Norway competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the nation's debut in 1900, Norwegian athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games, except for two occasions: the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to the country's support for the United States-led boycott.
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Date Kristian Blummenfelt Triathlon Men's individual Karsten Warholm Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles Anders MolChristian Sørum Volleyball Men's beach Jakob Ingebrigtsen Athletics Men's 1500 m Kjetil Borch Rowing Men's single sculls Eivind Henriksen Athletics Men's hammer throw Hermann Tomasgaard Sailing Men's laser Handball Women's tournament
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Note that reserves in handball are not counted: SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 10 5 15Canoeing 1 0 1Cycling 6 3 9Diving 0 1 1Equestrian 1 0 1Golf 2 1 3Gymnastics 1 1 2Handball 15 15 30Rowing 7 0 7Sailing 4 4 8Shooting 3 2 5Swimming 3 1 4Taekwondo 1 0 1Triathlon 3 1 4Volleyball 2 0 2 Total 59 34 93
Athletics
Norwegian athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events Men AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankFilip Ingebrigtsen1500 m 3:38.02 10Did not advanceJakob Ingebrigtsen 3:36.49 4 Q 3:32.13 2 Q 3:28.32 Narve Gilje Nordås5000 m 13:41.82 12colspan=2 Did not advanceKarsten Warholm400 m hurdles48.651 Q47.301 Q45.94 Sondre Nordstad MoenMarathoncolspan=4 2:17:5940Håvard Haukenes50 km walkcolspan=4
Women AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankHedda Hynne800 m 2:00.76 3 Q 2:02.38 7Did not advanceKaroline Bjerkeli Grøvdal5000 m 14:56.82 5 Qcolspan=2 15:09.37 1410000 mcolspan=4 Amalie Iuel400 m hurdles55.656 q57.618Did not advanceLine Kloster 56.45 7Did not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionSondre GuttormsenMen's pole vault5.5011Did not advanceOla Stunes IseneMen's discus throw63.263 Q61.1812Eivind HenriksenMen's hammer throw78.79 NR3 Q81.58 NRLene RetziusWomen's pole vault 4.25 =14Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mTotalRankMartin RoeResult10.867.0313.981.9650.9315.4748.374.8062.284:47.58786319Points892821727767772794836849772633
Canoeing
Sprint Norway qualified a single boat (men's K-1 1000 m) for the Games by winning the silver medal at the 2021 European Canoe Sprint Qualification Regatta in Szeged, Hungary.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLars Magne UllvangMen's K-1 1000 m 3:47.253 3 QF 3:49.830 3Did not advance Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road Norway entered a squad of six riders (four men and two women) to compete in their respective Olympic road races, by virtue of their top 50 national finish (for men) and top 22 (for women) in the UCI World Ranking. The full cycling squad was named to the Norwegian roster for the Games on July 1, 2021.
AthleteEventTimeRankTobias FossMen's road race6:16:5361Markus Hoelgaard6:15:3834Tobias Halland Johannessen6:25:1282Andreas Leknessund6:25:1283Katrine AalerudWomen's road race3:59:5237Women's time trial34:33.3820Stine BorgliWomen's road raceDid not finish
Track Following the completion of the 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Norway entered one rider to compete in the women's omnium based on her final individual UCI Olympic rankings.
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotal pointsRankRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsAnita StenbergWomen's omnium43443482693975
Mountain biking Norway qualified one mountain biker for the men's Olympic cross-country race, as a result of her nation's eighteenth-place finish in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of 16 May 2021.
AthleteEventTimeRankErik HægstadMen's cross-country1:31:1424
BMX Norway received a single quota place for BMX at the Olympics by finishing among the top three nations vying for qualification in the men's race based on the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of June 1, 2021.
AthleteEventQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankResultRankTore NavrestadMen's race 9 3 Q 18 6Did not advance
Diving
Anne Vilde Tuxen represents Norway in the Women's 10m platform event. She is the first female Norwegian diver to qualify for the Olympics since 1988.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalsFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankAnne Vilde TuxenWomen's 10 m platform219.1528Did not advance
Equestrian
Norway entered two riders into the Olympic equestrian competition by the following results: a top two finish each, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group A (North Western Europe) in dressage and jumping, respectively, marking the country's recurrence to the sport after an eight-year absence.
Ellen Birgitte Farbrot and her horse Red Rebel obtained the minimum eligibility requirements to compete in dressage but eventually withdrew, resulting in Norway losing a qualification berth.
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRankGeir GulliksenQuatroIndividual1=26 QRetired
Golf
Norway entered two male and one female golfers into the Olympic tournament. Marianne Skarpnord qualified but later withdrew.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankViktor HovlandMen's68697164272−12=14Kristian Krogh Johannessen72707171284E=53Tonje DaffinrudWomen's81738174309 +2560
Gymnastics
Artistic Norway entered two artistic gymnasts into the Olympic competition. Sofus Heggemsnes and Julie Erichsen received a spare berth each from the men's and women's apparatus events, respectively, as one of the highest-ranked, neither part of the team nor qualified directly through the all-around, at the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.
Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankSofus HeggemsnesPommel horse13.066colspan=4 13.06644Did not advanceRingscolspan=2 13.233colspan=3 13.23352Did not advanceParallel barscolspan=4 13.13313.13361Did not advanceHorizontal barcolspan=5 12.93312.93352Did not advance
Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankJulie ErichsenUneven bars11.566colspan=2 11.56675Did not advance
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankNorway men'sMen's tournamentW 27–24L 27–28W 27–23L 23–28W 32–294 QL 25–31 Did not advance 7Norway women'sWomen's tournamentW 39–27W 30–21W 35–23W 29–27W 37–251 QW 26–22L 26–27W 36–19
Men's tournament
Norway men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the Podgorica leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Women's tournament
Norway women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by securing a top-two finish at the Podgorica leg of the 2020 IHF Olympic Qualification Tournament.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Rowing
Norway qualified three boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta, with the majority of crews confirming Olympic places for their boats at the 2019 FISA World Championships in Ottensheim, Austria.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKjetil BorchMen's single sculls 6:54.46 1 QF colspan=2 7:10.97 1 SA/B6:42.92 1 FA 6:41.66 Kristoffer BrunAre StrandliMen's lightweight double sculls 6:25.74 1 SA/B colspan=2 colspan=2 12:16.25 6 FB12Martin HelsethOscar Stabe HelvigErik SolbakkenOlaf TufteMen's quadruple sculls 5:49.02 4 R 6:02.85 4 FBcolspan=4 5:47.34 9 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Norwegian sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2018 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Endre FunnemarkRS:X1416511119103191216EL12614Hermann TomasgaardLaser318152681054colspan=2 1485Anders PedersenFinn6210131251194colspan=2 EL8211
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Linn Flem HøstLaser Radial20313101262422colspan=2 101118Helene NæssMarie Rønningen49erFX101712131094923741007
Mixed AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Nicholas Fadler MartinsenMartine Steller MortensenNacra 171417181918171517121917EL18319 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Norwegian shooters achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2018 ISSF World Championships, the 2019 ISSF World Cup series, European Championships or Games, and European Qualifying Tournament, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJon-Hermann HeggMen's 10 m air rifle625.522colspan=2 rowspan=9 Did not advanceMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions 1181 3 Q 438.0 4Henrik LarsenMen's 10 m air rifle627.411Did not advanceMen's 50 m rifle 3 positions 1175 9Did not advanceErik WatndalMen's skeet12114Did not advanceJeanette Hegg DuestadWomen's 10 m air rifle632.9 1 Q209.34Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions11718 Q439.94Jenny SteneWomen's 10 m air rifle625.519Did not advanceWomen's 50 m rifle 3 positions116812Did not advanceJeanette Hegg DuestadHenrik Larsen10 m air rifle team626.810Did not advanceJenny SteneJon-Hermann Hegg626.89Did not advance
Swimming
Norwegian swimmers further achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHenrik ChristiansenMen's 400 m freestyle3:48.8821colspan=2 Did not advanceMen's 800 m freestyle7:48.379colspan=2 Did not advanceMen's 1500 m freestyle15:11.1421colspan=2 Did not advanceAndré GrindheimMen's 100 m breaststroke1:00.8635Did not advanceTomoe Zenimoto HvasMen's 100 m butterfly52.2227Did not advanceMen's 200 m butterfly1:56.3019Did not advanceMen's 200 m individual medley1:57.6412 Q2:00.2116Did not advanceIngeborg LøyningWomen's 100 m backstroke1:00.07=18Did not advanceWomen's 200 m backstroke2:11.6817Did not advance
Taekwondo
Norway entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. Richard Ordemann secured a spot in the men's welterweight category (80 kg) with a top two finish at the 2021 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankRichard OrdemannMen's −80 kgL 4–5Did not advanceW 25–10L 4–125
Triathlon
Norway entered four triathletes (three men and one woman) to compete at the Olympics. Rio 2016 Olympian Kristian Blummenfelt, along with rookies Gustav Iden, Casper Stornes, and Lotte Miller, was selected among the top 26 triathletes vying for qualification in their respective events based on the individual ITU World Rankings of 15 June 2021.