Norway at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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Norway at the Olympic Games
Flag of Norway IOC code  NOR NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports external link (Norwegian)
At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City
Competitors	81
Flag bearer	Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée
Medals Rank: 1	Gold 13	Silver 5	Bronze 7	Total 25
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Norway competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. The nation enjoyed its best ever results (referring to the gold medals), most notably in the biathlon events, when Ole Einar Bjørndalen swept all four gold medals.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 Results and competitors by event 2.1 Speed skating 3 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's Combined: Kjetil André Aamodt
  • Men's Super-G: Kjetil André Aamodt

• Biathlon
  • Men's 10 km: Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  • Men's 12.5 km Pursuit: Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  • Men's 20 km: Ole Einar Bjørndalen
  • Men's 4x7.5 km Relay: Frode Andresen, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Egil Gjelland and Halvard Hanevold

• Cross Country Skiing
  • Men's 10 km Pursuit: Frode Estil (tie for gold)
  • Men's 10 km Pursuit: Thomas Alsgaard (tie for gold)
  • Women's 10 km: Bente Skari
  • Men's 4x10 km Relay: Thomas Alsgaard, Anders Aukland, Frode Estil and Kristen Skjeldal
  • Men's 1.5 km Sprint: Tor Arne Hetland

• Curling
  • Men: Torger Nergård, Bent Ånund Ramsfjell, Flemming Davanger, Lars Vågberg, Pål Trulsen

• Skiing
  • Women's Moguls: Kari Traa

[edit] Silver

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's Downhill: Lasse Kjus

• Biathlon
  • Women's 15 km: Liv Grete Poiree
  • Women's 4x7.5 km Relay: Gunn Margit Andreassen, Liv Grete Poiree, Ann Elen Skjelbreid and Linda Tjørhom

• Cross Country Skiing
  • Men's 15 km: Frode Estil
  • Women's 4x5 km Relay: Marit Bjørgen, Bente Skari, Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen and Anita Moen

[edit] Bronze

• Alpine skiing
  • Men's Giant Slalom: Lasse Kjus

• Cross Country Skiing
  • Men's 30 km Mass Start: Kristen Skjeldal
  • Women's 30 km: Bente Skari
  • Men's 50 km: Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
  • Women's 1.5 km Sprint: Anita Moen

• Speed Skating
  • Men's 10000 m: Lasse Sætre
  • Men's 1500 m: Ådne Søndrål

[edit] Results and competitors by event

[edit] Speed skating

• Petter Andersen
• Stian Bjørge
• Eskil Ervik
• Grunde Njøs
• Lasse Sætre
• Ådne Søndrål
• Kjell Storelid

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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