Norway at the 1998 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	NOR
Nocname:	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1998
Website:
Location:	Nagano
Competitors:	76 (49 men, 27 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Espen Bredesen (Ski jumping)
Rank:	2
Gold:	10
Silver:	10
Bronze:	5
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's slalom
			Men's 10 km sprint
			Men's 20 km
			Men's 10 km (classical)
			Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)
			Men's 50 km (freestyle)
			Men's 4 × 10 km relay
			Men's individual
			Men's team
			Men's 1500 m
			Men's downhill
			Men's slalom
			Men's combined
			Men's 10 km sprint
			Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
			Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle)
			Men's 30 km (classical)
			Women's 4 × 5 km relay
			Men's halfpipe
			Women's halfpipe
			Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay
			Women's 5 km (classical)
			Women's 15 km (classical)
			Men's tournament
			Women's moguls

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kjetil André Aamodt	Downhill			1:51.72	13
Lasse Kjus				1:50.51
Lasse Kjus	Super-G			1:36.25	9
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:35.67	5
Harald Christian Strand Nilsen	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kjetil André Aamodt		DNF	–	DNF	–
Lasse Kjus		1:21.92	1:18.73	2:40.65	8
Tom Stiansen		1:21.40	1:21.48	2:42.88	17
Finn Christian Jagge	Slalom	56.06	55.33	1:51.39	7
Tom Stiansen		55.70	55.20	1:50.90	4
Ole Kristian Furuseth		55.53	55.11	1:50.64
Hans Petter Buraas		55.28	54.03	1:49.31

Men's combined

Athlete	Slalom		Downhill	Total
	Time 1	Time 2	Time	Total time	Rank
Kjetil André Aamodt	50.29	44.97	DNF	DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge	50.22	45.16	DNF	DNF	–
Lasse Kjus	48.09	45.57	1:34.99	3:08.65

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Kristine Kristiansen	Downhill			DNF	–
Trude Gimle				1:30.87	16
Ingeborg Helen Marken				1:30.19	11
Trude Gimle	Super-G			1:19.71	25
Ingeborg Helen Marken				1:19.16	19
Kristine Kristiansen				1:19.02	17
Ingeborg Helen Marken	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kristine Kristiansen		1:23.04	1:35.67	2:58.71	22
Andrine Flemmen		1:20.04	1:34.90	2:54.94	10
Trude Gimle	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Andrine Flemmen		DNF	–	DNF	–
Trine Bakke-Rognmo		47.17	DNF	DNF	–

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Trude Gimle	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Ingeborg Helen Marken	1:30.65	39.00	37.54	2:47.19	13
Kristine Kristiansen	1:30.61	38.49	DNF	DNF	–

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Egil Gjelland	1	28:49.1	13
	Halvard Hanevold	2	28:40.8	8
	Frode Andresen	2	28:17.8
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	0	27:16.2

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
20 km	Frode Andresen	54:51.0	5	59:51.0	19
	Dag Bjørndalen	57:34.7	1	58:34.7	10
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	54:16.8	4	58:16.8	7
	Halvard Hanevold	55:16.4	1	56:16.4

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ^1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Gunn Margit Andreassen	4	26:36.2	56
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	4	25:22.8	37
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée	3	24:44.0	23
	Annette Sikveland	2	24:09.5	15

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ^2	Rank
15 km	Gunn Margit Andreassen	56:28.5	5	1'01:28.5	40
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	54:00.3	7	1'01:00.3	34
	Liv Grete Skjelbreid	52:21.2	5	57:21.2	15
	Annette Sikveland	53:38.7	3	56:38.7	8

Women's 4 × 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 1998 Winter Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Sture Sivertsen	28:10.6	9
	Erling Jevne	27:58.7	7
	Thomas Alsgaard	27:48.1	5
	Bjørn Dæhlie	27:24.5
15 km pursuit^1 F	Sture Sivertsen	43:29.2	27
	Bjørn Dæhlie	39:38.8
	Thomas Alsgaard	39:37.7
30 km C	Thomas Alsgaard	DNF	–
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1'40:18.5	20
	Sture Sivertsen	1'39:44.9	15
	Erling Jevne	1'35:27.1
50 km F	Tor-Arne Hetland	2'15:21.7	24
	Anders Eide	2'11:06.9	11
	Thomas Alsgaard	2'07:21.5	6
	Bjørn Dæhlie	2'05:08.2

