Harald Grønningen

Harald Grønningen (9 October 1934 – 26 August 2016) was a Norwegian cross-country skier who competed during the 1960s, earning five winter olympic and two world championship medals. He also won nine Norwegian championship titles and received the King's cup in 1963 and 1967. Grønningen won the 15 km twice (1960 and 1961) at the Holmenkollen ski festival and earned the Holmenkollen medal in 1961.

Harald Grønningen

Grønningen in 1970

Personal information

Born

9 October 1934
Lensvik, Norway

Died

26 August 2016 (aged 81)
Lensvik, Norway

Sport

Country

Norway

Sport

Cross-country skiing
Athletics

Medal record

Men's cross-country skiing

Representing Norway
Olympic Games
	1968 Grenoble	15 km
	1968 Grenoble	4 × 10 km relay
	1960 Squaw Valley	4 × 10 km relay
	1964 Innsbruck	15 km
	1964 Innsbruck	30 km
World Championships
	1966 Oslo	4 × 10 km relay
	1962 Zakopane	15 km

Grønningen was born in Lensvik. He was also an able long distance runner. His personal best times were 15:03.2 minutes in the 5000 metres, achieved in September 1963 at Trondheim stadion, and 31:04.6 minutes in the 10,000 metres, achieved in September 1961 at the same stadium. He represented the club Lensvik IL.[1][2]

Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).[3]

Olympic Games

5 medals – (2 gold, 3 silver)

Year	Age	15 km	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km relay
1960	25	11	—	14	Silver
1964	29	Silver	Silver	6	4
1968	33	Gold	13	—	Gold

World Championships

4 medals – (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)

Year	Age	15 km	30 km	50 km	4 × 10 km relay
1958	23	21	—	—	—
1962	27	Silver	4	5	4
1966	31	—	7	7	Gold
1970	35	9	—	DNF	4

References

"5000 meter". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
"10000 meter". Norwegian Athletics Association. Archived from the original on 9 May 2012. Retrieved 9 June 2011.
"GROENNINGEN Harald". FIS-Ski. International Ski Federation. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

Harald Groenningen at the International Ski Federation
Holmenkollen medalists - click Holmenkollmedaljen for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)
Holmenkollen winners since 1892 - click Vinnere for downloadable pdf file (in Norwegian)

Olympic champions in men's 18 km/15 km cross-country

18 km

15 km

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay

1936: Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Matti Lähde, Kalle Jalkanen (FIN)
1948: Nils Östensson, Nils Täpp, Gunnar Eriksson, Martin Lundström (SWE)
1952: Heikki Hasu, Paavo Lonkila, Urpo Korhonen, Tapio Mäkelä (FIN)
1956: Fyodor Terentyev, Pavel Kolchin, Nikolay Anikin, Vladimir Kuzin (URS)
1960: Toimi Alatalo, Eero Mäntyranta, Väinö Huhtala, Veikko Hakulinen (FIN)
1964: Karl-Åke Asph, Sixten Jernberg, Janne Stefansson, Assar Rönnlund (SWE)
1968: Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter (NOR)
1972: Vladimir Voronkov, Yuri Skobov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS)
1976: Matti Pitkänen, Juha Mieto, Pertti Teurajärvi, Arto Koivisto (FIN)
1980: Vasily Rochev, Nikolay Bazhukov, Yevgeny Belyayev, Nikolay Zimyatov (URS)
1984: Thomas Wassberg, Benny Kohlberg, Jan Ottosson, Gunde Svan (SWE)
1988: Jan Ottosson, Thomas Wassberg, Gunde Svan, Torgny Mogren (SWE)
1992: Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Kristen Skjeldal, Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR)
1994: Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, Giorgio Vanzetta, Silvio Fauner (ITA)
1998: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2002: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)
2006: Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi (ITA)
2010: Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Anders Södergren, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
2014: Lars Nelson, Daniel Rickardsson, Johan Olsson, Marcus Hellner (SWE)
2018: Didrik Tønseth, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Simen Hegstad Krüger, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR)

World champions in men's 4 × 10 km cross-country relay

1933: Per-Erik Hedlund, Sven Utterström, Nils-Joel Englund, Hjalmar Bergström
1934: Sulo Nurmela, Klaes Karppinen, Martti Lappalainen, Veli Saarinen
1935: Mikko Husu, Klaes Karppinen, Väinö Liikkanen, Sulo Nurmela
1937: Annar Ryen, Oskar Fredriksen, Sigurd Røen, Lars Bergendahl
1938: Jussi Kurikkala, Martti Lauronen, Pauli Pitkänen, Klaes Karppinen
1939: Pauli Pitkänen, Olavi Alakulppi, Eino Olkinuora, Klaes Karppinen
1950: Nils Täpp, Karl-Erik Åström, Martin Lundström, Enar Josefsson
1954: August Kiuru, Tapio Mäkelä, Arvo Viitanen, Veikko Hakulinen
1958: Sixten Jernberg, Lennart Larsson, Sture Grahn, Per-Erik Larsson
1962: Lars Olsson, Sture Grahn, Sixten Jernberg, Assar Rönnlund
1966: Odd Martinsen, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter, Gjermund Eggen
1970: Vladimir Voronkov, Valery Tarakanov, Fyodor Simashev, Vyacheslav Vedenin
1974: Gerd Heßler, Dieter Meinel, Gerhard Grimmer, Gert-Dietmar Klause
1978: Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Christer Johansson, Tommy Limby, Thomas Magnuson
1982: Lars Erik Eriksen, Ove Aunli, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Oddvar Brå
0 and Vladimir Nikitin, Oleksandr Batyuk, Yuriy Burlakov, Alexander Zavyalov
1985: Arild Monsen, Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass, Tor Håkon Holte, Ove Aunli
1987: Erik Östlund, Gunde Svan, Thomas Wassberg, Torgny Mogren
1989: Christer Majbäck, Gunde Svan, Lars Håland, Torgny Mogren
1991: Øyvind Skaanes, Terje Langli, Vegard Ulvang, Bjørn Dæhlie
1993: Sture Sivertsen, Vegard Ulvang, Terje Langli, Bjørn Dæhlie
1995: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard
1997: Sture Sivertsen, Erling Jevne, Bjørn Dæhlie, Thomas Alsgaard
1999: Markus Gandler, Alois Stadlober, Mikhail Botvinov, Christian Hoffmann
2001: Frode Estil, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Thomas Alsgaard, Tor Arne Hetland
2003: Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Tore Ruud Hofstad, Thomas Alsgaard
2005: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Frode Estil, Lars Berger, Tore Ruud Hofstad
2007: Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Lars Berger, Petter Northug
2009: Eldar Rønning, Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset, Tore Ruud Hofstad, Petter Northug
2011: Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Eldar Rønning, Tord Asle Gjerdalen, Petter Northug
2013: Tord Asle Gjerdalen, Eldar Rønning, Sjur Røthe, Petter Northug
2015: Niklas Dyrhaug, Didrik Tønseth, Anders Gløersen, Petter Northug
2017: Didrik Tønseth, Niklas Dyrhaug, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Finn Hågen Krogh
2019: Emil Iversen, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Sjur Røthe, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo

Holmenkollen Medal
Until 1900	1895: Viktor Thorn (NOR) 1897: Asbjørn Nilssen (NOR) 1899: Paul Braaten (NOR), Robert Pehrson (NOR)
1900–1950	1901: Aksel Refstad (NOR) 1903: Karl Hovelsen (NOR) 1904: Harald Smith (NOR) 1905: Jonas Holmen (NOR) 1907: Per Bakken 1908: Einar Kristiansen (NOR) 1909: Thorvald Hansen 1910: Lauritz Bergendahl 1911: Otto Tangen (NOR), Knut Holst (NOR) 1912: Olav Bjaaland (NOR) 1914: Johan Kristoffersen (NOR) 1915: Sverre Østbye (NOR) 1916: Lars Høgvold (NOR) 1918: Hassa Horn (NOR), Jørgen Hansen (NOR) 1919: Thorleif Haug (NOR), Otto Aasen (NOR) 1923: Thoralf Strømstad (NOR) 1924: Harald Økern (NOR), Johan Grøttumsbråten (NOR) 1925: Einar Landvik (NOR) 1926: Jacob Tullin Thams 1927: Hagbart Haakonsen (NOR), Einar Lindboe (NOR) 1928: Torjus Hemmestveit (NOR), Mikkjel Hemmestveit (NOR) 1931: Hans Vinjarengen (NOR), Ole Stenen (NOR) 1934: Oddbjørn Hagen (NOR) 1935: Arne Rustadstuen (NOR) 1937: Olaf Hoffsbakken (NOR), Birger Ruud (NOR), Martin P. Vangsli (NOR) 1938: Reidar Andersen (NOR), Johan R. Henriksen (NOR) 1939: Sven Selånger (SWE), Lars Bergendahl (NOR), Trygve Brodahl (NOR) 1940: Oscar Gjøslien (NOR), Annar Ryen (NOR) 1947: Elling Rønes (NOR) 1948: Asbjørn Ruud (NOR) 1949: Sigmund Ruud (NOR) 1950: Olav Økern (NOR)
1951–2000	1951: Simon Slåttvik (NOR) 1952: Stein Eriksen (NOR), Torbjørn Falkanger (NOR), Heikki Hasu (FIN), Nils Karlsson (SWE) 1953: Magnar Estenstad (NOR) 1954: Martin Stokken (NOR) 1955: Haakon VII (NOR), Hallgeir Brenden (NOR), Veikko Hakulinen (FIN), Sverre Stenersen (NOR) 1956: Borghild Niskin (NOR), Arnfinn Bergmann (NOR), Arne Hoel (NOR) 1957: Eero Kolehmainen (FIN) 1958: Inger Bjørnbakken (NOR), Håkon Brusveen (NOR) 1959: Gunder Gundersen (NOR) 1960: Helmut Recknagel (GDR), Sixten Jernberg (SWE), Sverre Stensheim (NOR), Tormod Knutsen (NOR) 1961: Harald Grønningen (NOR) 1962: Toralf Engan (NOR) 1963: Alevtina Kolchina (URS), Pavel Kolchin (URS), Astrid Sandvik (NOR), Torbjørn Yggeseth (NOR) 1964: Veikko Kankkonen (FIN), Eero Mäntyranta (FIN), Georg Thoma (FRG), Halvor Næs (NOR) 1965: Arto Tiainen (FIN), Bengt Eriksson (SWE), Arne Larsen (NOR) 1967: Toini Gustafsson (SWE), Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 1968: Olav V (NOR), Assar Rönnlund (SWE), Gjermund Eggen (NOR), Bjørn Wirkola (NOR) 1969: Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1970: Pål Tyldum (NOR) 1971: Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN), Berit Mørdre (NOR), Reidar Hjermstad (NOR) 1972: Rauno Miettinen (FIN), Magne Myrmo (NOR) 1973: Einar Bergsland (NOR), Ingolf Mork (NOR), Franz Keller (FRG) 1974: Juha Mieto (FIN) 1975: Gerhard Grimmer (GDR), Oddvar Brå (NOR), Ivar Formo (NOR) 1976: Ulrich Wehling (GDR) 1977: Helena Takalo (FIN), Hilkka Kuntola (FIN), Walter Steiner (SUI) 1979: Ingemar Stenmark (SWE), Erik Håker (NOR), Raisa Smetanina (URS) 1980: Thomas Wassberg (SWE) 1981: Johan Sætre (NOR) 1983: Berit Aunli (NOR), Tom Sandberg (NOR) 1984: Lars Erik Eriksen (NOR), Jakob Vaage (NOR), Armin Kogler (AUT) 1985: Anette Bøe (NOR), Per Bergerud (NOR), Gunde Svan (SWE) 1986: Brit Pettersen (NOR) 1987: Matti Nykänen (FIN), Hermann Weinbuch (FRG) 1989: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1991: Vegard Ulvang (NOR), Trond Einar Elden (NOR), Ernst Vettori (AUT), Jens Weißflog (GER) 1992: Yelena Välbe (RUS) 1993: Emil Kvanlid (NOR) 1994: Lyubov Yegorova (RUS), Vladimir Smirnov (KAZ), Espen Bredesen (NOR) 1995: Kenji Ogiwara (JPN) 1996: Manuela Di Centa (ITA) 1997: Bjarte Engen Vik (NOR), Stefania Belmondo (ITA), Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 1998: Fred Børre Lundberg (NOR), Larisa Lazutina (RUS), Alexey Prokurorov (RUS), Harri Kirvesniemi (FIN) 1999: Kazuyoshi Funaki (JPN)
Since 2001	2001: Adam Małysz (POL), Bente Skari (NOR), Thomas Alsgaard (NOR) 2003: Felix Gottwald (AUT), Ronny Ackermann (GER) 2004: Yuliya Chepalova (RUS) 2005: Andrus Veerpalu (EST) 2007: Frode Estil (NOR), Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset (NOR), Harald V (NOR), Sonja (NOR), Simon Ammann (SUI) 2010: Marit Bjørgen (NOR) 2011: Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR), Michael Greis (GER), Andrea Henkel (GER), Janne Ahonen (FIN) 2012: Magdalena Neuner (GER), Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) 2013: Tora Berger (NOR), Martin Fourcade (FRA), Therese Johaug (NOR), Gregor Schlierenzauer (AUT) 2014: Magnus Moan (NOR), Eric Frenzel (GER), Thomas Morgenstern (AUT), Darya Domracheva (BLR) 2015: Eldar Rønning (NOR), Anders Bardal (NOR), Anette Sagen (NOR), Kamil Stoch (POL) 2016: Noriaki Kasai (JPN), Tarjei Bø (NOR) 2017: Marie Dorin-Habert (FRA), Sara Takanashi (JPN) 2018: Charlotte Kalla (SWE), Princess Astrid (NOR), Hannu Manninen (FIN), Kaisa Mäkäräinen (FIN)

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