Norway competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 194 competitors, 188 men and 6 women, took part in 72 events in 16 sports.
Medalists
Gold Helge Løvland — Athletics, Men's Decathlon Erik Herseth, Sigurd Holter, Ingar Nielsen, Ole Sørensen, Petter Jamvold, Gunnar Jamvold and Claus Juell — Sailing, Men's 10 metre class (1907 rating) Charles Arentz, Willy Gilbert, Robert Giertsen, Arne Sejersted, Halfdan Schjøtt, Trygve Schjøtt and Otto Falkenberg — Sailing, Men's 10 metre class (1919 rating) Henrik Østervold, Jan Østervold, Ole Østervold, Hans Næss, Halvor Møgster, Halvor Birkeland, Rasmus Birkeland, Kristian Østervold and Lauritz Christiansen — Sailing, Men's 12 metre class (1907 rating) Johan Friele, Olaf Ørvig, Arthur Allers, Christen Wiese, Martin Borthen, Egill Reimers, Kaspar Hassel, Thor Ørvig and Erik Ørvig — Sailing, Men's 12 metre class (1919 rating) Andreas Brecke, Paal Kaasen and Ingolf Rød — Sailing, Men's 6 metre class (1919 rating) Carl Ringvold, Thorleif Holbye, Tellef Wagle, Kristoffer Olsen and Alf Jacobsen — Sailing, Men's 8 metre class (1907 rating) Magnus Konow, Reidar Marthiniussen, Ragnar Vik and Thorleif Christoffersen — Sailing, Men's 8 metre class (1919 rating) Ole Lilloe-Olsen — Shooting, Men's 100m running deer, double shots Harald Natvig, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Einar Liberg, Hans Nordvik and Thorstein Johansen — Shooting, Men's Team 100m running deer, double shots Otto Olsen — Shooting, Men's 100m running deer, single shot Harald Natvig, Otto Olsen, Ole Lilloe-Olsen, Einar Liberg and Hans Nordvik — Shooting, Men's Team 100m running deer, single shot Otto Olsen — Shooting, Men's 300m military rifle, prone
Silver Sverre Sørsdal — Boxing, Light-Heavyweight Andreas Krogh — Figure skating, Men's singles Alexia Bryn and Yngvar Bryn — Figure skating, Pairs Men's Team — Gymnastics Einar Torgersen, Andreas Knudsen and Leif Erichsen — Sailing, Men's 6 metre class (1907 rating) Christian Dick, Sten Abel, Niels Nielsen and Johann Faye — Sailing, Men's 7 metre class Jens Salvesen, Lauritz Schmidt, Finn Schiander, Nils Thomas and Ralph Tschudi — Sailing, Men's 8 metre class (1919 rating) Otto Olsen, Albert Helgerud, Olaf Sletten, Østen Østensen and Jacob Onsrud — Shooting, Men's Team military rifle, 300m + 600m Østen Østensen, Otto Olsen, Olaf Sletten, Gudbrand Skatteboe and Harald Natvig — Shooting, Men's Team free rifle Holger Sinding-Larsen
Bronze Martin Stixrud — Figure skating, Men's singles Tollef Tollefsen, Thoralf Hagen, Theodor Nag, Conrad Olsen, Adolf Nilsen, Håkon Ellingsen, Thore Michelsen, Arne Mortensen and Karl Nag — Rowing, Men's eight (8+) Birger Var, Theodor Klem, Henry Larsen, Per Gulbrandsen and Thoralf Hagen — Rowing, Men's four with coxswain (4+) Henrik Agersborg, Trygve Pedersen and Einar Berntsen — Sailing, Men's 6 metre class (1907 rating) Einar Liberg — Shooting, Men's 100m running deer, double shots Harald Natvig — Shooting, Men's 100m running deer, single shot Østen Østensen — Shooting, Men's 300m free rifle, 3 positions Østen Østensen, Olaf Sletten, Anton Olsen, Sigvart Johansen and Albert Helgerud — Shooting, Men's Team 50m small bore rifle Frithjof Andersen — Wrestling, Greco-Roman lightweight
Aquatics
Diving
Four divers, two men and two women, represented Norway in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. As in 1912, no Norwegian diver advanced to the final. Larsen came closest, placing fourth in her 10-metre platform semifinal; a top three finish was required to advance in all events.
