Norway at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1976 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 1976 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Innsbruck
Competitors	42 (35 men, 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Pål Tyldum (Cross-country skiing)
Medals ; Ranked 4th	Gold3Silver3Bronze1Total7
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Last updated October 12, 2025

Norway competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Ivar Formo	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 km (classical)
Gold	Jan Egil Storholt	Speed skating	Men's 1500m
Gold	Sten Stensen	Speed skating	Men's 5000m
Silver	Pål Tyldum Einar Sagstuen Ivar Formo Odd Martinsen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver	Jørn Didriksen	Speed skating	Men's 1000m
Silver	Sten Stensen	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
Bronze	Lisbeth Korsmo	Speed skating	Women's 3000m

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Erik Håker	Downhill					1:49.19	25
Erik Håker	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Odd Sørli	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Odd Sørli	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Erik Håker	Slalom	1:06.77	30	1:11.09	29	2:17.86	26

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Torill Fjeldstad	Downhill					1:52.99	27
Torill Fjeldstad	Giant Slalom					1:36.00	31
Torill Fjeldstad	Slalom	50.11	19	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	Svein Engen	1'14:27.24	7	1'21:27.24	20
	Kjell Hovda	1'16:24.45	5	1'21:24.45	18
	Tor Svendsberget	1'15:10.13	3	1'18:10.13	9

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

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
Kjell Hovda Terje Hanssen Svein Engen Tor Svendsberget	6	2'05:10.28	5

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Magne Myrmo	49:26.89	55
	Pål Tyldum	46:50.57	20
	Odd Martinsen	45:41.33	8
	Ivar Formo	45:29.11	5
30 km	Magne Myrmo	1'35:33.34	23
	Oddvar Brå	1'34:59.57	19
	Ivar Formo	1'33:01.68	11
	Odd Martinsen	1'32:38.91	9
50 km	Oddvar Brå	DNF	–
	Pål Tyldum	2'42:21.86	7
	Per Knut Aaland	2'41:18.06	6
	Ivar Formo	2'37:30.05

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Pål Tyldum Einar Sagstuen Ivar Formo Odd Martinsen	2'09:58.36

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km	Berit Johannessen	17:04.25	20
	Marit Myrmæl	17:02.21	18
	Berit Kvello	16:57.12	17
	Grete Kummen	16:35.43	8
10 km	Marit Myrmæl	32:47.21	24
	Berit Johannessen	32:46.76	23
	Berit Kvello	32:17.60	18
	Grete Kummen	32:02.59	15

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Berit Kvello Marit Myrmæl Berit Johannessen Grete Kummen	1'11:09.08	5

Luge

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bjørn Dyrdahl	1:04.969	39	54.185	22	53.911	22	53.979	19	3:47.044	36
Christian Strøm	55.125	25	54.603	24	54.347	24	54.717	24	3:38.792	22
Morten Nordeide Johansen	54.460	20	53.889	19	54.155	23	54.365	22	3:36.879	20

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Asle Strand Helge Svensen	44.097	14	44.357	14	1:28.454	13
Martin Ore Eilif Nedberg	44.744	15	44.534	15	1:29.278	15

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
Stein Erik Gullikstad	Individual	62.0	66.5	162.1	31	49:04.07	210.62	2	372.72	22
Tom Sandberg		70.0	74.5	195.7	17	49:09.34	209.83	4	405.53	8
Arne Bystøl		66.5	69.0	166.5	30	51:02.81	192.81	17	359.31	27
Pål Schjetne		76.0	76.0	204.4	7	50:26.97	198.19	12	402.59	9

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Per Bergerud	Normal hill	72.5	100.3	74.0	103.7	204.0	43
Odd Hammernes		74.5	103.5	75.0	104.8	208.3	33
Finn Halvorsen		75.0	103.8	74.5	102.5	206.3	37
Johan Sætre		78.0	112.6	76.0	109.9	222.5	18
Odd Hammernes	Large hill	78.5	78.4	71.0	63.9	142.3	50
Per Bergerud		84.0	89.6	84.0	90.1	179.7	26
Finn Halvorsen		85.0	90.0	83.0	83.2	173.2	35
Johan Sætre		88.0	99.2	85.0	96.0	195.2	13

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Jan Egil Storholt	1:18.00	28
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	40.94	21
	Arnulf Sunde	39.78	6
1000 m	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	1:24.71	22
	Terje Andersen	1:22.92	16
	Jørn Didriksen	1:20.45
1500 m	Terje Andersen	2:04.65	15
	Kay Arne Stenshjemmet	2:03.75	11
	Jan Egil Storholt	1:59.38 OR
5000 m	Amund Sjøbrend	7:48.28	13
	Jan Egil Storholt	7:40.60	9
	Sten Stensen	7:24.48
10,000 m	Jan Egil Storholt	16:06.37	14
	Amund Sjøbrend	15:43.29	10
	Sten Stensen	14:53.30

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	45.00	16
1000 m	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	1:33.05	18
1500 m	Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl	2:21.85	11
1500 m	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	2:18.99	4
3000 m	Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg	4:45.24

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