1948 Summer Olympics / Participant (Norway)
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Norway took part in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London with a delegation of 81 athletes (77 men and 4 women) in 50 competitions in twelve sports.
The Norwegian athletes won one gold and three silver and three bronze medals. The sailors Håkon Barfod , Sigve Lie and Thor Thorvaldsen were Olympic champions in the kite boat class . The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the athlete Godtfred Holmvang .
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Kaare Gundersen
- Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Øivind Breiby
- Lightweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Gunnar Hansen
- Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Evert Johanson
- Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round
fencing
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Egill Knutzen
- Epee: eliminated in the semifinals
- Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Alfred Eriksen
- Epee: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Claus Mørch senior
- Epee: eliminated in the 1st round
- Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Johan von Koss
- Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Sverre Gillebo
- Epee team: eliminated in the quarterfinals
canoe
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Hans Martin Gulbrandsen
- Single kayak 1000 m: 4th place
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Eivind Skabo
- Single kayak 10,000 m: bronze
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Knut Østby
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: 4th place
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: silver
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Ivar Mathisen
- Two-person kayak 1000 m: 4th place
- Two-person kayak 10,000 m: silver
Art competitions
athletics
- Men
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Peter Bloch
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- 200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Bjorn Vade
- 400 m: eliminated in the quarterfinals
- 800 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Kaare Vefling
- 1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Martin Stokken
- 5000 m: 10th place
- 10,000 m: 4th place
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Jakob Kjersem
- 10,000 m: race not finished
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John Systad
- Marathon: 8th place
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Kaare hammer
- 10 km walking: race not finished
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Edgar Bruun
- 50 km walking: 4th place
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Gerhard Winther
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Per Olav Baarnaas
- 50 km walking: race not finished
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Bjorn Paulson
- High jump: silver
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Birger Leirud
- High jump: 13th place
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Bjørn Gundersen
- High jump: no valid attempt in the final
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Erling Kaas
- Pole vault: 4th place
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Ivar Ramstad
- Discus throw: 4th place
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Stone Johnson
- Discus throw: 8th place
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Odd Mæhlum
- Javelin throw: 5th place
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Godtfred Holmvang
- Decathlon: 10th place
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Per stavem
- Decathlon: 11th place
- Women
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Liv Paulsen
- 100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
- Shot put: eliminated in qualifying
Cycling
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Lorang Christiansen
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Team classification: race not finished
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Leif Flengsrud
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Team classification: race not finished
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Erling Kristiansen
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Team classification: race not finished
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Aage Myhrvold
- Road Race: Race not finished
- Team classification: race not finished
Wrestling
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Frithjof Clausen
- Flyweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Reidar Merli
- Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Egil Solsvik
- Featherweight, Greco-Roman: 6th place
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Aage Eriksen
- Lightweight, Greco-Roman: silver
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Bjorn Cook
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round
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Kaare Larsen
- Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 5th place
rowing
- Men
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Arne Serck-Hanssen
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Gunnar Sandborg
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Sigurd Grønli
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Willy Evensen
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Thoralf Sandaker
- Four with helmsman: eliminated in the quarterfinals
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Kristoffer Lepsøe
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Thorstein Kråkenes
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Hans Hansen
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Halfdan Gran Olsen
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Harald Kråkenes
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Leif Næss
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Thor Pedersen
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Carl Monssen
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
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Sigurd Monssen
- Eighth with helmsman: bronze
shoot
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Birger Bühring-Andersen
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 8th place
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Odd Bonde Nielsen
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 16th place
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Hans Aasnæs
- Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 28th place
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Gunnar Svendsen
- Free pistol 50 m: 30th place
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Mauritz Amundsen
- Free pistol 50 m: 45th place
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Willy Røgeberg
- Small bore rifle, three position battle 50 m: bronze
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 8th place
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Halvor Kongsjorden
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 7th place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 4th place
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Odd Sannes
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 15th place
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Thore Skredegaard
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 5th place
swim
- Women
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Bea Ballintijn
- 100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run
sailing
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Morits Skaugen
- Firefly: 12th place
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Øivind Christensen
- Swallow: 8th place
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Knut Bengtson
- Swallow: 8th place
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Håkon Barfod
- Dragons: gold
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Thor Thorvaldsen
- Dragons: gold
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Sigve Lie
- Dragons: gold
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Håkon Solem
- 6-meter class: 4th place
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Lars Musæus
- 6-meter class: 4th place
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Magnus Konow
- 6-meter class: 4th place
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Ragnar Hargreaves
- 6-meter class: 4th place
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Evensen is different
- 6-meter class: 4th place
Diving
- Men
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Rolf Stigersand
- Artistic jumping 3 m: 9th place
- Women
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Inger Nordbø
- Artistic jumping 3 m: 15th place
- Diving 10 m: 13th place
Web links
- Norwegian Olympic team from 1948 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )