Norway at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Norway at the Olympic Games
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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles
Competitors	103 (84 men and 19 women) in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Alf Hansen (rowing)
Medals Rank: 28	Gold 0	Silver 1	Bronze 2	Total 3
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Norway was represented at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. Norway returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 103 competitors, 84 men and 19 women, took part in 76 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Silver

• Grete Waitz — Athletics, Women's Marathon

Bronze

• Dag Otto Lauritzen — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
• Hans Magnus Grepperud and Sverre Løken — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics

In the third appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway was again represented by only one man. He posted Norway's best ranking in Olympic archery history with the 23rd place.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jan Roger Skyttesæter — 2.465 points (→ 23rd place)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

• Øyvind Dahl — 2:19:28 (→ 33rd place)
• Stig Roar Husby — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon

• Grete Waitz — 2:26:18 (→ Silver Medal)
• Ingrid Kristiansen — 2:27:34 (→ 4th place)
• Bente Moe — 2:40:52 (→ 26th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Per Erling Olsen

• Qualification — 87.76 metres
• Final — 78.98 metres (→ 9th place)

• Reidar Lorentzen

• Qualification — 76.62 metres (did not advance, 15th place)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Trine Hattestad

• Round 1 — 62.68 metres
• Final — 64.52 metres (→ 5th place)

Men's Discus Throw

• Knut Hjeltnes

• Round 1 — 60.80 metres (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 65.28 metres (→ 4th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Tore Johnsen – Round 1, 65.72 metres (did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

• Trond Skramstad

• Final Result — 7579 points (→ 17th place)

Men's 20 km walk

• Erling Andersen — 1:25:42 (→ 8th place)

Men's 50 km walk

• Lars Ove Moen — 4:15:12 (→ 13th place)
• Erling Andersen — disqualified (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Light-Welterweight

• Javid Aslam

Men's Light-Middleweight

• Simen Auseth

Men's Heavyweight

• Magne Havnå

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Road Race

• Dag Otto Lauritzen — +0:21 (→ Bronze Medal)
• Morten Sæther — +0:21 (→ 4th place)
• Atle Kvålsvoll — +6:48 (→ 20th place)
• Hans Petter Ødegaard — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Road Race

• Unni Larsen — 2:11:14 (→ 4th place)
• Nina Søbye — 2:13:28 (→ 18th place)
• Hege Stendahl — 2:13:28 (→ 19th place)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 3m springboard

• Jon Grunde Vegard – 531.48 (→ did not advance)

Men's 10m platform

• Jon Grunde Vegard – 494.67 (→ 11th place)

Women's 3m springboard

• Tine Tollan – 419.55 (→ did not advance)

Women's 10m platform

• Tine Tollan – 341.31 (→ 12th place)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Six fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1984.

Men's foil

• Jeppe Normann

Men's épée

• Nils Koppang
• Bård Vonen
• John Hugo Pedersen

Men's team épée

• Paal Frisvold, Nils Koppang, John Hugo Pedersen, Ivar Schjøtt, Bård Vonen

Football

Main article: Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Norway – Chile 0-0
• Norway – France 1-2
• Norway – Qatar 2-0

• Quarterfinals

• Did not advance

• Team Roster

• ( 1.) Erik Thorstvedt
• ( 2.) Svein Fjælberg
• ( 3.) Terje Kojedal
• ( 4.) Knut Torbjørn Eggen
• ( 5.) Trond Sirevåg
• ( 6.) Per Egil Ahlsen
• ( 7.) Per Edmund Mordt
• ( 8.) Kai Erik Herlovsen
• ( 9.) Stein Gran
• (10.) Tom Sundby
• (11.) Stein Kollshaugen
• (12.) Ola By Rise
• (13.) Joar Vaadal
• (14.) Egil Johansen
• (15.) Jan Berg
• (16.) André Krogsæter
• (17.) Arve Seland

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rhythmic gymnastics

Main article: Rhythmic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Arne Borgstrøm

• Heat — 3:57.88
• B-Final — 3:57.46 (→ 13th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Jan-Erick Olsen

• Heat — 1:05.43 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Jan-Erick Olsen

• Heat — 2:25.75 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Arne Borgstrøm

• Heat — 2:08.09
• B-Final — 2:08.03 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Arne Borgstrøm

• Heat — 4:28.37
• B-Final — 4:28.20 (→ 11th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Lise Lotte Nylund

• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Lise Lotte Nylund

• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Katrine Bomstad

• Heat — 2:19.46 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Katrine Bomstad

• Heat — 2:19.88
• Final — 2:20.48 (→ 8th place)

• Beda Leirvaag

• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Katrine Bomstad

• Heat — 4:52.74
• Final — 4:53.28 (→ 8th place)

• Beda Leirvaag

• Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Norway at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NOR/summer/1984/. Retrieved 2011-05-12.