# Norway at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Norway competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Hans Petter Buraas | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Gold | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Biathlon | Men's 10 km sprint |
| Gold | Halvard Hanevold | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| Gold | Bjørn Dæhlie | Cross-country skiing | Men's 10 km (classical) |
| Gold | Thomas Alsgaard | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle) |
| Gold | Bjørn Dæhlie | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km (freestyle) |
| Gold | Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard | Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay |
| Gold | Bjarte Engen Vik | Nordic combined | Men's individual |
| Gold | Halldor Skard Kenneth Braaten Bjarte Engen Vik Fred Børre Lundberg | Nordic combined | Men's team |
| Gold | Ådne Søndrål | Speed skating | Men's 1500 m |
| Silver | Lasse Kjus | Alpine skiing | Men's downhill |
| Silver | Ole Kristian Furuseth | Alpine skiing | Men's slalom |
| Silver | Lasse Kjus | Alpine skiing | Men's combined |
| Silver | Frode Andresen | Biathlon | Men's 10 km sprint |
| Silver | Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Biathlon | Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
| Silver | Bjørn Dæhlie | Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km pursuit (freestyle) |
| Silver | Erling Jevne | Cross-country skiing | Men's 30 km (classical) |
| Silver | Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Anita Moen Guidon | Cross-country skiing | Women's 4 × 5 km relay |
| Silver | Daniel Franck | Snowboarding | Men's halfpipe |
| Silver | Stine Brun Kjeldaas | Snowboarding | Women's halfpipe |
| Bronze | Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete-Skjelbreid-Poirée | Biathlon | Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay |
| Bronze | Bente Martinsen | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km (classical) |
| Bronze | Anita Moen Guidon | Cross-country skiing | Women's 15 km (classical) |
| Bronze | Eigil Ramsfjell Jan Thoresen Stig-Arne Gunnestad Anthon Grimsmo Tore Torvbråten | Curling | Men's tournament |
| Bronze | Kari Traa | Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls |

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Alpine skiing | 7 | 5 | 12 |
| Biathlon | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| Bobsleigh | 4 | – | 4 |
| Cross-country skiing | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Curling | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Freestyle skiing | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Nordic combined | 5 | – | 5 |
| Ski jumping | 5 | – | 5 |
| Snowboarding | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Speed skating | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Total | 49 | 27 | 76 |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Kjetil André Aamodt | Downhill | | | 1:51.72 | 13 |
| Lasse Kjus | Downhill | | | 1:50.51 | |
| Lasse Kjus | Super-G | | | 1:36.25 | 9 |
| Kjetil André Aamodt | Super-G | | | 1:35.67 | 5 |
| Harald Christian Strand Nilsen | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Kjetil André Aamodt | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Lasse Kjus | Giant Slalom | 1:21.92 | 1:18.73 | 2:40.65 | 8 |
| Tom Stiansen | Giant Slalom | 1:21.40 | 1:21.48 | 2:42.88 | 17 |
| Finn Christian Jagge | Slalom | 56.06 | 55.33 | 1:51.39 | 7 |
| Tom Stiansen | Slalom | 55.70 | 55.20 | 1:50.90 | 4 |
| Ole Kristian Furuseth | Slalom | 55.53 | 55.11 | 1:50.64 | |
| Hans Petter Buraas | Slalom | 55.28 | 54.03 | 1:49.31 | |
Men's combined
| Athlete | Slalom | Slalom | Downhill | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank |
| Kjetil André Aamodt | 50.29 | 44.97 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Finn Christian Jagge | 50.22 | 45.16 | DNF | DNF | – |
| Lasse Kjus | 48.09 | 45.57 | 1:34.99 | 3:08.65 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Kristine Kristiansen | Downhill | | | DNF | – |
| Trude Gimle | Downhill | | | 1:30.87 | 16 |
| Ingeborg Helen Marken | Downhill | | | 1:30.19 | 11 |
| Trude Gimle | Super-G | | | 1:19.71 | 25 |
| Ingeborg Helen Marken | Super-G | | | 1:19.16 | 19 |
| Kristine Kristiansen | Super-G | | | 1:19.02 | 17 |
| Ingeborg Helen Marken | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Kristine Kristiansen | Giant Slalom | 1:23.04 | 1:35.67 | 2:58.71 | 22 |
| Andrine Flemmen | Giant Slalom | 1:20.04 | 1:34.90 | 2:54.94 | 10 |
| Trude Gimle | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Andrine Flemmen | Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Trine Bakke-Rognmo | Slalom | 47.17 | DNF | DNF | – |
Women's combined
| Athlete | Downhill | Slalom | Slalom | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time 1 | Time 2 | Total time | Rank |
| Trude Gimle | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
| Ingeborg Helen Marken | 1:30.65 | 39.00 | 37.54 | 2:47.19 | 13 |
| Kristine Kristiansen | 1:30.61 | 38.49 | DNF | DNF | – |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 10 km Sprint | Egil Gjelland | 1 | 28:49.1 | 13 |
| 10 km Sprint | Halvard Hanevold | 2 | 28:40.8 | 8 |
| 10 km Sprint | Frode Andresen | 2 | 28:17.8 | |
| 10 km Sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 0 | 27:16.2 | |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Frode Andresen | 54:51.0 | 5 | 59:51.0 | 19 |
| 20 km | Dag Bjørndalen | 57:34.7 | 1 | 58:34.7 | 10 |
| 20 km | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 54:16.8 | 4 | 58:16.8 | 7 |
| 20 km | Halvard Hanevold | 55:16.4 | 1 | 56:16.4 | |

### Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Egil Gjelland Halvard Hanevold Dag Bjørndalen Ole Einar Bjørndalen | 0 | 1'21:56.3 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Gunn Margit Andreassen | 4 | 26:36.2 | 56 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Ann Elen Skjelbreid | 4 | 25:22.8 | 37 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Liv Grete Skjelbreid-Poirée | 3 | 24:44.0 | 23 |
| 7.5 km Sprint | Annette Sikveland | 2 | 24:09.5 | 15 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Misses | Adjusted time $^2$ | Rank |
| 15 km | Gunn Margit Andreassen | 56:28.5 | 5 | 1'01:28.5 | 40 |
| 15 km | Ann Elen Skjelbreid | 54:00.3 | 7 | 1'01:00.3 | 34 |
| 15 km | Liv Grete Skjelbreid | 52:21.2 | 5 | 57:21.2 | 15 |
| 15 km | Annette Sikveland | 53:38.7 | 3 | 56:38.7 | 8 |

### Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^1$ | Time | Rank |
| Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Gunn Margit Andreassen Liv Grete Skjelbreid | 2 | 1'40:37.3 | |
    $^1$ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.
    $^2$ One minute added per missed target.

## Bobsleigh

| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| NOR-1 | Arnfinn Kristiansen Jørn Stian Dahl Peter Kildal Dagfinn Aarskog | Four-man | 53.96 | 18 | 53.78 | 15 | 54.33 | 17 | 2:42.07 | 17 |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Sture Sivertsen | 28:10.6 | 9 |
| 10 km C | Erling Jevne | 27:58.7 | 7 |
| 10 km C | Thomas Alsgaard | 27:48.1 | 5 |
| 10 km C | Bjørn Dæhlie | 27:24.5 | |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Sture Sivertsen | 43:29.2 | 27 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Bjørn Dæhlie | 39:38.8 | |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ F | Thomas Alsgaard | 39:37.7 | |
| 30 km C | Thomas Alsgaard | DNF | – |
| 30 km C | Bjørn Dæhlie | 1'40:18.5 | 20 |
| 30 km C | Sture Sivertsen | 1'39:44.9 | 15 |
| 30 km C | Erling Jevne | 1'35:27.1 | |
| 50 km F | Tor-Arne Hetland | 2'15:21.7 | 24 |
| 50 km F | Anders Eide | 2'11:06.9 | 11 |
| 50 km F | Thomas Alsgaard | 2'07:21.5 | 6 |
| 50 km F | Bjørn Dæhlie | 2'05:08.2 | |
    $^1$ Starting delay based on 10 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Sture Sivertsen Erling Jevne Bjørn Dæhlie Thomas Alsgaard | 1'40:55.7 | |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km C | Trude Dybendahl Hartz | 18:08.0 | 8 |
| 5 km C | Anita Moen-Guidon | 18:04.4 | 7 |
| 5 km C | Marit Mikkelsplass | 17:53.5 | 6 |
| 5 km C | Bente Martinsen | 17:49.4 | |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Marit Mikkelsplass | 30:15.3 | 14 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Trude Dybendahl Hartz | 29:36.0 | 11 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Bente Martinsen | 29:34.1 | 9 |
| 10 km pursuit$^2$ F | Anita Moen-Guidon | 29:27.6 | 8 |
| 15 km C | Bente Martinsen | 48:19.0 | 6 |
