Olympic Winter Games 1936 / participant (Norway)

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7th	5	3

Norway took part in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen with a delegation of 31 athletes. Six women and 25 men were among them. At the end of the Olympic Winter Games, the Norwegian delegation took first place in the medal table with a total of seven gold medals, ahead of the German Empire and Sweden.

The Norwegian speed skater Ivar Ballangrud carried the flag at the opening ceremony and was the most successful starter in the Norwegian team with three gold medals and one silver medal. The youngest Norwegian starter was 16-year-old Laila Schou Nilsen and the oldest starter was 34-year-old Alf Konningen . Both Nilsen and Konningen took part in alpine competitions.

Medals

Medal table

rank	sport	G	S.	B.	total
1	Speed ​​skating	4th	2	-	06th
2	Nordic combination	1	1	1	03
3	Ski jumping	1	-	1	02
4th	figure skating	1	-	-	01
5	Cross-country skiing	-	2	-	03
6th	Alpine skiing	-	-	1	01
total		7th	5	3	15th

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	gender	competition
Ivar Ballangrud	Speed ​​skating	male	500 m
		male	5000 m
		male	10,000 m
Sonja Henie	figure skating	Female	singles
Oddbjørn Hagen	Nordic combination	male	singles
Charles Mathiesen	Speed ​​skating	male	1500 m
Birger Ruud	Ski jumping	male	singles

silver

Surname	sport	gender	competition
Ivar Ballangrud	Speed ​​skating	male	1500 m
Oddbjørn Hagen	Cross-country skiing	male	18 km
Olaf Hoffsbakken	Nordic combination	male	singles
Georg Krog	Speed ​​skating	male	500 m
Sverre Brodahl Oddbjørn Hagen Olaf Hoffsbakken Bjarne Iversen	Cross-country skiing	male	Season

bronze

Surname	sport	gender	competition
Reidar Andersen	Ski jumping	male	singles
Sverre Brodahl	Nordic combination	male	singles
Laila Schou Nilsen	Alpine skiing	Female	Alpine combination

Participants by sport

figure skating

For the third time in a row Sonja Henie , who also went to the top favorite, won the gold medal in the women's figure skating. Before her, only the Swede Gillis Grafström succeeded in doing this , who became Olympic champion in figure skating for men in 1920, 1924 and 1928.

Athletes	Competitions	PF	FS	Points	placement	rank
Women
Nanna Egedius	singles	DNS
Sonja Henie	singles	1	1	424.5	7.5	gold
Mixed
Randi Bakke Christians Christensen	Pair	-		132.5	8.2	15th

Speed ​​skating

Ivar Ballangrud became the star of the Olympic Winter Games in 1936. He started speed skating over all distances and was able to win three gold medals, each with an Olympic record. Only over the 1500 meters did his teammate Charles Mathiesen snatch the gold medal with an Olympic record and Ballangrud had to be content with silver. With his three gold medals and one silver medal, he was the best athlete at the Winter Olympics. The third Norwegian speed skater to win a medal was Georg Krog with the silver medal over the 500 meters

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Ivar Ballangrud	500 m	43.4 s OR	gold
	1500 m	2: 20.2 min	silver
	5000 m	8: 19.6 min OR	gold
	10,000 m	17: 24.3 min OR	gold
Hans Engnestangen	500 m	DNF
	1500 m	2: 23.0 min	8th
Harry Haraldsen	500 m	54.9 s	34
	1500 m	2: 22.4 min	7th
Georg Krog	500 m	43.5 s	silver
Charles Mathiesen	1500 m	2: 19.2 min OR	gold
	5000 m	8: 36.9 min	7th
	10,000 m	17: 41.2 min	4th
Michael Staksrud	5000 m	8: 38.5 min	9
	10,000 m	17: 56.7 min	10
Edvard Wangberg	5000 m	8: 54.7 min	20th
	10,000 m	18: 15.8 min	18th

Nordic combination

The Nordic Combined competition consisted of a cross-country skiing over 18 kilometers and two jumps from the normal hill. While the ski jumping competition was held separately, the Nordic Combined took part in the cross-country competition over 18 kilometers, in which medals are also awarded in cross-country skiing. For the fourth time in a row, only Norwegians won the medals in Nordic combined. Apart from Norway, only the German team managed to win all medals in a Nordic Combined competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics .

Athletes	competition	Cross-country skiing			Ski jumping				total
		time	Points	rank	Width 1	Width 2	Points	rank	Total points	rank
Men
Sverre Brodahl	Individual	1:18:01 h	225.5	3	40.0 m	47.0 m	182.6	28	408.1	bronze
Oddbjørn Hagen	Individual	1:15:33 h	240.0	1	42.0 m	46.0 m	190.3	16	430.3	gold
Olaf Hoffsbakken	Individual	1:17:37 h	227.8	2	47.0 m	45.5 m	192.0	13	419.8	silver
Bernt Østerkløft	Individual	1:21:37 h	205.1	6th	44.0 m	48.0 m	188.7	21st	393.8	6th

Alpine skiing

The only 16-year-old Laila Schou Nilsen won the first medal in the alpine competitions held for the first time with the bronze medal. After she had led after the descent, she fell back to third place through the slalom. After the descent, Birger Ruud led the men, but fell back to the ungrateful fourth place in the slalom.

Athletes	competition	Departure		slalom					total
		time	rank	Round 1		Pass 2		rank	Total points	rank
				time	Penalty time	time	Penalty time
Women
Johanne Dybwad	Alpine combination	5: 32.0 min	08th	1: 26.5 min	0:06 min	1: 30.9 min		07th	85.90	07th
Laila Schou Nilsen	Alpine combination	5: 04.4 min	01	1: 26.1 min	0:06 min	1: 17.3 min		05	93.48	bronze
Nora Strømstad	Alpine combination	5: 57.4 min	11	1: 34.2 min	-	1: 51.1 min	0:06 min	14th	77.20	11
Men
Per fossum	Alpine combination	5: 03.2	07th	1: 30.3 min	-	1: 29.7 min	-	15th	88.12	09
Alf Konningen	Alpine combination	5: 00.4	05	1: 29.3 min	-	1: 24.3 min	-	09	90.06	08th
Birger Ruud	Alpine combination	4: 47.4	01	1: 31.9 min	0:06 min	1: 17.1 min	-	06th	93.38	04th
Sigmund Ruud	Alpine combination	5: 11.6	10	DNS					DNF

Cross-country skiing

For the second time in a row, Norway remains in cross-country skiing without a gold medal at the Olympic Games. In the individual competition over the 18 kilometers, Oddbjørn Hagen , who won the gold medal in Nordic combined, won the silver medal. He also formed the Norwegian relay team with Sverre Brodahl , Olaf Hoffsbakken and Bjarne Iversen , which won the silver medal in the relay competition.

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Trygve Brodahl	50 km	3:50:14 h	11
Oddbjørn Hagen	18 km	1:15:33 h	silver
Kåre Hatten	50 km	3:50:37 h	12
Olaf Hoffsbakken	18 km	1:17:37 h	05
Bjarne Iversen	18 km	1:18:56 h	09
Arne Rustadstuen	18 km	1:18:13 h	06th
Per Samuelshaug	50 km	DNF
Arne Tuft	50 km	3:41:18 h	06th
Sverre Brodahl Oddbjørn Hagen Olaf Hoffsbakken Bjarne Iversen	Season	2:41:39 h	silver

Ski jumping

After Birger Ruud had already won the gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid in 1932 , he made history with his second Olympic victory because he is the first ski jumper to defend his Olympic victory. In addition, Reidar Andersen was able to win the bronze medal.

Athletes	competition	Jump 1			Jump 2			total
		Expanse	Points	rank	Expanse	Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Reidar Andersen	Normal hill	74.0 m	113.5	4th	75.0 m	115.4	02	228.9	bronze
Arnholdt Kongsgård	Normal hill	74.5 m	111.6	6th	66.0 m	106.1	12	217.7	8th
Birger Ruud	Normal hill	75.0 m	114.9	2	74.5 m	117.1	01	232.0	gold
Kåre Walberg	Normal hill	73.5 m	113.7	3	72.0 m	113.3	04th	227.0	4th

Web links

• Norway at the 1936 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )