Norway at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Norway at the
2008 Summer Paralympics
Norway at the; 2008 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	NOR
NPC	Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Beijing
Competitors	24 in 9 sports
Medals; Ranked 43rd	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Norway sent a delegation of 24 competitors, (14 men and 10 women,) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, from September 6 to September 17, 2008.^[1]

Norwegian competitors took part in nine different sports: archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, equestrian, sailing, shooting, swimming and table tennis.

Medalists[]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Cecilie Drabsch Norland	Swimming	individual
Silver	Ann Cathrin Lübbe	Equestrian	individual
Silver	Ann Cathrin Lübbe	Equestrian	individual
Silver		Equestrian	individual
Bronze	Jens Lasse Dokkan, , Ann Cathrin Lubbe,	Equestrian	team
Bronze	Tommy Urhaug	Table tennis	individual
Bronze	Mariann Vestbøstad	Swimming	individual

Archery[]

^[2] 1 competitor:

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Ind. compound open	654	19	(USA) L 103:106	Did not advance

Athletics[]

^[3] 2 competitors:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Runar Steinstad	Javelin throw F42/44	N/A				44.55	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Long jump F42	N/A				3.38	7

Boccia[]

^[4] Paralympic Boccia is open to players with cerebral palsy and other major physical disabilities. There were no separate events for men and women.

3 competitors:

Individual

Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Mixed individual - BC2	(HKG) W 6–1	(POR) L 2–5	(ESP) L 0–10	N/A	Did not advance
	Mixed individual - BC2	(HKG) L 0–15	(NZL) L 0–21	(NZL) L 1–10	N/A	Did not advance
Roger Aandalen	Mixed individual - BC1	(POR) L 3–11	(NZL) W 5–2	(GBR) L 1–6	(IRL) L 2–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
, , Roger Aandalen	Mixed team - BC1-2	Japan (JPN) W 7–4	Portugal (POR) L 1–19	Great Britain (GBR) L 1–11	N/A	Did not advance

Cycling[]

^[5]^[6]^[7] 1 competitor:

Track[]

Men

Pursuits

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final/ Bronze medal race
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
	Men's individual pursuit - LC2	5:23.921 44.455	8	Did not advance

Time Trials

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's 1 km time trial - LC2	1:17.050	10

Road[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's Individual Time Trial - LC2	37:53.80 (+4.17.10)	7
	Men's Individual Road Race - LC1/LC2/CP4	1:50:15 (+4:12)	18

Equestrian[]

^[8] Equestrian in the Paralympic Games is Dressage only. Anne Cecilie Ore was replaced by Silje Gillund, as Ore's horse received an injury before the Paralympic Games.^[9] There were no separate events for men and women. 5 competitors:

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Points	Result
Ann Cathrin Lübbe^[10]	Zanko	Individual championship test - grade IV	68,516
Ann Cathrin Lübbe^[10]	Zanko	Individual freestyle test - grade IV	75.046
^[10]	Nanof	Individual championship test - grade IV	60,064	10
^[10]	Nanof	Individual freestyle test - grade IV	69.498	4
	Luthar	Individual championship test - grade II	64.182	10
	Luthar	Individual freestyle test - grade II	63.554	12
	Dundee Klint	Individual championship test - grade III	58.720	9
	Dundee Klint	Individual freestyle test - grade III	61.056	11
	Lacour	Individual championship test - grade Ib	68.857
	Lacour	Individual freestyle test - grade Ib	65.555	5

Team

Athletes	Horses	Event	Team Test			Championship Test			Total	Rank
Athletes	Horses	Event	Result	Team Total	Rank	Result	Team Total	Rank	Total	Rank
, , Ann Cathrin Lubbe,	Lacour, Luthar Zanko Nanof	Team	69.765 65.238 67.785 63.357#	202.788	3	68.857 64.182 68.516 60.064#	201.555	3	404.343

'#' denotes scores that did not count toward the team total.

