1. Medalists
    Gold  Silver  Bronze 

2. Archery

3. Athletics

4. Boxing

5. Canoeing

6. Cycling

7. Diving

8. Fencing

9. Gymnastics

10. Handball

11. Rowing

12. Sailing

13. Shooting

14. Swimming

15. Weightlifting

16. Wrestling

17. References

Medalists

Norway finished in 21st position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and four medals overall.

Gold

• Knut Knudsen — Cycling, Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit
• Leif Jenssen — Weightlifting, Men's Light Heavyweight

Silver

• Frank Hansen and Svein Thøgersen — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

Bronze

• Egil Søby, Steinar Amundsen, Tore Berger, and Jan Johansen — Canoeing, Men's K4 1,000m Kayak Fours

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Norway entered one woman and three men in the competition. Their best finisher, at 32nd place in the men's competition, was Jan Erik Humlekjær.

• Jan Erik Humlekjær - 2339 points (→ 32nd place)
• Johannes Akkerhaugen - 2288 points (→ 36th place)
• Egil Borgen Johansen - 2219 points (→ 48th place)

• Brit Stav - 1929 points (40th place)

Athletics

• Audun Garshol
• Heat — 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
• Quarter final — 10.55 s (→ did not advance)

• Audun Garshol
• Heat — 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter final)
• Quarter final — 25.30 s (→ did not advance)

• Wenche Sørum
• Heat — 4:14.10 min (→ advanced to the semi final)
• Semi final — 4:09.70 min (→ did not advance)
• Grete Waitz
• Heat — 4:16.00 min (→ did not advance)

• Per Halle
• Heat — 13:38.6 min (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 13:34.38 min (→ 7th place)
• Arne Risa
• Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)
• Knut Børø
• Heat — 14:15.8 min (→ did not advance)

• Arne Risa
• Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance)

• Jan Voje
• Heat — 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance)
• Sverre Sørnes
• Heat — 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance)

• Leif Roar Falkum
• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

• Finn Bendixen
• Qualification — 7.61 m (→ did not advance)

• Kristen Fløgstad
• Qualification — 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place)

• Bjørn Grimnes
• Round 1 — 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final)
• Final — 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)

• Jan Rolstad — 1:33:03 hrs (→ 11th place)

• Kjell Georg Lund — 4:34.23 hrs (→ 24th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Seven cyclists represented Norway in 1972.

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race">Individual road race

• Tore Milsett — 17th place
• Thorleif Andresen — 70th place
• Arve Haugen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Jan Henriksen — did not finish (→ no ranking)

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial">Team time trial

• Thorleif Andresen
• Arve Haugen
• Knut Knudsen
• Magne Orre

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's 1000m time trial">1000m time trial

• Harald Bundli
• Final — 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)

//Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit">Individual pursuit

• Knut Knudsen

Diving

• Roar Løken — 514.92 points (→ 10th place)

Fencing

Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's épée">Men's épée

• Morten von Krogh
• Ole Mørch
• Jeppe Normann

//Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's team épée">Men's team épée

• Jan von Koss, Jeppe Normann, Ole Mørch, Claus Mørch Jr.

Gymnastics

Handball

Norway's 1-1-1 record in the first round put the team in a tie for second place with West Germany (which was the team that Norway had tied), but the advantage went to the West Germans and Norway's third-place finish put them into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won.

• Norway - 9th place (3-1-1)

Rowing

• Rolf Andreassen, Arne Bergodd and Thor-Egil Olsen
• Heat — 8:00.56
• Repechage — 8:03.50
• Semi Finals — 8:30.29
• B-Final — 7:58.45 (→ 7th place)

Sailing

• Christian Bendixen and Ragnar Fjordan — 109.7 points (→ 14th place)

• Peder Lunde and Axel Gresvig — 70.0 points (→ 6th place)

• Per Werenskiold — 167.0 points (→ 25th place)

• Bjørn Lofterød and Odd Roar Lofterød — 101.0 points (→ 15th place)

• Teddy Sommerschild, Jan-Erik Aarberg and Sven Gerner-Mathisen — 73.7 points (→ 11th place)

• Crown Prince Harald, Eirik Johannessen and Rolf Lund — 76.7 points (→ 10th place)

Shooting

Seven male shooters represented Norway in 1972.

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 25 metre rapid fire pistol">25 m pistol

• Thor-Øistein Endsjø

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre pistol">50 m pistol

• John Rødseth

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 300 metre free rifle, three positions">300 m rifle, three positions

• Helge Anshushaug
• Bjørn Bakken

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle three positions">50 m rifle, three positions

• Bjørn Bakken
• Helge Anshushaug

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre rifle, prone">50 m rifle, prone

• Helge Anshushaug
• Jens Nygård

//Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Mixed 50 metre running target">50 m running target

• John H. Larsen, Jr.
• Tore Skau

Swimming

• Fritz Warncke
• Heat — 54.41s (→ 22nd place, did not advance)

• Fritz Warncke
• Heat — 2:00.98 (→ 31st place, did not advance)

• Sverre Kile
• Heat — 4:20.86 (→ did not advance)

• Sverre Kile
• Heat — 4:59,72 (→ did not advance)

• Grethe Mathisen
• Heat — 1:01.47 (→ 17th place, did not advance)

• Trine Krogh
• Heat — 5:25,08 (→ did not advance)

• Trine Krogh
• Heat — 2:36,27 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

• Kayal (disambiguation)
• Kayal (film)
• Kayali
• Kayalidere
• Kayalidere, Goynuk
• Kayal Karayil
• Kayalkarayil
• Kayalkkarayil
• Kayal, Kohistan
• Kayaloba
• Kayalum Karayum
• Kayalum Kayarum
• Kayalı
• Kayalıdere, Göynük
• Kayam
• Kayam (1982 film)
• Kayama
• Kaya Magan Cisse
• Kaya Magan Cissé
• Kayama Matazo
• Kayama Matazō
• Kayamar
• Kaya (Mijikenda)
• Kayam Khani
• Kayamkulam Boat Race