- Norway at the 1972 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 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo Competitors 67 (56 men, 11 women) in 8 sports Flag bearer Magnar Solberg (Biathlon) Medals
Rank: 3Gold
2Silver
5Bronze
5Total
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Contents
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold Magnar Solberg Biathlon Men's 20 km Gold Pål Tyldum Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical) Silver Pål Tyldum Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical) Silver Magne Myrmo Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical) Silver Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs HarvikenCross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay Silver Roar Grønvold Speed skating Men's 1500m Silver Roar Grønvold Speed skating Men's 5000m Bronze Ivar Formo Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km (classical) Bronze Johs Harviken Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical) Bronze Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre LammedalCross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay Bronze Sten Stensen Speed skating Men's 5000m Bronze Sten Stensen Speed skating Men's 10,000m Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Peik Christensen Downhill 1:59.71 36 Erik Håker 1:53.16 5 Otto Tschudi Giant Slalom 1:57.42 50 DSQ – DSQ – Peik Christensen 1:38.27 33 1:40.42 17 3:18.69 23 Erik Håker 1:31.70 1 DNF – DNF – - Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank Peik Christensen 1:45.36 2 DSQ – – – DSQ – Erik Håker DSQ – DNF – – – DNF – Otto Tschudi DSQ – DSQ – – – DSQ – - Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Karianne Christiansen Downhill 1:41.25 21 Gyri Sørensen 1:40.77 17 Toril Førland 1:40.25 11 Gyri Sørensen Giant Slalom 1:37.32 28 Karianne Christiansen 1:37.18 27 Anne Brusletto 1:34.43 19 Toril Førland 1:34.15 17 Gyri Sørensen Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ – Anne Brusletto DNF – – – DNF – Karianne Christiansen 52.59 24 DNF – DNF – Toril Førland 47.75 10 48.01 11 1:35.76 9 Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank 20 km Ragnar Tveiten 1'17:19.91 7 1'24:19.91 29 Kåre Hovda 1'16:20.37 6 1'22:20.37 18 Tor Svendsberget 1'15:26.54 3 1'18:26.54 8 Magnar Solberg 1'13:55.50 2 1'15:55.50 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 Tor Svendsberget
Kåre Hovda
Ivar Nordkild
Magnar Solberg7 1'56:24.21 4 2A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 15 km Magne Myrmo 47:02.55 19 Johs Harviken 46:46.36 15 Oddvar Brå 46:25.88 9 Ivar Formo 46:02.68 30 km Ole Ellefsæter 1'44:25.21 31 Magne Myrmo 1'42:23.40 21 Johs Harviken 1'37:32.44 Pål Tyldum 1'37:25.30 50 km Ole Ellefsæter 2'46:46.94 10 Reidar Hjermstad 2'44:14.51 4 Magne Myrmo 2'43:29.45 Pål Tyldum 2'43:14.75 - Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs Harviken2'04:57.06 - Women
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 5 km Katharina Mo-Berge 17:49.06 17 Inger Aufles 17:33.14 12 Aslaug Dahl 17:17.49 8 Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 17:16.79 7 10 km Katharina Mo-Berge 37:33.16 29 Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 36:29.43 14 Inger Aufles 36:07.08 12 Aslaug Dahl 35:18.84 6 - Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal49:51.49 Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter OlympicsFirst Round
Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
Team 1 Score Team 2 Finland 13–1 Norway Consolation Round
Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts 7 West Germany 4 3 1 0 22 10 6 8 Norway 4 3 1 0 16 14 6 9 Japan 4 2 1 1 17 16 5 10 Switzerland 4 0 2 2 9 16 2 11 Yugoslavia 4 0 3 1 9 17 1 - Norway 5-2 Yugoslavia
- West Germany 5-1 Norway
- Japan 4-5 Norway
- Norway 5-3 Switzerland
Contestants
Kåre Østensen
Thore Wålberg
Øivind Berg
Jan Kinder
Svein Norman Hansen
Terje Steen
Birger Jansen
Thor Martinsen
Tom Røymark
Tom Christensen
Steinar Bjølbakk
Svein Haagensen
Roy Jansen
Bjørn Johansen
Morten Sethereng
Terje Thoen
Bjørn Andreassen
Arne MikkelsenLuge
Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Stephen Sinding 54.98 27 54.05 19 53.19 20 53.19 19 3:35.41 22 Bjørn Dyrdahl 54.73 25 55.13 31 54.67 36 53.52 24 3:38.05 30 Christian Strøm 53.79 13 53.68 16 52.46 12 53.08 17 3:33.01 14 (Men's) Doubles
Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Christian Strøm
Stephen Sinding45.81 14 46.25 16 1:32.06 14 Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 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 Gjert Andersen Individual 67.0 71.5 173.3 23 52:04.8 187.015 26 360.315 23 Henning Weid 71.0 74.0 181.3 15 51:58.1 188.020 25 369.320 19 Kjell Åsvestad 71.0 74.0 183.1 13 51:36.2 191.305 23 374.405 14 Kåre Olav Berg 72.5 73.0 180.4 16 50:08.9 204.400 7 384.800 8 Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter OlympicsAthlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank Jo Inge Bjørnebye Normal hill 68.5 90.3 67.0 83.9 174.2 51 Nils-Per Skarseth 73.5 101.3 71.0 96.3 197.6 33 Ingolf Mork 78.0 112.0 78.0 113.5 225.5 4 Frithjof Prydz 80.0 114.2 74.0 103.6 217.8 11 Jo Inge Bjørnebye Large hill 85.5 86.7 81.5 81.1 167.8 34 Frithjof Prydz 85.0 89.0 95.5 105.7 194.7 15 Ingolf Mork 89.0 95.6 83.0 77.7 173.3 28 Bjørn Wirkola 93.0 97.7 74.5 64.8 162.5 37 Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 500 m Ole Christian Iversen DNF – Johan Lind 41.14 18 Lasse Efskind 40.60 12 Per Bjørang 39.91 4 1500 m Dag Fornæss 2:09.52 13 Svein-Erik Stiansen 2:08.63 11 Bjørn Tveter 2:05.94 4 Roar Grønvold 2:04.26 5000 m Willy Olsen 7:36.47 5 Sten Stensen 7:33.39 Roar Grønvold 7:28.18 10,000 m Dag Fornæss 15:53.33 13 Per Willy Guttormsen 15:48.71 11 Sten Stensen 15:07.88 - Women
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 500 m Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 46.33 19 Kirsti Biermann 46.18 17 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 45.70 11 1000 m Kirsti Biermann 1:35.76 23 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 1:35.56 22 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 1:33.13 9 1500 m Kirsti Biermann 2:29.94 23 Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 2:28.36 19 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 2:24.07 8 3000 m Kirsti Biermann 5:26.21 20 Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 5:07.76 10 References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com
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