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Norway at the Paralympic Games
Flag of NorwayIPC code NOR NPC Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
external linkAt the 2008 Summer Paralympics in BeijingCompetitors 24 in 9 sports Medals
Rank: 43Gold
1Silver
3Bronze
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7Paralympic history (summary) Summer Games 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 Winter Games 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006 • 2010 Norway sent a delegation of 24 competitors, (14 men and 10 women,) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, from September 6 to September 17, 2008.[1]
Norwegian competitors took part in nine different sports: archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, sailing, shooting, swimming and table tennis.
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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold Cecilie Drabsch Norland Swimming individual Silver Ann Cathrin Lübbe Equestrian individual Silver Ann Cathrin Lübbe Equestrian individual Silver Jens Lasse Dokkan Equestrian individual Bronze Jens Lasse Dokkan,
Mariette Garborg,
Ann Cathrin Lubbe,
Sigrid RuiEquestrian team Bronze Tommy Urhaug Table tennis individual Bronze Mariann Vestbøstad Swimming individual Archery
Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[2] 1 competitor:
- Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Score Rank Opposition
ResultOpposition
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ResultRank Tom Vangen Ind. compound open 654 19 Pemberton (USA)
L 103:106Did not advance Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[3] 2 competitors:
- Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Runar Steinstad Javelin throw F42/44 N/A 44.55 10 - Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Elin Holen Long jump F42 N/A 3.38 7 Boccia
Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[4] Paralympic Boccia is open to players with cerebral palsy and other major physical disabilities. There were no separate events for men and women.
3 competitors:
Individual
Athlete Event Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
ResultOpposition
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ResultRank John Nørsterud Mixed individual - BC2 Wong (HKG)
W 6–1Goncalves (POR)
L 2–5Martin (ESP)
L 0–10N/A Did not advance Elisabeth Wilhelmsen Mixed individual - BC2 Kwok (HKG)
L 0–15Toon (NZL)
L 0–21Morriss (NZL)
L 1–10N/A Did not advance Roger Aandalen Mixed individual - BC1 Marques (POR)
L 3–11Sanders (NZL)
W 5–2Smith (GBR)
L 1–6Moran (IRL)
L 2–4Did not advance Team
Athlete Event Match 1 Match 2 Match 3 Match 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ResultRank John Nørsterud, Elisabeth Wilhelmsen, Roger Aandalen Mixed team - BC1-2 Japan (JPN)
W 7–4Portugal (POR)
L 1–19Great Britain (GBR)
L 1–11N/A Did not advance Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer ParalympicsTrack
Men
Pursuits
Athlete Event Qualifying Final/
Bronze medal raceTime
Speed (km/h)Rank Opposition
Time
Speed (km/h)Rank Morten Jahr Men's individual pursuit - LC2 5:23.921
44.4558 Did not advance Time Trials
Athlete Event Time Rank Morten Jahr Men's 1km time trial - LC2 1:17.050 10 Road
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank Morten Jahr Men's Individual Time Trial - LC2 37:53.80 (+4.17.10) 7 Men's Individual Road Race - LC1/LC2/CP4 1:50:15 (+4:12) 18 Equestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[8] Equestrian in the Paralympic Games is Dressage only. Anne Cecilie Ore was replaced by Silje Gillund, as Ore's horse received an injury before the Paralympic Games.[9] There were no separate events for men and women. 5 competitors:
Individual
Athlete Horse Event Points Result Ann Cathrin Lübbe[10] Zanko Individual championship test - grade IV 68,516 Individual freestyle test - grade IV 75.046 Sigrid Rui[10] Nanof Individual championship test - grade IV 60,064 10 Individual freestyle test - grade IV 69.498 4 Mariette Garborg Luthar Individual championship test - grade II 64.182 10 Individual freestyle test - grade II 63.554 12 Silje Gillund Dundee Klint Individual championship test - grade III 58.720 9 Individual freestyle test - grade III 61.056 11 Jens Lasse Dokkan Lacour Individual championship test - grade Ib 68.857 Individual freestyle test - grade Ib 65.555 5 Team
'#' denotes scores that did not count toward the team total.
Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[11] 4 competitors:
Athlete Event Race Score Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bjørnar Erikstad 1Person Keelboat - 2.4mR 6 8 16138 2 9 6 13 12 CAN 64 8 Per Eugen Kristiansen,
Jostein Stordahl,
Aleksander Wang-Hansen3-Person Keelboat (Sonar) 6 2 5 8 1 15
OCS91 5 3 6 37 4 - CAN - Race cancelled
- OCS - On the course side
Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics1 competitor:
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Total Monica Lillehagen[12] R2-10m air rifle standing - SH1 389 3 Q 99.3 488,3 5 Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[13]5 competitors:
- Key
- Q = Qualifiers for the final as decided on a time only basis. Ranks shown are overall rank against competitors in all heats
Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics[14] 2 competitors:
Men
Individual
Athlete Event Group Match 1 Group Match 2 Group Match 3 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal matchOpposition
ResultOpposition
ResultOpposition
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ResultRank Rolf Erik Paulsen Individual
Class 4/5Meszaros (SVK)
W 3-0Cetin (GER)
W 3-2N/A Jung (KOR)
L 1-3Did not advance Tommy Urhaug Individual
Class 4/5Durasinovic (SRB)
W 3-0Starl (AUT)
W 3-0N/A Zhang (CHN)
W 3-2Durand (FRA)
L 2-3Saleh (EGY)
W 3-0Team
Athlete Event Group Match 1 Group Match 2 Group Match 3 1/8 Finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Final/
Bronze medal matchOpposition
ResultOpposition
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ResultRank Rolf Erik Paulsen,
Tommy UrhaugTeam Class 4/5 N/A Serbia (SRB)
W 3-0China (CHN)
L 1-3France (FRA)
L 0-34 See also
External links
References
- ^ (Norwegian) De siste Paralympics utøverne tatt ut, Olympiatoppen, retrieved 1 August 2008
- ^ Archery - Result brackets (Google cache), The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Athletics - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Boccia - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Athlete Biography, JAHR Morten, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Cycling Road - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Cycling Track - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Equestrian - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Silje for Norge i Kina (Norwegian), Stange kommune, August 29, 2008
- ^ a b Lübbe tok Norges første Paralympics-medalje, (Norwegian), VG, September 8, 2008
- ^ Equestrian - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ God start på Paralympics, (Norwegian), Norges Idrettsforbund, September 8, 2008
- ^ Swimming - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Table Tennis - Schedule, Resuls, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
- (Pdf-file) Competition Schedule by Event - Norway, Olympiatoppen, 2008
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