Norway at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1998 Winter Olympics
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IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Websitewww.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Nagano
Competitors76 (49 men, 27 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer Espen Bredesen (Ski jumping)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
10
Silver
10
Bronze
5
Total
25
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists[]

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Hans Petter Buraas Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Gold Ole Einar Bjørndalen Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Gold Halvard Hanevold Biathlon Men's 20 km
 Gold Bjørn Dæhlie Cross-country skiing Men's 10 km (classical)
 Gold Thomas Alsgaard Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)
 Gold Bjørn Dæhlie Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (freestyle)
 Gold Sture Sivertsen
Erling Jevne
Bjørn Dæhlie
Thomas Alsgaard		 Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
 Gold Bjarte Engen Vik Nordic combined Men's individual
 Gold Halldor Skard
Kenneth Braaten
Bjarte Engen Vik
Fred Børre Lundberg		 Nordic combined Men's team
 Gold Ådne Søndrål Speed skating Men's 1500 m
 Silver Lasse Kjus Alpine skiing Men's downhill
 Silver Ole Kristian Furuseth Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Silver Lasse Kjus Alpine skiing Men's combined
 Silver Frode Andresen Biathlon Men's 10 km sprint
 Silver Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen		 Biathlon Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
 Silver Bjørn Dæhlie Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)
 Silver Erling Jevne Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical)
 Silver Bente Martinsen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Elin Nilsen
Anita Moen Guidon		 Cross-country skiing Women's 4 × 5 km relay
 Silver Daniel Franck Snowboarding Men's halfpipe
 Silver Stine Brun Kjeldaas Snowboarding Women's halfpipe
 Bronze Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete-Skjelbreid-Poirée		 Biathlon Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
 Bronze Bente Martinsen Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km (classical)
 Bronze Anita Moen Guidon Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km (classical)
 Bronze Eigil Ramsfjell
Jan Thoresen
Stig-Arne Gunnestad
Anthon Grimsmo
Tore Torvbråten		 Curling Men's tournament
 Bronze Kari Traa Freestyle skiing Women's moguls

Alpine skiing[]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Kjetil André Aamodt Downhill 1:51.72 13
Lasse Kjus 1:50.51 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lasse Kjus Super-G 1:36.25 9
Kjetil André Aamodt 1:35.67 5
Harald Christian Strand Nilsen Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Kjetil André Aamodt DNF – DNF –
Lasse Kjus 1:21.92 1:18.73 2:40.65 8
Tom Stiansen 1:21.40 1:21.48 2:42.88 17
Finn Christian Jagge Slalom 56.06 55.33 1:51.39 7
Tom Stiansen 55.70 55.20 1:50.90 4
Ole Kristian Furuseth 55.53 55.11 1:50.64 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Hans Petter Buraas 55.28 54.03 1:49.31 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's combined

Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Kjetil André Aamodt 50.29 44.97 DNF DNF –
Finn Christian Jagge 50.22 45.16 DNF DNF –
Lasse Kjus 48.09 45.57 1:34.99 3:08.65 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Kristine Kristiansen Downhill DNF –
Trude Gimle 1:30.87 16
Ingeborg Helen Marken 1:30.19 11
Trude Gimle Super-G 1:19.71 25
Ingeborg Helen Marken 1:19.16 19
Kristine Kristiansen 1:19.02 17
Noriyo Hiroi Giant Slalom DNF – DNF –
Kristine Kristiansen 1:23.04 1:35.67 2:58.71 22
Andrine Flemmen 1:20.04 1:34.90 2:54.94 10
Trude Gimle Slalom DNF – DNF –
Andrine Flemmen DNF – DNF –
Trine Bakke-Rognmo 47.17 DNF DNF –

Women's combined

Athlete Downhill Slalom Total
Time Time 1 Time 2 Total time Rank
Trude Gimle DNF – – DNF –
Ingeborg Helen Marken 1:30.65 39.00 37.54 2:47.19 13
Kristine Kristiansen 1:30.61 38.49 DNF DNF –

Biathlon[]

