Norway at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Websitewww.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
Competitors107 (56 men and 51 women) in 18 sports
Norway at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Websitewww.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors107 (56 men and 51 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearers Christian Sørum & Katrine Lunde
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
4
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow because of the country's support for the United States-led boycott.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 151126
Boxing 112
Canoeing 044
Cycling 336
Diving 011
Equestrian 022
Golf 224
Handball 141529
Rowing 8210
Sailing 145
Shooting 336
Swimming 303
Taekwondo 101
Tennis 101
Triathlon 224
Volleyball 202
Weightlifting 011
Wrestling 011
Total5651107

Athletics

Norwegian track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1]

Key
  • Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
  • Q = Qualified for the next round
  • q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
  • NR = National record
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Håvard Bentdal Ingvaldsen Men's 400 m 45.46 3 Q Bye 45.60 7 Did not advance
Tobias Grønstad Men's 800 m 1:46.85 6 R 1:44.57 3 q 1:46.37 7 Did not advance
Narve Gilje Nordås Men's 1500 m 3:36.41 3 Q Bye 3:32.34 6 Q 3:30.46 SB 7
Jakob Ingebrigtsen 3:37.04 3 Q Bye 3:32.38 1 Q 3:28.24 4
Jakob Ingebrigtsen Men's 5000 m 13:51.59 1 Q N/a 13:13.66 SB 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Narve Gilje Nordås 14:08.16 1 Q 13:31.34 17
Karsten Warholm Men's 400 m hurdles 47.57 1 Q Bye 47.67 1 Q 47.06 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Zerei Kbrom Mezngi Men's marathon N/a 2:14:14 52
Sondre Nordstad Moen 2:11:39 SB 32
Henriette Jæger Women's 400 m 50.39 3 Q Bye 50.17 3 q 49.96 8
Amalie Iuel Women's 400 m hurdles 54.82 3 Q Bye 54.88 5 Did not advance
Line Kloster 57.69 7 R 56.73 5 Did not advance
Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal Women's 5000 m 15:01.14 4 Q N/a 14:43.21 8
Josefine Tomine Eriksen
Lakeri Ertzgaard
Amalie Iuel
Henriette Jæger
Elisabeth Slettum
Women's 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.61 6 N/a Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Sondre Guttormsen Men's pole vault 5.75 1 Q 5.80 8
Simen Guttormsen 5.60 15 Did not advance
Pål Haugen Lillefosse DNS Did not advance
Marcus Thomsen Men's shot put 20.81 12 q 20.67 9
Eivind Henriksen Men's hammer throw 77.14 SB 5 Q 79.18 SB 4
Thomas Mardal 76.78 8 q 74.25 11
Lene Onsrud Retzius Women's pole vault 4.40 12 q 4.40 18
Beatrice Nedberge Llano Women's hammer throw 66.92 27 Did not advance
Marie-Therese Obst Women's javelin throw 61.82 10 q 61.14 11
Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Markus Rooth Result 10.71 7.80 15.25 1.99 47.69 14.25 49.80 5.30 66.87 4:39.56 8796 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Points 926 1010 805 794 924 942 866 1004 842 683
Sander Skotheim Result 10.78 8.03 14.31 2.11 47.02 14.15 45.77 NM 59.79 4:37.49 7757 18
Points 910 1068 747 906 957 955 783 0 735 696

Boxing

Norway entered two boxer into the Olympic tournament. Omar Shiha (men's super heavyweight) and Sunniva Hofstad (women's middleweight) qualified themself to Paris 2024, by winning the quota bouts round, in their respective division, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[2]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Omar Shiha Men's +92 kg  Jalolov (UZB)
L 0–5
Did not advance 9
Sunniva Hofstad Women's 75 kg  Borgohain (IND)
L 0–5
9

Canoeing

Sprint

Norwegian canoeists qualified one boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[3][4]

Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kristine Strand Amundsen
Hedda Øritsland
Anna Margrete Sletsjøe
Maria Virik
Women's K-4 500 m 1:34.28 4 SF N/a 1:34.77 2 FA 1:35.02 7

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Norway entered four road cyclists (two male and two female). Norway qualified two male and two female through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.[5]

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Søren Wærenskjold Road race 6:39:27 63
Tobias Foss 6:41:17 74
Tobias Foss Time trial 37:57.28 13
Søren Wærenskjold Did not finish
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Marte Berg Edseth Road race 4:04:23 30
Ingvild Gaskjenn 4:04:23 21

Track

Norway entered one rider to compete in the women's omnium events, based on the nations performances, through the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Omnium
Athlete Event Scratch race Tempo race Elimination race Points race Total
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
Anita Stenberg Women's omnium 8 26 12 18 5 32 8 26 8 102

Mountain biking

Norwegian mountain bikers secured one men quota place for the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

Athlete Event Time Rank
Knut Røhme Men's cross-country 1:30:55 20

Diving

Norway entered one diver, Helle Tuxen, into the Olympic competition.

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Helle Tuxen Women's 3 m springboard 257.10 23 Did not advance

Equestrian

Norway entered two riders, each in the dressage and jumping events, through the establishments of final olympics ranking for Group A (North Western Europe).[6]

Dressage

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Isabel Freese Total Hope OLD Individual 76.817 9 76.071 90.029 83.050 10

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Jumping

Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Time Rank
Victoria Gulliksen Mistral van de Vogelzang Individual 0.00 1 Q 13.00 84.83 24

Golf

Norway entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games, based on their respective world ranking performances, on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Viktor Hovland Men's 70 75 67 68 280 −4 T30
Kristoffer Ventura 71 68 76 69 284 E T43
Celine Borge Women's 71 73 75 71 290 +2 T29
Madelene Stavnar 76 73 76 75 300 +12 T44

Handball

Rowing

Norwegian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Martin Helseth
Kjetil Borch
Men's double sculls 6:22.36 2 SA/B Bye 6:20.27 6 FB 6:17.51 10
Kristoffer Brun
Jan Oscar Stabe Helvig
Jonas Slettemark Juel
Erik Andre Solbakken
Men's quadruple sculls 5:50.48 4 R 5:53.13 3 FB N/a 5:51.88 8
Lars Martin Benske
Ask Jarl Tjoem
Men's lightweight double sculls 6:41.77 2 SA/B Bye 6:26.62 3 FA 6:20.92 5
Thea Helseth
Inger Seim Kavlie
Women's double sculls 7:00.78 4 R 7:10.39 2 SA/B 6:52.47 3 FA 6:58.41 6

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 qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.

Elimination events
Athlete Event Opening rounds Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Net points Rank
Mina Mobekk Women's IQFoil 13 16 9 18 2 15 7 18 9 7 7 9 8 21 120 11 Did not advance 11
Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Hermann Tomasgaard Men's Laser 22 16 2 17 15 19 6 2 N/a 8 85 5
Line Høst Women's Laser Radial 11 3 19 19 7 2 12 14 3 N/a 4 75 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Helene Næss
Marie Rønningen
Women's 49erFX 10 7 13 21
UFD
5 9 5 5 7 2 5 8 N/a 16 92 4

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

Shooting

Norwegian shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[18]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jon-Hermann Hegg 50 m rifle 3 positions 593-36x 2 Q 430.2 5
Ole Martin Halvorsen 586-32x 23 Did not advance
Erik Watndal Skeet 117 22 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jeanette Hegg Duestad 10 m air rifle 633.2 Q 2 124.1 8
Synnøve Berg 629.2 14 Did not advance
Jeanette Hegg Duestad 50 m rifle 3 positions 589-34x Q 5 442.5 4
Jenny Stene 585-37x 15 Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Jeanette Hegg Duestad
Jon-Hermann Hegg
10 m air rifle team 629.6 5 Did not advance
Synnøve Berg
Ole Martin Halvorsen
623.8 21 Did not advance

Swimming

Norwegian swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[19]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Nicholas Lia Men's 50 m freestyle 22.51 37 Did not advance
Henrik Christiansen Men's 800 m freestyle 8:00.55 25 N/a Did not advance
Men's 1500 m freestyle 15:14.11 20 N/a Did not advance
10km Open Water N/a 2:03:38.2 25
Jon Jøntvedt Men's 800 m freestyle 7:59.16 24 N/a Did not advance

Taekwondo

Norway qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Richard Ordemann qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the men's over 80 kg semifinal, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Richard Ordemann Men's +80 kg N/a  Divković (SLO)
W 2–1
 Šapina (CRO)
L 1–2
Did not advance 9

Tennis

Norway entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. Casper Ruud qualified directly for the men's singles as two of the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of 10 June 2024.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Casper Ruud Men's singles  Daniel (JPN)
W 7–5, 6–1
 Vavassori (ITA)
W 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
 Cerúndolo (ARG)
W 6–3, 6–4
 Auger-Aliassime (CAN)
L 4–6, 7–6(10–8), 3–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Norway confirmed four quota places (two per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris, by virtue of winning one of two available spots at the 2024 World Triathlon Mixed Relay Qualification Event in Huatulco, Mexico.

Individual
Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total
Kristian Blummenfelt Men's 21:00 0:53 51:29 0:26 30:39 1:44:27 12
Vetle Bergsvik Thorn 20:30 0:50 52:02 0:25 31:34 1:45:21 17
Solveig Løvseth Women's 28:00 0:58 1:00:14 0:33 36:04 2:05:49 48
Lotte Miller 24:40 1:00 Did not finish
Relay
Athlete Event Time Rank
Swim (300 m) Trans 1 Bike (7 km) Trans 2 Run (2 km) Total group
Vetle Bergsvik Thorn Mixed relay 4:17 1:03 9:34 0:23 4:58 20:15 N/a
Lotte Miller 5:09 1:10 10:23 0:26 5:49 22:57
Kristian Blummenfelt 4:35 1:10 9:21 0:25 5:02 20:33
Solveig Løvseth 5:47 1:10 10:35 0:26 5:57 23:55
Total N/a 1:27:40 11

Volleyball

Beach

Norwegian men's pair qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.[20]

Athletes Event Preliminary round Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Anders Mol
Christian Sørum
Men's  M. Grimalt /
E. Grimalt (CHI)
W 2–0 (21–14, 21–16)
 Ranghieri /
Carambula (ITA)
W 2–0 (21–12, 21–15)
 Van de Velde /
Immers (NED)
W 2–0 (21–16, 21–19)
1 Q  Evans /
Budinger (USA)
W 2–0 (21–16, 21–14)
 HerreraGavira (ESP)
W 2–0 (21–16, 21–17)
 EhlersWickler (GER)
L 2–1 (13–21, 21–17, 13–15)
 YounousseJanko (QAT)
W 2–0 (21–13, 21–16)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Weightlifting

Norway entered one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Solfrid Koanda (women's 81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots in her weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Athlete Event Snatch Clean & Jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Solfrid Koanda Women's −81 kg 121 2 154 OR 1 275 OR 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Wrestling

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