Norway at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Norway at the Olympic Games
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At the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid
Competitors	19 (18 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Johan Grøttumsbråten (Nordic combined)
Medals Rank: 2	Gold 3	Silver 4	Bronze 3	Total 10
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Norway competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Henie, SonjaSonja Henie	Figure skating	Women's singles
1 Gold	Grøttumsbråten, JohanJohan Grøttumsbråten	Nordic combined	Men's individual
1 Gold	Ruud, BirgerBirger Ruud	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
2 Silver	Stenen, OleOle Stenen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
2 Silver	Hans Beck	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
2 Silver	Evensen, BerntBernt Evensen	Speed skating	Men's 500m
2 Silver	Ballangrud, IvarIvar Ballangrud	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
3 Bronze	Rustadstuen, ArneArne Rustadstuen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50km
3 Bronze	Vinjarengen, HansHans Vinjarengen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
3 Bronze	Wahlberg, KaareKaare Wahlberg	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
18 km	Kristian Hovde	1'32:48	13
	Ole Stenen	1'28:05	8
	Johan Grøttumsbraaten	1'27:15	6
	Arne Rustadstuen	1'27:06	5
50 km	Ole Stenen	DNF	–
	Sigurd Vestad	4'32:40	5
	Ole Hegge	4'32:04	4
	Arne Rustadstuen	4'31:53	03 !

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Places	Points	Final rank
Sonja Henie	Women's singles	1	1	7	2302.5	01 !

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Events:

• 18 km cross-country skiing
• normal hill ski jumping

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athlethes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

Athlete	Event	Cross-country			Ski Jumping				Total
		Time	Points	Rank	Distance 1	Distance 2	Total points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sverre Kolterud	Individual	1'34:36	204.00	7	57.0	55.5	214.6	5	418.60	4
Hans Vinjarengen		1'32:40	213.00	4	54.0	62.0	221.6	2	434.60	03 !
Ole Stenen		1'28:05	235.75	2	48.0	52.0	200.3	12	436.05	02 !
Johan Grøttumsbraaten		1'27:15	240.00	1	51.0	50.0	206.0	6	446.00	01 !

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sigmund Ruud	Normal hill	63.0	107.2	5	62.5	107.9	8	215.1	7
Kaare Walberg		62.5	108.9	4	64.0	110.6	3	219.5	03 !
Birger Ruud		66.5	113.9	2	69.0	114.2	1	228.1	01 !
Hans Beck		71.5	116.5	1	63.5	110.5	4	227.0	02 !

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1932 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Heat		Final
		Time	Position	Time	Position
500 m	Erling Lindboe	n/a	4	Did not advance
	Bernt Evensen	45.3	1 Q	n/a	02 !
	Hans Engnestangen	n/a	5	Did not advance
	Haakon Pedersen	n/a	4	Did not advance
1500 m	Hans Engnestangen	n/a	4	Did not advance
	Bernt Evensen	n/a	3	Did not advance
	Ivar Ballangrud	n/a	3	Did not advance
	Michael Staksrud	n/a	3	Did not advance
5000m	Michael Staksrud	DNF	–	Did not advance
	Ivar Ballangrud	n/a	3 Q	n/a	5
	Erling Lindboe	n/a	5	Did not advance
	Bernt Evensen	10:01.4	1 Q	n/a	6
10,000 m	Michael Staksrud	DNF	–	Did not advance
	Ivar Ballangrud	n/a	2 Q	n/a	02 !
	Hans Engnestangen	n/a	6	Did not advance
	Bernt Evensen	n/a	3 Q	n/a	6

References

• (ed.) George Lattimer (1932) (PDF). Official Report III Olympic Winter Games Lake Placid 1932. III Olympic Winter Games Committee. http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932w.pdf. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2008-06-10. 
• Olympic Winter Games 1932, full results by sports-reference.com