Norway at the 2018 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
2018 Winter Olympics
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IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Websitewww.idrettsforbundet.no (in Norwegian)
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors109 (82 men and 27 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Emil Hegle Svendsen[1]
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
14
Silver
14
Bronze
11
Total
39
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Norway competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was represented by 109 competitors in 11 sports.

Norway was the most successful nation at the games with 39 total medals, setting a new record for the most medals won by a country at a single Winter Olympics. The previous record of 37 was set by the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[2] Norway, together with Germany, also matched the record of most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics with 14 gold, originally set by Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[3]

Cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen was the most successful athlete of the games, with five medals, while her male colleagues Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, Simen Hegstad Krüger and Martin Johnsrud Sundby won three each. Biathletes Johannes Thingnes Bø and Emil Hegle Svendsen and ski jumper Robert Johansson also won three medals each. Additional nine Norwegian athletes won two medals each: Ragnhild Haga, Johann André Forfang, Håvard Lorentzen, Sverre Lunde Pedersen, Ragnhild Mowinckel, Marte Olsbu, Kjetil Jansrud, Tiril Eckhoff and Maiken Caspersen Falla.

  1. ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Winter Olympics: Norway win record 38th medal as Switzerland take team alpine skiing gold". 24 February 2018 – via www.bbc.com.
  3. ^ "Winter Olympics 2018 Results: Russia Wins Hockey Gold". 25 February 2018 – via NYTimes.com.