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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 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Competitors 85 Flag bearer Ruth Kasirye Medals
Rank: 22Gold
3Silver
5Bronze
1Total
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On 10 June, the NOC selected 50 athletes for the Olympic Games.[1] A week later, a further eight athletes were added. More selections were made on 17 June,[2] 1 July,[3] 14 July (a handball squad) and 17 July.[4] A total of 85 participants were selected for the Olympics.[5]
Contents
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold
Andreas Thorkildsen Athletics Men's javelin throw Gold
Norway women's national handball team Handball Women's tournament Gold
Olaf Tufte Rowing Men's single sculls Silver
Nina Solheim Taekwondo Woman's +67 kg Silver
Alexander Dale Oen Swimming Men's 100 m breaststroke Silver
Tore Brovold Shooting Men's skeet Silver
Kjersti Plätzer Athletics Women's 20 km race walk Silver
Eirik Verås Larsen Canoeing K1 1000 m Bronze
Sara Nordenstam Swimming Women's 200 m breaststroke Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer OlympicsAthlete Event 100 m hurdles High jump Shot put 200 m Long jump Javelin 800 m Total Time Points Result Points Result Points Time Points Result Points Result Points Time Points Points Rank Ida Marcussen Heptathlon 14.07 968 1.71 867 12.97 725 25.02 885 6.06 868 47.37 809 2:14.96 893 6015 21st Track and road events
Event Athletes Heat round 1 Heat round 2 Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank 100 m Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 10.37 25 Q 10.14 15 Did not advance 200 m Jaysuma Saidy Ndure 20.54 Q 20.45 Q Did not start 20 km walk Erik Tysse 1:22:43 21 50 km walk Erik Tysse 3:45:21 5 Trond Nymark Did not finish 100 m Ezinne Okparaebo 11.32 Q 11.45 Did not advance 100 m hurdles Christina Vukicevic 13.05 Did not advance 20 km walk Kjersti Plätzer 1:27:07 Marathon Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu 2:34:35 34 Field events
Event Athletes Qualification Final Result Rank Result Rank Javelin throw Andreas Thorkildsen 79.85 9 90.57 OR Canoeing
Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationFlatwater
Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Eirik Verås Larsen K-1 500 m 1:36.439 2. in heat 1:41.927 2. in heat 1:37.949 4 K-1 1000 m 3:29.043 1. in heat 3:27.342 Cycling
Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationBMX
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Time Rank Points Rank Points Rank Time Rank Sebastian Kartfjord Individual 38.688 30 19 28 Did not advance Mountain biking
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank Lene Byberg Cross-country 1:53:19 13 Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Cross-country Did not finish Road
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank Kurt Asle Arvesen Road race 6:26:17 (+2:28) 32 Edvald Boasson Hagen Road race 6:36:48 (+12:59) 71 Lars Petter Nordhaug Road race Did not finish Gabriel Rasch Road race Did not finish On 1 August, Thor Hushovd announced his withdrawal due to an illness, and was replaced by Nordhaug.[6]
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank Anita Valen de Vries Road race 3:33:17 (+53) 26 Equestrian
Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationThe reserve was Christian Anfinnsen Øien, riding Coulthard 2.
Individual Jumping
Athlete Horse Event Ind. round 1 Ind. round 2 Ind. round 3 Final Round A Round B Total Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Morten Djupvik Casino Individual 1 14 12 13 33 4 17 23 Q 4 11 4 7 8 10 Stein Endresen Le Beau Individual 0 1 4 4 8 12 16 18 Q 0 1 16 18 16 16 Geir Gulliksen L´Espoir Individual 13 65 12 25 51 Did not advance Tony André Hansen Camiro 19 Individual 1 14 1 2 4 1 3 1 Q Withdrawn[7] Team jumping[8]
Athlete Horse Event Team final 1 Team final 2 Penalties Rank Penalties Total penalties Rank From:
Morten Djupvik
Stein Endresen
Geir Gulliksen
Tony André Hansenas above Team
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12
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DQ10 Did not advance Tony André Hansen's horse Camiro tested positive for the pain relieving medication capsaicin, a banned substance. Hansen was later disqualified. Without Hansen's score, the team was below the threshold to advance to round 2 of the finals. Therefore, the bronze medal was stripped and awarded to the team from Switzerland.[9]
Fencing
Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
ScoreOpposition
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ScoreSturla Torkildsen Individual épée Wolfgang Mejías (VEN)
W 12-11Matteo Tagliariol (ITA)
L 10-15Did not advance Football
Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics- The men's Under-21 team failed to qualify after drawing with Bosnia-Herzegovina and losing to Armenia in the first qualifying stage.
