Norway at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Norway at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Athens
Competitors53 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Harald Stenvaag [1]
Medals
Ranked 17th
Gold
5
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to the country's support of the United States boycott. With the absence of women's football and handball teams, Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. A total of 53 athletes, 36 men and 17 women, competed only in 12 different sports. There was only a single competitor in badminton, swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting, and wrestling.

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Sixteen athletes from the Norwegian team had previously competed in Sydney, including Olympic silver medalists Kjersti Plätzer in women's race walk and Olaf Tufte in men's single sculls. At age 51, rifle shooting veteran Harald Stenvaag became the second Norwegian in Summer Olympic history to participate in six Games, tying a record set by sailor Magnus Konow. He was appointed by the National Olympic Committee to carry the Norwegian flag in the opening ceremony. [1] Other notable Norwegian athletes featured kayak pair and world champions Nils Olav Fjeldheim and Eirik Verås Larsen, yachting siblings Christoffer and Siren Sundby, and breaststroke swimmer Alexander Dale Oen, the youngest of the team at age 19.

Despite fielding its smallest team since 1968, Norway left Athens with a remarkable tally of six medals, five golds and one bronze. As a result, the Games were considered the nation's most successful Summer Olympics since 1920. [2]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Olaf Tufte Rowing Men's single sculls August 21
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Siren Sundby Sailing Europe class August 22
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Eirik Verås Larsen Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 m August 27
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Cycling Women's cross-country August 27
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Andreas Thorkildsen Athletics Men's javelin throw August 28
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Nils Olav Fjeldheim
Eirik Verås Larsen
Canoeing Men's K-2 1000 m August 27

Athletics

Norwegian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard). [3] [4]

Key
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Marius Bakken 5000 m 13:36.3812Did not advance
Trond Nymark 50 km walk 3:53:2013
Jim Svenøy 3000 m steeplechase 8:33.9710Did not advance
Erik Tysse 20 km walk DNS
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Ronny Nilsen Javelin throw 72.7029Did not advance
Andreas Thorkildsen 81.748 Q86.50Gold medal icon.svg
Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 mFinalRank
Hans Olav Uldal Result11.236.9913.531.8550.9515.0943.014.5060.004:41.70749527
Points810811700670771839726760738670
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Stine Larsen Marathon 2:39:5524
Trine Pilskog 1500 m 4:08.6110Did not advance
Kjersti Plätzer 20 km walk 1:30.4912

Badminton

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jim Ronny Andersen Men's singles Flag of Guatemala.svg  Yang  (GUA)
W 15–9, 8–15, 15–6
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Kuncoro  (INA)
L 7–15, 6–15
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Eirik Verås Larsen Men's K-1 500 m 1:36.9051 q1:38.3611 Q1:38.6674
Men's K-1 1000 m 3:25.1501 QBye3:25.897Gold medal icon.svg
Nils Olav Fjeldheim
Eirik Verås Larsen
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:09.2471 QBye3:19.528Bronze medal icon.svg
Andreas Gjersøe
Mattis Næss
Jacob Norenberg
Alexander Wefald
Men's K-4 1000 m 2:54.8944 q2:54.3502 Q3:01.6985

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Kurt Asle Arvesen Road race 5:41:569
Time trial 1:02:21.2828
Morten Hegreberg Road race Did not finish
Thor Hushovd Road race Did not finish
Time trial 1:03:10.3632
Mads Kaggestad Road race Did not finish
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Lene Byberg Road race 3:33:3548
Linn Torp 3:40:4353
Anita Valen Road race 3:25:4214
Time trial 34:31.9422

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå Women's cross-country 1:56:51Gold medal icon.svg

Rowing

Norwegian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Olaf Tufte Single sculls 7:12.531 SA/B/CBye6:50.551 FA6:49.30Gold medal icon.svg
Morten Adamsen
Nils-Torolv Simonsen
Double sculls 6:45.262 SA/BBye6:14.693 FA6:37.257

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Norwegian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M*
Jannicke Stålstrøm Mistral 9371514121181414OCS10711
Siren Sundby Europe 13DSQ119441111247Gold medal icon.svg
Karianne Eikeland
Lise Birgitte Fredriksen
Beate Kristiansen
Yngling 1413461011489156859
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M*
Peer Moberg Laser 7183723122634143DSQ2419821
Frode Bovim
Christoffer Sundby
49er 139OCS6413815116911322884

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Five Norwegian shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Espen Berg-Knutsen 10 m air rifle 584=41Did not advance
50 m rifle prone 592=16Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 1156=22Did not advance
Harald Jensen Skeet 122 (5)6 Q1456
Leif Steinar Rolland 10 m air rifle 592=18Did not advance
Harald Stenvaag 50 m rifle prone 592=16Did not advance
50 m rifle 3 positions 114930Did not advance
Erik Watndal Skeet 1218Did not advance

Swimming

Norwegian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Alexander Dale Oen 100 m breaststroke 1:02.2521Did not advance

Taekwondo

Norway has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Nina Solheim Women's −67 kg Flag of Croatia.svg  Šarić  (CRO)
W 5–2
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Luo W  (CHN)
LRSC
Did not advanceFlag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Hwang K-S  (KOR)
LWO
Did not advance7

Volleyball

Beach

AthleteEventPreliminary roundStandingRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Vegard Høidalen
Jørre Kjemperud
Men's Pool D
Flag of Sweden.svg  Berg Dahl  (SWE)
L 0 – 2 (13–21, 18–21)
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Hernández Papaleo  (PUR)
W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–10)
Flag of Germany.svg  Dieckmann Reckermann  (GER)
W 2 – 1 (22–24, 26–24, 15–13)
3 QFlag of Brazil.svg  Rego
Santos  (BRA)
L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–19, 6–15)
Did not advance
Iver Horrem
Bjørn Maaseide
Pool A
Flag of Brazil.svg  Rego Santos  (BRA)
L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–19, 10–15)
Flag of the United States.svg  Holdren Metzger  (USA)
W 2 – 1 (16–21, 22–20, 15–9)
Flag of Australia.svg  Schacht Slack  (AUS)
L 0 – 2 (18–21, 17–21)
4Did not advance
Susanne Glesnes
Kathrine Maaseide
Women's Pool D
Flag of the United States.svg  McPeak Youngs  (USA)
L 0 – 2 (14–21, 14–21)
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Kuhn Schnyder  (SUI)
W 2 – 1 (21–18, 17–21, 15–13)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Dumont Martin  (CAN)
L 0 – 2 (19–21, 27–29)
3Did not advance
Nila Håkedal
Ingrid Tørlen
Pool C
Flag of Brazil.svg  Connelly Pires  (BRA)
L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)
Flag of Greece.svg  Arvaniti Koutroumanidou  (GRE)
L 1 – 2 (11–21, 23–21, 12–15)
Flag of Germany.svg  Lahme Müsch  (GER)
W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–17, 15–12)
4Did not advance

Weightlifting

Norway has qualified a single weightlifter.

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Stian Grimseth Men's +105 kg 185=12205DNF185DNF

Wrestling

Key:

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventElimination PoolQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Fritz Aanes −84 kg Flag of Greece.svg  Avramis  (GRE)
L 1–3 PP
Flag of Iran.svg  Jamshidi  (IRI)
L 0–3 PO
3Did not advance15

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