Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1994 Winter Olympics
Norway at the; 1994 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Lillehammer
Competitors	88 (67 men, 21 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Bjørn Dæhlie (cross-country skiing)
Medals; Ranked 2nd	Gold 10 Silver 11 Bronze 5 Total 26
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Norway was the host nation for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. It was the second time that Norway had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, after the 1952 Games in Oslo. In 1994, Norway finished second in the medal ranking to Russia, with strong results in the skiing events.

During the games, Norway set a record: most gold medals won by a host nation, with 10.^[1] The United States tied it when they hosted the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City,^[1] but Canada broke it during the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.^[1]

Withdrawn from Figure Skating and Bobsleigh

As the host country, Norway automatically qualified spots to the 1994 Olympics. In 1992, however, the Norwegian Olympic Committee announced that skaters aspiring to be selected for Norway would have to finish in the top 12 at the European or World Championships. Since none met this requirement, Norway to withdraw from all the events.^[2]^[3] Although Leslie Monod / Cédric Monod's result at the 1993 World Championships allowed Switzerland to send two pairs to the Olympics, the Swiss Olympic Association elected not to send a pair after the Monods finished 11th at the 1994 European Championships.^[4]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Johann Olav Koss	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	13 February
Gold	Thomas Alsgaard	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometre freestyle	14 February
Gold	Stine Lise Hattestad	Freestyle skiing	Women's moguls	16 February
Gold	Johann Olav Koss	Speed skating	Men's 1500 metres	16 February
Gold	Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 10 kilometre classical	17 February
Gold	Fred Børre Lundberg	Nordic combined	Individual	19 February
Gold	Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit	19 February
Gold	Johann Olav Koss	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 metres	20 February
Gold	Lasse Kjus	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	25 February
Gold	Espen Bredesen	Ski jumping	Normal hill individual	25 February
Silver	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	13 February
Silver	Kjell Storelid	Speed skating	Men's 5000 metres	13 February
Silver	Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 30 kilometre freestyle	14 February
Silver	Espen Bredesen	Ski jumping	Large hill individual	20 February
Silver	Kjell Storelid	Speed skating	Men's 10,000 metres	20 February
Silver	Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Anita Moen	Cross-country skiing	Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay	21 February
Silver	Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie	Cross-country skiing	Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay	22 February
Silver	Knut Tore Apeland Bjarte Engen Vik Fred Børre Lundberg	Nordic combined	Team	24 February
Silver	Marit Wold	Cross-country skiing	Women's 30 kilometre classical	24 February
Silver	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	25 February
Silver	Lasse Ottesen	Ski jumping	Normal hill individual	25 February
Bronze	Kjetil André Aamodt	Alpine skiing	Men's super-G	17 February
Bronze	Bjarte Engen Vik	Nordic combined	Individual	19 February
Bronze	Hilde Synnøve Lid	Freestyle skiing	Women's aerials	24 February
Bronze	Harald-Christian Strand Nilsen	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	25 February
Bronze	Sture Sivertsen	Cross-country skiing	Men's 50 kilometre classical	27 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[5]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	7	5	12
Biathlon	5	6	11
Cross-country skiing	7	6	13
Freestyle skiing	2	2	4
Ice hockey	22	–	22
Luge	2	1	3
Nordic combined	4	–	4
Short track speed skating	5	0	5
Ski jumping	6	–	6
Speed skating	7	1	8
Total	67	21	88

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Lasse Kjus	Downhill			1:46.84	18
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:46.34	10
Atle Skårdal				1:46.29	9
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:45.79
Lasse Kjus	Super-G			1:34.02	12
Jan Einar Thorsen				1:33.37	7
Atle Skårdal				1:33.31	6
Kjetil André Aamodt				1:32.93
Ole Kristian Furuseth	Giant Slalom	DNF	–	DNF	–
Kjetil André Aamodt		1:30.03	1:23.88	2:53.91	12
Lasse Kjus		1:29.07	1:24.16	2:53.23	7
Jan Einar Thorsen		1:28.78	1:23.93	2:52.71	4
Ole Kristian Furuseth	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Lasse Kjus		DNF	–	DNF	–
Finn Christian Jagge		1:02.16	1:01.03	2:03.19	6
Kjetil André Aamodt		1:01.80	DNF	DNF	–

Men's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Harald Christian Strand Nilsen	1:39.05	51.59	48.50	3:19.14
Atle Skårdal	1:38.18	54.29	51.81	3:24.28	18
Kjetil André Aamodt	1:37.49	51.77	49.29	3:18.55
Lasse Kjus	1:36.95	51.25	49.33	3:17.53

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Time	Time	Rank
Jeanette Lunde	Downhill			1:37.80	11
Caroline Gedde-Dahl	Super-G			1:26.13	35
Jeanette Lunde				1:25.32	32
Marianne Kjørstad				1:23.83	22
Trine Bakke Rognmo	Giant Slalom	1:23.63	1:13.55	2:37.18	19
Caroline Gedde-Dahl		1:23.42	DNF	DNF	–
Marianne Kjørstad		1:21.81	1:12.98	2:34.79	8
Caroline Gedde-Dahl	Slalom	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Trine Bakke Rognmo		DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Marianne Kjørstad		DNF	–	DNF	–
Trude Gimle		1:01.55	58.32	1:59.87	15

Women's combined

Athlete	Downhill	Slalom		Total
Athlete	Time	Time 1	Time 2	Total time	Rank
Jeanette Lunde	1:29.31	55.11	51.55	3:15.97	15

Biathlon

Men

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
10 km Sprint	Sylfest Glimsdal	3	32:07.4	53
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1	30:44.6	28
	Jon Åge Tyldum	2	30:36.7	25
	Ivar Michal Ulekleiv	1	29:56.6	14

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
20 km	Jon Åge Tyldum	1'00:31.7	3	1'03:31.7	52
	Halvard Hanevold	58:52.0	4	1'02:52.0	46
	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	57:51.0	4	1'01:51.0	36
	Sylfest Glimsdal	56:42.4	3	59:42.4	9

Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Ole Einar Bjørndalen Ivar Michal Ulekleiv Halvard Hanevold Jon Åge Tyldum	0	1'33:32.8	7

Women

Event	Athlete	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
7.5 km Sprint	Hildegunn Fossen	4	29:16.2	47
	Annette Sikveland	2	27:32.8	22
	Ann Elen Skjelbreid	1	27:17.7	17
	Elin Kristiansen	0	26:53.5	10

Event	Athlete	Time	Misses	Adjusted time ²	Rank
15 km	Anne Elvebakk	55:29.8	5	1'00:29.8	59
	Gunn Margit Andreassen	56:02.7	3	59:02.7	43
	Elin Kristiansen	54:04.2	3	57:04.2	31
	Hildegunn Fossen	52:55.4	3	55:55.4	21

Women's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ¹	Time	Rank
Ann Elen Skjelbreid Annette Sikveland Hildegunn Fossen Elin Kristiansen	2	1'54:08.1	4

¹ A penalty loop of 150 metres had to be skied per missed target.

² One minute added per missed target.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km C	Thomas Alsgaard	26:07.0	24
	Vegard Ulvang	25:08.0	7
	Sture Sivertsen	24:59.7	5
	Bjørn Dæhlie	24:20.1
15 km pursuit¹ F	Sture Sivertsen	37:49.7	7
15 km pursuit¹ F	Bjørn Dæhlie	35:48.8
30 km F	Kristen Skjeldal	1'17:48.3	18
	Egil Kristiansen	1'15:37.7	8
	Bjørn Dæhlie	1'13:13.6
	Thomas Alsgaard	1'12:26.4
50 km C	Vegard Ulvang	2'10:40.0	10
	Erling Jevne	2'09:12.2	5
	Bjørn Dæhlie	2'09:11.4	4
	Sture Sivertsen	2'08:49.0

¹ Starting delay based on 10 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Sture Sivertsen Vegard Ulvang Thomas Alsgaard Bjørn Dæhlie	1'41:15.4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
5 km C	Elin Nilsen	15:03.1	12
	Trude Dybendahl	14:48.1	7
	Inger Helene Nybråten	14:43.6	5
	Anita Moen	14:39.4	4
10 km pursuit² F	Elin Nilsen	29:35.4	12
	Anita Moen	29:13.2	8
	Trude Dybendahl	28:42.2	7
15 km F	Bente Martinsen	44:35.0	20
	Marit Wold	43:25.1	14
	Elin Nilsen	43:19.8	13
	Anita Moen	42:42.9	10
30 km C	Anita Moen	1'28:18.1	10
	Inger Helene Nybråten	1'27:11.2	7
	Trude Dybendahl	1'26:52.6	4
	Marit Wold	1'25:57.8

² Starting delay based on 5 km results.

C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Women's 4 × 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Trude Dybendahl Inger Helene Nybråten Elin Nilsen Anita Moen	57:42.6

Freestyle skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Hans Engelsen Eide	Moguls	23.84	25.06	8 Q	23.86	23.32	15
Tor Skeie	Aerials		172.77	15	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank
Stine Lise Hattestad	Moguls	31.83	24.91	2 Q	29.51	25.97
Hilde Synnøve Lid	Aerials		158.70	2 Q		164.13

Ice hockey

Group A

Twelve participating teams were placed in the two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the consolation round for the 9th to 12th places.

	Team advanced to the Final Round
	Team sent to compete in the consolation round

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	PTS
Finland	5	5	0	25	4	10
Germany	5	3	2	11	14	6
Czech Republic	5	3	2	16	11	6
Russia	5	3	2	20	14	6
Austria	5	1	4	13	28	2
Norway	5	0	5	5	19	0

Norway	1:5	Russia
Norway	1:2	Germany
Norway	0:4	Finland
Norway	1:4	Czech Republic
Norway	2:4	Austria

consolation round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Norway	3–6	Italy

11th place match

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Norway	3–1	Austria

Team roster

Head coach: Bengt Ohlson

Luge

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athletes	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harald Rolfsen Lars-Marius Waldal	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pia Wedege	49.367	12	49.490	10	49.720	17	49.470	13	3:18.047	13

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		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Trond Einar Elden	Individual	201.5	17	43:10.7	8
Knut Tore Apeland		204.5	15	43:59.6	11
Bjarte Engen Vik		240.5	3	40:26.2
Fred Børre Lundberg		247.0	1	39:07.9

Men's Team

Three participants per team.

Events:

normal hill ski jumping
10 km cross-country skiing (Start delay, based on ski jumping results.)

Athletes	Ski jumping		Cross-country time	Total rank
Athletes	Points	Rank	Cross-country time	Total rank
Bjarte Engen Vik Knut Tore Apeland Fred Børre Lundberg	672.0	2	1'27:40.9

Short track speed skating

Men

Athlete	Event	Round one		Quarter finals		Semi finals		Finals
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Final rank
Bjørnar Elgetun	500 m	44.01	1 Q	45.35	3	did not advance
Bjørnar Elgetun	1000 m	1:32.35	2 Q	1:30.96	3	did not advance
Bjørnar Elgetun Gisle Elvebakken Tore Klevstuen Morten Staubo Øystein Carlsen	5000 m relay					7:25.73	4 QB	7:24.29	6

Ski jumping

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Bjørn Myrbakken	Normal hill	87.0	106.5	84.5	71.0	177.5	39
Øyvind Berg		89.0	112.5	59.0	37.0	149.5	52
Lasse Ottesen		102.5	137.5	98.0	130.5	268.0
Espen Bredesen		100.5	140.5	104.0	141.5	282.0
Stein Henrik Tuff	Large hill	87.0	51.1	90.5	59.4	110.5	43
Øyvind Berg		112.0	99.6	105.5	87.4	187.0	17
Lasse Ottesen		117.0	109.6	120.0	117.0	226.6	6
Espen Bredesen		135.5	144.4	122.0	122.1	266.5

Men's team large hill

Athletes	Result
Athletes	Points ¹	Rank
Espen Bredesen Lasse Ottesen Øyvind Berg Roar Ljøkelsøy	898.8	4

¹ Four teams members performed two jumps each.

Speed skating

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Roger Strøm	DNF	–
500 m	Grunde Njøs	36.66	7
1000 m	Ådne Søndrål	DSQ	–
	Grunde Njøs	DNF	–
	Roger Strøm	1:13.74	7
1500 m	Steinar Johansen	1:55.21	18
	Kjell Storelid	1:54.69	14
	Ådne Søndrål	1:53.13	4
	Johann Olav Koss	1:51.29 OR
5000 m	Atle Vårvik	7:00.83	26
	Kjell Storelid	6:42.68
	Johann Olav Koss	6:34.96 OR
10,000 m	Kjell Storelid	13:49.25
10,000 m	Johann Olav Koss	13:30.55 WR

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	40.20	8
1000 m	Edel Therese Høiseth	1:22.98	26

Notes

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^ ^a ^b ^c Canadian Press (February 27, 2010). "Canada sets Olympic gold record". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2010-02-27.
^ ^a ^b Hersh, Phil (26 January 1994). "Hard To Figure: No Norwegian Skaters". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Diaz, George (30 January 1994). "Norway Hits Skids In Skating". Orlando Sentinel.
^ ^a ^b Secretan, Jacques (3 February 1994). "Les Monod rangent leurs patins" [The Monods hang up their skates]. L'Hebdo (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2014.
^ Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics

References

[RecordGolds-1] Canadian Press (February 27, 2010). "Canada sets Olympic gold record". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2010-02-27.

[CT940126-2] Hersh, Phil (26 January 1994). "Hard To Figure: No Norwegian Skaters". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 10, 2022.

[OS940130-3] Diaz, George (30 January 1994). "Norway Hits Skids In Skating". Orlando Sentinel.

[hebdo940203-4] Secretan, Jacques (3 February 1994). "Les Monod rangent leurs patins" [The Monods hang up their skates]. L'Hebdo (in French). Archived from the original on 15 June 2014.

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