Norway at the 1988 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	NOR
Nocname:	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1988
Date:	12–28 February
Website:
Location:	Calgary, Canada
Competitors:	63 (53 men, 10 women)
Sports:	7
Flagbearer:	Oddvar Brå (Cross-country skiing)
Rank:	12
Gold:	0
Silver:	3
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This was the first and only time at the Winter Olympics that Norway failed to win a gold medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				19 February
	Marit Wold			21 February
				23 February
				15 February
				24 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	3	0	3
Biathlon	6	–	6
Cross-country skiing	7	8	15
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Speed skating	5	2	7
Total	53	10	63

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Finn Christian Jagge	Downhill			2:07.64	35
Jan Einar Thorsen				2:04.77	24
Atle Skårdal				2:03.26	15
Jan Einar Thorsen	Super-G			DNF	-
Atle Skårdal				DNF	-
Finn Christian Jagge				DNF	-
Finn Christian Jagge	Giant Slalom	1:09.70	DNF	DNF	-
Finn Christian Jagge	Slalom	53.40	DNF	DNF	-

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Finn Christian Jagge	1:54.66	43.35	42.79	95.21	9
Jan Einar Thorsen	1:51.89	DNF	-	DNF	-
Atle Skårdal	1:50.27	DNF	-	DNF	-

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Sverre Istad	5	27:34.3	30
	Eirik Kvalfoss	4	26:51.9	20
	Frode Løberg	1	26:32.9	14
	Geir Einang	0	26:13.3	11

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Sylfest Glimsdal	55:46.9	8	1'03:46.9	39
	Gisle Fenne	56:56.5	5	1'01:56.5	30
	Frode Løberg	56:52.7	4	1'00:52.7	20
	Eirik Kvalfoss	54:54.6	3	57:54.6	6

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Terje Langli	42:59.3	12
	Vegard Ulvang	42:31.5	7
	Oddvar Brå	42:17.3	4
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	41:33.4
30 km C	Martin Hole	1'31:47.5	31
	Tor Håkon Holte	1'29:59.5	21
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	1'25:44.6	6
	Vegard Ulvang	1'25:11.6
50 km F	Tor Håkon Holte	2'12:56.6	31
	Torgeir Bjørn	2'08:41.0	11
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	2'08:20.0	9
	Vegard Ulvang	2'06:32.3	4

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Brit Pettersen	15:36.7	11
	Marianne Dahlmo	15:30.4	9
	Inger Helene Nybråten	15:17.7	6
	Anne Jahren	15:12.6	4
10 km C	Anne Jahren	31:34.1	16
	Marit Wold	31:31.6	15
	Brit Pettersen	31:20.5	14
	Inger Helene Nybråten	30:51.7	6
20 km F	Marit Wold	1'00:55.0	24
	Anette Bøe	59:45.8	20
	Marit Elveos	59:33.2	18
	Marianne Dahlmo	58:31.1	8

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
	5	5	0	0	32	10	10
align = left		5	4	1	0	19	12	8
	5	3	2	0	23	14	6
	5	2	3	0	27	27	4
	5	0	4	1	12	29	1
	5	0	4	1	11	32	1

Soviet Union 5-0 Norway
West Germany 7-3 Norway
Czechoslovakia 10-1 Norway
USA 6-3 Norway
Austria 4-4 Norway

Game for 11th place

Team roster

Jarl Eriksen

Vern Mott

Cato Tom Andersen

Morgan Andersen

Tor Helge Eikeland

Åge Ellingsen

Tommy Skaarberg

Truls Kristiansen

Kim Søgaard

Petter Salsten

Jørgen Salsten

Arne Billkvam

Stephen Foyn

Jarle Friis

Rune Gulliksen

Geir Hoff

Roy Johansen

Erik Kristiansen

Ørjan Løvdal

Sigurd Thinn

Petter Thoresen

Marius Voigt

Lars Bergseng
Head coach: Lennart Åhlberg

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Hallstein Bøgseth	Individual	197.7	22	3:25.4	43:39.4	394.450	23
Torbjørn Løkken		199.4	19	3:14.0	40:53.0	?	6
Knut Leo Abrahamsen		204.1	16	2:42.7	44:06.2	390.425	26
Trond Arne Bredesen		215.2	6	1:28.7	41:42.6	411.965	11

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
10 km cross-country skiing

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Erik Johnsen	Normal hill	75.0	80.1	79.0	91.0	171.1	41
Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl		79.5	91.3	80.0	93.1	184.4	22
Ole Christian Eidhammer		79.5	92.3	80.5	94.4	186.7	19
Vegard Opaas		80.5	92.9	72.0	73.3	166.2	45
Jon Inge Kjørum	Large hill	107.0	99.2	101.5	90.0	189.2	15
Vegard Opaas		106.0	99.8	97.5	85.4	185.2	19
Ole Christian Eidhammer		108.5	104.8	98.0	83.1	187.9	17
Erik Johnsen		114.5	113.7	102.0	94.2	207.9

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Bjørn Hagen	37.69	18
500 m	Frode Rønning	37.31	10
1000 m	Bjørn Hagen	DNF	-
	Rolf Falk-Larssen	1:15.42	26
	Frode Rønning	1:15.39	25
1500 m	Frode Syvertsen	1:58.37	33
1500 m	Rolf Falk-Larssen	1:55.94	21
5000 m	Frode Syvertsen	7:05.57	33
	Rolf Falk-Larssen	6:54.37	12
	Geir Karlstad	6:50.88	7
10,000 m	Geir Karlstad	DNF	-
10,000 m	Frode Syvertsen	14:32.08	21

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	40.95	14
1000 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	1:21.90	15
1500 m	Minna Nystedt	2:12.40	25
1500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	2:09.34	20
3000 m	Minna Nystedt	4:35.35	25
5000 m	Minna Nystedt	7:54.11	24

References

Notes and References

https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NOR/editions/43 Norway at the 1988 Winter Olympics