- Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics
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Norway at the Olympic Games
Flag of Norway – Flag bearersIOC code NOR NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports Website www.nif.idrett.no (Norwegian) At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City Competitors 77 (50 men, 27 women) in 11 sports Flag bearer Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (biathlon) Medals
Rank: 1Gold
13Silver
5Bronze
7Total
25Olympic 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 competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results (referring to the gold medals), most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.
With 13 gold medals, Norway tied the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics for most gold medals a country won at a Winter Olympics.[1] However, Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games.[1]
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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold
Kjetil André Aamodt Alpine skiing Men's super-G Gold
Kjetil André Aamodt Alpine skiing Men's combined Gold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint Gold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Biathlon Men's 12.5 km pursuit Gold
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Biathlon Men's 20 km Gold
Frode Andresen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Egil Gjelland
Halvard HanevoldBiathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Gold
Tor Arne Hetland Cross country skiing Men's sprint Gold
Frode Estil Cross country skiing Men's pursuit (tie) Gold
Thomas Alsgaard Cross country skiing Men's pursuit (tie) Gold
Thomas Alsgaard
Anders Aukland
Frode Estil
Kristen SkjeldalCross country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay Gold
Bente Skari Cross country skiing Women's 10 km (classical style) Gold
Torger Nergård
Bent Ånund Ramsfjell
Flemming Davanger
Lars Vågberg
Pål TrulsenCurling Men's competition Gold
Kari Traa Freestyle skiing Women's moguls Silver
Lasse Kjus Alpine skiing Men's downhill Silver
Liv Grete Poiree Biathlon Women's 15 km Silver
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Poiree
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Linda TjørhomBiathlon Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay Silver
Frode Estil Cross country skiing Men's 15 km (classical style) Silver
Marit Bjørgen
Bente Skari
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Anita MoenCross country skiing Women's 4 x 5 km relay Bronze
Lasse Kjus Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Bronze
Kristen Skjeldal Cross country skiing Men's 30 km (freestyle, mass start) Bronze
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Cross country skiing Men's 50 km (classical style) Bronze
Anita Moen Cross country skiing Women's sprint Bronze
Bente Skari Cross country skiing Women's 30 km (classical style) Bronze
Ådne Søndrål Speed skating Men's 1500 m Bronze
Lasse Sætre Speed skating Men's 10,000 m Alpine skiing
- Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Time Time Rank Kenneth Sivertsen Downhill 1:41.70 25 Bjarne Solbakken 1:40.74 12 Kjetil André Aamodt 1:39.78 4 Lasse Kjus 1:39.35 Lasse Kjus Super-G DNF – Kenneth Sivertsen 1:24.16 19 Bjarne Solbakken 1:22.10 5 Kjetil André Aamodt 1:21.58 Kenneth Sivertsen Giant Slalom 1:14.16 1:12.35 2:26.51 20 Bjarne Solbakken 1:13.15 1:11.35 2:24.50 6 Kjetil André Aamodt 1:13.14 1:11.48 2:24.62 7 Lasse Kjus 1:12.79 1:11.53 2:24.32 Truls Ove Karlsen Slalom DNF – DNF – Ole Kristian Furuseth 51.03 53.36 1:44.39 9 Tom Stiansen 50.74 54.45 1:45.19 12 Kjetil André Aamodt 49.92 52.80 1:42.72 6 Men's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank Truls Ove Karlsen 1:41.85 DNF – DNF – Lasse Kjus 1:38.97 47.72 53.11 3:19.80 5 Kjetil André Aamodt 1:38.79 46.88 51.89 3:17.56 - Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Time Time Rank Ingeborg Helen Marken Downhill 1:41.08 13 Ingeborg Helen Marken Super-G DNF – Stine Hofgaard Nilsen Giant Slalom DNF – DNF – Andrine Flemmen DNF – DNF – Trine Bakke-Rognmo Slalom DNF – DNF – Hedda Berntsen DNF – DNF – Biathlon
- Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank 10 km sprint Egil Gjelland 1 26:42.5 24 Halvard Hanevold 0 26:12.5 13 Frode Andresen 2 25:51.5 8 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 0 24:51.3 12.5 km
pursuit 2Egil Gjelland 1 34:16.9 15 Frode Andresen 5 34:14.5 14 Halvard Hanevold 2 33:59.6 8 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 2 32:34.6 Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank 20 km Egil Gjelland 52:16.1 2 54:16.1 16 Frode Andresen 49:39.1 3 52:39.1 7 Halvard Hanevold 52:16.3 0 52:16.3 5 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 49:03.3 2 51:03.3 - Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race Misses 1 Time Rank Halvard Hanevold
Frode Andresen
Egil Gjelland
Ole Einar Bjørndalen0 1'23:42.3 - Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank 7.5 km sprint Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen 4 24:12.7 53 Ann Elen Skjelbreid 3 23:14.2 38 Gunn Margit Andreassen 1 22:19.7 16 Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 1 21:24.1 4 10 km
pursuit 4Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen 4 36:13.9 40 Ann Elen Skjelbreid 6 35:56.6 39 Gunn Margit Andreassen 2 32:56.8 16 Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée 4 31:18.3 4 Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 3 Rank 15 km Linda Tjørhom 48:34.0 4 52:34.0 39 Gunn Margit Andreassen 48:42.9 3 51:42.9 30 Ann Elen Skjelbreid 47:51.1 3 50:51.1 22 Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée 46:37.0 1 47:37.0 - Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race Misses 1 Time Rank Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Linda Tjørhom
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée0 1'28:25.6 1A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 Starting delay based om 10 km sprint results.
