Norway was represented at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 93 competitors, 44 men and 49 women, took part in 54 events in 15 sports.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics Women's javelin throw Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres Norway women's national football team Football Women's tournament Athletics Women's 20 km walk Taekwondo Women's 67 kg Rowing Men's double sculls Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle three positions Sailing Men's Soling Class Norway women's national handball team Handball Women's tournament
Archery
In the sixth appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway represented by three men and one woman. Their combined record was 1–4. The men's team also lost their first match.
Men's individual Bård Nesteng Lars Erik Humlekjær Martinus Grov 1/32 eliminations Defeated Henk Vogels Netherlands158-149 Lost to Michele Frangilli Italy168-158 Lost to Matteo Bisiani Italy166-158 1/16 eliminations Lost to Sebastien Flute France160-148 - -- - --
Men's team: Nesteng, Humlekjær, and Grov – round of 16, 10th place
Women's individual Wenche-Lin Hess 1/32 eliminations Lost to Ying He China160-145
Athletics
Men's competition Men's 200 m Geir Moen Round 1 – 20.76 Round 2 – 20.65 (did not advance)
John Ertzgaard Round 1 – 21 (did not advance)
Men's 800 m Vebjørn Rodal Round 1 – 01:46.76 Semifinal – 01:48.73 (did not advance)
Men's 5000 m Marius Bakken Round 1 – 13:44.80 (did not advance)
Men's 3000 m steeplechase Jim Svenøy Round 1 – 08:23.61 Final – 08:27.20 (9th place)
Men's javelin throw Pål-Arne Fagernes Qualifying – 86.74 Final – 83.04 (9th place)
Men's triple jump Ketill Hanstveit Qualifying – 16.75 (did not advance)
Men's decathlon Trond Høiby 100m – 11.56 Long Jump – 6.22 Shot Put – 14.03 High Jump – DNS
Women's competition Women's 10000 m Gunhild Halle-Haugen Round 1 – DNF (did not advance)
Women's javelin throw Trine Hattestad Qualifying – 65.44 Final – 68.91 (gold medal) – Olympic record
Women's high jump Hanne Haugland Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)
Women's 20 km walk Kjersti Plätzer Final – 1:29:33 (silver medal)
Beach volleyball
Men's beach competition Vegard Høidalen and Jørre Kjemperud – 9th place (tied) Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide – 19th place (tied)
Canoeing
Flatwater
Men's competition Men's kayak singles 500m Knut Holmann Qualifying heat – 01:40.990 Semifinal – 01:39.964 Final – 01:57.847 (gold medal)
Men's kayak singles 1000m Knut Holmann Qualifying heat – 03:36.565 Semifinal – 03:36.425 Final – 03:33.269 (gold medal)
Men's kayak doubles 500m Eirik Verås Larsen, Nils Olav Fjeldheim Qualifying heat – 01:35.619 Semifinal – 01:34.712 (did not advance)
Men's kayak doubles 1,000m Eirik Verås Larsen, Nils Olav Fjeldheim Qualifying heat – 03:15.483 Semifinal – 03:17.288 Final – 03:20.515 (9th place)
Men's canoe singles 500m Christian Frederiksen Qualifying heat – 01:54.366 Semifinal – 01:53.661 (did not advance)
Men's canoe singles 1000m Christian Frederiksen Qualifying heat – 03:55.378 Semifinal – bye Final – 03:58.159 (5th place)
Cycling
Cross country mountain bike Men's cross country mountain bike Tom Larsen Final – lapped (35th place)
Rune Høydahl Final – DNF
Women's mountain bike Ragnhild Kostøl Final – 2:01:51.24 (22nd place)
Road cycling
Men's competition Men's individual time trial Thor Hushovd Final – 0:59:00 (7th place)
Men's road race Bjoemar Vestoel Final – 5:36:14 (78th place)
Kurt Asle Arvesen Final – DNF
Svein Gaute Hølestøl Final – DNF
Thor Hushovd Final – DNF
Women's competition Women's individual time trial Solrun Flataas Final – 0:45:01 (20th place)
Women's road race Monica Valen Final – 3:08:02 (29th place)
Ingunn Bollerud Final – 3:10:33 (35th place)
Solrun Flataas Final – 3:11:04 (38th place)
Fencing
Three fencers, all women, represented Norway in 2000.
Women's épée Ragnhild Andenæs Margrete Mørch Silvia Lesoil
Women's team épée Margrete Mørch, Ragnhild Andenæs, Silvia Lesoil
Football
Women's tournament Group stage
Semi-finals
Gold medal match
Gymnastics
Handball
Rowing
Sailing
Women's single-handed dinghy (Europe) Siren Sundby Race 1 – 7 Race 2 – 10 Race 3 – 12 Race 4 – (23) Race 5 – 16 Race 6 – 21 Race 7 – (28) DNF Race 8 – 10 Race 9 – 23 Race 10 – 22 Race 11 – 10 Final – 131 (19th place)
Women's double-handed dinghy (470) Carolina Toll and Jeanette Lunde Race 1 – (17) Race 2 – 9 Race 3 – 7 Race 4 – (17) Race 5 – 17 Race 6 – 11 Race 7 – 7 Race 8 – 17 Race 9 – 8 Race 10 – 13 Race 11 – 16 Final – 105 (16th place)
Open Laser Peer Moberg Race 1 – 12 Race 2 – 7 Race 3 – 11 Race 4 – (32) Race 5 – 7 Race 6 – 6 Race 7 – (24) Race 8 – 4 Race 9 – 10 Race 10 – 22 Race 11 – 15 Final – 94 (10th place)
Open three-handed keelboat (Soling) Paul Davis, Herman Horn Johannessen and Espen Stokkeland Did not advance to Round Robin
Open high-performance two-handed dinghy (49er) Christoffer Sundby and Vegard Arnhoff Race 1 – 16 Race 2 – (17) Race 3 – (18) OCS Race 4 – 2 Race 5 – 2 Race 6 – 10 Race 7 – 14 Race 8 – 7 Race 9 – 10 Race 10 – 16 Race 11 – 10 Race 12 – 13 Race 13 – 6 Race 14 – 17 Race 15 – 5 Race 16 – 14 Final – 142 (13th place)
Shooting
Taekwondo
Tennis
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankChristian RuudMen's singlesL 2–6, 4–6Did not advance
Wrestling
Notes
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games . Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games . Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results . Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site
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