Norway at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
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Competitors	53 in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Harald Stenvaag[1]
Medals Ranked 17th	Gold 5 Silver 0 Bronze 1 Total 6
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1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the2004 Summer Olympics inAthens,Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-fourth appearance at the Summer Olympics, except for the1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, and the1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, due to the country's support of theUnited States boycott. With the absence of women's football and handball teams,Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City. A total of 53 athletes, 36 men and 17 women, competed only in 12 different sports. There was only a single competitor in badminton, swimming, taekwondo, weightlifting, and wrestling.

Sixteen athletes from the Norwegian team had previously competed in Sydney, including Olympic silver medalistsKjersti Plätzer in women's race walk andOlaf Tufte in men's single sculls. At age 51, rifle shooting veteranHarald Stenvaag became the second Norwegian in Summer Olympic history to participate in six Games, tying a record set by sailorMagnus Konow. He was appointed by the National Olympic Committee to carry the Norwegian flag in the opening ceremony.^[1] Other notable Norwegian athletes featured kayak pair and world championsNils Olav Fjeldheim andEirik Verås Larsen, yachting siblingsChristoffer andSiren Sundby, and breaststroke swimmerAlexander Dale Oen, the youngest of the team at age 19.

Despite fielding its smallest team since 1968, Norway left Athens with a remarkable tally of six medals, five golds and one bronze. As a result, the Games were considered the nation's most successful Summer Olympics since 1920.^[2]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Olaf Tufte	Rowing	Men's single sculls	August 21
Gold	Siren Sundby	Sailing	Europe class	August 22
Gold	Eirik Verås Larsen	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m	August 27
Gold	Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå	Cycling	Women's cross-country	August 27
Gold	Andreas Thorkildsen	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	August 28
Bronze	Nils Olav Fjeldheim Eirik Verås Larsen	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m	August 27

Norwegian athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[3][4]

Men

Track & road events

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Ronny Nilsen	Javelin throw	72.70	29	Did not advance
Andreas Thorkildsen		81.74	8Q	86.50

Combined events –Decathlon

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jim Ronny Andersen	Men's singles	Yang (GUA) W 15–9, 8–15, 15–6	Kuncoro (INA) L 7–15, 6–15	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eirik Verås Larsen	Men's K-1 500 m	1:36.905	1q	1:38.361	1Q	1:38.667	4
	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:25.150	1Q	Bye		3:25.897
Nils Olav Fjeldheim Eirik Verås Larsen	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:09.247	1Q	Bye		3:19.528
Andreas Gjersøe Mattis Næss Jacob Norenberg Alexander Wefald	Men's K-4 1000 m	2:54.894	4q	2:54.350	2Q	3:01.698	5

Qualification Legend:Q = Qualify to final;q = Qualify to semifinal

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå	Women's cross-country	1:56:51

Norwegian rowers qualified the following boats:

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olaf Tufte	Single sculls	7:12.53	1SA/B/C	Bye		6:50.55	1FA	6:49.30
Morten Adamsen Nils-Torolv Simonsen	Double sculls	6:45.26	2SA/B	Bye		6:14.69	3FA	6:37.25	7

Qualification Legend:FA=Final A (medal);FB=Final B (non-medal);FC=Final C (non-medal);FD=Final D (non-medal);FE=Final E (non-medal);FF=Final F (non-medal);SA/B=Semifinals A/B;SC/D=Semifinals C/D;SE/F=Semifinals E/F;R=Repechage

Norwegian sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Jannicke Stålstrøm	Mistral	9	3	7	15	14	12	11	8	14	14	OCS	107	11
Siren Sundby	Europe	1	3	DSQ	1	19	4	4	1	1	1	12	47
Karianne Eikeland Lise Birgitte Fredriksen Beate Kristiansen	Yngling	14	13	4	6	10	1	14	8	9	15	6	85	9

Open

M = Medal race;OCS =On course side of the starting line;DSQ = Disqualified;DNF = Did not finish;DNS= Did not start;RDG = Redress given

Five Norwegian shooters qualified to compete in the following events:

Men

Norwegian swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Norway has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nina Solheim	Women's −67 kg	Šarić (CRO) W 5–2	Luo W (CHN) LRSC	Did not advance	Hwang K-S (KOR) LWO	Did not advance		7

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Vegard Høidalen Jørre Kjemperud	Men's	Pool D  Berg –Dahl (SWE) L 0 – 2 (13–21, 18–21)  Hernández –Papaleo (PUR) W 2 – 1 (18–21, 21–19, 15–10)  Dieckmann –Reckermann (GER) W 2 – 1 (22–24, 26–24, 15–13)	3Q	Rego – Santos (BRA) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–19, 6–15)	Did not advance
Iver Horrem Bjørn Maaseide		Pool A  Rego –Santos (BRA) L 1 – 2 (15–21, 21–19, 10–15)  Holdren –Metzger (USA) W 2 – 1 (16–21, 22–20, 15–9)  Schacht –Slack (AUS) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 17–21)	4	Did not advance
Susanne Glesnes Kathrine Maaseide	Women's	Pool D  McPeak –Youngs (USA) L 0 – 2 (14–21, 14–21)  Kuhn –Schnyder (SUI) W 2 – 1 (21–18, 17–21, 15–13)  Dumont –Martin (CAN) L 0 – 2 (19–21, 27–29)	3	Did not advance
Nila Håkedal Ingrid Tørlen		Pool C  Connelly –Pires (BRA) L 0 – 2 (18–21, 19–21)  Arvaniti –Koutroumanidou (GRE) L 1 – 2 (11–21, 23–21, 12–15)  Lahme –Müsch (GER) W 2 – 1 (13–21, 21–17, 15–12)	4	Did not advance

Norway has qualified a single weightlifter.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Fritz Aanes	−84 kg	Avramis (GRE) L 1–3PP	Jamshidi (IRI) L 0–3PO	3	Did not advance			15

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