Norway at the 1988 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Websitewww.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Calgary
Competitors63 (53 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer Oddvar Brå (Cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
5
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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
 Silver Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km classical
 Silver Trude Dybendahl
Marit Wold
Anne Jahren
Marianne Dahlmo		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
 Silver Erik Johnsen Ski jumping Men's large hill
 Bronze Vegard Ulvang Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km classical
 Bronze Ole Christian Eidhammer
Jon Inge Kjørum
Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl
Erik Johnsen		 Ski jumping Men's team large hill

Alpine skiing[]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
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
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[]

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
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Geir Einang
Frode Løberg
Gisle Fenne
Eirik Kvalfoss 		0 1'25:57.0 6
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing[]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Oddvar Brå
Vegard Ulvang
Terje Langli 		1'46:87.7 6
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Trude Dybendahl
Marit Wold
Anne Jahren
Marianne Dahlmo 		1'01:33.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Ice hockey[]

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
 Soviet Union 5 5 0 0 32 10 10
 West Germany 5 4 1 0 19 12 8
 Czechoslovakia 5 3 2 0 23 14 6
 United States 5 2 3 0 27 27 4
 Austria 5 0 4 1 12 29 1
 Norway 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 1  Score  Team 2
 France 7–6 SO  Norway

Team Roster

  • Head Coach:

Nordic combined[]

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
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 (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
  • 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country Total
Points Rank Start at Time Rank
Hallstein Bøgseth
Trond Arne Bredesen
Torbjørn Løkken 		596.6 3 2:46.0 1'21:34.4 4

Ski jumping[]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Ole Christian Eidhammer
Jon Inge Kjørum
Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl
Erik Johnsen 		596.1 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating[]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Bjørn Hagen 37.69 18
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
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 –
Frode Syvertsen 14:32.08 21
Women
Event Athlete Race
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
Edel Therese Høiseth 2:09.34 20
3000 m Minna Nystedt 4:35.35 25
5000 m Minna Nystedt 7:54.11 24

References[]

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