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Norway at the
Olympics
Norway at the; Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrettsforbundet.no (in Norwegian)
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 213 Silver 187 Bronze 176 Total 576
Summer appearances
	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;
Winter appearances
	1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Norway first participated at the Summer Olympics in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when they participated in the American-led boycott and, as previously thought, the 1904 Games in St. Louis, United States. However, at the beginning of the 21st century, it was discovered that wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen, who were Norwegian expatriates in America whose medals at the 1904 Summer Olympics were previously attributed to United States, still held Norwegian citizenship at the time of the games. They won the gold medals in the wrestling welterweight and heavyweight events respectively.

Norwegian athletes have won a total of 160 medals at the Summer Olympics, with sailing and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 405 total medals including 148 gold medals, both considerably more than any other nation in Winter Olympic history. More than half of these medals have come from cross-country skiing and speed skating (it used to be half the disciplines). Norway is one of only three nations (along with Austria and Liechtenstein) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Norway was created and recognized in 1900.

1904 Summer Olympics

The International Olympic Committee originally considered Norwegian-American wrestlers Charles Ericksen and Bernhoff Hansen to have competed for the United States (both were Norwegian immigrants to the US); each won a gold medal. In 2012, Norwegian historians however found documentation showing that Ericksen did not receive American citizenship until March 22, 1905, and that Hansen, who was registered as an "alien" (foreigner) as late as 1925, probably never received American citizenship. The historians have therefore petitioned to have the athletes registered as Norwegians.^[1]^[2] In May 2013, it was reported that the Norwegian Olympic Committee had filed a formal application for changing the nationality of the wrestlers in IOC's medal database.^[3] In July 2021, the IOC modified data in the official database, recognizing Ericksen and Hansen as having competed for Norway.

Hosted Games

Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions.

Games	Host city	Dates	Nations	Participants	Events
1952 Winter Olympics	Oslo	14 – 25 February	30	694	22
1994 Winter Olympics	Lillehammer	12 – 27 February	67	1,737	61

Medal tables

*Purple border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Medals by Summer Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1896 Athens	did not participate
1900 Paris	7	0	2	3	5	16
1904 St. Louis	2	2	0	0	2	7
1908 London	69	2	3	3	8	8
1912 Stockholm	190	3	2	5	10	8
1920 Antwerp	194	13	9	9	31	6
1924 Paris	62	5	2	3	10	7
1928 Amsterdam	52	1	2	1	4	19
1932 Los Angeles	5	0	0	0	0	–
1936 Berlin	70	1	3	2	6	18
1948 London	81	1	3	3	7	19
1952 Helsinki	102	3	2	0	5	10
1956 Melbourne	22	1	0	2	3	22
1960 Rome	40	1	0	0	1	21
1964 Tokyo	26	0	0	0	0	–
1968 Mexico City	46	1	1	0	2	25
1972 Munich	112	2	1	1	4	21
1976 Montreal	66	1	1	0	2	21
1980 Moscow	did not participate
1984 Los Angeles	103	0	1	2	3	28
1988 Seoul	70	2	3	0	5	21
1992 Barcelona	83	2	4	1	7	22
1996 Atlanta	98	2	2	3	7	30
2000 Sydney	93	4	3	3	10	19
2004 Athens	52	5	0	1	6	17
2008 Beijing	85	3	5	1	9	22
2012 London	66	2	1	1	4	35
2016 Rio de Janeiro	62	0	0	4	4	74
2020 Tokyo	85	4	2	2	8	20
2024 Paris	107	4	1	3	8	18
2028 Los Angeles	future event
2032 Brisbane	future event
Total		65	53	53	171	21

