Norway at the Olympics
Norway first participated at the Summer Olympics in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the 1904 Games and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when they participated in the American-led boycott.
Norway at the Olympics | |
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IOC code | NOR |
NOC | Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |
Website | www |
Medals |
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Summer appearances | |
Winter appearances | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Norwegian athletes have won a total of 152 medals at the Summer Olympics, with sailing and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 368 total medals including 132 gold medals, both considerably more than any other nation in Winter Olympic history. More than half of these medals have come from cross-country skiing and speed skating. Norway is one of only three nations (along with Austria and Liechtenstein) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games.
The National Olympic Committee for Norway was created and recognized in 1900.
1904 Summer Olympics
The International Olympic Committee considers Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen 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.[1][2] In May 2013 it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in IOC's medal database.[3]
Hosted Games
Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions.
Games | Host city | Dates | Nations | Participants | Events |
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1952 Winter Olympics | Oslo | 14 – 25 February | 30 | 694 | 22 |
1994 Winter Olympics | Lillehammer | 12 – 27 February | 67 | 1,737 | 61 |
Medal tables
- *Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
Medals by summer sport
*This table does not include three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. |
Medals by winter sport Leading in that sport
*This table includes three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. |
Summary by sport
Athletics
Norway's Olympic debut in 1900 included two track and field athletes; Carl Albert Andersen won a bronze medal in the pole vault.
Games | Athletes | Events | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1900 Paris | 2 | 4/23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
Event | No. of appearances | First appearance | First medal | First gold medal | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Best finish |
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Men's 200 metres | 13/27 | 1900 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5th (1900) |
Men's 400 metres | 8/28 | 1900 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10th (1924) |
Men's high jump | 12/28 | 1900 | 1948 | N/A | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | (1948) |
Men's pole vault | 3/28 | 1900 | 1900 | N/A | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | (1900) |
See also
- List of flag bearers for Norway at the Olympics
- Category:Olympic competitors for Norway
- Norway at the Paralympics
References
- "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. 14 August 2012.
- "USA-guld 1904 var Norges". Svenska Dagbladet. 14 August 2012.
- "Norges OL-historie skrives på nytt". Nettavisen. 3 May 2013. Archived from the original on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
External links
- "Norway". International Olympic Committee.
- "Norway". Olympedia.com.
- "Olympic Analytics/NOR". olympanalyt.com.