Norway at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Norway at the
2006 Winter Olympics

IOC code| NOR
NOC| Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website| www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Turin
Competitors| 69 (47 men, 22 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearers | Pål Trulsen (opening)
Frode Estil (closing)[1][2]
Medals
Ranked 13th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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Norway sent 74 athletes to the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. At the 2002 Winter Olympics Norway won the most gold medals, and before the Turin games, Norwegian sports officials were aiming for more than the 25 medals they won in Salt Lake City -- the president of the Norwegian Skiing Federation Sverre Seeberg was quoted saying he thought Norway would win 25 medals in the skiing events alone (alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, freestyle skiing, Nordic combined and ski jumping).[3] The Norwegian Olympic Committee aimed for Norway to be the best nation measured in the number of gold medals. However, Norway won only two gold medals in the games, the lowest amount since 1988.

In addition to the skiing events, Norway also qualified athletes in biathlon, curling, skeleton, snowboarding and speed skating. In addition to IOC qualifying times, the Norwegian Olympic Committee have required that athletes need to place themselves once in the top six or twice in the top twelve in major individual events in the sport to be selected.[4] Curler Pål Trulsen served as flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

## Medalists

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| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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Gold | Kjetil André Aamodt | Alpine skiing | Men's super-G
Gold | Lars Bystøl | Ski jumping | Normal hill
Silver | Halvard Hanevold | Biathlon | Men's sprint
Silver | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Biathlon | Men's pursuit
Silver | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Biathlon | Men's individual
Silver | Frode Estil | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km pursuit
Silver | Marit Bjørgen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km classical
Silver | Tor Arne Hetland
Jens Arne Svartedal | Cross-country skiing | Men's team sprint
Silver | Kari Traa | Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls
Silver | Magnus Moan | Nordic combined | Sprint
Bronze | Frode Andresen | Biathlon | Men's sprint
Bronze | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Biathlon | Men's mass start
Bronze | Halvard Hanevold | Biathlon | Men's individual
Bronze | Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km classical
Bronze | Magnus Moan | Nordic combined | Individual
Bronze | Roar Ljøkelsøy | Ski jumping | Normal hill
Bronze | Lars Bystøl | Ski jumping | Large hill
Bronze | Lars Bystøl
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Tommy Ingebrigtsen
Roar Ljøkelsøy | Ski jumping | Team
Bronze | Kjersti Buaas | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe

| Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Ski jumping | 1  | 0  | 3  | 4
Alpine skiing | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Biathlon | 0  | 3  | 3  | 6
Cross-country skiing | 0  | 3  | 1  | 4
Nordic combined | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
Freestyle skiing | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Snowboarding | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total | 2 | 8 | 9 | 19

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total  | Rank
Kjetil André Aamodt | Men's downhill | n/a  | 1:49.88  | 4
Men's super-G | n/a  | 1:30.65  |
Men's combined | did not start
Hans-Petter Buraas | Men's slalom | did not finish
Kjetil Jansrud | Men's giant slalom | 1:19.32  | did not start
Men's combined | 1:41.55  | 46.02  | 44.75  | 3:12.32  | 10
Lasse Kjus | Men's downhill | n/a  | 1:50.64  | 14
Men's super-G | n/a  | 1:31.79  | 14
Men's giant slalom | 1:18.73  | 1:20.58  | n/a  | 2:39.31  | 18
Men's combined | 1:39.63  | did not finish
Lars Elton Myhre | Men's slalom | did not finish
Bjarne Solbakken | Men's downhill | n/a  | 1:51.72  | 29
Men's super-G | n/a  | 1:32.90  | 26
Men's giant slalom | 1:19.15  | 1:20.46  | n/a  | 2:39.61  | 20
Aksel Lund Svindal | Men's downhill | n/a  | 1:50.90  | 21
Men's super-G | n/a  | 1:31.10  | 5
Men's giant slalom | 1:17.10  | 1:18.96  | n/a  | 2:36.06  | 6
Men's slalom | 54.97  | did not finish
Men's combined | 1:39.26  | did not finish

Note: In the men's combined, run 1 is the downhill, and runs 2 and 3 are the slalom. In the women's combined, run 1 and 2 are the slalom, and run 3 the downhill.

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Time  | Misses  | Rank
Frode Andresen | Sprint | 26:31.3  | 1  |
Pursuit | 36:16.97  | 6  | 6
Mass start | 49:03.6  | 6  | 19
Individual | 57:10.2  | 3  | 15
Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Sprint | 27:25.5  | 3  | 11
Pursuit | 35:22.96  | 6  |
Mass start | 47:32.3  | 3  |
Individual | 54:39.0  | 2  |
Stian Eckhoff | Sprint | 27:48.0  | 2  | 16
Pursuit | 38:00.28  | 6  | 21
Individual | 57:11.8  | 3  | 16
Halvard Hanevold | Sprint | 26:19.8  | 0  |
Pursuit | 35:57.74  | 3  | 5
Mass start | 48:14.9  | 3  | 7
Individual | 55:31.9  | 2  |
Emil Hegle Svendsen | Mass start | 48:13.8  | 2  | 6
Halvard Hanevold
Stian Eckhoff
Frode Andresen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Relay | 1:23:03.6  | 11  | 5

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Time  | Misses  | Rank
Gunn Margit Andreassen | Individual | 59:04.3  | 6  | 60
Tora Berger | Sprint | 24:05.8  | 1  | 23
Pursuit | 40:44.82  | 3  | 18
Mass start | 45:23.2  | 3  | 25
Individual | 52:53.4  | 2  | 13
Gro Marit Istad Kristiansen | Sprint | 24:34.0  | 1  | 40
Pursuit | 43:41.59  | 7  | 40
Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée | Sprint | 23:20.0  | 2  | 12
Pursuit | 39:03.43  | 4  | 6
Mass start | 43:43.8  | 4  | 18
Individual | 52:22.0  | 3  | 9
Linda Grubben | Sprint | 23:48.5  | 1  | 19
Pursuit | 40:19.89  | 4  | 15
Mass start | 42:46.5  | 3  | 14
Individual | 56:47.8  | 6  | 50
Tora Berger
Liv Grete Skjelbreid Poirée
Gunn Margit Andreassen
Linda Grubben | Relay | 1:19:34.4  | 14  | 5

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

On 9 January the selection of four male athletes for the sprint event was made public.[5] Following the conclusion of the individual events at the 2006 Norwegian Championships, a further thirteen skiers were selected.[6]

The Norwegian director of cross-country skiing sport, Bjørnar Håkensmoen, received "terribly many" reactions after he announced the team on 21 January, and the following day the newspaper Aftenposten asked him whether he "regretted" not selecting Petter Northug, who had won both the double pursuit and the relay (as part of a team representing Strindheim IL) at the Norwegian Skiing Championship.[7]

Distance

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Total  | Rank
Jan Egil Andresen | 30 km pursuit | 1:19:29.8  | 27
50 km freestyle | 2:08:43.7  | 41
Anders Aukland | 15 km classical | 39:53.6  | 20
30 km pursuit | 1:19:30.6  | 28
Frode Estil | 15 km classical | 39:39.6  | 16
30 km pursuit | 1:17:01.4  |
50 km freestyle | 2:07:06.1  | 28
Tord Asle Gjerdalen | 30 km pursuit | 1:17:36.2  | 18
50 km freestyle | 2:06:26.2  | 15
Tor Arne Hetland | 50 km freestyle | 2:07:36.2  | 33
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | 15 km classical | 40:31.3  | 28
Jens Arne Svartedal | 15 km classical | 41:32.4  | 45
Jens Arne Svartedal
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Frode Estil
Tore Ruud Hofstad | 4 x 10 km relay | 1:44:56.3  | 5

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Total  | Rank
Marit Bjørgen | 10 km classical | 28:12.7  |
15 km pursuit | Did not finish
Ella Gjømle | 30 km freestyle | 1:28:28.2  | 29
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | 10 km classical | 28:14.0  |
15 km pursuit | 43:40.5  | 10
Kristin Størmer Steira | 10 km classical | 28:21.0  | 4
15 km pursuit | 43:06.8  | 4
30 km freestyle | 1:22:40.8  | 4
Kristin Mürer Stemland | 10 km classical | 29:20.5  | 12
15 km pursuit | 44:59.2  | 19
30 km freestyle | 1:27:05.9  | 24
Kristin Størmer Steira
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen
Kristin Mürer Stemland
Marit Bjørgen | 4 x 5 km relay | 55:21.8  | 5