Medals by Winter Games

Games	Athletes	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
1924 Chamonix	14	4	7	6	17	1
1928 St. Moritz	25	6	4	5	15	1
1932 Lake Placid	19	3	4	3	10	2
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen	31	7	5	3	15	1
1948 St. Moritz	49	4	3	3	10	1
1952 Oslo	73	7	3	6	16	1
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	45	2	1	1	4	7
1960 Squaw Valley	29	3	3	0	6	4
1964 Innsbruck	58	3	6	6	15	3
1968 Grenoble	65	6	6	2	14	1
1972 Sapporo	67	2	5	5	12	7
1976 Innsbruck	42	3	3	1	7	4
1980 Lake Placid	64	1	3	6	10	8
1984 Sarajevo	58	3	2	4	9	6
1988 Calgary	63	0	3	2	5	12
1992 Albertville	80	9	6	5	20	3
1994 Lillehammer	88	10	11	5	26	2
1998 Nagano	76	10	10	5	25	2
2002 Salt Lake City	77	13	5	7	25	1
2006 Turin	69	2	8	9	19	13
2010 Vancouver	99	9	8	6	23	4
2014 Sochi	134	11	6	9	26	1
2018 Pyeongchang	109	14	14	11	39	1
2022 Beijing	84	16	8	13	37	1
2026 Milano Cortina	future event
2030 French Alps	future event
2034 Salt Lake City	future event
Total		148	134	123	405	1

Records

The most gold and total medals in the history of the Winter Olympics (148 and 405)
The most gold medals won in a single Winter Olympics (16 in 2022)
The most total medals won in a single Winter Olympics (39 in 2018)

Medals by summer sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Sailing	17	11	5	33
Shooting	13	8	11	32
Athletics	10	8	8	26
Canoeing	6	4	4	14
Wrestling	4	2	3	9
Rowing	3	7	8	18
Handball	3	2	3	8
Cycling	2	0	2	4
Weightlifting	2	0	0	2
Boxing	1	2	2	5
Gymnastics	1	2	1	4
Football	1	0	2	3
Beach volleyball	1	0	1	2
Triathlon	1	0	0	1
Taekwondo	0	2	0	2
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Equestrian	0	1	0	1
Fencing	0	1	0	1
Tennis	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)	65	51	52	168

*This table does not include three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Medals by winter sport

Leading in that sport


Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Cross country skiing	52	43	34	129
Speed skating	28	29	30	87
Biathlon	22	18	15	55
Nordic combined	15	12	8	35
Ski jumping	12	10	14	36
Alpine skiing	11	14	15	40
Freestyle skiing	4	2	4	10
Figure skating	3	2	1	6
Curling	1	2	2	5
Snowboarding	0	4	1	5
Totals (10 entries)	148	136	124	408

*This table includes three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Summary by sport

Athletics

Norway's Olympic debut in 1900 included two track and field athletes; Carl Albert Andersen won a bronze medal in the pole vault.

Games	Athletes	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1900 Paris	2	4/23	0	0	1	1
Total			9	6	8	23

Sailing

Norway made its sailing debut in 1908.

Games	No. Sailors	Events	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Ranking
1896	Scheduled but event wasn't held
1900	0	0/13	0	0	0	0
1904	Not Scheduled
1908	5	1/4	0	0	0	0
1912	18	3/4	2	0	0	2	1
1916	Games Cancelled
1920	59	11/14	7	3	1	11	1
1924	9	3/3	2	1	0	3	1
1928	10	3/3	1	1	0	2	1
1932	0	0/4	0	0	0	0
1936	14	4/4	0	2	0	2	5
1940	Games Cancelled
1944	Games Cancelled
1948	13	4/5	1	0	0	1	3
1952	12	4/5	1	2	0	3	2
1956	6	2/5	0	0	0	0
1960	9	4/5	1	0	0	1	4
1964	9	4/5	0	0	0	0
1968	11	5/5	0	1	0	1	5
1972	13	6/6	0	0	0	0
1976	6	3/6	0	0	0	0
1980	0	0/6	0	0	0	0
1984	7	4/7	0	0	0	0
1988	7	4/8	0	1	0	1	9
1992	14	8/10	1	0	0	1	6
1996	8	5/10	0	0	1	1	19
2000	9	5/11	0	0	1	1	13
2004	8	5/11	1	0	0	1	8
2008	9	6/11	0	0	0	0
2012	6	5/10	0	0	0	0
2016	6	5/10	0	0	0	0
2020	8	6/10	0	0	1	1	16
Total			17	11	4	32	3

Shooting

Norway made its shooting debut in 1900. Ole Østmo earned medals in two of the free rifle positions, contributing to an individual three-position bronze and a team silver.