Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results in gold medals, most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.

Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Salt Lake City
Competitors	77 (50 men, 27 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (biathlon)
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 13 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 25
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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With 13 gold medals, Norway tied the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics for most gold medals a country won at a Winter Olympics.^[1] However, Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G
Gold	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's combined
Gold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's 10 km sprint
Gold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's 12.5 km pursuit
Gold	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Gold	Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold	Biathlon	Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Gold	Tor Arne Hetland	Cross country skiing	Men's sprint
Gold	Frode Estil	Cross country skiing	Men's pursuit (tie)
Gold	Thomas Alsgaard	Cross country skiing	Men's pursuit (tie)
Gold	Thomas Alsgaard Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal	Cross country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Gold	Bente Skari	Cross country skiing	Women's 10 km (classical style)
Gold	Torger Nergård Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Flemming Davanger Lars Vågberg Pål Trulsen	Curling	Men's competition
Gold	Kari Traa	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls
Silver	Lasse Kjus	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill
Silver	Liv Grete Poiree	Biathlon	Women's 15 km
Silver	Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Poiree Ann Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom	Biathlon	Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Silver	Frode Estil	Cross country skiing	Men's 15 km (classical style)
Silver	Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Anita Moen	Cross country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Bronze	Lasse Kjus	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom
Bronze	Kristen Skjeldal	Cross country skiing	Men's 30 km (freestyle, mass start)
Bronze	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Cross country skiing	Men's 50 km (classical style)
Bronze	Anita Moen	Cross country skiing	Women's sprint
Bronze	Bente Skari	Cross country skiing	Women's 30 km (classical style)
Bronze	Ådne Søndrål	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m
Bronze	Lasse Sætre	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kenneth Sivertsen	Downhill			1:41.70	25
Bjarne Solbakken				1:40.74	12
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:39.78	4
Lasse Kjus				1:39.35
Lasse Kjus	Super-G			DNF	–
Kenneth Sivertsen				1:24.16	19
Bjarne Solbakken				1:22.10	5
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:21.58
Kenneth Sivertsen	Giant Slalom	1:14.16	1:12.35	2:26.51	20
Bjarne Solbakken		1:13.15	1:11.35	2:24.50	6
Kjetil André Aamodt		1:13.14	1:11.48	2:24.62	7
Lasse Kjus		1:12.79	1:11.53	2:24.32
Truls Ove Karlsen	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth		51.03	53.36	1:44.39	9
Tom Stiansen		50.74	54.45	1:45.19	12
Kjetil André Aamodt		49.92	52.80	1:42.72	6

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Truls Ove Karlsen	1:41.85	DNF	–	DNF	–
Lasse Kjus	1:38.97	47.72	53.11	3:19.80	5
Kjetil André Aamodt	1:38.79	46.88	51.89	3:17.56

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Ingeborg Helen Marken	Downhill			1:41.08	13
Ingeborg Helen Marken	Super-G			DNF	–
Stine Hofgaard Nilsen	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Andrine Flemmen		DNF	–	DNF	–
Trine Bakke-Rognmo	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Hedda Berntsen		DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km sprint	Egil Gjelland	1	26:42.5	24
	Halvard Hanevold	0	26:12.5	13
	Frode Andresen	2	25:51.5	8
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	24:51.3
12.5 km pursuit 2	Egil Gjelland	1	34:16.9	15
	Frode Andresen	5	34:14.5	14
	Halvard Hanevold	2	33:59.6	8
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	2	32:34.6

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 3	Rank
20 km	Egil Gjelland	52:16.1	2	54:16.1	16
	Frode Andresen	49:39.1	3	52:39.1	7
	Halvard Hanevold	52:16.3	0	52:16.3	5
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	49:03.3	2	51:03.3

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Halvard Hanevold Frode Andresen Egil Gjelland Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	1'23:42.3

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km sprint	Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen	4	24:12.7	53
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	3	23:14.2	38
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	1	22:19.7	16
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée	1	21:24.1	4
10 km pursuit 4	Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen	4	36:13.9	40
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	6	35:56.6	39
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	2	32:56.8	16
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée	4	31:18.3	4

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 3	Rank
15 km	Linda Tjørhom	48:34.0	4	52:34.0	39
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	48:42.9	3	51:42.9	30
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	47:51.1	3	50:51.1	22
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée	46:37.0	1	47:37.0

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Ann Elen Skjelbreid Linda Tjørhom Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée	0	1'28:25.6

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² Starting delay based on 10 km sprint results.

