- Norway at the 1998 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 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano Competitors 76 (49 men, 27 women) in 10 sports Flag bearer Espen Bredesen (Ski jumping) Medals
Rank: 2Gold
10Silver
10Bronze
5Total
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Contents
Medalists
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics- Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Time Time Rank Kjetil André Aamodt Downhill 1:51.72 13 Lasse Kjus 1:50.51 Lasse Kjus Super-G 1:36.25 9 Kjetil André Aamodt 1:35.67 5 Harald Christian Strand Nilsen Giant Slalom DNF – DNF – Kjetil André Aamodt DNF – DNF – Lasse Kjus 1:21.92 1:18.73 2:40.65 8 Tom Stiansen 1:21.40 1:21.48 2:42.88 17 Finn Christian Jagge Slalom 56.06 55.33 1:51.39 7 Tom Stiansen 55.70 55.20 1:50.90 4 Ole Kristian Furuseth 55.53 55.11 1:50.64 Hans Petter Buraas 55.28 54.03 1:49.31 Men's combined
Athlete Slalom Downhill Total Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank Kjetil André Aamodt 50.29 44.97 DNF DNF – Finn Christian Jagge 50.22 45.16 DNF DNF – Lasse Kjus 48.09 45.57 1:34.99 3:08.65 - Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Time Time Rank Kristine Kristiansen Downhill DNF – Trude Gimle 1:30.87 16 Ingeborg Helen Marken 1:30.19 11 Trude Gimle Super-G 1:19.71 25 Ingeborg Helen Marken 1:19.16 19 Kristine Kristiansen 1:19.02 17 Noriyo Hiroi Giant Slalom DNF – DNF – Kristine Kristiansen 1:23.04 1:35.67 2:58.71 22 Andrine Flemmen 1:20.04 1:34.90 2:54.94 10 Trude Gimle Slalom DNF – DNF – Andrine Flemmen DNF – DNF – Trine Bakke-Rognmo 47.17 DNF DNF – Women's combined
Athlete Downhill Slalom Total Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank Trude Gimle DNF – – DNF – Ingeborg Helen Marken 1:30.65 39.00 37.54 2:47.19 13 Kristine Kristiansen 1:30.61 38.49 DNF DNF – Biathlon
Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank 10 km Sprint Egil Gjelland 1 28:49.1 13 Halvard Hanevold 2 28:40.8 8 Frode Andresen 2 28:17.8 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 0 27:16.2 Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank 20 km Frode Andresen 54:51.0 5 59:51.0 19 Dag Bjørndalen 57:34.7 1 58:34.7 10 Ole Einar Bjørndalen 54:16.8 4 58:16.8 7 Halvard Hanevold 55:16.4 1 56:16.4 - Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race Misses 1 Time Rank Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen0 1'21:56.3 - Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank 7.5 km Sprint Gunn Margit Andreassen 4 26:36.2 56 Ann Elen Skjelbreid 4 25:22.8 37 Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée 3 24:44.0 23 Annette Sikveland 2 24:09.5 15 Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank 15 km Gunn Margit Andreassen 56:28.5 5 1'01:28.5 40 Ann Elen Skjelbreid 54:00.3 7 1'01:00.3 34 Liv Grete Skjelbreid 52:21.2 5 57:21.2 15 Annette Sikveland 53:38.7 3 56:38.7 8 - Women's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race Misses 1 Time Rank Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid2 1'40:37.3 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 1998 Winter OlympicsSled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank NOR-1 Arnfinn Kristiansen
Jørn Stian Dahl
Peter Kildal
Dagfinn AarskogFour-man 53.96 18 53.78 15 54.33 17 2:42.07 17 Cross-country skiing
Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 10 km
CSture Sivertsen 28:10.6 9 Erling Jevne 27:58.7 7 Thomas Alsgaard 27:48.1 5 Bjørn Dæhlie 27:24.5 15 km
pursuit1
FSture Sivertsen 43:29.2 27 Bjørn Dæhlie 39:38.8 Thomas Alsgaard 39:37.7 30 km
CThomas Alsgaard DNF – Bjørn Dæhlie 1'40:18.5 20 Sture Sivertsen 1'39:44.9 15 Erling Jevne 1'35:27.1 50 km
FTor-Arne Hetland 2'15:21.7 24 Anders Eide 2'11:06.9 11 Thomas Alsgaard 2'07:21.5 6 Bjørn Dæhlie 2'05:08.2 1 Starting delay based om 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle- Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Athletes Race Time Rank Sture Sivertsen
Erling Jevne
Bjørn Dæhlie
Thomas Alsgaard1'40:55.7 - Women
Event Athlete Race Time Rank 5 km
CTrude Dybendahl Hartz 18:08.0 8 Anita Moen-Guidon 18:04.4 7 Marit Mikkelsplass 17:53.5 6 Bente Martinsen 17:49.4 10 km
pursuit2
FMarit Mikkelsplass 30:15.3 14 Trude Dybendahl Hartz 29:36.0 11 Bente Martinsen 29:34.1 9 Anita Moen-Guidon 29:27.6 8 15 km
CBente Martinsen 48:19.0 6 Trude Dybendahl Hartz 48:19.0 6 Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass 48:12.5 5 Anita Moen Guidon 47:52.6 30 km
FTrude Dybendahl Hartz DNF – Maj Helen Sorkmo 1'29:16.9 19 Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass 1'25:36.9 9 Elin Nilsen 1'24:24.5 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 Bente Martinsen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Elin Nilsen
Anita Moen Guidon55:38.0 Curling
Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter OlympicsMen's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country Skip W L Canada Mike Harris 6 1 Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 5 2 Switzerland Patrick Hürlimann 5 2 United States Tim Somerville 3 4 Japan Makoto Tsuruga 3 4 Sweden Peja Lindholm 3 4 Great Britain Douglas Dryburgh 2 5 Germany Andy Kapp 1 6 Team 1 Score Team 2 Norway 2–4 United Kingdom Germany 5–7 Norway United States 7–6 Norway Norway 5–3 Japan Norway 7–4 Sweden Switzerland 4–5 Norway Norway 10–8 Canada Medal round
Semi-final
Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 7 Switzerland (Hürlimann) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 8 Bronze medal game
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final United States (Somerville) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4 Norway (Ramsfjell) 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 X 9 Contestants Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Bronze medal Eigil Ramsfjell Jan Thoresen Stig-Arne Gunnestad Anthon Grimsmo Tore Torvbråten Women's tournament
Group stage
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
Country Skip W L Canada Sandra Schmirler 6 1 Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 6 1 Denmark Helena Blach Lavrsen 5 2 Great Britain Kirsty Hay 4 3 Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 2 5 Norway 6th Dordi Nordby 2 5 United States Lisa Schoeneberg 2 5 Germany Andrea Schöpp 1 6 Team 1 Score Team 2 Norway 2–8 Sweden Norway 6–5 Canada Norway 4–6 United Kingdom Norway 6–7 Germany Japan 8–4 Norway United States 8–9 Norway Denmark 8–3 Norway Contestants
Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Dordi Nordby Marianne Haslum Kristin Løvseth Hanne Woods Grethe Wolan Freestyle skiing
Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics- Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Time Points Rank Time Points Rank Kari Traa Moguls 35.19 22.51 8 Q 32.69 24.09 Hilde Synnøve Lid Aerials 168.79 5 Q 160.18 6 Nordic combined
Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter OlympicsMen's individual
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
timeTotal
rankPoints Rank Halldor Skard Individual 186.0 42 DNF – Kristian Hammer 203.5 24 46:07.7 26 Fred Børre Lundberg 205.0 22 44:32.3 16 Bjarte Engen Vik 241.0 1 41:21.1 Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping
- 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
timeTotal
rankPoints Rank Halldor Skard
Kenneth Braaten
Bjarte Engen Vik
Fred Børre Lundberg901.0 3 54:11.5 Ski jumping
Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter OlympicsAthlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank Roar Ljøkelsøy Normal hill 74.0 80.0 40 Did not advance Espen Bredesen 74.5 82.5 36 Did not advance Henning Stensrud 81.0 96.0 24 Q 81.0 97.0 193.0 23 Kristian Brenden 87.5 112.0 6 Q 84.0 103.5 215.5 8 Henning Stensrud Large hill 106.5 89.7 38 Did not advance Kristian Brenden 113.0 104.4 24 Q 127.0 130.1 234.5 13 Roar Ljøkelsøy 119.5 116.6 7 Q 124.0 125.7 242.3 9 Lasse Ottesen 121.0 118.8 5 Q 122.0 120.1 238.9 10 - Men's team large hill
Athletes Result Points 1 Rank Henning Stensrud
Lasse Ottesen
Roar Ljøkelsøy
Kristian Brenden870.6 4 1Four teams members performed two jumps each.
Snowboarding
Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics- Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Roger Hjelmstadstuen 35.2 18 31.3 25 Did not advance Kim Christiansen 38.1 9 37.7 12 Did not advance Klas Vangen 38.3 7 QF 70.9 15 Daniel Franck 39.6 4 QF 82.4 - Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Christel Thoresen 24.3 22 24.4 17 Did not advance Anne Molin Kongsgård 29.3 16 29.2 12 Did not advance Stine Brun Kjeldaas 37.6 1 QF 74.2 Speed skating
Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics- Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank 500 m Roger Strøm 36.53 14 36.15 7 72.68 10 Grunde Njøs 36.32 11 DNF – DNF – 1000 m Roger Strøm 1:13.58 34 Grunde Njøs 1:12.27 14 1500 m Brigt Rykkje 1:52.91 29 Steinar Johansen 1:52.88 28 Ådne Søndrål 1:47.87 WR 5000 m Remi Hereide 6:39.35 12 Lasse Sætre 6:38.95 11 Kjell Storelid 6:37.12 8 10,000 m Remi Hereide 14:09.90 15 Lasse Sætre 13:42.94 7 Kjell Storelid 13:35.95 5 - Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank 500 m Edel Therese Høiseth 40.02 23 39.99 20 80.01 20 1000 m Edel Therese Høiseth 1:19.23 14 1500 m Anette Tønsberg 2:03.03 17 3000 m Anette Tønsberg 4:19.24 15 5000 m Anette Tønsberg 7:28.39 13 References
- Official Olympic Reports
- International Olympic Committee results database
- Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com
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