Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Norway at the Olympic Games

Flag of Norway – Flag bearers
IOC code  NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.nif.idrett.no (Norwegian)
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors 112 (101 men, 11 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Harald Barlie (wrestling)
Medals Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012
Winter Games
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010

Norway was represented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 112 competitors, 101 men and 11 women, took part in 70 events in 15 sports.[1]

Contents

Medalists

Norway finished in 21st position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and four medals overall.

Gold

Med 1.png

Silver

Med 2.png

Bronze

Med 3.png

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Norway entered one woman and three men in the competition. Their best finisher, at 32nd place in the men's competition, was Jan Erik Humlekjær.

Men's Individuel Competition:

  • Jan Erik Humlekjær - 2339 points (→ 32nd place)
  • Johannes Akkerhaugen - 2288 points (→ 36th place)
  • Egil Borgen Johansen - 2219 points (→ 48th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Brit Stav - 1929 points (40th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Audun Garshol
  • Heat — 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
  • Quarter final — 10.55 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Audun Garshol
  • Heat — 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
  • Quarter final — 25.30 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

  • Wenche Sørum
  • Heat — 4:14.10 min (→ advanced to the semi final)
  • Semi final — 4:09.70 min (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 4:16.00 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 13:38.6 min (→ advanced to the final)
  • Final — 13:34.38 min (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 14:15.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

  • Jan Voje
  • Heat — 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance)
  • Sverre Sørnes
  • Heat — 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.61 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final)
  • Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Round 1 — 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final)
  • Final — 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)

Men's 20 km walk

Men's 50 km walk

  • Kjell Georg Lund — 4:34.23 hrs (→ 24th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Tore Milsett — 17th place
  • Thorleif Andresen — 70th place
  • Arve Haugen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Jan Henriksen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

  • Harald Bundli
  • Final — 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

  • Roar Løken — 514.92 points (→ 10th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Gymnastics

Handball

Norway's 1-1-1 record in the first round put the team in a tie for second place with West Germany (which was the team that Norway had tied), but the advantage went to the West Germans and Norway's third-place finish put them into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Norway - 9th place (3-1-1)

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Heat — 8:00.56
  • Repechage — 8:03.50
  • Semi Finals — 8:30.29
  • B-Final — 7:58.45 (→ 7th place)

Sailing

Flying Dutchman class

  • Christian Bendixen and Ragnar Fjordan — 109.7 points (→ 14th place)

Tempest class

  • Peder Lunde and Axel Gresvig — 70.0 points (→ 6th place)

Finn class

  • Per Werenskiold — 167.0 points (→ 25th place)

Star class

  • Bjørn Lofterød and Odd Roar Lofterød — 101.0 points (→ 15th place)

Dragon class

  • Teddy Sommerschild, Jan-Erik Aarberg and Sven Gerner-Mathisen — 73.7 points (→ 11th place)

Soling class

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Fritz Warncke
  • Heat — 54.41s (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Fritz Warncke
  • Heat — 2:00.98 (→ 31st place, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Sverre Kile
  • Heat — 4:20.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Medley

  • Sverre Kile
  • Heat — 4:59,72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Grethe Mathisen
  • Heat — 1:01.47 (→ 17th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Medley

  • Trine Krogh
  • Heat — 5:25,08 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Medley

  • Trine Krogh
  • Heat — 2:36,27 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”