³ One minute added per missed target.

⁴ Starting delay based on 7.5 km sprint results.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arnfinn Kristiansen Bjarne Røyland	Two-man	48.34	19	48.21	17	48.46	21	48.17	13	3:13.18	20

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arnfinn Kristiansen Ole Christian Strømberg Bjarne Røyland Mariusz Musial	Four-man	47.02	11	47.18	16	47.84	18	DNF	–	DNF	–

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Trond Einar Elden	2:53.31	12 Q	2:58.1	4	did not advance
Tor-Arne Hetland	2:51.19	6 Q	2:57.2	1 Q	2:59.9	2 Q	2:56.9
Trond Iversen	2:51.09	4 Q	2:56.8	2 Q	3:10.5	3 QB	2:56.6	6
Håvard Bjerkeli	2:50.07	1 Q	3:05.8	4	did not advance

Pursuit

Athlete	10 km C		10 km F pursuit1
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Thomas Alsgaard	26:56.4	15 Q	23:41.9
Kristen Skjeldal	26:55.5	13 Q	24:50.6	22
Anders Aukland	26:27.6	2 Q	24:03.8	7
Frode Estil	26:20.4	1 Q	23:41.9

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km C	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	39:31.4	20
	Erling Jevne	38:13.6	6
	Anders Aukland	38:08.3	4
	Frode Estil	37:43.4
30 km F	Tor-Arne Hetland	1'18:28.5	49
	Thomas Alsgaard	1'13:30.2	12
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1'11:44.5	5
	Kristen Skjeldal	1'11:42.7
50 km C	Erling Jevne	2'12:06.6	10
	Frode Estil	2'10:44.8	9
	Anders Aukland	2'10:05.7	7
	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	2'08:41.5

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Anders Aukland Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Thomas Alsgaard	1'32:45.5

Women

Sprint

Athlete	Qualifying round		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Vibeke Skofterud	3:20.21	21	did not advance
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	3:19.79	19	did not advance
Maj Helen Sorkmo	3:17.10	11 Q	3:44.2	3 ADV	3:19.4	3 QB	3:25.5	6
Anita Moen	3:14.13	4 Q	3:15.9	2 Q	3:23.8	1 Q	3:12.7

Pursuit

Athlete	5 km C		5 km F pursuit2
	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Vibeke Skofterud	14:12.3	34 Q	13:28.5	28
Tina Bay	13:53.7	20 Q	13:24.5	26
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	13:44.7	13 Q	13:07.8	14
Bente Skari-Martinsen	13:11.7	2 Q	12:16.0	6

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Tina Bay	30:16.3	25
	Anita Moen	29:15.5	9
	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	28:56.2	6
	Bente Skari	28:05.6
15 km F	Maj Helen Sorkmo	DNF	–
	Marit Bjørgen	47:07.4	50
	Vibeke Skofterud	42:50.9	28
	Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen	41:47.8	14
30 km C	Marit Bjørgen	1'37:02.6	14
	Vibeke Skofterud	1'35:02.3	8
	Anita Moen	1'31:37.3	4
	Bente Skari	1'31:36.3

² Starting delay based on 5 km C. results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Anita Moen	49:31.9

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kevin Martin	8	1
Norway	Pål Trulsen	7	2
Switzerland	Andreas Schwaller	6	3
Sweden	Peja Lindholm	6	3
Finland	Markku Uusipaavalniemi	5	4
Germany	Sebastian Stock	4	5
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	3	6
Great Britain	Hammy McMillan	3	6
United States	Tim Somerville	3	6
France	Dominique Dupont-Roc	0	9

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Norway	4–5	Switzerland
France	2–9	Norway
United Kingdom	6–7	Norway
Norway	6–5	United States
Norway	9–4	Denmark
Finland	5–6	Norway
Norway	10–5	Germany
Canada	9–4	Norway
Sweden	8–9	Norway

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Norway (Trulsen)	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	7
Switzerland (Schwaller)	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	6

Gold medal game

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Canada (Martin)	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	5
Norway (Trulsen)	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	1	6

