Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	85
Flag bearer	Ruth Kasirye
Medals Rank: 22	Gold 3	Silver 5	Bronze 1	Total 9
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Norway competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

On 10 June, the NOC selected 50 athletes for the Olympic Games. A week later, a further eight athletes were added. More selections were made on 17 June, 1 July, 14 July (a handball squad) and 17 July. A total of 85 participants were selected for the Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Andreas Thorkildsen	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
1 Gold	Norway women's national handball team	Handball	Women's tournament
1 Gold	Olaf Tufte	Rowing	Men's single sculls
2 Silver	Nina Solheim	Taekwondo	Woman's +67 kg
2 Silver	Alexander Dale Oen	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke
2 Silver	Tore Brovold	Shooting	Men's skeet
2 Silver	Kjersti Plätzer	Athletics	Women's 20 km race walk
2 Silver	Eirik Verås Larsen	Canoeing	K1 1000 m
3 Bronze	Sara Nordenstam	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	100 m hurdles		High jump		Shot put		200 m		Long jump		Javelin		800 m		Total
		Time	Points	Result	Points	Result	Points	Time	Points	Result	Points	Result	Points	Time	Points	Points	Rank
Ida Marcussen	Heptathlon	14.07	968	1.71	867	12.97	725	25.02	885	6.06	868	47.37	809	2:14.96	893	6015	21st

Track and road events

Event	Athletes	Heat round 1		Heat round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
100 m	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	10.37	25 Q	10.14	15	Did not advance
200 m	Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	20.54	Q	20.45	Q	Did not start
20 km walk	Erik Tysse							1:22:43	21
50 km walk	Erik Tysse							3:45:21	5
	Trond Nymark							Did not finish
100 m	Ezinne Okparaebo	11.32	Q	11.45		Did not advance
100 m hurdles	Christina Vukicevic	13.05		Did not advance
20 km walk	Kjersti Plätzer							1:27:07
Marathon	Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu							2:34:35	34

Field events

Event	Athletes	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Javelin throw	Andreas Thorkildsen	79.85	9	90.57 OR

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eirik Verås Larsen	K-1 500 m	1:36.439	2. in heat	1:41.927	2. in heat	1:37.949	4
	K-1 1000 m	3:29.043	1. in heat			3:27.342

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Time	Rank
Sebastian Kartfjord	Individual	38.688	30	19	28	Did not advance

Mountain biking

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lene Byberg	Cross-country	1:53:19	13
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå	Cross-country	Did not finish

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kurt Asle Arvesen	Road race	6:26:17 (+2:28)	32
Edvald Boasson Hagen	Road race	6:36:48 (+12:59)	71
Lars Petter Nordhaug	Road race	Did not finish
Gabriel Rasch	Road race	Did not finish

On 1 August, Thor Hushovd announced his withdrawal due to an illness, and was replaced by Nordhaug.

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Anita Valen de Vries	Road race	3:33:17 (+53)	26

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

The reserve was Christian Anfinnsen Øien, riding Coulthard 2.

Individual Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Ind. round 1		Ind. round 2			Ind. round 3			Final
											Round A		Round B		Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Morten Djupvik	Casino	Individual	1	14	12	13	33	4	17	23 Q	4	11	4	7	8	10
Stein Endresen	Le Beau	Individual	0	1	4	4	8	12	16	18 Q	0	1	16	18	16	16
Geir Gulliksen	L´Espoir	Individual	13	65	12	25	51	Did not advance
Tony André Hansen	Camiro 19	Individual	1	14	1	2	4	1	3	1 Q	Withdrawn

Team jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Team final 1		Team final 2
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total penalties	Rank
From: Morten Djupvik Stein Endresen Geir Gulliksen Tony André Hansen	as above	Team	4 12 12 DQ	10	Did not advance

Tony André Hansen's horse Camiro tested positive for the pain relieving medication capsaicin, a banned substance. Hansen was later disqualified. Without Hansen's score, the team was below the threshold to advance to round 2 of the finals. Therefore, the bronze medal was stripped and awarded to the team from Switzerland.

Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Sturla Torkildsen	Individual épée	Wolfgang Mejías (VEN) W 12-11	Matteo Tagliariol (ITA) L 10-15	Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• The men's Under-21 team failed to qualify after drawing with Bosnia-Herzegovina and losing to Armenia in the first qualifying stage.
• The women's team qualified due to their semi-final placing in the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup. The squad:

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Erika Skarbø 12 June 1987 4 Arna-Bjørnar Fotball 2 2DF Ane Stangeland Horpestad 2 June 1980 97 Klepp IL 3 2DF Gunhild Følstad 3 November 1981 66 Trondheims-Ørn SK 4 3MF Ingvild Stensland 3 August 1981 65 Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC 5 2DF Siri Nordby 4 August 1978 36 Røa IL 6 3MF Marie Knutsen 31 August 1982 45 Røa IL 7 2DF Trine Rønning 14 June 1982 81 Kolbotn Fotball 8 4FW Solveig Gulbrandsen 12 January 1981 118 Kolbotn Fotball 9 4FW Isabell Herlovsen 23 June 1988 33 Kolbotn Fotball 10 4FW Melissa Wiik 7 February 1985 30 Asker SK 11 4FW Leni Larsen Kaurin 21 March 1981 41 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 12 2DF Marit Fiane Christensen 11 December 1980 54 Røa IL 13 3MF Lene Storløkken 20 June 1981 31 Team Strømmen FK 14 4FW Guro Knutsen 10 January 1985 5 Røa IL 15 2DF Marita Skammelsrud Lund 29 January 1989 4 Team Strømmen FK 16 4FW Elise Thorsnes 14 August 1988 15 Arna-Bjørnar Fotball 17 4FW Lene Mykjåland 20 February 1987 15 Røa IL 18 1GK Christine Colombo Nilsen 30 April 1982 5 Kolbotn Fotball

Preliminaries

2008-08-06 19:45	Norway	2 – 0	United States	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao Attendance: 17,673 Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)
	Kaurin  2' Wiik  4'	Report

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2008-08-09 19:45	New Zealand	0 - 1	Norway	Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Centre Stadium, Qinhuangdao
			Wiik  7'

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2008-08-12 19:45	Norway	1 - 5	Japan	Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Quarterfinal

2008-08-15 18:00	Brazil	2 – 1	Norway	Tianjin Olympic Centre Stadium, Tianjin Attendance: 26,174 Referee: Kari Seitz (USA)
	Daniela  43' Marta  57'	Report	Nordby  83' (pen.)

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• The women's team qualified due to winning the European Championships. The squad:

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Kari Aalvik Grimsbø 4 January 1985 26 Byåsen IL 3 Katja Nyberg 24 August 1979 91 Ikast-Bording EH 4 Ragnhild Aamodt 9 September 1980 107 Ikast-Bording EH 5 Gøril Snorroeggen 15 February 1985 56 Byåsen IL 6 Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk 11 September 1978 203 Nordstrand IF 7 Tonje Nøstvold 7 May 1985 69 Ikast-Bording EH 8 Karoline Dyhre Breivang 10 May 1980 143 Larvik HK 9 Kristine Lunde 30 March 1980 106 Viborg HK 10 Gro Hammerseng 10 April 1980 137 Ikast-Bording EH 11 Kari Mette Johansen 11 January 1979 99 Larvik HK 13 Marit Malm Frafjord 25 November 1985 49 Byåsen IL 14 Tonje Larsen 26 January 1975 216 Larvik HK 16 1GK Katrine Lunde Haraldsen 30 March 1980 107 Viborg HK 18 Linn Kristin Riegelhuth 1 August 1984 101 Larvik HK

Preliminaries

August 9 19:00	Norway	30–23	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Hammerseng 7	(report)	Li W 8

August 11 14:00	Angola	17–31	Norway	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liu S (CHN), Liu F (CHN)
	De Almeida 5	(report)	Riegelhuth 6

August 13 19:00	Norway	35–19	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Lybekk, Nyberg 5	(report)	Vassilyeva 6

August 15 19:00	France	24–34	Norway	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)
	Baudoin 6	(report)	Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6

August 17 14:00	Norway	24–23	Romania	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	114	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	-13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	-7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	-28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	-38	1

Quarterfinal

19 August 12:00	Norway	31–24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum (POL), Goralczyk (POL)
	Larsen, Lybekk 6	(report)	Torstenson 6

Semifinal

21 August 18:00	Norway	29–28	South Korea	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)
	Hammerseng, Johansen 6	(report)	Moon 9

Gold medal match

23 August 15:45	Norway	34–27	Russia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)
	Riegelhuth 9	(report)	Bliznova 6

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olaf Tufte	Single sculls	7:20.20	1 Q	6:53.59	1 Q	6:58.23	2 Q	6.5983

Sailing

Main articles: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Kristian Ruth	Laser	10	11	17	10	3	8	13	21	38	CAN	16	109	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Jannicke Stålstrøm	Sailboard	7	DSQ	2	12	9	10	15	13	21	18		117	15
Cathrine Gjerpen	Laser Radial	26	27	24	27	23	28	23	27	25	CAN		202	28
Lise Birgitte Frederiksen Alexandra Koefoed Siren Sundby	Yngling	12	13	5	1	3	13	12	11	CAN	CAN	7	71.0	10

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M
Peer Moberg	Finn	23	DSQ	11	19	22	1	DSQ	4									107	19
Frode Bovim Christopher Gundersen	49er	11	13	18	7	10	8	14	11	13	19	12	11	CAN	CAN	CAN		128.0	13

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Vebjørn Berg	10 m air rifle	592	22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	3 Q	699.1	4
	50 m rifle three positions	1172	5 Q	1266.5	8
Are Hansen	10 m air rifle	592	19	Did not advance
Espen Berg-Knutsen	50 m rifle prone	594	11	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	1160	30	Did not advance
Tore Brovold	Skeet	120	2 Q	145 (+3)
Harald Jensen	Skeet	118	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	10 m air rifle	391	34	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	575	27	Did not advance
Kristina Vestveit	10 m air rifle	395	14	Did not advance
	50 m rifle three positions	573	29	Did not advance

The Norwegian Shooting Federation had suggested selecting Ingrid Stubsjøen for the team, but the Norwegian National Olympic Committee selected Vestveit instead after good performances in the final World Cup event of the 2008 season.

Swimming

Alexander Dale Oen won Norway's first ever swimming medal at the Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alexander Dale Oen	100 m breaststroke	59.41 OR	1 Q	59.16 OR	1 Q	59.20
	200 m breaststroke	2.11.30	17	Did not advance
Gard Kvale	200 m freestyle	1:48.73 NR	27	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:50.47	26			Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2.01.52 NR	25	Did not advance
Sara Nordenstam	200 m breaststroke	2.24.47 NR	4 Q	2:23.79 ER	4 Q	2:23.02 ER
	200 m individual medley	2:15.13 NR	23	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:40.28 NR	18			Did not advance
Ingvild Snildal	100 m butterfly	59.86 NR	27	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2.14.53	33	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Nina Solheim	+67 kg	Noha Abd Rabo (EGY) W 9 - 3	Che Chew Chan (MAS) W 3 - 1	Natália Falavigna (BRA) W (SUP) 2 - 2			Maria Espinoza (MEX) L 1 - 3

Volleyball

Beach

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Kjemperud-Skarlund

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
1	Jørre Kjemperud	31 August 1968(1968-08-31) (age 39)	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)	335	320
2	Tarjei Skarlund	6 November 1978(1978-11-06) (age 29)	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)	335	315

Team	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Kjemperud - Skarlund Seed 18	Doubles	Klemperer - Koreng (GER) L 1-2 (21:19, 20-22, 7:15)  Nummerdor - Schuil (NED) L 1:2 (21:13, 15:21, 9-15)  Laciga M. - Schnider (SUI) L 0-2 (17:21, 13-21)	Pool E 4	Did not advance				19

Women

Hakedal-Tørlen

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
1	Nila Håkedal	13 June 1979(1979-06-13) (age 29)	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)	-	-
2	Ingrid Tørlen	21 July 1979(1979-07-21) (age 29)	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)	-	-

Maaseide-Glesnes

#	Name	Date of birth	Height	Spike	Block
1	Kathrine Maaseide	18 December 1976(1976-12-18) (age 31)	182 cm (6 ft 0 in)	-	-
2	Susanne Glesnes	1 December 1974(1974-12-01) (age 33)	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)	-	-

Team	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Håkedal - Tørlen Seed 11	Doubles	F. Grasset - L. Peraza (CUB) L 0-2 (20:22. 19:21)  Teru Saiki - Kusuhara (JPN) W 2-0 (21:8. 21:18)  Walsh - May-Treanor (USA) L 0-2 (12:21. 15:21) Lucky Loser:  Candelas - Garcia (MEX) W 2-1 (20:22 21:12 15:11)	Pool A 3	Tian Jia - Wang (CHN) L 0-2 (13:21. 15:21)	Did not advance			9
Glesnes - Maaseide Seed 12	Doubles	Van Breedam - Mouha (BEL) W 2-0 (24:22. 21:18)  Kuhn - Schwer (SUI) W 2-0 (21:11 21:17)  Tian Jia - Wang (CHN) L 1-2 (21:17 14:21 8:15)	Pool B 2	Talita - Renata (BRA) L 1-2 (21:12 19:21 13:15)	Did not advance			9

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ruth Kasirye	-63 kg	103 kg	4	121 kg	8	224 kg	7

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Stig Andre Berge	−60 kg		Nurbakyt Tengizbayev 0-2 (0-3, 0-3)	Did not advance				Did not advance

See also

• Norway at the 2008 Summer Paralympics