Norway at the 1992 Winter Olympics

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At the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville
Competitors	80 (61 men, 19 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Eirik Kvalfoss (Biathlon)
Medals Rank: 3	Gold 9	Silver 6	Bronze 5	Total 20
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Norway competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Aamodt, Kjetil AndréKjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G
1 Gold	Jagge, Finn ChristianFinn Christian Jagge	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom
1 Gold	Ulvang, VegardVegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 km (classical)
1 Gold	Dæhlie, BjørnBjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)
1 Gold	Ulvang, VegardVegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km (classical)
1 Gold	Dæhlie, BjørnBjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km (freestyle)
1 Gold	Langli, TerjeTerje Langli Ulvang, VegardVegard Ulvang Skjeldal, KristenKristen Skjeldal Dæhlie, BjørnBjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay
1 Gold	Koss, Johann OlavJohann Olav Koss	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m
1 Gold	Karlstad, GeirGeir Karlstad	Speed skating	Men's 5000 m
2 Silver	Ulvang, VegardVegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)
2 Silver	Dæhlie, BjørnBjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km (classical)
2 Silver	Dybendahl, TrudeTrude Dybendahl Nybråten, Inger HeleneInger Helene Nybråten Pedersen, SolveigSolveig Pedersen Nilsen, ElinElin Nilsen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay
2 Silver	Apeland, Knut ToreKnut Tore Apeland Elden, Trond EinarTrond Einar Elden , Fred Børre LundbergFred Børre Lundberg	Nordic combined	Men's team
2 Silver	Søndrål, ÅdneÅdne Søndrål	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m
2 Silver	Koss, Johann OlavJohann Olav Koss	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m
3 Bronze	Thorsen, Jan EinarJan Einar Thorsen	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G
3 Bronze	Aamodt, Kjetil AndréKjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
3 Bronze	Langli, TerjeTerje Langli	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km (classical)
3 Bronze	Hattestad, Stine LiseStine Lise Hattestad	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls
3 Bronze	Karlstad, GeirGeir Karlstad	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Tom Stiansen	Downhill			1:55.62	32
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:54.24	26
Lasse Arnesen				1:51.63	8
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:50.79	5
Tom Stiansen	Super-G			1:14.51	8
Ole Kristian Furuseth				1:13.87	4
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:13.83	03 !
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:13.04	01 !
Didrik Marksten	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Lasse Kjus		DNF	–	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth		1:05.63	1:02.53	2:08.16	5
Kjetil André Aamodt		1:04.81	1:03.01	2:07.82	03 !
Didrik Marksten	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kjetil André Aamodt		54.42	DNF	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth		53.14	DNF	DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge		51.43	52.96	1:44.39	01 !

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Tom Stiansen	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth	1:48.94	50.59	50.45	40.47	7
Lasse Arnesen	1:46.81	53.33	53.59	51.93	10
Jan Einar Thorsen	1:44.97	54.59	55.80	52.75	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Astrid Lødemel	Downhill			1:54.76	15
Astrid Lødemel	Super-G			DNF	–
Merete Fjeldavlie				DNF	–
Anne Berge				1:25.65	21
Astrid Lødemel	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Anne Berge		1:09.90	1:09.61	2:19.51	21
Merete Fjeldavlie		1:08.66	1:08.57	2:17.23	15
Merete Fjeldavlie	Slalom	51.65	47.02	1:38.67	22
Anne Berge		49.39	44.83	1:34.22	8

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Anne Berge	1:28.67	34.93	34.36	35.28	5
Merete Fjeldavlie	1:28.26	35.52	DSQ	DSQ	–
Astrid Lødemel	1:26.95	37.29	55.96	210.94	22

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Geir Einang	2	29:45.0	66
	Eirik Kvalfoss	2	28:38.2	47
	Jon Åge Tyldum	0	28:01.4	34
	Sylfest Glimsdal	4	27:38.9	24

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Geir Einang	59:04.8	3	1'02:04.8	36
	Eirik Kvalfoss	58:52.4	2	1'00:52.4	27
	Gisle Fenne	57:32.9	1	58:32.9	9
	Frode Løberg	57:32.4	1	58:32.4	8

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	1	1'26:32.4	5

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Anne Elvebakk	3	27:34.2	32
	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	5	27:24.2	31
	Signe Trosten	2	26:43.3	19
	Elin Kristiansen	1	26:23.3	15

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
15 km	Åse Idland	53:05.0	4	57:05.0	27
	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	50:59.4	5	55:59.4	18
	Signe Trosten	51:24.5	2	53:24.5	10
	Elin Kristiansen	51:19.6	2	53:19.6	9

Women's 3 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Signe Trosten Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	1	1'21:20.0	7

¹A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
²One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Erik Gogstad Atle Norstad	Two-man	1:01.64	25	1:02.24	27	1:02.24	26	1:02.36	25	4:08.48	27

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Kristen Skjeldal	31:02.0	38
	Terje Langli	29:51.0	20
	Bjørn Dæhlie	28:01.6	4
	Vegard Ulvang	27:36.0	01 !
15 km pursuit1 F	Vegard Ulvang	38:55.3	02 !
	Bjørn Dæhlie	38:01.9	01 !
30 km C	Erling Jevne	1'24:07.7	5
	Terje Langli	1'23:42.5	03 !
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1'23:14.0	02 !
	Vegard Ulvang	1'22:27.8	01 !
50 km F	Kristen Skjeldal	2'11:44.5	20
	Terje Langli	2'11:32.0	18
	Vegard Ulvang	2'08:21.5	9
	Bjørn Dæhlie	2'03:41.5	01 !

¹ Starting delay based om 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	1'39:26.0	01 !

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	15:10.8	21
	Elin Nilsen	14:50.8	10
	Solveig Pedersen	14:42.1	8
	Inger Helene Nybråten	14:33.3	5
10 km pursuit2 F	Solveig Pedersen	28:26.6	15
	Inger Helene Nybråten	27:21.1	7
	Elin Nilsen	26:36.9	5
15 km C	Inger Lise Hegge	46:03.9	21
	Solveig Pedersen	45:51.3	20
	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	44:31.5	8
	Inger Helene Nybråten	44:18.6	7
30 km F	Inger Lise Hegge	1'29:31.6	14
	Inger Helene Nybråten	1'28:21.8	13
	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	1'27:29.8	9
	Elin Nilsen	1'26:25.1	4

² Starting delay based om 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Trude Dybendahl Hartz Elin Nilsen	59:56.4	02 !

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Jan Erik Digermes	DNF	–	DNF	–

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Kari Traa	Moguls	45.25	17.30	14	Did not advance
Stine Lise Hattestad		39.62	23.11	3 Q	40.26	23.04	03 !

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	9	19	8
Unified Team	5	4	1	0	32	10	22	8
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	0	25	15	10	8
France	5	2	3	0	14	22	-8	4
Switzerland	5	1	4	0	13	25	-12	2
Norway	5	0	5	0	7	38	-31	0

Czechoslovakia	10:1	Norway
Unified Team	8:1	Norway
Canada	10:0	Norway
Switzerland	6:3	Norway
France	4:2	Norway

Consolation Round 9th-12th Places

Norway

5:3

Italy

9th Place Match

Norway 9th

5:2

Switzerland

Contestants

• Steve Allman
• Jim Marthinsen
• Rob Schistad
• Petter Salsten
• Kim Søgaard
• Geir Hoff
• Tommy Jakobsen
• Jon-Magne Karlstad
• Jan-Roar Fagerli
• Morgan Andersen
• Rune Gulliksen
• Martin Friis
• Petter Thoresen
• Marius Rath
• Tom Johansen
• Ørjan Løvdal
• Øystein Olsen
• Arne Billkvam
• Erik Kristiansen
• Jarle Friis
• Carl Gunnar Gundersen
• Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm
• Eirik Paulsen

• Head Coach: Bengt Ohlson

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harald Rolfsen Snorre Pedersen	47.610	18	47.368	16	1:34.978	16

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Bård Jørgen Elden	Individual	167.7	45	+6:45.4	49:17.5	21
Trond Einar Elden		181.9	39	+5:10.7	47:11.9	9
Knut Tore Apeland		190.7	35	+4:12.0	47:23.9	10
Fred Børre Lundberg		211.9	9	+1:50.7	45:54.8	4

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
• 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Knut Tore Apeland Fred Børre Lundberg Trond Einar Elden	569.9	6	+6:16.0	1'25:02.9	02 !

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Gisle Elvebakken	1000 m	1:41.50	3	Did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Espen Bredesen	Normal hill	73.5	73.1	65.0	54.0	127.1	58
Magne Johansen		77.0	86.7	78.5	87.6	174.3	49
Øyvind Berg		78.5	90.1	81.5	95.9	186.0	35
Lasse Ottesen		86.5	107.4	72.5	72.0	179.4	45
Espen Bredesen	Large hill	83.5	45.4	75.5	28.7	74.1	57
Lasse Ottesen		92.0	60.3	92.5	66.5	126.8	45
Øyvind Berg		96.5	73.6	92.5	67.0	140.6	34
Magne Johansen		100.0	79.5	104.5	86.8	166.3	18

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Espen Bredesen Magne Johansen Rune Olijnyk Lasse Ottesen	538.0	7

¹Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1000 m	Ådne Søndrål	1:17.56	29
1500 m	Steinar Johansen	2:00.79	29
	Geir Karlstad	1:56.98	8
	Ådne Søndrål	1:54.85	02 !
	Johann Olav Koss	1:54.81	01 !
5000 m	Atle Vårvik	7:28.28	28
	Johann Olav Koss	7:11.32	7
	Geir Karlstad	6:59.97	01 !
10,000 m	Steinar Johansen	14:36.09	8
	Geir Karlstad	14:18.13	03 !
	Johann Olav Koss	14:14.58	02 !

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	41.89	20
1000 m	Else Ragni Yttredal	1:24.54	21
	Edel Therese Høiseth	1:23.85	13
1500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	2:14.93	30
	Else Ragni Yttredal	2:09.38	12
3000 m	Anette Tønsberg	4:38.66	20
	Else Ragni Yttredal	4:36.98	16
5000 m	Else Ragni Yttredal	8:09.69	22
	Anette Tønsberg	8:09.68	21

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com