Norway at the 1968 Winter Olympics
{{infobox country at games
| NOC = NOR
| NOCname = Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
| games = Winter Olympics
| games_link = 1968 Winter Olympics
| year = 1968
| date = 6–18 February, 1968
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{url|www.idrett.no }} {{in lang|no}}
| location = Grenoble, France
| competitors = 65 (54 men, 11 women)
| sports = 8
| flagbearer = Bjørn Wirkola (Ski jumping)
| rank = 1
| gold = 6
| silver = 6
| bronze = 2
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = 1906 Intercalated Games
}}
Norway competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%" | |||
| Medal
!Name !Sport !Event | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Magnar|Solberg}} | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Harald|Grønningen}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Ole|Ellefsæter}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Odd|Martinsen}} {{sortname|Pål|Tyldum}} {{sortname|Harald|Grønningen}} {{sortname|Ole|Ellefsæter}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Babben Enger|Damon}} {{sortname|Inger|Aufles}} {{sortname|Berit Mørdre|Lammedal}} | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
| {{gold medal}} | {{sortname|Fred Anton|Maier}} | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Ola|Wærhaug}} {{sortname|Olav|Jordet}} {{sortname|Magnar|Solberg}} {{sortname|Jon|Istad}} | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Odd|Martinsen}} | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Berit Mørdre|Lammedal}} | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Magne|Thomassen}} | Speed skating | Men's 500m |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Ivar|Eriksen}} | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
| {{silver medal}} | {{sortname|Fred Anton|Maier}} | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Inger|Aufles}} | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| {{bronze medal}} | {{sortname|Lars|Grini}} | Ski jumping | Men's large hill |
Alpine skiing
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Otto Tschudi
|rowspan="4"|Downhill |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Lasse Hamre
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:06.93 |align="center"|34 |
| Jon Terje Øverland
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:05.34 |align="center"|23 |
| Bjarne Strand
|colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:03.20 |align="center"|17 |
| Otto Tschudi
|rowspan="4"|Giant Slalom |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
| Bjarne Strand
|align="center"|1:49.69 |align="center"|33 |align="center"|1:51.48 |align="center"|32 |align="center"|3:41.17 |align="center"|29 |
| Jon Terje Øverland
|align="center"|1:49.30 |align="center"|32 |align="center"|1:50.27 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|3:39.57 |align="center"|25 |
| Håkon Mjøen
|align="center"|1:47.63 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|1:50.71 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|3:38.34 |align="center"|19 |
;Men's slalom
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Heat 1 !colspan="2"|Heat 2 !colspan="6"|Final |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time 1 !Rank !Time 2 !Rank !Total !Rank |
| Håkon Mjøen
|align="center"|52.36 |align="center"|1 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|49.91 |align="center"|9 |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Bjarne Strand
|align="center"|54.18 |align="center"|1 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|51.69 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|55.69 |align="center"|24 |align="center"|1:47.38 |align="center"|22 |
| Jon Terje Øverland
|align="center"|51.93 |align="center"|2 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|51.51 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|53.37 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|1:44.88 |align="center"|17 |
| Lasse Hamre
|align="center"|53.33 |align="center"|2 QF |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|51.84 |align="center"|23 |align="center"|52.31 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|1:44.15 |align="center"|14 |
;Women
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Race 1 !colspan="2"|Race 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Aud Hvammen
|Giant Slalom |colspan="4" bgcolor="wheat"| |align="center"|2:01.30 |align="center"|28 |
| Aud Hvammen
|rowspan="2"|Slalom |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|– |align="center"|DSQ |align="center"|– |
| Dikke Eger-Bergmann
|align="center"|43.50 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |align="center"|DNF |align="center"|– |
