Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Vancouver
Competitors	99 in 11 sports
Flag bearers	Tommy Jakobsen (opening); Petter Northug (closing)
Medals; Ranked 4th	Gold 9 Silver 8 Bronze 6 Total 23
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Norway participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Norway sent 99 competitors to the games^[2] and ended up with the fourth largest number of gold medals among participating nations.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	17 February
Gold	Tora Berger	Biathlon	Women's individual	18 February
Gold	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Biathlon	Men's individual	18 February
Gold	Aksel Lund Svindal	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	19 February
Gold	Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 km pursuit	19 February
Gold	Øystein Pettersen Petter Northug	Cross-country skiing	Men's team sprint	22 February
Gold	Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay	25 February
Gold	Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's relay	26 February
Gold	Petter Northug	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km classical	28 February
Silver	Emil Hegle Svendsen	Biathlon	Men's sprint	14 February
Silver	Aksel Lund Svindal	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	15 February
Silver	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's individual	18 February
Silver	Kjetil Jansrud	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	23 February
Silver	Hedda Berntsen	Freestyle skiing	Women's ski cross	23 February
Silver	Martin Johnsrud Sundby Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Petter Northug	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay	24 February
Silver	Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 km classical	27 February
Silver	Thomas Ulsrud Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Løvold	Curling	Men's tournament	27 February
Bronze	Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km freestyle	15 February
Bronze	Petter Northug	Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint	17 February
Bronze	Håvard Bøkko	Speed skating	Men's 1500 m	20 February
Bronze	Audun Grønvold	Freestyle skiing	Men's ski cross	21 February
Bronze	Anders Bardal Tom Hilde Johan Remen Evensen Anders Jacobsen	Ski jumping	Large hill team	22 February
Bronze	Aksel Lund Svindal	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	23 February

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cross-country skiing	5	2	2	9
Biathlon	3	2	0	5
Alpine skiing	1	2	1	4
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1	2
Ski jumping	0	0	1	1
Speed skating	0	0	1	1
Curling	0	1	0	1
Total	9	8	6	23

Alpine skiing

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Leif Kristian Haugen	Men's giant slalom	1:19.58	1:22.20	2:41.78	28
Leif Kristian Haugen	Men's slalom	Did not finish
Kjetil Jansrud	Men's downhill			1:56.69	31
	Men's super-G			1:31.21	12
	Men's combined	1:55.44	51.06	2:46.50	9
	Men's giant slalom	1:18.07	1:20.15	2:38.22
	Men's slalom	49.54	49.54	1:41.57	17
Truls Ove Karlsen	Men's downhill			1:59.52	46
	Men's super-G			Did not finish
	Men's combined	1:57.32	51.99	2:49.31	22
	Men's giant slalom	1:18.93	1:21.27	2:40.20	21
	Men's slalom	Did not finish
Mona Løseth	Women's combined	1:27.72	44.96	2:12.68	13
	Women's super-G			1:23.97	21
	Women's giant slalom	Did not finish
	Women's slalom	54.53	Did not finish
Lars Elton Myhre	Men's downhill			1:56.69	31
	Men's super-G			1:32.36	25
	Men's combined	1:55.44	Did not finish
	Men's slalom	Did not finish
Aksel Lund Svindal	Men's downhill			1:54.38
	Men's super-G			1:30.34
	Men's combined	1:53.15	Did not finish
	Men's giant slalom	1:17.43	1:21.01	2:38.44

Note: In the super combined, run 1 is the downhill, and run 2 is the slalom.

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sprint	25:48.9	4	17
	Pursuit	34:29.8	2	7
	Individual	48:32.0	2
	Mass start	37:46.5	7	27
Tarjei Bø	Individual	51:51.5	3	21
Lars Berger	Sprint	26:53.0	4	46
Lars Berger	Pursuit	35:37.2	2	23
Halvard Hanevold	Sprint	26:07.7	1	24
	Pursuit	35:13.1	2	17
	Mass start	36:56.6	3	19
Alexander Os	Individual	52:19.8	3	28
Emil Hegle Svendsen	Sprint	24:20.0	1
	Pursuit	34:30.4	4	8
	Individual	48:22.5	1
	Mass start	36:20.7	3	13
Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Relay	1:21:38.1	0+1 0+2 0+2 0+2

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Liv Kjersti Eikeland	Sprint	22:51.9	4	70
Liv Kjersti Eikeland	Individual	48:00.7	5	70
Ann Kristin Flatland	Sprint	20:29.7	1	10
	Pursuit	31:33.3	1	8
	Individual	43:06.4	2	14
	Mass start	36:16.0	4	11
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen	Sprint	22:41.0	5	66
Solveig Rogstad	Individual	46:55.1	4	61
Tora Berger	Sprint	21:42.1	2	33
	Pursuit	31:07.2	0	5
	Individual	40:52.8	1
	Mass start	36:58.3	4	18
Liv Kjersti Eikeland Ann Kristin Flatland Solveig Rogstad Tora Berger	Relay	1:10:34.1	0+2 0+0 0+0 0+1	4

