Norway at the Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Norway at the Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
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Medals Ranked 9th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 213 187 176 576
Summer appearances
1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winter appearances
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Norway first participated at the Summer Olympics in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when they participated in the American-led boycott and, as previously thought, the 1904 Games in St. Louis, United States. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, it was discovered that wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen, who were Norwegian expatriates in America whose medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics were previously attributed to United States, still held Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games. They won the gold medals in the wrestling welterweight and heavyweight events respectively.

Norwegian athletes have won a total of 160 medals at the Summer Olympics, with sailing and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 405 total medals including 148 gold medals, both considerably more than any other nation in Winter Olympic history. More than half of these medals have come from cross-country skiing and speed skating (it used to be half the disciplines). Norway is one of only three nations (along with Austria and Liechtenstein) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Norway was created and recognized in 1900.

1904 Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee originally considered Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen to have competed for the United States (both were Norwegian immigrants to the US); each won a gold medal. In 2012, Norwegian historians however found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen, who was registered as an "alien" (foreigner) as late as 1925, probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned to have the athletes registered as Norwegians. In May 2013, it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in IOC's medal database. In July 2021, the IOC modified data in the official database, recognizing Ericksen and Hansen as having competed for Norway.

Hosted Games

Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions.

Medal tables

*Purple border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank 1896 Athens did not participate 1900 Paris 7 0 2 3 5 16 1904 St. Louis 2 2 0 0 2 7 1908 London 69 2 3 3 8 8 1912 Stockholm 190 3 2 5 10 8 1920 Antwerp 194 13 9 9 31 6 1924 Paris 62 5 2 3 10 7 1928 Amsterdam 52 1 2 1 4 19 1932 Los Angeles 5 0 0 0 0 – 1936 Berlin 70 1 3 2 6 18 1948 London 81 1 3 3 7 19 1952 Helsinki 102 3 2 0 5 10 1956 Melbourne 22 1 0 2 3 22 1960 Rome 40 1 0 0 1 21 1964 Tokyo 26 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 46 1 1 0 2 25 1972 Munich 112 2 1 1 4 21 1976 Montreal 66 1 1 0 2 21 1980 Moscow did not participate 1984 Los Angeles 103 0 1 2 3 28 1988 Seoul 70 2 3 0 5 21 1992 Barcelona 83 2 4 1 7 22 1996 Atlanta 98 2 2 3 7 30 2000 Sydney 93 4 3 3 10 19 2004 Athens 52 5 0 1 6 17 2008 Beijing 85 3 5 1 9 22 2012 London 66 2 1 1 4 35 2016 Rio de Janeiro 62 0 0 4 4 74 2020 Tokyo 85 4 2 2 8 20 2024 Paris 107 4 1 3 8 18 2028 Los Angeles future event Total 65 53 53 171 21

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes 1 Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze Total Rank 1924 Chamonix 14 4 7 6 17 1 1928 St. Moritz 25 6 4 5 15 1 1932 Lake Placid 19 3 4 3 10 2 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 31 7 5 3 15 1 1948 St. Moritz 49 4 3 3 10 1 1952 Oslo 73 7 3 6 16 1 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 45 2 1 1 4 7 1960 Squaw Valley 29 3 3 0 6 4 1964 Innsbruck 58 3 6 6 15 3 1968 Grenoble 65 6 6 2 14 1 1972 Sapporo 67 2 5 5 12 7 1976 Innsbruck 42 3 3 1 7 4 1980 Lake Placid 64 1 3 6 10 8 1984 Sarajevo 58 3 2 4 9 6 1988 Calgary 63 0 3 2 5 12 1992 Albertville 80 9 6 5 20 3 1994 Lillehammer 88 10 11 5 26 2 1998 Nagano 76 10 10 5 25 2 2002 Salt Lake City 77 13 5 7 25 1 2006 Turin 69 2 8 9 19 13 2010 Vancouver 99 9 8 6 23 4 2014 Sochi 134 11 6 9 26 2 2018 Pyeongchang 109 14 14 11 39 1 2022 Beijing 84 16 8 13 37 1 2026 Milan/Cortina future event future event future event Total 148 134 123 405 1

Records

• The most gold and total medals in the history of the Winter Olympics (148 and 405)
• The most gold medals won in a single Winter Olympics (16 in 2022)
• The most total medals won in a single Winter Olympics (39 in 2018)

Summary by sport

Athletics

Norway's Olympic debut in 1900 included two track and field athletes; Carl Albert Andersen won a bronze medal in the pole vault.

Sailing

Norway made its sailing debut in 1908.

Shooting

Norway made its shooting debut in 1900. Ole Østmo earned medals in two of the free rifle positions, contributing to an individual three-position bronze and a team silver.

See also

In Spanish: Noruega en los Juegos Olímpicos para niños

• List of flag bearers for Norway at the Olympics
• Category:Olympic competitors for Norway
• Norway at the Paralympics