Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
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Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the 2002 Winter Olympics Norway won the most gold medals, and before the Turin games, Norwegian sports officials were aiming for more than the 25 medals they won in Salt Lake City — the president of the Norwegian Skiing Federation Sverre Seeberg was quoted saying he thought Norway would win 25 medals in the skiing events alone (alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, Nordic combined and ski jumping).[3] The Norwegian Olympic Committee aimed for Norway to be the best nation measured in the number of gold medals. However, Norway won only two gold medals in the games, the lowest amount since 1988.
| Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | NOR |
| NOC | Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |
| Website | www |
| in Turin | |
| Competitors | 69 (47 men, 22 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearers | Pål Trulsen (opening) Frode Estil (closing)[1][2] |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
In addition to the skiing events, Norway also qualified athletes in biathlon, curling, skeleton, snowboarding and speed skating. In addition to IOC qualifying times, the Norwegian Olympic Committee have required that athletes need to place themselves once in the top six or twice in the top twelve in major individual events in the sport to be selected.[4] Curler Pål Trulsen served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | Rank | ||
| Kjetil André Aamodt | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:49.88 | 4 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:30.65 |  | |||
| Men's combined | did not start | |||||
| Hans-Petter Buraas | Men's slalom | did not finish | ||||
| Kjetil Jansrud | Men's giant slalom | 1:19.32 | did not start | |||
| Men's combined | 1:41.55 | 46.02 | 44.75 | 3:12.32 | 10 | |
| Lasse Kjus | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:50.64 | 14 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:31.79 | 14 | |||
| Men's giant slalom | 1:18.73 | 1:20.58 | n/a | 2:39.31 | 18 | |
| Men's combined | 1:39.63 | did not finish | ||||
| Lars Elton Myhre | Men's slalom | did not finish | ||||
| Bjarne Solbakken | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:51.72 | 29 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:32.90 | 26 | |||
| Men's giant slalom | 1:19.15 | 1:20.46 | n/a | 2:39.61 | 20 | |
| Aksel Lund Svindal | Men's downhill | n/a | 1:50.90 | 21 | ||
| Men's super-G | n/a | 1:31.10 | 5 | |||
| Men's giant slalom | 1:17.10 | 1:18.96 | n/a | 2:36.06 | 6 | |
| Men's slalom | 54.97 | did not finish | ||||
| Men's combined | 1:39.26 | did not finish | ||||
Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.
Biathlon
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Frode Andresen | Sprint | 26:31.3 | 1 |  |
| Pursuit | 36:16.97 | 6 | 6 | |
| Mass start | 49:03.6 | 6 | 19 | |
| Individual | 57:10.2 | 3 | 15 | |
| Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Sprint | 27:25.5 | 3 | 11 |
| Pursuit | 35:22.96 | 6 |  | |
| Mass start | 47:32.3 | 3 | | |
| Individual | 54:39.0 | 2 | | |
| Stian Eckhoff | Sprint | 27:48.0 | 2 | 16 |
| Pursuit | 38:00.28 | 6 | 21 | |
| Individual | 57:11.8 | 3 | 16 | |
| Halvard Hanevold | Sprint | 26:19.8 | 0 | |
| Pursuit | 35:57.74 | 3 | 5 | |
| Mass start | 48:14.9 | 3 | 7 | |
| Individual | 55:31.9 | 2 | | |
| Emil Hegle Svendsen | Mass start | 48:13.8 | 2 | 6 |
| Halvard Hanevold Stian Eckhoff Frode Andresen Ole Einar Bjørndalen |
Relay | 1:23:03.6 | 11 | 5 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Misses | Rank | ||
| Gunn Margit Andreassen | Individual | 59:04.3 | 6 | 60 |
| Tora Berger | Sprint | 24:05.8 | 1 | 23 |
| Pursuit | 40:44.82 | 3 | 18 | |
| Mass start | 45:23.2 | 3 | 25 | |
| Individual | 52:53.4 | 2 | 13 | |
| Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen | Sprint | 24:34.0 | 1 | 40 |
