Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Vancouver
Competitors 99 in 11 sports
Flag bearer Tommy Jakobsen[1] (opening)
Petter Northug (closing)
Medals
Ranked 4th
Gold
9
Silver
8
Bronze
6
Total
23
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Norway participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Norway sent 99 competitors to the games[2] and ended up with the 4th largest amount of gold medals among participating nations.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Aksel Lund Svindal racing for the silver medal in the men's downhill.
Athlete Event Final
Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Leif Kristian Haugen Men's giant slalom 1:19.58 1:22.20 2:41.78 28
Men's slalom Did not finish
Kjetil Jansrud Men's downhill 1:56.69 31
Men's super-G 1:31.21 12
Men's combined 1:55.44 51.06 2:46.50 9
Men's giant slalom 1:18.07 1:20.15 2:38.22 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Men's slalom 49.54 49.54 1:41.57 17
Truls Ove Karlsen Men's downhill 1:59.52 46
Men's super-G Did not finish
Men's combined 1:57.32 51.99 2:49.31 22
Men's giant slalom 1:18.93 1:21.27 2:40.20 21
Men's slalom Did not finish
Mona Løseth Women's combined 1:27.72 44.96 2:12.68 13
Women's super-G 1:23.97 21
Women's giant slalom Did not finish
Women's slalom 54.53 Did not finish
Lars Elton Myhre Men's downhill 1:56.69 31
Men's super-G 1:32.36 25
Men's combined 1:55.44 Did not finish
Men's slalom Did not finish
Aksel Lund Svindal Men's downhill 1:54.38 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Men's super-G 1:30.34 1st, gold medalist(s)
Men's combined 1:53.15 Did not finish
Men's giant slalom 1:17.43 1:21.01 2:38.44 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Note: In the super combined, run 1 is the downhill, and run 2 is the slalom.

Biathlon

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Sprint 25:48.9 4 17
Pursuit 34:29.8 2 7
Individual 48:32.0 2 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Mass start 37:46.5 7 27
Tarjei Bø Individual 51:51.5 3 21
Lars Berger Sprint 26:53.0 4 46
Pursuit 35:37.2 2 23
Halvard Hanevold Sprint 26:07.7 1 24
Pursuit 35:13.1 2 17
Mass start 36:56.6 3 19
Alexander Os Individual 52:19.8 3 28
Emil Hegle Svendsen Sprint 24:20.0 1 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Pursuit 34:30.4 4 8
Individual 48:22.5 1 1st, gold medalist(s)
Mass start 36:20.7 3 13
Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
Relay 1:21:38.1 0+1
0+2
0+2
0+2
1st, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Misses Rank
Liv Kjersti Eikeland Sprint 22:51.9 4 70
Individual 48:00.7 5 70
Ann Kristin Flatland Sprint 20:29.7 1 10
Pursuit 31:33.3 1 8
Individual 43:06.4 2 14
Mass start 36:16.0 4 11
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen Sprint 22:41.0 5 66
Solveig Rogstad Individual 46:55.1 4 61
Tora Berger Sprint 21:42.1 2 33
Pursuit 31:07.2 0 5
Individual 40:52.8 1 1st, gold medalist(s)
Mass start 36:58.3 4 18
Liv Kjersti Eikeland
Ann Kristin Flatland
Solveig Rogstad
Tora Berger
Relay 1:10:34.1 0+2
0+0
0+0
0+1
4

