Norway at the 1992 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	NOR
Nocname:	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1992
Date:	8–23 February
Website:
Location:	Albertville, France
Competitors:	80 (61 men, 19 women)
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Eirik Kvalfoss (Biathlon)
Rank:	3
Gold:	9
Silver:	6
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

As Lillehammer would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a Norwegian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				10 February
				13 February
				13 February
				15 February
				16 February
				16 February
				18 February
				22 February
				22 February
				10 February
				15 February
				16 February
				17 February
				17 February
				20 February
				10 February
				13 February
				16 February
				18 February
				20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Alpine skiing	8	3	11
Biathlon	6	6	12
Bobsleigh	2	–	2
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Freestyle skiing	0	2	2
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	2	0	2
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	1	0	1
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	6	3	9
Total	61	19	80

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Tom Stiansen	Downhill			1:55.62	32
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:54.24	26
Lasse Arnesen				1:51.63	8
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:50.79	5
Tom Stiansen	Super-G			1:14.51	8
Ole Kristian Furuseth				1:13.87	4
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:13.83
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:13.04
Didrik Marksten	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Lasse Kjus		DNF	-	DNF	-
Ole Kristian Furuseth		1:05.63	1:02.53	2:08.16	5
Kjetil André Aamodt		1:04.81	1:03.01	2:07.82
Didrik Marksten	Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Kjetil André Aamodt		54.42	DNF	DNF	-
Ole Kristian Furuseth		53.14	DNF	DNF	-
Finn Christian Jagge		51.43	52.96	1:44.39

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Tom Stiansen	DNF	-	-	DNF	-
Ole Kristian Furuseth	1:48.94	50.59	50.45	40.47	7
Lasse Arnesen	1:46.81	53.33	53.59	51.93	10
Jan Einar Thorsen	1:44.97	54.59	55.80	52.75	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Astrid Lødemel	Downhill			1:54.76	15
Astrid Lødemel	Super-G			DNF	-
Merete Fjeldavlie				DNF	-
Anne Berge				1:25.65	21
Astrid Lødemel	Giant Slalom	DNF	-	DNF	-
Anne Berge		1:09.90	1:09.61	2:19.51	21
Merete Fjeldavlie		1:08.66	1:08.57	2:17.23	15
Merete Fjeldavlie	Slalom	51.65	47.02	1:38.67	22
Anne Berge		49.39	44.83	1:34.22	8

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Anne Berge	1:28.67	34.93	34.36	35.28	5
Merete Fjeldavlie	1:28.26	35.52	DSQ	DSQ	-
Astrid Lødemel	1:26.95	37.29	55.96	210.94	22

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Geir Einang	2	29:45.0	66
	Eirik Kvalfoss	2	28:38.2	47
	Jon Åge Tyldum	0	28:01.4	34
	Sylfest Glimsdal	4	27:38.9	24

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Geir Einang	59:04.8	3	1'02:04.8	36
	Eirik Kvalfoss	58:52.4	2	1'00:52.4	27
	Gisle Fenne	57:32.9	1	58:32.9	9
	Frode Løberg	57:32.4	1	58:32.4	8

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Anne Elvebakk	3	27:34.2	32
	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	5	27:24.2	31
	Signe Trosten	2	26:43.3	19
	Elin Kristiansen	1	26:23.3	15

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Åse Idland	53:05.0	4	57:05.0	27
	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	50:59.4	5	55:59.4	18
	Signe Trosten	51:24.5	2	53:24.5	10
	Elin Kristiansen	51:19.6	2	53:19.6	9

Women's 3 × 7.5 km relay

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

See main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Kristen Skjeldal	31:02.0	38
	Terje Langli	29:51.0	20
	Bjørn Dæhlie	28:01.6	4
	Vegard Ulvang	27:36.0
15 km pursuit^1 F	Vegard Ulvang	38:55.3
	Bjørn Dæhlie	38:01.9
30 km C	Erling Jevne	1'24:07.7	5
	Terje Langli	1'23:42.5
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1'23:14.0
	Vegard Ulvang	1'22:27.8
50 km F	Kristen Skjeldal	2'11:44.5	20
	Terje Langli	2'11:32.0	18
	Vegard Ulvang	2'08:21.5	9
	Bjørn Dæhlie	2'03:41.5

