Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	NOR
Nocname:	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	2010
Website:
Location:	Vancouver
Competitors:	99
Sports:	11
Flagbearer:	Tommy Jakobsen^[1] (opening) Petter Northug (closing)
Rank:	4
Gold:	9
Silver:	8
Bronze:	6
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Norway sent 99 competitors to the games^[2] and ended up with the fourth largest number of gold medals among participating nations.

Medalists

|width="70%" align="left" valign="top"|

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
		Cross-country skiing	Women's sprint	17 February
		Biathlon	Women's individual	18 February
		Biathlon	Men's individual	18 February
		Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	19 February
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 15 km pursuit	19 February
	Petter Northug	Cross-country skiing	Men's team sprint	22 February
	Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 x 5 km relay	25 February
	Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Biathlon	Men's relay	26 February
		Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km classical	28 February
		Biathlon	Men's sprint	14 February
		Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	15 February
		Biathlon	Men's individual	18 February
		Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	23 February
		Freestyle skiing	Women's ski cross	23 February
	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Petter Northug	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 x 10 km relay	24 February
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 km classical	27 February
	Torger Nergård Christoffer Svae Håvard Vad Petersson Thomas Løvold	Curling	Men's tournament	27 February
		Cross-country skiing	Women's 10 km freestyle	15 February
		Cross-country skiing	Men's sprint	17 February
		Speed skating	Men's 1500 m	20 February
		Freestyle skiing	Men's ski cross	21 February
		Ski jumping	Large hill team	22 February
		Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	23 February

|width="30%" align="left" valign="top"|

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cross-country skiing	5	2	2	9
Biathlon	3	2	0	5
Alpine skiing	1	2	1	4
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1	2
Ski jumping	0	0	1	1
Speed skating	0	0	1	1
Curling	0	1	0	1
bgcolor=#efefef align="left"	Total	9	8	6	23

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Total	Rank
Leif Kristian Haugen	Men's giant slalom	1:19.58	1:22.20	2:41.78	28
	Men's slalom	did not finish
Kjetil Jansrud	Men's downhill			1:56.69	31
	Men's super-G			1:31.21	12
	Men's combined	1:55.44	51.06	2:46.50	9
	Men's giant slalom	1:18.07	1:20.15	2:38.22
	Men's slalom	49.54	49.54	1:41.57	17
Truls Ove Karlsen	Men's downhill			1:59.52	46
	Men's super-G			did not finish
	Men's combined	1:57.32	51.99	2:49.31	22
	Men's giant slalom	1:18.93	1:21.27	2:40.20	21
	Men's slalom	did not finish
Mona Løseth	Women's combined	1:27.72	44.96	2:12.68	13
	Women's super-G			1:23.97	21
	Women's giant slalom	did not finish
	Women's slalom	54.53	did not finish
Lars Elton Myhre	Men's downhill			1:56.69	31
	Men's super-G			1:32.36	25
	Men's combined	1:55.44	did not finish
	Men's slalom	did not finish
Aksel Lund Svindal	Men's downhill			1:54.38
	Men's super-G			1:30.34
	Men's combined	1:53.15	did not finish
	Men's giant slalom	1:17.43	1:21.01	2:38.44

Note: In the super combined, run 1 is the downhill, and run 2 is the slalom.

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Sprint	25:48.9	4	17
	Pursuit	34:29.8	2	7
	Individual	48:32.0	2
	Mass start	37:46.5	7	27
Tarjei Bø	Individual	51:51.5	3	21
Lars Berger	Sprint	26:53.0	4	46
	Pursuit	35:37.2	2	23
Halvard Hanevold	Sprint	26:07.7	1	24
	Pursuit	35:13.1	2	17
	Mass start	36:56.6	3	19
Alexander Os	Individual	52:19.8	3	28
Emil Hegle Svendsen	Sprint	24:20.0	1
	Pursuit	34:30.4	4	8
	Individual	48:22.5	1
	Mass start	36:20.7	3	13
Halvard Hanevold Tarjei Bø Emil Hegle Svendsen Ole Einar Bjørndalen	Relay	1:21:38.1	0+1 0+2 0+2 0+2

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Misses	Rank
Liv Kjersti Eikeland	Sprint	22:51.9	4	70
	Individual	48:00.7	5	70
Ann Kristin Flatland	Sprint	20:29.7	1	10
	Pursuit	31:33.3	1	8
	Individual	43:06.4	2	14
	Mass start	36:16.0	4	11
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen	Sprint	22:41.0	5	66
Solveig Rogstad	Individual	46:55.1	4	61
Tora Berger	Sprint	21:42.1	2	33
	Pursuit	31:07.2	0	5
	Individual	40:52.8	1
	Mass start	36:58.3	4	18
Liv Kjersti Eikeland Ann Kristin Flatland Solveig Rogstad Tora Berger	Relay	1:10:34.1	0+2 0+0 0+0 0+1	4

