- Norway at the 1968 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 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble Competitors 65 (54 men, 11 women) in 8 sports Flag bearer Bjørn Wirkola (Ski jumping) Medals
Rank: 1Gold
6Silver
6Bronze
2Total
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Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold
Magnar Solberg Biathlon Men's 20 km Gold
Harald Grønningen Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km Gold
Ole Ellefsæter Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Gold
Odd Martinsen
Pål Tyldum
Harald Grønningen
Ole EllefsæterCross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay Gold
Babben Enger Damon
Inger Aufles
Berit Mørdre LammedalCross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay Gold
Fred Anton Maier Speed skating Men's 5000m Silver
Ola Wærhaug
Olav Jordet
Magnar Solberg
Jon IstadBiathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Silver
Odd Martinsen Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km Silver
Berit Mørdre Lammedal Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Silver
Magne Thomassen Speed skating Men's 500m Silver
Ivar Eriksen Speed skating Men's 1500m Silver
Fred Anton Maier Speed skating Men's 10,000m Bronze
Inger Aufles Cross-country skiing Women's 10 km Bronze
Lars Grini Ski jumping Men's large hill Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Otto Tschudi Downhill DNF – Lasse Hamre 2:06.93 34 Jon Terje Øverland 2:05.34 23 Bjarne Strand 2:03.20 17 Otto Tschudi Giant Slalom DNF – – – DNF – Bjarne Strand 1:49.69 33 1:51.48 32 3:41.17 29 Jon Terje Øverland 1:49.30 32 1:50.27 18 3:39.57 25 Håkon Mjøen 1:47.63 23 1:50.71 21 3:38.34 19 - Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank Håkon Mjøen 52.36 1 QF – – 49.91 9 DSQ – DSQ – Bjarne Strand 54.18 1 QF – – 51.69 21 55.69 24 1:47.38 22 Jon Terje Øverland 51.93 2 QF – – 51.51 18 53.37 22 1:44.88 17 Lasse Hamre 53.33 2 QF – – 51.84 23 52.31 18 1:44.15 14 - Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Aud Hvammen Giant Slalom 2:01.30 28 Aud Hvammen Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ – Dikke Eger-Bergmann 43.50 15 DNF – DNF – Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank 20 km Ragnar Tveiten 1'16:17.4 11 1'27:17.4 26 Ola Wærhaug 1'19:12.9 3 1'22:12.9 13 Jon Istad 1'19:43.1 2 1'21:43.1 11 Magnar Solberg 1'13:45.9 0 1'13:45.9 1One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race Misses 2 Time Rank Ola Wærhaug
Olav Jordet
Magnar Solberg
Jon Istad5 2'14:50.2 2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 15 km Reidar Hjermstad 50:25.7 17 Odd Martinsen 48:59.3 8 Pål Tyldum 48:42.0 7 Harald Grønningen 47:54.2 30 km Gjermund Eggen 1'43:29.6 34 Harald Grønningen 1'38:26.7 13 Lorns Skjemstad 1'37:53.4 11 Odd Martinsen 1'36:28.9 50 km Odd Martinsen 2'33:51.4 18 Reidar Hjermstad 2'31:01.8 8 Pål Tyldum 2'29:26.7 4 Ole Ellefsæter 2'28:45.8 - Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Odd Martinsen
Pål Tyldum
Harald Grønningen
Ole Ellefsæter2'08:33.5 - Women
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 5 km Tone Dahle 18:09.1 28 Babben Enger-Damon 17:43.3 21 Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 17:11.9 10 Inger Aufles 16:58.1 7 10 km Katharina Mo-Berge 39:35.4 17 Babben Enger-Damon 38:54.4 8 Inger Aufles 37:59.9 Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 37:54.6 - Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Inger Aufles
Babben Enger-Damon
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal57:30.0 Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter OlympicsFirst Round
East Germany -
Norway 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Joachim Ziesche, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa - Odd Syversen.Consolation Round
Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts 9 Yugoslavia
5 5 0 0 33 9 10 10 Japan
5 4 1 0 27 12 8 11 Norway
5 3 2 0 15 15 6 12 Romania
5 2 3 0 22 23 4 13 Austria
5 1 4 0 12 27 2 14 France
5 0 5 0 9 32 0 Norway –
France 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Hagensen, Smefjell, Dalsören, Mikkelsen – Liberman.Japan –
Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.Norway –
Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2)
Goalscorers: Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.Norway –
Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.Yugoslavia –
Norway 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hiti, Franz Smolej, Ivo Jan - Dalsören, Bjölbak.Contestants
- Team Roster
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- Kåre Østensen
- Svein Hansen
- Thor Martinsen
- Terje Steen
- Odd Syversen
- Tor Gundersen
- Christian Petersen
- Per Skjerwen Olsen
- Georg Smefjell
- Olav Dalsøren
- Arne Mikkelsen
- Steinar Bjølbakk
- Svein Haagensen
- Terje Thoen
- Bjørn Johansen
- Rodney Riise
- Trygve Bergeid
Luge
Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Rolf Greger Strøm 59.04 22 59.28 21 58.67 15 2:56.99 19 Jan-Axel Strøm 58.84 18 59.26 20 59.04 20 2:57.14 21 Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter OlympicsEvents:
- normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
- 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank Kåre Olav Berg Individual 69.0 70.0 204.4 15 53:57.8 171.20 34 375.60 28 Gjert Andersen 72.5 72.5 221.2 7 1'00:28.3 102.49 41 323.69 40 Mikkel Dobloug 69.0 68.0 192.4 26 51:55.8 194.82 21 391.90 19 Markus Svendsen 71.0 72.0 210.8 12 54:19.4 167.05 35 377.85 27 Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter OlympicsAthlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank Jan Olaf Roaldset Normal hill 73.0 99.6 73.0 98.1 197.7 21 Jo Inge Bjørnebye 73.5 101.4 67.0 89.0 190.4 31 Lars Grini 74.5 104.5 73.0 101.6 206.1 13 Bjørn Wirkola 76.5 108.7 72.5 103.3 212.0 4 Bjørn Wirkola Large hill 93.0 102.1 87.0 87.2 189.3 23 Bent Tomtum 98.5 108.3 95.0 103.9 212.2 5 Jan Olaf Roaldset 100.5 109.6 91.5 93.0 202.6 13 Lars Grini 99.0 111.5 93.5 102.8 214.3 Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 500 m Johan Lind 42.3 29 Roar Grønvold 41.1 13 Arne Herjuaune 40.7 5 Magne Thomassen 40.5 1500 m Svein-Erik Stiansen 2:05.5 7 Bjørn Tveter 2:05.2 5 Magne Thomassen 2:05.1 4 Ivar Eriksen 2:05.0 5000 m Svein-Erik Stiansen 7:39.6 12 Per Willy Guttormsen 7:27.8 4 Fred Anton Maier 7:22.4 WR 10,000 m Magne Thomassen 15:44.9 7 Per Willy Guttormsen 15:32.6 4 Fred Anton Maier 15:23.9 - Women
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 500 m Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 47.0 11 Kirsti Biermann 46.8 8 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 46.7 6 1000 m Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 1:36.8 13 Kirsti Biermann 1:35.0 9 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 1:34.5 6 1500 m Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 2:30.7 17 Kari Kåring 2:29.9 14 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 2:25.2 4 3000 m Kari Kåring 5:20.6 17 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 5:19.6 16 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 5:13.3 9 References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com
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