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Trude Dybendahl	15:10.8	21
	Elin Nilsen	14:50.8	10
	Solveig Pedersen	14:42.1	8
	Inger Helene Nybråten	14:33.3	5
10 km pursuit^2 F	Solveig Pedersen	28:26.6	15
	Inger Helene Nybråten	27:21.1	7
	Elin Nilsen	26:36.9	5
15 km C	Inger Lise Hegge	46:03.9	21
	Solveig Pedersen	45:51.3	20
	Trude Dybendahl	44:31.5	8
	Inger Helene Nybråten	44:18.6	7
30 km F	Inger Lise Hegge	1'29:31.6	14
	Inger Helene Nybråten	1'28:21.8	13
	Trude Dybendahl	1'27:29.8	9
	Elin Nilsen	1'26:25.1	4

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Freestyle skiing

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Kari Traa	Moguls	45.25	17.30	14	did not advance
Stine Lise Hattestad		39.62	23.11	3 Q	40.26	23.04

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the consolation round

width=165	Team	width=40	GP	width=40	W	width=40	L	width=40	T	width=40	GF	width=40	GA	width=40	DIF	width=40	PTS
	5	4	1	0	28	9	19	8
	5	4	1	0	32	10	22	8
	5	4	1	0	25	15	10	8
	5	2	3	0	14	22	-8	4
	5	1	4	0	13	25	-12	2
	5	0	5	0	7	38	-31	0

	10:1
	8:1
	10:0
	6:3
	4:2

Consolation round 9th-12th places

5:3

9th place match

9th

5:2

Contestants

• Steve Allman

• Jim Marthinsen

• Robert Schistad

• Petter Salsten

• Kim Søgaard

• Geir Hoff

• Tommy Jakobsen

• Jon-Magne Karlstad

• Jan-Roar Fagerli

• Morgan Andersen

• Rune Gulliksen

• Martin Friis

• Petter Thoresen

• Marius Rath

• Tom Johansen

• Ørjan Løvdal

• Øystein Olsen

• Arne Billkvam

• Erik Kristiansen

• Jarle Friis

• Carl Gunnar Gundersen

• Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm

• Eirik Paulsen
• Head coach: Bengt Ohlson

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

(Men's) Doubles

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Bård Jørgen Elden	Individual	167.7	45	+6:45.4	49:17.5	21
Trond Einar Elden		181.9	39	+5:10.7	47:11.9	9
Knut Tore Apeland		190.7	35	+4:12.0	47:23.9	10
Fred Børre Lundberg		211.9	9	+1:50.7	45:54.8	4

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 10 km cross-country skiing

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Espen Bredesen	Normal hill	73.5	73.1	65.0	54.0	127.1	58
Magne Johansen		77.0	86.7	78.5	87.6	174.3	49
Øyvind Berg		78.5	90.1	81.5	95.9	186.0	35
Lasse Ottesen		86.5	107.4	72.5	72.0	179.4	45
Espen Bredesen	Large hill	83.5	45.4	75.5	28.7	74.1	57
Lasse Ottesen		92.0	60.3	92.5	66.5	126.8	45
Øyvind Berg		96.5	73.6	92.5	67.0	140.6	34
Magne Johansen		100.0	79.5	104.5	86.8	166.3	18

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1000 m	Ådne Søndrål	1:17.56	29
1500 m	Steinar Johansen	2:00.79	29
	Geir Karlstad	1:56.98	8
	Ådne Søndrål	1:54.85
	Johann Olav Koss	1:54.81
5000 m	Atle Vårvik	7:28.28	28
	Johann Olav Koss	7:11.32	7
	Geir Karlstad	6:59.97
10,000 m	Steinar Johansen	14:36.09	8
	Geir Karlstad	14:18.13
	Johann Olav Koss	14:14.58

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	41.89	20
1000 m	Else Ragni Yttredal	1:24.54	21
	Edel Therese Høiseth	1:23.85	13
1500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	2:14.93	30
	Else Ragni Yttredal	2:09.38	12
3000 m	Anette Tønsberg	4:38.66	20
	Else Ragni Yttredal	4:36.98	16
5000 m	Else Ragni Yttredal	8:09.69	22
	Anette Tønsberg	8:09.68	21

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com

Notes and References

1. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/NOR/editions/44 Norway at the 1992 Winter Olympics