| 15 km C | Trude Dybendahl Hartz | 48:19.0 | 6 |
| 15 km C | Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass | 48:12.5 | 5 |
| 15 km C | Anita Moen Guidon | 47:52.6 | |
| 30 km F | Trude Dybendahl Hartz | DNF | – |
| 30 km F | Maj Helen Sorkmo | 1'29:16.9 | 19 |
| 30 km F | Marit Wold-Mikkelsplass | 1'25:36.9 | 9 |
| 30 km F | Elin Nilsen | 1'24:24.5 | 4 |
    $^2$ Starting delay based on 5 km results.
    C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

### Women's 4 × 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Bente Martinsen Marit Mikkelsplass Elin Nilsen Anita Moen Guidon | 55:38.0 | |

## Curling
### Men's tournament
#### Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Mike Harris | 6 | 1 |
| Norway | Eigil Ramsfjell | 5 | 2 |
| Switzerland | Patrick Hürlimann | 5 | 2 |
| United States | Tim Somerville | 3 | 4 |
| Japan | Makoto Tsuruga | 3 | 4 |
| Sweden | Peja Lindholm | 3 | 4 |
| Great Britain | Douglas Dryburgh | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | Andy Kapp | 1 | 6 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Norway | 2–4 | United Kingdom |
| Germany | 5–7 | Norway |
| United States | 7–6 | Norway |
| Norway | 5–3 | Japan |
| Norway | 7–4 | Sweden |
| Switzerland | 4–5 | Norway |
| Norway | 10–8 | Canada |

#### Medal round

Semi-final
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Norway (Ramsfjell) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Switzerland (Hürlimann) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
Bronze medal game
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| United States (Somerville) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Norway (Ramsfjell) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Contestants | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| Bronze medal | Eigil Ramsfjell | Jan Thoresen | Stig-Arne Gunnestad | Anthon Grimsmo | Tore Torvbråten |

### Women's tournament
#### Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
| Country | Skip | W | L |
| Canada | Sandra Schmirler | 6 | 1 |
| Sweden | Elisabet Gustafson | 6 | 1 |
| Denmark | Helena Blach Lavrsen | 5 | 2 |
| Great Britain | Kirsty Hay | 4 | 3 |
| Japan | Mayumi Ohkutsu | 2 | 5 |
| Norway 6th | Dordi Nordby | 2 | 5 |
| United States | Lisa Schoeneberg | 2 | 5 |
| Germany | Andrea Schöpp | 1 | 6 |
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| Norway | 2–8 | Sweden |
| Norway | 6–5 | Canada |
| Norway | 4–6 | United Kingdom |
| Norway | 6–7 | Germany |
| Japan | 8–4 | Norway |
| United States | 8–9 | Norway |
| Denmark | 8–3 | Norway |
Contestants
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate |
| Dordi Nordby | Marianne Haslum | Kristin Løvseth | Hanne Woods | Grethe Wolan |

## Freestyle skiing
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Kari Traa | Moguls | 35.19 | 22.51 | 8 Q | 32.69 | 24.09 | |
| Hilde Synnøve Lid | Aerials | | 168.79 | 5 Q | | 160.18 | 6 |