3One minute added per missed target.
4 Starting delay based om 7.5 km sprint results.Bobsleigh
- Men
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank NOR-1 Arnfinn Kristiansen
Bjarne RøylandTwo-man 48.34 19 48.21 17 48.46 21 48.17 13 3:13.18 20 Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank NOR-1 Arnfinn Kristiansen
Ole Christian Strømberg
Bjarne Røyland
Mariusz MusialFour-man 47.02 11 47.18 16 47.84 18 DNF – DNF – Cross-country skiing
- Men
Sprint
Athlete Qualifying round Quarter finals Semi finals Finals Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank Trond Einar Elden 2:53.31 12 Q 2:58.1 4 Did not advance Tor-Arne Hetland 2:51.19 6 Q 2:57.2 1 Q 2:59.9 2 Q 2:56.9 Trond Iversen 2:51.09 4 Q 2:56.8 2 Q 3:10.5 3 QB 2:56.6 6 Håvard Bjerkeli 2:50.07 1 Q 3:05.8 4 Did not advance Pursuit
Athlete 10 km C 10 km F pursuit1 Time Rank Time Final rank Thomas Alsgaard 26:56.4 15 Q 23:41.9 Kristen Skjeldal 26:55.5 13 Q 24:50.6 22 Anders Aukland 26:27.6 2 Q 24:03.8 7 Frode Estil 26:20.4 1 Q 23:41.9 Event Athlete Race Time Rank 15 km
COdd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 39:31.4 20 Erling Jevne 38:13.6 6 Anders Aukland 38:08.3 4 Frode Estil 37:43.4 30 km
FTor-Arne Hetland 1'18:28.5 49 Thomas Alsgaard 1'13:30.2 12 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 1'11:44.5 5 Kristen Skjeldal 1'11:42.7 50 km
CErling Jevne 2'12:06.6 10 Frode Estil 2'10:44.8 9 Anders Aukland 2'10:05.7 7 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 2'08:41.5 1 Starting delay based om 10 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Anders Aukland
Frode Estil
Kristen Skjeldal
Thomas Alsgaard1'32:45.5 - Women
Sprint
Athlete Qualifying round Quarter finals Semi finals Finals Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Final rank Vibeke Skofterud 3:20.21 21 Did not advance Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 3:19.79 19 Did not advance Maj Helen Sorkmo 3:17.10 11 Q 3:44.2 3 ADV 3:19.4 3 QB 3:25.5 6 Anita Moen 3:14.13 4 Q 3:15.9 2 Q 3:23.8 1 Q 3:12.7 Pursuit
Athlete 5 km C 5 km F pursuit2 Time Rank Time Final rank Vibeke Skofterud 14:12.3 34 Q 13:28.5 28 Tina Bay 13:53.7 20 Q 13:24.5 26 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 13:44.7 13 Q 13:07.8 14 Bente Skari-Martinsen 13:11.7 2 Q 12:16.0 6 Event Athlete Race Time Rank 10 km
CTina Bay 30:16.3 25 Anita Moen 29:15.5 9 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 28:56.2 6 Bente Skari 28:05.6 15 km
FMaj Helen Sorkmo DNF – Marit Bjørgen 47:07.4 50 Vibeke Skofterud 42:50.9 28 Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen 41:47.8 14 30 km
CMarit Bjørgen 1'37:02.6 14 Vibeke Skofterud 1'35:02.3 8 Anita Moen 1'31:37.3 4 Bente Skari 1'31:36.3 2 Starting delay based om 5 km C. results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle4 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Marit Bjørgen
Bente Skari
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Anita Moen49:31.9 Curling
Men's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country Skip W L Canada
Kevin Martin 8 1 Norway
Pål Trulsen 7 2 Switzerland
Andreas Schwaller 6 3 Sweden
Peja Lindholm 6 3 Finland
Markku Uusipaavalniemi 5 4 Germany
Sebastian Stock 4 5 Denmark
Ulrik Schmidt 3 6 Great Britain
Hammy McMillan 3 6 United States
Tim Somerville 3 6 France
Dominique Dupont-Roc 0 9 Team 1 Score Team 2 Norway
4–5 Switzerland
France
2–9 Norway
United Kingdom
6–7 Norway
Norway
6–5 United States
Norway
9–4 Denmark
Finland
5–6 Norway
Norway
10–5 Germany
Canada
9–4 Norway
Sweden
8–9 Norway
Medal round
Semi-final
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final Norway (Trulsen)
0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 1 1 7 Switzerland (Schwaller)
0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6 Gold medal game
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Canada (Martin)
0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 5 Norway (Trulsen)
