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competed at the

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. 40 competitors, 39 men and 1 woman, took part in 39 events in 11 sports.

Athletics

Men's 100 metres * Carl Fredrik Bunæs :* Heat — 10.80 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final) :* Quarter final — 10.69 s (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres * Carl Fredrik Bunæs :* Heat — 21.46 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final) :* Quarter final — 21.50 s (→ did not advance) Men's 1500 metres * Arne Hamarsland :* Heat — 3:44.63 min (→ advanced to the final) :* Final — 3:45.0 min (→ 9th place) Men's marathon * Tor Torgersen — 2:27:30 hrs (→ 26th place) Men's 110 metres hurdles * Jan Gulbrandsen :* Heat — 52.39 min (→ advanced to the semi-final) :* Semi final — 52.56 min (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump * Roar Berthelsen :* Qualification — 7.09 m (→ did not advance) Men's Javelin Throw * Willy Rasmussen :* Round 1 — 77.95 metres (→ advanced to the final) :* Final — 78.36 metres (→ 5th place) * Terje Pedersen :* Round 1 — 74.67 metres (→ advanced to the final) :* Final — DNS (→ no ranking) * Egil Danielsen :* Round 1 — 72.93 metres (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Unn Thorvaldsen :* Round 1 — 41.99 metres (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw * Stein Haugen :* Round 1 — 52.75 metres (→ advanced to the final) :* Final — 53.36 metres (→ 11th place) Men's Hammer Throw *

Sverre Strandli Sverre Gunnar Strandli (30 November 1925 – 4 March 1985) was a Norwegian hammer thrower, who won the gold medal at the European Championships in 1950 and the silver medal in 1954. At the Summer Olympics Strandli finished seventh in Helsinki ...

:* Round 1 — 61.41 metres (→ advanced to the final) :* Final — 63.05 metres (→ 11th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

One male cyclist represented Norway in 1960. ; Individual road race *

Per Digerud Per Digerud (25 July 1933 – 13 August 1988) was a Norwegian cyclist. He was born in Oslo, and was the father of Geir Digerud. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), offic ...

Fencing

One fencer represented Norway in 1960. ; Men's foil * Leif Klette ; Men's épée * Leif Klette

Gymnastics

Rowing

Norway had two male rowers participate in one out of seven

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events in 1960. ; Men's double sculls * Harald Kråkenes * Sverre Kråkenes

Sailing

Shooting

Six shooters represented Norway in 1960. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber sp ...

* Nicolaus Zwetnow ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Kurt Johannessen ; 50 m rifle, three positions *

Erling Kongshaug Erling Asbjørn Kongshaug (22 March 1915 – 14 September 1993) was a Norwegian rifle shooter. He competed in the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Olympics in 50 meter rifle three positions and 50 meter rifle prone and won a gold medal in the three pos ...

* Magne Landrø ; 50 m rifle, prone *

* Tor Richter ;

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* Hans Aasnæs

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism. Events January * Jan ...

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