1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 112 athletes, 101 men and 11 women. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the wrestler Harald Barlie .

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Leif Jensen	Weightlifting	Men, light heavyweight
Knut Knudsen	Cycling	Men, one's pursuit

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Frank Hansen & Svein Thøgersen	rowing	Men, double sculls

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Steinar Amundsen , Tore Berger , Jan Johansen & Egil Søby	canoe	Men, four-person kayak, 1000 meters

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Johs Akkerhaugen Individual: 36th place Jan Erik Humlekjær Singles: 32nd place Egil Borgen Johansen Individual: 48th place

Women Brit Stav Singles: 40th place

Boxing

Men

• Ketil Hodne

  Welterweight: 1st round

• Svein Erik Paulsen

  Lightweight: quarter-finals

• Harald Skog

  Light Heavyweight: Quarter Finals

• Nils Dag Strømme

  Featherweight: 1st round

fencing

Men

• Jan von Koss

  Epee, team: 7th place

• Morten from Krogh

  Epee, singles: quarter-finals

• Claus Mørch

  Epee, team: 7th place

• Ole Mørch

  Epee, singles: 2nd round

  Epee, team: 7th place

• Jeppe Normann

  Epee, singles: 1st round

  Epee, team: 7th place

Weightlifting

Men

• Tore Bjørnsen

  Middleweight: 10th place

• Leif Jensen

  Lightweight: gold

• Edgar Kjerran

  Heavyweight: 16th place

• Eivind Rekustad

  Heavyweight: DNF

Handball

Men

• 9th place

• Squad

  By anchor

  Arnulf Bæk

  Pål Bye

  Pål Cappelen

  Carl Graff-Wang

  Inge Hansen

  Torstein Hansen

  Roger Hverven

  Ulf Magnussen

  Jan Økseter

  Sten Osther

  Jon Reinertsen

  Geir Røse

  Per Søderstrøm

  Harald Tyrdal

  Finn Urdal

canoe

Men

• Per Blom & Terje Wesche

  Kayak two-man, 1000 meters: preliminary round

• Steinar Amundsen , Tore Berger , Jan Johansen & Egil Søby

  Kayak foursome, 1000 meters: bronze

athletics

Men Finn Bendixen Long jump: 21st place in qualification Knut Børø 5000 meters: heats Kristen Fløgstad Triple jump: 8th place Audun Garshol 100 meters: quarter-finals 200 meters: quarter-finals Bjorn Grimnes Javelin throw: 5th place By hall 5000 meters: 7th place Kjell Lund 50 kilometers of walking: 24th place Arne Risa 5000 meters: heats 10,000 meters: heats Jan Rolstad 20 kilometers of walking: 11th place Sverre Sørnes 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Jan Voje 3000 meter obstacle: prelims

Women Grete Andersen-Waitz 1500 meters: heats Wenche Sørum 1500 meters: semi-finals

Cycling

Men

• Thorleif Andresen

  Road race: 70th place

  Team time trial: 5th place

• Harald Bundli

  1000 meter time trial: 18th place

• Arve Haugen

  Road race: DNF

  Team time trial: 5th place

• Jan Henriksen

  Road race: DNF

• Knut Knudsen

  Team time trial: 5th place

  4000 meters single pursuit: gold

• Gates Milsett

  Road race: 17th place

• Magne Orre

  Team time trial: 5th place

Wrestling

Men

• Trond Martiniussen

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Harald Hervig

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round (retreat)

• Harald Barlie

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 3rd round

• Håkon Øverby

  Light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place

• Gates Hem

  Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place

rowing

Men

• Frank Hansen & Svein Thøgersen

  Double scull: silver

• Erik Erichsen & Åke Fiskerstrand

  Two without a helmsman: 10th place

• Rolf Andreassen , Arne Bergodd & Thor Egil Olsen

  Two with a helmsman: 7th place

• Tom Amundsen , Kjell Sverre Johansen , Ole Nafstad & Svein Erik Nilsen

  Foursome without a helmsman: hope run

• Jørgen Cappelen , Alf Hansen , Finn Tveter , Tom Welo & Petter Wærness

  Four with helmsman: 9th place

shoot

• Helge Anshushaug

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 18th place

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 44th place

  Small bore, lying: 40th place

• Bjørn Bakken

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 27th place

  Small bore, three-position fight: 35th place

• Thor-Øistein Endsjø

  Rapid fire pistol: 17th place

• John H. Larsen, Jr.

  Running target: 12th place

• Jens Nygård

  Small bore, lying: 69th place

• John Rødseth

  Free pistol: 13th place

• Tore Skau

  Running target: 25th place

swim

Men Sverre Kile 400 meters freestyle: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Fritz Warncke 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meters freestyle: prelims

Women Trine Krogh 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims Grethe Mathiesen 100 meters freestyle: prelims

sailing

• Per Werenskiold

  Finn dinghy: 25th place

• Aksel Gresvig & Peder Lunde junior

  Tempest: 6th place

• Ole Christian Bendixen & Ragnar Fjoran

  Flying Dutchman: 14th place

• Bjørn Lofterød & Odd Roar Lofterød

  Star: 15th place

• Crown Prince Harald , Eirik Johannessen & Rolf Lund

  Soling: 10th place

• Jan-Erik Aarberg , Sven Gerner-Mathisen & Theodor Sommerschield

  Dragons: 11th place

do gymnastics

Men Gates Lie Individual all-around: 81st place in qualification Floor: 90th place in qualification Horse: 88th place in qualification Bars: 84th place in qualification Horizontal bar: 94th place in qualification Rings: 83rd place in qualification Pommel horse: 45th place in qualification

Women Trine Andresen Individual all-around: 104th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 14th place Floor: 96th place in qualification Horse: 81st place in qualification Uneven bars: 114th place in qualification Balance beam: 89th place in qualification Sidsel Ekholdt Individual all-around: 84th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 14th place Floor: 62nd place in qualification Horse: 78th place in qualification Uneven bars: 97th place in qualification Balance beam: 79th place in qualification Bente Hansen Individual all-around: 104th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 14th place Floor: 90th place in qualification Horse: 95th place in qualification Uneven bars: 80th place in qualification Balance beam: 115th place in qualification Unni Holmen Individual all-around: 54th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 14th place Floor: 45th place in qualification Horse: 52nd place in qualification Uneven bars: 58th place in qualification Balance beam: 54th place in qualification Jill Kvamme show Individual all-around: 65th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 14th place Floor: 53rd place in qualification Horse: 84th place in qualification Uneven bars: 62nd place in qualification Balance beam: 75th place in qualification Gro Sandberg Individual all-around: 69th place in qualification Team all-around competition: 14th place Floor: 72nd place in qualification Horse: 81st place in qualification Uneven bars: 67th place in qualification Balance beam: 75th place in qualification

Diving

Men

• Roar Løken

  Artistic jumping: 10th place

Web links

• Norwegian Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )