Sweden at the World Championships in Athletics

Sweden at the
World Championships in Athletics

IAAF code

SWE

National federation

Svenska Friidrottsförbundet

Website

Medals
Ranked 20th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
8	3	5	16

World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)

Sweden has participated in all World Championships in Athletics since the beginning in 1983. Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg, hosted the event in 1995.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Year	Event
01 ! Gold	Patrik Sjöberg	1987 Rome	Men's high jump
02 ! Silver	Madelein Svensson	1991 Tokyo	Women's 10 km walk
01 ! Gold	Ludmila Engquist	1997 Athens	Women's 100 m hurdles
03 ! Bronze	Ludmila Engquist	1999 Seville	Women's 100 m hurdles
02 ! Silver	Christian Olsson	2001 Edmonton	Men's triple jump
03 ! Bronze	Kajsa Bergqvist	2001 Edmonton	Women's high jump
01 ! Gold	Christian Olsson	2003 Saint-Denis	Men's triple jump
01 ! Gold	Carolina Klüft	2003 Saint-Denis	Women's heptathlon
02 ! Silver	Stefan Holm	2003 Saint-Denis	Men's high jump
03 ! Bronze	Patrik Kristiansson	2003 Saint-Denis	Men's pole vault
03 ! Bronze	Kajsa Bergqvist	2003 Saint-Denis	Women's high jump
01 ! Gold	Kajsa Bergqvist	2005 Helsinki	Women's high jump
01 ! Gold	Carolina Klüft	2005 Helsinki	Women's heptathlon
03 ! Bronze	Emma Green	2005 Helsinki	Women's high jump
01 ! Gold	Carolina Klüft	2007 Osaka	Women's heptathlon
01 ! Gold	Abeba Aregawi	2013 Moscow	Women's 1500 metres

Total	8	3	5	16	18
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1983 Helsinki	0	0	0	0	–
1987 Rome	1	0	0	1	9
1991 Tokyo	0	1	0	1	21
1993 Stuttgart	0	0	0	0	–
1995 Gothenburg	0	0	0	0	–
1997 Athens	1	0	0	1	22
1999 Seville	0	0	1	1	34
2001 Edmonton	0	1	1	2	26
2003 Saint-Denis	2	1	2	5	6
2005 Helsinki	2	0	1	3	7
2007 Osaka	1	0	0	1	15
2009 Berlin	0	0	0	0	–
2011 Daegu	0	0	0	0	–
2013 Moscow	1	0	0	1	12

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