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Petter Northug	15 km freestyle	35:39.5	41
	30 km pursuit	1:15:53.1	11
	50 km classical	2:05.35.5
Ronny Hafsås	15 km freestyle	35:41.8	42
Martin Johnsrud Sundby	15 km freestyle	35:26.3	33
	30 km pursuit	1:17:05.5	17
	50 km classical	2:05.57.7	15
Eldar Rønning	30 km pursuit	1:21:14.1	36
Tord Asle Gjerdalen	15 km freestyle	35:10.5	28
	30 km pursuit	1:17:04.5	19
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	50 km classical	2:06.08.3	17
Jens Arne Svartedal	50 km classical	2:07.32.5	23
Martin Johnsrud Sundby Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Petter Northug	4 x 10 km relay	1:45:21.3

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Petter Northug	Sprint	3:37.09	6 Q	3:34.5	1 Q	3:36.7	2 Q	3:45.5
Ola Vigen Hattestad	Sprint	3:36.43	3 Q	3:37.8	1 Q	3:36.5	1 Q	3:50.0	4
Øystein Pettersen	Sprint	3:37.34	7 Q	3:36.9	1 Q	3:34.4	2 Q	4:56.2	6
Johan Kjølstad	Sprint	3:36.65	5 Q	3:35.3	3 q	3:35.9	5	DNQ	9
Jens Arne Svartedal
Øystein Pettersen Petter Northug	Team sprint					18:48.5	2 Q	19:01.0

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Marit Bjørgen	10 km freestyle	25:14.3
	15 km pursuit	39:58.1
	30 km classical	1:30.34.0
Kristin Størmer Steira	10 km freestyle	25:50.5	8
	15 km pursuit	40:07.5	4
	30 km classical	1:32.04.4	8
Vibeke Skofterud	10 km freestyle	26:16.3	22
	15 km pursuit	did not finish
Marthe Kristoffersen	10 km freestyle	27:38.4	49
	30 km classical	1:34.31.5	21
Therese Johaug	15 km pursuit	40:50.0	6
	30 km classical	1:32.01.3	7
Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	4 x 5 km relay	55:19.5

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marit Bjørgen	Sprint	3:38.05	1 Q	3:35.4	1 Q	3:39.3	1 Q	3:39.2
Celine Brun-Lie	Sprint	3:44.71	8 Q	3:39.7	3 q	3:40.1	3 q	3:51.5	6
Maiken Caspersen Falla	Sprint	3:50.23	28 Q	3:41.6	4	did not qualify			18
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen	Sprint	3:45.01	11 Q	3:39.0	2 Q	3:44.2	3	DNQ	7
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Celine Brun-Lie	Team sprint					18:47.2	2 Q	18:32.8	5

Curling

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Team: Thomas Ulsrud (skip), Torger Nergaard, Håvard Vad Petersson, Christoffer Svae, Thomas Løvold (alternate).

Much attention was paid to the team's pants, in the international media and on social media networks. The men wore pants with a red, white and blue diamond pattern from Loudmouth Golf. The pants were picked for the team by second Chris Svae.^{[3] [4]}

Summary

Men's tournament

See main article: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Standings

Round-robinNorway had a bye in draws 3, 8 and 11.

Draw 1Tuesday, 16 February, 09:00

Draw 2Tuesday, 16 February, 19:00

Draw 4Thursday, 18 February, 09:00

Draw 5Thursday, 18 February, 19:00

Draw 6Friday, 19 February, 14:00

Draw 7Saturday, 20 February, 09:00

Draw 9Sunday, 21 February, 14:00

Draw 10Monday, 22 February, 09:00

Draw 12Tuesday, 23 February, 14:00

SemifinalThursday, 25 February, 14:00

Gold medal gameSaturday, 27 February, 15:00

Freestyle skiing

See main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Audun Grønvold	Men's ski cross	1:13.23	5 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	3
Anders Rekdal	Men's ski cross	1:14.17	17 Q	DNF	did not advance			22

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Hedda Berntsen	Women's ski cross	1:17.96	5 Q	1 Q	1 Q	1 Q	2
Marte Høie Gjefsen	Women's ski cross	1:19.30	12 Q	2 Q	3	did not advance
Julie Jensen	Women's ski cross	1:20.23	18 Q	1 Q	2 Q	4	Small final 4	8
Gro Kvinlog	Women's ski cross	1:21.93	27 Q	3	did not advance

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's tournament

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.

