Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Norway at the Olympic Games

Flag of Norway – Flag bearers
IOC 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: 22
Gold
3
Silver
5
Bronze
1
Total
9
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Norway competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

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 pictogram.svg Athletics

Athlete 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 Silver medal icon.svg
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 Gold medal icon.svg

Canoeing

Canoeing (flatwater) pictogram.svg Flatwater

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 Silver

Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Cycling

Cycling (BMX) pictogram.svgBMX

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

Cycling (mountain biking) pictogram.svgMountain biking

Women

Athlete Event Time Rank
Lene Byberg Cross-country 1:53:19 13
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Cross-country Did not finish

Cycling (road) pictogram.svgRoad

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 pictogram.svg Equestrian

The 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 Hansen
as above Team
4
12
12
DQ
10 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 pictogram.svg Fencing

Men

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Sturla Torkildsen Individual épée  Wolfgang Mejías (VEN)
W 12-11
 Matteo Tagliariol (ITA)
L 10-15
Did not advance

Football pictogram.svg Football

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Erika Skarbø 12 June 1987 4 Norway Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
2 2DF Ane Stangeland Horpestad 2 June 1980 97 Norway Klepp IL
3 2DF Gunhild Følstad 3 November 1981 66 Norway Trondheims-Ørn SK
4 3MF Ingvild Stensland 3 August 1981 65 Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
5 2DF Siri Nordby 4 August 1978 36 Norway Røa IL
6 3MF Marie Knutsen 31 August 1982 45 Norway Røa IL
7 2DF Trine Rønning 14 June 1982 81 Norway Kolbotn Fotball
8 4FW Solveig Gulbrandsen 12 January 1981 118 Norway Kolbotn Fotball
9 4FW Isabell Herlovsen 23 June 1988 33 Norway Kolbotn Fotball
10 4FW Melissa Wiik 7 February 1985 30 Norway Asker SK
11 4FW Leni Larsen Kaurin 21 March 1981 41 Germany 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
12 2DF Marit Fiane Christensen 11 December 1980 54 Norway Røa IL
13 3MF Lene Storløkken 20 June 1981 31 Norway Team Strømmen FK
14 4FW Guro Knutsen 10 January 1985 5 Norway Røa IL
15 2DF Marita Skammelsrud Lund 29 January 1989 4 Norway Team Strømmen FK
16 4FW Elise Thorsnes 14 August 1988 15 Norway Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
17 4FW Lene Mykjåland 20 February 1987 15 Norway Røa IL
18 1GK Christine Colombo Nilsen 30 April 1982 5 Norway Kolbotn Fotball

Preliminaries

2008-08-06
19:45
Norway  2 – 0  United States Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Attendance: 17,673
Referee: Switzerland Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
Kaurin Goal 2'
Wiik Goal 4'
Report

2008-08-09
19:45
New Zealand  0 - 1  Norway Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
Wiik Goal 7'

2008-08-12
19:45
Norway  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
18:00
Brazil  2 – 1  Norway Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 26,174
Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
Daniela Goal 43'
Marta Goal 57'
Report Nordby Goal 83' (pen.)

Handball pictogram.svg Handball

  • The women's team qualified due to winning the European Championships. The squad:[11]
No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 4 January 1985 26 Norway Byåsen IL
3 Katja Nyberg 24 August 1979 91 Denmark Ikast-Bording EH
4 Ragnhild Aamodt 9 September 1980 107 Denmark Ikast-Bording EH
5 Gøril Snorroeggen 15 February 1985 56 Norway Byåsen IL
6 Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk 11 September 1978 203 Norway Nordstrand IF
7 Tonje Nøstvold 7 May 1985 69 Denmark Ikast-Bording EH
8 Karoline Dyhre Breivang 10 May 1980 143 Norway Larvik HK
9 Kristine Lunde 30 March 1980 106 Denmark Viborg HK
10 Gro Hammerseng 10 April 1980 137 Denmark Ikast-Bording EH
11 Kari Mette Johansen 11 January 1979 99 Norway Larvik HK
13 Marit Malm Frafjord 25 November 1985 49 Norway Byåsen IL
14 Tonje Larsen 26 January 1975 216 Norway Larvik HK
16 1GK Katrine Lunde Haraldsen 30 March 1980 107 Denmark Viborg HK
18 Linn Kristin Riegelhuth 1 August 1984 101 Norway Larvik HK

