Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

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.^[1]

Medalists

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 team:

• Nesteng, Humlekjær, and Grov – round of 16, 10th place

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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

14 September 2000

17:30

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Attendance: 16,043

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

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17 September 2000

17:30

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 9,150

Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

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20 September 2000

17:30

Bruce Stadium, Canberra

Attendance: 11,532

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Semi-finals

24 September 2000

17:30

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 16,710

Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)

Gold medal match

28 September 2000

20:00

Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney

Attendance: 22,848

Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

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

Wrestling

Notes

• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• 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 Archived 9 November 2000 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games Archived 31 July 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

1. "Norway at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.