Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Norway at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Norway.svg
IOC code NOR
NOC Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no  (in Norwegian)
in Sydney
Competitors93 (44 men, 49 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Vebjørn Rodal (athletics)
Medals
Ranked 19th
Gold
4
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
10
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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]

Contents

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Trine Hattestad Athletics Women's javelin throw
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Knut Holmann Canoeing Men's K-1 500 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Knut Holmann Canoeing Men's K-1 1000 metres
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Norway women's national football team
Football Women's tournament
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Kjersti Plätzer Athletics Women's 20 km walk
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Trude Gundersen Taekwondo Women's 67 kg
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Fredrik Bekken
Olaf Tufte
Rowing Men's double sculls
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Harald Stenvaag Shooting 50 metre rifle three positions
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Paul Davis
Herman Horn Johannessen
Espen Stokkeland
Sailing Men's Soling Class
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Norway women's national handball team Handball Women's tournament

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 individual
Bård Nesteng Lars Erik Humlekjær Martinus Grov
1/32 eliminationsDefeated Henk Vogels
Netherlands
158-149Lost to Michele Frangilli
Italy
168-158Lost to Matteo Bisiani
Italy
166-158
1/16 eliminationsLost to Sebastien Flute
France
160-148------

Men's team:

Women's individual
Wenche-Lin Hess
1/32 eliminationsLost to Ying He
China
160-145

Athletics

Men's competition

Men's 200 m

  • Round 1 – 20.76
  • Round 2 – 20.65 (did not advance)
  • Round 1 – 21 (did not advance)

Men's 800 m

  • Round 1 – 01:46.76
  • Semifinal – 01:48.73 (did not advance)

Men's 5000 m

  • Round 1 – 13:44.80 (did not advance)

Men's 3000 m steeplechase

  • Round 1 – 08:23.61
  • Final – 08:27.20 (9th place)

Men's javelin throw

  • Qualifying – 86.74
  • Final – 83.04 (9th place)

Men's triple jump

  • Qualifying – 16.75 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon

  • 100m – 11.56
  • Long Jump – 6.22
  • Shot Put – 14.03
  • High Jump – DNS

Women's competition

Women's 10000 m

  • Round 1 – DNF (did not advance)

Women's javelin throw

  • Qualifying – 65.44
  • Final – 68.91 (gold medal)Olympic record

Women's high jump

  • Qualifying – 1.89 (did not advance)

Women's 20 km walk

  • Final – 1:29:33 (silver medal)

Beach volleyball

Men's beach competition

Canoeing

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's kayak singles 500m

  • Qualifying heat – 01:40.990
  • Semifinal – 01:39.964
  • Final – 01:57.847 (gold medal)

Men's kayak singles 1000m

  • Qualifying heat – 03:36.565
  • Semifinal – 03:36.425
  • Final – 03:33.269 (gold medal)

Men's kayak doubles 500m

  • Qualifying heat – 01:35.619
  • Semifinal – 01:34.712 (did not advance)

Men's kayak doubles 1,000m

  • Qualifying heat – 03:15.483
  • Semifinal – 03:17.288
  • Final – 03:20.515 (9th place)

Men's canoe singles 500m

  • Qualifying heat – 01:54.366
  • Semifinal – 01:53.661 (did not advance)

Men's canoe singles 1000m

  • Qualifying heat – 03:55.378
  • Semifinal – bye
  • Final – 03:58.159 (5th place)

Cycling

Cross country mountain bike

Men's cross country mountain bike

  • Final – lapped (35th place)
  • Final – DNF

Women's mountain bike

  • Final – 2:01:51.24 (22nd place)

Road cycling

Men's competition

Men's individual time trial

  • Final – 0:59:00 (7th place)

Men's road race

  • Final – 5:36:14 (78th place)
  • Final – DNF
  • Final – DNF
  • Final – DNF

Women's competition

Women's individual time trial

  • Final – 0:45:01 (20th place)

Women's road race

  • Final – 3:08:02 (29th place)
  • Final – 3:10:33 (35th place)
  • Final – 3:11:04 (38th place)

Fencing

Three fencers, all women, represented Norway in 2000.

Women's épée
Women's team épée

Football

Women's tournament

Group stage

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 321062+47
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 320154+16
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 311154+14
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 30033960
Source: [ citation needed ]
United States  Flag of the United States.svg2–0Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Milbrett Soccerball shade.svg18'
Hamm Soccerball shade.svg24'
Report

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3–1Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Mellgren Soccerball shade.svg22'
Riise Soccerball shade.svg62' (pen.)
Pettersen Soccerball shade.svg90'
Report Akide Soccerball shade.svg78'
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 9,150
Referee: Tammy Ogston (Australia)

Norway  Flag of Norway.svg2–1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Pettersen Soccerball shade.svg55'
Haugenes Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report Sun Soccerball shade.svg75' (pen.)
Bruce Stadium, Canberra
Attendance: 11,532
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)
Semi-finals
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg0–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Report Wunderlich Soccerball shade.svg80' (o.g.)
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 16,710
Referee: Im Eun Ju (South Korea)
Gold medal match
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg3 – 2 (a.e.t.)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Espeseth Soccerball shade.svg44'
Gulbrandsen Soccerball shade.svg78'
Mellgren Soccerball shade.svg102'
Report Milbrett Soccerball shade.svg5', 90'
Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 22,848
Referee: Sonia Denoncourt (Canada)

Gymnastics

Handball

Rowing

Sailing

Women's single-handed dinghy (Europe)

  • 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)

  • 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

  • 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)

  • Did not advance to Round Robin

Open high-performance two-handed dinghy (49er)

  • 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

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Christian Ruud Men's singles Flag of Sweden.svg  Vinciguerra  (SWE)
L 2–6, 4–6
Did not advance

Wrestling

Notes

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References

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