Norway at the 1936 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the
1936 Winter Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Competitors31 (25 men, 6 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Ivar Ballangrud (speed skating)
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
7
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
15
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Sonja Henie Figure skating Women's singles
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Oddbjørn Hagen Nordic combined Men's individual
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Birger Ruud Ski jumping Men's normal hill
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ivar Ballangrud Speed skating Men's 500m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Charles Mathiesen Speed skating Men's 1500m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ivar Ballangrud Speed skating Men's 5000m
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Ivar Ballangrud Speed skating Men's 10,000m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Oddbjørn Hagen Cross-country skiing Men's 18 km
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Oddbjørn Hagen
Olaf Hoffsbakken
Sverre Brodahl
Bjarne Iversen
Cross-country skiing Men's 4 x 10 km relay
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Olaf Hoffsbakken Nordic combined Men's individual
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Georg Krog Speed skating Men's 500m
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Ivar Ballangrud Speed skating Men's 1500m
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Laila Schou Nilsen Alpine skiing Women's combined
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Sverre Brodahl Nordic combined Men's individual
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Reidar Andersen Ski jumping Men's normal hill

Alpine skiing

The Norwegian team for the alpine combination. Equipe norvegienne JO 1936.jpg
The Norwegian team for the alpine combination.
Men
AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeRankTime 1Time 2RankTotal pointsRank
Sigmund Ruud Combined5:11.610DNSDNF
Per Fossum 5:03.271:30.31:29.71588.129
Alf Konningen 5:00.451:29.31:24.3990.068
Birger Ruud 4:47.411:31.9 (+0:06)1:17.1693.384
Women
AthleteEventDownhillSlalomTotal
TimeRankTime 1Time 2RankTotal pointsRank
Nora Strømstad Combined5:57.4111:34.21:51.1 (+0:06)1477.2011
Johanne Dybwad 5:32.081:26.5 (+0:06)1:30.9785.907
Laila Schou Nilsen 5:04.411:26.1 (+0:06)1:17.3593.48Bronze medal icon.svg

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
18 km Bjarne Iversen 1'18:569
Arne Rustadstuen 1'18:136
Olaf Hoffsbakken 1'17:375
Oddbjørn Hagen 1'15:33Silver medal icon.svg
50 km Per Samuelshaug DNF
Kåre Hatten 3'50:3712
Trygve Brodahl 3'50:1411
Arne Tuft 3'41:186
Men's 4 x 10 km relay
AthletesRace
TimeRank
Oddbjørn Hagen
Olaf Hoffsbakken
Sverre Brodahl
Bjarne Iversen
2'41:39Silver medal icon.svg

Figure skating

Women
AthleteEventCFFSPlacesPointsFinal rank
Nanna Egedius Women's singlesDNS
Sonja Henie 117.5424.5Gold medal icon.svg
Pairs
AthletesPointsScoreFinal rank
Randi Bakke
Christen Christensen
132.58.215

Nordic combined

Events:

The cross-country skiing part of this event was combined with the main medal event of cross-country skiing. Those results can be found above in this article in the cross-country skiing section. Some athletes (but not all) entered in both the cross-country skiing and Nordic combined event, their time on the 18 km was used for both events.

The ski jumping (normal hill) event was held separate from the main medal event of ski jumping, results can be found in the table below.

AthleteEventCross-countrySki JumpingTotal
TimePointsRankDistance 1Distance 2Total pointsRankPointsRank
Bernt Østerkløft Individual1'21:37205.1644.048.0188.721393.86
Sverre Brodahl 1'18:01225.5340.047.0182.628408.1Bronze medal icon.svg
Olaf Hoffsbakken 1'17:37227.8247.045.5192.013419.8Silver medal icon.svg
Oddbjørn Hagen 1'15:33240.0142.046.0190.316430.3Gold medal icon.svg

Ski jumping

AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2Total
DistancePointsRankDistancePointsRankPointsRank
Arnholdt Kongsgård Normal hill74.5111.6666.0106.112217.78
Reidar Andersen 74.0113.5475.0115.42228.9Bronze medal icon.svg
Kåre Walberg 73.5113.7372.0113.34227.04
Birger Ruud 75.0114.9274.5117.11232.0Gold medal icon.svg

Speed skating

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
500 m Hans Engnestangen DNF
Harry Haraldsen 54.934
Georg Krog 43.5Silver medal icon.svg
Ivar Ballangrud 43.4 ORGold medal icon.svg
1500 m Hans Engnestangen 2:23.08
Harry Haraldsen 2:22.47
Ivar Ballangrud 2:20.2Silver medal icon.svg
Charles Mathiesen 2:19.2 ORGold medal icon.svg
5000 m Edvard Wangberg 8:54.720
Michael Staksrud 8:38.59
Charles Mathiesen 8:36.97
Ivar Ballangrud 8:19.6 ORGold medal icon.svg
10,000 m Edvard Wangberg 18:15.818
Michael Staksrud 17:56.710
Charles Mathiesen 17:41.24
Ivar Ballangrud 17:24.3 ORGold medal icon.svg

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