Norway has participated in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics, except the second Summer Games in 1964. It was one of the seventeen countries to take part in the inaugural Paralympic Games in 1960 in Rome, where it sent a delegation of eleven athletes. Norway was the host country of both the 1980 Winter Paralympics, in Geilo, and the 1994 Winter Paralympics, in Lillehammer.Norway at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Norwegian athletes have won a total of 584 Paralympic medals, of which 234 were gold, 194 silver and 156 bronze. 315 of these (including 134 of the gold) have been won at the Winter Games. As of 2010, Norway is the most successful country of all time at the Winter Paralympics, and ranks twelfth on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table (for Summer and Winter Games combined).Norway at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Norway has topped the medal chart on four occasions at the Winter Games: in 1980, 1988, 1994 and 1998. It finished in the top ten in every edition of the Winter Games until 2002, included, then dropped to 12th in 2006 and 2010.Norway at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee

Norway boasts some of the world’s most successful Winter Paralympians of all time:Norway at the Paralympics, International Paralympic Committee Ragnhild Myklebust has won medals in every event she has ever participated in, in cross-country skiing, ice sledge speed racing and biathlon. Between 1988 and 2002, she won 27 medals, of which 22 were gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze. Cato Zahl Pedersen has represented Norway at both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. He competed in both in 1980, making a perfect Paralympic début by entering four events in athletics, three in alpine skiing, one in cross-country skiing, and winning gold in all seven. Between 1980 and 1994, he won 14 medals in these sports, of which 13 were gold and 1 silver. Erling Trondsen competed in swimming from 1976 to 1992. He swam in 22 events, and won medals in 20 of them: 13 gold, 6 silver, and 1 bronze. Terje Loevaas took part in 13 events in cross-country skiing between 1980 and 1994, and won medals in all of them: 10 gold and 3 silver. During the same period, he also won 5 medals in athletics: 2 silver and 3 bronze.

Medals

Summer Paralympics EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking1960 Summer Paralympics 9 3 4 16 6th 1964 Summer Paralympics did not participate1968 Summer Paralympics 5 3 1 9 13th 1972 Summer Paralympics 1 5 4 10 22nd1976 Summer Paralympics 9 6 4 19 16th1980 Summer Paralympics 15 13 8 36 10th1984 Summer Paralympics 30 30 30 90 10th1988 Summer Paralympics 11 11 15 37 23rd1992 Summer Paralympics 13 13 7 33 12nd1996 Summer Paralympics 9 7 4 20 17th2000 Summer Paralympics 2 6 7 15 40th2004 Summer Paralympics 3 1 1 5 38th2008 Summer Paralympics 1 3 3 7 43rd2012 Summer Paralympics 3 2 3 8 35th2016 Summer Paralympics 3 2 3 8 32nd2020 Summer Paralympics 2 0 2 4 47th2024 Summer Paralympics 1 3 3 7 54th Total 117 108 99 324 20

Winter Paralympics EventGoldSilverBronzeTotalRanking1976 Winter Paralympics 7 3 2 12 4th1980 Winter Paralympics 23 21 10 54 1st1984 Winter Paralympics 15 13 13 41 3rd1988 Winter Paralympics 25 21 14 60 1st1992 Winter Paralympics 5 5 4 14 7th1994 Winter Paralympics 29 22 13 64 1st1998 Winter Paralympics 18 9 13 40 1st2002 Winter Paralympics 10 3 6 19 3rd2006 Winter Paralympics 1 1 3 5 12th2010 Winter Paralympics 1 3 2 6 12th2014 Winter Paralympics 1 2 1 4 11th2018 Winter Paralympics 1 3 4 8 14th2022 Winter Paralympics 4 2 1 7 8th2026 Winter Paralympics 2 4 2 7 12th Total 142 112 88 342 1

Multi-medalists Norwegian athletes who have won at least three gold medals or five or more medals of any colour.

Summer Games No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Erling Trondsen1976-19925M1361202Sarah Louise Rung2012-20162F43293Eva Nesheim1992-19962F43074Helge Bjørnstad1992-19962M42065Ann Cathrin Lübbe2004-20205F33286Mona Ullmann1984-19923F236117Anne Cecilie Ore1996-2000, 20123F2215

Winter Games No. Athlete Sport Years Games Gender GoldSilverBronzeTotal1Ragnhild MyklebustIce sledge speed racing1988-20025F2232272Knut LundstrømIce sledge speed racing1988-19984M1452213Britt Mjaasund ØyenIce sledge speed racing1980-1984, 19943F1031144Hans Aalien1980-19883M71195Cato Zahl Pedersen1980-19944M71086Svein Lilleberg1984-1998, 20066M471127Erik SandbraathenIce sledge speed racingPara ice hockey1980-20026M572148Jesper Pedersen2018-20222M51179Tone Gravvold1994-20064F413810Kjartan Haugen1998-2006, 20224M213611Eskil HagenPara ice hockey1994-20146M1315

See also Norway at the Olympics

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