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Norway Olympic Team at the 2016 Rio Olympics
Norway at 2016 Rio Olympics
Norway has a long history of participation in the Olympics. The country first participated in 1900 after the creation of the National Olympic Committee, and has competed in virtually all the Olympic Games since then. The Norwegian Olympic team has participated in 45 games and missed only two games: the 1904 Olympics and the 1980 games held in Moscow.
Medals Won
Norway has been ranked as the top 10% of countries with the most number of medals in the Olympics. So far, it has been able to bag 477 medals and generally has an average of 10 medals for each Olympic participated. In fact, Norway is among the few countries that has got more medals from winter events than summer events. She has been able to get 148 medals from summer games and 329 medals from the winter games with most of the medals being gold, followed by silver and bronze.
Players to watch out for
Norwegian athletes will participate in a variety of events such as track and field, swimming, archery and wrestling. Henrick Christiansen is among the athletes to watch out for in the Rio Olympics. He is a member of the swimming team and the youngest, only 19 years old. He will represent Norway in Olympics for the first time. He won a bronze medal in Netanya in 2015 and a silver medal in London in 2016 and will be participating in the 400 meters and 1500 meters freestyle.
Another athlete, who is expected to do well, is Isabelle Pedersen. The 24-year-old athlete is a force to reckon with in the 100 meters hurdle women's category. She has been able to scoop six medals since she joined athletics in 2009. Her last medal was in 2014 at the European Team Championships in Germany where she bagged a gold medal. She is bound to make a comeback at Rio 2016 Olympics.
The 2016 Games in Numbers
- Sports : 15
- Athletes Participating : 60
- Events : 53
Norway Olympic Athletes at 2016 Summer Olympics | |
| Athletes Name | Sports |
|---|---|
| Bård Nesteng | Archery |
| Tore Navrestad | Cycling - BMX |
| Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå | Cycling - Mountain bike |
| Edvald Boasson Hagen | Cycling - Road |
| Vegard Stake Laengen | Cycling - Road |
| Lars Petter Nordhaug | Cycling - Road |
| Sven Erik Bystrøm | Cycling - Road |
| Vita Heine | Cycling - Road |
| Suzann Pettersen | Golf |
| Espen Kofstad | Golf |
| Marianne Skarpnord | Golf |
| Stian Skjerahaug | Gymnastics |
| Nora Mørk | Handball |
| Heidi Løke | Handball |
| Camilla Herrem | Handball |
| Amanda Kurtović | Handball |
| Stine Bredal Oftedal | Handball |
| Linn Jørum Sulland | Handball |
| Katrine Lunde | Handball |
| Kari Aalvik Grimsbø | Handball |
| Ida Alstad | Handball |
| Emilie Hegh Arntzen | Handball |
| Sanna Solberg | Handball |
| Veronica Kristiansen | Handball |
| Linn-Kristin Riegelhuth Koren | Handball |
| Mari Kristine Molid | Handball |
| Nils Jakob Hoff | Rowing |
| Olaf Tufte | Rowing |
| Kjetil Borch | Rowing |
| Are Strandli | Rowing |
| Kristoffer Brun | Rowing |
| Tiril Bue | Sailing |
| Kristian Ruth | Sailing |
| Maia Agerup | Sailing |
| Ragna Agerup | Sailing |
| Maria Mollestad | Sailing |
| Anders Pedersen | Sailing |
| Odd Arne Brekne | Shooting |
| Ole Kristian Bryhn | Shooting |
| Malin Westerheim | Shooting |
| Are Hansen | Shooting |
| Henrik Christiansen | Swimming |
| Susann Bjornsen | Swimming |
| Tina Roe Skaar | Taekwondo |
| Henrik Ingebrigtsen | Track & field |
| Amalie Iuel | Track & field |
| Isabelle Pedersen | Track & field |
| Filip Ingebrigtsen | Track & field |
| Ezinne Okparaebo | Track & field |
| Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal | Track & field |
| Karsten Warholm | Track & field |
| Tonje Angelsen | Track & field |
| Hedda Hynne | Track & field |
| Jaysuma Saidy Ndure | Track & field |
| Erik Tysse | Track & field |
| Håvard Haukenes | Track & field |
| Sven Martin Skagestad | Track & field |
| Kristian Blummenfelt | Triathlon |
| Signe Marie Fidje Store | Wrestling |
Olympic Medals Table Norway | |||||
| GAMES | SUMMER / WINTER | MEDALS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
| Sochi 2014 | Winter Games | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| London 2012 | Summer Games | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Vancouver 2010 | Winter Games | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| Beijing 2008 | Summer Games | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Turin 2006 | Winter Games | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19 |
