Norway at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Norway at the 1992 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Albertville, France 8–23 February
Competitors	80 (61 men, 19 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Eirik Kvalfoss (Biathlon)
Medals Ranked 3rd	Gold 9 Silver 6 Bronze 5 Total 20
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Norway competed at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France.

As Lillehammer would be hosting the following Winter Olympics, a Norwegian segment was performed at the closing ceremony.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Vegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometre classical	10 February
Gold	Vegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 kilometre classical	13 February
Gold	Geir Karlstad	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	13 February
Gold	Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit	15 February
Gold	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	16 February
Gold	Johann Olav Koss	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	16 February
Gold	Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay	18 February
Gold	Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre freestyle	22 February
Gold	Finn Christian Jagge	Alpine skiing	Men's slalom	22 February
Silver	Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometre classical	10 February
Silver	Vegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit	15 February
Silver	Ådne Søndrål	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	16 February
Silver	Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Solveig Pedersen Elin Nilsen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay	17 February
Silver	Knut Tore Apeland Trond Einar Elden Fred Børre Lundberg	Nordic combined	Team	17 February
Silver	Johann Olav Koss	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 metres	20 February
Bronze	Terje Langli	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometre classical	10 February
Bronze	Stine Lise Hattestad	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	13 February
Bronze	Jan Einar Thorsen	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	16 February
Bronze	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's giant slalom	18 February
Bronze	Geir Karlstad	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 metres	20 February

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	8	3	11
Biathlon	6	6	12
Bobsleigh	2	–	2
Cross-country skiing	5	5	10
Freestyle skiing	0	2	2
Ice hockey	23	–	23
Luge	2	0	2
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	1	0	1
Ski jumping	4	–	4
Speed skating	6	3	9
Total	61	19	80

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Tom Stiansen	Downhill			1:55.62	32
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:54.24	26
Lasse Arnesen				1:51.63	8
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:50.79	5
Tom Stiansen	Super-G			1:14.51	8
Ole Kristian Furuseth				1:13.87	4
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:13.83
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:13.04
Didrik Marksten	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Lasse Kjus		DNF	–	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth		1:05.63	1:02.53	2:08.16	5
Kjetil André Aamodt		1:04.81	1:03.01	2:07.82
Didrik Marksten	Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kjetil André Aamodt		54.42	DNF	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth		53.14	DNF	DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge		51.43	52.96	1:44.39

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Tom Stiansen	DNF	–	–	DNF	–
Ole Kristian Furuseth	1:48.94	50.59	50.45	40.47	7
Lasse Arnesen	1:46.81	53.33	53.59	51.93	10
Jan Einar Thorsen	1:44.97	54.59	55.80	52.75	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
		Time	Time	Time	Rank
Astrid Lødemel	Downhill			1:54.76	15
Astrid Lødemel	Super-G			DNF	–
Merete Fjeldavlie				DNF	–
Anne Berge				1:25.65	21
Astrid Lødemel	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Anne Berge		1:09.90	1:09.61	2:19.51	21
Merete Fjeldavlie		1:08.66	1:08.57	2:17.23	15
Merete Fjeldavlie	Slalom	51.65	47.02	1:38.67	22
Anne Berge		49.39	44.83	1:34.22	8

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Anne Berge	1:28.67	34.93	34.36	35.28	5
Merete Fjeldavlie	1:28.26	35.52	DSQ	DSQ	–
Astrid Lødemel	1:26.95	37.29	55.96	210.94	22

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Geir Einang	2	29:45.0	66
	Eirik Kvalfoss	2	28:38.2	47
	Jon Åge Tyldum	0	28:01.4	34
	Sylfest Glimsdal	4	27:38.9	24

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
20 km	Geir Einang	59:04.8	3	1'02:04.8	36
	Eirik Kvalfoss	58:52.4	2	1'00:52.4	27
	Gisle Fenne	57:32.9	1	58:32.9	9
	Frode Løberg	57:32.4	1	58:32.4	8

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	1	1'26:32.4	5

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses 1	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Anne Elvebakk	3	27:34.2	32
	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	5	27:24.2	31
	Signe Trosten	2	26:43.3	19
	Elin Kristiansen	1	26:23.3	15

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time 2	Rank
15 km	Åse Idland	53:05.0	4	57:05.0	27
	Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo	50:59.4	5	55:59.4	18
	Signe Trosten	51:24.5	2	53:24.5	10
	Elin Kristiansen	51:19.6	2	53:19.6	9

Women's 3 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 1	Time	Rank
Signe Trosten Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	1	1'21:20.0	7

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Erik Gogstad Atle Norstad	Two-man	1:01.64	25	1:02.24	27	1:02.24	26	1:02.36	25	4:08.48	27

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Kristen Skjeldal	31:02.0	38
	Terje Langli	29:51.0	20
	Bjørn Dæhlie	28:01.6	4
	Vegard Ulvang	27:36.0
15 km pursuit1 F	Vegard Ulvang	38:55.3
	Bjørn Dæhlie	38:01.9
30 km C	Erling Jevne	1'24:07.7	5
	Terje Langli	1'23:42.5
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1'23:14.0
	Vegard Ulvang	1'22:27.8
50 km F	Kristen Skjeldal	2'11:44.5	20
	Terje Langli	2'11:32.0	18
	Vegard Ulvang	2'08:21.5	9
	Bjørn Dæhlie	2'03:41.5

