Norway at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Norway
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IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (Norwegian)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	55 in 11 sports
	Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Intercalated Games
	1906

Norway is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Athletics

Norwegian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[1]^[2]

Men's 1500 m – 1 quota place (Henrik Ingebrigtsen)
Men's 5000 m – 1 quota place (Sindre Buraas)
Men's marathon – 2 quota places (Sondre Nordstad Moen, Asbjorn Ellefsen Persen)
Men's 20 km walk – 2 quota places (Håvard Haukenes, Erik Tysse)^[3]
Men's 50 km walk – 1 quota place (Håvard Haukenes)
Women's 100 m – 1 quota place (Ezinne Okparaebo)
Women's 5000 m – 1 quota place (Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal)
Women's 100 m hurdles – 1 quota place (Isabelle Pedersen)
Women's marathon – 1 quota place (Marthe Katrine Myhre)

Cycling

Road

Norwegian riders qualified for the following quota places in the men's and women's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 national finish in the 2015 UCI World Tour (for men) and top 22 in the 2016 UCI World Ranking (for women).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race
	Time trial
	Road race

Mountain biking

Norway has qualified one mountain biker for the women's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of her nation's tenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Women's cross-country

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's BMX

Gymnastics

Artistic

Norway has entered one artistic gymnast into the Olympic competition for the first time since 2000. Stian Skjerahaug had claimed his Olympic spot in the men's apparatus and all-around events at the Olympic Test Event in Rio de Janeiro.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Qualification								Final
	Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Stian Skjerahaug

Handball

Women's tournament

The Norwegian women's handball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2015 World Championships in Denmark.^[6]

Team roster

Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

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6 August 2016 (2016-08-06) 09:30 v	Norway	v	Brazil	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

8 August 2016 (2016-08-08) 14:40 v	Spain	v	Norway	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

10 August 2016 (2016-08-10) 16:40 v	Norway	v	Angola	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) 16:40 v	Montenegro	v	Norway	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

14 August 2016 (2016-08-14) 16:40 v	Norway	v	Romania	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro

Rowing

Norway has qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Two rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in the men's single sculls and men's pair at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the men's double sculls rowers had added one more boat to the Norwegian roster as a result of their top two finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Single sculls
	Double sculls					N/A
	Lightweight double sculls					N/A

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Norwegian sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
Sebastian Wang-Hansen	RS:X
	Laser											N/A
Anders Pedersen	Finn											N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*	Net points	Final rank
	RS:X
	Laser Radial											N/A
Maia Agerup Ragna Agerup	49erFX

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Norwegian shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle 3 positions
	50 m rifle 3 positions

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 m rifle 3 positions

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Norwegian swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[9]^[10]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Henrik Christiansen	400 m freestyle
Henrik Christiansen	1500 m freestyle

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Susann Bjørnsen	50 m freestyle

Taekwondo

Norway entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics. Tina Skaar secured a place in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by virtue of her top two finish at the 2016 European Qualification Tournament in Istanbul, Turkey.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Bronze Medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tina Skaar	Women's +67 kg

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Kristian Blummenfelt	Men's

Wrestling

Norway has qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition. One of them had claimed an Olympic spot in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg with his semifinal triumph at the initial meet of the World Qualification Tournament in Ulaanbaatar, while the other did the same feat in the women's freestyle 69 kg at the final meet in Istanbul.^[12]^[13]

Key:

VT - Victory by Fall.
PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Stig André Berge	−59 kg

Women's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Signe Marie Store	−69 kg

References

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Norway at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Contents

Athletics

Cycling

Road

Mountain biking

BMX

Gymnastics

Artistic

Handball

Women's tournament

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Taekwondo

Triathlon

Wrestling

See also

References

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