Contestants

Norway
Stabekk CC, Oslo Skip: Pål Trulsen Third: Lars Vågberg Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Bent Ånund Ramsfjell Alternate: Torger Nergård

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
Canada	Kelley Law	8	1
Switzerland	Luzia Ebnöther	7	2
United States	Kari Erickson	6	3
Great Britain	Rhona Martin	5	4
Germany	Natalie Neßler	5	4
Sweden	Elisabet Gustafson	5	4
Norway 7th	Dordi Nordby	4	5
Japan	Akiko Katoh	2	7
Denmark	Lene Bidstrup	2	7
Russia	Olga Jarkova	1	8

Team 1	Score	Team 2
United Kingdom	10–6	Norway
Canada	6–5	Norway
Norway	5–7	Switzerland
Germany	5–10	Norway
Sweden	10–3	Norway
Norway	5–4	Russia
Japan	5–8	Norway
Norway	9–4	Denmark
Norway	2–11	United States

Contestants

Norway
Snarøen CC, Oslo Skip: Dordi Nordby Third: Hanne Woods Second: Marianne Haslum Lead: Camilla Holth Alternate: Kristin Løvseth

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Ingrid Berntsen	Moguls	38.32	22.28	17	did not advance
Kari Traa		36.67	25.11	1 Q	34.48	25.94
Hilde Synnøve Lid	Aerials		148.82	16	did not advance

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's sprint

Events:

• large hill ski jumping
• 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Jan Rune Grave	94.3	33	18:33.2	26
Preben Fjære Brynemo	96.8	30	18:35.5	30
Kristian Hammer	98.3	29	18:21.0	20
Sverre Rotevatn	100.0	28	17:54.4	13

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
	Points	Rank
Sverre Rotevatn	189.5	41	45:24.6	36
Jan Rune Grave	207.0	35	44:18.5	24
Preben Fjære Brynemo	212.0	30	43:50.3	22
Kristian Hammer	221.5	22	41:40.8	8

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
Sverre Rotevatn Kristian Hammer Jan Rune Grave Preben Fjære Brynemo	791.5	10	51:22.1	5

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Snorre Pedersen	52.07	17	51.70	12	1:43.77	14

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualifying jump			Final jump 1			Final jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Roar Ljøkelsøy	Normal hill	87.5	109.0	21 Q	91.5	119.0	11 Q	90.0	114.5	233.5	18
Lars Bystøl		88.0	109.5	20 Q	88.5	110.5	30 Q	86.5	104.5	215.0	31
Tommy Ingebrigtsen		89.0	110.5	18 Q	91.5	116.5	20 Q	91.0	115.5	232.0	20
Anders Bardal		91.0	116.0	9 Q	91.0	116.5	20 Q	89.0	110.5	227.0	27
Lars Bystøl	Large hill	107.5	88.5	30 Q	113.0	99.4	38	did not advance
Roar Ljøkelsøy		111.0	96.8	23 Q	116.5	107.2	32	did not advance
Tommy Ingebrigtsen		112.0	97.6	20 Q	119.0	110.7	25	112.0	97.1	207.8	26
Anders Bardal		112.5	99.5	16 Q	118.5	110.3	27 Q	114.5	102.6	212.9	25

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Tommy Ingebrigtsen Lars Bystøl Anders Bardal Roar Ljøkelsøy	790.8	9

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kim Christiansen	23.3	24	37.0	8	did not advance
Halvor Skramstad Lunn	30.0	18	21.7	25	did not advance
Daniel Franck	39.9	3 QF			37.4	10

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stine Brun Kjeldaas	27.1	11	30.9	7	did not advance
Lisa Wiik	33.1	6 QF			28.9	10
Kjersti Buaas	38.7	2 QF			37.3	4

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Grunde Njøs	1:37.67	37	35.90	30	133.57	35
1000 m	Grunde Njøs					1:11.31	39
	Petter Andersen					1:10.14	28
	Ådne Søndrål					1:08.64	11
1500 m	Eskil Ervik					1:49.24	35
	Petter Andersen					1:47.21	20
	Ådne Søndrål					1:45.26
5000 m	Stian Bjørge					6:36.04	26
	Eskil Ervik					6:32.80	21
	Lasse Sætre					6:25.92	10
10,000 m	Kjell Storelid					13:27.24	8
	Lasse Sætre					13:16.92