Sprint
Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Total  | Rank  | Total  | Rank  | Total  | Rank  | Total  | Rank
Marit Bjørgen | Women's sprint | 2:16.38  | 17 Q | 2:16.8  | 4  | Did not advance  | 18
Ella Gjømle | Women's sprint | 2:16.02  | 13 Q | 2:15.7  | 2 Q | 2:16.4  | 4  | Final B
2:18.2  | 6
Ola Vigen Hattestad | Men's sprint | 2:17.26  | 12 Q | 2:23.1  | 1 Q | 2:29.0  | 5  | Did not advance  | 9
Tor Arne Hetland | Men's sprint | 2:17.91  | 15 Q | 2:26.1  | 2 Q | 2:43.2  | 5  | Did not advance  | 10
Trond Iversen | Men's sprint | 2:16.25  | 7 Q | 2:22.5  | 4 Q | Did not advance  | 17
Johan Kjølstad | Men's sprint | 2:15.11  | 3 Q | 2:20.2  | 1 Q | 2:27.1  | 4  | Final B
2:25.6  | 7
Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen | Women's sprint | 2:17.17  | 23 Q | 2:19.1  | 6  | Did not advance  | 28
Tor Arne Hetland
Jens Arne Svartedal | Men's team sprint | n/a  | 17:22.1  | 1 Q | 17:03.5  |
Marit Bjørgen
Ella Gjømle | Women's team sprint | n/a  | 17:14.4  | 1 Q | 16:48.1  | 4

## Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The curling teams for men and women were nominated following the 2005 European Curling Championships, where Pål Trulsen and his team won gold for men, while Dordi Nordby finished fourth with her team.

Trulsen's team were the reigning Olympic champions, while Nordby had finished seventh in 2002 and fifth in 1998.[8]

### Men's

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Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Men's

Team: Pål Trulsen (skip), Lars Vågberg, Flemming Davanger, Bent Ånund Ramsfjell, Torger Nergård (alternate)

Round Robin
Draw 1
Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Trulsen)  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | X  | X  | 5
United States (Fenson)  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 5  | X  | X  | 11

;Draw 3

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Trulsen) | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3  | X  | 5
Switzerland (Stöckli)  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | X  | 2

;Draw 4

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Sweden (Lindholm)  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | X  | X  | 4
Norway (Trulsen)  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 1  | X  | X  | 9

;Draw 5

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Great Britain (Murdoch) | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 6
Norway (Trulsen)  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3

;Draw 6

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | Final

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Norway (Trulsen)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | \-  | 5
Canada (Gushue)  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | \-  | 6

;Draw 7

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Italy (Retornaz)  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | X  | X  | X  | 3
Norway (Trulsen)  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 4  | X  | X  | X  | 11

;Draw 9

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Finland (Uusipaavalniemi)  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 7
Norway (Trulsen)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3

;Draw 10

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Trulsen) | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 9
New Zealand (Becker)  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 6

;Draw 11

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Trulsen)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 5
Germany (Kapp)  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2

Standings
Rank  | Team  | Skip  | Won  | Lost

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1  |  Finland | Markku Uusipaavalniemi | 7 | 2
2  |  Canada | Brad Gushue | 6 | 3
3  |  United States | Pete Fenson | 6 | 3
4  |  Great Britain | David Murdoch | 6 | 3
5  |  Norway | Pål Trulsen | 5 | 4
6  |  Switzerland | Ralph Stockli | 5 | 4
7  |  Italy | Joel Retornaz | 4 | 5
8  |  Sweden | Peter Lindholm | 3 | 6
9  |  Germany | Andy Kapp | 3 | 6
10  |  New Zealand | Sean Becker | 0 | 9

### Women's

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Main article: Curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics § Women's

Team: Dordi Nordby (skip), Marianne Haslum, Marianne Rørvik, Camilla Holth, Charlotte Hovring (alternate)

Round Robin
Draw 1
Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Nordby) | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 11
United States (Johnson)  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 6

;Draw 2

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Nordby)  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 4  | 10
Sweden (Norberg)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3

;Draw 3

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Nordby) | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | X  | X  | X  | 6
Switzerland (Ott)  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 4  | X  | X  | X  | 5

;Draw 4

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Japan (Onodera)  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | X  | 4
Norway (Nordby) | 1  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | X  | 9

;Draw 6

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Canada (Kleibrink) | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 0  | 10
Norway (Nordby)  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 8

;Draw 7

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | 11  | Final

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Norway (Nordby) | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 9
Italy (Gaspari)  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 7

;Draw 9

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Great Britain (Martin)  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | X  | 4
Norway (Nordby)  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 2  | X  | 8

;Draw 11

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Denmark (Holm)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | X  | X  | X  | X  | 1
Norway (Nordby)  | 3  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2  | X  | X  | X  | X  | 8

;Draw 12

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Nordby)  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 8
Russia (Privivkova)  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 10