| Pursuit | 43:41.59 | 7 | 40 | |
| Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée | Sprint | 23:20.0 | 2 | 12 |
| Pursuit | 39:03.43 | 4 | 6 | |
| Mass start | 43:43.8 | 4 | 18 | |
| Individual | 52:22.0 | 3 | 9 | |
| Linda Grubben | Sprint | 23:48.5 | 1 | 19 |
| Pursuit | 40:19.89 | 4 | 15 | |
| Mass start | 42:46.5 | 3 | 14 | |
| Individual | 56:47.8 | 6 | 50 | |
| Tora Berger Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée Gunn Margit Andreassen Linda Grubben |
Relay | 1:19:34.4 | 14 | 5 |
Cross-country skiing
On 9 January the selection of four male athletes for the sprint event was made public.[5] Following the conclusion of the individual events at the 2006 Norwegian Championships, a further thirteen skiers were selected.[6]
The Norwegian director of cross-country skiing sport, Bjørnar Håkensmoen, received "terribly many" reactions after he announced the team on 21 January, and the following day the newspaper Aftenposten asked him whether he "regretted" not selecting Petter Northug, who had won both the double pursuit and the relay (as part of a team representing Strindheim IL) at the Norwegian Skiing Championship.[7]
- Distance
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Jan Egil Andresen | 30 km pursuit | 1:19:29.8 | 27 |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:08:43.7 | 41 | |
| Anders Aukland | 15 km classical | 39:53.6 | 20 |
| 30 km pursuit | 1:19:30.6 | 28 | |
| Frode Estil | 15 km classical | 39:39.6 | 16 |
| 30 km pursuit | 1:17:01.4 | | |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:07:06.1 | 28 | |
| Tord Asle Gjerdalen | 30 km pursuit | 1:17:36.2 | 18 |
| 50 km freestyle | 2:06:26.2 | 15 | |
| Tor Arne Hetland | 50 km freestyle | 2:07:36.2 | 33 |
| Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | 15 km classical | 40:31.3 | 28 |
| Jens Arne Svartedal | 15 km classical | 41:32.4 | 45 |
| Jens Arne Svartedal Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Frode Estil Tore Ruud Hofstad |
4 x 10 km relay | 1:44:56.3 | 5 |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | ||
| Marit Bjørgen | 10 km classical | 28:12.7 | |
| 15 km pursuit | Did not finish | ||
| Ella Gjømle | 30 km freestyle | 1:28:28.2 | 29 |
| Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | 10 km classical | 28:14.0 | |
| 15 km pursuit | 43:40.5 | 10 | |
| Kristin Størmer Steira | 10 km classical | 28:21.0 | 4 |
| 15 km pursuit | 43:06.8 | 4 | |
| 30 km freestyle | 1:22:40.8 | 4 | |
| Kristin Mürer Stemland | 10 km classical | 29:20.5 | 12 |
| 15 km pursuit | 44:59.2 | 19 | |
| 30 km freestyle | 1:27:05.9 | 24 | |
| Kristin Størmer Steira Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen Kristin Mürer Stemland Marit Bjørgen |
4 x 5 km relay | 55:21.8 | 5 |
- Sprint
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | Total | Rank | ||
| Marit Bjørgen | Women's sprint | 2:16.38 | 17 Q | 2:16.8 | 4 | Did not advance | 18 | ||
| Ella Gjømle | Women's sprint | 2:16.02 | 13 Q | 2:15.7 | 2 Q | 2:16.4 | 4 | Final B 2:18.2 |
6 |
| Ola Vigen Hattestad | Men's sprint | 2:17.26 | 12 Q | 2:23.1 | 1 Q | 2:29.0 | 5 | Did not advance | 9 |
| Tor Arne Hetland | Men's sprint | 2:17.91 | 15 Q | 2:26.1 | 2 Q | 2:43.2 | 5 | Did not advance | 10 |
| Trond Iversen | Men's sprint | 2:16.25 | 7 Q | 2:22.5 | 4 Q | Did not advance | 17 | ||
| Johan Kjølstad | Men's sprint | 2:15.11 | 3 Q | 2:20.2 | 1 Q | 2:27.1 | 4 | Final B 2:25.6 |
7 |
| Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | Women's sprint | 2:17.17 | 23 Q | 2:19.1 | 6 | Did not advance | 28 | ||
| Tor Arne Hetland Jens Arne Svartedal |
Men's team sprint | n/a | 17:22.1 | 1 Q | 17:03.5 | | |||
| Marit Bjørgen Ella Gjømle |
Women's team sprint | n/a | 17:14.4 | 1 Q | 16:48.1 | 4 | |||
Curling
The curling teams for men and women were nominated following the 2005 European Curling Championships, where Pål Trulsen and his team won gold for men, while Dordi Nordby finished fourth with her team.
