Olympic Winter Games 1924 / Participant (Norway)
Norway participated in the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix with a delegation of 14 athletes in 3 sports. The Norwegian NOK had registered 14 athletes for the games. All took part in the competitions.
Balance: Norway almost only sent athletes to Chamonix who were promising medal candidates. The only exception is the only 11-year-old Sonja Henie , who took last place in the women's figure skating competition. The skiers Thorleif Haug (3 gold) and Johan Grøttumsbråten (1 silver, 2 bronze) and the speed skater Roald Larsen (2 silver and 3 bronze) are among the most successful participants in the Chamonix winter sports weeks. However, a bronze medal in ski jumping was revoked from Thorleif Haug 50 years later due to a miscalculation by the jury at the time. Other medal collectors in the Norwegian team were the skiers Jacob Tullin Thams (gold), Thoralf Strømstad (2 silver) and Narve Bonna (silver) as well as the speed skaters Oskar Olsen (silver) and Sigurd Moen (bronze). Overall, the Norwegians won 17 of the 49 medals awarded in Chamonix and are the most successful nation ahead of Finland, Austria, the USA and Great Britain.
Participants by sport
Skiing (8)
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Narve Bonna
- Ski jumping (silver)
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Johan Grøttumsbråten
- 18 km cross-country skiing (silver), 50 km cross-country skiing (bronze), Nordic combined (bronze)
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Thorleif Haug
- 18 km cross-country skiing (gold), 50 km cross-country skiing (gold), Nordic combined (gold), ski jumping (4th place)
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Einar Landvik
- 18 km cross-country skiing (5th place), ski jumping (5th place)
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Jon Mårdalen
- 18 km cross-country skiing (4th place), 50 km cross-country skiing (4th place)
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Harald Økern
- Nordic Combined (4th place)
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Thoralf Strømstad
- 50 km cross-country skiing (silver), Nordic combined (silver)
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Jacob Tullin Thams
- Ski jumping (gold)
Figure skating (1)
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Sonja Henie
- Women (8th place)
Speed Skating (5)
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Roald Larsen
- 500 m (bronze), 1500 m (silver), 5000 m (bronze), 10,000 m (bronze), all-around (silver)
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Sigurd Moen
- 500 m (13th place), 1500 m (bronze), 5000 m (4th place), 10,000 m (6th place), all-around (5th place)
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Oskar Olsen
- 500 m (silver), 1500 m (6th place)
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Fridtjof Paulsen
- 5,000 m (7th place), 10,000 m (4th place)
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Harald Strøm
- 500 m (18th place), 1500 m (5th place), 5000 m (5th place), 10,000 m (5th place), all-around (4th place)
Medals
gold | silver | bronze | total | |
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Norway | 4th | 7th | 6th | 17th |
Medalist
Gold medals
- Skiing, 18 km cross-country skiing / 50 km cross-country skiing / Nordic combination: Thorleif Haug
- Skiing: ski jumping Jacob Tullin Thams
Silver medals
- Skiing, 18 km cross-country skiing: Johan Grøttumsbråten
- Skiing, 18 km cross-country skiing / Nordic combined: Thoralf Strømstad
- Skiing, ski jumping: Narve Bonna
- Speed skating, 500 m: Oskar Olsen
- Speed skating, 1500 m / all around: Roald Larsen
Bronze medals
- Skiing, 50 km cross-country skiing / Nordic combined: Johan Grøttumsbråten
- Speed skating, 500 m / 5000 m / 10,000 m: Roald Larsen
- Speed skating, 1500 m: Sigurd Moen
Web links
- Official Report of the Olympic Games 1924 (PDF; 87.6 MB)