Norway at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Norway at the 1956 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Cortina d'Ampezzo
Competitors	45 (37 men, 8 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Sverre Stenersen (Nordic combined)
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
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Norway competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Hallgeir Brenden	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Gold	Sverre Stenersen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Silver	Knut Johannesen	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
Bronze	Alv Gjestvang	Speed skating	Men's 500m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Trygve Berge	Downhill					DSQ	–
Kåre Opdal						DSQ	–
Asle Sjåstad						3:08.8	14
Jan Thorstensen	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Guttorm Berge						DSQ	–
Hans Magnus Andresen						3:44.7	50
Asle Sjåstad						3:21.6	22
Asle Sjåstad	Slalom	1:36.4	25	2:04.5	17	3:40.9	18
Hans Magnus Andresen		1:35.0	21	2:06.8	21	3:41.8	20
Jan Thorstensen		1:33.1	14	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Guttorm Berge		1:32.1	9	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Astrid Sandvik	Downhill					1:54.4	27
Inger Jørgensen						1:54.3	26
Borghild Niskin						1:49.5	9
Inger Jørgensen	Giant Slalom					2:04.4	24
Astrid Sandvik						2:04.0	22
Inger Bjørnbakken						2:02.3	14
Borghild Niskin						1:59.0	7
Inger Jørgensen	Slalom	1:01.4	17	1:00.9	15	2:02.3	13
Borghild Niskin		59.0	11	1:00.0	12	1:59.0	11
Astrid Sandvik		58.9	10	59.1	5	1:58.0	6
Inger Bjørnbakken		58.7	8	59.3	6	1:58.0	6

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Reidar Alveberg Arnold Dyrdahl	Two-man	1:29.04	22	1:26.83	17	DNF	–	1:28.86	19	DNF	–
NOR-2	Arne Røgden Odd Solli	Two-man	1:27.57	20	1:26.90	19	1:28.81	21	1:29.05	21	5:52.33	20

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arne Røgden Arnold Dyrdahl Odd Solli Trygve Brudevold	Four-man	1:20.96	16	1:20.08	13	1:20.45	11	1:20.01	7	5:21.50	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Magnar Ingebrigtsli	54:30	30
	Martin Stokken	50:45	6
	Håkon Brusveen	50:36	5
	Hallgeir Brenden	49:39
30 km	Per Olsen	1'51:15	19
	Oddmund Jensen	1'51:04	17
	Martin Stokken	1'49:38	15
	Hallgeir Brenden	1'49:29	14
50 km	Martin Stokken	DSQ	–
	Birger Vestermo	DSQ	–
	Edvin Landsem	3'11:43	15
	Oddmund Jensen	3'11:14	14

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Håkon Brusveen Per Olsen Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	2'21:16	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km	Ingrid Wigernæs	43:40	27
	Gina Regland	42:42	22
	Rakel Wahl	40:49	11
	Kjelfrid Brusveen	40:38	10

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Kjelfrid Brusveen Gina Regland Rakel Wahl	1'10:50	4

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kjetil Mårdalen	Individual	64.0	67.0	189.0	26	57:43	234.500	6	423.500	14
Arne Barhaugen		64.5	68.0	199.0	15	57:11	236.581	3	435.581	5
Tormod Knutsen		70.5	69.0	203.0	10	58:22	232.000	9	435.000	6
Sverre Stenersen		73.0	74.0	215.0	2	56:18	240.000	1	455.000

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sverre Stenersen	Normal hill	72.0	90.5	39	70.0	93.0	29	183.5	35
Asbjørn Osnes		75.5	102.0	18	72.0	97.5	21	199.5	18
Sverre Stallvik		77.0	104.5	11	75.5	103.5	11	208.0	9
Arne Hoel		77.5	104.5	11	76.5	102.0	13	206.5	11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Hroar Elvenes	42.8	17
	Sigmund Søfteland	42.7	16
	Finn Hodt	42.5	13
	Alv Gjestvang	41.0
1500 m	Hroar Elvenes	2:16.0	24
	Jan Kristiansen	2:13.7	16
	Roald Aas	2:12.9	10
	Knut Johannesen	2:12.2	9
5000 m	Hjalmar Andersen	8:06.5	11
	Torstein Seiersten	8:06.4	10
	Knut Johannesen	8:02.3	8
	Roald Aas	8:01.6	6
10,000 m	Knut Tangen	17:22.3	19
	Hjalmar Andersen	16:52.6	6
	Sverre Haugli	16:48.7	4
	Knut Johannesen	16:36.9

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1956, full results by sports-reference.com