Norway at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Norway at the Olympic Games
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At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul
Competitors	70 (44 men and 26 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Grete Waitz (athletics)
Medals Rank: 21	Gold 2	Silver 3	Bronze 0	Total 5
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Norway competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

Medalists

Gold

• Tor Heiestad — Shooting, Men's Running Game Target

• Jon Rønningen — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

Silver

• Ole Pollen and Erik Bjørkum — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Team Competition

• Alf Hansen, Vetle Vinje, Rolf Thorsen, and Lars Bjønness — Rowing, Men's Quadruple Sculls

• Ingrid Steen, Heidi Sundal, Cathrine Svendsen, Karin Pettersen, Karin Singstad, Annette Skotvoll, Hanne Hogness, Vibeke Johnsen, Kristin Midthun, Susann Goksør, Trine Haltvik, Hanne Hegh, Kjerstin Andersen, Berit Digre, and Marthe Eliasson — Handball, Women's Team Competition

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 5000 metres

• Lars Ove Strømø

• Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 10,000 metres

• John Halvorsen

• Heat — 28:22.25
• Final — 28:29.21 (→ 16th place)

Women's 10,000 metres

• Ingrid Kristiansen

• Heat — Ingrid Kristiansen
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon

• Geir Kvernmo — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Sissel Grottenberg — 2"38:17 (→ 36th place)
• Grete Waitz — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Bente Moe — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Shot Put

• Georg Andersen

• Qualification — 20.05 metres (advanced to the final)
• Final — 19.91 metres (→ 10th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Knut Hjeltnes

• Qualification — 63.50 metres
• Final — 64.94 metres (→ 7th place)

• Svein Inge Valvik

• Qualification — 60.64 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Trine Hattestad — Final, 58.82 metres (18th place)

Men's 20km Walk

• Erling Andersen — 1:23:30 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 50km Walk

• Erling Andersen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

• Unni Larsen — 2:00:52 (→ 20th place)
• Astrid Danielsen — 2:00:52 (→ 35th place)

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Jan-Erick Olsen

• Heat — 1:05.54 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Jan-Erick Olsen

• Heat — 2:26.70 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Irene Dalby ^[1]

• Heat — 4:16.22 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Irene Dalby

• Heat — 8:38.33 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Irene Dalby

• Heat — 4:58.14 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight

• Lars Rønningen

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight

• Jon Rønningen

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

• Ronny Sigde

Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight

• Morten Brekke

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight

• Stig Kleven

Remarks

1. ^ Irene Dalby (17 years, 111 days) was the youngest member of the Norwegian Olympic Team

References

• sports-reference