Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...

was represented at the

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by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 83 competitors, 51 men and 32 women, took part in 64 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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Archery

In the fourth appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway was again represented by only one man. He came within three points of defeating the eventual gold medallist in the semifinal, but was defeated there and again in the bronze medal match to come home with a certificate of merit rather than a medal. Men's Individual Competition: * Martinus Grov — Bronze Medal Match, 4th place (3-2)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres *

Atle Douglas Atle Douglas (born 9 June 1968 in Oxford, England) is a retired Norwegian middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres. He represented BFG Fana, SK Vidar, Bergen FIK, IL Gular and IL Norna-Salhus during his active career. He finish ...

:* Heat – 1:48.08 :* Semi final – 1:48.63 (→ did not advance) *

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 ...

:* Heat – 1:48.00 :* Semi final – 1:49.53 (→ did not advance) Men's 10,000 metres * John Halvorsen :* Heat – 28:21.57 :* Final – 29:53.91 (→ 19th place) Men's High Jump * Steinar Hoen :* Qualifying Heat — 2.23m (→ did not advance) * Håkon Särnblom :* Qualifying Heat — 2.20m (→ did not advance) Men's Discus Throw * Olav Jenssen :* Qualifying Heat — 60.00m (→ did not advance) Women's Discus Throw *

Mette Bergmann Mette Bergmann (born November 9, 1962 in Kråkerøy) is a retired discus thrower from Kråkerøy, Norway. Her personal best throw was 69.68 metres, achieved in May 1995 in Florø. This is the current Norwegian record. She represented the clubs ...

:* Qualifying Heat — 58.32m (→ did not advance) Women's Javelin Throw * Trine Hattestad :* Round 1 — 67.20 metres :* Final — 63.54 metres (→ 5th place) Women's Heptathlon * Anne Brit Skjæveland

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists, six men and three women, represented Norway in 1992. ; Men's road race * Bjørn Stenersen * Lars Kristian Johnsen * Karsten Stenersen ; Men's team time trial * Stig Kristiansen * Roar Skaane * Bjørn Stenersen * Karsten Stenersen ; Men's individual pursuit * Steffen Kjærgaard ; Women's road race * Monica Valvik — 2:05:03 (→ 5th place) * Gunhild Ørn — 2:05:46 (→ 37th place) * Ingunn Bollerud

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard * Christian Styren :* Preliminary Round — 347.94 points (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Equestrianism

Gymnastics

Handball

Women's Team Competition

*Preliminary round (group B) :* Norway – South Korea 16-27 :* Norway – Spain 20-16 :* Norway – Austria 19-17 *Semifinals :* Norway – Unified Team 23-20 *Gold Medal Match :* Norway – South Korea 21-28 (→ Silver Medal) *Team roster :* Cathrine Svendsen :* Heidi Tjugum :* Annette Skotvoll :* Ingrid Steen :* Heidi Sundal :* Hanne Hogness :* Karin Pettersen :*

Tonje Sagstuen Tonje Sagstuen (born 17 November 1971 in Lørenskog) is a Norwegian team handball player and Olympic medalist. She received silver medals at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.Hege Frøseth :* Susann Goksør :* Henriette Henriksen :* Mona Dahle :*

Kristine Duvholt Kristine, a variant of Christine, may refer to: * Kristine (given name) * Lisa Kristine (born 1965), American photographer * Liv Kristine (born 1976), Norwegian singer, songwriter * ''Kristine'' (TV series), a 2010 Filipino television series ...

:* Siri Eftedal *Head coach:

Sven-Tore Jacobsen Sven-Tore Jacobsen (born 18 August 1953) is a former Norwegian team handball player, and former head coach for the Norway women's national handball team. Career Jacobsen played 33 matches for the Norway men's national handball team between 1975 ...

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight * Stig Traavik

Rowing

Sailing

Men's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) * Per Haugen :* Final Ranking — 233.0 points (→ 22nd place) Men's 470 Class * Herman Johannessen and Pal McCarthy :* Final Ranking — 71.7 points (→ 5th place) Women's Sailboard (Lechner A-390) * Jorunn Horgen :* Final Ranking — 102.7 points (→ 8th place) Women's 470 Class * Ida Andersen and Tonje Kristiansen :* Final Ranking — 100 points (→ 14th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Jarl Inge Melberg :* Heat – 51.39 (→ did not advance, 28th place) Men's 200m Freestyle * Jarl Inge Melberg :* Heat – 1:50.70 (→ did not advance, 19th place) Men's 400m Freestyle * Jarl Inge Melberg :* Heat – 4:03.49 (→ did not advance, 38th place) Men's 100m Backstroke * Thomas Holmen Sopp :* Heat – 58.45 (→ did not advance, 39th place) Men's 200m Backstroke * Thomas Holmen Sopp :* Heat – 2:05.91 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 100m Breaststroke * Børge Mørk :* Heat – 1:05.47 (→ did not advance, 37th place) Men's 200m Breaststroke * Børge Mørk :* Heat – 2:19.11 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay * Jarl Inge Melberg, Thomas Holmen Sopp, Trond Høines, and Kjell Ivar Lundemoen :* Heat – 7:31.35 (→ did not advance, 14th place) Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay * Thomas Holmen Sopp, Børge Mørk, Trond Høines, and Jarl Inge Melberg :* Heat – 3:52.42 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle * Irene Dalby :* Heat – 2:04.28 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Women's 400m Freestyle * Irene Dalby :* Heat – 4:16.05 :* B-Final – 4:14.46 (→ 11th place) Women's 800m Freestyle * Irene Dalby :* Heat – 8:38.58 :* Final – 8:37.12 (→ 5th place)

Tennis

Men's Singles Competition *

Christian Ruud Christian Ruud (born 24 August 1972) is a Norwegian former tennis player who turned professional in 1991. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 39 in October 1995, reaching the fourth round of the 1997 Australian Open and the qu ...

:* First round — Lost to

Boris Becker Boris Franz Becker (, ; born 22 November 1967) is a German former world No. 1 tennis player. Becker was successful from the start of his career, winning the Wimbledon Championships at the age of 17. He ultimately won six Grand Slam singles tit ...

(Germany) 6-3, 6-7, 7-5, 6-7, 3-6 Men's Doubles Competition * Bent-Ove Pedersen and

:* First round — Lost to Wayne Ferreira and

Piet Norval Pieter ("Piet") Norval (born 7 April 1970) is a former tennis player from South Africa, who turned professional in 1988. His most notable achievement was winning the mixed doubles at the French Open in 1999. The right-hander represented his nat ...

(South Africa) 2-6, 4-6, 7-5, 3-6

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight * Lars Rønningen Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight * Jon Rønningen

References

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