Sporting event delegation
Norway competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang , South Korea , from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was represented by 109 competitors in 11 sports.
Norway was the most successful nation at the games with 39 total medals, setting a new record for the most medals won by a country at a single Winter Olympics. The previous record of 37 was set by the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics .[ 2] Norway, together with Germany , also matched the record of most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics with 14 gold, originally set by Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics .[ 3]
Cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen was the most successful athlete of the games, with five medals, while her male colleagues Johannes Høsflot Klæbo , Simen Hegstad Krüger and Martin Johnsrud Sundby won three each. Biathletes Johannes Thingnes Bø and Emil Hegle Svendsen and ski jumper Robert Johansson also won three medals each. Additional nine Norwegian athletes won two medals each: Ragnhild Haga , Johann André Forfang , Håvard Lorentzen , Sverre Lunde Pedersen , Ragnhild Mowinckel , Marte Olsbu , Kjetil Jansrud , Tiril Eckhoff and Maiken Caspersen Falla .
Medalists
Medals by gender
Gender
Total
Male
10
8
6
24
Female
4
5
3
11
Mixed
0
1
2
3
Total
14
14
11
39
Medals by date
Day
Date
Total
Day 1
10 February
0
3
1
4
Day 2
11 February
1
1
2
4
Day 3
12 February
1
0
0
1
Day 4
13 February
1
1
0
2
Day 5
14 February
0
0
0
0
Day 6
15 February
3
2
1
6
Day 7
16 February
0
1
1
2
Day 8
17 February
1
0
2
3
Day 9
18 February
2
1
1
4
Day 10
19 February
2
0
0
2
Day 11
20 February
0
1
0
1
Day 12
21 February
2
1
1
4
Day 13
22 February
0
1
1
2
Day 14
23 February
0
2
0
2
Day 15
24 February
0
0
1
1
Day 16
25 February
1
0
0
1
Total
14
14
11
39
Outline
Prior to the games, the Norwegian Olympic sports authority Olympiatoppen announced an official goal of winning 30 medals and making it into the top three on the medal table.[ 4]
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.[ 5]
Alpine skiing
Men
Women
Mixed
Biathlon
Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup , Norway has qualified 6 men and 5 women.[ 6] [ 7]
Men
Women
Mixed
Cross-country skiing
Distance
Men
Women
Sprint
Men
Women
Curling
Norway has qualified seven athletes.
Summary
Men's tournament
Norway has qualified a men's team by earning enough points in the last two World Curling Championships .[ 8]
Round-robin
Norway has a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.
Draw 2
Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05
Draw 3
Thursday, 15 February, 14:05
Draw 4
Friday, 16 February, 09:05
Draw 6
Saturday, 17 February, 14:05
Draw 7
Sunday, 18 February, 09:05
Draw 8
Sunday, 18 February, 20:05
Draw 10
Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05
Draw 11
Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05
Draw 12
Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05
Mixed doubles
Norway has qualified a mixed doubles team by earning enough points in the last two World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships .[ 9] Norway eventually finished in 4th place behind OAR, but on 22 February it was confirmed that the male OAR competitor had tested positive for meldonium, a banned substance. This meant that the OAR team would be stripped of their medal, and Norway would instead receive the bronze medal for mixed doubles curling.[ 10] [ 11]
Draw 1
Thursday, February 8, 9:05
Draw 2
Thursday, February 8, 20:04
Draw 3
Friday, February 9, 8:35
Draw 4
Friday, February 9, 13:35
Draw 5
Saturday, February 10, 9:05
Draw 6
Saturday, February 10, 20:04
Draw 7
Sunday, February 11, 9:05
Tiebreaker
Sunday, February 11, 20:05
Semifinal
Monday, February 12, 9:05
Bronze-medal game
Tuesday, February 13, 9:05
Notes
Freestyle skiing
Moguls
Athlete
Event
Qualification
Final
Run 1
Run 2
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Time
Points
Total
Rank
Vinjar Slatten
Men's moguls
did not finish
25.16
63.09
77.49
2 Q
24.99
64.13
79.18
8 Q
24.31
62.93
78.87
5 Q
26.71
20.83
33.61
6
Hedvig Wessel
Women's moguls
29.70
54.11
68.64
18
30.03
57.50
71.66
5 Q
29.99
54.57
68.77
19
Did not advance
Slopestyle
Ice hockey
Summary
Men's tournament
Norway men's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament in Oslo , Norway .[ 12] [ 13]
Team roster
The following is the roster of the Norway national team for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics .[ 14] [ 15]
Head coach: Petter Thoresen Assistant coach: Sjur Robert Nilsen
Preliminary round
Qualification playoffs
Quarterfinal
Nordic combined
Norway has qualified 5 athletes.
Skeleton
Norway qualified a single male athlete for the skeleton event. Former Olympic champion Maya Pederson had also competed for Norway in a bid to qualify for the 2018 Olympics but came up short. Male rider Alexander Henning Hannsen received a reallocation invitation.
Athlete
Event
Run 1
Run 2
Run 3
Run 4
Total
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Time
Rank
Alexander Henning Hanssen
Men's
51.44
17
51.51
22
51.37
19
51.57
18
3:25.89
20
Ski jumping
Norway has qualified 2 women and 5 men.
Men
Anders Fannemel was the back-up jumper for Norway.
Women
Athlete
Event
First round
Final
Total
Distance
Points
Rank
Distance
Points
Rank
Points
Rank
Maren Lundby
Normal hill
105.5
125.4
1 Q
110.0
139.2
1
264.6
Silje Opseth
89.5
83.5
18 Q
91.5
94.7
11
178.2
16
Snowboarding
Freestyle
Mons Røisland sustained injuries before the final and therefore withdrew from the slopestyle competition and the rest of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Speed skating
Men
Women
Mass start
Team pursuit
Reactions
On or about 6 February 2018 before the games, the Norwegian Olympic Team chefs inadvertently ordered 15,000 eggs from South Korea because of a Google Translate error. They only wanted 1,500 eggs. There was a tweet "OL-leiren bestilte 1500 egg gjennom å oversette via Google Translate. Men det slo feil. 15.000 ble levert på døra. Vi ønsker lykke til og håper at de norske gullhåpene er glade – veldig glade – i egg".[ 17]
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