1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway took part in the X. Winter Olympic Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 65 athletes in eight disciplines, including 54 men and 11 women. With six gold, six silver and two bronze medals, Norway was the most successful nation at the Games.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was ski jumper Bjørn Wirkola .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• Jon Istad

  20 km individual: 11th place (1: 21: 43.1 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (2: 14: 50.2 h)

• Olav Jordet

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (2: 14: 50.2 h)

• Magnar Solberg

  20 km individual: Gold (1: 13: 45.9 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (2: 14: 50.2 h)

• Ragnar Tveiten

  20 km individual: 26th place (1: 27: 17.4 h)

• Ola Wærhaug

  20 km individual: 13th place (1: 22: 12.9 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (2: 14: 50.2 h)

ice Hockey

Men

Kåre Østensen Thor Martinsen Terje Steen Svein Norman Hansen Gundersen Gate Odd Syversen Arne Mikkelsen Christian Petersen Rodney Riise

Per Skjerwen Olsen Steinar Bjølbakk Svein Haagensen Georg Smefjell Trygve Bergeid Terje Thoen Olav Dalsøren Bjørn Johansen

• 11th place

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Ivar Eriksen

  1500 m: silver (2: 05.0 min)

• Roar Grønvold

  500 m: 13th place (41.1 s)

• Per Willy Guttormsen

  5000 m: 4th place (7: 27.8 min)

  10,000 m: 4th place (15: 32.6 min)

• Arne Herjuaune

  500 m: 5th place (40.7 s)

• Johan Lind

  500 m: 29th place (42.3 s)

• Fred Anton Maier

  5000 m: gold (7: 22.4 min, world record)

  10,000 m: silver (15: 23.9 min)

• Svein-Erik Stiansen

  1500 m: 7th place (2: 05.5 min)

  5000 m: 12th place (7: 39.6 min)

  10,000 m: 7th place (15: 44.9 min)

• Magne Thomassen

  500 m: silver (40.5 s)

  1500 m: 4th place (2: 05.1 min)

  10,000 m: 7th place (15: 44.9 min)

• Bjørn Tveter

  1500 m: 5th place (2: 05.2 min)

Women

• Kirsti Biermann

  500 m: 8th place (46.8 s)

  1000 m: 9th place (1: 35.0 min)

• Kari Kåring

  1500 m: 14th place (2: 29.9 min)

  3000 m: 17th place (5: 20.6 min)

• Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg

  500 m: 11th place (47.0 s)

  1000 m: 13th place (1: 36.8 min)

  1500 m: 17th place (2: 30.7 min)

  3000 m: 16th place (5: 19.6 min)

• Sigrid Sundby

  500 m: 6th place (46.7 s)

  1000 m: 6th place (1: 34.5 min)

  1500 m: 4th place (2: 25.2 min)

  3000 m: 9th place (5: 13.3 min)

Nordic combination

• Gjert Andersen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 40th place (323.69)

• Kåre Olav Berg

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 28th place (375.60)

• Mikkel Dobloug

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 19th place (391.90)

• Markus Svendsen

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 27th place (377.85)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Jan-Axel Strøm

  21st place (2: 57.14 min)

• Rolf Greger Strøm

  19th place (2: 56.99 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Leave Hamre

  Downhill: 34th place (2: 06.93 min)

  Slalom: 14th place (1: 44.15 min)

• Jon Terje Øverland

  Departure: 23rd place (2: 05.34 min)

  Giant Slalom: 25th place (3: 39.57 min)

  Slalom: 17th place (1: 44.88 min)

• Bjarne beach

  Departure: 17th place (2: 03.20 min)

  Giant Slalom: 29th place (3: 41.17 min)

  Slalom: 22nd place (1: 47.38 min)

• Otto Tschudi

  Departure: race not finished

  Giant slalom: race not finished

• Håkon Mjøen

  Giant Slalom: 19th place (3: 38.34 min)

  Slalom: disqualified in the final

Women

• Aud Hvammen

  Giant slalom: 28th place (2: 1.30 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

• Dikke Eger-Bergmann

  Slalom: race not finished

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Gjermund Eggen

  30 km: 34th place (1: 43: 29.6 h)

• Ole Ellefsæter

  50 km: Gold (2: 28: 45.8 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 08: 33.5 h)

• Harald Grønningen

  15 km: Gold (47: 54.2 min)

  30 km: 13th place (1: 38: 26.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 08: 33.5 h)

• Reidar Hjermstad

  15 km: 17th place (50: 25.7 min)

  50 km: 8th place (2: 31: 01.8 h)

• Odd Martinsen

  15 km: 8th place (48: 59.3 min)

  30 km: Silver (1: 36: 28.9 h)

  50 km: 18th place (2: 33: 51.4 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 08: 33.5 h)

• Lorns Skjemstad

  30 km: 11th place (1: 37: 53.4 h)

• Pål Tyldum

  15 km: 7th place (48: 42.0 min)

  50 km: 4th place (2: 29: 26.7 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (2: 08: 33.5 h)

Women

• Inger Aufles

  5 km: 7th place (16: 58.1 min)

  10 km: Bronze (37: 59.9 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Gold (57: 30.0 min)

• Tone Dahle

  5 km: 28th place (18: 09.1 min)

• Babben Enger-Damon

  5 km: 21st place (17: 43.3 min)

  10 km: 8th place (38: 54.4 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Gold (57: 30.0 min)

• Katharina Mo Mountains

  10 km: 17th place (39: 35.4 min)

• Berit Mørdre

  5 km: 10th place (17: 11.9 min)

  10 km: Silver (37: 54.6 min)

  3 × 5 km relay: Gold (57: 30.0 min)

Ski jumping

• Jo Inge Bjørnebye

  Normal hill: 31st place (190.4)

• Lars Grini

  Normal hill: 13th place (206.1)

  Large hill: Bronze (214.3)

• Jan Olaf Roaldset

  Normal hill: 21st place (197.7)

  Large hill: 13th place (202.6)

• Bent Tomtum

  Large hill: 5th place (212.2)

• Bjørn Wirkola

  Normal hill: 4th place (212.0)

  Large hill: 23rd place (189.3)

Web links

• Norway at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )