Norway at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Norway at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Norway at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Beijing
Competitors	85 in 15 sports
Flag bearers	Ruth Kasirye (opening); Gro Hammerseng (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 22nd	Gold3Silver5Bronze1Total9
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Last updated October 07, 2024

Norway competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Andreas Thorkildsen	Athletics	Men's javelin throw
Gold	Norway women's national handball team Kari Aalvik Grimsbø Katja Nyberg Ragnhild Aamodt Gøril Snorroeggen Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk Tonje Nøstvold Karoline Dyhre Breivang Kristine Lunde Gro Hammerseng Kari Mette Johansen Marit Malm Frafjord Tonje Larsen Katrine Lunde Haraldsen Linn Kristin Riegelhuth	Handball	Women's tournament
Gold	Olaf Tufte	Rowing	Men's single sculls
Silver	Nina Solheim	Taekwondo	Women's +67 kg
Silver	Alexander Dale Oen	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke
Silver	Tore Brovold	Shooting	Men's skeet
Silver	Kjersti Plätzer	Athletics	Women's 20 km walk
Silver	Eirik Verås Larsen	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m
Bronze	Sara Nordenstam	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	100 m	10.37	3 Q	10.14	4	Did not advance
Jaysuma Saidy Ndure	200 m	20.54	2 Q	20.45	3 Q	DNS		Did not advance
Trond Nymark	50 km walk	—						DNF
Erik Tysse	20 km walk	—						1:22:43	21
Erik Tysse	50 km walk	—						3:45:21	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Andreas Thorkildsen	Javelin throw	79.85	9 Q	90.57 OR

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ezinne Okparaebo	100 m	11.32	2 Q	11.45	4	Did not advance
Kirsten Melkevik Otterbu	Marathon	—						2:34:35	34
Kjersti Plätzer	20 km walk	—						1:27:07
Christina Vukicevic	100 m hurdles	13.05	4	—		Did not advance

Combined events – Heptathlon

Athlete	Event	100H	HJ	SP	200 m	LJ	JT	800 m	Final	Rank
Ida Marcussen	Result	14.07	1.71	12.97	25.02	6.06	47.37	2:14.96	6015	21*
Ida Marcussen	Points	968	867	725	885	868	809	893	6015	21*

* The athlete who finished in second place, Lyudmila Blonska of Ukraine, tested positive for a banned substance.^[6] Both the A and the B tests were positive, therefore Blonska was stripped of her silver medal, and Marcussen moved up a position.

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eirik Verås Larsen	Men's K-1 500 m	1:36.439	2 QS	1:41.927	2 Q	1:37.949	4
Eirik Verås Larsen	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:29.043	1 QF	Bye		3:27.342

Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Kurt Asle Arvesen	Men's road race	6:26:17	32
Edvald Boasson Hagen		6:36:48	71
Lars Petter Nordhaug		Did not finish
Gabriel Rasch		Did not finish
Anita Valen de Vries	Women's road race	3:33:17	26

On 1 August, Thor Hushovd announced his withdrawal due to an illness, and was replaced by Nordhaug.^[7]

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lene Byberg	Women's cross-country	1:53:19	13
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå	Women's cross-country	Did not finish

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Sebastian Kartfjord	Men's BMX	38.688	30	19	8	Did not advance

Equestrian

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Morten Djupvik	Casino	Individual	1	=14	12	13	33 Q	4	17	23 Q	4	11	4	8	7	8	10
Stein Endresen	Le Beau		0	=1	4	4	8 Q	12	16	18 Q	0	=1	16	16	18	16	16
Geir Gulliksen	Cattani		13	65	12	25	51	Did not advance								25	51
Tony André Hansen	Camiro 19		1	=14	1	2	4 Q	1	3	1 Q	Withdrew^[8]
Morten Djupvik Stein Endresen Geir Gulliksen Tony André Hansen ^[9]	See above	Team	—								28	10	21	49	10	49	DSQ*

* Tony André Hansen's horse Camiro tested positive for the pain relieving medication capsaicin, a banned substance. Hansen was later disqualified. Without Hansen's score, the team was below the threshold to advance to round 2 of the finals. Therefore, the bronze medal was stripped and awarded to the team from Switzerland.^[10]

Fencing

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Sturla Torkildsen	Individual épée	Mejías (VEN) W 12–11	Tagliariol (ITA) L 10–15	Did not advance

Football

The men's under-21 team failed to qualify after drawing with Bosnia-Herzegovina and losing to Armenia in the first qualifying stage. Meanwhile, the women's team qualified for the Olympics after placing in the semi-final round at the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Women's tournament