0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 6 Contestants
Norway
Stabekk CC, Oslo
Skip: Pål Trulsen
Third: Lars Vågberg
Second: Flemming Davanger
Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell
Alternate: Torger NergårdWomen's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country Skip W L Canada
Kelley Law 8 1 Switzerland
Luzia Ebnöther 7 2 United States
Kari Erickson 6 3 Great Britain
Rhona Martin 5 4 Germany
Natalie Neßler 5 4 Sweden
Elisabet Gustafson 5 4 Norway 7th
Dordi Nordby 4 5 Japan
Akiko Katoh 2 7 Denmark
Lene Bidstrup 2 7 Russia
Olga Jarkova 1 8 Team 1 Score Team 2 United Kingdom
10–6 Norway
Canada
6–5 Norway
Norway
5–7 Switzerland
Germany
5–10 Norway
Sweden
10–3 Norway
Norway
5–4 Russia
Japan
5–8 Norway
Norway
9–4 Denmark
Norway
2–11 United States
Contestants
Norway
Snarøen CC, Oslo
Skip: Dordi Nordby
Third: Hanne Woods
Second: Marianne Haslum
Lead: Camilla Holth
Alternate: Kristin LøvsethFreestyle skiing
- Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Time Points Rank Time Points Rank Ingrid Berntsen Moguls 38.32 22.28 17 Did not advance Kari Traa 36.67 25.11 1 Q 34.48 25.94 Hilde Synnøve Lid Aerials 148.82 16 Did not advance Nordic combined
Men's sprint
Events:
- large hill ski jumping
- 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
timeTotal
rankPoints Rank Jan Rune Grave 94.3 33 18:33.2 26 Preben Fjære Brynemo 96.8 30 18:35.5 30 Kristian Hammer 98.3 29 18:21.0 20 Sverre Rotevatn 100.0 28 17:54.4 13 Men's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Ski Jumping Cross-country
timeTotal
rankPoints Rank Sverre Rotevatn 189.5 41 45:24.6 36 Jan Rune Grave 207.0 35 44:18.5 24 Preben Fjære Brynemo 212.0 30 43:50.3 22 Kristian Hammer 221.5 22 41:40.8 8 Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
timeTotal
rankPoints Rank Sverre Rotevatn
Kristian Hammer
Jan Rune Grave
Preben Fjære Brynemo791.5 10 51:22.1 5 Skeleton
- Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Snorre Pedersen 52.07 17 51.70 12 1:43.77 14 Ski jumping
Athlete Event Qualifying jump Final jump 1 Final jump 2 Total Distance Points Rank Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank Roar Ljøkelsøy Normal hill 87.5 109.0 21 Q 91.5 119.0 11 Q 90.0 114.5 233.5 18 Lars Bystøl 88.0 109.5 20 Q 88.5 110.5 30 Q 86.5 104.5 215.0 31 Tommy Ingebrigtsen 89.0 110.5 18 Q 91.5 116.5 20 Q 91.0 115.5 232.0 20 Anders Bardal 91.0 116.0 9 Q 91.0 116.5 20 Q 89.0 110.5 227.0 27 Lars Bystøl Large hill 107.5 88.5 30 Q 113.0 99.4 38 Did not advance Roar Ljøkelsøy 111.0 96.8 23 Q 116.5 107.2 32 Did not advance Tommy Ingebrigtsen 112.0 97.6 20 Q 119.0 110.7 25 112.0 97.1 207.8 26 Anders Bardal 112.5 99.5 16 Q 118.5 110.3 27 Q 114.5 102.6 212.9 25 - Men's team large hill
Athletes Result Points 1 Rank Tommy Ingebrigtsen
Lars Bystøl
Anders Bardal
Roar Ljøkelsøy790.8 9 1Four teams members performed two jumps each.
Snowboarding
- Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Kim Christiansen 23.3 24 37.0 8 Did not advance Halvor Skramstad Lunn 30.0 18 21.7 25 Did not advance Daniel Franck 39.9 3 QF 37.4 10 - Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Stine Brun Kjeldaas 27.1 11 30.9 7 Did not advance Lisa Wiik 33.1 6 QF 28.9 10 Kjersti Buaas 38.7 2 QF 37.3 4 Speed skating
- Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank 500 m Grunde Njøs 1:37.67 37 35.90 30 133.57 35 1000 m Grunde Njøs 1:11.31 39 Petter Andersen 1:10.14 28 Ådne Søndrål 1:08.64 11 1500 m Eskil Ervik 1:49.24 35 Petter Andersen 1:47.21 20 Ådne Søndrål 1:45.26 5000 m Stian Bjørge 6:36.04 26 Eskil Ervik 6:32.80 21 Lasse Sætre 6:25.92 10 10,000 m Kjell Storelid 13:27.24 8 Lasse Sætre 13:16.92 Notes
- ^ a b Canadian Press (February 27, 2010). "Canada sets Olympic gold record". CBC Sports. http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/27/sp-canada-gold-otp.html?ref=rss. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 2002, full results by sports-reference.com
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