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Norway at the 1928 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
NOR

Flag bearer
  
Kittil Askilt

Competitors
  
52 in 9 sports

Norway at the 1928 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Website
  
www.idrett.no (Norwegian)

Medals Ranked 19th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 2 1 4

Norway competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 52 competitors, all men, took part in 42 events in 9 sports.

Contents

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 50.8 kg)

  • Olav Nielsen
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Baddie Lebanon (RSA), points


    • Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)

  • Sverre Sørsdal
  • First Round — Bye
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Kaletchetz (USA), KO-1
  • Semifinals — Lost to Nils Ramm (SWE), points
  • Third Place Match — Lost to Michael Michaelsen (DEN), walk-over

    • Cycling

    Four cyclists, all men, represented Norway in 1928.

    Individual road race
  • Gustav Kristiansen
  • Karl Hansen
  • Ragnvald Martinsen
  • Reidar Raaen

    • Fencing

    Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1928.

    Men's foil
  • Johan Falkenberg
  • Frithjof Lorentzen
  • Jacob Bergsland
    • Men's team foil
  • Jacob Bergsland, Johan Falkenberg, Frithjof Lorentzen, Sigurd Akre-Aas
    • Men's épée
  • Raoul Heide
  • Sigurd Akre-Aas
  • Frithjof Lorentzen
    • Men's team épée
  • Sigurd Akre-Aas, Raoul Heide, Frithjof Lorentzen, Jacob Bergsland
    • Men's sabre
  • Sigurd Akre-Aas

    • References

    Norway at the 1928 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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