Norway at the Olympics

Norway at the Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrettsforbundet.no (in Norwegian)
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 209 Silver 186 Bronze 173 Total 568
Summer appearances
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Norway first participated at the Summer Olympics in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when they participated in the American-led boycott and, as previously thought, the 1904 Games in St. Louis, United States. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, it was discovered that wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen, who were Norwegian expatriates in America whose medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics were previously attributed to United States, still held Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games. They won the gold medals in the wrestling welterweight and heavyweight events respectively.

Norwegian athletes have won a total of 160 medals at the Summer Olympics, with sailing and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 405 total medals including 148 gold medals, both considerably more than any other nation in Winter Olympic history. More than half of these medals have come from cross-country skiing and speed skating. Norway is one of only three nations (along with Austria and Liechtenstein) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Norway was created and recognized in 1900.

1904 Summer Olympics[edit]

The International Olympic Committee considers Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen to have competed for the United States (both were Norwegian immigrants to the US); each won a gold medal. In 2012, Norwegian historians however found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen, who was registered as an "alien" (foreigner) as late as 1925, probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned to have the athletes registered as Norwegians.^[1][2] In May 2013, it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in IOC's medal database.^[3] In July 2021, the IOC modified data in the official database, recognizing Ericksen and Hansen as having competed for Norway.

Hosted Games[edit]

Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions.

Medal tables[edit]

*Purple border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games[edit] Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 7 0 2 3 5 16 1904 St. Louis 2 2 0 0 2 7 1908 London 69 2 3 3 8 8 1912 Stockholm 190 3 2 5 10 8 1920 Antwerp 194 13 9 9 31 6 1924 Paris 62 5 2 3 10 7 1928 Amsterdam 52 1 2 1 4 19 1932 Los Angeles 5 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Berlin 70 1 3 2 6 18 1948 London 81 1 3 3 7 19 1952 Helsinki 102 3 2 0 5 10 1956 Melbourne 22 1 0 2 3 22 1960 Rome 40 1 0 0 1 21 1964 Tokyo 26 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 46 1 1 0 2 25 1972 Munich 112 2 1 1 4 21 1976 Montreal 66 1 1 0 2 21 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 103 0 1 2 3 28 1988 Seoul 70 2 3 0 5 21 1992 Barcelona 83 2 4 1 7 22 1996 Atlanta 98 2 2 3 7 30 2000 Sydney 93 4 3 3 10 19 2004 Athens 52 5 0 1 6 17 2008 Beijing 85 3 5 1 9 22 2012 London 66 2 1 1 4 35 2016 Rio de Janeiro 62 0 0 4 4 74 2020 Tokyo 85 4 2 2 8 20 2024 Paris future event 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane Total 61 52 50 163 21

Medals by Winter Games[edit] Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 14 4 7 6 17 1 1928 St. Moritz 25 6 4 5 15 1 1932 Lake Placid 19 3 4 3 10 2 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 7 5 3 15 1 1948 St. Moritz 49 4 3 3 10 1 1952 Oslo 73 7 3 6 16 1 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 45 2 1 1 4 7 1960 Squaw Valley 29 3 3 0 6 4 1964 Innsbruck 58 3 6 6 15 3 1968 Grenoble 65 6 6 2 14 1 1972 Sapporo 67 2 5 5 12 7 1976 Innsbruck 42 3 3 1 7 4 1980 Lake Placid 64 1 3 6 10 8 1984 Sarajevo 58 3 2 4 9 6 1988 Calgary 63 0 3 2 5 12 1992 Albertville 80 9 6 5 20 3 1994 Lillehammer 88 10 11 5 26 2 1998 Nagano 76 10 10 5 25 2 2002 Salt Lake City 77 13 5 7 25 1 2006 Turin 69 2 8 9 19 13 2010 Vancouver 99 9 8 6 23 4 2014 Sochi 134 11 6 9 26 2 2018 Pyeongchang 109 14 14 11 39 1 2022 Beijing 84 16 8 13 37 1 2026 Milan–Cortina future event Total 148 134 123 405 1

Records[edit]

• The most gold and total medals in the history of the Winter Olympics (148 and 405)
• The most gold medals won in a single Winter Olympics (16 in 2022)
• The most total medals won in a single Winter Olympics (39 in 2018)

Medals by summer sport[edit] Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Sailing 17 11 4 32 Shooting 13 8 11 32 Athletics 8 7 8 23 Canoeing 6 4 4 14 Wrestling 4 2 2 8 Rowing 3 7 8 18 Handball 2 2 3 7 Cycling 2 0 2 4 Boxing 1 2 2 5 Gymnastics 1 2 1 4 Football 1 0 2 3 Beach volleyball 1 0 0 1 Triathlon 1 0 0 1 Weightlifting 1 0 0 1 Taekwondo 0 2 0 2 Swimming 0 1 1 2 Equestrian 0 1 0 1 Fencing 0 1 0 1 Tennis 0 0 1 1 Totals (19 entries) 61 50 49 160 *This table does not include three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Medals by winter sport[edit]   Leading in that sport Sport Gold Silver Bronze Total Cross country skiing 52 43 34 129 Speed skating 28 29 30 87 Biathlon 22 18 15 55 Nordic combined 15 12 8 35 Ski jumping 12 10 14 36 Alpine skiing 11 14 15 40 Freestyle skiing 4 2 4 10 Figure skating 3 2 1 6 Curling 1 2 2 5 Snowboarding 0 4 1 5 Totals (10 entries) 148 136 124 408 *This table includes three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[4]

Summary by sport[edit]

Athletics[edit]

Norway's Olympic debut in 1900 included two track and field athletes; Carl Albert Andersen won a bronze medal in the pole vault.

Sailing[edit]

Norway made its sailing debut in 1908.

Shooting[edit]

Norway made its shooting debut in 1900. Ole Østmo earned medals in two of the free rifle positions, contributing to an individual three-position bronze and a team silver.

See also[edit]

• List of flag bearers for Norway at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Norway
• Norway at the Paralympics

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• "Norway". International Olympic Committee. 16 September 2021.
• "Norway". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/NOR". olympanalyt.com.