- The women's team qualified due to their semi-final placing in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The squad:[10]
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Erika Skarbø 12 June 1987 4 Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
2 DF Ane Stangeland Horpestad 2 June 1980 97 Klepp IL
3 DF Gunhild Følstad 3 November 1981 66 Trondheims-Ørn SK
4 MF Ingvild Stensland 3 August 1981 65 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
5 DF Siri Nordby 4 August 1978 36 Røa IL
6 MF Marie Knutsen 31 August 1982 45 Røa IL
7 DF Trine Rønning 14 June 1982 81 Kolbotn Fotball
8 FW Solveig Gulbrandsen 12 January 1981 118 Kolbotn Fotball
9 FW Isabell Herlovsen 23 June 1988 33 Kolbotn Fotball
10 FW Melissa Wiik 7 February 1985 30 Asker SK
11 FW Leni Larsen Kaurin 21 March 1981 41 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
12 DF Marit Fiane Christensen 11 December 1980 54 Røa IL
13 MF Lene Storløkken 20 June 1981 31 Team Strømmen FK
14 FW Guro Knutsen 10 January 1985 5 Røa IL
15 DF Marita Skammelsrud Lund 29 January 1989 4 Team Strømmen FK
16 FW Elise Thorsnes 14 August 1988 15 Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
17 FW Lene Mykjåland 20 February 1987 15 Røa IL
18 GK Christine Colombo Nilsen 30 April 1982 5 Kolbotn Fotball
Preliminaries
2008-08-06
19:45Norway 2 – 0 United States
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Attendance: 17,673
Referee:Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Kaurin 2'
Wiik4'
Report
2008-08-09
19:45New Zealand 0 - 1 Norway
Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Wiik 7'
2008-08-12
19:45Norway 1 - 5 Japan
Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts United States
3 2 0 1 5 2 +3 6 Norway
3 2 0 1 4 5 −1 6 Japan
3 1 1 1 7 4 +3 4 New Zealand
3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1 Quarterfinal
2008-08-15
18:00Brazil 2 – 1 Norway
Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 26,174
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)Daniela 43'
Marta57'
Report Nordby 83' (pen.)
Handball
Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics- The women's team qualified due to winning the European Championships. The squad:[11]
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 4 January 1985 26 Byåsen IL
3 Katja Nyberg 24 August 1979 91 Ikast-Bording EH
4 Ragnhild Aamodt 9 September 1980 107 Ikast-Bording EH
5 Gøril Snorroeggen 15 February 1985 56 Byåsen IL
6 Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk 11 September 1978 203 Nordstrand IF
7 Tonje Nøstvold 7 May 1985 69 Ikast-Bording EH
8 Karoline Dyhre Breivang 10 May 1980 143 Larvik HK
9 Kristine Lunde 30 March 1980 106 Viborg HK
10 Gro Hammerseng 10 April 1980 137 Ikast-Bording EH
11 Kari Mette Johansen 11 January 1979 99 Larvik HK
13 Marit Malm Frafjord 25 November 1985 49 Byåsen IL
14 Tonje Larsen 26 January 1975 216 Larvik HK
16 GK Katrine Lunde Haraldsen 30 March 1980 107 Viborg HK
18 Linn Kristin Riegelhuth 1 August 1984 101 Larvik HK
Preliminaries
August 9
19:00Norway 30–23 China
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)Hammerseng 7 (report) Li W 8 August 11
14:00Angola 17–31 Norway