Sailing[]

^[8] 4 competitors:

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Score	Rank
	1Person Keelboat - 2.4mR	6	8	16	13	8	2	9	6	13	12	CAN	64	8
Per Eugen Kristiansen, Jostein Stordahl, Aleksander Wang-Hansen	3-Person Keelboat (Sonar)	6	2	5	8	1	15 OCS	9	1	5	3	6	37	4

CAN - Race cancelled
OCS - On the course side

Shooting[]

1 competitor:

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
^[11]	R2-10m air rifle standing - SH1	389	3 Q	99.3	488,3	5

Swimming[]

^[12] 5 competitors:

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's 50 m butterfly - S6	37.41	6	Did not advance
	Men's 50 m freestyle - S6	35.07	6	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle - S6	1:15.68	6	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle - S6	5:32.26	4 Q	5:32.24	8
Cecilie Drabsch Norland	Women's 50 m freestyle - S8	32.11	1 Q	32.09
Cecilie Drabsch Norland	Women's 100 m freestyle - S8	1:11.68	3 Q	1:11.88	5
	Women's 100 m breaststroke - SB6	2:10.55	6	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle - S6	6:03.36	5	Did not advance
Mariann Vestbøstad	Women's 100 m backstroke - S8	1:21.77	1 Q	1:20.86
	Women's 100 m freestyle - S8	1:14.62	3	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m freestyle - S8	5:38.47	4 Q	5:39.73	7

Key

Q = Qualifiers for the final as decided on a time only basis. Ranks shown are overall rank against competitors in all heats

Table tennis[]

^[13] 2 competitors:

Men

Individual

Athlete	Event	Group Match 1	Group Match 2	Group Match 3	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze medal match
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Individual Class 4/5	Meszaros (SVK) W 3-0	Cetin (GER) W 3-2	N/A	Jung (KOR) L 1-3	Did not advance
Tommy Urhaug	Individual Class 4/5	Durasinovic (SRB) W 3-0	Starl (AUT) W 3-0	N/A		Zhang (CHN) W 3-2	Durand (FRA) L 2-3	Saleh (EGY) W 3-0

Team

Athlete	Event	Group Match 1	Group Match 2	Group Match 3	1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final/ Bronze medal match
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
, Tommy Urhaug	Team Class 4/5	N/A				Serbia (SRB) W 3-0	China (CHN) L 1-3	France (FRA) L 0-3	4

References[]

^ (in Norwegian) De siste Paralympics utøverne tatt ut, Olympiatoppen, retrieved 1 August 2008
^ Archery - Result brackets (Google cache), The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Athletics - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Boccia - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Athlete Biography, JAHR Morten, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Cycling Road - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Cycling Track - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Equestrian - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Silje for Norge i Kina (Norwegian), Stange kommune, August 29, 2008
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Lübbe tok Norges første Paralympics-medalje, (Norwegian), VG, September 8, 2008
^ God start på Paralympics, (Norwegian), Norges Idrettsforbund, September 8, 2008
^ Swimming - Schedule, Results Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
^ Table Tennis - Schedule, Results Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

(Pdf-file) Competition Schedule by Event - Norway, Olympiatoppen, 2008

External links[]

[1] (in Norwegian) De siste Paralympics utøverne tatt ut, Olympiatoppen, retrieved 1 August 2008

[2] Archery - Result brackets (Google cache), The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[3] Athletics - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[4] Boccia - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[5] Athlete Biography, JAHR Morten, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[6] Cycling Road - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[7] Cycling Track - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[Equestrian_-_Schedule,_Results-8] Jump up to: ^a ^b Equestrian - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[9] Silje for Norge i Kina (Norwegian), Stange kommune, August 29, 2008

[Lubbe-10] Jump up to: ^a ^b Lübbe tok Norges første Paralympics-medalje, (Norwegian), VG, September 8, 2008

[11] God start på Paralympics, (Norwegian), Norges Idrettsforbund, September 8, 2008

[12] Swimming - Schedule, Results Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

[13] Table Tennis - Schedule, Results Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine, The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

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Contents

Medalists[]

Archery[]

Athletics[]

Boccia[]

Cycling[]

Track[]

Road[]

Equestrian[]

Sailing[]

Shooting[]

Swimming[]

Table tennis[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]