Norway at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1988 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 1988 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee
in Calgary, Canada; 12–28 February
Competitors	63 (53 men, 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer	Oddvar Brå (Cross-country skiing)
Medals ; Ranked 12th	Gold0Silver3Bronze2Total5
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Last updated December 24, 2025

Norway competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. This was the first and only time at the Winter Olympics that Norway failed to win a gold medal.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre classical	19 February
Silver	Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay	21 February
Silver	Erik Johnsen	Ski jumping	Large hill individual	23 February
Bronze	Vegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometre classical	15 February
Bronze	Ole Christian Eidhammer Jon Inge Kjørum Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl Erik Johnsen	Ski jumping	Large hill team	24 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	3	0	3
Biathlon	6	–	6
Cross-country skiing	7	8	15
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Ski jumping	5	–	5
Speed skating	5	2	7
Total	53	10	63

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Finn Christian Jagge	Downhill			2:07.64	35
Jan Einar Thorsen				2:04.77	24
Atle Skårdal				2:03.26	15
Jan Einar Thorsen	Super-G			DNF	–
Atle Skårdal				DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge				DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge	Giant Slalom	1:09.70	DNF	DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge	Slalom	53.40	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Finn Christian Jagge	1:54.66	43.35	42.79	95.21	9
Jan Einar Thorsen	1:51.89	DNF	–	DNF	–
Atle Skårdal	1:50.27	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Sverre Istad	5	27:34.3	30
	Eirik Kvalfoss	4	26:51.9	20
	Frode Løberg	1	26:32.9	14
	Geir Einang	0	26:13.3	11

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Sylfest Glimsdal	55:46.9	8	1'03:46.9	39
	Gisle Fenne	56:56.5	5	1'01:56.5	30
	Frode Løberg	56:52.7	4	1'00:52.7	20
	Eirik Kvalfoss	54:54.6	3	57:54.6	6

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	0	1'25:57.0	6

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Terje Langli	42:59.3	12
	Vegard Ulvang	42:31.5	7
	Oddvar Brå	42:17.3	4
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	41:33.4
30 km C	Martin Hole	1'31:47.5	31
	Tor Håkon Holte	1'29:59.5	21
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	1'25:44.6	6
	Vegard Ulvang	1'25:11.6
50 km F	Tor Håkon Holte	2'12:56.6	31
	Torgeir Bjørn	2'08:41.0	11
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	2'08:20.0	9
	Vegard Ulvang	2'06:32.3	4

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Oddvar Brå Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli	1'46:87.7	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Brit Pettersen	15:36.7	11
	Marianne Dahlmo	15:30.4	9
	Inger Helene Nybråten	15:17.7	6
	Anne Jahren	15:12.6	4
10 km C	Anne Jahren	31:34.1	16
	Marit Wold	31:31.6	15
	Brit Pettersen	31:20.5	14
	Inger Helene Nybråten	30:51.7	6
20 km F	Marit Wold	1'00:55.0	24
	Anette Bøe	59:45.8	20
	Marit Elveos	59:33.2	18
	Marianne Dahlmo	58:31.1	8

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	1'01:33.0

Ice hockey

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	32	10	10
West Germany	5	4	1	0	19	12	8
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	23	14	6
United States	5	2	3	0	27	27	4
Austria	5	0	4	1	12	29	1
Norway	5	0	4	1	11	32	1

Soviet Union 5-0 Norway
West Germany 7-3 Norway
Czechoslovakia 10-1 Norway
USA 6-3 Norway
Austria 4-4 Norway

Game for 11th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
France	7–6 SO	Norway

Team roster

Head coach: Lennart Åhlberg

Nordic combined

Men's individual

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Hallstein Bøgseth	Individual	197.7	22	3:25.4	43:39.4	394.450	23
Torbjørn Løkken		199.4	19	3:14.0	40:53.0	?	6
Knut Leo Abrahamsen		204.1	16	2:42.7	44:06.2	390.425	26
Trond Arne Bredesen		215.2	6	1:28.7	41:42.6	411.965	11

Men's Team

Three participants per team.