Biography

Norway at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Sydney
Competitors	93 (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)
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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]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Trine Hattestad	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
Gold	Knut Holmann	Canoeing	Men's K-1 500 metres
Gold	Knut Holmann	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres
Gold	Norway women's national football team Anita Rapp Hege Riise Brit Sandaune Dagny Mellgren Bente Nordby Marianne Pettersen Gøril Kringen Bente Kvitland Unni Lehn Ingeborg Hovland Silje Jørgensen Monica Knudsen Ragnhild Gulbrandsen Solveig Gulbrandsen Margunn Haugenes Kristin Bekkevold Christine Boe Jensen Gro Espeseth	Football	Women's tournament
Silver	Kjersti Plätzer	Athletics	Women's 20 km walk
Silver	Trude Gundersen	Taekwondo	Women's 67 kg
Silver	Fredrik Bekken Olaf Tufte	Rowing	Men's double sculls
Bronze	Harald Stenvaag	Shooting	50 metre rifle three positions
Bronze	Paul Davis Herman Horn Johannessen Espen Stokkeland	Sailing	Men's Soling Class
Bronze	Norway women's national handball team Monica Sandve Else-Marthe Sørlie Heidi Tjugum Jeanette Nilsen Marianne Rokne Birgitte Sættem Mia Hundvin Tonje Larsen Cecilie Leganger Kjersti Grini Trine Haltvik Kristine Duvholt Ann Cathrin Eriksen Susann Goksør Bjerkrheim	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 eliminations	Defeated	Henk Vogels Netherlands	158-149	Lost to	Michele Frangilli Italy	168-158	Lost to	Matteo Bisiani Italy	166-158
1/16 eliminations	Lost to	Sebastien Flute France	160-148	-	-	-	-	-	-

Men's team:

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

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

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
Norway	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
China	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
Nigeria	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

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Semi-finals

Gold medal match

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Christian Ruud	Men's singles	Vinciguerra (SWE) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Wrestling

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