Norway at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Norway at the
1956 Winter Olympics

NOR

Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Website

www.idrett.no (Norwegian)

in Cortina d'Ampezzo

Competitors

45 (37 men, 8 women) in 6 sports

Flag bearer

Sverre Stenersen (Nordic combined)

Medals
Ranked 7th

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
2	1	1	4

Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Other related appearances

1906 Intercalated Games

Norway competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
01 ! Gold	Brenden, HallgeirHallgeir Brenden	Cross-country skiing	Men's 15 km
01 ! Gold	Stenersen, SverreSverre Stenersen	Nordic combined	Men's individual
02 ! Silver	Johannesen, KnutKnut Johannesen	Speed skating	Men's 10,000m
03 ! Bronze	Gjestvang, AlvAlv Gjestvang	Speed skating	Men's 500m

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Trygve Berge	Downhill					DSQ	–
Kåre Opdal						DSQ	–
Asle Sjåstad						3:08.8	14
Jan Thorstensen	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Guttorm Berge						DSQ	–
Hans Magnus Andresen						3:44.7	50
Asle Sjåstad						3:21.6	22
Asle Sjåstad	Slalom	1:36.4	25	2:04.5	17	3:40.9	18
Hans Magnus Andresen		1:35.0	21	2:06.8	21	3:41.8	20
Jan Thorstensen		1:33.1	14	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Guttorm Berge		1:32.1	9	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Astrid Sandvik	Downhill					1:54.4	27
Inger Jørgensen						1:54.3	26
Borghild Niskin						1:49.5	9
Inger Jørgensen	Giant Slalom					2:04.4	24
Astrid Sandvik						2:04.0	22
Inger Bjørnbakken						2:02.3	14
Borghild Niskin						1:59.0	7
Inger Jørgensen	Slalom	1:01.4	17	1:00.9	15	2:02.3	13
Borghild Niskin		59.0	11	1:00.0	12	1:59.0	11
Astrid Sandvik		58.9	10	59.1	5	1:58.0	6
Inger Bjørnbakken		58.7	8	59.3	6	1:58.0	6

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Reidar Alveberg Arnold Dyrdahl	Two-man	1:29.04	22	1:26.83	17	DNF	–	1:28.86	19	DNF	–
NOR-2	Arne Røgden Odd Solli	Two-man	1:27.57	20	1:26.90	19	1:28.81	21	1:29.05	21	5:52.33	20

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
NOR-1	Arne Røgden Arnold Dyrdahl Odd Solli Trygve Brudevold	Four-man	1:20.96	16	1:20.08	13	1:20.45	11	1:20.01	7	5:21.50	11

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Magnar Ingebrigtsli	54:30	30
	Martin Stokken	50:45	6
	Håkon Brusveen	50:36	5
	Hallgeir Brenden	49:39	01 !
30 km	Per Olsen	1'51:15	19
	Oddmund Jensen	1'51:04	17
	Martin Stokken	1'49:38	15
	Hallgeir Brenden	1'49:29	14
50 km	Martin Stokken	DSQ	–
	Birger Vestermo	DSQ	–
	Edvin Landsem	3'11:43	15
	Oddmund Jensen	3'11:14	14

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Håkon Brusveen Per Olsen Martin Stokken Hallgeir Brenden	2'21:16	4

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
10 km	Ingrid Wigernæs	43:40	27
	Gina Regland-Sigstad	42:42	22
	Rakel Wahl	40:49	11
	Kjelfrid Brusveen	40:38	10

Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Kjelfrid Brusveen Gina Regland-Sigstad Rakel Wahl	1'10:50	4

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Events:

normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Kjetil Mårdalen	Individual	64.0	67.0	189.0	26	57:43	234.500	6	423.500	14
Arne Barhaugen		64.5	68.0	199.0	15	57:11	236.581	3	435.581	5
Tormod Knutsen		70.5	69.0	203.0	10	58:22	232.000	9	435.000	6
Sverre Stenersen		73.0	74.0	215.0	2	56:18	240.000	1	455.000	01 !

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1			Jump 2			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sverre Stenersen	Normal hill	72.0	90.5	39	70.0	93.0	29	183.5	35
Asbjørn Osnes		75.5	102.0	18	72.0	97.5	21	199.5	18
Sverre Stallvik		77.0	104.5	11	75.5	103.5	11	208.0	9
Arne Hoel		77.5	104.5	11	76.5	102.0	13	206.5	11

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Hroar Elvenes	42.8	17
	Sigmund Søfteland	42.7	16
	Finn Hodt	42.5	13
	Alv Gjestvang	41.0	03 !
1500 m	Hroar Elvenes	2:16.0	24
	Jan Kristiansen	2:13.7	16
	Roald Aas	2:12.9	10
	Knut Johannesen	2:12.2	9
5000 m	Hjalmar Andersen	8:06.5	11
	Torstein Seiersten	8:06.4	10
	Knut Johannesen	8:02.3	8
	Roald Aas	8:01.6	6
10,000 m	Knut Tangen	17:22.3	19
	Hjalmar Andersen	16:52.6	6
	Sverre Haugli	16:48.7	4
	Knut Johannesen	16:36.9	02 !

References

Norway at the Olympics

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Winter	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014

Nations at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy

Africa	none

America	Bolivia Canada Chile United States

Asia	Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Finland France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia

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