1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and the equestrian competitions in the Swedish capital Stockholm with a delegation of 22 athletes, 19 men and three women, in 18 competitions in six sports.

It was Norway's thirteenth participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete was sprinter Bjørn Nilsen at 19 years and 162 days , and the oldest athlete was shooter Hans Aasnæs (53 years and 350 days).

Flag bearer

The sailor Thor Thorvaldsen wore the flag of Norway at the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium , the rider Birck Elgaaen wore it at the Equestrian Games in Stockholm.

Medals

With a won gold and two bronze medals the Norwegian team was ranked 22 in the medal count .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Egil Danielsen	athletics	Javelin throw

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Audun Boysen	athletics	800 meter run
Ernst Larsen	athletics	3,000 meter obstacle

Participants by sport

canoe

Men's

• Knut Østby
  • Single kayak 1,000 meters

  Round one: eliminated in round one (fourth place), 4: 27.1 minutes

  • Single kayak 10,000 meters

  Final: 51: 28.2 minutes, eighth place

athletics

Men's

• Audun Boysen
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run one (first place), 1: 52.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 52.08 minutes (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: qualified for the final in run two (second place), 1: 50.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 50.20 minutes (automatically stopped)

  Final: 1: 48.1 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 48.25 minutes (automatically stopped), third place

• Egil Danielsen
  • Javelin throw

  Qualifying round: 74.15 meters, second place, qualified for the final

  Try one: 74.15 meters

  Trial two: left out

  Try three: skipped

  Final round: 85.71 meters, world record, first place

  Try one: 72.60 meters

  Trial two: 68.49 meters

  Trial three: 70.75 meters

  Trial four: 85.71 meters

  Try five: 72.60 meters

  Trial six: 68.86 meters

• Ernst Larsen
  • 3,000 meter obstacle course

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (third place), 8: 46.8 minutes (hand-stopped), 8: 46.96 minutes (automatically stopped)

  Final: 8: 44.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 8: 44.05 minutes (automatically stopped), third place

• Bjørn Nilsen
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run seven (sixth place), 11.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 11.11 seconds (automatically stopped)

  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run seven (third place), 22.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.33 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Sverre Strandli
  • Hammer throwing

  Qualifying round: 56.32 meters, ninth place, qualified for the final

  Try one: 56.32 meters

  Trial two: left out

  Try three: skipped

  Final: 59.21 meters, eighth place

  Try one: 58.62 meters

  Try two: 58.49 meters

  Trial three: 59.21 meters

horse riding

Ladies
dressage team

• Results

  Final: 1,912.50 points, seventh place

• team

  Else Christophersen

  Anne-Lise Kielland

  Bodil Russ

singles

• Else Christophersen
  • dressage

  Final: 739.00 points, 13th place

  Referee one: 142.00 points, eleventh place

  Referee two: 139.00 points, rank 14

  Referee three: 164.00 points, sixth place

  Referee four: 135.00 points, 19th place

  Referee five: 159.00 points, rank ten

• Anne-Lise Kielland
  • dressage

  Final: 601.50 points, rank 27

  Referee one: 102.50 points, rank 32

  Referee two: 119.50 points 23rd place

  Referee three: 127.50 points rank 25

  Referee four: 124.50 points rank 26

  Referee five: 127.50 points Rank 27

• Bodil Russ
  • dressage

  Final: 572.00 points, rank 29

  Referee one: 108.00 points, rank 31

  Referee two: 118.00 points rank 25

  Referee three: 120.00 points Rank 27

  Referee four: 113.00 points rank 30

  Referee five: 113.00 points rank 30

Men's

• Birck Elgaaen
  • Show jumping

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Round one: 108.50 fault points, 49th place

Wrestling

Gentlemen
Greco-Roman

• Oddvar Vargset
  • Welterweight

  eliminated after round one with three minus points

  Round one: defeat against Mitko Petkow from Bulgaria (0: 3), three minus points

shoot

Men's

• Hans Aasnæs
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 176 points, eleventh place

• Rolf Bergersen
  • Running stag single and double shot

  Final: 409 points, sixth place

  Round one: 203 points, seventh place

  Round two: 206 points, fifth place

• Anchor Hagen
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,124 points, rank 30

  Kneeling: 377 points, rank 28

  Round one: 97 points

  Round two: 92 points

  Round three: 93 points

  Round four: 95 points

  Prone: 390 points, rank 40

  Round one: 99 points

  Round two: 97 points

  Round three: 97 points

  Round four: 97 points

  Standing: 357 points, rank 28

  Round one: 87 points

  Round two: 88 points

  Round three: 94 points

  Round four: 88 points

• • Small caliber lying

  Final: 596 points, 13th place

  Round one: 99 points, 16th place

  Round two: 98 points, 31st place

  Round three: 100 points, 17th place

  Round four: 100 points, sixth place

  Round five: 99 points, 20th place

  Round six: 100 points, eleventh place

• Erling Kongshaug
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,151 points, 15th place

  Kneeling: 386 points, 18th place

  Round one: 98 points

  Round two: 96 points

  Round three: 95 points

  Round four: 97 points

  Prone: 394 points, 18th place

  Round one: 99 points

  Round two: 97 points

  Round three: 99 points

  Round four: 99 points

  Standing: 371 points, 14th place

  Round one: 94 points

  Round two: 94 points

  Round three: 90 points

  Round four: 93 points

• • Small caliber lying

  Final: 598 points, seventh place

  Round one: 100 points, sixth place

  Round two: 100 points, sixth place

  Round three: 100 points, sixth place

  Round four: 99 points, 13th place

  Round five: 99 points, rank 25

  Round six: 100 points, fourth place

• John Larsen
  • Running stag single and double shot

  Final: 390 points, eighth place

  Round one: 199 points, eighth place

  Round two: 191 points, ninth place

sailing

Men's
5.5 mR class

• Results

  Final: 3,807 points, fifth place

  Race one: 1,101 points, 2:33:20 hours, first place

  Race two: 256 points, 2:50:56 hours, seventh place

  Race three: 323 points, 3:42:56 hours, sixth place

  Race four: 402 points, 2:32:46 hours, fifth place

  Race five: 624 points, 2:27:36 hours, third place

  Race six: 198 points, 3:37:18 hours, eighth place

  Race seven: 1,101 points, 2:37:15 hours, first place

• crew

  Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen

  Odd Harsheim

  Peder Lunde senior

Dragons

• Results

  Final: 3,253 points, seventh place

  Race one: 460 points, 3:10:43 hours, seventh place

  Race two: 606 points, 3:15:58 hours, fifth place

  Race three: 351 points, 4:11:02 hours, ninth place

  Race four: 606 points, 3:06:28 hours, fifth place

  Race five: 402 points, 2:59:01 hours, eighth place

  Race six: 305 points, 4:12:17 hours, tenth place

  Race seven: 828 points, 3:08:34 hours, third place

• crew

  Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen

  Carl Otto Svae

  Thor Thorvaldsen

Web links

• Norwegian Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).
• Norwegian Olympic Team of the 1956 Equestrian Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).