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Petter Northug	15 km freestyle	35:39.5	41
	30 km pursuit	1:15:53.1	11
	50 km classical	2:05.35.5
Ronny Hafsås	15 km freestyle	35:41.8	42
Martin Johnsrud Sundby	15 km freestyle	35:26.3	33
	30 km pursuit	1:17:05.5	17
	50 km classical	2:05.57.7	15
Eldar Rønning	30 km pursuit	1:21:14.1	36
Tord Asle Gjerdalen	15 km freestyle	35:10.5	28
Tord Asle Gjerdalen	30 km pursuit	1:17:04.5	19
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	50 km classical	2:06.08.3	17
Jens Arne Svartedal	50 km classical	2:07.32.5	23
Martin Johnsrud Sundby Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Petter Northug	4 x 10 km relay	1:45:21.3

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petter Northug	Sprint	3:37.09	6 Q	3:34.5	1 Q	3:36.7	2 Q	3:45.5
Ola Vigen Hattestad	Sprint	3:36.43	3 Q	3:37.8	1 Q	3:36.5	1 Q	3:50.0	4
Øystein Pettersen	Sprint	3:37.34	7 Q	3:36.9	1 Q	3:34.4	2 Q	4:56.2	6
Johan Kjølstad	Sprint	3:36.65	5 Q	3:35.3	3 q	3:35.9	5	DNQ	7
Jens Arne Svartedal
Øystein Pettersen Petter Northug	Team sprint					18:48.5	2 Q	19:01.0

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marit Bjørgen	10 km freestyle	25:14.3
	15 km pursuit	39:58.1
	30 km classical	1:30.34.0
Kristin Størmer Steira	10 km freestyle	25:50.5	8
	15 km pursuit	40:07.5	4
	30 km classical	1:32.04.4	8
Vibeke Skofterud	10 km freestyle	26:16.3	22
Vibeke Skofterud	15 km pursuit	Did not finish
Marthe Kristoffersen	10 km freestyle	27:38.4	49
Marthe Kristoffersen	30 km classical	1:34.31.5	21
Therese Johaug	15 km pursuit	40:50.0	6
Therese Johaug	30 km classical	1:32.01.3	7
Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	4 x 5 km relay	55:19.5

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marit Bjørgen	Sprint	3:38.05	1 Q	3:35.4	1 Q	3:39.3	1 Q	3:39.2
Celine Brun-Lie	Sprint	3:44.71	8 Q	3:39.7	3 q	3:40.1	3 q	3:51.5	6
Maiken Caspersen Falla	Sprint	3:50.23	28 Q	3:41.6	4	Did not qualify			18
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	Sprint	3:45.01	11 Q	3:39.0	2 Q	3:44.2	3	DNQ	7
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Celine Brun-Lie	Team sprint					18:47.2	2 Q	18:32.8	5

Curling

Team: Thomas Ulsrud (skip), Torger Nergaard, Håvard Vad Petersson, Christoffer Svae, Thomas Løvold (alternate).

Much attention was paid to the team's pants, in the international media and on social media networks. The men wore pants with a red, white and blue diamond pattern from Loudmouth Golf. The pants were picked for the team by second Chris Svae.^[3]^[4]

Summary

Team	Event	Group Stage										Tiebreaker	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Torger Nergård Håvard Vad Petersson Christoffer Svae Thomas Ulsrud Thomas Løvold	Men's tournament	CAN L 6–7	USA W 6–5	GER W 7–4	SUI W 7–4	CHN W 7–5	DEN W 6–3	SWE L 8–7	FRA W 9–2	GBR W 9–5	2 Q	BYE	SUI W 7–5	CAN L 3–6

Men's tournament

Standings

Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling standings

Round-robin

Norway had a bye in draws 3, 8 and 11.

Draw 1

Tuesday, 16 February, 09:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 1 sheet B

Draw 2

Tuesday, 16 February, 19:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 2 sheet D

Draw 4

Thursday, 18 February, 09:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 4 sheet B

Draw 5

Thursday, 18 February, 19:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 5 sheet C

Draw 6

Friday, 19 February, 14:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 6 sheet D

Draw 7

Saturday, 20 February, 09:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 7 sheet A

Draw 9

Sunday, 21 February, 14:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 9 sheet B

Draw 10

Monday, 22 February, 09:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 10 sheet A

Draw 12

Tuesday, 23 February, 14:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling draw 12 sheet C

Semifinal

Thursday, 25 February, 14:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling semifinal 2

Gold medal game

Saturday, 27 February, 15:00 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's curling gold medal game

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Audun Grønvold	Men's ski cross	1:13.23	5 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	3
Anders Rekdal	Men's ski cross	1:14.17	17 Q	DNF	Did not advance			22

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Hedda Berntsen	Women's ski cross	1:17.96	5 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	2
Marte Høie Gjefsen	Women's ski cross	1:19.30	12 Q	2 Q	3	Did not advance
Julie Jensen	Women's ski cross	1:20.23	18 Q	1 Q	2 Q	4	Small final 4	8
Gro Kvinlog	Women's ski cross	1:21.93	27 Q	3	Did not advance

