Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Norway competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having made its Olympic debut in 1900.

Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in London
Competitors	69 in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Oskar Bye
Medals Ranked 8th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 1908 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Albert Helgerud	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions	July 11
Gold	Julius Braathe, Albert Helgerud, Einar Liberg, Olaf Sæther, Ole Sæther, Gudbrand Skatteboe	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, team	July 10
Silver	Arne Halse	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	July 17
Silver	Arthur Amundsen Carl Andersen Otto Authén Hermann Bohne Trygve Bøyesen Oskar Bye Conrad Carlsrud Sverre Grøner Harald Halvorsen Harald Hansen Petter Hol Eugen Ingebretsen Ole Iversen Per Jespersen Sigge Johannessen Nicolai Kiær Carl Klæth Thor Larsen Rolf Lefdahl Hans Lem Anders Moen Frithjof Olsen Carl Pedersen Paul Pedersen Sigvard Sivertsen John Skrataas Harald Smedvik Andreas Strand Olaf Syvertsen Thomas Thorstensen	Gymnastics	Men's team	July 16
Silver	Jacob Gundersen	Wrestling	Men's freestyle heavyweight	July 23
Bronze	Edvard Larsen	Athletics	Men's triple jump	July 25
Bronze	Arne Halse	Athletics	Men's freestyle javelin	July 15
Bronze	Ole Sæther	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions	July 11

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Norway's best athletics result was Arne Halse's silver medal in the javelin throw.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final
Men's 100 metres	Heats	Oscar Guttormsen	12.0 seconds 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
		John Johansen	11.7 seconds 2nd, heat 5
Men's 200 metres	Semi- finalist	Oscar Guttormsen	Walkover 1st, heat 14	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance
Men's 400 metres	Heats	Oscar Guttormsen	Unknown 2nd, heat 5	Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres	Semi- finalist	Oscar Larsen	None held	Unknown 4th, semifinal 8	Did not advance
		Nils Dahl		Unknown 7th, semifinal 1
Men's 110 metre hurdles	Heats	Wilhelm Blystad	Unknown 2nd, heat 11	Did not advance
		Oscar Guttormsen	Unknown 2nd, heat 12

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance
Men's high jump	13th	Henry Olsen	1.72 metres
	—	Otto Monsen	No mark
Men's long jump	21-32	Henry Olsen	Unknown
Men's triple jump	3rd	Edvard Larsen	14.39 metres
	13th	Henry Olsen	13.17 metres
	14th	Oscar Guttormsen	13.16 metres
Men's standing high jump	8th	Wilhelm Blystad	1.42 metres
Men's shot put	9-25	Arne Halse	Unknown
Men's discus throw	12-42	John Falchenberg	Unknown
Men's javelin throw	2nd	Arne Halse	50.57 metres
	8-16	John Johansen	Unknown
Men's freestyle javelin	3rd	Arne Halse	49.73 metres
	10-33	Conrad Carlsrud	Unknown
		John Johansen	Unknown

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round	Semi- final	Final
Men's épée	First round	Hans Bergsland	4-4 (6th in D)	Did not advance

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Gymnast	Event	Score	Rank
Conrad Carlsrud	Men's all-around	124	84
Petter Hol		152.5	70
Eugen Ingebretsen		109	94
Ole Iversen		117	92
Per Mathias Jespersen		120.5	87
Carl Klæth		142	76
Frithjof Olsen		127.5	82
John Skrataas		154.5	67

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score
Men's team	2nd	Carl Albert Andersen, Hermann Bohne, Trygve Bøyesen, Oskar Bye, Conrad Carlsrud, Sverre Grøner, Harald Halvorsen, Harald Hansen, Petter Hol, Eugen Ingebretsen, Ole Iversen, Per Mathias Jespersen, Sigge Johannessen, Nicolai Kiær, Carl Klæth, Thor Larsen, Rolf Lefdahl, Hans Lem, Anders Moen, Frithjof Olsen, Carl Alfred Pedersen, Paul Pedersen, Sigvard Sivertsen, John Skrataas, Harald Smedvik, Andreas Strand, Olaf Syvertsen, Thomas Thorstensen	425

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Men's eight	5th	Otto Krogh, Erik Bye, Ambrosius Høyer, Gustav Hæhre, Emil Irgens, Hannibal Fegth, Wilhelm Hansen, Annan Knudsen, Ejnar Tønsager	None held	Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 1	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Class	Place	Boat	Sailors
8 metre	4th	Fram	Johan Anker, Einar Hvoslef, Hagbart Steffens, Magnus Konow, Eilert Falch-Lund

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
Men's 1000 yard free rifle	28th	Jørgen Bru	82
	40th	Georg Erdmann	61
	41st	Asmund Enger	58
		Kolbjørn Kvam	58
	47th	Mathias Glomnes	26
	AC	Olivius Skymoen
Men's 300 metre free rifle	1st	Albert Helgerud	909
	3rd	Ole Sæther	883
	6th	Julius Braathe	851
	9th	Olaf Sæther	830
	13th	Georg Erdmann	821
	19th	Kolbjørn Kvam	777
	24th	Olivius Skymoen	760
	26th	Per Olaf Olsen	752
	47th	Mathias Glomnes	563
Men's team free rifle	1st	Albert Helgerud Ole Sæther Gudbrand Gudbrandsen Skatteboe Olaf Sæther Julius Braathe Einar Liberg	5055
Men's team military rifle	6th	Ole Sæther Einar Liberg Gudbrand Gudbrandsen Skatteboe Albert Helgerud Mathias Glomnes Jørgen Bru	2192

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final
Freestyle heavyweight	2nd	Jacob Gundersen	Defeated West	Defeated Humphreys	Defeated Nixson	Lost to O'Kelly

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Great Britain	3	1	.750
Total	3	1	.750

Sources

• Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
• De Wael, Herman (2001). "Top London 1908 Olympians". Herman's Full Olympians. Archived from the original on 12 July 2006. Retrieved 5 June 2006.