| Athens 2004 | Summer Games | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Salt Lake City 2002 | Winter Games | 13 | 5 | 8 | 26 |
| Sydney 2000 | Summer Games | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| Nagano 1998 | Winter Games | 10 | 10 | 5 | 25 |
| Atlanta 1996 | Summer Games | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Lillehammer 1994 | Winter Games | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| Albertville 1992 | Winter Games | 9 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| Barcelona 1992 | Summer Games | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Calgary 1988 | Winter Games | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Seoul 1988 | Summer Games | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| Sarajevo 1984 | Winter Games | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Los Angeles 1984 | Summer Games | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lake Placid 1980 | Winter Games | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Innsbruck 1976 | Winter Games | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Montreal 1976 | Summer Games | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Sapporo 1972 | Winter Games | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| Munich 1972 | Summer Games | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Grenoble 1968 | Winter Games | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| Mexico 1968 | Summer Games | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Innsbruck 1964 | Winter Games | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 |
| Squaw Valley 1960 | Winter Games | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Rome 1960 | Summer Games | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Melbourne / Stockholm 1956 | Summer Games | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 | Winter Games | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Helsinki 1952 | Summer Games | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
Last Updated On : August 05, 2016
Team USA defeated team Serbia to win its third straight basketball gold medal in Men’s Basketball tournament. The winning team’s coach Mike Krzyzewski was utmost delighted with his team’s victory on the final day of Rio 2016 Olympic Games. USA won by a 19-15 lead and this is their 25th straight victory at the Olympic Games in addition to the 15th straight victory in the basketball tournament.
Mo Farah of Great Britain has bagged the gold by winning the 5000 meters final and completed the double double. According to media reports, with this victory Farah has become the second man in the history of Olympics to be able to successfully defend his 5000 and 10000 Olympic championships. His victory is being hailed on Twitter with some calling him the greatest long distance runner of all time. Meanwhile, the silver medal has gone to Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo and Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethiopia has bagged the bronze.
In the women's event, Caster Semenya of South Africa won the Olympic gold in the 800m. She won in one minute 55.28 seconds. Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the silver medal and Kenya's Margaret Nyairera Wambui bagged the bronze.
Chen Long of China has taken gold medal in the Rio Olympics 2016 after defeating Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who has won a silver in men’s badminton today. Lee was facing pressure not to lose the match. He beat Lin Dan of China in the semi-final. Lee and Lin, both are considered to be the best players of their time. With Lee’s defeat, Malaysia has missed out the chance of getting an Olympic gold medal.
Italy came up with a win and is heading to men's volleyball final against Brazil, after defeating USA. The US men's volleyball team tried all their survival skills, but could not stand in front of Italy. The winning team's thriller was 30-28, 26-28, 9-25, 25-22, 15-9. After it was over, US coach John Speraw said that the team was not skilled enough and they did not execute on some of the opportunities, which Italy flawlessly did
French boxer Estelle Mossely celebrated her 24th birthday by winning a gold medal in Women’s lightweight boxing championship. She defeated China’s Yin Junhua after the end of four rounds that had the two defending champions leveled on the scorecards of three judges. The bronze medals were earned by Mira Potkonen of Finland and Anastasia Beliakova of Russia.
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