Norway at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Websitewww.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Sapporo, Japan
February 3–13, 1972
Competitors67 (56 men, 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerMagnar Solberg (Biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
5
Bronze
5
Total
12
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Magnar Solberg Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Gold Pål Tyldum Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical)
 Silver Pål Tyldum Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical)
 Silver Magne Myrmo Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical)
 Silver Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs Harviken		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
 Silver Roar Grønvold Speed skating Men's 1500m
 Silver Roar Grønvold Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Bronze Ivar Formo Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km (classical)
 Bronze Johs Harviken Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical)
 Bronze Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre Lammedal		 Cross-country skiing Women's 3 × 5 km relay
 Bronze Sten Stensen Speed skating Men's 5000m
 Bronze Sten Stensen Speed skating Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing[]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Peik Christensen Downhill 1:59.71 36
Erik Håker 1:53.16 5
Otto Tschudi Giant Slalom 1:57.42 50 DSQ – DSQ –
Peik Christensen 1:38.27 33 1:40.42 17 3:18.69 23
Erik Håker 1:31.70 1 DNF – DNF –
Men's slalom
Athlete Classification Final
Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Peik Christensen 1:45.36 2 DSQ – – – DSQ –
Erik Håker DSQ – DNF – – – DNF –
Otto Tschudi DSQ – DSQ – – – DSQ –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Karianne Christiansen Downhill 1:41.25 21
Gyri Sørensen 1:40.77 17
Toril Førland 1:40.25 11
Gyri Sørensen Giant Slalom 1:37.32 28
Karianne Christiansen 1:37.18 27
Anne Brusletto 1:34.43 19
Toril Førland 1:34.15 17
Gyri Sørensen Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Anne Brusletto DNF – – – DNF –
Karianne Christiansen 52.59 24 DNF – DNF –
Toril Førland 47.75 10 48.01 11 1:35.76 9

Biathlon[]

Main article: Biathlon at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Ragnar Tveiten 1'17:19.91 7 1'24:19.91 29
Kåre Hovda 1'16:20.37 6 1'22:20.37 18
Tor Svendsberget 1'15:26.54 3 1'18:26.54 8
Magnar Solberg 1'13:55.50 2 1'15:55.50 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Tor Svendsberget
Kåre Hovda
Ivar Nordkild
Magnar Solberg 		7 1'56:24.21 4
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing[]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Magne Myrmo 47:02.55 19
Johs Harviken 46:46.36 15
Oddvar Brå 46:25.88 9
Ivar Formo 46:02.68 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30 km Ole Ellefsæter 1'44:25.21 31
Magne Myrmo 1'42:23.40 21
Johs Harviken 1'37:32.44 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pål Tyldum 1'37:25.30 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 km Ole Ellefsæter 2'46:46.94 10
Reidar Hjermstad 2'44:14.51 4
Magne Myrmo 2'43:29.45 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pål Tyldum 2'43:14.75 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs Harviken 		2'04:57.06 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km Katharina Mo-Berge 17:49.06 17
Inger Aufles 17:33.14 12
Aslaug Dahl 17:17.49 8
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 17:16.79 7
10 km Katharina Mo-Berge 37:33.16 29
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 36:29.43 14
Inger Aufles 36:07.08 12
Aslaug Dahl 35:18.84 6
Women's 3 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 		49:51.49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Ice hockey[]

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics

First Round[]

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Finland 13–1  Norway

Consolation Round[]

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
7  West Germany 4 3 1 0 22 10 6
8  Norway 4 3 1 0 16 14 6
9  Japan 4 2 1 1 17 16 5
10   Switzerland 4 0 2 2 9 16 2
11 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 4 0 3 1 9 17 1
  • Norway 5-2 Yugoslavia
  • West Germany 5-1 Norway
  • Japan 4-5 Norway
  • Norway 5-3 Switzerland
Contestants
Kåre Østensen
Thore Wålberg
Øivind Berg
Jan Kinder
Svein Norman Hansen
Terje Steen
Birger Jansen
Thor Martinsen
Tom Røymark
Tom Christensen
Steinar Bjølbakk
Svein Haagensen
Roy Jansen
Bjørn Johansen
Morten Sethereng
Terje Thoen
Bjørn Andreassen
Arne Mikkelsen

Luge[]

Main article: Luge at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Stephen Sinding 54.98 27 54.05 19 53.19 20 53.19 19 3:35.41 22
Bjørn Dyrdahl 54.73 25 55.13 31 54.67 36 53.52 24 3:38.05 30
Christian Strøm 53.79 13 53.68 16 52.46 12 53.08 17 3:33.01 14

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Christian Strøm
Stephen Sinding 		45.81 14 46.25 16 1:32.06 14

Nordic combined[]

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1972 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Gjert Andersen Individual 67.0 71.5 173.3 23 52:04.8 187.015 26 360.315 23
Henning Weid 71.0 74.0 181.3 15 51:58.1 188.020 25 369.320 19
Kjell Åsvestad 71.0 74.0 183.1 13 51:36.2 191.305 23 374.405 14
Kåre Olav Berg 72.5 73.0 180.4 16 50:08.9 204.400 7 384.800 8

Ski jumping[]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Jo Inge Bjørnebye Normal hill 68.5 90.3 67.0 83.9 174.2 51
Nils-Per Skarseth 73.5 101.3 71.0 96.3 197.6 33
Ingolf Mork 78.0 112.0 78.0 113.5 225.5 4
Frithjof Prydz 80.0 114.2 74.0 103.6 217.8 11
Jo Inge Bjørnebye Large hill 85.5 86.7 81.5 81.1 167.8 34
Frithjof Prydz 85.0 89.0 95.5 105.7 194.7 15
Ingolf Mork 89.0 95.6 83.0 77.7 173.3 28
Bjørn Wirkola 93.0 97.7 74.5 64.8 162.5 37

Speed skating[]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Ole Christian Iversen DNF –
Johan Lind 41.14 18
Lasse Efskind 40.60 12
Per Bjørang 39.91 4
1500 m Dag Fornæss 2:09.52 13
Svein-Erik Stiansen 2:08.63 11
Bjørn Tveter 2:05.94 4
Roar Grønvold 2:04.26 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
5000 m Willy Olsen 7:36.47 5
Sten Stensen 7:33.39 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Roar Grønvold 7:28.18 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
10,000 m Dag Fornæss 15:53.33 13
Per Willy Guttormsen 15:48.71 11
Sten Stensen 15:07.88 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 46.33 19
Kirsti Biermann 46.18 17
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 45.70 11
1000 m Kirsti Biermann 1:35.76 23
Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 1:35.56 22
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 1:33.13 9
1500 m Kirsti Biermann 2:29.94 23
Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 2:28.36 19
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 2:24.07 8
3000 m Kirsti Biermann 5:26.21 20
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 5:07.76 10

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