Narve Gilje Nordås (born 30 September 1998) is a Norwegian athlete competing in middle-distance and long-distance events. He is a World Championships (2023) bronze medalist and two-time Olympian, having competed at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life Born in Klepp Municipality on 30 September 1998, Nordås represents the club Sandnes IL, and used to be coached by Gjert Ingebrigtsen.
He married Oda Andersen Lundeby in October 2025.
Career Nordås won the gold medal in the men's 5000 metres and a silver medal in the men's 10,000 metres at the 2020 Norwegian Athletics Championships. He placed fifth in the 3000 metres event at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
In 2021, Nordås was selected to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and competed in men's 5000 metres event. In September of that year, he became Norwegian champion in the men's 5000 metres for a second time.
On 15 July 2023, Nordås set a new personal record in the 5000 metres distance during an event in Heusden, improving his personal best with more than ten seconds to 13:05.38, and thereby qualifying for the distance at the World Championships in Budapest. He won the bronze medal in the 1500 metres event at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, finishing behind Josh Kerr and Jakob Ingebrigtsen. On 2 June 2024, Nordås won the men's 3000 metres event at the Stockholm leg of the Diamond League. Nordås competed in the men's 1500 metres and 5000 metres at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, placing seventh and seventeenth respectively.
In October 2024 he won his fourth victory in the road race , which also earned him a national title.
Winning the national title in 5000 metres in the 2025 Norwegian Athletics Championships, ahead of Magnus Tuv Myhre, he also set a new championship record with the time 13:08.33.
He competed in 1500 metres at the 2025 World Athletics Championships, where he reached the semi finals, and failed qualifying for the final by a margin of 0.01 seconds.
Personal bests Outdoor 1500 metres – 3:29.47 (Oslo 2023) Mile – 3:56.62 (Bergen 2020) 3000 metres – 7:41.31 (Lahti 2021) 5000 metres – 13:05.38 (Heusden 2023) 10,000 metres – 28:04.42 (Oslo 2022) Indoor 1500 metres – 3:41.81 (Karlstad 2023) 3000 metres – 7:50.21 (Toruń 2021) Competition record International competitions 2017European U20 ChampionshipsGrosseto, Italy5th10,000 m31:36.3010th5000m15:16.292019European U20 ChampionshipsGävle, Sweden6th10,000 m28:59.04European U23 Cross Country ChampionshipsLisbon, Portugal19th8 km25:152021European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland5th3,000 m7:50.21Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan12th (sf)5000 m13:41.82European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin, Ireland25th10 km31:302022World ChampionshipsEugene, United States24th (sf)5000 m13:37.14European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany17th5000 m13:39.12European Cross Country ChampionshipsVenaria Reale, Italy21st10 km30:402023World ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary3rd1500 m3:29.685th5000 m13:28.732024World Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom5th1500 m3:37.03European ChampionshipsRome, Italy11th5000 m13:26.9126th1500 m3:46.15Olympic GamesParis, France7th1500 m3:30.4617th5000 m13:31.342025European Running ChampionshipsLeuven, Belgium11th10 km28:22World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan7th (sf)1500 m3:35.7212th (h)5000 m13:25.002026European ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom7th1500 m3:37.31World Road Running ChampionshipsCopenhagen, Denmark15th5 km13:17
References
External links
Narve Gilje Nordas at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)