Roster

Head coach: Bjarne Berntsen

Norway named a squad of 18 players and 4 alternates for the tournament.^[11]^[12]^[13]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Erika Skarbø	(1987-06-12)12 June 1987 (aged 21)	7	0	Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
2	2 DF	Ane Stangeland Horpestad (captain)	(1980-06-02)2 June 1980 (aged 28)	100	5	Klepp IL
3	2 DF	Gunhild Følstad	(1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 26)	69	1	Trondheims-Ørn SK
4	3 MF	Ingvild Stensland	(1981-08-03)3 August 1981 (aged 27)	68	2	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
5	2 DF	Siri Nordby	(1978-08-04)4 August 1978 (aged 30)	38	1	Røa IL
6	3 MF	Marie Knutsen	(1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 25)	48	5	Røa IL
7	2 DF	Trine Rønning	(1982-06-14)14 June 1982 (aged 26)	83	15	Kolbotn Fotball
8	4 FW	Solveig Gulbrandsen	(1981-01-12)12 January 1981 (aged 27)	121	39	Kolbotn Fotball
9	4 FW	Isabell Herlovsen	(1988-06-23)23 June 1988 (aged 20)	35	5	Kolbotn Fotball
10	4 FW	Melissa Wiik	(1985-02-07)7 February 1985 (aged 23)	30	12	Asker SK
11	4 FW	Leni Larsen Kaurin	(1981-03-21)21 March 1981 (aged 27)	44	3	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam
12	2 DF	Marit Fiane Christensen	(1980-12-11)11 December 1980 (aged 27)	58	7	Røa IL
13	3 MF	Lene Storløkken	(1981-06-20)20 June 1981 (aged 27)	34	5	Team Strømmen FK
14	4 FW	Guro Knutsen	(1985-01-10)10 January 1985 (aged 23)	8	1	Røa IL
15	2 DF	Marita Skammelsrud Lund	(1989-01-29)29 January 1989 (aged 19)	7	0	Team Strømmen FK
16	4 FW	Elise Thorsnes	(1988-08-14)14 August 1988 (aged 19)	16	1	Arna-Bjørnar Fotball
17	4 FW	Lene Mykjåland	(1987-02-20)20 February 1987 (aged 21)	18	5	Røa IL
18	1 GK	Christine Colombo Nilsen	(1982-04-30)30 April 1982 (aged 26)	5	0	Kolbotn Fotball

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
2	Norway	3	2	0	1	4	5	−1	6
3	Japan	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	New Zealand	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

6 August 2008

19:45

Norway	2–0	United States
Larsen Kaurin 2' Wiik 4'	Report

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 17,673

Referee: Nicole Petignat (Switzerland)

9 August 2008

19:45

New Zealand	0–1	Norway
	Report	Wiik 8'

Qinhuangdao Olympic Sports Center Stadium, Qinhuangdao

Attendance: 7,285

Referee: Estela Alvarez (Argentina)

12 August 2008

19:45

Norway	1–5	Japan
Knutsen 27'	Report	Kinga 31' Følstad 51' (o.g.) Ohno 52' Sawa 71' Hara 83'

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 16,872

Referee: Shane de Silva (Trinidad and Tobago)

Handball

The women's team qualified due to winning the European Championships.

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Norway roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[14]

Head coach: Marit Breivik

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Kari Aalvik Grimsbø	(1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 23)	1.80 m	30	0	Byåsen IL
3	LB	Katja Nyberg	(1979-08-24)24 August 1979 (aged 28)	1.83 m	92	304	Ikast-Bording EH
4	RW	Ragnhild Aamodt	(1980-09-09)9 September 1980 (aged 27)	1.63 m	111	276	Ikast-Bording EH
5	LB	Gøril Snorroeggen	(1985-02-15)15 February 1985 (aged 23)	1.78 m	60	151	Byåsen IL
6	P	Else Marthe Sørlie Lybekk	(1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 29)	1.78 m	207	567	Nordstrand IF
7	RB	Tonje Nøstvold	(1985-05-07)7 May 1985 (aged 23)	1.78 m	73	140	Ikast-Bording EH
8	RB	Karoline Dyhre Breivang	(1980-05-10)10 May 1980 (aged 28)	1.73 m	147	282	Larvik HK
9	LB	Kristine Lunde	(1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 28)	1.83 m	110	349	Viborg HK
10	CB	Gro Hammerseng	(1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 28)	1.80 m	139	559	Ikast-Bording EH
11	LW	Kari Mette Johansen	(1979-01-11)11 January 1979 (aged 29)	1.73 m	103	280	Larvik HK
13	P	Marit Malm Frafjord	(1986-11-25)25 November 1986 (aged 21)	1.83 m	53	111	Byåsen IL
14	LB	Tonje Larsen	(1975-01-26)26 January 1975 (aged 33)	1.83 m	220	453	Larvik HK
16	GK	Katrine Lunde Haraldsen	(1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 28)	1.80 m	111	1	Viborg HK
18	RB	Linn Kristin Riegelhuth	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 24)	1.75 m	105	363	Larvik HK