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2010 Winter Olympics Norway men's ice hockey team roster

Group play

Norway played in Group A.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8). Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game A2 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game A3 Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game A5

Standings

Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey group A standings

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

Template:2010 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game D4

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Mikko Kokslien	Normal hill/10 km	101.5	42	+2:16	27:39.2 +1:52.1	32
Magnus Moan	Normal hill/10 km	104.0	40	+2:06	26:22.7 +35.6	9
Jan Schmid	Normal hill/10 km	110.0	33	+1:42	27:10.6 +1:22.5	23
Petter Tande	Normal hill/10 km	116.0	22	+1:18	26:47.2 +1:00.1	17
Ole Christian Wendel
Espen Rian Magnus Moan Jan Schmid Petter Tande	Team large hill/4 x 5 km	468.4	7	+0:51	50:25.9 +0:54.3	5

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total	Rank
Desiree Bjerke	Women's	56.48	55.28	55.34	55.26	3:42.36	17

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Anders Bardal	Normal hill	122.5	21 Q	118.5	22	124.0	242.5	18
Anders Bardal	Large hill	136.7	7 Q	100.7	24	110.7	211.4	22
Johan Remen Evensen	Large hill	137.1	6 Q	109.3	17	114.3	223.6	15
Tom Hilde	Normal hill	132.0	10 Q	124.0	13	128.0	252.0	12
Tom Hilde	Large hill	135.7	8 Q	111.2	15	116.7	227.9	11
Anders Jacobsen	Normal hill	DNS	PQ	123.5	15	133.5	257.0	9
Anders Jacobsen	Large hill	n/a	PQ	199.4	9	107.0	226.4	12
Bjørn Einar Romøren	Normal hill	n/a	PQ	120.5	19	114.5	235.0	23
Anders Bardal Tom Hilde Johan Remen Evensen Anders Jacobsen	Large hill team			504.0	3	526.3	1030.3

Snowboarding

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Fredrik Austbø	Men's halfpipe	Did not start
Kjersti Ø. Buaas	Women's halfpipe	20.6	16	21.8	22	Did not advance
Linn Haug	Women's halfpipe	11.5	26	12.8	27	Did not advance
Tore V. Holvik	Men's halfpipe	23.1	9	19.6	15	Did not advance
Roger S. Kleivdal	Men's halfpipe	15.7	10	18.4	13	Did not advance
Ståle Sandbech	Men's halfpipe	9.1	17	20.1	10	Did not advance
Lisa H. Wiik	Women's halfpipe	23.0	19	26.5	19	Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Joachim Havikhagen	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.87	25 Q	3	Did not advance
Helene Olafsen	Women's snowboard cross	1:26.94	5 Q		2 Q	1 Q	4	4
Stian Sivertzen	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.80	24 Q	4	Did not advance

Speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Håvard Bøkko	1000 m	1:10.73	19
	1500 m	1:46.13
	5000 m	6:18.80	4
	10000 m	13:14.92	5
Henrik Christiansen	5000 m	6:24.80	8
Henrik Christiansen	10000 m	13:25.65	7
Mikael Flygind Larsen	1000 m	1:10.38	15
Mikael Flygind Larsen	1500 m	1:46.77	8
Sverre Haugli	5000 m	6:27.05	10
Sverre Haugli	10000 m	13:18.74	6
Christoffer Fagerli Rukke	1000 m	1:12.31	35
Christoffer Fagerli Rukke	1500 m	1:48.62	20
Fredrik van der Horst	1500 m	1:49.58	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Maren Haugli	3000 m	4:10.01	8
Maren Haugli	5000 m	7:02.19	5
Hege Bøkko	1000 m	1:17.43	10
Hege Bøkko	1500 m	1:59.52	14

Team pursuit

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition time	Opposition time	Opposition time	Rank
From: Håvard Bøkko, Henrik Christiansen, Mikael Flygind Larsen, Fredrik van der Horst	Men's team pursuit	South Korea (4) W 3:47.81	Canada (1) L 3:47.81	Bronze final Netherlands (3) L 3:45.96	4

References

^ "Her er Norges flaggbærer". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
^ "Anders Rekdal tatt ut til OL i Vancouver på overtid". Olympiatoppen (in Norwegian). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
^ Talk of Vancouver: Crazy curling pants of Norway draw notice, USA Today, 17 February 2010.
^ Norwegian pants add some razzle dazzle to opening curling draw, The Canadian Press, 17 February 2010.

[1] "Her er Norges flaggbærer". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.

[2] "Anders Rekdal tatt ut til OL i Vancouver på overtid". Olympiatoppen (in Norwegian). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.

[3] Talk of Vancouver: Crazy curling pants of Norway draw notice, USA Today, 17 February 2010.

[4] Norwegian pants add some razzle dazzle to opening curling draw, The Canadian Press, 17 February 2010.

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Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Cross-country skiing

Curling

Men's tournament

Freestyle skiing

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Group play

Final rounds

Nordic combined

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Speed skating

See also

References