Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Sweden at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

IAAF code	SWE
National federation	Svenska Friidrottsförbundet
Website	www.friidrott.se
in Beijing, China
Competitors	24
World Championships in Athletics appearances (overview)
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Sweden is scheduled to compete at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China, from 22–30 August 2015.

Results

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Almgren	800 metres	1:48.06	25	Did not advance
David Nilsson	Marathon	N/A				2:31:24	36
Perseus Karlström	20 km race walk	N/A				Did not finish
Anatole Ibáñez	20 km race walk	N/A				1:26:34	40
Anatole Ibáñez	50 km race walk	N/A				Did not finish
Anders Hansson	50 km race walk	N/A				Did not finish

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Michel Tornéus	Long jump	NM		Did not advance
Axel Härstedt	Discus throw	60.52	23	Did not advance
Daniel Ståhl	Discus throw	62.66	9 q	64.73 SB	5
Kim Amb	Javelin throw	81.63	10 q	78.51	11

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abeba Aregawi	1500 metres	4:10.77	24 Q	4:15.90	14 Q	4:12.16	6
Elise Malmberg	400 metres hurdles	55.97	17 Q	56.58	23	Did not advance
Klara Bodinson	3000 metres steeplechase	9:50.13	30	N/A		Did not advance
Charlotta Fougberg	3000 metres steeplechase	9:50.79	31	N/A		Did not advance
Annelie Johansson	Marathon	N/A				2:43:42	33
Charlotte Karlsson		N/A				2:47:40	44
Louise Wiker		N/A				2:49:57	48

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Erica Jarder	Long jump	6.70 SB	10 q	6.48	12
Khaddi Sagnia	Long jump	6.71	8 q	6.78 SB	7
Erika Kinsey	High jump	1.89	18	Did not advance
Sofie Skoog	High jump	1.89	14	Did not advance
Angelica Bengtsson	Pole vault	4.55	=1 q	4.70 NR	=4
Malin Dahlström		4.15	24	Did not advance
Michaela Meijer		4.55 PB	=6 q	NM
Tracey Andersson	Hammer throw	65.99	26	Did not advance

Sources

friidrott.se

Nations at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics

Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo DR Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Kenya Liberia Libya Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Sierra Leone South Africa South Sudan Senegal Seychelles Somalia Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Asia	Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Cambodia China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzystan Lebanon Laos Macau Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Myanmar Nepal North Korea Oman Palestine Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka South Korea Syria Chinese Taipei Tajikistan Thailand Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan Vietnam Yemen

Europe	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Great Britain and Northern Ireland Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine

North America	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Bahamas Barbados Belize Bermuda British Virgin Islands Canada Cayman Islands Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Montserrat Nicaragua Panama Puerto Rico Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands United States U.S. Virgin Islands

Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji French Polynesia Guam Kiribati Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Northern Mariana Islands Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Suriname Uruguay Venezuela

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