Norway was represented at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. Norway returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 103 competitors, 84 men and 19 women, took part in 76 events in 17 sports.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Athletics Women's marathon 5 August Cycling Men's individual road race 29 July Rowing Men's coxless pair 5 August
Archery
In the third appearance by the nation in the archery competition at the Olympics, Norway was again represented by only one man. He posted Norway's best ranking in Olympic archery history with the 23rd place.
Men's Individual Competition: Jan Roger Skyttesæter — 2.465 points (→ 23rd place)
Athletics
Men's Marathon Øyvind Dahl — 2:19:28 (→ 33rd place) Stig Roar Husby — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Women's Marathon Grete Waitz — 2:26:18 (→ Silver Medal) Ingrid Kristiansen — 2:27:34 (→ 4th place) Bente Moe — 2:40:52 (→ 26th place)
Men's Javelin Throw Per Erling Olsen Qualification — 87.76 metres Final — 78.98 metres (→ 9th place)
Reidar Lorentzen Qualification — 76.62 metres (did not advance, 15th place)
Women's Javelin Throw Trine Hattestad Round 1 — 62.68 metres Final — 64.52 metres (→ 5th place)
Men's Discus Throw Knut Hjeltnes Round 1 — 60.80 metres (→ advanced to the final) Final — 65.28 metres (→ 4th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Tore Johnsen – Round 1, 65.72 metres (did not advance)
Men's Decathlon Trond Skramstad Final Result — 7579 points (→ 17th place)
Men's 20 km walk Erling Andersen — 1:25:42 (→ 8th place)
Men's 50 km walk Lars Ove Moen — 4:15:12 (→ 13th place) Erling Andersen — disqualified (→ no ranking)
Boxing
Men's Light-Welterweight Javid Aslam
Men's Light-Middleweight Simen Auseth
Men's Heavyweight Magne Havnå
Canoeing
Cycling
Ten cyclists represented Norway in 1984.
Men's individual road race Dag Otto Lauritzen — +0:21 (→ Bronze Medal) Morten Sæther — +0:21 (→ 4th place) Atle Kvålsvoll — +6:48 (→ 20th place) Hans Petter Ødegård — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Dag Hopen Hans Petter Ødegård Arnstein Raunehaug Morten Sæther
1000m time trial Rolf Morgan Hansen
Women's individual road race Unni Larsen — 2:11:14 (→ 4th place) Nina Søby — 2:13:28 (→ 18th place) Hege Stendahl — 2:13:28 (→ 19th place)
Diving
Men's 3m springboard Jon Grunde Vegard – 531.48 (→ did not advance) Men's 10m platform Jon Grunde Vegard – 494.67 (→ 11th place) Women's 3m springboard Tine Tollan – 419.55 (→ did not advance) Women's 10m platform Tine Tollan – 341.31 (→ 12th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Six fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1984.
Men's foil Jeppe Normann
Men's épée Nils Koppang Bård Vonen John Hugo Pedersen
Men's team épée Paal Frisvold, Nils Koppang, John Hugo Pedersen, Ivar Schjøtt, Bård Vonen
Football
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Norway – Chile 0-0 Norway – France 1-2 Norway – Qatar 2-0 Quarterfinals Did not advance
Team Roster ( 1.) Erik Thorstvedt ( 2.) Svein Fjælberg ( 3.) Terje Kojedal ( 4.) Knut Torbjørn Eggen ( 5.) Trond Sirevåg ( 6.) Per Egil Ahlsen ( 7.) Per Edmund Mordt ( 8.) Kai Erik Herlovsen ( 9.) Stein Gran (10.) Tom Sundby (11.) Stein Kollshaugen (12.) Ola By Rise (13.) Joar Vaadal (14.) Egil Johansen (15.) Jan Berg (16.) André Krogsæter (17.) Arve Seland
Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight
Alfredo Chinchilla
Rhythmic gymnastics
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 400m Freestyle Arne Borgstrøm Heat — 3:57.88 B-Final — 3:57.46 (→ 13th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke Jan-Erick Olsen Heat — 1:05.43 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke Jan-Erick Olsen Heat — 2:25.75 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley Arne Borgstrøm Heat — 2:08.09 B-Final — 2:08.03 (→ 14th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley Arne Borgstrøm Heat — 4:28.37 B-Final — 4:28.20 (→ 11th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke Lise Lotte Nylund Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's 200m Backstroke Lise Lotte Nylund Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's 200m Butterfly Katrine Bomstad Heat — 2:19.46 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Katrine Bomstad Heat — 2:19.88 Final — 2:20.48 (→ 8th place)
Beda Leirvaag Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Katrine Bomstad Heat — 4:52.74 Final — 4:53.28 (→ 8th place)
Beda Leirvaag Heat — DNS (→ did not advance, no ranking)
Wrestling
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