Norway at the 1908 Summer Olympics

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Norway at the Olympic Games
Flag of Norway
IOC code: NOR
1908 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	58
Flag Bearer	Oscar W. Bye
Medals	Gold 2	Silver 3	Bronze 3	Total 8
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Norway competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. It was the second appearance of the European nation, after having made it's Olympic debut in 1900.

1 Results by event
2 Sources

[edit] Results by event

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[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Norway's best athletics result was Arne Halse's silver medal in the javelin throw.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heats	Semifinals	Final

Men's 100 metres	Heats	Oscar Guttormsen	12.0 seconds 2nd, heat 2	Did not advance
Men's 100 metres	Heats	John Johansen	11.7 seconds 2nd, heat 5	Did not advance

Men's 200 metres	Semi- finalist	Oscar Guttormsen	Walkover 1st, heat 14	Unknown 4th, semifinal 1	Did not advance

Men's 400 metres	Heats	Oscar Guttormsen	Unknown 2nd, heat 5	Did not advance

Men's 1500 metres	Semi- finalist	Oscar Larsen	None held	Unknown 4th, semifinal 8	Did not advance
	Semi- finalist	Nils Dahl		Unknown 7th, semifinal 1
	—	Evert Björn		Did not finish —, semifinal 3

Men's 110 metre hurdles	Heats	Wilhelm Blystad	Unknown 2nd, heat 11	Did not advance
Men's 110 metre hurdles	Heats	Oscar Guttormsen	Unknown 2nd, heat 12	Did not advance

Event	Place	Athlete	Height/ Distance

Men's high jump	13th	Henry Olsen	1.72 metres
Men's high jump	—	Otto Monsen	No mark

Men's long jump	21-32	Henry Olsen	Unknown

Men's triple jump	3rd	Edvard Larsen	14.39 metres
	13th	Henry Olsen	13.17 metres
	14th	Oscar Guttormsen	13.16 metres

Men's standing high jump	8th	William Blystad	1.42 metres

Men's shot put	9-25	Arne Halse	Unknown

Men's discus throw	12-42	John Falchenberg	Unknown

Men's javelin throw	2nd	Arne Halse	50.57 metres
Men's javelin throw	8-16	John Johansen	Unknown

Men's freestyle javelin	3rd	Arne Halse	49.73 metres
	10-33	Conrad Carlsrud	Unknown
	10-33	John Johansen	Unknown

[edit] Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Fencer	First round	Second round

Men's épée	First round	Hans Bergsland	4-4 (6th in D)	Did not advance

[edit] Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score

Men's all-around	Unknown	Conrad Carlsrud	Unknown
		Peter Hol	Unknown
		Eugen Ingebretsen	Unknown
		Ole Iversen	Unknown
		Per Mathias Jespersen	Unknown
		Carl Klæth	Unknown
		Frithjof Olsen	Unknown
		John Skrataas	Unknown

Event	Place	Gymnast	Score

Men's team	2nd	Carl Albert Andersen, Hermann Bolme, Trygve Bøyesen, Oscar Bye, Conrad Carlsrud, Sverre Grøner, Harald Halvorsen, Harald Hansen, Peter Hol, Eugen Ingebretsen, Ole Iversen, Mathias Jespersen, Sigge Johannessen, Nicolai Kiær, Karl Klæth, Thor Larsen, Rolf Lefdahl, Hans Lem, Anders Moen, Frithjof Olsen, Carl Alfred Pedersen, Paul Pedersen, Sigvard Sivertsen, Johannes Skrataas, Harald Smedvik, Andreas Strand, Olaf Syvertsen, Thomas Thorstensen	425

[edit] Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Rowers	First round	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals

Men's coxed eights	5th	Otto Krogh, Erik Bye, Ambrosius Høyer, Gustav Hæhre, Emil Irgens, Hannibal Feght, Wilhelm Hansen, Annan Knudsen, Einar Tønsager	None held	Unknown 2nd, quarterfinal 1	Did not advance

[edit] Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Class	Place	Boat	Sailors

8 metre	4th	Fram	Johan Anker, Einar Hvoslef, Hagbart Steffens, Magnus Konow, Eilart Fach Lund

[edit] Shooting

Event	Place	Shooter	Score

Men's 1000 yard free rifle	28th	Jørgen Bru	82
	40th	Georg Erdmann	61
	41st	Asmund Enger	58
	41st	Kolbjørn Kvam	58
	47th	Mathias Glomnes	26

Men's 300 metre free rifle	1st	Albert Helgerud	909
	3rd	Ole Sæther	883
	6th	Julius Braathe	851
	9th	Olaf Sæter	830
	13th	Georg Erdmann	821
	19th	Kolbjørn Kvam	777
	24th	Olivius Skymoen	760
	26th	Per Olaf Olsen	752
	47th	Mathias Glomnes	563

Men's team free rifle	1st	Albert Helgerud Ole Sæther Gudbrand Gudbrandsen Skatteboe Olaf Sæter Julius Braathe Einar Liberg	5055

Men's team military rifle	6th	Ole Sæther Einar Liberg Gudbrand Gudbrandsen Skatteboe Albert Helgerud Mathias Glomnes Jørgen Bru	2192

[edit] Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Event	Place	Wrestler	Round of 16	Quarter- finals	Semi- finals	Final

Freestyle heavyweight	2nd	Jacob Gundersen	Defeated West	Defeated Humphreys	Defeated Nixson	Lost to O'Kelly

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Great Britain	3	1	.750

Total	3	1	.750

[edit] Sources

Cook, Theodore Andrea (1908). The Fourth Olympiad, Being the Official Report. London: British Olympic Association.
De Wael, Herman (2001). Top London 1908 Olympians. Herman's Full Olympians. Retrieved on 5 June 2006.

Nations at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England
Argentina • Australasia • Austria • Belgium • Bohemia • Canada • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Great Britain • Greece • Hungary • Italy • Netherlands • Norway • Russia • South Africa • Sweden • Switzerland • Turkey • United States

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