1998 Winter Olympics / Participant (Norway)

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Norway took part in the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Japanese Nagano with a delegation of 76 athletes in ten disciplines in part, of which 49 men and 27 women. With ten gold, ten silver and five bronze medals, Norway wasthe second most successful nation at the Gamesafter Germany .

The most successful athlete was Bjørn Dæhlie , who became Olympic champion in cross-country skiing over 10 km, 50 km and with the 4 × 10 km relay . Thomas Alsgaard , who like Sture Sivertsen and Erling Jevne won the relay competition with Dæhlie, was also Olympic champion in the 15 km pursuit. The relay also won gold in the Nordic Combined , and Bjarte Engen Vik made it to first place in the individual . The Norwegian delegation won two more gold medals in biathlon with the successes of Ole Einar Bjørndalen in the sprint over 10 km and Halvard Hanevold in the individual over 20 km. The other two gold medals were won by Hans Petter Buraas in slalom races and Ådne Søndrål in speed skating over 1500 m.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the ski jumper Espen Bredesen .

Participants by sport

biathlon

Men

• Frode Andresen

  10 km sprint: silver (28: 17.8 min)

  20 km individual: 19th place (59: 51.0 min)

• Dag Bjørndalen

  20 km individual: 10th place (58: 34.7 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (1: 21: 56.3 h)

• Ole Einar Bjørndalen

  10 km sprint: gold (27: 16.2 min)

  20 km individual: 7th place (58: 16.8 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (1: 21: 56.3 h)

• Egil Gjelland

  10 km sprint: 13th place (28: 49.1 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (1: 21: 56.3 h)

• Halvard Hanevold

  10 km sprint: 8th place (28: 40.8 min)

  20 km individual: gold (56: 16.4 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: Silver (1: 21: 56.3 h)

Women

• Gunn Margit Andreassen

  7.5 km sprint: 56th place (26: 36.2 min)

  15 km individual: 40th place (1: 01: 28.5 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (1:40: 37.3 h)

• Annette Sikveland

  7.5 km sprint: 15th place (24: 09.5 min)

  15 km individual: 8th place (56: 38.7 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (1:40: 37.3 h)

• Ann-Elen Skjelbreid

  7.5 km sprint: 37th place (25: 22.8 min)

  15 km individual: 34th place (1: 01: 00.3 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (1:40: 37.3 h)

• Liv Grete Skjelbreid

  7.5 km sprint: 23rd place (24: 44.0 min)

  15 km individual: 15th place (57: 21.2 min)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: bronze (1:40: 37.3 h)

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Men, foursome

• Arnfinn Kristiansen , Jørn Stian Dahl , Peter Kildal , Dagfinn Aarskog (NOR-1)

  17th place (2: 42.07 min)

Curling

Men

• Eigil Ramsfjell (Skip), Jan Thoresen , Stig-Arne Gunnestad , Anthon Grimsmo , Tore Torvbråten

  bronze

Women

• Dordi Nordby (Skip), Marianne Haslum , Kristin Tøsse Løvseth , Hanne Woods , Grethe Wolan

  6th place

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Remi Hereide

  5000 m: 12th place (6: 39.35 min)

  10,000 m: 15th place (14: 09.90 min)

• Steinar Johansen

  1500 m: 28th place (1: 52.88 min)

• Grund Njøs

  500 m: race not finished

  1000 m: 14th place (1: 12.27 min)

• Brigt Rykkje

  1500 m: 29th place (1: 52.91 min)

• Ådne Søndrål

  1500 m: gold (1: 47.87 min, world record)

• Leave Sætre

  5000 m: 11th place (6: 38.95 min)

  10,000 m: 7th place (13: 42.94 min)

• Kjell Storelid

  5000 m: 8th place (6: 37.12 min)

  10,000 m: 5th place (13: 35.95 min)

• Roger Strøm

  500 m: 10th place (72.68 s)

  1000 m: 34th place (1: 13.58 min)

Women

• Edel Therese Høiseth

  500 m: 20th place (80.01 s)

  1000 m: 14th place (1: 19.23 min)

• Anette Tønsberg

  1500 m: 17th place (2: 03.03 min)

  3000 m: 15th place (4: 19.24 min)

  5000 m: 13th place (7: 28.39 min)

Freestyle skiing

Women

• Hilde Synnøve Lid

  Jumping: 6th place (160.18)

• Kari Traa

  Moguls: Bronze (24.09)

Nordic combination

• Kenneth Braaten

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Gold (54: 11.5 min)

• Kristian Hammer

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 26th place (46: 07.7 min)

• Fred Børre Lundberg

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 16th place (44: 32.3 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Gold (54: 11.5 min)

• Halldor Skard

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Race not finished

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Gold (54: 11.5 min)

• Bjarte Engen Vik

  Individual (normal hill / 15 km): Gold (41: 21.1 min)

  Team (normal hill / 5 km): Gold (54: 11.5 min)

Alpine skiing

Men

• Kjetil André Aamodt

  Downhill: 13th place (1: 51.72 min)

  Super-G: 5th place (1: 35.67 min)

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Combination: Downhill race not finished