## Nordic combined

Men's individual
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 15 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Halldor Skard | Individual | 186.0 | 42 | DNF | – |
| Kristian Hammer | Individual | 203.5 | 24 | 46:07.7 | 26 |
| Fred Børre Lundberg | Individual | 205.0 | 22 | 44:32.3 | 16 |
| Bjarte Engen Vik | Individual | 241.0 | 1 | 41:21.1 | |
Men's Team
Four participants per team.
Events:
* normal hill ski jumping
* 5 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)
| Athletes | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Athletes | Points | Rank | Cross-country time | Total rank |
| Halldor Skard Kenneth Braaten Bjarte Engen Vik Fred Børre Lundberg | 901.0 | 3 | 54:11.5 | |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Rank | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Roar Ljøkelsøy | Normal hill | 74.0 | 80.0 | 40 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Espen Bredesen | Normal hill | 74.5 | 82.5 | 36 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Henning Stensrud | Normal hill | 81.0 | 96.0 | 24 Q | 81.0 | 97.0 | 193.0 | 23 |
| Kristian Brenden | Normal hill | 87.5 | 112.0 | 6 Q | 84.0 | 103.5 | 215.5 | 8 |
| Henning Stensrud | Large hill | 106.5 | 89.7 | 38 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kristian Brenden | Large hill | 113.0 | 104.4 | 24 Q | 127.0 | 130.1 | 234.5 | 13 |
| Roar Ljøkelsøy | Large hill | 119.5 | 116.6 | 7 Q | 124.0 | 125.7 | 242.3 | 9 |
| Lasse Ottesen | Large hill | 121.0 | 118.8 | 5 Q | 122.0 | 120.1 | 238.9 | 10 |

### Men's team large hill

| Athletes | Result | Result |
| Athletes | Points $^1$ | Rank |
| Henning Stensrud Lasse Ottesen Roar Ljøkelsøy Kristian Brenden | 870.6 | 4 |
    $^1$ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

## Snowboarding
### Men's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Roger Hjelmstadstuen | 35.2 | 18 | 31.3 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kim Christiansen | 38.1 | 9 | 37.7 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Klas Vangen | 38.3 | 7 QF | | | 70.9 | 15 |
| Daniel Franck | 39.6 | 4 QF | | | 82.4 | |

### Women's halfpipe

| Athlete | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 1 | Qualifying round 2 | Qualifying round 2 | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Christel Thoresen | 24.3 | 22 | 24.4 | 17 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Anne Molin Kongsgård | 29.3 | 16 | 29.2 | 12 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Stine Brun Kjeldaas | 37.6 | 1 QF | | | 74.2 | |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Roger Strøm | 36.53 | 14 | 36.15 | 7 | 72.68 | 10 |
| 500 m | Grunde Njøs | 36.32 | 11 | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| 1000 m | Roger Strøm | | | | | 1:13.58 | 34 |
| 1000 m | Grunde Njøs | | | | | 1:12.27 | 14 |
| 1500 m | Brigt Rykkje | | | | | 1:52.91 | 29 |
| 1500 m | Steinar Johansen | | | | | 1:52.88 | 28 |
| 1500 m | Ådne Søndrål | | | | | 1:47.87 WR | |
| 5000 m | Remi Hereide | | | | | 6:39.35 | 12 |
| 5000 m | Lasse Sætre | | | | | 6:38.95 | 11 |
| 5000 m | Kjell Storelid | | | | | 6:37.12 | 8 |
| 10,000 m | Remi Hereide | | | | | 14:09.90 | 15 |
| 10,000 m | Lasse Sætre | | | | | 13:42.94 | 7 |
| 10,000 m | Kjell Storelid | | | | | 13:35.95 | 5 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Edel Therese Høiseth | 40.02 | 23 | 39.99 | 20 | 80.01 | 20 |
| 1000 m | Edel Therese Høiseth | | | | | 1:19.23 | 14 |
| 1500 m | Anette Tønsberg | | | | | 2:03.03 | 17 |
| 3000 m | Anette Tønsberg | | | | | 4:19.24 | 15 |
| 5000 m | Anette Tønsberg | | | | | 7:28.39 | 13 |