Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	NOR
Nocname:	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	93 (44 men, 49 women)
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Vebjørn Rodal (athletics)
Rank:	19
Gold:	4
Silver:	3
Bronze:	3
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 93 competitors, 44 men and 49 women, took part in 54 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Women's javelin throw
	Norway women's national football team		Women's tournament
			Women's 20 km walk
			Women's 67 kg
			Men's double sculls
			50 metre rifle three positions
			Men's Soling Class
	Norway women's national handball team		Women's tournament

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 2000 Summer Olympics. In the sixth appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway represented by three men and one woman. Their combined record was 1–4. The men's team also lost their first match.

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Men's individual

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Bård Nesteng

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Lars Erik Humlekjær

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Martinus Grov

1/32 eliminations

Defeated

Henk Vogels Netherlands

158-149

Lost to

Michele Frangilli Italy

168-158

Lost to

Matteo Bisiani Italy

166-158

1/16 eliminations

Lost to

Sebastien Flute France

160-148

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Men's team:

• Nesteng, Humlekjær, and Grov – round of 16, 10th place

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1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Ying He China	160-145

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's competition

Men's 200 m

• Geir Moen

• Round 1 – 20.76

• Round 2 – 20.65 (did not advance)
• John Ertzgaard

• Round 1 – 21 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

• Vebjørn Rodal

• Round 1 – 01:46.76

• Semifinal – 01:48.73 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m

• Marius Bakken

• Round 1 – 13:44.80 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 m steeplechase

• Jim Svenøy

• Round 1 – 08:23.61

• Final – 08:27.20 (9th place)

Men's javelin throw

• Pål-Arne Fagernes

• Qualifying – 86.74

• Final – 83.04 (9th place)

Men's triple jump

• Ketill Hanstveit

• Qualifying – 16.75 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon

• Trond Høiby

• 100m – 11.56

• Long Jump – 6.22

• Shot Put – 14.03

• High Jump – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 10000 m

• Gunhild Halle-Haugen

• Round 1 – DNF (did not advance)

Women's javelin throw

• Trine Hattestad

• Qualifying – 65.44

• Final – 68.91 (gold medal) – Olympic record

Women's high jump

• Hanne Haugland

• Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km walk

• Kjersti Plätzer

• Final – 1:29:33 (silver medal)

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men's beach competition

• Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud – 9th place (tied)
• Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide – 19th place (tied)

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500m

• Knut Holmann

• Qualifying heat – 01:40.990

• Semifinal – 01:39.964

• Final – 01:57.847 (gold medal)

Men's kayak singles 1000m

• Knut Holmann

• Qualifying heat – 03:36.565

• Semifinal – 03:36.425

• Final – 03:33.269 (gold medal)

Men's kayak doubles 500m

• Eirik Verås Larsen, Nils Olav Fjeldheim

• Qualifying heat – 01:35.619

• Semifinal – 01:34.712 (did not advance)

Men's kayak doubles 1,000m

• Eirik Verås Larsen, Nils Olav Fjeldheim

• Qualifying heat – 03:15.483

• Semifinal – 03:17.288

• Final – 03:20.515 (9th place)

Men's canoe singles 500m

• Christian Frederiksen

• Qualifying heat – 01:54.366

• Semifinal – 01:53.661 (did not advance)

Men's canoe singles 1000m

• Christian Frederiksen

• Qualifying heat – 03:55.378

• Semifinal – bye

• Final – 03:58.159 (5th place)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Cross country mountain bike

Men's cross country mountain bike

• Tom Larsen

• Final – lapped (35th place)
• Rune Høydahl

• Final – DNF

Women's mountain bike

• Ragnhild Kostøl

• Final – 2:01:51.24 (22nd place)

Road cycling

Men's competition

Men's individual time trial

• Thor Hushovd

• Final – 0:59:00 (7th place)

Men's road race

• Bjoemar Vestoel

• Final – 5:36:14 (78th place)
• Kurt Asle Arvesen

• Final – DNF
• Svein Gaute Hølestøl

• Final – DNF
• Thor Hushovd

• Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's individual time trial

• Solrun Flataas

• Final – 0:45:01 (20th place)

Women's road race

• Monica Valen

• Final – 3:08:02 (29th place)
• Ingunn Bollerud

• Final – 3:10:33 (35th place)
• Solrun Flataas

• Final – 3:11:04 (38th place)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Three fencers, all women, represented Norway in 2000.

Women's épée

• Ragnhild Andenæs
• Margrete Mørch
• Silvia Lesoil

Women's team épée

• Margrete Mørch, Ragnhild Andenæs, Silvia Lesoil

Football

See main article: Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

Group stage--------

Semi-finals

Gold medal match

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Women's single-handed dinghy (Europe)

• Siren Sundby

• Race 1 – 7

• Race 2 – 10

• Race 3 – 12

• Race 4 – (23)

• Race 5 – 16

• Race 6 – 21

• Race 7 – (28) DNF

• Race 8 – 10

• Race 9 – 23

• Race 10 – 22

• Race 11 – 10

• Final – 131 (19th place)

Women's double-handed dinghy (470)

• Carolina Toll and Jeanette Lunde

• Race 1 – (17)

• Race 2 – 9

• Race 3 – 7

• Race 4 – (17)

• Race 5 – 17

• Race 6 – 11

• Race 7 – 7

• Race 8 – 17

• Race 9 – 8

• Race 10 – 13

• Race 11 – 16

• Final – 105 (16th place)

Open Laser

• Peer Moberg

• Race 1 – 12

• Race 2 – 7

• Race 3 – 11

• Race 4 – (32)

• Race 5 – 7

• Race 6 – 6

• Race 7 – (24)

• Race 8 – 4

• Race 9 – 10

• Race 10 – 22

• Race 11 – 15

• Final – 94 (10th place)

Open three-handed keelboat (Soling)

• Paul Davis, Herman Horn Johannessen and Espen Stokkeland

• Did not advance to Round Robin

Open high-performance two-handed dinghy (49er)

• Christoffer Sundby and Vegard Arnhoff

• Race 1 – 16

• Race 2 – (17)

• Race 3 – (18) OCS

• Race 4 – 2

• Race 5 – 2

• Race 6 – 10

• Race 7 – 14

• Race 8 – 7

• Race 9 – 10

• Race 10 – 16

• Race 11 – 10

• Race 12 – 13

• Race 13 – 6

• Race 14 – 17

• Race 15 – 5

• Race 16 – 14

• Final – 142 (13th place)

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results . Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Norway at the 2000 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042512/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/NOR/summer/2000/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-03-10 . sports-reference.com.