Trulsen's team were the reigning Olympic champions, while Nordby had finished seventh in 2002 and fifth in 1998.[8]
Men's
Team: Pål Trulsen (skip), Lars Vågberg, Flemming Davanger, Bent Ånund Ramsfjell, Torger Nergård (alternate)
- Round Robin
- Draw 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Norway (Trulsen) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 5 |
 United States (Fenson) 🔨 |
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 11 |
;Draw 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway (Trulsen) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 5 |
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 🔨 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
;Draw 4
;Draw 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Great Britain (Murdoch) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Norway (Trulsen) 🔨 |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
;Draw 6
;Draw 7
;Draw 9
;Draw 10
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway (Trulsen) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
 New Zealand (Becker) 🔨 |
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
;Draw 11
- Standings
| Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Finland |
Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 7 | 2 |
| 2 |  Canada |
Brad Gushue | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | United States |
Pete Fenson | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Great Britain |
David Murdoch | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Norway |
Pål Trulsen | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Switzerland |
Ralph Stockli | 5 | 4 |
| 7 |  Italy |
Joel Retornaz | 4 | 5 |
| 8 |  Sweden |
Peter Lindholm | 3 | 6 |
| 9 |  Germany |
Andy Kapp | 3 | 6 |
| 10 | New Zealand |
Sean Becker | 0 | 9 |
Women's
Team: Dordi Nordby (skip), Marianne Haslum, Marianne Rørvik, Camilla Holth, Charlotte Hovring (alternate)
- Round Robin
- Draw 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway (Nordby) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| United States (Johnson) 🔨 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
;Draw 2
;Draw 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway (Nordby) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 6 |
| Switzerland (Ott) 🔨 |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | X | 5 |
;Draw 4
;Draw 6
;Draw 7
;Draw 9
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain (Martin) |
0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Norway (Nordby) 🔨 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 8 |
;Draw 11
;Draw 12
- Standings
| Rank | Team | Skip | Won | Lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |
Anette Norberg | 7 | 2 |
| 2 | Switzerland |
Mirjam Ott | 7 | 2 |
| 3 | Canada |
Shannon Kleibrink | 6 | 3 |
| 4 | Norway |
Dordi Nordby | 6 | 3 |
| 5 | Great Britain |
Rhona Martin | 5 | 4 |
| 6 |  Russia |
Ludmila Privivkova | 5 | 4 |
| 7 |  Japan |
Ayumi Onodera | 4 | 5 |
| 8 |  Denmark |
Dorthe Holm | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | United States |
Cassandra Johnson | 2 | 7 |
| 10 | Italy |
Diana Gaspari | 1 | 8 |
- Playoffs
- Semifinal
;Bronze Final
Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.
Freestyle skiing
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ingrid Berntsen | Women's moguls | 22.45 | 14 Q | 19.84 | 19 |
| Kari Traa | Women's moguls | 24.06 | 7 Q | 25.65 | |
Nordic combined
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Cross-country | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Deficit | Time | Rank | |||||
| Kristian Hammer | Sprint | 94.3 | 41 | 2:06 | 20:08.1 +1:39.1 |
28 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 183.0 | 44 | 5:18 | 44:50.8 +5:06.2 |
35 | ||||
| Håvard Klemetsen | Sprint | 98.0 | 34 | 1:51 | 21:06.6 +2:37.6 |
40 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 229.0 | 15 | 2:14 | 43:00.5 +3:15.9 |
20 | ||||
| Magnus Moan | Sprint | 111.8 | 13 | 0:56 | 18:34.4 +5.4 |
| |||
| Individual Gundersen | 237.5 | 9 | 1:40 | 40:00.8 +16.2 |
| ||||
| Petter Tande | Sprint | 118.2 | 5 | 0:30 | 18:59.1 +30.1 |
6 | |||
| Individual Gundersen | 262.0 | 2 | 0:02 | 40:00.9 +16.3 |
4 | ||||
| Kristian Hammer Håvard Klemetsen Magnus Moan Petter Tande |
Team | did not start | |||||||
Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.
Skeleton
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
| Desiree Bjerke | Women's | 1:00.92 | 1:01.70 | 2:02.62 | 9 |
Ski jumping
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying | First round | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total | Rank | ||
| Lars Bystøl | Normal hill | 0.0 | PQ | 131.0 | 6 Q | 135.5 | 266.5 | |
| Large hill | 129.2 | 6 PQ | 121.5 | 5 Q | 129.2 | 250.7 | | |
| Roar Ljøkelsøy | Normal hill | 120.5 | 10 PQ | 132.0 | 5 Q | 132.5 | 264.5 | |
| Large hill | 114.1 | 10 PQ | 127.8 | 3 Q | 115.0 | 242.8 | 4 | |
| Sigurd Pettersen | Normal hill | disqualified | ||||||
| Large hill | 115.9 | 2 Q | 106.3 | 17 Q | 96.2 | 202.5 | 24 | |
| Bjørn Einar Romøren | Normal hill | 118.0 | 12 PQ | 125.5 | 15 Q | 122.5 | 248.0 | 15 |
| Large hill | 120.9 | 8 PQ | 121.8 | 4 Q | 116.4 | 238.2 | 7 | |
| Lars Bystøl Bjørn Einar Romøren Tommy Ingebrigtsen Roar Ljøkelsøy |
Team | n/a | 452.4 | 3 Q | 497.7 | 650.1 | | |
Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.
