Norway competed at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Biathlon Men's 20 km Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical) Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical) Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km (classical) Cross-country skiing Men's 4 × 10 km relay Speed skating Men's 1500m Speed skating Men's 5000m Cross-country skiing Men's 15 km (classical) Cross-country skiing Men's 30 km (classical) Cross-country skiing Women's 3 × 5 km relay Speed skating Men's 5000m Speed skating Men's 10,000m
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeik ChristensenDownhill1:59.7136Erik Håker1:53.165Otto TschudiGiant Slalom1:57.4250DSQ–DSQ–Peik Christensen1:38.27331:40.42173:18.6923Erik Håker1:31.701DNF–DNF–
Men's slalom
AthleteClassificationFinalTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankPeik Christensen1:45.362DSQ–––DSQ–Erik HåkerDSQ–DNF–––DNF–Otto TschudiDSQ–DSQ–––DSQ–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKarianne ChristiansenDownhill1:41.2521Gyri Sørensen1:40.7717Toril Førland1:40.2511Gyri SørensenGiant Slalom1:37.3228Karianne Christiansen1:37.1827Anne Brusletto1:34.4319Toril Førland1:34.1517Gyri SørensenSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Anne BruslettoDNF–––DNF–Karianne Christiansen52.5924DNF–DNF–Toril Førland47.751048.01111:35.769
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmRagnar Tveiten1'17:19.9171'24:19.9129Kåre Hovda1'16:20.3761'22:20.3718Tor Svendsberget1'15:26.5431'18:26.548Magnar Solberg1'13:55.5021'15:55.50
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankTor SvendsbergetKåre HovdaIvar NordkildMagnar Solberg71'56:24.214
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmMagne Myrmo47:02.5519Johs Harviken46:46.3615Oddvar Brå46:25.889Ivar Formo46:02.6830 kmOle Ellefsæter1'44:25.2131Magne Myrmo1'42:23.4021Johs Harviken1'37:32.44Pål Tyldum1'37:25.3050 kmOle Ellefsæter2'46:46.9410Reidar Hjermstad2'44:14.514Magne Myrmo2'43:29.45Pål Tyldum2'43:14.75
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankOddvar BråPål TyldumIvar FormoJohs Harviken2'04:57.06
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmKatharina Mo-Berge17:49.0617Inger Aufles17:33.1412Aslaug Dahl17:17.498Berit Mørdre-Lammedal17:16.79710 kmKatharina Mo-Berge37:33.1629Berit Mørdre-Lammedal36:29.4314Inger Aufles36:07.0812Aslaug Dahl35:18.846
Women's 3 × 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankInger AuflesAslaug DahlBerit Mørdre-Lammedal49:51.49
Ice hockey
First round Winners (in bold) entered the Medal Round. Other teams played a consolation round for 7th-11th places.
Consolation Round RankTeamPldWLTGFGAPts743102210684310161469421117165104022916211 Yugoslavia40319171 Norway 5-2 Yugoslavia West Germany 5-1 Norway Japan 4-5 Norway Norway 5-3 Switzerland
Contestants Kåre Østensen Thore Wålberg Øivind Berg Jan Kinder Svein Norman Hansen Terje Steen Birger Jansen Thor Martinsen Tom Røymark Tom Christensen Steinar Bjølbakk Svein Haagensen Roy Jansen Bjørn Johansen Morten Sethereng Terje Thoen Bjørn Andreassen Arne Mikkelsen
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankStephen Sinding54.982754.051953.192053.19193:35.4122Bjørn Dyrdahl54.732555.133154.673653.52243:38.0530Christian Strøm53.791353.681652.461253.08173:33.0114
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankChristian StrømStephen Sinding45.811446.25161:32.0614
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankGjert AndersenIndividual67.071.5173.32352:04.8187.01526360.31523Henning Weid71.074.0181.31551:58.1188.02025369.32019Kjell Åsvestad71.074.0183.11351:36.2191.30523374.40514Kåre Olav Berg72.573.0180.41650:08.9204.4007384.8008
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankJo Inge BjørnebyeNormal hill68.590.367.083.9174.251Nils-Per Skarseth73.5101.371.096.3197.633Ingolf Mork78.0112.078.0113.5225.54Frithjof Prydz80.0114.274.0103.6217.811Jo Inge BjørnebyeLarge hill85.586.781.581.1167.834Frithjof Prydz85.089.095.5105.7194.715Ingolf Mork89.095.683.077.7173.328Bjørn Wirkola93.097.774.564.8162.537
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mOle Christian IversenDNF–Johan Lind41.1418Lasse Efskind40.6012Per Bjørang39.9141500 mDag Fornæss2:09.5213Svein-Erik Stiansen2:08.6311Bjørn Tveter2:05.944Roar Grønvold2:04.265000 mWilly Olsen7:36.475Sten Stensen7:33.39Roar Grønvold7:28.1810,000 mDag Fornæss15:53.3313Per Willy Guttormsen15:48.7111Sten Stensen15:07.88
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mLisbeth Korsmo-Berg46.3319Kirsti Biermann46.1817Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl45.70111000 mKirsti Biermann1:35.7623Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg1:35.5622Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl1:33.1391500 mKirsti Biermann2:29.9423Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg2:28.3619Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl2:24.0783000 mKirsti Biermann5:26.2120Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl5:07.7610
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1972, full results by sports-reference.com