Norway_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics

Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation


Norway was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 93 competitors, 44 men and 49 women, took part in 54 events in 15 sports.[1]

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Medalists

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Archery

In the sixth appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway represented by three men and one woman. Their combined record was 1–4. The men's team also lost their first match.

Men's individual
Bård Nesteng Lars Erik Humlekjær Martinus Grov
1/32 eliminations Defeated Henk Vogels
Netherlands
158-149 Lost to Michele Frangilli
Italy
168-158 Lost to Matteo Bisiani
Italy
166-158
1/16 eliminations Lost to Sebastien Flute
France
160-148 - - - - - -

Men's team:

  • Nesteng, Humlekjær, and Grov – round of 16, 10th place
Women's individual
Wenche-Lin Hess
1/32 eliminations Lost to Ying He
China
160-145

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 200 m

  • Round 1 – 20.76
  • Round 2 – 20.65 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 21 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • Round 1 – 01:46.76
  • Semifinal – 01:48.73 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m

  • Round 1 – 13:44.80 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 m steeplechase

  • Round 1 – 08:23.61
  • Final – 08:27.20 (9th place)

Men's javelin throw

  • Qualifying – 86.74
  • Final – 83.04 (9th place)

Men's triple jump

  • Qualifying – 16.75 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon

  • 100m – 11.56
  • Long Jump – 6.22
  • Shot Put – 14.03
  • High Jump – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 10000 m

  • Gunhild Halle-Haugen
  • Round 1 – DNF (did not advance)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualifying – 65.44
  • Final – 68.91 (gold medal)Olympic record

Women's high jump

  • Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km walk

  • Final – 1:29:33 (silver medal)

Beach volleyball

Men's beach competition

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500m

  • Qualifying heat – 01:40.990
  • Semifinal – 01:39.964
  • Final – 01:57.847 (gold medal)

Men's kayak singles 1000m

  • Qualifying heat – 03:36.565
  • Semifinal – 03:36.425
  • Final – 03:33.269 (gold medal)

Men's kayak doubles 500m

  • Qualifying heat – 01:35.619
  • Semifinal – 01:34.712 (did not advance)

Men's kayak doubles 1,000m

  • Qualifying heat – 03:15.483
  • Semifinal – 03:17.288
  • Final – 03:20.515 (9th place)

Men's canoe singles 500m

  • Qualifying heat – 01:54.366
  • Semifinal – 01:53.661 (did not advance)

Men's canoe singles 1000m

  • Qualifying heat – 03:55.378
  • Semifinal – bye
  • Final – 03:58.159 (5th place)

Cycling

Cross country mountain bike

Men's cross country mountain bike

  • Final – lapped (35th place)
  • Final – DNF

Women's mountain bike

  • Final – 2:01:51.24 (22nd place)

Road cycling

Men's competition

Men's individual time trial

  • Final – 0:59:00 (7th place)

Men's road race

  • Bjoemar Vestoel
  • Final – 5:36:14 (78th place)
  • Final – DNF
  • Final – DNF
  • Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's individual time trial

  • Final – 0:45:01 (20th place)

Women's road race

  • Final – 3:08:02 (29th place)
  • Final – 3:10:33 (35th place)
  • Final – 3:11:04 (38th place)

Fencing

Three fencers, all women, represented Norway in 2000.

Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Women's tournament

Group stage

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Attendance: 9,150

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Attendance: 11,532
Semi-finals
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Gold medal match
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Gymnastics

Handball

Rowing

Sailing

Women's single-handed dinghy (Europe)

  • Race 1 – 7
  • Race 2 – 10
  • Race 3 – 12
  • Race 4 – (23)
  • Race 5 – 16
  • Race 6 – 21
  • Race 7 – (28) DNF
  • Race 8 – 10
  • Race 9 – 23
  • Race 10 – 22
  • Race 11 – 10
  • Final – 131 (19th place)

Women's double-handed dinghy (470)

  • Race 1 – (17)
  • Race 2 – 9
  • Race 3 – 7
  • Race 4 – (17)
  • Race 5 – 17
  • Race 6 – 11
  • Race 7 – 7
  • Race 8 – 17
  • Race 9 – 8
  • Race 10 – 13
  • Race 11 – 16
  • Final – 105 (16th place)

Open Laser

  • Race 1 – 12
  • Race 2 – 7
  • Race 3 – 11
  • Race 4 – (32)
  • Race 5 – 7
  • Race 6 – 6
  • Race 7 – (24)
  • Race 8 – 4
  • Race 9 – 10
  • Race 10 – 22
  • Race 11 – 15
  • Final – 94 (10th place)

Open three-handed keelboat (Soling)

  • Did not advance to Round Robin

Open high-performance two-handed dinghy (49er)

  • Race 1 – 16
  • Race 2 – (17)
  • Race 3 – (18) OCS
  • Race 4 – 2
  • Race 5 – 2
  • Race 6 – 10
  • Race 7 – 14
  • Race 8 – 7
  • Race 9 – 10
  • Race 10 – 16
  • Race 11 – 10
  • Race 12 – 13
  • Race 13 – 6
  • Race 14 – 17
  • Race 15 – 5
  • Race 16 – 14
  • Final – 142 (13th place)

Shooting

Taekwondo

Tennis

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Wrestling

Notes

  • Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
  • International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games Archived 9 November 2000 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games Archived 31 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
  • International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

  1. "Norway at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

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