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competed at the

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in PyeongChang,

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, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was represented by 109 competitors in 11 sports. Norway was the most successful nation at the games with 39 total medals, setting a new record for the most medals won by a country at a single Winter Olympics. The previous record of 37 was set by the

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. Norway, together with

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, also matched the record of most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics with 14 gold, originally set by Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Cross-country skier

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was the most successful athlete of the games, with five medals, while her male colleagues

Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (born 22 October 1996) is a Norwegian cross-country skier who represents Byåsen IL. He holds multiple records, most notably for being the youngest male in history to win the FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the Tour de Ski, ...

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and

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won three each. Biathletes

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and

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and ski jumper

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also won three medals each. Additional nine Norwegian athletes won two medals each:

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, Sverre Lunde Pedersen, Ragnhild Mowinckel, Marte Olsbu,

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and

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Medalists

Outline

Prior to the games, the Norwegian Olympic sports authority Olympiatoppen announced an official goal of winning 30 medals and making it into the top three on the medal table.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Alpine skiing

;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the

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, Norway has qualified 6 men and 5 women. ;Men ;Women ;Mixed

Cross-country skiing

;Distance ;Men ;Women ;Sprint ;Men ;Women

Curling

Norway has qualified seven athletes. ;Summary

Men's tournament

Norway has qualified a men's team by earning enough points in the last two

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. ;Round-robin Norway has a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9. ;Draw 2 ''Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 3 ''Thursday, 15 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 4 ''Friday, 16 February, 09:05'' ;Draw 6 ''Saturday, 17 February, 14:05'' ;Draw 7 ''Sunday, 18 February, 09:05'' ;Draw 8 ''Sunday, 18 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 10 ''Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05'' ;Draw 11 ''Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05'' ;Draw 12 ''Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05''

Mixed doubles

Norway has qualified a mixed doubles team by earning enough points in the last two

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s. Norway eventually finished in 4th place behind OAR, but on the 22nd of February it was confirmed that the male OAR competitor had tested positive for meldonium, a banned substance. This meant that the OAR team would be stripped of their medal, and Norway would instead receive the bronze medal for mixed doubles curling. ;Draw 1 ''Thursday, February 8, 9:05'' ;Draw 2 ''Thursday, February 8, 20:04'' ;Draw 3 ''Friday, February 9, 8:35'' ;Draw 4 ''Friday, February 9, 13:35'' ;Draw 5 ''Saturday, February 10, 9:05'' ;Draw 6 ''Saturday, February 10, 20:04'' ;Draw 7 ''Sunday, February 11, 9:05'' ;Tiebreaker ''Sunday, February 11, 20:05'' ;Semifinal ''Monday, February 12, 9:05'' ;Bronze-medal game ''Tuesday, February 13, 9:05''

Freestyle skiing

;Moguls ;Slopestyle

Ice hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

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qualified by winning the final qualification tournament in

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. ;Team roster ;Preliminary round ---- ---- ;Qualification playoffs ;Quarterfinal

Nordic combined

Norway has qualified 5 athletes.

Skeleton

Norway qualified a single male athlete for the skeleton event. Former Olympic champion Maya Pederson had also competed for Norway in a bid to qualify for the 2018 Olympics but came up short. Male rider Alexander Henning Hannsen received a reallocation invitation.

Ski jumping

Norway has qualified 2 women and 5 men. ;Men Anders Fannemel was the back-up jumper for Norway. ;Women

Snowboarding

;Freestyle Mons Røisland sustained injuries before the final and therefore withdrew from the slopestyle competition and the rest of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Speed skating

;Men ;Women ;Mass start ;Team pursuit

Reactions

On or about 6 February 2018 before the games, the Norwegian Olympic Team chefs inadvertently ordered 15,000 eggs from South Korea because of a Google Translate error. They only wanted 1,500 eggs. There was a tweet "OL-leiren bestilte 1500 egg gjennom å oversette via Google Translate. Men det slo feil. 15.000 ble levert på døra. Vi ønsker lykke til og håper at de norske gullhåpene er glade – veldig glade – i egg".

References

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