• Hans Petter Buraas

  Slalom: Gold (1: 49.31 min)

• Ole Kristian Furuseth

  Slalom: Silver (1: 50.64 min)

• Finn Christian Jagge

  Slalom: 7th place (1: 51.39 min)

  Combination: Downhill race not finished

• Leave kjus

  Downhill: Silver (1: 50.51 min)

  Super-G: 9th place (1: 36.25 min)

  Giant Slalom: 8th place (2: 40.65 min)

  Slalom: 88th place (1: 35.97 min)

  Combination: silver (3: 08.65 min)

• Tom Stiansen

  Giant Slalom: 17th place (2: 42.88 min)

  Slalom: 4th place (1: 50.90 min)

• Harald Christian Strand Nilsen

  Giant slalom: race not finished

Women

• Trine Bakke

  Slalom: race not finished

• Andrine Flemmen

  Giant Slalom: 10th place (2: 54.94 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

• Trude Gimle

  Downhill: 16th place (1: 30.87 min)

  Super-G: 25th place (1: 19.71 min)

  Slalom: race not finished

  Combination: Downhill race not finished

• Kristine Kristiansen

  Departure: race not finished

  Super-G: 17th place (1: 19.02 min)

  Giant Slalom: 22nd place (2: 58.71 min)

  Combination: slalom race not finished

• Ingeborg Helen Marken

  Departure: 11th place (1: 30.19 min)

  Super-G: 19th place (1: 19.16 min)

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Combination: 13th place (2: 47.19 min)

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Thomas Alsgaard

  10 km classic: 5th place (27: 48.1 min)

  15 km pursuit: Gold (39: 37.7 min)

  30 km classic: race not finished

  50 km freestyle: 6th place (2: 07: 21.5 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (1: 40: 55.7 h)

• Bjørn Dæhlie

  10 km classic: Gold (27: 24.5 min)

  15 km pursuit: silver (39: 38.8 min)

  30 km classic: 20th place (1: 40: 18.5 h)

  50 km freestyle: Gold (2: 05: 08.2 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (1: 40: 55.7 h)

• Oaths are different

  50 km freestyle: 11th place (2: 11: 06.9 h)

• Gate Arne Hetland

  50 km freestyle: 24th place (2: 15: 21.7 h)

• Erling Jevne

  10 km classic: 7th place (27: 58.7 min)

  30 km classic: silver (1: 35: 27.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (1: 40: 55.7 h)

• Stubborn Sivertsen

  10 km classic: 9th place (28: 10.6 min)

  15 km pursuit: 27th place (43: 29.2 min)

  30 km classic: 15th place (1: 39: 44.9 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: Gold (1: 40: 55.7 h)

Women

• Trude Dybendahl

  5 km classic: 8th place (18: 08.0 min)

  10 km pursuit: 11th place (29: 36.0 min)

  15 km classic: 6th place (48: 19.0 min)

  30 km freestyle: race not finished

• Bente Martinsen

  5 km classic: bronze (17: 49.4 min)

  10 km pursuit: 9th place (29: 34.1 min)

  15 km classic: 6th place (48: 19.0 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: Silver (55: 38.0 min)

• Marit Mikkelsplass

  5 km classic: 6th place (17: 53.5 min)

  10 km pursuit: 14th place (30: 15.3 min)

  15 km classic: 5th place (48: 12.5 min)

  30 km freestyle: 9th place (1: 25: 36.9 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: Silver (55: 38.0 min)

• Anita Moen

  5 km classic: 7th place (18: 04.4 min)

  10 km pursuit: 9th place (29: 27.6 min)

  15 km classic: bronze (47: 52.6 min)

  4 × 5 km relay: Silver (55: 38.0 min)

• Elin Nilsen

  30 km freestyle: 4th place (1: 24: 24.5 h)

  4 × 5 km relay: Silver (55: 38.0 min)

• Maj Helen Sorkmo

  30 km freestyle: 19th place (1: 29: 16.9 h)

Ski jumping

• Espen Bredesen

  Normal hill: 36th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

• Kristian Brenden

  Normal hill: 8th place (215.5)

  Large hill: 13th place (234.5)

  Team: 4th place (870.6)

• Roar Ljøkelsøy

  Normal hill: 40th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Large hill: 9th place (242.3)

  Team: 4th place (870.6)

• Let Ottesen

  Large hill: 10th place (238.9)

  Team: 4th place (870.6)

• Henning Stensrud

  Normal hill: 23rd place (193.0)

  Large hill: 38th place (not qualified for the 2nd jump)

  Team: 4th place (870.6)

Snowboard

Men

• Kim Christiansen

  Halfpipe: 12th place (not qualified for the final)

• Daniel Franck

  Halfpipe: Silver (82.4)

• Roger Hjelmstadstuen

  Halfpipe: 25th place (not qualified for the final)

• Klas Vangen

  Halfpipe: 15th place (70.5)

Women

• Stine Brun Kjeldaas

  Halfpipe: Silver (74.2)

• Anne Molin Kongsgård

  Halfpipe: 12th place (not qualified for the final)

• Christel Thoresen

  Halfpipe: 17th place (not qualified for the final)

Web links

• Norway at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )