men


 * Women

Table tennis

 * Singles


 * Team

Robert Svensson was the reserve for the men's team.

Wrestling
Key:
 * VT - Victory by Fall.
 * PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
 * PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

* Ara Abrahamian won the bronze medal, but later disqualified and stripped off his medal after a protest during the medal ceremony. He stepped off the podium and put the medal on the floor and walked off, before the gold and silver medals had been awarded. His action was in protest at a controversial penalty call in his semifinal against Italy's Andrea Minguzzi. The medal, however, was not awarded to another athlete. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said the Swede was punished for violating the spirit of fair play during the medal ceremony.
 * Men's Greco-Roman


 * Women's freestyle

Missing athletes
The following athletes did not qualify for the Olympics despite having won a nomination or being among the top of the world in their sport. This could either be due to injuries, failing to achieve the national and/or international standards or due to heavy competition from fellow Swedish athletes.

Athletics

 * Robert Kronberg - men's 110 metres hurdles (A - norm, 13.53 July 16, 2008 Luzern)
 * Christian Olsson - injury, men's triple jump (A - norm, 17.00 July 22, 2008 Stockholm)
 * Nicklas Wiberg - men's decathlon (A - norm, 8040 June 29, 2008 Jyvaskyla)
 * Jessica Samuelsson - women's heptathlon (A - norm, 6111 June 1, 2008 Götzis)