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was represented at the

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by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 93 competitors, 44 men and 49 women, took part in 54 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

Archery

In the sixth appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway represented by three men and one woman. Their combined record was 1–4. The men's team also lost their first match. Men's team: * Nesteng, Humlekjær, and Grov – round of 16, 10th place

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 200 m *

Geir Moen Geir Moen (born 26 June 1969 in Oslo) is a former sprinter from Moss, Norway who specialized in the 200 metres. He represented Moss IL. His international senior debut came at the 1989 European Indoor Championships. At the 1994 European Champ ...

:* Round 1 – 20.76 :* Round 2 – 20.65 (did not advance) * John Ertzgaard :* Round 1 – 21 (did not advance) Men's 800 m *

Vebjørn Rodal Vebjørn Rodal (born 16 September 1972) is a retired Norwegian middle distance athlete, who won the gold medal in the 800 m at the 1996 Summer Olympics with the time 1:42.58. Biography Rodal, born and raised in Berkåk, made his international s ...

:* Round 1 – 01:46.76 :* Semifinal – 01:48.73 (did not advance) Men's 5000 m *

Marius Bakken Marius Bakken (born March 27, 1978 in Sandefjord) is a Norwegian runner who specializes in the 5000 metres, having run distances from 800 to 10,000 metres in his early career. He represents IL Runar. He finished ninth at the 2001 World Champion ...

:* Round 1 – 13:44.80 (did not advance) Men's 3000 m steeplechase *

Jim Svenøy Jim Svenøy (born 22 April 1972, in Fræna) is a retired Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to ...

:* Round 1 – 08:23.61 :* Final – 08:27.20 (9th place) Men's javelin throw * Pål-Arne Fagernes :* Qualifying – 86.74 :* Final – 83.04 (9th place) Men's triple jump *

Ketill Hanstveit Ketill Hanstveit (born 2 November 1973) is a retired male triple jumper from Norway. He represented IL Norna-Salhus. His personal best jump was 17.27 metres, achieved in August 1999 in Byrkjelo. This is the current Norwegian record. He finished t ...

:* Qualifying – 16.75 (did not advance) Men's decathlon *

Trond Høiby Trond Høiby (born 24 January 1973 in Askim, Østfold) is a retired decathlete from Norway. He set his personal best score (8085 points) on 4 July 1999 at a meet in Herentals Herentals () is a city in the province of Antwerp. The municipality com ...

:* 100m – 11.56 :* Long Jump – 6.22 :* Shot Put – 14.03 :* High Jump – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 10000 m * Gunhild Halle-Haugen :* Round 1 – DNF (did not advance) Women's javelin throw *

Trine Hattestad Elsa Katrine Hattestad (née Solberg; born 18 April 1966) is a retired Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the javelin throw. During her career, she was a European, World, and Olympic Champion, and broke the world record twice. Her ...

:* Qualifying – 65.44 :* Final – 68.91 (gold medal) – ''Olympic record'' Women's high jump *

Hanne Haugland Hanne Haugland (born 14 December 1967 in Haugesund) is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career. In her early international career she finished eleven ...

:* Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance) Women's 20 km walk *

Kjersti Plätzer Kjersti Tysse Plätzer (born Tysse; 18 January 1972) is a Norwegian race walker, who won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, in the 20 kilometres race. She finished 12th in the same race in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens ...

:* Final – 1:29:33 (silver medal)

Beach volleyball

Men's beach competition

Vegard Høidalen Vegard Høidalen (born 10 May 1971 in Skien) is a professional beach volleyball player from Norway, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004. Partnering Jørre Kjemperud he won the bronze medal in the men's b ...

and Jørre Kjemperud – 9th place (tied) *

Jan Kvalheim Jan Kvalheim (born 5 February 1963, Skien) is a former beach volleyball player from Norway, who represented his native country in two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. Alongside Bjørn Maaseide he won several medals at the European Beac ...

and

Björn Maaseide Bjorn (English, Dutch), Björn (Swedish, Icelandic, Dutch, and German), Bjørn (Danish, Faroese and Norwegian), Beorn (Old English) or, rarely, Bjôrn, Biorn, or Latinized Biornus, Brum (Portuguese), is a Scandinavian male given name, or less oft ...

– 19th place (tied)

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500m *

Knut Holmann Knut Holmann (born 31 July 1968, in Oslo) is a Norwegian sprint canoeist competed from the early 1990s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won six medals. This included three golds (K-1 500 ...

:* Qualifying heat – 01:40.990 :* Semifinal – 01:39.964 :* Final – 01:57.847 (gold medal) Men's kayak singles 1000m *

:* Qualifying heat – 03:36.565 :* Semifinal – 03:36.425 :* Final – 03:33.269 (gold medal) Men's kayak doubles 500m *

Eirik Verås Larsen Eirik Verås Larsen (born 26 March 1976 in Flekkefjord) is a Norwegian sprint kayaker who has competed internationally since the early 1990s. He has participated in three Summer Olympics, and has won a complete set of medals (gold: 2004 K-1 ...

