Norway at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1964 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 1964 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Innsbruck
Competitors	58 (51 men, 7 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Knut Johannesen (Speed skating)
Medals ; Ranked 3rd	Gold3Silver6Bronze6Total15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Last updated February 21, 2023

Norway competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Tormod Knutsen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
Gold	Toralf Engan	Ski jumping	Men's large hill
Gold	Knut Johannesen	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Silver	Harald Grønningen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
Silver	Harald Grønningen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km
Silver	Toralf Engan	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Silver	Alv Gjestvang	Speed skating	Men's 500m
Silver	Per Ivar Moe	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Silver	Fred Anton Maier	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
Bronze	Olav Jordet	Biathlon	Men's 20 km
Bronze	Torgeir Brandtzæg	Ski jumping	Men's normal hill
Bronze	Torgeir Brandtzæg	Ski jumping	Men's large hill
Bronze	Villy Haugen	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Bronze	Fred Anton Maier	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Bronze	Knut Johannesen	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Arild Holm	Downhill	2:31.32	38
Jon Terje Øverland	Downhill	2:29.74	32
Per Martin Sunde	Giant Slalom	1:56.77	23
Arild Holm		1:55.72	21
Jon Terje Øverland		1:55.51	20

Men's slalom

Athlete	Qualifying				Final
Athlete	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Arild Holm	55.27	27	59.31	22 QF	1:21.14	38	1:08.77	32	2:29.91	35
Per Martin Sunde	55.24	26	55.03	4 QF	1:14.23	18	1:04.13	15	2:18.36	16
Jon Terje Øverland	54.90	20 QF	–	–	1:19.16	36	1:05.68	23	2:24.84	29

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dikke Eger-Bergmann	Downhill					2:05.10	36
Liv Jagge-Christiansen	Downhill					2:04.07	29
Dikke Eger-Bergmann	Giant Slalom					2:08.62	33
Liv Jagge-Christiansen						2:02.98	29
Astrid Sandvik						2:00.74	21
Astrid Sandvik	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Dikke Eger-Bergmann		n/a	21	DNF	–	DNF	–
Liv Jagge-Christiansen		47.67	17	48.71	6	1:36.38	7

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Ola Wærhaug	1'24:38.0	5	1'34:38.0	22
	Jon Istad	1'23:24.8	3	1'29:24.8	11
	Ragnar Tveiten	1'19:52.5	3	1'25:52.5	4
	Olav Jordet	1'22:38.8	1	1'24:38.8

¹ Two minutes added per miss.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Ole Ellefsæter	55:10.8	25
	Einar Østby	52:52.2	15
	Magnar Lundemo	51:55.2	8
	Harald Grønningen	51:34.8
30 km	Ole Ellefsæter	DSQ	–
	Sverre Stensheim	1'33:12.3	11
	Einar Østby	1'32:54.6	8
	Harald Grønningen	1'32:02.3
50 km	Ole Ellefsæter	2'47:45.8	8
	Einar Østby	2'47:20.6	7
	Harald Grønningen	2'47:03.6	6
	Sverre Stensheim	2'45:47.2	5

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Magnar Lundemo Erling Steineide Einar Østby Harald Grønningen	2'19:11.9	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Babben Enger-Damon	19:26.5	18
5 km	Ingrid Wigernæs	19:17.0	15
10 km	Babben Enger-Damon	48:43.8	31
10 km	Ingrid Wigernæs	43:38.0	12

Figure skating

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Berit Unn Johansen	30	29	1524.9	265	30
Anne Karin Dehle	24	30	1571.9	248	28

Ice hockey

First round

Winners (in bold) qualified for the Group A to play for 1st-8th places. Teams, which lost their qualification matches, played in Group B for 9th-16th places.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Switzerland	5–1	Norway

Consolation Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
9	Poland	7	6	1	0	40	13	12
10	Norway	7	5	2	0	40	19	10
11	Japan	7	4	2	1	35	31	9
12	Romania	7	3	3	1	31	28	7
13	Austria	7	3	3	1	24	28	7
14	Yugoslavia	7	3	3	1	29	37	7
15	Italy	7	2	5	0	24	42	4
16	Hungary	7	0	7	0	14	39	0

Japan 4-3 Norway
Poland 4-2 Norway
Norway 9-2 Italy
Norway 5-1 Hungary
Norway 4-2 Romania
Austria 2-8 Norway
Norway 8-4 Yugoslavia

	Contestants Egil Bjerklund Olav Dalsøren Bjørn Elvenes Erik Fjeldstad Tor Gundersen Jan Erik Hansen Svein Norman Hansen Einar Bruno Larsen Thor-Erik Lundby Thor Martinsen Øystein Mellerud Kåre Østensen Frank Olafsen Per Skjerwen Olsen Christian Petersen Georg Smefjell Jan Roar Thoresen

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jan-Axel Strøm	55.78	22	55.27	18	55.15	21	55.78	21	3:41.98	19
Mogens Christensen	54.43	16	55.00	15	53.80	11	54.44	14	3:37.67	14
Rolf Greger Strøm	52.60	6	52.81	6	52.62	5	53.18	4	3:31.21	4

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Christian Hallén-Paulsen Jan-Axel Strøm	52.52	8	55.30	11	1:47.82	10
Mogens Christensen Rolf Greger Strøm	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Nordic combined

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
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Arne Barhaugen	Individual	64.0	60.0	191.3	20	50:40.4	234.33	2	425.63	6
Arne Larsen		64.0	64.5	198.3	17	50:49.6	232.33	3	430.63	5
Bjørn Wirkola		65.0	68.0	217.2	9	53:51.9	196.34	14	413.54	11
Tormod Knutsen		74.0	72.0	238.9	2	50:58.6	230.38	4	469.28

Ski jumping

Athletes performed three jumps, the best two were counted and are shown here.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Torgeir Brandtzæg	Normal hill	79.0	112.6	78.0	110.3	222.9
Torbjørn Yggeseth		73.5	99.0	77.0	104.4	203.4	14
Hans Olav Sørensen		76.0	106.0	74.5	102.6	208.6	8
Toralf Engan		78.5	112.3	79.0	114.0	226.3
Torbjørn Yggeseth	Large hill	85.0	96.2	82.0	98.8	195.5	28
Bjørn Wirkola		85.0	99.2	85.0	104.9	204.1	16
Torgeir Brandtzæg		90.0	113.2	87.0	114.0	227.2
Toralf Engan		93.5	114.7	90.5	116.0	230.7

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Magne Thomassen	42.0	21
	Hroar Elvenes	41.4	10
	Villy Haugen	41.1	8
	Alv Gjestvang	40.6
1500 m	Nils Aaness	2:14.6	16
	Magne Thomassen	2:12.5	9
	Ivar Eriksen	2:12.2	6
	Villy Haugen	2:11.2
5000 m	Fred Anton Maier	7:42.0
	Per Ivar Moe	7:38.6
	Knut Johannesen	7:38.4 OR
10,000 m	Per Ivar Moe	16:47.1	13
	Knut Johannesen	16:06.3
	Fred Anton Maier	16:06.0

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