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 Hartz	18:08.0	8
	Anita Moen-Guidon	18:04.4	7
	Marit Mikkelsplass	17:53.5	6
	Bente Martinsen	17:49.4
10 km pursuit^2 F	Marit Mikkelsplass	30:15.3	14
	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	29:36.0	11
	Bente Martinsen	29:34.1	9
	Anita Moen-Guidon	29:27.6	8
15 km C	Bente Martinsen	48:19.0	6
	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	48:19.0	6
	Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass	48:12.5	5
	Anita Moen Guidon	47:52.6
30 km F	Trude Dybendahl Hartz	DNF	–
	Maj Helen Sorkmo	1'29:16.9	19
	Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass	1'25:36.9	9
	Elin Nilsen	1'24:24.5	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 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
		6	1
		5	2
		5	2
		3	4
		3	4
		3	4
		2	5
		1	6

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Medal round

Semi-final

Bronze medal game

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country	Skip	W	L
		6	1
		6	1
		5	2
		4	3
		2	5
6th		2	5
		2	5
		1	6

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Contestants

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Kari Traa	Moguls	35.19	22.51	8 Q	32.69	24.09
Hilde Synnøve Lid	Aerials		168.79	5 Q		160.18	6

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's individual

Events:

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

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
		Points	Rank
Halldor Skard	Individual	186.0	42	DNF	–
Kristian Hammer		203.5	24	46:07.7	26
Fred Børre Lundberg		205.0	22	44:32.3	16
Bjarte Engen Vik		241.0	1	41:21.1

Men's Team

Four participants per team.

Events:

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

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Roar Ljøkelsøy	Normal hill	74.0	80.0	40	did not advance
Espen Bredesen		74.5	82.5	36	did not advance
Henning Stensrud		81.0	96.0	24 Q	81.0	97.0	193.0	23
Kristian Brenden		87.5	112.0	6 Q	84.0	103.5	215.5	8
Henning Stensrud	Large hill	106.5	89.7	38	did not advance
Kristian Brenden		113.0	104.4	24 Q	127.0	130.1	234.5	13
Roar Ljøkelsøy		119.5	116.6	7 Q	124.0	125.7	242.3	9
Lasse Ottesen		121.0	118.8	5 Q	122.0	120.1	238.9	10

Men's team large hill

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Roger Hjelmstadstuen	35.2	18	31.3	25	did not advance
Kim Christiansen	38.1	9	37.7	12	did not advance
Klas Vangen	38.3	7 QF			70.9	15
Daniel Franck	39.6	4 QF			82.4

Women's halfpipe

Athlete	Qualifying round 1		Qualifying round 2		Final
	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Christel Thoresen	24.3	22	24.4	17	did not advance
Anne Molin Kongsgård	29.3	16	29.2	12	did not advance
Stine Brun Kjeldaas	37.6	1 QF			74.2

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Roger Strøm	36.53	14	36.15	7	72.68	10
	Grunde Njøs	36.32	11	DNF	–	DNF	–
1000 m	Roger Strøm					1:13.58	34
	Grunde Njøs					1:12.27	14
1500 m	Brigt Rykkje					1:52.91	29
	Steinar Johansen					1:52.88	28
	Ådne Søndrål					1:47.87 WR
5000 m	Remi Hereide					6:39.35	12
	Lasse Sætre					6:38.95	11
	Kjell Storelid					6:37.12	8
10,000 m	Remi Hereide					14:09.90	15
	Lasse Sætre					13:42.94	7
	Kjell Storelid					13:35.95	5

Women

Event	Athlete	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	40.02	23	39.99	20	80.01	20
1000 m	Edel Therese Høiseth					1:19.23	14
1500 m	Anette Tønsberg					2:03.03	17
3000 m	Anette Tønsberg					4:19.24	15
5000 m	Anette Tønsberg					7:28.39	13

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com