Norway at the 2018 Winter Olympics


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. 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.
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.

Medalists

Outline

Prior to the games, the Norwegian Olympic sports authority Olympiatoppen announced an official goal of winning 30 medals and making it into the top three on the medal table.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing7411
Biathlon6511
Cross-country skiing11920
Curling617
Freestyle skiing538
Ice hockey25025
Nordic combined505
Skeleton101
Ski jumping527
Snowboarding415
Speed skating729
Total8227109

Alpine skiing

;Men
;Women
;Mixed

Biathlon

Based on their Nations Cup rankings in the 2016–17 Biathlon World Cup, Norway has qualified 6 men and 5 women.
;Men
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Lars Helge BirkelandIndividual53:46.84 60
Erlend BjøntegaardSprint23:56.22 5
Erlend BjøntegaardPursuit34:18.04 9
Erlend BjøntegaardMass start36:19.42 7
Johannes Thingnes BøSprint24:51.54 31
Johannes Thingnes BøPursuit35:42.76 21
Johannes Thingnes BøIndividual48:03.82
Johannes Thingnes BøMass start37:07.33 16
Tarjei BøSprint24:12.52 13
Tarjei BøPursuit33:54.33 4
Tarjei BøIndividual50:05.32 13
Tarjei BøMass start36:21.93 8
Emil Hegle SvendsenSprint24:23.82 18
Emil Hegle SvendsenPursuit35:33.25 20
Emil Hegle SvendsenIndividual49:40.52 10
Emil Hegle SvendsenMass start35:58.52
Lars Helge Birkeland
Tarjei Bø
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen		Team relay1:16:12.013

;Women
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Tiril EckhoffSprint22:32.44 24
Tiril EckhoffPursuit32:23.15 9
Tiril EckhoffIndividual44:41.94 23
Tiril EckhoffMass start35:50.72
Marte OlsbuSprint21:30.41
Marte OlsbuPursuit31:42.64 4
Marte OlsbuIndividual48:58.87 71
Marte OlsbuMass start36:14.61 8
Synnøve SolemdalSprint23:23.93 50
Synnøve SolemdalPursuit34:45.54 41
Synnøve SolemdalIndividual45:33.02 40
Ingrid Landmark TandrevoldSprint23:49.14 59
Ingrid Landmark TandrevoldPursuit34:56.84 42
Ingrid Landmark TandrevoldIndividual46:14.73 43
Synnøve Solemdal
Tiril Eckhoff
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold
Marte Olsbu		Team relay1:12:33.115 4

;Mixed
AthleteEventTimeMissesRank
Johannes Thingnes Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Tiril Eckhoff
Marte Olsbu		Team relay1:08:55.212

Cross-country skiing

;Distance
;Men
;Women
;Sprint
;Men
;Women

Curling

Norway has qualified seven athletes.
;Summary

Men's tournament

Norway has qualified a men's team by earning enough points in the last two World Curling Championships.
;Round-robin
Norway has a bye in draws 1, 5 and 9.
;Draw 2
Wednesday, 14 February, 20:05
;Draw 3
Thursday, 15 February, 14:05
;Draw 4
Friday, 16 February, 09:05
;Draw 6
Saturday, 17 February, 14:05
;Draw 7
Sunday, 18 February, 09:05
;Draw 8
Sunday, 18 February, 20:05
;Draw 10
Tuesday, 20 February, 09:05
;Draw 11
Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05
;Draw 12
Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Mixed doubles

Norway has qualified a mixed doubles team by earning enough points in the last two World Mixed Doubles Curling Championships. Norway eventually finished in 4th place behind OAR, but on the 22nd of February it was confirmed that the male OAR competitor had tested positive for meldonium, a banned substance. This meant that the OAR team would be stripped of their medal, and Norway would instead receive the bronze medal for mixed doubles curling.
;Draw 1
Thursday, February 8, 9:05
;Draw 2
Thursday, February 8, 20:04
;Draw 3
Friday, February 9, 8:35
;Draw 4
Friday, February 9, 13:35
;Draw 5
Saturday, February 10, 9:05
;Draw 6
Saturday, February 10, 20:04
;Draw 7
Sunday, February 11, 9:05
;Tiebreaker
Sunday, February 11, 20:05
;Semifinal
Monday, February 12, 9:05
;Bronze Medal Game
Tuesday, February 13, 9:05

Freestyle skiing

;Moguls
;Slopestyle

Ice hockey

;Summary

Men's tournament

qualified by winning the final qualification tournament in Oslo, Norway.
;Team roster
;Preliminary round
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;Qualification playoffs
;Quarterfinal

Nordic combined

Norway has qualified 5 athletes.

Skeleton

Norway qualified a single male athlete for the skeleton event. Former Olympic champion Maya Pederson had also competed for Norway in a bid to qualify for the 2018 Olympics but came up short. Male rider Alexander Henning Hannsen received a reallocation invitation.

Ski jumping

Norway has qualified 2 women and 5 men.
;Men
Anders Fannemel was the back-up jumper for Norway.
;Women

Snowboarding

;Freestyle
Mons Røisland sustained injuries before the final and therefore withdrew from the slopestyle competition and the rest of the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Speed skating

;Men
;Women
;Mass start
;Team pursuit

Reactions

On or about 6 February 2018 before the games, the Norwegian Olympic Team chefs inadvertently ordered 15,000 eggs from South Korea because of a Google Translate error. They only wanted 1,500 eggs. There was a tweet "OL-leiren bestilte 1500 egg gjennom å oversette via Google Translate. Men det slo feil. 15.000 ble levert på døra. Vi ønsker lykke til og håper at de norske gullhåpene er glade – veldig glade – i egg".