Norway at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Last updated July 05, 2025 Sporting event delegation
Norway sent a delegation of 24 competitors, (14 men and 10 women,) to compete at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , from September 6 to September 17, 2008. [ 1]
Norwegian competitors took part in nine different sports: archery , athletics , boccia , cycling , equestrian , sailing , shooting , swimming and table tennis .
Archery [ 2] 1 competitor:
Men Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals Score Rank Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Opposition Rank Tom Vangen Ind. compound open 654 19 Pemberton (USA ) L 103:106did not advance
Athletics [ 3] 2 competitors:
Men Women Boccia [ 4] Paralympic Boccia is open to players with cerebral palsy and other major physical disabilities. There were no separate events for men and women.
3 competitors:
Individual
Team
Cycling [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] 1 competitor:
Track Men
Pursuits
Athlete Event Qualifying Final/ Time Rank Opposition Rank Morten Jahr Men's individual pursuit - LC2 5:23.921 8 did not advance
Time Trials
Athlete Event Time Rank Morten Jahr Men's 1 km time trial - LC2 1:17.050 10
Road Men
Athlete Event Time Rank Morten Jahr Men's Individual Time Trial - LC2 37:53.80 (+4.17.10) 7 Men's Individual Road Race - LC1/LC2/CP4 1:50:15 (+4:12) 18
Equestrian [ 8] Equestrian in the Paralympic Games is Dressage only. Anne Cecilie Ore was replaced by Silje Gillund, as Ore's horse received an injury before the Paralympic Games. [ 9] There were no separate events for men and women. 5 competitors:
Individual
Athlete Horse Event Points Result Ann Cathrin Lübbe [ 10] Zanko Individual championship test - grade IV 68,516 Individual freestyle test - grade IV 75.046 Sigrid Rui [ 10] Nanof Individual championship test - grade IV 60,064 10 Individual freestyle test - grade IV 69.498 4 Mariette Garborg Luthar Individual championship test - grade II 64.182 10 Individual freestyle test - grade II 63.554 12 Silje Gillund Dundee Klint Individual championship test - grade III 58.720 9 Individual freestyle test - grade III 61.056 11 Jens Lasse Dokkan Lacour Individual championship test - grade Ib 68.857 Individual freestyle test - grade Ib 65.555 5
Team
'#' denotes scores that did not count toward the team total.
Sailing [ 8] 4 competitors:
CAN - Race cancelled OCS - On the course side Shooting 1 competitor:
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Total Monica Lillehagen [ 11] R2-10m air rifle standing - SH1 389 3 Q 99.3 488,3 5
Swimming [ 12] 5 competitors:
Athlete Events Heat Final Time Rank Time Rank Stian Helgeland Men's 50 m butterfly - S6 37.41 6 did not advance Men's 50 m freestyle - S6 35.07 6 did not advance Men's 100 m freestyle - S6 1:15.68 6 did not advance Men's 400 m freestyle - S6 5:32.26 4 Q 5:32.24 8 Cecilie Drabsch Norland Women's 50 m freestyle - S8 32.11 1 Q 32.09 Women's 100 m freestyle - S8 1:11.68 3 Q 1:11.88 5 Marianne Mæland Women's 100 m breaststroke - SB6 2:10.55 6 did not advance Jørgen Tadvin Men's 400 m freestyle - S6 6:03.36 5 did not advance Mariann Vestbøstad Women's 100 m backstroke - S8 1:21.77 1 Q 1:20.86 Women's 100 m freestyle - S8 1:14.62 3 did not advance Women's 400 m freestyle - S8 5:38.47 4 Q 5:39.73 7
Key Q = Qualifiers for the final as decided on a time only basis. Ranks shown are overall rank against competitors in all heatsReferences ↑ (in Norwegian) De siste Paralympics utøverne tatt ut , Olympiatoppen, retrieved 1 August 2008 ↑ Archery - Result brackets (Google cache), The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ↑ Athletics - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-06 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ↑ Boccia - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-25 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ↑ Athlete Biography, JAHR Morten , The official website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ↑ Cycling Road - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-12 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ↑ Cycling Track - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-10-04 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008 Olympic Games 1 2 Equestrian - Schedule, Results Archived 2008-09-10 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ↑ "Silje for Norge i Kina] " (in Norwegian). Stange Municipality . 2008-08-29. 1 2 Lübbe tok Norges første Paralympics-medalje , (Norwegian ), VG , September 8, 2008 ↑ God start på Paralympics , (Norwegian ), Norges Idrettsforbund, September 8, 2008 ↑ Swimming - Schedule, Results Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008 Olympic Games ↑ Table Tennis - Schedule, Results Archived 2009-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Beijing 2008 Olympic Games External links
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