Roster

Group play

Norway played in Group A.

Round-robinAll times are local (UTC-8).--------

Standings

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping		Cross-country
		Points	Rank	Deficit	Time	Rank
Mikko Kokslien	Normal hill/10 km	101.5	42	+2:16	27:39.2 +1:52.1	32
Magnus Moan	Normal hill/10 km	104.0	40	+2:06	26:22.7 +35.6	9
Jan Schmid	Normal hill/10 km	110.0	33	+1:42	27:10.6 +1:22.5	23
Petter Tande	Normal hill/10 km	116.0	22	+1:18	26:47.2 +1:00.1	17
Ole Christian Wendel
Espen Rian Magnus Moan Jan Schmid Petter Tande	Team large hill/4 x 5 km	468.4	7	+0:51	50:25.9 +0:54.3	5

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		First round		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total	Rank
Anders Bardal	Normal hill	122.5	21 Q	118.5	22	124.0	242.5	18
	Large hill	136.7	7 Q	100.7	24	110.7	211.4	22
Johan Remen Evensen	Large hill	137.1	6 Q	109.3	17	114.3	223.6	15
Tom Hilde	Normal hill	132.0	10 Q	124.0	13	128.0	252.0	12
	Large hill	135.7	8 Q	111.2	15	116.7	227.9	11
Anders Jacobsen	Normal hill	DNS	PQ	123.5	15	133.5	257.0	9
	Large hill	n/a	PQ	199.4	9	107.0	226.4	12
Bjørn Einar Romøren	Normal hill	n/a	PQ	120.5	19	114.5	235.0	23
Anders Bardal Tom Hilde Johan Remen Evensen Anders Jacobsen	Large hill team			504.0	3	526.3	1030.3

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Halfpipe

Athlete	Event	Qualifying run 1		Qualifying run 2		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Rank
Fredrik Austbø	Men's halfpipe	did not start
Kjersti Ø. Buaas	Women's halfpipe	20.6	16	21.8	22	did not advance
Linn Haug	Women's halfpipe	11.5	26	12.8	27	did not advance
Tore V. Holvik	Men's halfpipe	23.1	9	19.6	15	did not advance
Roger S. Kleivdal	Men's halfpipe	15.7	10	18.4	13	did not advance
Ståle Sandbech	Men's halfpipe	9.1	17	20.1	10	did not advance
Lisa H. Wiik	Women's halfpipe	23.0	19	26.5	19	did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/8 finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Joachim Havikhagen	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.87	25 Q	3	did not advance
Helene Olafsen	Women's snowboard cross	1:26.94	5 Q		2 Q	1 Q	4	4
Stian Sivertzen	Men's snowboard cross	1:23.80	24 Q	4	did not advance

Speed skating

See main article: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Håvard Bøkko	1000 m	1:10.73	19
	1500 m	1:46.13
	5000 m	6:18.80	4
	10000 m	13:14.92	5
Henrik Christiansen	5000 m	6:24.80	8
	10000 m	13:25.65	7
Mikael Flygind Larsen	1000 m	1:10.38	15
	1500 m	1:46.77	8
Sverre Haugli	5000 m	6:27.05	10
	10000 m	13:18.74	6
Christoffer Fagerli Rukke	1000 m	1:12.31	35
	1500 m	1:48.62	20
Fredrik van der Horst	1500 m	1:49.58	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Maren Haugli	3000 m	4:10.01	8
	5000 m	7:02.19	5
Hege Bøkko	1000 m	1:17.43	10
	1500 m	1:59.52	14

Team pursuit

See also

• Norway at the 2010 Winter Paralympics

Further reading

• Book: Norges Olympiske Komité . Olympic Team Norway: Team And Media Guide: Vancouver 2010 . 2010 . Norwegian Olympic Committee . Oslo .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Her er Norges flaggbærer . Aftenposten . 10 February 2010 . 10 February 2010 . no.
2. Web site: Anders Rekdal tatt ut til OL i Vancouver på overtid . Olympiatoppen . 4 February 2010 . 29 January 2010 . no.
3. https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/vancouver/2010-02-16-talk-of-vancouver-wednesday_N.htm Talk of Vancouver: Crazy curling pants of Norway draw notice
4. https://web.archive.org/web/20100220100004/http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5jZt2LShAvz7C02cdgEi8fAIpLKrg Norwegian pants add some razzle dazzle to opening curling draw