Norway at the 1960 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NOR
Nocname:	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1960
Website:
Location:	Rome
Competitors:	40
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Sverre Strandli (athletics)
Rank:	21
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. 40 competitors, 39 men and 1 woman, took part in 39 events in 11 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Men's 100 metres

• Carl Fredrik Bunæs

• Heat - 10.80 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)

• Quarter final - 10.69 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Carl Fredrik Bunæs

• Heat - 21.46 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)

• Quarter final - 21.50 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Arne Hamarsland

• Heat - 3:44.63 min (→ advanced to the final)

• Final - 3:45.0 min (→ 9th place)

Men's marathon

• Tor Torgersen - 2:27:30 hrs (→ 26th place)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

• Jan Gulbrandsen

• Heat - 52.39 min (→ advanced to the semi-final)

• Semi final - 52.56 min (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

• Roar Berthelsen

• Qualification - 7.09 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Javelin Throw

• Willy Rasmussen

• Round 1 - 77.95 metres (→ advanced to the final)

• Final - 78.36 metres (→ 5th place)
• Terje Pedersen

• Round 1 - 74.67 metres (→ advanced to the final)

• Final - DNS (→ no ranking)
• Egil Danielsen

• Round 1 - 72.93 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Unn Thorvaldsen

• Round 1 - 41.99 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Stein Haugen

• Round 1 - 52.75 metres (→ advanced to the final)

• Final - 53.36 metres (→ 11th place)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Sverre Strandli

• Round 1 - 61.41 metres (→ advanced to the final)

• Final - 63.05 metres (→ 11th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer Olympics. One male cyclist represented Norway in 1960.

Individual road race

• Per Digerud

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer Olympics. One fencer represented Norway in 1960.

Men's foil

• Leif Klette

Men's épée

• Leif Klette

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: article and Rowing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Norway had two male rowers participate in one out of seven rowing events in 1960.^[2]

Men's double sculls

• Harald Kråkenes
• Sverre Kråkenes

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Six shooters represented Norway in 1960.

25 m pistol

• Nicolaus Zwetnow

50 m pistol

• Kurt Johannessen

50 m rifle, three positions

• Erling Kongshaug
• Magne Landrø

50 m rifle, prone

• Erling Kongshaug
• Tor Richter

Trap

• Hans Aasnæs

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norway at the 1960 Rome Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042653/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NOR/summer/1960/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 July 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. Norway Rowing at the 1960 Roma Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417112009/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NOR/summer/1960/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 February 2018.