Norway_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics

Norway at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	77 (50 men, 27 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (biathlon)
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 13 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 25
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results in gold medals, most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.

Quick Facts Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics, IOC code ...

With 13 gold medals, Norway tied the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics for most gold medals a country won at a Winter Olympics.^[1] However, Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games.^[1]

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Norway_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[RecordGolds-1] [1]
Canadian Press (February 27, 2010). "Canada sets Olympic gold record". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2010-02-27.

[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G
Gold	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
Gold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
Gold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
Gold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Gold	Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold	Biathlon	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold	Tor Arne Hetland	Cross country skiing	Men's sprint
Gold	Frode Estil	Cross country skiing	Men's pursuit (tie)
Gold	Thomas Alsgaard	Cross country skiing	Men's pursuit (tie)
Gold	Thomas Alsgaard Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal	Cross country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold	Bente Skari	Cross country skiing	Women's 10 km (classical style)
Gold	Torger Nergård Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Flemming Davanger Lars Vågberg Pål Trulsen	Curling	Men's competition
Gold	Kari Traa	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls
Silver	Lasse Kjus	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Silver	Liv Grete Poiree	Biathlon	Women's 15 km
Silver	Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poiree Ann Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom	Biathlon	Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver	Frode Estil	Cross country skiing	Men's 15 km (classical style)
Silver	Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Anita Moen	Cross country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze	Lasse Kjus	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Kristen Skjeldal	Cross country skiing	Men's 30 km (freestyle, mass start)
Bronze	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Cross country skiing	Men's 50 km (classical style)
Bronze	Anita Moen	Cross country skiing	Women's sprint
Bronze	Bente Skari	Cross country skiing	Women's 30 km (classical style)
Bronze	Ådne Søndrål	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m
Bronze	Lasse Sætre	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kenneth Sivertsen	Downhill			1:41.70	25
Bjarne Solbakken				1:40.74	12
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:39.78	4
Lasse Kjus				1:39.35
Lasse Kjus	Super-G			DNF	–
Kenneth Sivertsen				1:24.16	19
Bjarne Solbakken				1:22.10	5
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:21.58
Kenneth Sivertsen	Giant Slalom	1:14.16	1:12.35	2:26.51	20
Bjarne Solbakken		1:13.15	1:11.35	2:24.50	6
Kjetil André Aamodt		1:13.14	1:11.48	2:24.62	7
Lasse Kjus		1:12.79	1:11.53	2:24.32
Truls Ove Karlsen	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth		51.03	53.36	1:44.39	9
Tom Stiansen		50.74	54.45	1:45.19	12
Kjetil André Aamodt		49.92	52.80	1:42.72	6

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Truls Ove Karlsen	1:41.85	DNF	–	DNF	–
Lasse Kjus	1:38.97	47.72	53.11	3:19.80	5
Kjetil André Aamodt	1:38.79	46.88	51.89	3:17.56

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ingeborg Helen Marken	Downhill			1:41.08	13
Ingeborg Helen Marken	Super-G			DNF	–
Stine Hofgaard Nilsen	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Andrine Flemmen	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Trine Bakke-Rognmo	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Hedda Berntsen	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Egil Gjelland	1	26:42.5	24
	Halvard Hanevold	0	26:12.5	13
	Frode Andresen	2	25:51.5	8
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	24:51.3
12.5 km pursuit ²	Egil Gjelland	1	34:16.9	15
	Frode Andresen	5	34:14.5	14
	Halvard Hanevold	2	33:59.6	8
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	2	32:34.6

Norway_at_the_2002_Winter_Olympics

Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Men's tournament

Group stage

Medal round

Women's tournament

Group stage

Freestyle skiing

Nordic combined

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

Notes

References

Share this article:

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ³	Rank
20 km	Egil Gjelland	52:16.1	2	54:16.1	16
	Frode Andresen	49:39.1	3	52:39.1	7
	Halvard Hanevold	52:16.3	0	52:16.3	5
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	49:03.3	2	51:03.3

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	1'23:42.3

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen	4	24:12.7	53
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	3	23:14.2	38
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	1	22:19.7	16
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée	1	21:24.1	4
10 km pursuit ⁴	Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen	4	36:13.9	40
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	6	35:56.6	39
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	2	32:56.8	16
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée	4	31:18.3	4

