| Norway at the 2012 Summer Paralympics | |
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| IPC code | NOR |
| NPC | Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |
| Website | www |
| in London | |
| Competitors | 22 in 9 sports |
| Medals Ranked 35th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
Norway competed at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London, United Kingdom from August 29 to September 9, 2012.
| Medals by sport | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport |  |  |  | Total | ||
| Swimming | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | ||
| Table tennis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sailing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Boccia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 200m Freestyle S5 | 1 September |
| Gold | Tommy Urhaug | Table Tennis | Men's Individual C5 | 2 September |
| Gold | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 50m butterfly S5 | 7 September |
| Silver | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 200m Individual Medley SM5 | 31 August |
| Silver | Sarah Louise Rung | Swimming | Women's 100m Breaststroke SB4 | 4 September |
| Bronze | Per Eugen Kristiansen Marie Solberg Aleksander Wang Hansen | Sailing | Sonar | 6 September |
| Bronze | Runar Steinstad | Athletics | Men's Javelin Throw F42 | 7 September |
| Bronze | Roger Aandalen | Boccia | Individual BC1 | 8 September |
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Seed | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Opposition score | Rank | ||
| John Olav Johansen | Ind. Compound Open | 642 | 15 |  Aygan (TUR)L 0–6 | did not advance | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Rank | ||
| Runar Steinstad | Javelin Throw F42 | 48.90 | |
| Athlete | Event | Seeding Round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Roger Aandalen | Individual BC1 |  Soulanis (GRE)W 3–3 | BYE |  Ibarbure (ARG)W 5–1 |  Fernandes (POR)W 3–3 |  Smith (GBR)L 2–5 |  de Oliveria (BRA)W 6–4 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Johansen | Road Race C1-3 | 1:42:51 | 9 |
| Time Trial C3 | 24:09.26 | 4 | |
| Morten Jahr | Road Race C4-5 | did not finish | |
| Time Trial C4 | 38:14.24 | 14 | |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morten Jahr | Men's 1km Time Trial C4-5 | 1:16.043 | 20 |
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Morten Jahr | Men's Individual Pursuit C4 | 5:21.436 | 13 | did not advance | |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | First round | Final round | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Rank | |||
| Jens Lasse Dokkan | Leopold | Individual Championship Ib | — | 69.000 | 7 | |
| Individual Freestyle Ib | — | 68.450 | 8 | |||
| Anne Cecilie Ore | Ballantine | Individual Championship III | — | Withdrew | ||
| Individual Freestyle III | — | Withdrew | ||||
| Marianne Muri | Fantastico | Individual Championship IV | — | 64.097 | 13 | |
| Individual Freestyle IV | — | 67.000 | 13 | |||
| Jens Lasse Dokkan Anne Cecilie Ore Marianne Muri | Leopold Ballantine Fantastico | Mixed team | 65.409 64.704 64.906 | 69.000 0 (WD) 64.097 | 328.116 | 16 |
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Bjørnar Erikstad | 2.4mR | 7 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 3 | (17) | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | CAN | 67 | 8 |
| Per Eugen Kristiansen Marie Solberg Aleksander Wang Hansen | Sonar | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | (15) | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | CAN | 42 | |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Bjørn Morten Hagen | Men's 10m Air Pistol SH1 | 539 | 29 | did not advance | |
| Mixed 25m Pistol SH1 | 559 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Mixed 50m Pistol SH1 | 491 | 28 | did not advance | ||
| Paul Aksel Johansen | Mixed 50m Rifle Prone SH1 | 576 | 35 | did not advance | |
| Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH1 | 592 | 37 | did not advance | ||
| Sonja Tobiassen | Mixed 10m Air Rifle Prone SH2 | 599 | 13 | did not advance | |
| Mixed 10m Air Rifle Standing SH2 | 586 | 26 | did not advance | ||
| Athletes | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Mariann Marthinsen | 50m freestyle S8 | 35.25 | 17 | did not advance | |
| 100m freestyle S8 | 1:16.17 | 14 | did not advance | ||
| 100m backstroke S8 | 1:23.05 | 4 Q | 1:22.17 | 4 | |
| Sarah Louise Rung | 100m freestyle S5 | 1:23.98 | 3 Q | 1:23.15 | 4 |
| 200m freestyle S5 | 2:56.22 | 1 Q | 2:49.74 | | |
| 100m breaststroke SB4 | 1:45.58 | 2 Q | 1:45.68 | | |
| 50m butterfly S5 | 42.60 | 1 Q | 41.76 | | |
| 200m individual medley SM5 | 3:19.59 | 2 Q | 3:15.89 | | |
| Mina Klausen | 100m backstroke S7 | 1:38.75 | 14 | did not advance | |
| 100m breaststroke SB7 | DSQ | did not advance | |||
| Marianne Fredbo | 100m breaststroke SB6 | 1:58.99 | 9 | did not advance | |
| 50m butterfly S7 | 43.41 | 13 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Tommy Urhaug | Individual C5 | Segatto (BRA) W 3-0 |  Savant-Aira (FRA)W 3-0 | 1 Q | — |  Jung (KOR)W 3-0 |  Cao (CHN)W 3-1 | |
| Andreas Aulie | Individual C9 |  Heijnen (NED)L 2-3 |  Nozdrunov (RUS)W 3-1 | 1 Q |  Fraczyk (AUT)L 1-3 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Group Stage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Aida Dahlen | Individual C8 | Rodrigues (BRA) W 3-0 | Mao (CHN) L 0-3 |  Medina (PHI)L 1-3 | 3 | did not advance | ||
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