Norway at the 2022 World Games

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Norway at the
2022 World Games
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
in Birmingham, United States
7 July 2022 (2022-07-07) – 17 July 2022 (2022-07-17)
Competitors28 (9 men and 19 women) in 7 sports
Medals
Ranked 26th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
5
World Games appearances

Norway competed at the 2022 World Games held in Birmingham, United States from 7 to 17 July 2022. [1] Athletes representing Norway won two gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal. The country finished in 26th place in the medal table.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kjell Egil Bakkelund Powerlifting Men's middleweight9 July
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Kasper Fosser Orienteering Men's middle distance16 July
Silver medal icon.svg SilverWomen's team Beach handball Women's tournament15 July
Silver medal icon.svg SilverMixed team Orienteering Mixed sprint relay17 July
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Ingrid Lundanes Orienteering Women's middle distance16 July

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Archery 101
Beach handball 01010
Canoe marathon 112
Dancesport 101
Orienteering 325
Powerlifting 246
Sumo 123
Total91928

Archery

Norway competed in archery. [2]

Beach handball

Norway won one silver medal in beach handball. [3] [4]

Canoe marathon

Norway competed in canoe marathon. [5]

Dancesport

Norway competed in dancesport (breaking). [6]

Orienteering

Norway won three medals in orienteering. [7] [8] [9]

Powerlifting

Norway won one gold medal in powerlifting. [10]

Men
AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRank
SquatBench
press
Deadlift
Kjell Egil Bakkelund Men's middleweight 327.5232.5300.0860.0107.33Gold medal icon.svg
Asgeir Hoel Men's heavyweight 400.0255.0325.0980.0100.395
Women
AthleteEventExercisesTotal weightTotal pointsRank
SquatBench
press
Deadlift
Karen Hesthammer Women's lightweight 190.0102.5175.0467.595.854
Marte Elverum Women's heavyweight 250.0137.5245.0632.5104.575
Anna Heranger Women's super heavyweight 260.0157.5210.0627.598.925
Hildeborg Hugdal 257.5228.5195.0681.096.267

Sumo

Norway competed in sumo. [11]

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References

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