Snowboarding
- Halfpipe
| Athlete | Event | Qualifying run 1 | Qualifying run 2 | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Rank | ||
| Frederik Austbø | Men's halfpipe | 29.2 | 18 | 13.0 | 32 | did not advance | 38 | |
| Kjersti Buaas | Women's halfpipe | 19.2 | 21 | 41.9 | 2 Q | (40.9) | 42.0 | |
| Halvor Lunn | Men's halfpipe | 24.2 | 25 | 26.4 | 24 | did not advance | 30 | |
| Kim Christiansen | Men's halfpipe | 31.0 | 16 | 5.1 | 35 | did not advance | 41 | |
Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.
Speed skating
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Petter Andersen | 1000 m | n/a | 1:10.38 | 18 | |
| 1500 m | n/a | 1:47.15 | 7 | ||
| Håvard Bøkko | 1500 m | did not finish | |||
| Eskil Ervik | 5000 m | n/a | 6:26.91 | 10 | |
| 10000 m | n/a | 13:37.62 | 11 | ||
| Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 1000 m | n/a | 1:10.13 | 14 | |
| 1500 m | n/a | 1:47.28 | 8 | ||
| Øystein Grødum | 5000 m | n/a | 6:24.21 | 8 | |
| 10000 m | n/a | 13:12.58 | 4 | ||
| Lasse Sætre | 5000 m | n/a | 6:25.15 | 9 | |
| 10000 m | n/a | 13:12.93 | 5 | ||
| Even Wetten | 1000 m | n/a | 1:10.57 | 23 | |
| 1500 m | n/a | 1:47.78 | 10 | ||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Annette Bjelkevik | 1500 m | n/a | 2:01.03 | 17 | |
| 3000 m | n/a | 4:17.57 | 37 | ||
| Hedvig Bjelkevik | 1500 m | n/a | 2:02.16 | 26 | |
| Maren Haugli | 1500 m | n/a | 2:01.22 | 19 | |
| 3000 m | n/a | 4:12.50 | 15 | ||
| 5000 m | n/a | 7:06.08 | 8 | ||
- Team pursuit
| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Opposition Time |
Rank | ||
| From: Eskil Ervik Øystein Grødum Lasse Sætre Håvard Bøkko Mikael Flygind-Larsen |
Men's team pursuit | 3:49.55 | 4 | Germany (4) W 3:47.81 |
Canada (1) L 3:47.81 |
Bronze final  Netherlands (3)L 3:45.96 |
4 |
| From: Annette Bjelkevik Hedvig Bjelkevik Maren Haugli |
Women's team pursuit | 3:06.34 | 2 | Japan (7) L Overtaken |
did not finish | 7th place final  China (8)W 3:06.20 |
7 |
Trivia
"Partly Norwegian" medal(ist)s
In the Norwegian media, two gold and one silver medal won by foreign athletes were humorously presented as part-Norwegian medals, since the medalists in question were of Norwegian descent or family:
- Women's snowboard cross gold medalist Tanja Frieden has a dual Swiss-Norwegian citizenship (mother is Norwegian) and speaks the language.
- Women's skeleton gold medalist Maya Pedersen, also of Switzerland, lives in Øyer Municipality, Norway, with her Norwegian husband, Snorre Pedersen.
- Women's 1,500 m speed skating silver medalist Kristina Groves, of Canada, is of Norwegian descent (many relatives in Stjørdal Municipality, Norway).
Grateful Canadian XC ski fans
A large group of Canadian winter sports fans was delighted and impressed by the Norwegian cross-country skiing sports director Bjørnar Håkensmoen's impulsive display of sportsmanship when he handed Canadian skier Sara Renner a ski pole only seconds after her own broke during the sprint relay. Renner and teammate Beckie Scott went on to win the silver medal (while the Norwegians placed fourth).[9]
To show their appreciation, a group known as the "Independent Communications Dealers of Canada" mounted a "thank you" campaign called "Project Maple Syrup", organizing a shipment of 8,000 cans of maple syrup to Norway.[10]