Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Norway at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Norway at the; 1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Munich
Competitors	112 (101 men, 11 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Harald Barlie (wrestling)
Medals; Ranked 21st	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway was represented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 112 competitors, 101 men and 11 women, took part in 70 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Norway finished in 21st position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and four medals overall.

Gold

Knut Knudsen — Cycling, Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit
Leif Jenssen — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight

Silver

Frank Hansen and Svein Thøgersen — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

Bronze

Egil Søby, Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, and Jan Johansen — Canoeing, Men's K4 1,000m Kayak Fours

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Norway entered one woman and three men in the competition. Their best finisher, at 32nd place in the men's competition, was Jan Erik Humlekjær.

Men's Individuel Competition:

Jan Erik Humlekjær - 2339 points (→ 32nd place)
Johannes Akkerhaugen - 2288 points (→ 36th place)
Egil Borgen Johansen - 2219 points (→ 48th place)

Women's Individual Competition:

Brit Stav - 1929 points (40th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

Audun Garshol

Heat — 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
Quarter final — 10.55 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

Audun Garshol

Heat — 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
Quarter final — 25.30 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres

Wenche Sørum

Heat — 4:14.10 min (→ advanced to the semi-final)
Semi final — 4:09.70 min (→ did not advance)

Grete Waitz

Heat — 4:16.00 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

Per Halle

Heat — 13:38.6 min (→ advanced to the final)
Final — 13:34.38 min (→ 7th place)

Arne Risa

Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

Knut Børø

Heat — 14:15.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

Arne Risa

Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

Jan Voje

Heat — 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance)

Sverre Sørnes

Heat — 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

Leif Roar Falkum

Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

Finn Bendixen

Qualification — 7.61 m (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump

Kristen Fløgstad

Qualification — 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final)
Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw

Bjørn Grimnes

Round 1 — 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final)
Final — 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)

Men's 20 km walk

Jan Rolstad — 1:33:03 hrs (→ 11th place)

Men's 50 km walk

Kjell Georg Lund — 4:34.23 hrs (→ 24th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented Norway in 1972.

Individual road race

Tore Milsett — 17th place
Thorleif Andresen — 70th place
Arve Haugen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Jan Henriksen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

1000m time trial

Harald Bundli

Final — 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)

Individual pursuit

Knut Knudsen

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard:

Roar Løken — 514.92 points (→ 10th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Jan von Koss, Jeppe Normann, Ole Mørch, Claus Mørch Jr.

Gymnastics

Handball

Norway's 1-1-1 record in the first round put the team in a tie for second place with West Germany (which was the team that Norway had tied), but the advantage went to the West Germans and Norway's third-place finish put them into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won.

Men's Team Competition: