Norway at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Norway at the
1976 Winter Olympics

IOC code| NOR
NOC| Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website| www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Innsbruck
Competitors| 42 (35 men, 7 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearer| Pål Tyldum (Cross-country skiing)
Medals
Ranked 4th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Norway competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Medalists[edit]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Ivar Formo | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km (classical)
Gold | Jan Egil Storholt | Speed skating | Men's 1500m
Gold | Sten Stensen | Speed skating | Men's 5000m
Silver | Pål Tyldum
Einar Sagstuen
Ivar Formo
Odd Martinsen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Silver | Jørn Didriksen | Speed skating | Men's 1000m
Silver | Sten Stensen | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m
Bronze | Lisbeth Korsmo | Speed skating | Women's 3000m

## Alpine skiing[edit]

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Erik Håker | Downhill  |  | 1:49.19  | 25
Erik Håker | Giant Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Odd Sørli | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Odd Sørli | Slalom  | DNF  | - | - | - | DNF  | -
Erik Håker | 1:06.77  | 30  | 1:11.09  | 29  | 2:17.86  | 26

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Race 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Torill Fjeldstad | Downhill  |  | 1:52.99  | 27
Torill Fjeldstad | Giant Slalom  |  | 1:36.00  | 31
Torill Fjeldstad | Slalom  | 50.11  | 19  | DNF  | - | DNF  | -

## Biathlon[edit]

Main article: Biathlon at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Time  | Penalties  | Adjusted time 1 | Rank

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20 km  | Svein Engen | 1'14:27.24  | 7  | 1'21:27.24  | 20
Kjell Hovda | 1'16:24.45  | 5  | 1'21:24.45  | 18
Tor Svendsberget | 1'15:10.13  | 3  | 1'18:10.13  | 9

1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Misses 2 | Time  | Rank
Kjell Hovda
Terje Hanssen
Svein Engen
Tor Svendsberget | 6  | 2'05:10.28  | 5

2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing[edit]

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
15 km  | Magne Myrmo | 49:26.89  | 55
Pål Tyldum | 46:50.57  | 20
Odd Martinsen | 45:41.33  | 8
Ivar Formo | 45:29.11  | 5
30 km  | Magne Myrmo | 1'35:33.34  | 23
Oddvar Brå | 1'34:59.57  | 19
Ivar Formo | 1'33:01.68  | 11
Odd Martinsen | 1'32:38.91  | 9
50 km  | Oddvar Brå | DNF  | -
Pål Tyldum | 2'42:21.86  | 7
Per Knut Aaland | 2'41:18.06  | 6
Ivar Formo | 2'37:30.05  |

Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Pål Tyldum
Einar Sagstuen
Ivar Formo
Odd Martinsen | 2'09:58.36  |

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
5 km  | Berit Johannessen | 17:04.25  | 20
Marit Myrmæl | 17:02.21  | 18
Berit Aunli-Kvello | 16:57.12  | 17
Grete Kummen | 16:35.43  | 8
10 km  | Marit Myrmæl | 32:47.21  | 24
Berit Johannessen | 32:46.76  | 23
Berit Aunli-Kvello | 32:17.60  | 18
Grete Kummen | 32:02.59  | 15

Women's 4 × 5 km relay
Athletes  | Race

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Time  | Rank
Berit Aunli-Kvello
Marit Myrmæl
Berit Johannessen
Grete Kummen | 1'11:09.08  | 5

## Luge[edit]

Main article: Luge at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Bjørn Dyrdahl | 1:04.969  | 39  | 54.185  | 22  | 53.911  | 22  | 53.979  | 19  | 3:47.044  | 36
Christian Strøm | 55.125  | 25  | 54.603  | 24  | 54.347  | 24  | 54.717  | 24  | 3:38.792  | 22
Morten Nordeide Johansen | 54.460  | 20  | 53.889  | 19  | 54.155  | 23  | 54.365  | 22  | 3:36.879  | 20

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Asle Strand
Helge Svensen | 44.097  | 14  | 44.357  | 14  | 1:28.454  | 13
Martin Ore
Eilif Nedberg | 44.744  | 15  | 44.534  | 15  | 1:29.278  | 15

## Nordic combined[edit]

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Events:

* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete  | Event  | Ski Jumping  | Cross-country  | Total

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Distance 1  | Distance 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Stein Erik Gullikstad | Individual  | 62.0  | 66.5  | 162.1  | 31  | 49:04.07  | 210.62  | 2  | 372.72  | 22
Tom Sandberg | 70.0  | 74.5  | 195.7  | 17  | 49:09.34  | 209.83  | 4  | 405.53  | 8
Arne Bystøl | 66.5  | 69.0  | 166.5  | 30  | 51:02.81  | 192.81  | 17  | 359.31  | 27
Pål Schjetne | 76.0  | 76.0  | 204.4  | 7  | 50:26.97  | 198.19  | 12  | 402.59  | 9

## Ski jumping[edit]

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Per Bergerud | Normal hill  | 72.5  | 100.3  | 74.0  | 103.7  | 204.0  | 43
Odd Hammernes | 74.5  | 103.5  | 75.0  | 104.8  | 208.3  | 33
Finn Halvorsen | 75.0  | 103.8  | 74.5  | 102.5  | 206.3  | 37
Johan Sætre | 78.0  | 112.6  | 76.0  | 109.9  | 222.5  | 18
Odd Hammernes | Large hill  | 78.5  | 78.4  | 71.0  | 63.9  | 142.3  | 50
Per Bergerud | 84.0  | 89.6  | 84.0  | 90.1  | 179.7  | 26
Finn Halvorsen | 85.0  | 90.0  | 83.0  | 83.2  | 173.2  | 35
Johan Sætre | 88.0  | 99.2  | 85.0  | 96.0  | 195.2  | 13

## Speed skating[edit]

Main article: Speed skating at the 1976 Winter Olympics

Men
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Jan Egil Storholt | 1:18.00  | 28
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | 40.94  | 21
Arnulf Sunde | 39.78  | 6
1000 m  | Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | 1:24.71  | 22
Terje Andersen | 1:22.92  | 16
Jørn Didriksen | 1:20.45  |
1500 m  | Terje Andersen | 2:04.65  | 15
Kay Arne Stenshjemmet | 2:03.75  | 11
Jan Egil Storholt | 1:59.38 OR |
5000 m  | Amund Sjøbrend | 7:48.28  | 13
Jan Egil Storholt | 7:40.60  | 9
Sten Stensen | 7:24.48  |
10,000 m  | Jan Egil Storholt | 16:06.37  | 14
Amund Sjøbrend | 15:43.29  | 10
Sten Stensen | 14:53.30  |

Women
Event  | Athlete  | Race

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Time  | Rank
500 m  | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 45.00  | 16
1000 m  | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 1:33.05  | 18
1500 m  | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 2:21.85  | 11
Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 2:18.99  | 4
3000 m  | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 4:45.24  |

## References[edit]

* Official Olympic Reports
* International Olympic Committee results database
* Olympic Winter Games 1976, full results by sports-reference.com

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