Main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
10 km Sprint Egil Gjelland 1 28:49.1 13
Halvard Hanevold 2 28:40.8 8
Frode Andresen 2 28:17.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Ole Einar Bjørndalen 0 27:16.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
20 km Frode Andresen 54:51.0 5 59:51.0 19
Dag Bjørndalen 57:34.7 1 58:34.7 10
Ole Einar Bjørndalen 54:16.8 4 58:16.8 7
Halvard Hanevold 55:16.4 1 56:16.4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Egil Gjelland
Halvard Hanevold
Dag Bjørndalen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen 		0 1'21:56.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Misses 1 Time Rank
7.5 km Sprint Gunn Margit Andreassen 4 26:36.2 56
Ann Elen Skjelbreid 4 25:22.8 37
Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée 3 24:44.0 23
Annette Sikveland 2 24:09.5 15
Event Athlete Time Misses Adjusted time 2 Rank
15 km Gunn Margit Andreassen 56:28.5 5 1'01:28.5 40
Ann Elen Skjelbreid 54:00.3 7 1'01:00.3 34
Liv Grete Skjelbreid 52:21.2 5 57:21.2 15
Annette Sikveland 53:38.7 3 56:38.7 8
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 1 Time Rank
Ann Elen Skjelbreid
Annette Sikveland
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Liv Grete Skjelbreid 		2 1'40:37.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1 A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
2 One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh[]

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
NOR-1 Arnfinn Kristiansen
Jørn Stian Dahl
Peter Kildal
 Four-man 53.96 18 53.78 15 54.33 17 2:42.07 17

Cross-country skiing[]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C 		Sture Sivertsen 28:10.6 9
Erling Jevne 27:58.7 7
Thomas Alsgaard 27:48.1 5
Bjørn Dæhlie 27:24.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
15 km
pursuit1
F 		Sture Sivertsen 43:29.2 27
Bjørn Dæhlie 39:38.8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Thomas Alsgaard 39:37.7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
30 km
C 		Thomas Alsgaard DNF –
Bjørn Dæhlie 1'40:18.5 20
Sture Sivertsen 1'39:44.9 15
Erling Jevne 1'35:27.1 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50 km
F 		Tor-Arne Hetland 2'15:21.7 24
Anders Eide 2'11:06.9 11
Thomas Alsgaard 2'07:21.5 6
Bjørn Dæhlie 2'05:08.2 1st place, gold medalist(s)
1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Sture Sivertsen
Erling Jevne
Bjørn Dæhlie
Thomas Alsgaard 		1'40:55.7 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
5 km
C 		Trude Dybendahl Hartz 18:08.0 8
Anita Moen-Guidon 18:04.4 7
Marit Mikkelsplass 17:53.5 6
Bente Martinsen 17:49.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
10 km
pursuit2
F 		Marit Mikkelsplass 30:15.3 14
Trude Dybendahl Hartz 29:36.0 11
Bente Martinsen 29:34.1 9
Anita Moen-Guidon 29:27.6 8
15 km
C 		Bente Martinsen 48:19.0 6
Trude Dybendahl Hartz 48:19.0 6
Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass 48:12.5 5
Anita Moen Guidon 47:52.6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
30 km
F 		Trude Dybendahl Hartz DNF –
Maj Helen Sorkmo 1'29:16.9 19
Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass 1'25:36.9 9
Elin Nilsen 1'24:24.5 4
2 Starting delay based on 5 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Bente Martinsen
Marit Mikkelsplass
Elin Nilsen
Anita Moen Guidon 		55:38.0 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Curling[]

Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament[]

Group stage[]

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country Skip W L
 Canada Mike Harris 6 1
 Norway Eigil Ramsfjell 5 2
 Switzerland Patrick Hürlimann 5 2
 United States Tim Somerville 3 4
 Japan Makoto Tsuruga 3 4
 Sweden Peja Lindholm 3 4
 Great Britain Douglas Dryburgh 2 5
 Germany Andy Kapp 1 6
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Norway 2–4  United Kingdom
 Germany 5–7  Norway
 United States 7–6  Norway
 Norway 5–3  Japan
 Norway 7–4  Sweden
  Switzerland 4–5  Norway
 Norway 10–8  Canada

Medal round[]

Semi-final

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ramsfjell) Hammer (Last Stone First End) 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 7
 Switzerland (Hürlimann) 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 8

Bronze medal game

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Somerville) Hammer (Last Stone First End) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 4
 Norway (Ramsfjell) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 0 1 X 9
Contestants Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Bronze medal Eigil Ramsfjell Jan Thoresen Stig-Arne Gunnestad Anthon Grimsmo Tore Torvbråten

Women's tournament[]

Group stage[]

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country Skip W L
 Canada Sandra Schmirler 6 1
 Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 6 1
 Denmark Helena Blach Lavrsen 5 2
 Great Britain Kirsty Hay 4 3
 Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 2 5
 Norway 6th Dordi Nordby 2 5
 United States Lisa Schoeneberg 2 5
 Germany Andrea Schöpp 1 6
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Norway 2–8  Sweden
 Norway 6–5  Canada
 Norway 4–6  United Kingdom
 Norway 6–7  Germany
 Japan 8–4  Norway
 United States 8–9  Norway
 Denmark 8–3  Norway

Contestants

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Dordi Nordby Marianne Haslum Kristin Løvseth Hanne Woods Grethe Wolan

Freestyle skiing[]

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Kari Traa Moguls 35.19 22.51 8 Q 32.69 24.09 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Hilde Synnøve Lid Aerials 168.79 5 Q 160.18 6

Nordic combined[]

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Halldor Skard Individual 186.0 42 DNF –
Kristian Hammer 203.5 24 46:07.7 26
Fred Børre Lundberg 205.0 22 44:32.3 16
Bjarte Engen Vik 241.0 1 41:21.1 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
Athletes Ski jumping Cross-country
time 		Total
rank
Points Rank
Halldor Skard
Kenneth Braaten
Bjarte Engen Vik
Fred Børre Lundberg 		901.0 3 54:11.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Ski jumping[]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Rank Distance Points Points Rank
Roar Ljøkelsøy Normal hill 74.0 80.0 40 Did not advance
Espen Bredesen 74.5 82.5 36 Did not advance
Henning Stensrud 81.0 96.0 24 Q 81.0 97.0 193.0 23
Kristian Brenden 87.5 112.0 6 Q 84.0 103.5 215.5 8
Henning Stensrud Large hill 106.5 89.7 38 Did not advance
Kristian Brenden 113.0 104.4 24 Q 127.0 130.1 234.5 13
Roar Ljøkelsøy 119.5 116.6 7 Q 124.0 125.7 242.3 9
Lasse Ottesen 121.0 118.8 5 Q 122.0 120.1 238.9 10
Men's team large hill
Athletes Result
Points 1 Rank
Henning Stensrud
Lasse Ottesen
Roar Ljøkelsøy
Kristian Brenden 		870.6 4
1 Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding[]

Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Roger Hjelmstadstuen 35.2 18 31.3 25 Did not advance
Kim Christiansen 38.1 9 37.7 12 Did not advance
Klas Vangen 38.3 7 QF 70.9 15
Daniel Franck 39.6 4 QF 82.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women's halfpipe
Athlete Qualifying round 1 Qualifying round 2 Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Christel Thoresen 24.3 22 24.4 17 Did not advance
Anne Molin Kongsgård 29.3 16 29.2 12 Did not advance
Stine Brun Kjeldaas 37.6 1 QF 74.2 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Speed skating[]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Roger Strøm 36.53 14 36.15 7 72.68 10
Grunde Njøs 36.32 11 DNF – DNF –
1000 m Roger Strøm 1:13.58 34
Grunde Njøs 1:12.27 14
1500 m Brigt Rykkje 1:52.91 29
Steinar Johansen 1:52.88 28
Ådne Søndrål 1:47.87 WR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
5000 m Remi Hereide 6:39.35 12
Lasse Sætre 6:38.95 11
Kjell Storelid 6:37.12 8
10,000 m Remi Hereide 14:09.90 15
Lasse Sætre 13:42.94 7
Kjell Storelid 13:35.95 5
Women
Event Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
500 m Edel Therese Høiseth 40.02 23 39.99 20 80.01 20
1000 m Edel Therese Høiseth 1:19.23 14
1500 m Anette Tønsberg 2:03.03 17
3000 m Anette Tønsberg 4:19.24 15
5000 m Anette Tønsberg 7:28.39 13

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