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Norway	5	5	0	0	154	106	+48	10	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Romania	5	4	0	1	150	112	+38	8
China	5	2	0	3	122	135	−13	4
France	5	2	0	3	121	128	−7	4
Kazakhstan	5	1	1	3	109	137	−28	3
Angola	5	0	1	4	109	147	−38	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

9 August 2008 19:00	Norway	30 – 23	China	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Hammerseng 7	(13–12)	Li Weiwei 8
	3× 5×	Report	3× 7×

11 August 2008 14:00	Angola	17 – 31	Norway	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Liu S, Liu F (CHN)
	Almeida 5	(6–14)	Riegelhuth 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 2×

13 August 2008 19:00	Norway	35 – 19	Kazakhstan	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Lybekk, Nyberg 5	(14–10)	Vassilyeva 6
	3× 3×	Report	3× 5×

15 August 2008 19:00	France	24 – 34	Norway	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Baudouin 6	(12–15)	Nyberg, Riegelhuth 6
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×

17 August 2008 14:00	Norway	24 – 23	Romania	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Chernega, Poladenko (RUS)
	Johansen, Lybekk 4	(12–11)	Amariei, Stanca-Gâlcă 5
	2× 4×	Report	4× 6× 1×

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 12:00	Norway	31 – 24	Sweden	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Larsen, Lybekk 6	(16–10)	Torstenson 6
	3× 4×	Report	4× 2×

Semifinal

21 August 2008 18:00	Norway	29 – 28	South Korea	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Hammerseng, Johansen 6	(14–15)	Moon Pil-hee 9
	2× 3×	Report	3× 2×

Gold medal game

23 August 2008 15:45	Norway	34 – 27	Russia	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Riegelhuth 9	(18–13)	Bliznova 6
	3× 3×	Report	2× 2×

Final rank

Gold

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olaf Tufte	Single sculls	7:20.20	1 QF	6:53.59	1 SA/B	6:58.23	2 FA	6:59.83

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Kristian Ruth	Laser	10	11	17	10	3	8	13	21	38	CAN	16	109	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Jannicke Stålstrøm	RS:X	7	~~DSQ~~	2	12	9	10	15	13	21	18	EL	117	15
Cathrine Gjerpen	Laser Radial	26	27	24	27	23	28	23	27	25	CAN	EL	202	28
Lise Birgitte Frederiksen Alexandra Koefoed Siren Sundby	Yngling	12	13	5	1	3	13	12	11	CAN	CAN	7	71	9

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M	Score	Rank
Peer Moberg	Finn	23	~~DSQ~~	11	19	22	1	DSQ	4	CAN	CAN	—					EL	107	19
Frode Bovim Christopher Gundersen	49er	11	13	18	7	10	8	14	11	13	19	12	11	CAN	CAN	CAN	EL	128	13

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Vebjørn Berg	10 m air rifle	592	22	Did not advance
	50 m rifle prone	596	3 Q	699.1	4
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1172	5 Q	1266.5	8
Espen Berg-Knutsen	50 m rifle prone	594	11	Did not advance
Espen Berg-Knutsen	50 m rifle 3 positions	1160	30	Did not advance
Tore Brovold	Skeet	120	2 Q	145 S/O 3
Are Hansen	10 m air rifle	592	19	Did not advance
Harald Jensen	Skeet	118	12	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	10 m air rifle	391	34	Did not advance
Gyda Ellefsplass Olssen	50 m rifle 3 positions	575	27	Did not advance
Kristina Vestveit	10 m air rifle	395	14	Did not advance
Kristina Vestveit	50 m rifle 3 positions	573	29	Did not advance

The Norwegian Shooting Federation had suggested selecting Ingrid Stubsjøen for the team, but the Norwegian National Olympic Committee selected Vestveit instead after good performances in the final World Cup event of the 2008 season.^[15]

Swimming

Alexander Dale Oen won Norway's first ever swimming medal at the Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Gard Kvale	200 m freestyle	1:48.73 NR	27	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:50.47	26	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:01.52 NR	25	Did not advance
Alexander Dale Oen	100 m breaststroke	59.41 OR	1 Q	59.16 OR	1 Q	59.20
Alexander Dale Oen	200 m breaststroke	2:11.30	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sara Nordenstam	200 m breaststroke	2.24.47 NR	4 Q	2:23.79 EU	4 Q	2:23.02 EU
	200 m individual medley	2:15.13 NR	23	Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	4:40.28 NR	18	—		Did not advance
Ingvild Snildal	100 m butterfly	59.86 NR	27	Did not advance
Ingvild Snildal	200 m butterfly	2:14.53	33	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nina Solheim	Women's +67 kg	Abd Rabo (EGY) W 9–3	Che C C (MAS) W 3–1	Falavigna (BRA) W 2–2 SUP	Bye		Espinoza (MEX) L 1–3