Standings
Rank  | Team  | Skip  | Won  | Lost

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1  |  Sweden | Anette Norberg | 7 | 2
2  |  Switzerland | Mirjam Ott | 7 | 2
3  |  Canada | Shannon Kleibrink | 6 | 3
4  |  Norway | Dordi Nordby | 6 | 3
5  |  Great Britain | Rhona Martin | 5 | 4
6  |  Russia | Ludmila Privivkova | 5 | 4
7  |  Japan | Ayumi Onodera | 4 | 5
8  |  Denmark | Dorthe Holm | 2 | 7
9  |  United States | Cassandra Johnson | 2 | 7
10  |  Italy | Diana Gaspari | 1 | 8

Playoffs
Semifinal
Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Sweden (Norberg) | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 5
Norway (Nordby)  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 4

;Bronze Final

Team  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 5  | 6  | 7  | 8  | 9  | 10  | Final

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Norway (Nordby)  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 1  | X  | X  | 5
Canada (Kleibrink)  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 0  | X  | X  | 11

Key: The hammer indicates which team had the last stone in the first end.

## Freestyle skiing

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Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Ingrid Berntsen | Women's moguls | 22.45  | 14 Q | 19.84  | 19
Kari Traa | Women's moguls | 24.06  | 7 Q | 25.65  |

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Ski jumping  | Cross-country

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Points  | Rank  | Deficit  | Time  | Rank
Kristian Hammer | Sprint | 94.3  | 41  | 2:06  | 20:08.1
+1:39.1 | 28
Individual Gundersen | 183.0  | 44  | 5:18  | 44:50.8
+5:06.2 | 35
Håvard Klemetsen | Sprint | 98.0  | 34  | 1:51  | 21:06.6
+2:37.6 | 40
Individual Gundersen | 229.0  | 15  | 2:14  | 43:00.5
+3:15.9 | 20
Magnus Moan | Sprint | 111.8  | 13  | 0:56  | 18:34.4
+5.4 |
Individual Gundersen | 237.5  | 9  | 1:40  | 40:00.8
+16.2 |
Petter Tande | Sprint | 118.2  | 5  | 0:30  | 18:59.1
+30.1 | 6
Individual Gundersen | 262.0  | 2  | 0:02  | 40:00.9
+16.3 | 4
Kristian Hammer
Håvard Klemetsen
Magnus Moan
Petter Tande | Team | did not start

Note: 'Deficit' refers to the amount of time behind the leader a competitor began the cross-country portion of the event. Italicized numbers show the final deficit from the winner's finishing time.

## Skeleton

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Main article: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Final

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Desiree Bjerke | Women's | 1:00.92  | 1:01.70  | 2:02.62  | 9

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying  | First round  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Total  | Rank
Lars Bystøl | Normal hill | 0.0  | PQ | 131.0  | 6 Q | 135.5  | 266.5  |
Large hill | 129.2  | 6 PQ | 121.5  | 5 Q | 129.2  | 250.7  |
Roar Ljøkelsøy | Normal hill | 120.5  | 10 PQ | 132.0  | 5 Q | 132.5  | 264.5  |
Large hill | 114.1  | 10 PQ | 127.8  | 3 Q | 115.0  | 242.8  | 4
Sigurd Pettersen | Normal hill | disqualified
Large hill | 115.9  | 2 Q | 106.3  | 17 Q | 96.2  | 202.5  | 24
Bjørn Einar Romøren | Normal hill | 118.0  | 12 PQ | 125.5  | 15 Q | 122.5  | 248.0  | 15
Large hill | 120.9  | 8 PQ | 121.8  | 4 Q | 116.4  | 238.2  | 7
Lars Bystøl
Bjørn Einar Romøren
Tommy Ingebrigtsen
Roar Ljøkelsøy | Team | n/a  | 452.4  | 3 Q | 497.7  | 650.1  |

Note: PQ indicates a skier was pre-qualified for the final, based on entry rankings.

## Snowboarding

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Main article: Snowboarding at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Halfpipe
Athlete  | Event  | Qualifying run 1  | Qualifying run 2  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Rank
Frederik Austbø | Men's halfpipe | 29.2  | 18  | 13.0  | 32  | did not advance  | 38
Kjersti Buaas | Women's halfpipe | 19.2  | 21  | 41.9  | 2 Q | (40.9)  | 42.0  |
Halvor Lunn | Men's halfpipe | 24.2  | 25  | 26.4  | 24  | did not advance  | 30
Kim Christiansen | Men's halfpipe | 31.0  | 16  | 5.1  | 35  | did not advance  | 41

Note: In the final, the single best score from two runs is used to determine the ranking. A bracketed score indicates a run that wasn't counted.

