Norway at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Norway was represented at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States, by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports.

Gold

 * Vebjørn Rodal — Athletics, Men's 800 m
 * Knut Holmann — Canoeing, Men's K1 1,000 m Kayak Singles

Silver

 * Knut Holmann — Canoeing, Men's K1 500 m Kayak Singles
 * Steffen Størseth and Kjetil Undset — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

Bronze

 * Trine Hattestad — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
 * Peer Moberg — Sailing, Men's Laser Individual Competition
 * Reidun Seth, Tina Svensson, Trine Tangeraas, Marianne Pettersen, Hege Riise, Brit Sandaune, Merete Myklebust, Bente Nordby, Nina Nymark Andersen, Tone Gunn Frustol, Tone Haugen, Linda Medalen, Ann-Kristin Aarønes, Agnete Carlsen, and Gro Espeseth — Football (soccer), Women's Team Competition

Archery
In the fifth appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway represented by one man and one woman. Their combined record was 3–2.

Women's Individual Competition:
 * Wenche-Lin Hess → Round of 32 - 17th place (1-1)

Men's Individual Competition:
 * Bertil Martinus Grov → Round of 16, 14th place (2-1)

Athletics
Men's 200 metres
 * Geir Moen
 * Heat – 20.78 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
 * Quarter final – 20.48 s (→ advanced to the semi-final)
 * Semi final – 20.96 s (→ did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
 * Atle Douglas
 * Heat – 1:48.60 min (→ did not advance)


 * Vebjørn Rodal
 * Heat – 1:45.30 min (→ advanced to the semi-final)
 * Semi final – 1:43.96 min (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final – 1:42.58 min (→ [[Image:Med 1.png]] Gold medal)

Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
 * Jim Svenøy
 * Heat – 8:31.30 min (→ advanced to the semi-final)
 * Semi final – 8:19.79 min (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final – 8:23.39 min (→ 8th place)

Women's Marathon
 * Anita Håkenstad &mdash; 2:43.58 hrs (→ 48th place)

Women's 100 metres hurdles
 * Lena Solli
 * Heat – 13.13 s (→ advanced to the quarter-final)
 * Quarter final – 13.30 s (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump
 * Steinar Hoen
 * Qualification &mdash; 2.28 m (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 2.32 m (→ 5th place)

Women's High Jump
 * Hanne Haugland
 * Qualification &mdash; 1.93 m (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 1.96 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Triple Jump
 * Sigurd Njerve
 * Qualification &mdash; 16.15 m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw
 * Svein Inge Valvik
 * Qualification &mdash; 59.60 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Discus Throw
 * Mette Bergmann
 * Qualification &mdash; 62.24 m (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 62.28 m (→ 9th place)

Men's Javelin Throw
 * Pål Arne Fagernes
 * Qualification &mdash; 79.78 m (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw
 * Trine Hattestad
 * Qualification &mdash; 64.52 m (→ advanced to the final)
 * Final &mdash; 64.98 m (→ [[Image:Med 3.png|Bronze]] Bronze medal)

Boxing
Men's Light Middleweight (71 kg)
 * Jørn Johnson
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Sean Black (Jamaica), 13-7
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Mohamed Marmouri (Tunisia), 4-17

Road Competition
Women's Individual Road Race
 * Ragnhild Kostoll
 * Final &mdash; 02:37:06 (→ 18th place)


 * Ingunn Bollerud
 * Final &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Women's Individual Time Trial
 * May Britt Hartwell
 * Final &mdash; did not start (→ no ranking)

Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country
 * Rune Høydahl
 * Final &mdash; 2:28:16 (→ 11th place)

Women's Cross Country
 * Gunn-Rita Dahle
 * Final &mdash; 1:53.50 (→ 4th place)

Football

 * Women's tournament

Swimming
Men's 100 m Breaststroke
 * Borge Mørk
 * Heat &mdash; 1:04.92 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 200 m Breaststroke Women's 50 m Freestyle
 * Borge Mørk
 * Heat &mdash; 2:20.42 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
 * Vibeke Johansen
 * Heat &mdash; 26.22 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100 m Freestyle
 * Vibeke Johansen
 * Heat &mdash; 56.88 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 400 m Freestyle
 * Irene Dalby
 * Heat &mdash; 4:19.34 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Women's 800 m Freestyle
 * Irene Dalby
 * Heat &mdash; 8:37.73
 * Final &mdash; 8:38.34 (→ 5th place)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke
 * Elin Austevoll
 * Heat &mdash; 1:09.96
 * B-final &mdash; 1:10.27 (→ 12th place)
 * Terrie Miller
 * Heat &mdash; 1:11.09 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke
 * Elin Austevoll
 * Heat &mdash; 2:32.48 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Women's 200 m Individual Medley
 * Elin Austevoll
 * Heat &mdash; 2:19.81 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's Beach Competition

 * Jan Kvalheim and Björn Maaseide &mdash; 7th place overall