Cross-country skiing

The silver medal winning team in the men's 4 x 10 km relay
Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Petter Northug 15 km freestyle 35:39.5 41
30 km pursuit 1:15:53.1 11
50 km classical 2:05.35.5 1st, gold medalist(s)
Ronny Hafsås 15 km freestyle 35:41.8 42
Martin Johnsrud Sundby 15 km freestyle 35:26.3 33
30 km pursuit 1:17:05.5 17
50 km classical 2:05.57.7 15
Eldar Rønning 30 km pursuit 1:21:14.1 36
Tord Asle Gjerdalen 15 km freestyle 35:10.5 28
30 km pursuit 1:17:04.5 19
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 50 km classical 2:06.08.3 17
Jens Arne Svartedal 50 km classical 2:07.32.5 23
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Lars Berger
Petter Northug
4 x 10 km relay 1:45:21.3 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Petter Northug Sprint 3:37.09 6 Q 3:34.5 1 Q 3:36.7 2 Q 3:45.5 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Ola Vigen Hattestad Sprint 3:36.43 3 Q 3:37.8 1 Q 3:36.5 1 Q 3:50.0 4
Øystein Pettersen Sprint 3:37.34 7 Q 3:36.9 1 Q 3:34.4 2 Q 4:56.2 6
Johan Kjølstad Sprint 3:36.65 5 Q 3:35.3 3 q 3:35.9 5 DNQ 7
Jens Arne Svartedal
Øystein Pettersen
Petter Northug
Team sprint 18:48.5 2 Q 19:01.0 1st, gold medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Marit Bjørgen 10 km freestyle 25:14.3 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
15 km pursuit 39:58.1 1st, gold medalist(s)
30 km classical 1:30.34.0 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Kristin Størmer Steira 10 km freestyle 25:50.5 8
15 km pursuit 40:07.5 4
30 km classical 1:32.04.4 8
Vibeke Skofterud 10 km freestyle 26:16.3 22
15 km pursuit Did not finish
Marthe Kristoffersen 10 km freestyle 27:38.4 49
30 km classical 1:34.31.5 21
Therese Johaug 15 km pursuit 40:50.0 6
30 km classical 1:32.01.3 7
Vibeke Skofterud
Therese Johaug
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
4 x 5 km relay 55:19.5 1st, gold medalist(s)
Sprint
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Marit Bjørgen Sprint 3:38.05 1 Q 3:35.4 1 Q 3:39.3 1 Q 3:39.2 1st, gold medalist(s)
Celine Brun-Lie Sprint 3:44.71 8 Q 3:39.7 3 q 3:40.1 3 q 3:51.5 6
Maiken Caspersen Falla Sprint 3:50.23 28 Q 3:41.6 4 Did not qualify 18
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen Sprint 3:45.01 11 Q 3:39.0 2 Q 3:44.2 3 DNQ 7
Astrid Uhrenholdt Jacobsen
Celine Brun-Lie
Team sprint 18:47.2 2 Q 18:32.8 5

Curling

Norway's curling pants caused quite a stir.

Team: Thomas Ulsrud (skip), Torger Nergaard, Håvard Vad Petersson, Christoffer Svae, Thomas Løvold (alternate).

Much attention was paid to the team's pants, in the international media and on social media networks. The men wore pants with a red, white and blue diamond pattern from Loudmouth Golf. The pants were picked for the team by second Chris Svae.[3][4]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Tiebreaker Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Torger Nergård
Håvard Vad Petersson
Christoffer Svae
Thomas Ulsrud
Thomas Løvold
Men's tournament  CAN
L 6–7
 USA
W 6–5
 GER
W 7–4
 SUI
W 7–4
 CHN
W 7–5
 DEN
W 6–3
 SWE
L 8–7
 FRA
W 9–2
 GBR
W 9–5
2 Q BYE  SUI
W 7–5
 CAN
L 3–6
2nd, silver medalist(s)

Men's tournament

Standings

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country
Skip W L PF PA Ends
won
Ends
lost
Blank
ends
Stolen
ends
Shot %
 Canada Kevin Martin 907536362814285%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 726443403215784%
 Switzerland Ralph Stöckli 635345353320881%
 Sweden Niklas Edin 545052343620682%
 Great Britain David Murdoch 545744352920981%
 Germany Andy Kapp 454860353811975%
 France Thomas Dufour 363158223416773%
 China Wang Fengchun 27526037379777%
 Denmark Ulrik Schmidt 274057312912678%
 United States John Shuster 274359324118976%
Round-robin

Norway had a bye in draws 3, 8 and 11.

Semifinal

Thursday, 25 February, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Stöckli) 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7
Gold medal game

Saturday, 27 February, 15:00

Sheet 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Canada (Martin) 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 x 6
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 x 3

Freestyle skiing

Men
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Audun Grønvold Men's ski cross 1:13.23 5 Q 1 Q 1 Q 1 Q 3 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
Anders Rekdal Men's ski cross 1:14.17 17 Q DNF Did not advance 22
Women
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Hedda Berntsen Women's ski cross 1:17.96 5 Q 1 Q 1 Q 1 Q 2 2nd, silver medalist(s)
Marte Høie Gjefsen Women's ski cross 1:19.30 12 Q 2 Q 3 Did not advance
Julie Jensen Women's ski cross 1:20.23 18 Q 1 Q 2 Q 4 Small final
4
8
Gro Kvinlog Women's ski cross 1:21.93 27 Q 3 Did not advance

