Norway at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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.

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 &mdash; 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
 * Quarter final &mdash; 10.55 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 metres
 * Audun Garshol
 * Heat &mdash; 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
 * Quarter final &mdash; 25.30 s (→ did not advance)

Women's 1500 metres
 * Wenche Sørum
 * Heat &mdash; 4:14.10 min (→ advanced to the semi-final)
 * Semi final &mdash; 4:09.70 min (→ did not advance)


 * Grete Waitz
 * Heat &mdash; 4:16.00 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres
 * Per Halle
 * Heat &mdash; 13:38.6 min (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 13:34.38 min (→ 7th place)


 * Arne Risa
 * Heat &mdash; 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)


 * Knut Børø
 * Heat &mdash; 14:15.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres
 * Arne Risa
 * Heat &mdash; 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
 * Jan Voje
 * Heat &mdash; 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance)


 * Sverre Sørnes
 * Heat &mdash; 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
 * Leif Roar Falkum
 * Qualification &mdash; NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump
 * Finn Bendixen
 * Qualification &mdash; 7.61 m (→ did not advance)

Men's triple jump
 * Kristen Fløgstad
 * Qualification &mdash; 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

Men's Javelin Throw
 * Bjørn Grimnes
 * Round 1 &mdash; 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)

Men's 20 km walk
 * Jan Rolstad &mdash; 1:33:03 hrs (→ 11th place)

Men's 50 km walk
 * Kjell Georg Lund &mdash; 4:34.23 hrs (→ 24th place)

Cycling
Seven cyclists represented Norway in 1972.


 * Individual road race
 * Tore Milsett &mdash; 17th place
 * Thorleif Andresen &mdash; 70th place
 * Arve Haugen &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)
 * Jan Henriksen &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)


 * Team time trial
 * Thorleif Andresen
 * Arve Haugen
 * Knut Knudsen
 * Magne Orre


 * 1000m time trial
 * Harald Bundli
 * Final &mdash; 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)


 * Individual pursuit
 * Knut Knudsen

Diving
Men's 3m Springboard:
 * Roar Løken &mdash; 514.92 points (→ 10th place)

Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.


 * Men's épée
 * Morten von Krogh
 * Ole Mørch
 * Jeppe Normann


 * Men's team épée
 * Jan von Koss, Jeppe Normann, Ole Mørch, Claus Mørch Jr.

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:
 * Norway - 9th place (3-1-1)

Rowing
Men's Coxed Pairs
 * Rolf Andreassen, Arne Bergodd and Thor-Egil Olsen
 * Heat &mdash; 8:00.56
 * Repechage &mdash; 8:03.50
 * Semi-finals &mdash; 8:30.29

Shooting
Seven male shooters represented Norway in 1972.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Thor-Øistein Endsjø


 * 50 m pistol
 * John Rødseth


 * 300 m rifle, three positions
 * Helge Anshushaug
 * Bjørn Bakken


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Bjørn Bakken
 * Helge Anshushaug


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Helge Anshushaug
 * Jens Nygård


 * 50 m running target
 * John H. Larsen, Jr.
 * Tore Skau

Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Fritz Warncke
 * Heat &mdash; 54.41s (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

Men's 200m Freestyle
 * Fritz Warncke
 * Heat &mdash; 2:00.98 (→ 31st place, did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle
 * Sverre Kile
 * Heat &mdash; 4:20.86 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Medley
 * Sverre Kile
 * Heat &mdash; 4:59,72 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Freestyle
 * Grethe Mathisen
 * Heat &mdash; 1:01.47 (→ 17th place, did not advance)

Women's 200m Medley
 * Trine Krogh
 * Heat &mdash; 5:25,08 (→ did not advance)

Women's 400m Medley
 * Trine Krogh
 * Heat &mdash; 2:36,27 (→ did not advance)