Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a 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 Jan Mayen and t ...

first participated at the

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in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

when they participated in the American-led boycott and, as previously thought, the 1904 Games in

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. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, it was discovered that wrestlers

Charles Ericksen Karl Fredrik "Charles" Ericksen (1875 – February 23, 1916) was a Norwegian-American wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics for the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the ...

and

Bernhoff Hansen Bernhoff Otelius Hansen (August 17, 1877 – December 22, 1950) was a Norwegian wrestler who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics for the United States. He was born in Rognan in the municipality of Saltdal in Norway. Originally he w ...

, who were Norwegian expatriates in America whose medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics were previously attributed to United States, still held Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games. They won the gold medals in the wrestling

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and

heavyweight Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports and professional wrestling. Boxing Professional Boxers who weigh over are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the Wo ...

events respectively. Norwegian athletes have won a total of 160 medals at the Summer Olympics, with

sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cour ...

and

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as the top medal-producing sports. At the

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, Norway has won 405 total medals including 148 gold medals, both considerably more than any other nation in Winter Olympic history. More than half of these medals have come from

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and

speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors racing, race each other in travelling a certain distance on Ice skate, skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marath ...

. Norway is one of only three nations (along with

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and

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) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games. The

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for Norway was created and recognized in 1900.

1904 Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee considers

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 Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

-American wrestlers

and

to have competed for the United States (both were Norwegian immigrants to the US); each won a gold medal. In 2012, Norwegian historians however found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen, who was registered as an "alien" (foreigner) as late as 1925, probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned to have the athletes registered as Norwegians. In May 2013 it was reported that the

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had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in IOC's medal database. In July 2021, the IOC modified data in the official database, recognizing Ericksen and Hansen as having competed for Norway.

Hosted Games

Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions.

Medal tables

:''*Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.''

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Records

*The most gold and total medals in the history of the Winter Olympics (148 and 405) *The most gold medals won in a single Winter Olympics ( 16 in 2022) *The most total medals won in a single Winter Olympics ( 39 in 2018)

Medals by summer sport

*''This table does not include three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the

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events at the

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.''

Medals by winter sport

*''This table includes three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the

events at the

.''

Summary by sport

Athletics

Norway's Olympic debut in 1900 included two track and field athletes;

Carl Albert Andersen Carl Albert "Flisa" Andersen (15 August 1876 in Østre Aker – 28 September 1951 in Oslo) was a Norwegian pole vaulter, high jumper, and gymnast who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, 1906 Intercalated Games and the 1908 Summer Olympics. As ...

won a bronze medal in the pole vault.

Sailing

Norway made its sailing debut in 1908.

Shooting

Norway made its shooting debut in 1900.

Ole Østmo Ole Østmo (13 September 1866 – 11 September 1923) was a Norway, Norwegian Shooting sports, sharpshooting champion who competed in top rifle shooting sports events during late 19th century and early 20th century. Biography Born in El ...

earned medals in two of the free rifle positions, contributing to an individual three-position bronze and a team silver.

References

External links

* * * {{National sports teams of Norway