Norway at the 2004 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | NOR |
NOC | Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |
Website | www |
in Athens | |
Competitors | 53 in 12 sports |
Flag bearer | Harald Stenvaag [1] |
Medals Ranked 17th |
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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.
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]
Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Gold | Olaf Tufte | Rowing | Men's single sculls | August 21 |
Gold | Siren Sundby | Sailing | Europe class | August 22 |
Gold | Eirik Verås Larsen | Canoeing | Men's K-1 1000 m | August 27 |
Gold | Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå | Cycling | Women's cross-country | August 27 |
Gold | Andreas Thorkildsen | Athletics | Men's javelin throw | August 28 |
Bronze | Nils Olav Fjeldheim Eirik Verås Larsen | Canoeing | Men's K-2 1000 m | August 27 |
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]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Marius Bakken | 5000 m | 13:36.38 | 12 | Did not advance | |
Trond Nymark | 50 km walk | — | 3:53:20 | 13 | |
Jim Svenøy | 3000 m steeplechase | 8:33.97 | 10 | Did not advance | |
Erik Tysse | 20 km walk | — | DNS |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Ronny Nilsen | Javelin throw | 72.70 | 29 | Did not advance | |
Andreas Thorkildsen | 81.74 | 8 Q | 86.50 |
Athlete | Event | 100 m | LJ | SP | HJ | 400 m | 110H | DT | PV | JT | 1500 m | Final | Rank |
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Hans Olav Uldal | Result | 11.23 | 6.99 | 13.53 | 1.85 | 50.95 | 15.09 | 43.01 | 4.50 | 60.00 | 4:41.70 | 7495 | 27 |
Points | 810 | 811 | 700 | 670 | 771 | 839 | 726 | 760 | 738 | 670 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Stine Larsen | Marathon | — | 2:39:55 | 24 | |||
Trine Pilskog | 1500 m | 4:08.61 | 10 | Did not advance | |||
Kjersti Plätzer | 20 km walk | — | 1:30.49 | 12 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
Jim Ronny Andersen | Men's singles | Yang (GUA) W 15–9, 8–15, 15–6 | Kuncoro (INA) L 7–15, 6–15 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Eirik Verås Larsen | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:36.905 | 1 q | 1:38.361 | 1 Q | 1:38.667 | 4 |
Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:25.150 | 1 Q | Bye | 3:25.897 | |||
Nils Olav Fjeldheim Eirik Verås Larsen | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:09.247 | 1 Q | Bye | 3:19.528 | ||
Andreas Gjersøe Mattis Næss Jacob Norenberg Alexander Wefald | Men's K-4 1000 m | 2:54.894 | 4 q | 2:54.350 | 2 Q | 3:01.698 | 5 |
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Kurt Asle Arvesen | Road race | 5:41:56 | 9 |
Time trial | 1:02:21.28 | 28 | |
Morten Hegreberg | Road race | Did not finish | |
Thor Hushovd | Road race | Did not finish | |
Time trial | 1:03:10.36 | 32 | |
Mads Kaggestad | Road race | Did not finish |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Lene Byberg | Road race | 3:33:35 | 48 |
Linn Torp | 3:40:43 | 53 | |
Anita Valen | Road race | 3:25:42 | 14 |
Time trial | 34:31.94 | 22 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå | Women's cross-country | 1:56:51 |
Norwegian rowers qualified the following boats:
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Olaf Tufte | Single sculls | 7:12.53 | 1 SA/B/C | Bye | 6:50.55 | 1 FA | 6:49.30 | ||
Morten Adamsen Nils-Torolv Simonsen | Double sculls | 6:45.26 | 2 SA/B | Bye | 6:14.69 | 3 FA | 6:37.25 | 7 |
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
Norwegian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Jannicke Stålstrøm | Mistral | 9 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 107 | 11 | |
Siren Sundby | Europe | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 47 | ||
Karianne Eikeland Lise Birgitte Fredriksen Beate Kristiansen | Yngling | 14 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 85 | 9 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Peer Moberg | Laser | 7 | 18 | 37 | 23 | 12 | 26 | 34 | 14 | 3 | — | 24 | 198 | 21 | |||||
Frode Bovim Christoffer Sundby | 49er | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 88 | 4 |
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given
Five Norwegian shooters qualified to compete in the following events:
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Espen Berg-Knutsen | 10 m air rifle | 584 | =41 | Did not advance | |
50 m rifle prone | 592 | =16 | Did not advance | ||
50 m rifle 3 positions | 1156 | =22 | Did not advance | ||
Harald Jensen | Skeet | 122 (5) | 6 Q | 145 | 6 |
Leif Steinar Rolland | 10 m air rifle | 592 | =18 | Did not advance | |
Harald Stenvaag | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | =16 | Did not advance | |
50 m rifle 3 positions | 1149 | 30 | Did not advance | ||
Erik Watndal | Skeet | 121 | 8 | Did not advance |
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):
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Alexander Dale Oen | 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.25 | 21 | Did not advance |
Norway has qualified a single taekwondo jin.
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Nina Solheim | Women's −67 kg | Šarić (CRO) W 5–2 | Luo W (CHN) LRSC | Did not advance | Hwang K-S (KOR) LWO | Did not advance | 7 |
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Standing | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
Vegard Høidalen Jørre Kjemperud | Men's | Pool D Berg – Dahl (SWE) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 18–21) Hernández – Papaleo (PUR) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–10) Dieckmann – Reckermann (GER) W 2 – 1 (22–24, 26–24, 15–13) | 3 Q | Rego – Santos (BRA) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–19, 6–15) | Did not advance | |||
Iver Horrem Bjørn Maaseide | Pool A Rego – Santos (BRA) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–19, 10–15) Holdren – Metzger (USA) W 2 – 1 (16–21, 22–20, 15–9) Schacht – Slack (AUS) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 17–21) | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
Susanne Glesnes Kathrine Maaseide | Women's | Pool D McPeak – Youngs (USA) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 14–21) Kuhn – Schnyder (SUI) W 2 – 1 (21–18, 17–21, 15–13) Dumont – Martin (CAN) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 27–29) | 3 | Did not advance | ||||
Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen | Pool C Connelly – Pires (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21) Arvaniti – Koutroumanidou (GRE) L 1 – 2 (11–21, 23–21, 12–15) Lahme – Müsch (GER) W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–17, 15–12) | 4 | Did not advance |
Norway has qualified a single weightlifter.
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Stian Grimseth | Men's +105 kg | 185 | =12 | DNF | 185 | DNF |
Key:
Athlete | Event | Elimination Pool | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |||
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Fritz Aanes | −84 kg | Avramis (GRE) L 1–3 PP | Jamshidi (IRI) L 0–3 PO | 3 | Did not advance | 15 |
Ukraine competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's third consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics in the post-Soviet era. The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine sent the nation's largest ever delegation to these Games. A total of 240 athletes, 125 men and 115 women, took part in 21 sports. Women's handball was the only team-based sport in which Ukraine had its representation at these Games for the first time. There was only a single competitor in modern pentathlon and taekwondo.
Italy competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from the 13th to the 29th of August 2004. The country has competed at every Summer Olympic games in the modern era, except for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. The Italian National Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation in history to the Games. A total of 364 athletes, 229 men and 135 women, competed in 27 sports.
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. "Chinese Taipei" was the designated name used by Taiwan to participate in some international organizations and almost all sporting events, including the Olympic Games. Neither the common name "Taiwan" nor the official name "Republic of China" would be used primarily due to opposition from the People's Republic of China. This also was the nation's eighth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Cuba competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance in the Olympics, except for some editions. Cuban athletes did not attend in two Olympic Games, where they joined the Soviet and North Korean boycott. Cuban Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since 1972. A total of 151 athletes, 97 men and 54 women, competed in 18 sports.
China competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's ninth appearance at the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1952. A total of 384 Chinese athletes, 136 men and 248 women, were selected by the Chinese Olympic Committee to compete in 28 sports. For the third time in its Olympic history, China was represented by more female than male athletes.
Poland competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's eighteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott. The Polish Olympic Committee sent a total of 194 athletes to the Games, 132 men and 62 women, to compete in 21 sports. Men's volleyball was the only team-based sport in which Poland had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in women's taekwondo.
Spain competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from August 13 to 29, 2004. This nation has competed in every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1920. Spain, however, boycotted two editions, the 1936 Summer Olympics in Nazi Germany, and the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, as a protest to the Soviet invasion of Hungary. The Spanish Olympic Committee sent the nation's third largest delegation in history to the Games. A total of 317 athletes, 177 men and 140 women, competed in 26 sports.
Bulgaria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's seventeenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for three occasions, including the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, because of the Soviet boycott. The Bulgarian Olympic Committee sent 95 athletes, 49 men and 46 women, to compete in 19 sports. Shooting champion and four-time Olympian Mariya Grozdeva became the nation's first ever female flag bearer in the opening ceremony.
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Romania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Romanian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games since its official debut in 1924, missing only two editions, including the 1948 Summer Olympics. The Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee sent the nation's smallest team to the Games since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. A total of 108 athletes, 50 men and 58 women, had competed in 16 different sports, most notably in artistic gymnastics and rowing. For the third time in Olympic history, Romania was again represented by more female than male athletes.
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