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S (CHN), Liu F (CHN)De Almeida 5 (report) Riegelhuth 6 August 13
19:00Norway 35–19 Kazakhstan
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)Lybekk, Nyberg 5 (report) Vassilyeva 6 August 15
19:00France 24–34 Norway
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)Baudoin 6 (report) Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6 August 17
14:00Norway 24–23 Romania
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points Norway
5 5 0 0 154 106 +48 10 Romania
5 4 0 1 150 114 +38 8 China
5 2 0 3 122 135 -13 4 France
5 2 0 3 121 128 -7 4 Kazakhstan
5 1 1 3 109 137 -28 3 Angola
5 0 1 4 109 147 -38 1 -
- Quarterfinal
19 August
12:00Norway 31–24 Sweden
Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)Larsen, Lybekk 6 (report) Torstenson 6 -
- Semifinal
21 August
18:00Norway 29–28 South Korea
Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)Hammerseng, Johansen 6 (report) Moon 9 -
- Gold medal match
23 August
15:45Norway 34–27 Russia
Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)Riegelhuth 9 (report) Bliznova 6 Rowing
Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete(s) Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Olaf Tufte Single sculls 7:20.20 1 Q 6:53.59 1 Q 6:58.23 2 Q 6.5983 Sailing
Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete Event Race Score Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M Kristian Ruth Laser 10 11 17 10 3 8 13 21 38CAN 16 109 10 Women
Athlete Event Race Score Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M Jannicke Stålstrøm Sailboard 7 DSQ2 12 9 10 15 13 21 18 117 15 Cathrine Gjerpen Laser Radial 26 27 24 27 23 2823 27 25 CAN 202 28 Lise Birgitte Frederiksen
Alexandra Koefoed
Siren SundbyYngling 12 135 1 3 13 12 11 CAN CAN 7 71.0 10 Open
Athlete Event Race Score Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M Peer Moberg Finn 23 DSQ11 19 22 1 DSQ 4 107 19 Frode Bovim
Christopher Gundersen49er 11 13 18 7 10 8 14 11 13 1912 11 CAN CAN CAN 128.0 13 Shooting
Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationMen
Athlete Event Qualification Final Score Rank Score Rank Vebjørn Berg 10 m air rifle 592 22 Did not advance 50 m rifle prone 596 3 Q 699.1 4 50 m rifle
three positions1172 5 Q 1266.5 8 Are Hansen 10 m air rifle 592 19 Did not advance Espen Berg-Knutsen 50 m rifle prone 594 11 Did not advance 50 m rifle
three positions1160 30 Did not advance Tore Brovold Skeet 120 2 Q 145 (+3) Harald Jensen Skeet 118 12 Did not advance Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Score Rank Score Rank Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen 10 m air rifle 391 34 Did not advance 50 m rifle
three positions575 27 Did not advance Kristina Vestveit 10 m air rifle 395 14 Did not advance 50 m rifle
three positions573 29 Did not advance The Norwegian Shooting Federation had suggested selecting Ingrid Stubsjøen for the team, but the Norwegian National Olympic Committee selected Vestveit instead after good performances in the final World Cup event of the 2008 season.[12]
Swimming
Alexander Dale Oen won Norway's first ever swimming medal at the Olympics.
