Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	NOR
Nocname:	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2002
Website:
Location:	Salt Lake City
Competitors:	77 (50 men, 27 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (biathlon)
Rank:	1
Gold:	13
Silver:	5
Bronze:	7
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

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.

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. However, Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's super-G
			Men's combined
			Men's 10 km sprint
			Men's 12.5 km pursuit
			Men's 20 km
			Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
			Men's sprint
			Men's pursuit (tie)
			Men's pursuit (tie)
			Men's 4 × 10 km relay
			Women's 10 km (classical style)
			Men's competition
			Women's moguls
			Men's downhill
			Women's 15 km
			Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
			Men's 15 km (classical style)
			Women's 4 × 5 km relay
			Men's giant slalom
			Men's 30 km (freestyle, mass start)
			Men's 50 km (classical style)
			Women's sprint
			Women's 30 km (classical style)
			Men's 1500 m
			Men's 10,000 m

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men

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

Men's combined

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

Women

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	-

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men

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

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

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

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

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

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

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

⁴ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

MenSprint

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

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit¹
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Thomas Alsgaard	26:56.4	15 Q	23:41.9
Kristen Skjeldal	26:55.5	13 Q	24:50.6	22
Anders Aukland	26:27.6	2 Q	24:03.8	7
Frode Estil	26:20.4	1 Q	23:41.9

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	39:31.4	20
	Erling Jevne	38:13.6	6
	Anders Aukland	38:08.3	4
	Frode Estil	37:43.4
30 km F	Tor-Arne Hetland	1'18:28.5	49
	Thomas Alsgaard	1'13:30.2	12
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1'11:44.5	5
	Kristen Skjeldal	1'11:42.7
50 km C	Erling Jevne	2'12:06.6	10
	Frode Estil	2'10:44.8	9
	Anders Aukland	2'10:05.7	7
	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	2'08:41.5

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle4 × 10 km relay

WomenSprint

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

Pursuit

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

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Tina Bay	30:16.3	25
	Anita Moen	29:15.5	9
	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	28:56.2	6
	Bente Skari	28:05.6
15 km F	Maj Helen Sorkmo	DNF	-
	Marit Bjørgen	47:07.4	50
	Vibeke Skofterud	42:50.9	28
	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	41:47.8	14
30 km C	Marit Bjørgen	1'37:02.6	14
	Vibeke Skofterud	1'35:02.3	8
	Anita Moen	1'31:37.3	4
	Bente Skari	1'31:36.3

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle4 × 5 km relay

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

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

Medal round

Semi-final

Gold medal game

Contestants

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

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

Contestants

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Women

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

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men's sprint

Events:

large hill ski jumping
7.5 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Jan Rune Grave	94.3	33	18:33.2	26
Preben Fjære Brynemo	96.8	30	18:35.5	30
Kristian Hammer	98.3	29	18:21.0	20
Sverre Rotevatn	100.0	28	17:54.4	13

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Sverre Rotevatn	189.5	41	45:24.6	36
Jan Rune Grave	207.0	35	44:18.5	24
Preben Fjære Brynemo	212.0	30	43:50.3	22
Kristian Hammer	221.5	22	41:40.8	8

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
5 km cross-country skiing

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

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

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Christiansen	23.3	24	37.0	8	did not advance
Halvor Skramstad Lunn	30.0	18	21.7	25	did not advance
Daniel Franck	39.9	3 QF			37.4	10

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
Athlete	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stine Brun Kjeldaas	27.1	11	30.9	7	did not advance
Lisa Wiik	33.1	6 QF			28.9	10
Kjersti Buaas	38.7	2 QF			37.3	4

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Grunde Njøs	1:37.67	37	35.90	30	133.57	35
1000 m	Grunde Njøs					1:11.31	39
	Petter Andersen					1:10.14	28
	Ådne Søndrål					1:08.64	11
1500 m	Eskil Ervik					1:49.24	35
	Petter Andersen					1:47.21	20
	Ådne Søndrål					1:45.26
5000 m	Stian Bjørge					6:36.04	26
	Eskil Ervik					6:32.80	21
	Lasse Sætre					6:25.92	10
10,000 m	Kjell Storelid					13:27.24	8
10,000 m	Lasse Sætre					13:16.92

References

Notes and References

News: Canada sets Olympic gold record. February 27, 2010. 2010-02-27. Canadian Press. CBC Sports.