2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Norway)

NOR

4th	3	3

Norway participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia , with a delegation of 93 athletes, 44 men and 49 women.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Anita Rapp, Hege Riise, Brit Sandaune, Dagny Mellgren, Bente Nordby, Marianne Pettersen, Gøril Kringen, Bente Kvitland, Unni Lehn, Ingeborg Hovland, Silje Jørgensen, Monica Knudsen, Ragnhild Gulbrandsen, Solveig Gulbrandsen, Christine Boinkeugenes Jensen & Gro Espeseth	Soccer	Women's competition
Knut Holmann	canoe	Men, single kayak, 500 meters & men, single kayak, 1,000 meters
Trine Hattestad	athletics	Ladies, javelin throw

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Kjersti places	athletics	Ladies, 20 km walking
Fredrik Bekken & Olaf Tufte	rowing	Gentlemen, double sculls
Trude Gundersen	Taekwondo	Women, welterweight (up to 67 kg)

bronze

Name (s)	sport	competition
Monica Sandve, Else-Marthe Sørlie, Heidi Tjugum, Jeanette Nilsen, Marianne Rokne, Birgitte Sættem, Mia Hundvin, Tonje Larsen, Cecilie Leganger, Kjersti Grini, Trine Haltvik, Elisabeth Hilmo, Kristine Duvholt, Ann Cathrin Eriksen & Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim	Handball	Women's competition
Harald Stenvaag	shoot	Men, small caliber, three-position fight
Paul Davis , Herman Horn Johannessen & Espen Stokkeland	sailing	Soling

Participants by sport

Archery

• Martinius Grov

  Men, singles: 41st place

  Men, team: 10th place

• Wenche-Lin Hess

  Women, singles: 57th place

• Lars Erik Humlekjær

  Men, singles: 40th place

  Men, team: 10th place

• Bård Nesteng

  Men, singles: 30th place

  Men, team: 10th place

fencing

• Ragnhild Andenæs

  Women, epee, singles: 24th place

  Women, epee, team: 8th place

• Silvia Lesoil

  Ladies, epee, singles: 33rd place

  Women, epee, team: 8th place

• Margrete Mørch

  Women, swords, singles: 26th place

  Women, epee, team: 8th place

Soccer

• Women team

  gold

• Squad

  Kristin Bekkevold

  Anne Bugge-Paulsen

  Gro Espeseth

  Ragnhild Gulbrandsen

  Solveig Gulbrandsen

  Margunn Haugenes

  Ingeborg Hovland

  Christine Bøe Jensen

  Astrid Johannessen

  Silje Jørgensen

  Monica Knudsen

  Gøril Kringen

  Bente Kvitland

  Unni Lehn

  Dagny Mellgren

  Bente Nordby

  Marianne Pettersen

  Anita Rapp

  Maintain Riise

  Brit sandaune

  Kjersti Thun

  Anne Tønnessen

Handball

• Women team

  bronze

• Squad

  Kristine Duvholt

  Ann-Cathrin Eriksen

  Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim

  Kjersti Grini

  Trine Haltvik

  Elisabeth Hilmo

  Tonje Larsen

  Mia Hundvin

  Cecilie Leganger

  Jeanette Nilsen

  Marianne Rokne

  Monica Sandve

  Birgitte Sættem

  Else-Marthe Sørlie Lybekk

  Heidi Tjugum

canoe

• Knut Holmann

  Men, single kayak, 500 meters: gold

  Men, single kayak, 1,000 meters: gold

• Nils Olav Fjeldheim & Eirik Verås Larsen

  Men, two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Men, two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: 9th place

• Christian Frederiksen

  Men, Canadians, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Men, single-canoe, 1,000 meters: 5th place

athletics

• Marius Bakken

  Men, 5000 meters: prelims

• John Ertzgaard

  Men's. 200 meters: heats

• Pål Arne Fagernes

  Men, javelin: 9th place

• Gunhild Halle-Haugen

  Women, 10,000 meters: heats

• Ketill Hanstveit

  Men, triple jump: 13th place in qualification

• Trine Hattestad

  Ladies, javelin throw: gold

• Hanne Haugland

  Women, high jump: 18th place in qualification

• Trond Høiby

  Men, decathlon: did not compete after the shot put (3rd discipline)

• Geir Moen

  Men, 200 meters: quarter-finals

• Vebjørn Rodal

  Men, 800 meters: semi-finals

• Jim Svenøy

  Men, 3,000 meter obstacle: 9th place

• Kjersti Tysse-Platzer

  Ladies, 20 km walking: silver

Cycling

• Kurt Asle Arvesen

  Men, road races, singles: DNF

• Ingunn Bollerud

  Women, road races, singles: 35th place

• Solrun Flatås

  Women, road races, singles: 38th place

  Women, individual time trial: 20th place

• Svein Gaute Hølestøl

  Men, road races, singles: DNF

• Rune Høydahl

  Men, mountain bike, cross-country: DNF (eliminated in the 1st round)

• Thor Hushovd

  Men, road races, singles: DNF

  Men, individual time trial: 7th place

• Ragnhild Kostol

  Women, road races, singles: 22nd place

• Tom Larsen

  Men, mountain bikes, cross-country: 35th place

• Monica Valvik-Valen

  Women, road races, singles: 29th place

• Bjørnar Vestøl

  Men, road races, singles: 77th place

Wrestling

• Fritz Aanes

  Men, light heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 4th place disqualified for doping

rowing

• Fredrik Bekken & Olaf Tufte

  Men, double sculls: silver

• Sture Bjørvig , Nito Simonsen , Steffen Størseth & Kjetil Undset

  Men, foursome without a helmsman: 9th place

shoot

• Espen Berg-Knutsen

  Men, air rifle: 34th place

  Men, small caliber, three-position fight: 12th place

  Men, small caliber, lying: 19th place

• Lindy Hansen

  Ladies, air rifle: 9th place

  Women, small caliber, three-position fight: 9th place

• Harald Jensen

  Herren, Skeet: 23rd place

• Leif Steinar Rolland

  Men, air rifle: 7th place

• Harald Stenvaag

  Men, small caliber, three-position battle: bronze

  Men, small caliber, lying: 30th place

sailing

• Vegard Arnhoff & Christoffer Sundby

  49er: 13th place

• Paul Davis , Herman Horn Johannessen & Espen Stokkeland

  Soling: bronze

• Jeanette Lunde & Carolina Great

  Women, 470s: 16th place

• Peer Moberg

  Men, laser: 10th place

• Siren Sundby

  Women, Europe: 19th place

Taekwondo

• Trude Gundersen

  Ladies, welterweight: silver

tennis

• Christian Ruud

  Men, singles: 1st round

do gymnastics

• Flemming Solberg

  Men, individual all-around: 46th place in qualification

  Men, parallel bars: 42nd place in qualification

  Men, floor: 69th place in qualification

  Men, horse jump: 36th place in qualification

  Men, horizontal bar: 51st place in qualification

  Men, rings: 70th place in qualification

  Men, pommel horse: 67th place in qualification

Volleyball (beach)

• Vegard Høidalen & Jørre Kjemperud

  Men's competition: 9th place

• Jan Kvalheim & Bjørn Maaseide

  Men's competition: 19th place

Web links

• Norwegian Olympic team from 2000 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )