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Norway At The 1952 Summer Olympics
Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 102 competitors, 96 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 14 sports. Earlier in the year, Norway had hosted the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo. Athletics Boxing Canoeing Cycling ;Road Competition Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km) * Odd Berg — 5:17:30.2 (→ 24th place) * Erling Kristiansen — 5:11:16.5 (→ 25th place) * Lorang Christiansen — 5:20:01.3 (→ 28th place) Equestrian Fencing Five fencers, all male, represented Norway in 1952. ; Men's foil * Leif Klette ; Men's épée * Johan von Koss * Egill Knutzen * Alfred Eriksen ; Men's team épée * Egill Knutzen, Alfred Eriksen, Johan von Koss, Sverre Gillebo ; Men's sabre * Alfred Eriksen Football Gymnastics Rowing Norway had nine male rowers participate in two out of seven rowing events in 1952. ; Men's coxless four * Sverre Kråkenes * Kristoffer Lepsøe * Thorstein Kråkenes * Harald Kråkenes ; Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Olympic And Paralympic Committee And Confederation Of Sports
The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports ( no, Norges idrettsforbund og olympiske og paralympiske komité; NIF) is the umbrella organization for sport in Norway. It is the largest volunteering organization in Norway, with more than 2 million members and 12,000 sports clubs in 19 region confederations and 54 national federations. The current president is Berit Kjøll. History The organisation was founded in 1861 as ''Centralforeningen for Udbredelse af Legemsøvelser og Vaabenbrug'', and has later changed its name several times. The current name dates from 2007. Former presidents The presidents before 1940: Centralforeningen 1861–1910 *1861-1864 Otto Richard Kierulf *1864-1867 Nils Christian Irgens *1867-1869 Otto Richard Kierulf *1869-1878 Lars Broch *1878-1881 Lars Christian Dahll *1881-1885 Edvard Eriksen (sports official), Edvard Eriksen *1885-1887 Olaf Wilhelm Petersen *1887-1892 Anders Løwlie *1892-1902 Carl Sylow *1902-1904 Thorva ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
