Norway at the Olympics

Norway at the Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (Norwegian)
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer appearances
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Norway first participated at the Summer Olympics in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Games and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when they participated in the American-led boycott.

Norwegian athletes have won a total of 148 medals at the Summer Olympics, with sailing and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 329 medals (118 gold) — by considerable margin more than any other nation — with cross-country skiing and speed skating as the top sports. 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; 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" 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
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 Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 7 0 2 3 5 16 1904 St. Louis did not participate 1908 London 69 2 3 3 8 8 1912 Stockholm 190 4 1 4 9 8 1920 Antwerp 194 13 9 9 31 6 1924 Paris 62 5 2 3 10 7 1928 Amsterdam 52 1 2 1 4 19 1932 Los Angeles 5 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Berlin 70 1 3 2 6 18 1948 London 81 1 3 3 7 19 1952 Helsinki 102 3 2 0 5 10 1956 Melbourne 22 1 0 2 3 22 1960 Rome 40 1 0 0 1 21 1964 Tokyo 26 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 46 1 1 0 2 25 1972 Munich 112 2 1 1 4 21 1976 Montreal 66 1 1 0 2 21 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 103 0 1 2 3 28 1988 Seoul 70 2 3 0 5 21 1992 Barcelona 83 2 4 1 7 22 1996 Atlanta 98 2 2 3 7 30 2000 Sydney 93 4 3 3 10 19 2004 Athens 52 5 0 1 6 17 2008 Beijing 85 3 5 1 9 22 2012 London 66 2 1 1 4 35 2016 Rio de Janeiro 62 0 0 4 4 74 2020 Tokyo Future event Total 56 49 47 152 22

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 14 4 7 6 17 1 1928 St. Moritz 25 6 4 5 15 1 1932 Lake Placid 19 3 4 3 10 2 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 7 5 3 15 1 1948 St. Moritz 49 4 3 3 10 1 1952 Oslo 73 7 3 6 16 1 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 45 2 1 1 4 7 1960 Squaw Valley 29 3 3 0 6 6 1964 Innsbruck 58 3 6 6 15 3 1968 Grenoble 65 6 6 2 14 1 1972 Sapporo 67 2 5 5 12 7 1976 Innsbruck 42 3 3 1 7 4 1980 Lake Placid 64 1 3 6 10 8 1984 Sarajevo 58 3 2 4 9 6 1988 Calgary 63 0 3 2 5 12 1992 Albertville 80 9 6 5 20 3 1994 Lillehammer 88 10 11 5 26 2 1998 Nagano 76 10 10 5 25 2 2002 Salt Lake City 77 13 5 7 25 1 2006 Turin 69 2 8 9 19 13 2010 Vancouver 99 9 8 6 23 4 2014 Sochi 134 11 5 10 26 2 2018 Pyeongchang Future event 2022 Beijing Future event Total 118 111 100 329 1

Medals by summer sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Sailing 17 11 3 31 Shooting 13 8 11 32 Athletics 7 5 8 20 Canoeing 6 4 4 14 Rowing 3 6 7 16 Handball 2 2 2 6 Wrestling 2 2 2 6 Cycling 2 0 2 4 Boxing 1 2 2 5 Gymnastics 1 2 1 4 Football 1 0 2 3 Weightlifting 1 0 0 1 Taekwondo 0 2 0 2 Swimming 0 1 1 2 Equestrian 0 1 0 1 Fencing 0 1 0 1 Tennis 0 0 1 1 Total* 56 47 46 149 *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 Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Cross country skiing 40 38 29 107 Speed skating 25 28 27 80 Biathlon 15 12 8 35 Nordic combined 13 9 8 30 Alpine skiing 10 9 10 29 Ski jumping 9 9 12 30 Figure skating 3 2 1 6 Freestyle skiing 2 2 4 8 Curling 1 1 1 3 Snowboarding 0 3 1 4 Total* 118 113 101 332 *This table includes three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

See also

• Category:Olympic competitors for Norway
• Norway at the Paralympics

References

1. "Her er beviset som endrer norsk idrettshistorie". NRK. 14 August 2012.
2. "USA-guld 1904 var Norges". Svenska Dagbladet. 14 August 2012.
3. "Norges OL-historie skrives på nytt". Nettavisen. 3 May 2013.

External links

• "Norway". International Olympic Committee.
• "Results and Medalists". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee.
• "Norway". Sports-Reference.com.