# Norway at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Norway competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Magnar Solberg | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| Gold | Harald Grønningen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km |
| Gold | Ole Ellefsæter | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Gold | Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Gold | Babben Enger Damon Inger Aufles Berit Mørdre Lammedal | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |
| Gold | Fred Anton Maier | Speed skating | Men's 5000m |
| Silver | Ola Wærhaug Olav Jordet Magnar Solberg Jon Istad | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
| Silver | Odd Martinsen | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km |
| Silver | Berit Mørdre Lammedal | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Silver | Magne Thomassen | Speed skating | Men's 500m |
| Silver | Ivar Eriksen | Speed skating | Men's 1500m |
| Silver | Fred Anton Maier | Speed skating | Men's 10,000m |
| Bronze | Inger Aufles | Cross-country skiing | Women's 10 km |
| Bronze | Lars Grini | Ski jumping | Men's large hill |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Otto Tschudi | Downhill | | | | | DNF | – |
| Lasse Hamre | Downhill | | | | | 2:06.93 | 34 |
| Jon Terje Øverland | Downhill | | | | | 2:05.34 | 23 |
| Bjarne Strand | Downhill | | | | | 2:03.20 | 17 |
| Otto Tschudi | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | – | – | DNF | – |
| Bjarne Strand | Giant Slalom | 1:49.69 | 33 | 1:51.48 | 32 | 3:41.17 | 29 |
| Jon Terje Øverland | Giant Slalom | 1:49.30 | 32 | 1:50.27 | 18 | 3:39.57 | 25 |
| Håkon Mjøen | Giant Slalom | 1:47.63 | 23 | 1:50.71 | 21 | 3:38.34 | 19 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 2 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Håkon Mjøen | 52.36 | 1 QF | – | – | 49.91 | 9 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Bjarne Strand | 54.18 | 1 QF | – | – | 51.69 | 21 | 55.69 | 24 | 1:47.38 | 22 |
| Jon Terje Øverland | 51.93 | 2 QF | – | – | 51.51 | 18 | 53.37 | 22 | 1:44.88 | 17 |
| Lasse Hamre | 53.33 | 2 QF | – | – | 51.84 | 23 | 52.31 | 18 | 1:44.15 | 14 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aud Hvammen | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:01.30 | 28 |
| Aud Hvammen | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Dikke Eger-Bergmann | Slalom | 43.50 | 15 | DNF | – | DNF | – |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Ragnar Tveiten | 1'16:17.4 | 11 | 1'27:17.4 | 26 |
| 20 km | Ola Wærhaug | 1'19:12.9 | 3 | 1'22:12.9 | 13 |
| 20 km | Jon Istad | 1'19:43.1 | 2 | 1'21:43.1 | 11 |
| 20 km | Magnar Solberg | 1'13:45.9 | 0 | 1'13:45.9 | |
    $^1$ 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 | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| Ola Wærhaug Olav Jordet Magnar Solberg Jon Istad | 5 | 2'14:50.2 | |
    $^2$ A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Reidar Hjermstad | 50:25.7 | 17 |
| 15 km | Odd Martinsen | 48:59.3 | 8 |
| 15 km | Pål Tyldum | 48:42.0 | 7 |
| 15 km | Harald Grønningen | 47:54.2 | |
| 30 km | Gjermund Eggen | 1'43:29.6 | 34 |
| 30 km | Harald Grønningen | 1'38:26.7 | 13 |
| 30 km | Lorns Skjemstad | 1'37:53.4 | 11 |
| 30 km | Odd Martinsen | 1'36:28.9 | |
| 50 km | Odd Martinsen | 2'33:51.4 | 18 |
| 50 km | Reidar Hjermstad | 2'31:01.8 | 8 |
| 50 km | Pål Tyldum | 2'29:26.7 | 4 |
| 50 km | Ole Ellefsæter | 2'28:45.8 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter | 2'08:33.5 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Tone Dahle | 18:09.1 | 28 |
| 5 km | Babben Enger-Damon | 17:43.3 | 21 |
| 5 km | Berit Mørdre-Lammedal | 17:11.9 | 10 |
| 5 km | Inger Aufles | 16:58.1 | 7 |
| 10 km | Katharina Mo-Berge | 39:35.4 | 17 |
| 10 km | Babben Enger-Damon | 38:54.4 | 8 |
| 10 km | Inger Aufles | 37:59.9 | |
| 10 km | Berit Mørdre-Lammedal | 37:54.6 | |

### Women's 3 x 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Inger Aufles Babben Enger-Damon Berit Mørdre-Lammedal | 57:30.0 | |

## Ice hockey
### First round

East Germany - Norway 3:1 (2:1, 1:0, 0:0) Goalscorers: Joachim Ziesche, Lothar Fuchs, Peter Prusa - Odd Syversen.

