1928 Summer Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway participated in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , Netherlands , with a delegation of 50 athletes (all men).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Erik Anker , Johan Anker , Håkon Bryhn & Olav Crown Prince of Norway	sailing	6 meter class

silver

Name (s)	sport	competition
Wilhelm Eugen Johansen , Arthur Qvist & Bjart Ording	horse riding	Versatility, team
Henrik Robert	sailing	12-foot dinghy

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Olav Sunde	athletics	Javelin throw

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Olav Nilsen

  Flyweight: 9th place

• Ingvald Bjerke

  Bantamweight: 17th place

• Arthur Olsen

  Featherweight: 9th place

• Haakon Lind

  Lightweight: 17th place

• Sverre Sørsdal

  Heavyweight: 4th place

fencing

• Johan Falkenberg

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: preliminary round

• Frithjof Lorentzen

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: preliminary round

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Jacob Bergsland

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Foil, team: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Sigurd Akre-Carrion

  Foil, team: preliminary round

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

  Saber, singles: preliminary round

• Raoul Heath

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

athletics

• Olaf Strand

  800 meters: semi-finals

• Reidar Jørgensen

  1,500 meters: heats

• Johan Støa

  Marathon: 36th place

• Einar Tommelstad

  High jump: 11th place

• Oscar Midtlyng

  High jump: 19th place in qualification

• Erling Aastad

  Long jump: 14th place in qualification

• Arild Lenth

  Long jump: 31st place in qualification

  Triple jump: 21st place in qualification

• Johan Trandem

  Shot put: 13th place in qualification

  Discus throw: 8th place in qualification

• Harald Stenerud

  Discus throwing: 4th place

  Hammer throw: 16th place in qualification

• Ketil Askildt

  Discus throwing: 13th place in qualification

• Olav Sunde

  Javelin: bronze

• Gunnar Fredriksen

  Decathlon: DNF

• Gunnar Hagen

  Decathlon: DNF

Cycling

• Gustav Kristiansen

  Road race, individual: 35th place

• Karl Hansen

  Road race, individual: 43rd place

• Ragnvald Martinsen

  Road race, individual: DNF

• Reidar Raaen

  Road race, individual: DNF

horse riding

• Paul Michelet

  Dressage, individual: 26th place

• Knut Gysler

  Show jumping, singles: 21st place

  Show jumping, team: 11th place

• Anton Klaveness

  Show jumping, singles: 32nd place

  Show jumping, team: 11th place

• Bjart Ording

  Show jumping, individual: 36th place

  Show jumping, team: 11th place

  Versatility, singles: 6th place

  Versatility, team: silver

• Arthur Qvist

  Versatility, singles: 8th place

  Versatility, team: silver

• Wilhelm Eugen Johansen

  Versatility, singles: 27th place

  Versatility, team: silver

Wrestling

• Sven Martinsen

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Martin Egeberg

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 14th place

• Karl Pedersen

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 9th place

• Alfred Larsen

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 13th place

• Robert Gaupset

  Light Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place

• Arthur North

  Featherweight, freestyle: 7th place

• Birger Nilsen

  Lightweight, freestyle: 4th place

swim

• Knut Olsen

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

sailing

• Henrik Robert

  12-foot dinghy: silver

• Erik Anker

  6 meter class: gold

• Johan Anker

  6 meter class: gold

• Håkon Bryhn

  6 meter class: gold

• Olav Crown Prince of Norway

  6 meter class: gold

• Bernhard Lund

  8 meter class: 4th place

• Jens Salvesen

  8 meter class: 4th place

• Magnus Konow

  8 meter class: 4th place

• Wilhelm Wilhelmsen

  8 meter class: 4th place

Web links

• Norwegian Olympic team from 1928 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )