Norway at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1988 Winter Olympics

IOC code

NOR

NOC

Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Website

www.idrett.no (Norwegian)

in Calgary

Competitors

63 (53 men, 10 women) in 7 sports

Flag bearer

Oddvar Brå (Cross-country skiing)

Medals
Ranked 12th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	3	2	5

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada. This was the first time and till now the only time Norway failed to win a gold medal in the Winter Olympics.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
02 ! Silver	Mikkelsplass, Pål GunnarPål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km classical
02 ! Silver	Dybendahl, TrudeTrude Dybendahl Marit Wold Jahren, AnneAnne Jahren Dahlmo, MarianneMarianne Dahlmo	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 km relay
02 ! Silver	Johnsen, ErikErik Johnsen	Ski jumping	Men's large hill
03 ! Bronze	Ulvang, VegardVegard Ulvang	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 km classical
03 ! Bronze	Eidhammer, Ole ChristianOle Christian Eidhammer Kjørum, Jon IngeJon Inge Kjørum Fidjestøl, Ole GunnarOle Gunnar Fidjestøl Johnsen, ErikErik Johnsen	Ski jumping	Men's team large hill

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Finn Christian Jagge	Downhill			2:07.64	35
Jan Einar Thorsen				2:04.77	24
Atle Skårdal				2:03.26	15
Jan Einar Thorsen	Super-G			DNF	–
Atle Skårdal				DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge				DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge	Giant Slalom	1:09.70	DNF	DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge	Slalom	53.40	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Points	Rank
Finn Christian Jagge	1:54.66	43.35	42.79	95.21	9
Jan Einar Thorsen	1:51.89	DNF	–	DNF	–
Atle Skårdal	1:50.27	DNF	–	DNF	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Sverre Istad	5	27:34.3	30
	Eirik Kvalfoss	4	26:51.9	20
	Frode Løberg	1	26:32.9	14
	Geir Einang	0	26:13.3	11

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Sylfest Glimsdal	55:46.9	8	1'03:46.9	39
	Gisle Fenne	56:56.5	5	1'01:56.5	30
	Frode Løberg	56:52.7	4	1'00:52.7	20
	Eirik Kvalfoss	54:54.6	3	57:54.6	6

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Geir Einang Frode Løberg Gisle Fenne Eirik Kvalfoss	0	1'25:57.0	6

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

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km C	Terje Langli	42:59.3	12
	Vegard Ulvang	42:31.5	7
	Oddvar Brå	42:17.3	4
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	41:33.4	02 !
30 km C	Martin Hole	1'31:47.5	31
	Tor Håkon Holte	1'29:59.5	21
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	1'25:44.6	6
	Vegard Ulvang	1'25:11.6	03 !
50 km F	Tor Håkon Holte	2'12:56.6	31
	Torgeir Bjørn	2'08:41.0	11
	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	2'08:20.0	9
	Vegard Ulvang	2'06:32.3	4

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Oddvar Brå Vegard Ulvang Terje Langli	1'46:87.7	6

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Brit Pettersen	15:36.7	11
	Marianne Dahlmo	15:30.4	9
	Inger Helene Nybråten	15:17.7	6
	Anne Jahren	15:12.6	4
10 km C	Anne Jahren	31:34.1	16
	Marit Wold	31:31.6	15
	Brit Pettersen	31:20.5	14
	Inger Helene Nybråten	30:51.7	6
20 km F	Marit Wold	1'00:55.0	24
	Anette Bøe	59:45.8	20
	Marit Elveos	59:33.2	18
	Marianne Dahlmo	58:31.1	8

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Trude Dybendahl Marit Wold Anne Jahren Marianne Dahlmo	1'01:33.0	02 !

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Group B

Top three teams (shaded ones) entered the medal round.

	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Soviet Union	5	5	0	0	32	10	10
West Germany	5	4	1	0	19	12	8
Czechoslovakia	5	3	2	0	23	14	6
United States	5	2	3	0	27	27	4
Austria	5	0	4	1	12	29	1
Norway	5	0	4	1	11	32	1

Soviet Union 5-0 Norway
West Germany 7-3 Norway
Czechoslovakia 10-1 Norway
USA 6-3 Norway
Austria 4-4 Norway

Game for 11th place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
France	7–6 SO	Norway

Team Roster

Head Coach: Lennart Åhlberg

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1988 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
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Points	Rank
Hallstein Bøgseth	Individual	197.7	22	3:25.4	43:39.4	394.450	23
Torbjørn Løkken		199.4	19	3:14.0	40:53.0	?	6
Knut Leo Abrahamsen		204.1	16	2:42.7	44:06.2	390.425	26
Trond Arne Bredesen		215.2	6	1:28.7	41:42.6	411.965	11

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps per team member per round, best two rounds counted.)
10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country		Total
Athletes	Points	Rank	Start at	Time	Rank
Hallstein Bøgseth Trond Arne Bredesen Torbjørn Løkken	596.6	3	2:46.0	1'21:34.4	4

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Erik Johnsen	Normal hill	75.0	80.1	79.0	91.0	171.1	41
Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl		79.5	91.3	80.0	93.1	184.4	22
Ole Christian Eidhammer		79.5	92.3	80.5	94.4	186.7	19
Vegard Opaas		80.5	92.9	72.0	73.3	166.2	45
Jon Inge Kjørum	Large hill	107.0	99.2	101.5	90.0	189.2	15
Vegard Opaas		106.0	99.8	97.5	85.4	185.2	19
Ole Christian Eidhammer		108.5	104.8	98.0	83.1	187.9	17
Erik Johnsen		114.5	113.7	102.0	94.2	207.9	02 !

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Ole Christian Eidhammer Jon Inge Kjørum Ole Gunnar Fidjestøl Erik Johnsen	596.1	03 !

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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1988 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Bjørn Hagen	37.69	18
500 m	Frode Rønning	37.31	10
1000 m	Bjørn Hagen	DNF	–
	Rolf Falk-Larssen	1:15.42	26
	Frode Rønning	1:15.39	25
1500 m	Frode Syvertsen	1:58.37	33
1500 m	Rolf Falk-Larssen	1:55.94	21
5000 m	Frode Syvertsen	7:05.57	33
	Rolf Falk-Larssen	6:54.37	12
	Geir Karlstad	6:50.88	7
10,000 m	Geir Karlstad	DNF	–
10,000 m	Frode Syvertsen	14:32.08	21

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	40.95	14
1000 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	1:21.90	15
1500 m	Minna Nystedt	2:12.40	25
1500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	2:09.34	20
3000 m	Minna Nystedt	4:35.35	25
5000 m	Minna Nystedt	7:54.11	24

References

Norway at the Olympics

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Nations at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada

Africa	Morocco

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