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Terje Langli Vegard Ulvang Kristen Skjeldal Bjørn Dæhlie	1'39:26.0

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
5 km C	Trude Dybendahl	15:10.8	21
	Elin Nilsen	14:50.8	10
	Solveig Pedersen	14:42.1	8
	Inger Helene Nybråten	14:33.3	5
10 km pursuit2 F	Solveig Pedersen	28:26.6	15
	Inger Helene Nybråten	27:21.1	7
	Elin Nilsen	26:36.9	5
15 km C	Inger Lise Hegge	46:03.9	21
	Solveig Pedersen	45:51.3	20
	Trude Dybendahl	44:31.5	8
	Inger Helene Nybråten	44:18.6	7
30 km F	Inger Lise Hegge	1'29:31.6	14
	Inger Helene Nybråten	1'28:21.8	13
	Trude Dybendahl	1'27:29.8	9
	Elin Nilsen	1'26:25.1	4

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Solveig Pedersen Inger Helene Nybråten Trude Dybendahl Elin Nilsen	59:56.4

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Curling was a demonstration sport at the 1992 Winter Olympics.

Norway
Risenga CK, Oslo Skip: Tormod Andreassen Third: Stig-Arne Gunnestad Second: Flemming Davanger Lead: Kjell Berg Alternate: Pål Trulsen

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Jan Erik Digermes	DNF	–	DNF	–

Freestyle skiing

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
		Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Kari Traa	Moguls	45.25	17.30	14	did not advance
Stine Lise Hattestad		39.62	23.11	3 Q	40.26	23.04

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Group B

Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	9	19	8
Unified Team	5	4	1	0	32	10	22	8
Czechoslovakia	5	4	1	0	25	15	10	8
France	5	2	3	0	14	22	-8	4
Switzerland	5	1	4	0	13	25	-12	2
Norway	5	0	5	0	7	38	-31	0

Czechoslovakia	10:1	Norway
Unified Team	8:1	Norway
Canada	10:0	Norway
Switzerland	6:3	Norway
France	4:2	Norway

Consolation round 9th-12th places

Norway

5:3

Italy

9th place match

Norway 9th

5:2

Switzerland

Contestants

• Steve Allman
• Jim Marthinsen
• Robert Schistad
• Petter Salsten
• Kim Søgaard
• Geir Hoff
• Tommy Jakobsen
• Jon-Magne Karlstad
• Jan-Roar Fagerli
• Morgan Andersen
• Rune Gulliksen
• Martin Friis
• Petter Thoresen
• Marius Rath
• Tom Johansen
• Ørjan Løvdal
• Øystein Olsen
• Arne Billkvam
• Erik Kristiansen
• Jarle Friis
• Carl Gunnar Gundersen
• Ole Eskild Dahlstrøm
• Eirik Paulsen

• Head coach: Bengt Ohlson

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1992 Winter Olympics

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harald Rolfsen Snorre Pedersen	47.610	18	47.368	16	1:34.978	16

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men's individual

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping		Cross-country		Total
		Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Bård Jørgen Elden	Individual	167.7	45	+6:45.4	49:17.5	21
Trond Einar Elden		181.9	39	+5:10.7	47:11.9	9
Knut Tore Apeland		190.7	35	+4:12.0	47:23.9	10
Fred Børre Lundberg		211.9	9	+1:50.7	45:54.8	4

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Best two out of three jumps per team member were counted.)
• 10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Knut Tore Apeland Fred Børre Lundberg Trond Einar Elden	569.9	6	+6:16.0	1'25:02.9

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Gisle Elvebakken	1000 m	1:41.50	3	did not advance

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Espen Bredesen	Normal hill	73.5	73.1	65.0	54.0	127.1	58
Magne Johansen		77.0	86.7	78.5	87.6	174.3	49
Øyvind Berg		78.5	90.1	81.5	95.9	186.0	35
Lasse Ottesen		86.5	107.4	72.5	72.0	179.4	45
Espen Bredesen	Large hill	83.5	45.4	75.5	28.7	74.1	57
Lasse Ottesen		92.0	60.3	92.5	66.5	126.8	45
Øyvind Berg		96.5	73.6	92.5	67.0	140.6	34
Magne Johansen		100.0	79.5	104.5	86.8	166.3	18

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
	Points 1	Rank
Espen Bredesen Magne Johansen Rune Olijnyk Lasse Ottesen	538.0	7

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each. The best three were counted.

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
1000 m	Ådne Søndrål	1:17.56	29
1500 m	Steinar Johansen	2:00.79	29
	Geir Karlstad	1:56.98	8
	Ådne Søndrål	1:54.85
	Johann Olav Koss	1:54.81
5000 m	Atle Vårvik	7:28.28	28
	Johann Olav Koss	7:11.32	7
	Geir Karlstad	6:59.97
10,000 m	Steinar Johansen	14:36.09	8
	Geir Karlstad	14:18.13
	Johann Olav Koss	14:14.58

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	41.89	20
1000 m	Else Ragni Yttredal	1:24.54	21
	Edel Therese Høiseth	1:23.85	13
1500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	2:14.93	30
	Else Ragni Yttredal	2:09.38	12
3000 m	Anette Tønsberg	4:38.66	20
	Else Ragni Yttredal	4:36.98	16
5000 m	Else Ragni Yttredal	8:09.69	22
	Anette Tønsberg	8:09.68	21

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1992, full results by sports-reference.com