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Norway at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea, from January 19 to February 1, 2024. This will be Norway's fourth appearance at the Winter Youth Olympic Games, having competed at every Games since the inaugural edition in 2012.

Norway at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Flag of Norway
IOC codeNOR
NOCNorwegian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea
19 January 2024 (2024-01-19) – 1 February 2024 (2024-02-01)
Competitors48 in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Ola Brandstadmoen & Julie Kvelvane
Flag bearer (closing)TBD
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
0
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
7
Winter Youth Olympics appearances

The Norwegian team consisted of 48 athletes competing in nine sports.[1] Luger Ola Brandstadmoen and biathlete Julie Kvelvane were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors (per gender) participating at the games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Biathlon 4 4 8
Curling 3 3 6
Freestyle skiing 2 0 2
Ice hockey 0 18 18
Luge 1 0 1
Nordic combined 2 2 4
Speed skating 2 2 4
Ski jumping 2 2 4
Snowboarding 1 0 1
Total 17 31 48

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Silver Storm Veitsle Biathlon Men's individual 20 January
  Silver Kjersti Græsli
Oddvar Gunnerød
Ingvild Synnøve Midtskogen
Mats Strandbråten		 Ski jumping Mixed team normal hill 21 January
  Silver Miika Johan Klevstuen Speed skating Men's 500 metres 22 January
  Silver Tov Røysland Biathlon Men's sprint 23 January
  Bronze Ingvild Synnøve Midtskogen Ski jumping Women's individual normal hill 20 January
  Bronze Storm Veitsle
Eiril Nordbø		 Biathlon Single mixed relay 21 January
  Bronze Eirik Andersen Speed skating Men's mass start 26 January

Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified eight biathletes (four per gender).[3]

Men
Women

Curling

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Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified a mixed team and mixed doubles pair for a total of six athletes.[4][5]

Summary
Team Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Alexander Johansen
Torstein Hoeiholt Vågsnes
Lydia Hågensen
Melina Troean 		Mixed team   United States
L 3–8 		  Sweden
L 7–10 		  Nigeria
W 21–0 		  China
L 4–11 		  Turkey
W 5–0 		  New Zealand
W 5–2 		  Japan
L 4–8 		5 Did not advance 9
Sylvi Iines Hausstaetter
Sondre Svorkmo Lundberg 		Mixed doubles   Sweden
L 6–7 		  Qatar
W 15–0 		  Ukraine
W 7–2 		  United States
L 3–8 		  Slovenia
W 14–4 		— 3 Did not advance 9

Mixed team

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Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed team
Group A Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
  China Li Zetai 6 1 1–0 65 25 28 17 0 12 59.04
  United States Kenna Ponzio 6 1 0–1 68 26 31 16 1 15 51.38
  Japan Kaito Fujii 5 2 1–0 64 26 27 17 2 11 39.53
  Sweden Vilmer Nygren 5 2 0–1 55 42 27 19 5 10 58.05
  Norway Alexander Johansen 3 4 – 49 39 25 19 2 11 65.33
  Turkey Muhammed Taha Zenit 2 5 – 41 40 16 26 5 5 82.17
  New Zealand Jed Nevill 1 6 – 27 44 18 23 3 6 86.52
  Nigeria Goodnews Charles 0 7 – 6 133 4 39 1 0 199.60
Round robin
Draw 1

Saturday, January 20, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  United States (Ponzio)   0 2 0 1 0 3 1 1 8
  Norway (Johansen) 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3
Draw 2

Saturday, January 20, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Johansen) 0 2 1 0 2 0 2 0 7
  Sweden (Nygren)   3 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 10
Draw 3

Sunday, January 21, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Nigeria (Charles) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
  Norway (Johansen)   2 5 4 6 2 2 X X 21
Draw 4

Monday, January 22, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  China (Li)   2 0 3 0 4 0 2 X 11
  Norway (Johansen) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
Draw 5

Monday, January 22, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Turkey (Zenit) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 0
  Norway (Johansen)   0 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 5
Draw 6

Tuesday, January 23, 14:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Johansen)   0 3 0 1 1 0 0 X 5
  New Zealand (Nevill) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 X 2
Draw 7

Wednesday, January 24, 9:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Johansen)   0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 4
  Japan (Fujii) 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 X 8

Mixed doubles

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Main article: Curling at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics – Mixed doubles
Group B W L W–L DSC
  United States 5 0 – 61.18
  Sweden 4 1 – 78.69
  Norway 3 2 – 34.37
  Slovenia 2 3 – 112.84
  Ukraine 1 4 – 74.81
  Qatar 0 5 – 155.39
Round robin
Draw 1