, Nils Olav Fjeldheim :* Qualifying heat – 01:35.619 :* Semifinal – 01:34.712 (did not advance) Men's kayak doubles 1,000m * Eirik Verås Larsen, Nils Olav Fjeldheim :* Qualifying heat – 03:15.483 :* Semifinal – 03:17.288 :* Final – 03:20.515 (9th place) Men's canoe singles 500m *

Christian Frederiksen Christian Frederiksen (born 31 January 1965) is a Danish-Norwegian sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed from the late 1980s to the early 2000s (decade). Competing in four Summer Olympics, he won a silver medal in the C-2 ...

:* Qualifying heat – 01:54.366 :* Semifinal – 01:53.661 (did not advance) Men's canoe singles 1000m *

:* Qualifying heat – 03:55.378 :* Semifinal – bye :* Final – 03:58.159 (5th place)

Cycling

Cross country mountain bike

Men's cross country mountain bike * Tom Larsen :* Final – lapped (35th place) * Rune Høydahl :* Final – DNF Women's mountain bike * Ragnhild Kostøl :* Final – 2:01:51.24 (22nd place)

Road cycling

Men's competition

Men's individual time trial *

Thor Hushovd Thor Hushovd (born 18 January 1978) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer. He is known for sprinting and time trialing; Hushovd is a three-time Norwegian national road race champion (2004, 2010, 2013), and was the winner of th ...

:* Final – 0:59:00 (7th place) Men's road race * Bjoemar Vestoel :* Final – 5:36:14 (78th place) *

Kurt Asle Arvesen Kurt Asle Arvesen (born 9 February 1975) is a Norwegian former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 1998 and 2011. Arvesen is from Eresfjord, Nesset. He won the Norwegian National Road Race Championships five tim ...

:* Final – DNF *

Svein Gaute Hølestøl Svein Gaute Hølestøl (born 1 March 1971) is a Norwegian former professional cyclist. He was born in Stavanger. He competed at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the 1999 Norwegian National Road Race Championships and the 2000 Norwegian N ...

:* Final – DNF *

:* Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's individual time trial * Solrun Flataas :* Final – 0:45:01 (20th place) Women's road race * Monica Valen :* Final – 3:08:02 (29th place) * Ingunn Bollerud :* Final – 3:10:33 (35th place) * Solrun Flataas :* Final – 3:11:04 (38th place)

Fencing

Three fencers, all women, represented Norway in 2000. ; Women's épée * Ragnhild Andenæs * Margrete Mørch * Silvia Lesoil ; Women's team épée * Margrete Mørch, Ragnhild Andenæs, Silvia Lesoil

Football

Women's tournament

;Group stage ---- ---- ;Semi-finals ;Gold medal match

Gymnastics

Handball

Rowing

Sailing

Women's single-handed dinghy (Europe) *

Siren Sundby Siren Sundby (born 2 December 1982 in Lørenskog) is a former Norwegian sailor. She won an Olympic gold medal in the Europe-class in the 2004 Summer Olympics. She also won the world championships in the Europe-class in 2003 and 2004. Sundby ...

:* Race 1 – 7 :* Race 2 – 10 :* Race 3 – 12 :* Race 4 – (23) :* Race 5 – 16 :* Race 6 – 21 :* Race 7 – (28) DNF :* Race 8 – 10 :* Race 9 – 23 :* Race 10 – 22 :* Race 11 – 10 :* Final – 131 (19th place) Women's double-handed dinghy (470) * Carolina Toll and

Jeanette Lunde Jeanette Lunde (born 28 March 1972) is a former Norwegian sportsperson who competed in alpine skiing and sailing. She competed in both the Winter and Summer Olympics, the second Norwegian woman to do so. Alpine skiing As an alpine skier she finish ...

:* Race 1 – (17) :* Race 2 – 9 :* Race 3 – 7 :* Race 4 – (17) :* Race 5 – 17 :* Race 6 – 11 :* Race 7 – 7 :* Race 8 – 17 :* Race 9 – 8 :* Race 10 – 13 :* Race 11 – 16 :* Final – 105 (16th place) Open Laser *

Peer Moberg Peer Moberg (born 14 February 1971) is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where he received a bronze medal in the ''Laser class''. He competed in the Finn class at the 2008 Summer Oly ...

:* Race 1 – 12 :* Race 2 – 7 :* Race 3 – 11 :* Race 4 – (32) :* Race 5 – 7 :* Race 6 – 6 :* Race 7 – (24) :* Race 8 – 4 :* Race 9 – 10 :* Race 10 – 22 :* Race 11 – 15 :* Final – 94 (10th place) Open three-handed keelboat (Soling) * Paul Davis, Herman Horn Johannessen and Espen Stokkeland :* Did not advance to Round Robin Open high-performance two-handed dinghy (49er) * Christoffer Sundby and Vegard Arnhoff :* Race 1 – 16 :* Race 2 – (17) :* Race 3 – (18) OCS :* Race 4 – 2 :* Race 5 – 2 :* Race 6 – 10 :* Race 7 – 14 :* Race 8 – 7 :* Race 9 – 10 :* Race 10 – 16 :* Race 11 – 10 :* Race 12 – 13 :* Race 13 – 6 :* Race 14 – 17 :* Race 15 – 5 :* Race 16 – 14 :* Final – 142 (13th place)

Shooting

Taekwondo

Tennis

Wrestling

Notes

*Wallechinsky, David (2004). ''The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition)''. Toronto, Canada. . *International Olympic Committee (2001)
The Results
Retrieved 12 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games
. Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games
. Retrieved 20 November 2005. *Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001)
The Results
. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

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