Christer Wallin

Personal information

Born

June 17, 1969

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	4×200 m freestyle
	1996 Atlanta	4×200 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
	1994 Rome	4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
	1995 Vienna	4×200 m freestyle
	1995 Vienna	4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
	1993 Palma	4×200 m freestyle

Bengt Christer Wallin (born June 17, 1969 in Timrå, Västernorrland) is a former freestyle swimmer from Sweden. He won the silver medal in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics together Tommy Werner, Anders Holmertz and Lars Frölander.

Four years later, when Atlanta, Georgia hosted the Summer Olympics, Wallin was on the team that once again captured the silver medal, this time alongside Frölander, Holmertz, and Anders Lyrbring. Wallin competed in three consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988.

Clubs

Umeå SS
Mölndals ASS

References

World long-course champions in men's 4×200 m freestyle relay

1973: USA (Krumpholz, Backhaus, Klatt, Montgomery)
1975: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Geisler, Nocke)
1978: USA (Furniss, Forrester, Hackett, Gaines)
1982: USA (Saeger, Float, Miller, Gaines)
1986: East Germany (Hinneburg, Flemming, Richter, Lodziewski)
1991: West Germany (Sitt, Zesner, Pfeiffer, Gross)
1994: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz)
1998: Australia (Klim, Thorpe, Hackett, Kowalski)
2001: Australia (Hackett, Kirby, Klim, Thorpe)
2003: Australia (Hackett, Stevens, Sprenger, Thorpe)
2005: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
2007: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Keller, Vanderkaay)
2009: USA (Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte)
2011: USA (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
2013: USA (Dwyer, Lochte, Houchin, Berens)
2015: Great Britain (Wallace, Renwick, Jarvis, Guy)

World Short Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1993: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz)
1995: Australia (Klim, Dunn, Allen, Kowalski)
1997: Australia (Klim, Hackett, Kirby, Dunn)
1999: Netherlands (Van den Hoogenband, Kenkhuis, Zuijdweg, Wouda)
2000: United States (Davis, Walker, Tucker, Carvin)
2002: Australia (Pearson, Hass, Dunne, Hackett)
2004: United States (Lochte, Carvin, Ketchum, Mortimer)
2006: Italy (Rosolino, Pelliciari, Cassio, Magnini)
2008: Australia (Palmer, Brits, Sprenger, Monk)
2010: Russia (Lobintsev, Izotov, Lagunov, Sukhorukov)
2012: United States (Lochte, Dwyer, Klueh, McLean)
2014: United States (Dwyer, Lochte, McLean, Clary)

Sweden squads

1988 Sweden Olympic swimming team

Men's Competition	Anders Holmertz Joakim Holmqvist Henrik Jangvall Per Johansson Richard Milton Stefan Persson Michael Söderlund Göran Titus Tommy Werner Christer Wallin

Women's Competition	Helena Åberg Agneta Eriksson Karin Furuhed Johanna Larsson Suzanne Nilsson Eva Nyberg Anna-Karin Persson Anette Philipsson

1992 Sweden Olympic swimming team

Men's Competition	Jan Bidrman Rudi Dollmayer Lars Frölander Anders Holmertz Håkan Karlsson Fredrik Letzler Pär Lindström Göran Titus Tommy Werner Christer Wallin

Women's Competition	Louise Karlsson Therèse Lundin Malin Nilsson Eva Nyberg Linda Olofsson Malin Strömberg Ellenor Svensson

1996 Sweden Olympic swimming team

Men's competitions	Anders Holmertz Lars Frölander Fredrik Letzler Pär Lindström Anders Lyrbring Johan Wallberg Christer Wallin

Women's competitions	Therese Alshammar Lena Eriksson Hanna Jaltner Louise Jöhncke Louise Karlsson Josefin Lillhage Malin Nilsson Linda Olofsson Maria Östling Åsa Sandlund Johanna Sjöberg

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