Men
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Sigvard Andersen 10 m platform 40 264.70 8 Did not advance Plain high dive 21 139.0 5 Did not advance Bernard Dahl Plain high dive 28 136.5 6 Did not advance
Women
Ranks given are within the semifinal group.
DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Brynhild Berge 10 m platform 29 140.5 6 Did not advance Ragnhild Larsen 10 m platform 16 152.0 4 Did not advance
Swimming
Two swimmers, both men, represented Norway in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Neither swimmer advanced past the first round in any of their events.
Ranks given are within the heat.
Men
SwimmerEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Alfred Steen 100 m free Unknown 5 Did not advance 400 m free 6:30.6 4 Did not advance Asbjørn Wang 100 m back N/A 1:28.2 4 Did not advance
Athletics
16 athletes represented Norway in the nation's independent Olympic debut in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in athletics, a sport in which Norway had competed each time the country had appeared at the Olympics. Løvland won Norway's only athletics medal, taking the gold in the decathlon.
Ranks given are within the heat.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Erling Aastad Long jump 6.62 6 Qalign=center colspan=4 6.885 5 Kaare Bache Triple jump 13.64 9align=center colspan=4 Did not advance Asle Bækkedahl 100 m 5 Did not advance Bjarne Guldager 100 m 4 Did not advance 200 m 5 Did not advance Johan Johannesen Long jump 6.565 10align=center colspan=4 Did not advance Johan Johansen 100 m 11.2 4 Did not advance Erling Juul Triple jump 13.59 11align=center colspan=4 Did not advance Odolf Larsen 800 malign=center colspan=2 2:01.6 6 Did not advance Helge Løvland Pentathlonalign=center colspan=6 27 5 Decathlonalign=center colspan=6 6803.355 Einar Mangset 400 m 51.4 4 Did not advance Einar Ræder Long jump 6.585 8align=center colspan=4 Did not advance Decathlonalign=center colspan=6 Did not finish Eivind Rasmussen 1500 malign=center colspan=4 Did not finish Did not advance Ole Reistad Pentathlonalign=center colspan=6 Did not finish Rolf Stenersen 100 m 3 Did not advance 200 m 23.8 4 Did not advance Even Vengshoel Cross countryalign=center colspan=6 Did not finish Erling Vinne Triple jump 13.34 13align=center colspan=4 Did not advance Erling Aastad Asle Bækkedahl Bjarne Guldager Rolf Stenerson 4 × 100 m relayalign=center colspan=4 Disqualified Did not advance
Boxing
14 boxers represented Norway at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's debut in boxing. Sørsdal won the nation's first Olympic boxing medal with a silver in the light heavyweight class.
BoxerWeight classRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Bronze matchOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Johan Clementz Light heavyweight N/A L Did not advance 9 Paul Erdal Featherweight Bye W L Did not advance 5 Sigurd Hoel Heavyweight N/A Bye L Did not advance 5 Rolf Jacobsen Middleweight Bye L Did not advance 9 Peder Kjellberg Flyweight N/A L Did not advance 9 John Koss Bantamweight N/A Bye L Did not advance 5 Einar Nilsen Flyweight N/A L Did not advance 9 Hjalmar Nygaard Bantamweight N/A L Did not advance 9 Arthur Olsen Featherweight Bye L Did not advance 9 Johan Sæterhaug Lightweight N/A W L Did not advance 5 Sverre Sørsdal Light heavyweight N/A W W W L Aage Steen Welterweight W W L Did not advance 5 Trygve Stokstad Welterweight Bye W L Did not advance 5 Hjalmar Strømme Middleweight Bye W W L L 4
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent 0 1 .000 0 4 .000 1 0 1.000 3 4 .429 3 1 .750 1 0 1.000 1 1 .500 1 4 .200 Total 10 15 .400
Round Wins Losses Percent Round of 32 1 0 1.000 Round of 16 6 6 .500 Quarterfinals 2 6 .250 Semifinals 1 1 .500 Final 0 1 .000 Bronze match 0 1 .000 Total 10 15 .400
Cycling
Four cyclists represented Norway in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. All four competed in the road time trial, with Flatby coming in 28th to be the best Norwegian cyclist at the Games. The team came in eighth overall in combined time.
Road cycling
CyclistEventFinalResultRank Helge Flatby Time trial 5:12:50.2 28 Paul Henrichsen Time trial 5:13:23.2 29 Olaf Nygaard Time trial 5:24:56.6 35 Thorstein Stryken Time trial 5:44:01.8 41 Helge Flatby Paul Henrichsen Olaf Nygaard Thorstein Stryken Team time trial 21:35:11.8 8
Equestrian
EquestrianHorseEventFinal Result Rank Jens Falkenberg Hjördis Dressage 22.375 8 Paul Michelet Raven Jumping 5.00 4Eugen Johansen Nökken 9.00 13 Knut Gysler Emden Eventing 1537.50 9Eugen Johansen Nökken 1428.75 11Bjørn Bjørnseth Lydia Did not finish Knut GyslerEugen JohansenBjørn Bjørnseth Emden Nökken Lydia Team eventing Did not finish
Football
Norway competed in the Olympic football tournament for the second time. The country's first Olympic victory was a stunning 3–1 win over Great Britain, the previously undefeated winner of three gold medals in three attempts. It would also turn out to be Norway's only victory in 1920, as the team was defeated by Czechoslovakia in the quarterfinals and by Italy in the first round of the consolation tournament.
First round
Quarterfinals
Consolation first round
Final rank 8th
Gymnastics
Twenty-six gymnasts represented Norway in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Norway entered a team in the free system competition; competing against only Denmark, the Norwegians took second place and the silver medal. Hol was the only gymnast to enter the individual competition, placing fourteenth of twenty-five.
Artistic gymnastics
GymnastEventFinalResultRank Petter Hol All-around 80.75 14 Alf Aaning Karl Aas Jörgen Andersen Gustav Bayer Jørgen Bjørnstad Asbjørn Bodahl Trygve Boyesen Eilert Bøhm Ingolf Davidsen Haakon Endreson Jacob Erstad Harald Faerstad Hermann Helgesen Petter Hol John Johansen Otto Johannesen Torbjörn Kristofferson Henrik Nielsen Jacob Opdahl Arthur Rydstrøm Bjørn Skjærpe Wilhelm Steffensen Olav Sundal Frithjof Sælen Reidar Tønsberg Lauritz Wigand-Larsen Team, free system 48.55
Modern pentathlon
Two pentathletes represented Norway in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, having competed at both instances of the Olympic modern pentathlon.
A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.
PentathleteFinalRidingFencingShootingSwimmingRunningTotalRank Olliver Smith 8 9 17 22 6 65 14 Arne Tellefsen 2 10 20 19 13 62 13
Rowing
Thirteen rowers represented Norway in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Both boats earned bronze medals, matching the nation's best results to that time. The coxed fours boat took third place in the final, while the eights team earned their bronze as the best of two losing semifinalists.
Ranks given are within the heat.
RowerCoxEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Per Gulbrandsen Theodor Klem Henry Larsen Birger Var Thoralf Hagen Coxed four N/A 7:14.0 1 Q 7:02.0 Håkon Ellingsen Thore Michelsen Arne Mortensen Karl Nag Theodor Nag Adolf Nilsen Conrad Olsen Tollef Tollefsen Thoralf Hagen Eight 6:32.2 1 Q 6:36.0 2 Did not advance
Sailing
Fifty-nine sailors represented Norway in 1920, by far the most of any country (Belgium was next, with fourteen). It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Norway took seven gold medals (five uncontested), three silvers, and a bronze.