Norway at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Norway competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Norway at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	NOR
NPC	Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Paris, 2024 August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	13 in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Salum Ageze Kashafali Ida Nesse
Medals Ranked 54th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 7
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Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Paralympics medal table

The following Norwegian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Tommy Urhaug Table tennis Men's individual – Class 5 3 September  Silver Salum Kashafali Athletics Men's 100 metres T13 1 September  Silver Birgit Skarstein Rowing Women's PR1 1 September  Silver Aida Dahlen Table tennis Women's Individual Class 8 7 September  Bronze Aida Dahlen Merethe Tveiten Table tennis Women's doubles WD14 29 August  Bronze Helle Sofie Sagøy Badminton Women's singles SL4 2 September  Bronze Fredrik Solberg Swimming Men's 50 metre freestyle S9 2 September

Medals by sport Sport Total Table tennis 1 1 1 3 Athletics 0 1 0 1 Rowing 0 1 0 1 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Total 1 3 3 7 Medals by day Day Date Total 1 29 August 0 0 1 1 2 30 August 0 0 0 0 3 31 August 0 0 0 0 4 1 September 0 2 0 2 5 2 September 0 0 2 2 6 3 September 1 0 0 1 7 4 September 0 0 0 0 8 5 September 0 0 0 0 9 6 September 0 0 0 0 10 7 September 0 1 0 1 11 8 September 0 0 0 0 Total 1 3 3 7 Medals by gender Gender Total Male 1 1 1 3 Female 0 2 2 4 Total 1 3 3 7

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Badminton	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	4
Rowing	0	1	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	2	3
Total	4	5	13

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Norwegian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• DQ = Disqualified
• PR = Paralympic Record
• AR = Area (or continental) Record
• NR = National Record
• SB = Season's Best
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Salum Ageze Kashafali	100 m T13	10.47	2	10.57
Vegard Sverd		11.20	9	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Vegard Sverd	Long jump T13	NM	-

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Ida Yessica Nesse	Discus throw F64	32.73	9

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Norway has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Helle Sofie Sagøy	Women's singles SL4

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Norway entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[1]

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Norway entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, as one of the top two teams, not yet qualified, through final world para dressage rankings.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
			Score	Rank
Christina Marcussen	Zorro Hoejris	Individual championship test grade V
		Individual freestyle test grade V
Anita Hennie Johnnsen	Lindegaard Lucky	Individual championship test grade IV
		Individual freestyle test grade IV
Kirsten Kristine Vik	Bonfire	Individual championship test grade V
		Individual freestyle test grade V
Jens Lasse Dokkan	Aladdin	Individual championship test grade I
		Individual freestyle test grade I

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
			TT	Score	Rank
Christina Marcussen	See above	Team
Anita Hennie Johnnsen
Kirsten Kristine Vik
Jens Lasse Dokkan

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Norwegian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Birgit Skarstein	PR1 women's single sculls	10:13.55	2 R	10:40.46	1 FA

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Norway secured one quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fredrik Solberg	Men's 50 m freestyle S9	25.26	2	25.33

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Paralympics – Qualification

Norway secure three singles spot for the Paralympic games. Aida Dahlen qualified for the games by virtue of her gold medal results, through the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain;^[2] meanwhile the other athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tommy Urhaug	Men's individual C5
Nora Korneliussen	Women's individual C7
Aida Dahlen	Women's individual C8
Aida Husic Dahl Merethe Tveiten	Women's doubles WD14	Elsayed / Hammad (EGY) W 3–0

See also

• Norway at the 2024 Summer Olympics
• Norway at the Paralympics