Biathlon
{{main|Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| Event
!Athlete !Time !Penalties !Adjusted time 1 !Rank |
|---|
| rowspan="4"|20 km
|align="center"|1'16:17.4 |align="center"|11 |align="center"|1'27:17.4 |align="center"|26 |
| Ola Wærhaug
|align="center"|1'19:12.9 |align="center"|3 |align="center"|1'22:12.9 |align="center"|13 |
| Jon Istad
|align="center"|1'19:43.1 |align="center"|2 |align="center"|1'21:43.1 |align="center"|11 |
| Magnar Solberg
|align="center"|1'13:45.9 |align="center"|0 |align="center"|1'13:45.9 |align="center"|{{gold01}} |
{{ref begin}}
: 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
{{ref end}}
;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=3|Race |
|---|
| Misses 2
!Time !Rank |
| Ola Wærhaug Olav Jordet Magnar Solberg Jon Istad |align=center|5 |align=center|2'14:50.2 |align=center|{{silver02}} |
{{ref begin}}
: 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
{{ref end}}
Cross-country skiing
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|15 km
|align=center|50:25.7 |align=center|17 |
| Odd Martinsen
|align=center|48:59.3 |align=center|8 |
| Pål Tyldum
|align=center|48:42.0 |align=center|7 |
| Harald Grønningen
|align=center|47:54.2 |align=center|{{gold01}} |
| rowspan=4|30 km
|align=center|1'43:29.6 |align=center|34 |
| Harald Grønningen
|align=center|1'38:26.7 |align=center|13 |
| Lorns Skjemstad
|align=center|1'37:53.4 |align=center|11 |
| Odd Martinsen
|align=center|1'36:28.9 |align=center|{{silver02}} |
| rowspan=4|50 km
|align=center|2'33:51.4 |align=center|18 |
| Reidar Hjermstad
|align=center|2'31:01.8 |align=center|8 |
| Pål Tyldum
|align=center|2'29:26.7 |align=center|4 |
| Ole Ellefsæter
|align=center|2'28:45.8 |align=center|{{gold01}} |
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter |align=center|2'08:33.5 |align=center|{{gold01}} |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|5 km
|align=center|18:09.1 |align=center|28 |
| Babben Enger-Damon
|align=center|17:43.3 |align=center|21 |
| Berit Mørdre-Lammedal
|align=center|17:11.9 |align=center|10 |
| Inger Aufles
|align=center|16:58.1 |align=center|7 |
| rowspan=4|10 km
|align=center|39:35.4 |align=center|17 |
| Babben Enger-Damon
|align=center|38:54.4 |align=center|8 |
| Inger Aufles
|align=center|37:59.9 |align=center|{{bronze03}} |
| Berit Mørdre-Lammedal
|align=center|37:54.6 |align=center|{{silver02}} |
;Women's 3 x 5 km relay
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Athletes
!colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| Inger Aufles Babben Enger-Damon Berit Mørdre-Lammedal |align=center|57:30.0 |align=center|{{gold01}} |
Ice hockey
{{main|Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
=First round=
{{flagicon|DDR}} East Germany - {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Joachim Ziesche, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa - Odd Syversen.
= Consolation round =
Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.
| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Rank !bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Team !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA !bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts | ||||||
| align=center
|9 |align=left|{{ih|YUG}} |5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 |
| align=center
|10 |align=left|{{ih|JPN}} |5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| align=center bgcolor="ccccff"
|11 |align=left|{{ih|NOR}} |5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| align=center
|12 |align=left|{{ih|ROU|1965}} |5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| align=center
|13 |align=left|{{ih|AUT}} |5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| align=center
|14 |align=left|{{ih|FRA}} |5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 |
{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway – {{Flagicon|France}} France 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Hagensen, Smefjell, Dalsören, Mikkelsen – Liberman.
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan – {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.
{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway – {{Flagicon|Austria}} Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2)
Goalscorers: Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.
{{flagicon|Norway}} Norway – {{flagicon|Romania}} Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0)
Goalscorers: Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.
{{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} Yugoslavia – {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hiti, Franz Smolej, Ivo Jan - Dalsören, Bjölbak.
=Contestants=
- Team Roster
Luge
{{main|Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Run 1 !colspan="2"|Run 2 !colspan="2"|Run 3 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Time
!Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank !Time !Rank |
| Rolf Greger Strøm
|align="center"|59.04 |align="center"|22 |align="center"|59.28 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|58.67 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|2:56.99 |align="center"|19 |
| Jan-Axel Strøm
|align="center"|58.84 |align="center"|18 |align="center"|59.26 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|59.04 |align="center"|20 |align="center"|2:57.14 |align="center"|21 |
Nordic combined
{{main|Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
Events:
- normal hill ski jumping {{small|(Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)}}
- 15 km cross-country skiing
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="4"|Ski Jumping !colspan="3"|Cross-country !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance 1
!Distance 2 !Points !Rank !Time !Points !Rank !Points !Rank |
| Kåre Olav Berg
|rowspan="4"|Individual |align="center"|69.0 |align="center"|70.0 |align="center"|204.4 |align="center"|15 |align="center"|53:57.8 |align="center"|171.20 |align="center"|34 |align="center"|375.60 |align="center"|28 |
| Gjert Andersen
|align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|221.2 |align="center"|7 |align="center"|1'00:28.3 |align="center"|102.49 |align="center"|41 |align="center"|323.69 |align="center"|40 |
| Mikkel Dobloug
|align="center"|69.0 |align="center"|68.0 |align="center"|192.4 |align="center"|26 |align="center"|51:55.8 |align="center"|194.82 |align="center"|21 |align="center"|391.90 |align="center"|19 |
| Markus Svendsen
|align="center"|71.0 |align="center"|72.0 |align="center"|210.8 |align="center"|12 |align="center"|54:19.4 |align="center"|167.05 |align="center"|35 |align="center"|377.85 |align="center"|27 |
Ski jumping
{{main|Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event !colspan="2"|Jump 1 !colspan="2"|Jump 2 !colspan="2"|Total |
|---|
| Distance
!Points !Distance !Points !Points !Rank |
| Jan Olaf Roaldset
|rowspan="4"|Normal hill |align="center"|73.0 |align="center"|99.6 |align="center"|73.0 |align="center"|98.1 |align="center"|197.7 |align="center"|21 |
| Jo Inge Bjørnebye
|align="center"|73.5 |align="center"|101.4 |align="center"|67.0 |align="center"|89.0 |align="center"|190.4 |align="center"|31 |
| Lars Grini
|align="center"|74.5 |align="center"|104.5 |align="center"|73.0 |align="center"|101.6 |align="center"|206.1 |align="center"|13 |
| Bjørn Wirkola
|align="center"|76.5 |align="center"|108.7 |align="center"|72.5 |align="center"|103.3 |align="center"|212.0 |align="center"|4 |
| Bjørn Wirkola
|rowspan="4"|Large hill |align="center"|93.0 |align="center"|102.1 |align="center"|87.0 |align="center"|87.2 |align="center"|189.3 |align="center"|23 |
| Bent Tomtum
|align="center"|98.5 |align="center"|108.3 |align="center"|95.0 |align="center"|103.9 |align="center"|212.2 |align="center"|5 |
| Jan Olaf Roaldset
|align="center"|100.5 |align="center"|109.6 |align="center"|91.5 |align="center"|93.0 |align="center"|202.6 |align="center"|13 |
| Lars Grini
|align="center"|99.0 |align="center"|111.5 |align="center"|93.5 |align="center"|102.8 |align="center"|214.3 |align="center"|{{bronze03}} |
Speed skating
{{main|Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics}}
;Men
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=4|500 m
|align=center|42.3 |align=center|29 |
| Roar Grønvold
|align=center|41.1 |align=center|13 |
| Arne Herjuaune
|align=center|40.7 |align=center|5 |
| Magne Thomassen
|align=center|40.5 |align=center|{{silver02}} |
| rowspan=4|1500 m
|align=center|2:05.5 |align=center|7 |
| Bjørn Tveter
|align=center|2:05.2 |align=center|5 |
| Magne Thomassen
|align=center|2:05.1 |align=center|4 |
| Ivar Eriksen
|align=center|2:05.0 |align=center|{{silver02}} |
| rowspan=3|5000 m
|align=center|7:39.6 |align=center|12 |
| Per Willy Guttormsen
|align=center|7:27.8 |align=center|4 |
| Fred Anton Maier
|align=center|7:22.4 WR |align=center|{{gold01}} |
| rowspan=3|10,000 m
|align=center|15:44.9 |align=center|7 |
| Per Willy Guttormsen
|align=center|15:32.6 |align=center|4 |
| Fred Anton Maier
|align=center|15:23.9 |align=center|{{silver02}} |
;Women
| class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%" |
| rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete !colspan=2|Race |
|---|
| Time
!Rank |
| rowspan=3|500 m
|align=center|47.0 |align=center|11 |
| Kirsti Biermann
|align=center|46.8 |align=center|8 |
| Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl
|align=center|46.7 |align=center|6 |
| rowspan=3|1000 m
|align=center|1:36.8 |align=center|13 |
| Kirsti Biermann
|align=center|1:35.0 |align=center|9 |
| Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl
|align=center|1:34.5 |align=center|6 |
| rowspan=3|1500 m
|align=center|2:30.7 |align=center|17 |
| Kari Kåring
|align=center|2:29.9 |align=center|14 |
| Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl
|align=center|2:25.2 |align=center|4 |
| rowspan=3|3000 m
|align=center|5:20.6 |align=center|17 |
| Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg
|align=center|5:19.6 |align=center|16 |
| Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl
|align=center|5:13.3 |align=center|9 |
References
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070612020125/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
- [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/ Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com]
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