Norway at the 1932 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1932 Winter Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Lake Placid
Competitors19 (18 men, 1 woman) in 5 sports
Flag bearer Johan Grøttumsbråten (Nordic combined)
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
3
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
10
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 1932 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, United States.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sonja Henie Figure skating Women's singles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Johan Grøttumsbråten Nordic combined Men's individual
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Birger Ruud Ski jumping Men's normal hill
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ole Stenen Nordic combined Men's individual
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Hans Beck Ski jumping Men's normal hill
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Bernt Evensen Speed skating Men's 500m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ivar Ballangrud Speed skating Men's 10,000m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Arne Rustadstuen Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Hans Vinjarengen Nordic combined Men's individual
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Kaare Wahlberg Ski jumping Men's normal hill

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Kristian Hovde 1'32:4813
Ole Stenen 1'28:058
Johan Grøttumsbraaten 1'27:156
Arne Rustadstuen 1'27:065
50 km Ole Stenen DNF
Sigurd Vestad 4'32:405
Ole Hegge 4'32:044
Arne Rustadstuen 4'31:53Bronze medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Women
AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank
Sonja Henie Women's singles1172302.5Gold medal icon.svg

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRank
Sverre Kolterud Individual1'34:36204.00757.055.5214.65418.604
Hans Vinjarengen 1'32:40213.00454.062.0221.62434.60Bronze medal icon.svg
Ole Stenen 1'28:05235.75248.052.0200.312436.05Silver medal icon.svg
Johan Grøttumsbraaten 1'27:15240.00151.050.0206.06446.00Gold medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Sigmund Ruud Normal hill63.0107.2562.5107.98215.17
Kaare Walberg 62.5108.9464.0110.63219.5Bronze medal icon.svg
Birger Ruud 66.5113.9269.0114.21228.1Gold medal icon.svg
Hans Beck 71.5116.5163.5110.54227.0Silver medal icon.svg

Speed skating

The Norwegian speed skaters that participated. From left: Hans Engnestangen, Ivar Ballangrud, Michael Staksrud, Erling Lindboe, Haakon Pedersen, Bernt Evensen. Den norske OL-troppen pa skoyter 1932 (0401-05164).jpg
The Norwegian speed skaters that participated. From left: Hans Engnestangen, Ivar Ballangrud, Michael Staksrud, Erling Lindboe, Haakon Pedersen, Bernt Evensen.
Men
EventAthleteHeatFinal
TimePositionTimePosition
500 m Erling Lindboe n/a4Did not advance
Bernt Evensen 45.31 Qn/aSilver medal icon.svg
Hans Engnestangen n/a5Did not advance
Haakon Pedersen n/a4Did not advance
1500 m Hans Engnestangen n/a4Did not advance
Bernt Evensen n/a3Did not advance
Ivar Ballangrud n/a3Did not advance
Michael Staksrud n/a3Did not advance
5000m Michael Staksrud DNFDid not advance
Ivar Ballangrud n/a3 Qn/a5
Erling Lindboe n/a5Did not advance
Bernt Evensen 10:01.41 Qn/a6
10,000 m Michael Staksrud DNFDid not advance
Ivar Ballangrud n/a2 Qn/aSilver medal icon.svg
Hans Engnestangen n/a6Did not advance
Bernt Evensen n/a3 Qn/a6

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