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ³	Rank
15 km	Linda Tjørhom	48:34.0	4	52:34.0	39
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	48:42.9	3	51:42.9	30
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	47:51.1	3	50:51.1	22
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée	46:37.0	1	47:37.0

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arnfinn Kristiansen Bjarne Røyland	Two-man	48.34	19	48.21	17	48.46	21	48.17	13	3:13.18	20

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kevin Martin	8	1
Norway	Pål Trulsen	7	2
Switzerland	Andreas Schwaller	6	3
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	3
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	5	4
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	5
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	3	6
Great Britain	Hammy McMillan	3	6
United States	Tim Somerville	3	6
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	0	9

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Norway	4–5	Switzerland
France	2–9	Norway
United Kingdom	6–7	Norway
Norway	6–5	United States
Norway	9–4	Denmark
Finland	5–6	Norway
Norway	10–5	Germany
Canada	9–4	Norway
Sweden	8–9	Norway

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	7
Switzerland (Schwaller)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kelley Law	8	1
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	7	2
United States	Kari Erickson	6	3
Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
Germany	Natalie Neßler	5	4
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	5	4
Norway 7th	Dordi Nordby	4	5
Japan	Akiko Katoh	2	7
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	2	7
Russia	Olga Jarkova	1	8

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United Kingdom	10–6	Norway
Canada	6–5	Norway
Norway	5–7	Switzerland
Germany	5–10	Norway
Sweden	10–3	Norway
Norway	5–4	Russia
Japan	5–8	Norway
Norway	9–4	Denmark
Norway	2–11	United States

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Trond Einar Elden	2:53.31	12 Q	2:58.1	4	did not advance
Tor-Arne Hetland	2:51.19	6 Q	2:57.2	1 Q	2:59.9	2 Q	2:56.9
Trond Iversen	2:51.09	4 Q	2:56.8	2 Q	3:10.5	3 QB	2:56.6	6
Håvard Bjerkeli	2:50.07	1 Q	3:05.8	4	did not advance

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Vibeke Skofterud	3:20.21	21	did not advance
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	3:19.79	19	did not advance
Maj Helen Sorkmo	3:17.10	11 Q	3:44.2	3 ADV	3:19.4	3 QB	3:25.5	6
Anita Moen	3:14.13	4 Q	3:15.9	2 Q	3:23.8	1 Q	3:12.7

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit²
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Vibeke Skofterud	14:12.3	34 Q	13:28.5	28
Tina Bay	13:53.7	20 Q	13:24.5	26
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	13:44.7	13 Q	13:07.8	14
Bente Skari-Martinsen	13:11.7	2 Q	12:16.0	6

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Ingrid Berntsen	Moguls	38.32	22.28	17	did not advance
Kari Traa	Moguls	36.67	25.11	1 Q	34.48	25.94
Hilde Synnøve Lid	Aerials		148.82	16	did not advance

Athlete	Event	Qualifying jump			Final jump 1			Final jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Roar Ljøkelsøy	Normal hill	87.5	109.0	21 Q	91.5	119.0	11 Q	90.0	114.5	233.5	18
Lars Bystøl		88.0	109.5	20 Q	88.5	110.5	30 Q	86.5	104.5	215.0	31
Tommy Ingebrigtsen		89.0	110.5	18 Q	91.5	116.5	20 Q	91.0	115.5	232.0	20
Anders Bardal		91.0	116.0	9 Q	91.0	116.5	20 Q	89.0	110.5	227.0	27
Lars Bystøl	Large hill	107.5	88.5	30 Q	113.0	99.4	38	did not advance
Roar Ljøkelsøy		111.0	96.8	23 Q	116.5	107.2	32	did not advance
Tommy Ingebrigtsen		112.0	97.6	20 Q	119.0	110.7	25	112.0	97.1	207.8	26
Anders Bardal		112.5	99.5	16 Q	118.5	110.3	27 Q	114.5	102.6	212.9	25

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Tommy Ingebrigtsen Lars Bystøl Anders Bardal Roar Ljøkelsøy	790.8	9