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Norway at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Norway participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Norway sent 99 competitors to the games[2] and ended up with the fourth largest number of gold medals among participating nations.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Aksel Lund Svindal racing for the silver medal in the men's downhill.

Note: In the super combined, run 1 is the downhill, and run 2 is the slalom.

Biathlon

Men
Women

Cross-country skiing

The silver medal winning team in the men's 4 x 10 km relay
Men
Sprint
Women
Sprint

Curling

Norway's curling pants caused quite a stir.

Team: Thomas Ulsrud (skip), Torger Nergaard, Håvard Vad Petersson, Christoffer Svae, Thomas Løvold (alternate).

Much attention was paid to the team's pants, in the international media and on social media networks. The men wore pants with a red, white and blue diamond pattern from Loudmouth Golf. The pants were picked for the team by second Chris Svae.[3][4]

Summary

Men's tournament

Standings
Source: [citation needed]
Round-robin

Norway had a bye in draws 3, 8 and 11.

Draw 1

Tuesday, 16 February, 09:00

Draw 2

Tuesday, 16 February, 19:00

Draw 4

Thursday, 18 February, 09:00

Draw 5

Thursday, 18 February, 19:00

Draw 6

Friday, 19 February, 14:00

Draw 7

Saturday, 20 February, 09:00

Draw 9

Sunday, 21 February, 14:00

Draw 10

Monday, 22 February, 09:00

Draw 12

Tuesday, 23 February, 14:00

Semifinal

Thursday, 25 February, 14:00

Gold medal game

Saturday, 27 February, 15:00

Freestyle skiing

Men
Women

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Norwegian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics.[5]

Forward Morten Ask was initially selected, but was injured and replaced by Jonas Solberg Andersen.[6]

Group play

Norway played in Group A.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

Standings
Source: ESPN

Final rounds

Qualification playoff

Nordic combined

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Snowboarding

Halfpipe
Snowboard cross

Speed skating

Men
Women
Team pursuit

See also

References

  1. ^ "Her er Norges flaggbærer". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 February 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  2. ^ "Anders Rekdal tatt ut til OL i Vancouver på overtid". Olympiatoppen (in Norwegian). 29 January 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
  3. ^ Talk of Vancouver: Crazy curling pants of Norway draw notice, USA Today, 17 February 2010.
  4. ^ Norwegian pants add some razzle dazzle to opening curling draw, The Canadian Press, 17 February 2010.
  5. ^ "Men's Ice Hockey: Team Norway Tournamement Standings and Statistics". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2023-02-21.
  6. ^ "Men's rosters announced". International Ice Hockey Federation. 15 February 2010.

Further reading

External links