### Consolation round

Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 9 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 |
| 11 | Norway | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| 12 | Romania | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 |
| 13 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 27 | 2 |
| 14 | France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 32 | 0 |
Norway – France 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0) Goalscorers: Hagensen, Smefjell, Dalsören, Mikkelsen – Liberman.
Japan – Norway 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0) Goalscorers: Okajima 2, Ebina, Araki.
Norway – Austria 5:4 (3:1, 2:1, 0:2) Goalscorers: Dalsören 2, Bjölbak, Olsen, Hansen – Schupp 2, Weingärtner, St. John.
Norway – Romania 4:3 (2:2, 1:1, 1:0) Goalscorers: Bergeid, Olsen, Syversen, Mikkelsen – Pana, Iuliu Szabo, Czaka.
Yugoslavia – Norway 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1) Goalscorers: Hiti, Franz Smolej, Ivo Jan - Dalsören, Bjölbak.

### Contestants

* Team Roster
   * Kåre Østensen
   * Svein Hansen
   * Thor Martinsen
   * Terje Steen
   * Odd Syversen
   * Tor Gundersen
   * Christian Petersen
   * Per Skjerwen Olsen
   * Georg Smefjell
   * Olav Dalsøren
   * Arne Mikkelsen
   * Steinar Bjølbakk
   * Svein Haagensen
   * Terje Thoen
   * Bjørn Johansen
   * Rodney Riise
   * Trygve Bergeid

## Luge
### Men

| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Rolf Greger Strøm | 59.04 | 22 | 59.28 | 21 | 58.67 | 15 | 2:56.99 | 19 |
| Jan-Axel Strøm | 58.84 | 18 | 59.26 | 20 | 59.04 | 20 | 2:57.14 | 21 |

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Kåre Olav Berg | Individual | 69.0 | 70.0 | 204.4 | 15 | 53:57.8 | 171.20 | 34 | 375.60 | 28 |
| Gjert Andersen | Individual | 72.5 | 72.5 | 221.2 | 7 | 1'00:28.3 | 102.49 | 41 | 323.69 | 40 |
| Mikkel Dobloug | Individual | 69.0 | 68.0 | 192.4 | 26 | 51:55.8 | 194.82 | 21 | 391.90 | 19 |
| Markus Svendsen | Individual | 71.0 | 72.0 | 210.8 | 12 | 54:19.4 | 167.05 | 35 | 377.85 | 27 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Jan Olaf Roaldset | Normal hill | 73.0 | 99.6 | 73.0 | 98.1 | 197.7 | 21 |
| Jo Inge Bjørnebye | Normal hill | 73.5 | 101.4 | 67.0 | 89.0 | 190.4 | 31 |
| Lars Grini | Normal hill | 74.5 | 104.5 | 73.0 | 101.6 | 206.1 | 13 |
| Bjørn Wirkola | Normal hill | 76.5 | 108.7 | 72.5 | 103.3 | 212.0 | 4 |
| Bjørn Wirkola | Large hill | 93.0 | 102.1 | 87.0 | 87.2 | 189.3 | 23 |
| Bent Tomtum | Large hill | 98.5 | 108.3 | 95.0 | 103.9 | 212.2 | 5 |
| Jan Olaf Roaldset | Large hill | 100.5 | 109.6 | 91.5 | 93.0 | 202.6 | 13 |
| Lars Grini | Large hill | 99.0 | 111.5 | 93.5 | 102.8 | 214.3 | |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Johan Lind | 42.3 | 29 |
| 500 m | Roar Grønvold | 41.1 | 13 |
| 500 m | Arne Herjuaune | 40.7 | 5 |
| 500 m | Magne Thomassen | 40.5 | |
| 1500 m | Svein-Erik Stiansen | 2:05.5 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Bjørn Tveter | 2:05.2 | 5 |
| 1500 m | Magne Thomassen | 2:05.1 | 4 |
| 1500 m | Ivar Eriksen | 2:05.0 | |
| 5000 m | Svein-Erik Stiansen | 7:39.6 | 12 |
| 5000 m | Per Willy Guttormsen | 7:27.8 | 4 |
| 5000 m | Fred Anton Maier | 7:22.4 WR | |
| 10,000 m | Magne Thomassen | 15:44.9 | 7 |
| 10,000 m | Per Willy Guttormsen | 15:32.6 | 4 |
| 10,000 m | Fred Anton Maier | 15:23.9 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 47.0 | 11 |
| 500 m | Kirsti Biermann | 46.8 | 8 |
| 500 m | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 46.7 | 6 |
| 1000 m | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 1:36.8 | 13 |
| 1000 m | Kirsti Biermann | 1:35.0 | 9 |
| 1000 m | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 1:34.5 | 6 |
| 1500 m | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 2:30.7 | 17 |
| 1500 m | Kari Kåring | 2:29.9 | 14 |
| 1500 m | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 2:25.2 | 4 |
| 3000 m | Kari Kåring | 5:20.6 | 17 |
| 3000 m | Lisbeth Korsmo-Berg | 5:19.6 | 16 |
| 3000 m | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 5:13.3 | 9 |