Norway at the 1972 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1972 Winter Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Sapporo, Japan
February 3–13, 1972
Competitors67 (56 men, 11 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer Magnar Solberg (Biathlon)
Medals
Ranked 7th
Gold
2
Silver
5
Bronze
5
Total
12
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Magnar Solberg Biathlon Men's 20 km
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Pål Tyldum Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Pål Tyldum Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Magne Myrmo Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs Harviken
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Roar Grønvold Speed skating Men's 1500m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Roar Grønvold Speed skating Men's 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ivar Formo Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km (classical)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Johs Harviken Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre Lammedal
Cross-country skiing Women's 3 × 5 km relay
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sten Stensen Speed skating Men's 5000m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sten Stensen Speed skating Men's 10,000m

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Peik Christensen Downhill1:59.7136
Erik Håker 1:53.165
Otto Tschudi Giant Slalom1:57.4250DSQDSQ
Peik Christensen 1:38.27331:40.42173:18.6923
Erik Håker 1:31.701DNFDNF
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinal
TimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRank
Peik Christensen 1:45.362DSQDSQ
Erik Håker DSQDNFDNF
Otto Tschudi DSQDSQDSQ
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Karianne Christiansen Downhill1:41.2521
Gyri Sørensen 1:40.7717
Toril Førland 1:40.2511
Gyri Sørensen Giant Slalom1:37.3228
Karianne Christiansen 1:37.1827
Anne Brusletto 1:34.4319
Toril Førland 1:34.1517
Gyri Sørensen SlalomDSQDSQ
Anne Brusletto DNFDNF
Karianne Christiansen 52.5924DNFDNF
Toril Førland 47.751048.01111:35.769

Biathlon

Men
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 km Ragnar Tveiten 1'17:19.9171'24:19.9129
Kåre Hovda 1'16:20.3761'22:20.3718
Tor Svendsberget 1'15:26.5431'18:26.548
Magnar Solberg 1'13:55.5021'15:55.50Gold medal icon.svg
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
AthletesRace
Misses 2TimeRank
Tor Svendsberget
Kåre Hovda
Ivar Nordkild
Magnar Solberg
71'56:24.214
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
15 km Magne Myrmo 47:02.5519
Johs Harviken 46:46.3615
Oddvar Brå 46:25.889
Ivar Formo 46:02.68Bronze medal icon.svg
30 km Ole Ellefsæter 1'44:25.2131
Magne Myrmo 1'42:23.4021
Johs Harviken 1'37:32.44Bronze medal icon.svg
Pål Tyldum 1'37:25.30Silver medal icon.svg
50 km Ole Ellefsæter 2'46:46.9410
Reidar Hjermstad 2'44:14.514
Magne Myrmo 2'43:29.45Silver medal icon.svg
Pål Tyldum 2'43:14.75Gold medal icon.svg
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Oddvar Brå
Pål Tyldum
Ivar Formo
Johs Harviken
2'04:57.06Silver medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
5 km Katharina Mo-Berge 17:49.0617
Inger Aufles 17:33.1412
Aslaug Dahl 17:17.498
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 17:16.797
10 km Katharina Mo-Berge 37:33.1629
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal 36:29.4314
Inger Aufles 36:07.0812
Aslaug Dahl 35:18.846
Women's 3 × 5 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Inger Aufles
Aslaug Dahl
Berit Mørdre-Lammedal
49:51.49Bronze medal icon.svg

Ice hockey

First Round

Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.

Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 13–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Consolation Round

RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts
7Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 431022106
8Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 431016146
9Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 421117165
10Flag of Switzerland.svg   Switzerland 40229162
11 Flag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg Yugoslavia 40319171
Contestants
Kåre Østensen
Thore Wålberg
Øivind Berg
Jan Kinder
Svein Norman Hansen
Terje Steen
Birger Jansen
Thor Martinsen
Tom Røymark
Tom Christensen
Steinar Bjølbakk
Svein Haagensen
Roy Jansen
Bjørn Johansen
Morten Sethereng
Terje Thoen
Bjørn Andreassen
Arne Mikkelsen

Luge

Men
AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Stephen Sinding 54.982754.051953.192053.19193:35.4122
Bjørn Dyrdahl 54.732555.133154.673653.52243:38.0530
Christian Strøm 53.791353.681652.461253.08173:33.0114

(Men's) Doubles

AthletesRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Christian Strøm
Stephen Sinding
45.811446.25161:32.0614

Nordic combined

Events:

AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotal
Distance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRank
Gjert Andersen Individual67.071.5173.32352:04.8187.01526360.31523
Henning Weid 71.074.0181.31551:58.1188.02025369.32019
Kjell Åsvestad 71.074.0183.11351:36.2191.30523374.40514
Kåre Olav Berg 72.573.0180.41650:08.9204.4007384.8008

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRank
Jo Inge Bjørnebye Normal hill68.590.367.083.9174.251
Nils-Per Skarseth 73.5101.371.096.3197.633
Ingolf Mork 78.0112.078.0113.5225.54
Frithjof Prydz 80.0114.274.0103.6217.811
Jo Inge Bjørnebye Large hill85.586.781.581.1167.834
Frithjof Prydz 85.089.095.5105.7194.715
Ingolf Mork 89.095.683.077.7173.328
Bjørn Wirkola 93.097.774.564.8162.537

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Ole Christian Iversen DNF
Johan Lind 41.1418
Lasse Efskind 40.6012
Per Bjørang 39.914
1500 m Dag Fornæss 2:09.5213
Svein-Erik Stiansen 2:08.6311
Bjørn Tveter 2:05.944
Roar Grønvold 2:04.26Silver medal icon.svg
5000 m Willy Olsen 7:36.475
Sten Stensen 7:33.39Bronze medal icon.svg
Roar Grønvold 7:28.18Silver medal icon.svg
10,000 m Dag Fornæss 15:53.3313
Per Willy Guttormsen 15:48.7111
Sten Stensen 15:07.88Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 46.3319
Kirsti Biermann 46.1817
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 45.7011
1000 m Kirsti Biermann 1:35.7623
Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 1:35.5622
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 1:33.139
1500 m Kirsti Biermann 2:29.9423
Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg 2:28.3619
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 2:24.078
3000 m Kirsti Biermann 5:26.2120
Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl 5:07.7610

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