- Norway at the 1908 Summer 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 1908 Summer Olympics in London Competitors 69 in 7 sports Flag bearer Oskar Bye Medals Gold
2Silver
3Bronze
3Total
8Olympic 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 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having made its Olympic debut in 1900.
Contents
Results by event
Athletics
Norway's best athletics result was Arne Halse's silver medal in the javelin throw.
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final Men's 100 metres Heats Oscar Guttormsen 12.0 seconds
2nd, heat 2Did not advance John Johansen 11.7 seconds
2nd, heat 5Men's 200 metres Semi-
finalistOscar Guttormsen Walkover
1st, heat 14Unknown
4th, semifinal 1Did not advance Men's 400 metres Heats Oscar Guttormsen Unknown
2nd, heat 5Did not advance Men's 1500 metres Semi-
finalistOscar Larsen None held Unknown
4th, semifinal 8Did not advance Nils Dahl Unknown
7th, semifinal 1Men's 110 metre hurdles Heats Wilhelm Blystad Unknown
2nd, heat 11Did not advance Oscar Guttormsen Unknown
2nd, heat 12Event Place Athlete Height/
DistanceMen's high jump 13th Henry Olsen 1.72 metres — Otto Monsen No mark Men's long jump 21-32 Henry Olsen Unknown Men's triple jump 3rd Edvard Larsen 14.39 metres 13th Henry Olsen 13.17 metres 14th Oscar Guttormsen 13.16 metres Men's standing high jump 8th Wilhelm Blystad 1.42 metres Men's shot put 9-25 Arne Halse Unknown Men's discus throw 12-42 John Falchenberg Unknown Men's javelin throw 2nd Arne Halse 50.57 metres 8-16 John Johansen Unknown Men's freestyle javelin 3rd Arne Halse 49.73 metres 10-33 Conrad Carlsrud Unknown John Johansen Unknown Fencing
Event Place Fencer First
roundSecond
roundSemi-
finalFinal Men's épée First
roundHans Bergsland 4-4 (6th in D) Did not advance Gymnastics
Event Place Gymnast Score Men's all-around Unknown Conrad Carlsrud Unknown Petter Hol Unknown Eugen Ingebretsen Unknown Ole Iversen Unknown Per Mathias Jespersen Unknown Carl Klæth Unknown Frithjof Olsen Unknown John Skrataas Unknown Event Place Gymnast Score Men's team 2nd Carl Albert Andersen, Hermann Bohne, Trygve Bøyesen, Oskar Bye, Conrad Carlsrud, Sverre Grøner, Harald Halvorsen, Harald Hansen, Petter Hol, Eugen Ingebretsen, Ole Iversen, Per Mathias Jespersen, Sigge Johannessen, Nicolai Kiær, Carl Klæth, Thor Larsen, Rolf Lefdahl, Hans Lem, Anders Moen, Frithjof Olsen, Carl Alfred Pedersen, Paul Pedersen, Sigvard Sivertsen, John Skrataas, Harald Smedvik, Andreas Strand, Olaf Syvertsen, Thomas Thorstensen 425 Rowing
Event Place Rowers First
roundQuarter-
finalsSemi-
finalsFinal Men's coxed eights 5th Otto Krogh, Erik Bye, Ambrosius Høyer,
Gustav Hæhre, Emil Irgens, Hannibal Fegth,
Wilhelm Hansen, Annan Knudsen, Ejnar TønsagerNone held Unknown
2nd, quarterfinal 1Did not advance Sailing
Class Place Boat Sailors 8 metre 4th Fram Johan Anker, Einar Hvoslef, Hagbart Steffens,
Magnus Konow, Eilert Falch-LundShooting
Event Place Shooter Score Men's 1000 yard free rifle 28th Jørgen Bru 82 40th Georg Erdmann 61 41st Asmund Enger 58 Kolbjørn Kvam 58 47th Mathias Glomnes 26 AC Olivius Skymoen Men's 300 metre free rifle 1st Albert Helgerud 909 3rd Ole Sæther 883 6th Julius Braathe 851 9th Olaf Sæther 830 13th Georg Erdmann 821 19th Kolbjørn Kvam 777 24th Olivius Skymoen 760 26th Per Olaf Olsen 752 47th Mathias Glomnes 563 Men's team free rifle 1st Albert Helgerud
Ole Sæther
Gudbrand Gudbrandsen Skatteboe
Olaf Sæther
Julius Braathe
Einar Liberg5055 Men's team military rifle 6th Ole Sæther
Einar Liberg
Gudbrand Gudbrandsen Skatteboe
Albert Helgerud
Mathias Glomnes
Jørgen Bru2192 Wrestling
Event Place Wrestler Round
of 16Quarter-
finalsSemi-
finalsFinal Freestyle heavyweight 2nd Jacob Gundersen Defeated
WestDefeated
HumphreysDefeated
NixsonLost to
O'KellyOpponent nation Wins Losses Percent Great Britain 3 1 .750 Total 3 1 .750 Sources
- Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
- De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. http://users.skynet.be/hermandw/olymp/toplon08.html. Retrieved 5 June 2006.
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