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Norwegian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[5]

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2009–10 team
33GPål Grotnes188 cm (6 ft 2 in)86 kg (190 lb)7 March 1977LørenskogNorway Stjernen (GET)
34GAndré Lysenstøen194 cm (6 ft 4 in)112 kg (247 lb)27 October 1988OsloFinland HeKi (Mestis)
30GRuben Smith182 cm (6 ft 0 in)75 kg (165 lb)15 April 1984StavangerNorway Storhamar Dragons (GET)
47DAlexander Bonsaksen181 cm (5 ft 11 in)83 kg (183 lb)24 January 1987OsloSweden Modo (SEL)
6DJonas Holøs180 cm (5 ft 11 in)88 kg (194 lb)27 August 1987SarpsborgSweden Färjestad (SEL)
7DTommy JakobsenC173 cm (5 ft 8 in)83 kg (183 lb)10 December 1970OsloNorway Lørenskog (GET)
5DJuha Kaunismäki187 cm (6 ft 2 in)88 kg (194 lb)6 May 1979Helsinki, FinlandNorway Stavanger Oilers (GET)
36DLars Erik Lund188 cm (6 ft 2 in)95 kg (209 lb)25 July 1974OsloNorway Vålerenga (GET)
55DOle-Kristian Tollefsen188 cm (6 ft 2 in)96 kg (212 lb)29 March 1984OsloUnited States Grand Rapids Griffins (AHL)
23DMats TryggA178 cm (5 ft 10 in)82 kg (181 lb)1 June 1976OsloGermany Kölner Haie (DEL)
42FJonas Solberg Andersen184 cm (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb)8 March 1981SarpsborgNorway Sparta Warriors (GET)
20FAnders Bastiansen188 cm (6 ft 2 in)97 kg (214 lb)31 October 1980OsloSweden Färjestad (SEL)
26FKristian Forsberg183 cm (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb)5 May 1986OsloSweden Modo (SEL)
8FMads HansenA183 cm (6 ft 0 in)90 kg (200 lb)16 September 1978OsloSweden Brynäs (SEL)
9FMarius Holtet183 cm (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb)31 August 1984HamarSweden Färjestad (SEL)
10FLars Erik Spets178 cm (5 ft 10 in)82 kg (181 lb)2 April 1985TrondheimNorway Vålerenga (GET)
46FMathis Olimb179 cm (5 ft 10 in)79 kg (174 lb)1 February 1986OsloSweden Frölunda (SEL)
22FMartin Røymark184 cm (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb)10 November 1986OsloSweden Frölunda (SEL)
19FPer-Åge Skrøder180 cm (5 ft 11 in)92 kg (203 lb)4 August 1978SarpsborgSweden Modo (SEL)
41FPatrick Thoresen180 cm (5 ft 11 in)85 kg (187 lb)7 November 1983OsloRussia Salavat Yulaev Ufa (KHL)
29FTore Vikingstad191 cm (6 ft 3 in)93 kg (205 lb)8 October 1975TrondheimGermany Hannover Scorpions (DEL)
35FMartin Laumann Ylven190 cm (6 ft 3 in)92 kg (203 lb)22 December 1988OsloSweden Linköping (SEL)
48FMats Zuccarello Aasen170 cm (5 ft 7 in)73 kg (161 lb)1 September 1987OsloSweden Modo (SEL)

Forward Morten Ask was initially selected, but was injured and replaced by Jonas Solberg Andersen.[6]

Group play

Norway played in Group A.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

16 February 2010
16:30
Canada 8–0
(0–0, 3–0, 5–0)
 NorwayCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,652
18 February 2010
12:00
United States 6–1
(2–0, 1–1, 3–0)
 NorwayCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,710
20 February 2010
12:00
Norway 4–5 (OT)
(1–1, 2–2, 1–1, 0–1)
  SwitzerlandCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,952
Standings
Team
GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 33000145+99
 Canada 31101147+75
  Switzerland 3011181023
 Norway 30012519141

Final rounds

Qualification playoff
23 February 2010
21:00
Slovakia 4–3
(3–1, 0–2, 1–0)
 NorwayCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,583

Nordic combined

Athlete Event Ski jumping Cross-country
Points Rank Deficit Time Rank
Mikko Kokslien Normal hill/10 km 101.5 42 +2:16 27:39.2
+1:52.1
32
Magnus Moan Normal hill/10 km 104.0 40 +2:06 26:22.7
+35.6
9
Jan Schmid Normal hill/10 km 110.0 33 +1:42 27:10.6
+1:22.5
23
Petter Tande Normal hill/10 km 116.0 22 +1:18 26:47.2
+1:00.1
17
Ole Christian Wendel
Espen Rian
Magnus Moan
Jan Schmid
Petter Tande
Team large hill/4 x 5 km 468.4 7 +0:51 50:25.9
+0:54.3
5

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 Run 3 Run 4 Total Rank
Desiree Bjerke Women's 56.48 55.28 55.34 55.26 3:42.36 17

Ski jumping

Athlete Event Qualifying First round Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Total Rank
Anders Bardal Normal hill 122.5 21 Q 118.5 22 124.0 242.5 18
Large hill 136.7 7 Q 100.7 24 110.7 211.4 22
Johan Remen Evensen Large hill 137.1 6 Q 109.3 17 114.3 223.6 15
Tom Hilde Normal hill 132.0 10 Q 124.0 13 128.0 252.0 12
Large hill 135.7 8 Q 111.2 15 116.7 227.9 11
Anders Jacobsen Normal hill DNS PQ 123.5 15 133.5 257.0 9
Large hill n/a PQ 199.4 9 107.0 226.4 12
Bjørn Einar Romøren Normal hill n/a PQ 120.5 19 114.5 235.0 23
Anders Bardal
Tom Hilde
Johan Remen Evensen
Anders Jacobsen
Large hill team 504.0 3 526.3 1030.3 3rd, bronze medalist(s)

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualifying run 1 Qualifying run 2 Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Run 1 Run 2 Rank
Fredrik Austbø Men's halfpipe Did not start
Kjersti Ø. Buaas Women's halfpipe 20.6 16 21.8 22 Did not advance
Linn Haug Women's halfpipe 11.5 26 12.8 27 Did not advance
Tore V. Holvik Men's halfpipe 23.1 9 19.6 15 Did not advance
Roger S. Kleivdal Men's halfpipe 15.7 10 18.4 13 Did not advance
Ståle Sandbech Men's halfpipe 9.1 17 20.1 10 Did not advance
Lisa H. Wiik Women's halfpipe 23.0 19 26.5 19 Did not advance
Snowboard cross
Athlete Event Qualifying 1/8 finals Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
Time Rank Position Position Position Position Rank
Joachim Havikhagen Men's snowboard cross 1:23.87 25 Q 3 Did not advance
Helene Olafsen Women's snowboard cross 1:26.94 5 Q 2 Q 1 Q 4 4
Stian Sivertzen Men's snowboard cross 1:23.80 24 Q 4 Did not advance

Speed skating

Men
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Håvard Bøkko 1000 m 1:10.73 19
1500 m 1:46.13 3rd, bronze medalist(s)
5000 m 6:18.80 4
10000 m 13:14.92 5
Henrik Christiansen 5000 m 6:24.80 8
10000 m 13:25.65 7
Mikael Flygind Larsen 1000 m 1:10.38 15
1500 m 1:46.77 8
Sverre Haugli 5000 m 6:27.05 10
10000 m 13:18.74 6
Christoffer Fagerli Rukke 1000 m 1:12.31 35
1500 m 1:48.62 20
Fredrik van der Horst 1500 m 1:49.58 29
Women
Athlete Event Final
Time Rank
Maren Haugli 3000 m 4:10.01 8
5000 m 7:02.19 5
Hege Bøkko 1000 m 1:17.43 10
1500 m 1:59.52 14
Team pursuit
Athlete Event Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Opposition
time
Rank
From:
Håvard Bøkko,
Henrik Christiansen,
Mikael Flygind Larsen,
Fredrik van der Horst
Men's team pursuit  South Korea (4)
W 3:47.81
 Canada (1)
L 3:47.81
Bronze final
 Netherlands (3)
L 3:45.96
4

See also

References

  1. "Her er Norges flaggbærer". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  2. "Anders Rekdal tatt ut til OL i Vancouver på overtid". Olympiatoppen (in Norwegian). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. Talk of Vancouver: Crazy curling pants of Norway draw notice, USA Today, 17 February 2010.
  4. Norwegian pants add some razzle dazzle to opening curling draw, The Canadian Press, 17 February 2010.
  5. "Men's Ice Hockey: Team Norway Tournamement Standings and Statistics". International Olympic Committee.
  6. "Men's rosters announced". International Ice Hockey Federation. 15 February 2010.
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