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Alexander Dale Oen 100 m breaststroke 59.41 OR 1 Q 59.16 OR 1 Q 59.20 200 m breaststroke 2.11.30 17 Did not advance Gard Kvale 200 m freestyle 1:48.73 NR 27 Did not advance 400 m freestyle 3:50.47 26 Did not advance 200 m individual medley 2.01.52 NR 25 Did not advance Sara Nordenstam 200 m breaststroke 2.24.47 NR 4 Q 2:23.79 ER 4 Q 2:23.02 ER 200 m individual medley 2:15.13 NR 23 Did not advance 400 m individual medley 4:40.28 NR 18 Did not advance Ingvild Snildal 100 m butterfly 59.86 NR 27 Did not advance 200 m butterfly 2.14.53 33 Did not advance Taekwondo
Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationWomen
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
quarterfinalsRepechage
semifinalsFinal Rank Opposition
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ResultNina Solheim +67 kg Noha Abd Rabo (EGY)
W 9 - 3Che Chew Chan (MAS)
W 3 - 1Natália Falavigna (BRA)
W (SUP) 2 - 2Maria Espinoza (MEX)
L 1 - 3Volleyball
Beach
Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
Kjemperud-Skarlund
# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block 1 Jørre Kjemperud 31 August 1968 (age 39)189 cm (6 ft 2 in) 335 320 2 Tarjei Skarlund 6 November 1978 (age 29)191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 335 315 Team Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank Opposition
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- Skarlund
Seed 18Doubles Klemperer - Koreng (GER)
L 1-2 (21:19, 20-22, 7:15)
Nummerdor - Schuil (NED)
L 1:2 (21:13, 15:21, 9-15)
Laciga M. - Schnider (SUI)
L 0-2 (17:21, 13-21)Pool E
4Did not advance 19 Women
Hakedal-Tørlen
# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block 1 Nila Håkedal 13 June 1979 (age 29)177 cm (5 ft 10 in) - - 2 Ingrid Tørlen 21 July 1979 (age 29)178 cm (5 ft 10 in) - - Maaseide-Glesnes
# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block 1 Kathrine Maaseide 18 December 1976 (age 31)182 cm (6 ft 0 in) - - 2 Susanne Glesnes 1 December 1974 (age 33)179 cm (5 ft 10 in) - - Team Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank Opposition
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ScoreHåkedal
- Tørlen
Seed 11Doubles F. Grasset - L. Peraza (CUB)
L 0-2 (20:22. 19:21)
Teru Saiki - Kusuhara (JPN)
W 2-0 (21:8. 21:18)
Walsh - May-Treanor (USA)
L 0-2 (12:21. 15:21)
Lucky Loser:
Candelas - Garcia (MEX)
W 2-1 (20:22 21:12 15:11)Pool A
3Did not advance 9 Glesnes -
Maaseide
Seed 12Doubles Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL)
W 2-0 (24:22. 21:18)
Kuhn - Schwer (SUI)
W 2-0 (21:11 21:17)
Tian Jia - Wang (CHN)
L 1-2 (21:17 14:21 8:15)Pool B
2Did not advance 9 Weightlifting
Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – QualificationWomen
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank Result Rank Result Rank Ruth Kasirye -63 kg 103 kg 4 121 kg 8 224 kg 7 Wrestling
Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification- Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2 Final Opposition
ResultOpposition
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ResultStig Andre Berge −60 kg Nurbakyt Tengizbayev 0-2 (0-3, 0-3) Did not advance Did not advance See also
References
- ^ (Norwegian) 50 utøvere tatt ut til OL, Kristian Elster, NRK.
- ^ (Norwegian) Åtte nye tatt ut til OL, Bjørnar Hjellen, NRK, 17 June 2008.
- ^ (Norwegian) Tredje OL-uttak, ANB-NTB, 1 July 2008.
- ^ (Norwegian) Fire nye utøvere tatt ut til OL, NTB, NRK, 17 July 2008.
- ^ (Norwegian)The Norwegian Team 27 July 2008.
- ^ (Norwegian) Hushovd dropper OL, Anne Rimmen and Kristian Elster, NRK, retrieved 1 August 2008.
- ^ Equestrian Jumping Individual Results Summary - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games
- ^ Bronze medal reassigned after the disqualification of Tony André Hansen of Norway.The Canadian Press (2008-12-22). "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=260587&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ The Canadian Press (2008-12-22). "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. http://www.tsn.ca/olympics/story/?id=260587&lid=headline&lpos=secStory_main. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
- ^ (Norwegian) Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse, fotball.no, retrieved 18 June 2008.
- ^ (Norwegian) OL-jentene klare, Norwegian Handball Federation press release, issued 14 July 2008, retrieved 19 July 2008.
- ^ Overstyrte sjefen, Mette Bugge, Aftenposten, 17 June 2008.
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