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Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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IOC code
  
NOR

Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics

NOC
  
Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Website
  
www.idrett.no (Norwegian)

Competitors
  
77 (50 men, 27 women) in 11 sports

Flag bearer
  
Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée (biathlon)

Medals Ranked 1st
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 13 5 7 25

Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results in gold medals, most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.

Contents

With 13 gold medals, Norway tied the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics for most gold medals a country won at a Winter Olympics. However, Canada broke this record with 14 when they hosted the Vancouver games.

Alpine skiing

Men

Men's combined

Women

Biathlon

Men
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay
Women
Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Bobsleigh

Men

Cross-country skiing

Men

Sprint

Pursuit

4 × 10 km relay

Women

Sprint

Pursuit

4 × 5 km relay

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Medal round

Semi-final

Gold medal game

Contestants

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Contestants

Freestyle skiing

Women

Nordic combined

Men's sprint

Events:

  • large hill ski jumping
  • 7.5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
  • Men's individual

    Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
  • Men's Team

    Four participants per team.

    Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping
  • 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
  • Skeleton

    Men

    Ski jumping

    Men's team large hill

    Snowboarding

    Men's halfpipe
    Women's halfpipe

    Speed skating

    Men

    References

    Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics Wikipedia