Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Norway at the Olympic Games
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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors	112 (101 men, 11 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Harald Barlie (wrestling)
Medals	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 1	Total 4
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Norway was represented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 112 competitors, 101 men and 11 women, took part in 70 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Norway finished in 21st position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and four medals overall.

Gold

• Knut Knudsen — Cycling, Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit
• Leif Jenssen — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight

Silver

• Frank Hansen and Svein Thøgersen — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

Bronze

• Egil Søby, Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, and Jan Johansen — Canoeing, Men's K4 1,000m Kayak Fours

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Norway entered one woman and three men in the competition. Their best finisher, at 32nd place in the men's competition, was Jan Erik Humlekjær.

Men's Individuel Competition:

• Jan Erik Humlekjær - 2339 points (→ 32nd place)
• Johannes Akkerhaugen - 2288 points (→ 36th place)
• Egil Borgen Johansen - 2219 points (→ 48th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

• Brit Stav - 1929 points (40th place)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

• Audun Garshol

• Heat — 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
• Quarter final — 10.55 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Audun Garshol

• Heat — 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
• Quarter final — 25.30 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

• Wenche Sørum

• Heat — 4:14.10 min (→ advanced to the semi final)
• Semi final — 4:09.70 min (→ did not advance)

• Grete Waitz

• Heat — 4:16.00 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Per Halle

• Heat — 13:38.6 min (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 13:34.38 min (→ 7th place)

• Arne Risa

• Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

• Knut Børø

• Heat — 14:15.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Arne Risa

• Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

• Jan Voje

• Heat — 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance)

• Sverre Sørnes

• Heat — 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Leif Roar Falkum

• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Finn Bendixen

• Qualification — 7.61 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Kristen Fløgstad

• Qualification — 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Bjørn Grimnes

• Round 1 — 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)

Men's 20 km walk

• Jan Rolstad — 1:33:03 hrs (→ 11th place)

Men's 50 km walk

• Kjell Georg Lund — 4:34.23 hrs (→ 24th place)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race

• Tore Milsett — 17th place
• Thorleif Andresen — 70th place
• Arve Haugen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Jan Henriksen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Harald Bundli

• Final — 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m Springboard:

• Roar Løken — 514.92 points (→ 10th place)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.

Men's épée

• Morten von Krogh
• Ole Mørch
• Jeppe Normann

Men's team épée

• Jan von Koss, Jeppe Normann, Ole Mørch, Claus Mørch, Jr.

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Norway's 1-1-1 record in the first round put the team in a tie for second place with West Germany (which was the team that Norway had tied), but the advantage went to the West Germans and Norway's third-place finish put them into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won.

Men's Team Competition:

• Norway - 9th place (3-1-1)

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Rolf Andreassen, Arne Bergodd and Thor-Egil Olsen

• Heat — 8:00.56
• Repechage — 8:03.50
• Semi Finals — 8:30.29
• B-Final — 7:58.45 (→ 7th place)

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Flying Dutchman class

• Christian Bendixen and Ragnar Fjordan — 109.7 points (→ 14th place)

Tempest class

• Peder Lunde and Axel Gresvig — 70.0 points (→ 6th place)

Finn class

• Per Werenskiold — 167.0 points (→ 25th place)

Star class

• Bjørn Lofterød and Odd Roar Lofterød — 101.0 points (→ 15th place)

Dragon class

• Teddy Sommerschild, Jan-Erik Aarberg and Sven Gerner-Mathisen — 73.7 points (→ 11th place)

Soling class

• Crown Prince Harald, Eirik Johannessen and Rolf Lund — 76.7 points (→ 10th place)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Fritz Warncke

• Heat — 54.41s (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Fritz Warncke

• Heat — 2:00.98 (→ 31st place, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Sverre Kile

• Heat — 4:20.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Medley

• Sverre Kile

• Heat — 4:59,72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Grethe Mathisen

• Heat — 1:01.47 (→ 17th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Medley

• Trine Krogh

• Heat — 5:25,08 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Medley

• Trine Krogh

• Heat — 2:36,27 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Norway at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NOR/summer/1972/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.