Norway at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

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Norway at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IPC code NOR
NPC Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Tokyo, Japan
August 25, 2020 (2020-08-25) – September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06)
Competitors15 in 7 sports
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 August to 6 September 2020.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Birgit Skarstein Rowing Women's single sculls 29 August
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Salum Ageze Kashafali Athletics Men's 100 metres T12 29 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Aida Dahlen Table tennis Women's individual class 8 28 August
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ann Cathrin Lubbe Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade III 30 August

Competitors

SportMenWomenTotal
Athletics 112
Badminton 011
Equestrian 011
Rowing 011
Shooting 134
Swimming 213
Table tennis 123
Total51015

Athletics

Salum Ageze Kashafali qualified to represent Norway after winning the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1]

Badminton

AthleteEventGroup StageSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Helle Sofie Sagøy Women's singles SL4 Flag of Australia.svg  Dransfield  (AUS)
W (21–17, 21–13)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Meier  (CAN)
W (21–6, 21–8)
Flag of Thailand.svg  Srinavakul  (THA)
W (21–14, 21–8)
1 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cheng  (CHN)
L (15–21, 10–21)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ma  (CHN)
L (12–21, 5–21)
4

Equestrian

Norway sent one athlete after qualified. [2]

Rowing

Norway qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and securing one of seventh available place. [3]

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Birgit Skarstein Women's single sculls 14:27.481 FAN/A10:56.88Gold medal icon.svg

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Shooting

Norway entered four athletes into the Paralympic competition. All of them successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia. [4]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Sonja Jennie Tobiassen Mixed R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
Paul Aksel Johansen Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1
Monica Lillehagen Women's R8 – 50 m rifle three position
Heidi Kristin Soerlie-Rogne Mixed R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Swimming

Sarah Louise Rung and Andreas Skaar Bjornstad qualified to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. But Norway qualified one more to represent.

Table tennis

Norway entered three players into the table tennis competition at the games. Tommy Urhaug and Aida Dahlen qualified via World Ranking allocation and Nora Korneliussen who won a gold medal at the World Qualification Tournament. [5]

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageRound 1QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Tommy Urhaug Men's individual C5 Flag of Argentina.svg  Depergola  (ARG)
W 3–0
Flag of Serbia.svg  Palikuća  (SRB)
L 0–3
2 QFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Hunter-Spivey  (GBR)
L 2–3
Did not advance
Nora Korneliussen Women's individual C7 Flag of Turkey.svg  Korkut  (TUR)
L 0–3
Flag placeholder.svg  Safonova  (RPC)
L 0–3
3Did not advance
Aida Dahlen Women's individual C8 Flag of Brazil.svg  Lacerda  (BRA)
W 3–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Wenjuan  (CHN)
L 2–3
2 QN/AFlag of Hungary.svg  Arlóy  (HUN)
W 3–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jingdian  (CHN)
L 0–3
did not advanceBronze medal icon.svg

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References

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  2. "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
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