Preliminaries

August 9
19:00
Norway  30–23  China Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)
Hammerseng 7 (report) Li W 8
August 11
14:00
Angola  17–31  Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Liu S (CHN), Liu F (CHN)
De Almeida 5 (report) Riegelhuth 6
August 13
19:00
Norway  35–19  Kazakhstan Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
Lybekk, Nyberg 5 (report) Vassilyeva 6
August 15
19:00
France  24–34  Norway Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
Baudoin 6 (report) Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
August 17
14:00
Norway  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
12:00
Norway  31–24  Sweden Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
Larsen, Lybekk 6 (report) Torstenson 6
Semifinal
21 August
18:00
Norway  29–28  South Korea Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)
Hammerseng, Johansen 6 (report) Moon 9
Gold medal match
23 August
15:45
Norway  34–27  Russia Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
Riegelhuth 9 (report) Bliznova 6

Rowing pictogram.svg Rowing

Men

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 Gold medal icon.svg

Sailing pictogram.svg Sailing

Men

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 38 CAN 16 109 10

Women

Athlete Event Race Score Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Jannicke Stålstrøm Sailboard 7 DSQ 2 12 9 10 15 13 21 18 117 15
Cathrine Gjerpen Laser Radial 26 27 24 27 23 28 23 27 25 CAN 202 28
Lise Birgitte Frederiksen
Alexandra Koefoed
Siren Sundby
Yngling 12 13 5 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 DSQ 11 19 22 1 DSQ 4 107 19
Frode Bovim
Christopher Gundersen
49er 11 13 18 7 10 8 14 11 13 19 12 11 CAN CAN CAN 128.0 13

Shooting pictogram.svg Shooting

Men

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 positions
1172 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 positions
1160 30 Did not advance
Tore Brovold Skeet 120 2 Q 145 (+3) Silver medal icon.svg
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 positions
575 27 Did not advance
Kristina Vestveit 10 m air rifle 395 14 Did not advance
50 m rifle
three positions
573 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 pictogram.svg 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 Silver medal icon.svg
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 Bronze medal icon.svg
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 pictogram.svg Taekwondo

Women

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage
quarterfinals
Repechage
semifinals
Final Rank
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Nina Solheim +67 kg  Noha Abd Rabo (EGY)
W 9 - 3
 Che Chew Chan (MAS)
W 3 - 1
 Natália Falavigna (BRA)
W (SUP) 2 - 2
 Maria Espinoza (MEX)
L 1 - 3
Silver

Volleyball

Volleyball (beach) pictogram.svg Beach

Men

Kjemperud-Skarlund

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Jørre Kjemperud 31 August 1968(1968-08-31) (age 39) 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) 335 320
2 Tarjei Skarlund 6 November 1978(1978-11-06) (age 29) 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) 335 315
Team Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Kjemperud
- Skarlund
Seed 18
Doubles  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
4
Did not advance 19

Women

Hakedal-Tørlen

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Nila Håkedal 13 June 1979(1979-06-13) (age 29) 177 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -
2 Ingrid Tørlen 21 July 1979(1979-07-21) (age 29) 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -

Maaseide-Glesnes

# Name Date of birth Height Spike Block
1 Kathrine Maaseide 18 December 1976(1976-12-18) (age 31) 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) - -
2 Susanne Glesnes 1 December 1974(1974-12-01) (age 33) 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) - -
Team Event Preliminary round Standing Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Håkedal
- Tørlen
Seed 11
Doubles

 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
3

 Tian Jia - Wang (CHN)
L 0-2 (13:21. 15:21)

Did not advance 9
Glesnes -
Maaseide
Seed 12
Doubles

 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
2

 Talita - Renata (BRA)
L 1-2 (21:12 19:21 13:15)

Did not advance 9

Weightlifting pictogram.svg Weightlifting

Women

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 pictogram.svg Wrestling

Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification 1/8 final Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage round 1 Repechage round 2 Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Stig Andre Berge −60 kg Nurbakyt Tengizbayev 0-2 (0-3, 0-3) Did not advance Did not advance

See also

References

  1. ^ (Norwegian) 50 utøvere tatt ut til OL, Kristian Elster, NRK.
  2. ^ (Norwegian) Åtte nye tatt ut til OL, Bjørnar Hjellen, NRK, 17 June 2008.
  3. ^ (Norwegian) Tredje OL-uttak, ANB-NTB, 1 July 2008.
  4. ^ (Norwegian) Fire nye utøvere tatt ut til OL, NTB, NRK, 17 July 2008.
  5. ^ (Norwegian)The Norwegian Team 27 July 2008.
  6. ^ (Norwegian) Hushovd dropper OL, Anne Rimmen and Kristian Elster, NRK, retrieved 1 August 2008.
  7. ^ Equestrian Jumping Individual Results Summary - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games
  8. ^ 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. 
  9. ^ 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. 
  10. ^ (Norwegian) Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse, fotball.no, retrieved 18 June 2008.
  11. ^ (Norwegian) OL-jentene klare, Norwegian Handball Federation press release, issued 14 July 2008, retrieved 19 July 2008.
  12. ^ Overstyrte sjefen, Mette Bugge, Aftenposten, 17 June 2008.

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