Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Norway at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Munich
Competitors112 (101 men, 11 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Harald Barlie (wrestling)
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Norway was represented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 112 competitors, 101 men and 11 women, took part in 70 events in 15 sports. [1]

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Medalists

Norway finished in 21st position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and four medals overall.

Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Norway entered one woman and three men in the competition. Their best finisher, at 32nd place in the men's competition, was Jan Erik Humlekjær.

Men's Individuel Competition:

Women's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Heat — 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
  • Quarter final — 10.55 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Heat — 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
  • Quarter final — 25.30 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 4:14.10 min (→ advanced to the semi-final)
  • Semi final — 4:09.70 min (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 4:16.00 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Heat — 13:38.6 min (→ advanced to the final)
  • Final — 13:34.38 min (→ 7th place)
  • Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 14:15.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

  • Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

  • Heat — 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance)
  • Heat — 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.61 m (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

  • Qualification — 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final)
  • Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

  • Round 1 — 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final)
  • Final — 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)

Men's 20 km walk

Men's 50 km walk

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented Norway in 1972.

Individual road race
Team time trial
1000m time trial
  • Final — 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)
Individual pursuit

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.

Men's épée
Men's team épée

Gymnastics

Handball

Norway's 1-1-1 record in the first round put the team in a tie for second place with West Germany (which was the team that Norway had tied), but the advantage went to the West Germans and Norway's third-place finish put them into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won.

Men's Team Competition:

Rowing

Men's Coxed Pairs

  • Heat — 8:00.56
  • Repechage — 8:03.50
  • Semi-finals — 8:30.29

Shooting

Seven male shooters represented Norway in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 54.41s (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Heat — 2:00.98 (→ 31st place, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Heat — 4:20.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Medley

  • Heat — 4:59,72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat — 1:01.47 (→ 17th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Medley

  • Heat — 5:25,08 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Medley

  • Heat — 2:36,27 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

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References

  1. ↑ "Norway at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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