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 2006 Winter Olympics

Men
Eskil Ervik Lasse Sætre Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Petter Andersen | 1000 m | n/a  | 1:10.38  | 18
1500 m | n/a  | 1:47.15  | 7
Håvard Bøkko | 1500 m | did not finish
Eskil Ervik | 5000 m | n/a  | 6:26.91  | 10
10000 m | n/a  | 13:37.62  | 11
Mikael Flygind-Larsen | 1000 m | n/a  | 1:10.13  | 14
1500 m | n/a  | 1:47.28  | 8
Øystein Grødum | 5000 m | n/a  | 6:24.21  | 8
10000 m | n/a  | 13:12.58  | 4
Lasse Sætre | 5000 m | n/a  | 6:25.15  | 9
10000 m | n/a  | 13:12.93  | 5
Even Wetten | 1000 m | n/a  | 1:10.57  | 23
1500 m | n/a  | 1:47.78  | 10

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Race 1  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Annette Bjelkevik | 1500 m | n/a  | 2:01.03  | 17
3000 m | n/a  | 4:17.57  | 37
Hedvig Bjelkevik | 1500 m | n/a  | 2:02.16  | 26
Maren Haugli | 1500 m | n/a  | 2:01.22  | 19
3000 m | n/a  | 4:12.50  | 15
5000 m | n/a  | 7:06.08  | 8

Team pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Seeding  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Opposition
Time  | Rank
From:
Eskil Ervik
Øystein Grødum
Lasse Sætre
Håvard Bøkko
Mikael Flygind-Larsen | Men's team pursuit | 3:49.55  | 4  |  Germany (4)
W 3:47.81 |  Canada (1)
L 3:47.81 | Bronze final
Netherlands (3)
L 3:45.96 | 4
From:
Annette Bjelkevik
Hedvig Bjelkevik
Maren Haugli | Women's team pursuit | 3:06.34  | 2  |  Japan (7)
L Overtaken | did not finish  | 7th place final
China (8)
W 3:06.20 | 7

## Trivia

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"Partly Norwegian" medal(ist)s

In the Norwegian media, two gold and one silver medal won by foreign athletes were humorously presented as part-Norwegian medals, since the medalists in question were of Norwegian descent or family:

* Women's snowboard cross gold medalist Tanja Frieden has a dual Swiss-Norwegian citizenship (mother is Norwegian) and speaks the language.
* Women's skeleton gold medalist Maya Pedersen, also of Switzerland, lives in Øyer Municipality, Norway, with her Norwegian husband, Snorre Pedersen.
* Women's 1,500 m speed skating silver medalist Kristina Groves, of Canada, is of Norwegian descent (many relatives in Stjørdal Municipality, Norway).

Grateful Canadian XC ski fans

A large group of Canadian winter sports fans was delighted and impressed by the Norwegian cross-country skiing sports director Bjørnar Håkensmoen's impulsive display of sportsmanship when he handed Canadian skier Sara Renner a ski pole only seconds after her own broke during the sprint relay. Renner and team mate Beckie Scott went on to win the silver medal (while the Norwegians placed fourth).[9]

To show their appreciation, a group known as the "Independent Communications Dealers of Canada" mounted a "thank you" campaign called "Project Maple Syrup", organizing a shipment of 8,000 cans of maple syrup to Norway.[10]

## References

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1. ^ "Flagbearers for the Opening Ceremony". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
2. ^ "Flagbearers for the Closing Ceremony". Retrieved 30 March 2009.
3. ^ (in Norwegian) Tror på 25 OL-medaljer from NRK, accessed 20 December 2005.
4. ^ (in Norwegian) OL-billetten glapp for Rune Stordahl from Bergens Tidende, accessed 21 December 2005.
5. ^ (in Norwegian) \- Pallplass er målsettingen from VG, accessed 10 January 2006.
6. ^ (in Norwegian) Ikke OL for Skofterud, from VG, published 22 January 2006.
7. ^ (in Norwegian) Angrer du på uttaket? from Aftenposten, published 22 January 2006.
8. ^ (in Norwegian) Dordi Nordby og curling, kvinner, from NRK, accessed 20 December 2005.
9. ^ Canadians hail Norwegian coach's sportsmanship Archived 2009-01-17 at the Wayback Machine, from Aftenposten, published 16 February 2006.
10. ^ Sweet thanks from Canada, from Aftenposten, published 16 February 2006.

* (in Norwegian) Disse er klare for OL, a list of the 63 athletes officially selected, from Nettavisen, retrieved 26 January 2006.

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