Norway at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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]

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
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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	Jens Lasse Dokkan	Equestrian	individual
Bronze	Jens Lasse Dokkan, Mariette Garborg, Ann Cathrin Lubbe, Sigrid Rui	Equestrian	team
Bronze	Tommy Urhaug	Table tennis	individual
Bronze	Mariann Vestbøstad	Swimming	individual

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

^[2] 1 competitor:

Men

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

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

^[3] 2 competitors:

Men

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

Women

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

Boccia

Main article: Boccia at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

^[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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Nørsterud	Mixed individual - BC2	Wong (HKG) W 6–1	Goncalves (POR) L 2–5	Martin (ESP) L 0–10	N/A	did not advance
Elisabeth Wilhelmsen	Mixed individual - BC2	Kwok (HKG) L 0–15	Toon (NZL) L 0–21	Morriss (NZL) L 1–10	N/A	did not advance
Roger Aandalen	Mixed individual - BC1	Marques (POR) L 3–11	Sanders (NZL) W 5–2	Smith (GBR) L 1–6	Moran (IRL) L 2–4	did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
John Nørsterud, Elisabeth Wilhelmsen, 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

Main article: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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

Track

Men

Pursuits

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

Time Trials

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

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Morten Jahr	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

Main article: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

^[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
		Individual freestyle test - grade IV	75.046
Sigrid Rui[10]	Nanof	Individual championship test - grade IV	60,064	10
		Individual freestyle test - grade IV	69.498	4
Mariette Garborg	Luthar	Individual championship test - grade II	64.182	10
		Individual freestyle test - grade II	63.554	12
Silje Gillund	Dundee Klint	Individual championship test - grade III	58.720	9
		Individual freestyle test - grade III	61.056	11
Jens Lasse Dokkan	Lacour	Individual championship test - grade Ib	68.857
		Individual freestyle test - grade Ib	65.555	5

Team

Athletes	Horses	Event	Team Test			Championship Test			Total	Rank
			Result	Team Total	Rank	Result	Team Total	Rank
Jens Lasse Dokkan, Mariette Garborg, Ann Cathrin Lubbe, Sigrid Rui	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

Main article: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

^[8] 4 competitors:

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Bjørnar Erikstad	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

Main article: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

1 competitor:

Women

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

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

^[12] 5 competitors:

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Stian Helgeland	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
	Women's 100 m freestyle - S8	1:11.68	3 Q	1:11.88	5
Marianne Mæland	Women's 100 m breaststroke - SB6	2:10.55	6	did not advance
Jørgen Tadvin	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

Main article: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

^[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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolf Erik Paulsen	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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Rolf Erik Paulsen, Tommy Urhaug	Team Class 4/5	N/A				Serbia (SRB) W 3-0	China (CHN) L 1-3	France (FRA) L 0-3	4

See also

• 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Norway at the Paralympics
• Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics