Norway competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 69 competitors, 44 men and 25 women, took part in 42 events in 11 sports.

Two days before the opening ceremony, Lillehammer was awarded the right to host the 1994 Winter Olympics.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg 21 September Shooting Men's 50 metre running target 23 September Rowing Men's quadruple sculls 25 September Sailing Flying Dutchman 27 September Norway women's national handball team Handball Women's tournament 29 September

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Norway at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 7 5 12Canoeing 7 0 7Cycling 3 2 5Diving 0 1 1Equestrian 1 0 1Handball 0 14 14Rowing 9 0 9Sailing 7 0 7Shooting 4 2 6Swimming 1 1 2Wrestling 5 – 5 Total 44 25 69

Athletics

Men's 5000 metres Lars Ove Strømø Heat — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 10,000 metres John Halvorsen Heat — 28:22.25 Final — 28:29.21 (→ 16th place)

Women's 10,000 metres Ingrid Kristiansen Heat — Ingrid Kristiansen Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon Geir Kvernmo — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Marathon Sissel Grottenberg — 2"38:17 (→ 36th place) Grete Waitz — did not finish (→ no ranking) Bente Moe — did not start (→ no ranking)

Men's Shot Put Georg Andersen Qualification — 20.05 metres (advanced to the final) Final — 19.91 metres (→ 10th place)

Men's Discus Throw Knut Hjeltnes Qualification — 63.50 metres Final — 64.94 metres (→ 7th place)

Svein Inge Valvik Qualification — 60.64 metres (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw Trine Hattestad — Final, 58.82 metres (18th place)

Men's 20km Walk Erling Andersen — 1:23:30 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 50km Walk Erling Andersen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Canoeing

Cycling

Five cyclists, three men and two women, represented Norway in 1988.

Men's road race Atle Pedersen Erik Johan Sæbø Geir Dahlen

Women's road race Unni Larsen — 2:00:52 (→ 20th place) Astrid Danielsen — 2:00:52 (→ 35th place)

Diving

Women AthleteEventPreliminaryFinalPointsRankPointsRankKamilla Gamme3 m springboardDid not advance10 m platform356.7311 Q366.457

Equestrian

Handball

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Breaststroke Jan-Erick Olsen Heat — 1:05.54 (→ did not advance, 38th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke Jan-Erick Olsen Heat — 2:26.70 (→ did not advance, 41st place)

Women's 400m Freestyle Irene DalbyIrene Dalby (17 years, 111 days) was the youngest member of the Norwegian Olympic Team Heat — 4:16.22 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle Irene Dalby Heat — 8:38.33 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley Irene Dalby Heat — 4:58.14 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman Light-Flyweight Lars Rønningen

Men's Greco-Roman Flyweight Jon Rønningen

Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight Ronny Sigde

Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight Morten Brekke

Men's Greco-Roman Middleweight Stig Kleven

References