Friday, January 26, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sweden (Roxin / Meyerson) 0 0 0 1 4 1 0 1 7
  Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)   1 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 6
Draw 3

Saturday, January 27, 14:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)   3 2 1 3 4 2 X X 15
  Qatar (Al-Fahad / Alnaimi) 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 0
Draw 5

Sunday, January 28, 10:00

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Ukraine (Lytvynenko / Shlyk)   0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 2
  Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg) 1 2 2 0 1 1 0 X 7
Draw 10

Monday, January 29, 18:00

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)   0 1 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
  United States (Wendling / Paral) 1 0 0 2 4 0 1 X 8
Draw 12

Tuesday, January 30, 14:00

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Slovenia (Kavčič / Omerzel) 0 3 0 0 1 0 X X 4
  Norway (Hausstaetter / Svorkmo Lundberg)   4 0 3 2 0 5 X X 14

Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified a team of eighteen ice hockey players for the women's six-team tournament.[6]

Roster

Isaac Palmgren served as head coach, Maximillian Pettersson and Camilla Bakkene [no] were assistant coaches, and Mia Christina Isdahl [no] was goalkeeper coach.[7][8][9]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final
Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank Opponent
Score 		Opponent
Score 		Rank
Norway Women's tournament   Sweden
L 1–5 		  Japan
L 1–5 		E Did not advance 6

Women's tournament

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Preliminary round, Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W SOW SOL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Sweden 2 1 1 0 0 7 2 5 5 Semifinals
2   Japan 2 1 0 1 0 6 3 3 4
3   Norway 2 0 0 0 2 2 10 −8 0
Source: IOC[10][11]
27 January 2024
11:00		Norway  1–5
(0–1, 0–1, 1–3)		  SwedenGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,061
Game reference
Tuva Are-EkstrømGoaliesTilde WyckmanReferees:
  Ding Siwen
  Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:
  Lara Fischer
  Anhelina Maifeld
0–113:07 – Ytfeldt (Westerlind) (PP)
0–215:48 – Westerlind (Grillfors)
0–333:03 – Grillfors (Andersson, Westerlind)
0–434:23 – Österman (Carlsson, Berndtsson)
Bax-Kristiansen (Helle, M. Are-Ekstrøm) (PP) – 37:531–4
1–539:23 – Svanefjord (Ytfeldt, Österman) (PP)
6 minPenalties4.5 min
12Shots35
28 January 2024
11:00		Japan  5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)		  NorwayGangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,837
Game reference
Suzuno FukudaGoaliesShiva NobariReferees:
  Ding Siwen
  Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:
  Laura Schmidlein
  Ilona Silander
Terauchi (Odaira, Numabe) (PP) – 10:471–0
Numabe (Odaira, Terauchi) – 30:412–0
2–133:25 – Helle, (Klomstad, Bax-Kristiansen) (PP)
Odaira (Numabe, Terauchi) – 36:173–1
Numabe (Terauchi, Odaira) – 40:124–1
Odaira (Numabe) – 43:045–1
6 minPenalties6 min
41Shots13

Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway qualified four ski jumpers (two per gender).[12]

Non-competing sports

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Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway originally qualified six alpine skiers, but declined all six quota spots.[13]

Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway originally qualified six cross-country skiers, but declined all six quota spots.[14] The Norwegian Skiing Association felt the event was not a correct part of the development of athletes.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "48 utøvere tatt ut til Ungdoms-OL i Gangwon" [48 athletes selected for the Youth Olympics in Gangwon]. www.olympiatoppen.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Åtte skiskyttere klare for ungdoms-OL 2024" [Eight biathletes ready for the 2024 Youth Olympics]. www.langrenn.com/ (in Norwegian). Wsportsmedia AB. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
  5. ^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Ice hockey at Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games: Preview, full schedule, and how to watch live YOG action". International Olympic Committee. 13 January 2024. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Norges tropp til YOG i Gangwon" (PDF). Olympiatoppen (in Norwegian). 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
  8. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Team Roster: NOR - Norway" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament, Preliminary round - Group A, Game 1 – Line-ups: NOR-SWE" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 27 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Ski Jumping quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 13 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Alpine Skiing quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Cross-Country quotas list for Youth Olympic Winter Games 2024". www.fis-ski.com/. International Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  15. ^ Sandholt, Ragna Kristine; Karlsen, Jørgen Ryggvik; Stenberg, Morten (22 December 2023). "Skiforbundet frykter utøverne vil miste "sulten" – får kritikk om OL-avgjørelse" [The Skiing Association fears the athletes will lose their "hunger" - receives criticism about the Olympic decision]. NRK (in Norwegian). Oslo, Norway. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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