Volleyball

Beach

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jørre Kjemperud Tarjei Skarlund	Men's	Pool E Klemperer – Koreng (GER) L 1 – 2 (21–19, 20–22, 7–15) Nummerdor – Schuil (NED) L 1 – 2 (21–13, 15–21, 9–15) Laciga – Schnider (SUI) L 0 – 2 (17–21, 13–21)	4	Did not advance
Susanne Glesnes Kathrine Maaseide	Women's	Pool B Mouha – van Breedam (BEL) W 2 – 0 (24–22, 21–18) Kuhn – Schwer (SUI) W 2 – 0 (21–11, 21–17) Tian J – Wang J (CHN) L 1 – 2 (21–17, 14–21, 8–15)	2 Q	Talita – Renata (BRA) L 1 – 2 (21–12, 19–21, 13–15)	Did not advance
Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen	Women's	Pool A Fernández – Peraza (CUB) L 0 – 2 (20–22, 19–21) Kusuhara – Teru Saiki (JPN) W 2 – 0 (21–8, 21–18) May-Treanor – Walsh (USA) L 0 – 2 (12–21, 15–21) Lucky Loser Candelas – García (MEX) W 2 – 1 (20–22, 21–12, 15–11)	3 Q	Tian J – Wang J (CHN) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 15–21)	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Ruth Kasirye	Women's −63 kg	103	4	121	8	224	7

Wrestling

Key:

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stig André Berge	−60 kg	Bye	Tengizbayev (KAZ) L 0–3 ^PO	Did not advance					19

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Norway competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Since the nation's Olympic debut in 1900, Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to the country's support for the United States-led boycott.

Denmark competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. Before the start of the games, DIF sat an official medal goal of 8–10 medals for the Tokyo games.

Norway competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to the country's support for the United States-led boycott.

References

↑ (in Norwegian) 50 utøvere tatt ut til OL, Kristian Elster, NRK.
↑ (in Norwegian) Åtte nye tatt ut til OL, Bjørnar Hjellen, NRK, 17 June 2008.
↑ (in Norwegian) Tredje OL-uttak Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine , ANB-NTB, 1 July 2008.
↑ (in Norwegian) Fire nye utøvere tatt ut til OL, NTB, NRK, 17 July 2008.
↑ (in Norwegian) The Norwegian Team 27 July 2008.
↑ "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
↑ (in Norwegian) Hushovd dropper OL, Anne Rimmen and Kristian Elster, NRK, retrieved 1 August 2008.
↑ Equestrian Jumping Individual Results Summary - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games
↑ Bronze medal reassigned after the disqualification of Tony André Hansen of Norway. "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. The Canadian Press. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
↑ "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. The Canadian Press. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
↑ "Norway – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
↑ "Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse" [The dream came true]. Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 June 2008.
↑ "Team profile – Football Women: Norway". BOCOG . 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
↑ "Norway women's handball team roster". Handball Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. 23 August 2008. p. 11. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
↑ Overstyrte sjefen, Mette Bugge, Aftenposten , 17 June 2008.

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[1] (in Norwegian) 50 utøvere tatt ut til OL, Kristian Elster, NRK.

[2] (in Norwegian) Åtte nye tatt ut til OL, Bjørnar Hjellen, NRK, 17 June 2008.

[3] (in Norwegian) Tredje OL-uttak Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine , ANB-NTB, 1 July 2008.

[4] (in Norwegian) Fire nye utøvere tatt ut til OL, NTB, NRK, 17 July 2008.

[5] (in Norwegian) The Norwegian Team 27 July 2008.

[6] "Blonska thrown out of long jump". BBC Sport. 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2008-08-21.

[7] (in Norwegian) Hushovd dropper OL, Anne Rimmen and Kristian Elster, NRK, retrieved 1 August 2008.

[8] Equestrian Jumping Individual Results Summary - The official website of the BEIJING 2008 Olympic Games

[Hansen-9] Bronze medal reassigned after the disqualification of Tony André Hansen of Norway. "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. The Canadian Press. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-12-22.

[10] "Norwegian rider stripped of Olympic medal". The Sports Network. The Canadian Press. 2008-12-22. Retrieved 2008-12-22.

[11] "Norway – Squad List". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

[12] "Drømmen gikk i oppfyllelse" [The dream came true]. Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 18 June 2008.

[13] "Team profile – Football Women: Norway". BOCOG . 2008. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. Retrieved 31 January 2020.

[14] "Norway women's handball team roster". Handball Official Results Book. Official Report of the XXIX Olympiad. LA84 Foundation. 23 August 2008. p. 11. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[15] Overstyrte sjefen, Mette Bugge, Aftenposten , 17 June 2008.

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