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'''[[Norway]]''' first participated at the '''[[Olympic Games]]''' in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the sparsely attended [[St. Louis 1904|1904 Games]] and the [[Moscow 1980|1980 Summer Olympics]] in [[Moscow]] when they participated in the [[American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics|American-led boycott]].
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Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions:
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*[[Oslo 1952|1952 Winter Olympics]] in [[Oslo]]
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*[[Lillehammer 1994|1994 Winter Olympics]] in [[Lillehammer]]
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Norwegian athletes have won a total of 144 medals at the [[Summer Olympic Games]], with [[sailing]] and [[shooting sports|shooting]] as the top medal-producing sports. At the [[Winter Olympic Games]], Norway has won 303 medals (107 gold) — more than any other nation — with [[cross-country skiing]] and [[speed skating]] as the top sports. Norway is one of only three nations (along with [[Austria]] and [[Liechtenstein]]) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games.
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The National Olympic Committee for Norway was created and recognized in 1900.
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==Medal tables==
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{{See also|All-time Olympic Games medal count}}
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===Medals by Summer Games===
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{| {{MedalTable|type=Games}}
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|-
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|align=left| [[1900 Summer Olympics|1900 Paris]] || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5
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|-
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|align=left| [[1904 Summer Olympics|1904 St. Louis]] || colspan=4| ''did not participate''
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|-
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|align=left| [[1908 Summer Olympics|1908 London]] || 2 || 3 || 3 || 8
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|-
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|align=left| [[1912 Summer Olympics|1912 Stockholm]] || 4 || 1 || 4 || 9
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|-
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|align=left| [[1920 Summer Olympics|1920 Antwerp]] || 13 || 9 || 9 || 31
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|-
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|align=left| [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] || 5 || 2 || 3 || 10
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|-
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|align=left| [[1928 Summer Olympics|1928 Amsterdam]] || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4
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|-
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|align=left| [[1932 Summer Olympics|1932 Los Angeles]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|-
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|align=left| [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] || 1 || 3 || 2 || 6
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|-
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|align=left| [[1948 Summer Olympics|1948 London]] || 1 || 3 || 3 || 7
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|-
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|align=left| [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Helsinki]] || 3 || 2 || 0 || 5
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|-
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|align=left| [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Melbourne/Stockholm]] || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
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|-
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|align=left| [[1960 Summer Olympics|1960 Rome]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
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|-
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|align=left| [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo]] || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|-
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|align=left| [[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Mexico City]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
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|-
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|align=left| [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 Munich]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
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|-
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|align=left| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montreal]] || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2
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|-
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|align=left| [[1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Moscow]] || colspan=4| ''did not participate''
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|-
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|align=left| [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3
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|-
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|align=left| [[1988 Summer Olympics|1988 Seoul]] || 2 || 3 || 0 || 5
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|-
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|align=left| [[1992 Summer Olympics|1992 Barcelona]] || 2 || 4 || 1 || 7
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|-
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|align=left| [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] || 2 || 2 || 3 || 7
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|-
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|align=left| [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] || 4 || 3 || 3 || 10
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|-
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|align=left| [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]] || 5 || 0 || 1 || 6
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|-
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|align=left| [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] || 3 || 5 || 1 || 9
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|-
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! Total* !! 54 !! 48 !! 42 !! 144
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|}
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===Medals by Winter Games===
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{| {{MedalTable|type=Games}}
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|-
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|align=left| [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924 Chamonix]] || 4 || 7 || 6 || 17
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|-
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|align=left| [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928 St. Moritz]] || 6 || 4 || 5 || 15
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|-
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|align=left| [[1932 Winter Olympics|1932 Lake Placid]] || 3 || 4 || 3 || 10
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|-
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|align=left| [[1936 Winter Olympics|1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen]] || 7 || 5 || 3 || 15
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|-
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|align=left| [[1948 Winter Olympics|1948 St. Moritz]] || 4 || 3 || 3 || 10
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|- style="background:#ccccff"
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|align=left| [[1952 Winter Olympics|1952 Oslo]] (host nation) || 7 || 3 || 6 || 16
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|-
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|align=left| [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo]] || 2 || 1 || 1 || 4
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|-
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|align=left| [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960 Squaw Valley]] || 3 || 3 || 0 || 6
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|-
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|align=left| [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964 Innsbruck]] || 3 || 6 || 6 || 15
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|-
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|align=left| [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968 Grenoble]] || 6 || 6 || 2 || 14
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|-
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|align=left| [[1972 Winter Olympics|1972 Sapporo]] || 2 || 5 || 5 || 12
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|-
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|align=left| [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976 Innsbruck]] || 3 || 3 || 1 || 7
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|-
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|align=left| [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980 Lake Placid]] || 1 || 3 || 6 || 10
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|-
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|align=left| [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984 Sarajevo]] || 3 || 2 || 4 || 9
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|-
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|align=left| [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]] || 0 || 3 || 2 || 5
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|-
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|align=left| [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992 Albertville]] || 9 || 6 || 5 || 20
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|- style="background:#ccccff"
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|align=left| [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]] (host nation) || 10 || 11 || 5 || 26
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|-
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|align=left| [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]] || 10 || 10 || 5 || 25
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|-
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|align=left| [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Salt Lake City]] || 13 || 5 || 7 || 25
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|-
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|align=left| [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Turin]] || 2 || 8 || 9 || 19
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|-
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|align=left| [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010 Vancouver]] || 9 || 8 || 6 || 23
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|-
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! Total* !! 107 !! 106 !! 90 !! 303
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|}
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===Medals by summer sport===
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{| {{MedalTable|type=Sport}}
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|-
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|align=left| [[Sailing at the Summer Olympics|Sailing]] || 17 || 11 || 3 || 31
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|-
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|align=left| [[Shooting at the Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || 13 || 8 || 11 || 32
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|-
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|align=left| [[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Athletics]] || 7 || 5 || 8 || 20
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|-
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|align=left| [[Canoeing at the Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || 5 || 4 || 4 || 13
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|-
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|align=left| [[Rowing at the Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || 3 || 6 || 5 || 14
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|-
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|align=left| [[Wrestling at the Summer Olympics|Wrestling]] || 2 || 2 || 1 || 5
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|-
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|align=left| [[Cycling at the Summer Olympics|Cycling]] || 2 || 0 || 1 || 3
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|-
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|align=left| [[Boxing at the Summer Olympics|Boxing]] || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5
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|-
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|align=left| [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Gymnastics]] || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4
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|-
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|align=left| [[Handball at the Summer Olympics|Handball]] || 1 || 2 || 1 || 4
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|-
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|align=left| [[Football at the Summer Olympics|Football]] || 1 || 0 || 2 || 3
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|-
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|align=left| [[Weightlifting at the Summer Olympics|Weightlifting]] || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1
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|-
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|align=left| [[Taekwondo at the Summer Olympics|Taekwondo]] || 0 || 2 || 0 || 2
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|-
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|align=left| [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Swimming]] || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
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|-
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|align=left| [[Equestrian at the Summer Olympics|Equestrian]] || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1
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|-
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|align=left| [[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Tennis]] || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
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|-
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! Total* !! 54 !! 46 !! 41 !! 141
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|}
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===Medals by winter sport===
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<span style="border:1px solid #AAAAAA;background:#E9D66B">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</span> '''Leading in that sport'''
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{| {{MedalTable|type=Sport}}
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|-style="background:#E9D66B"
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|align=left| [[Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]] || 35 || 36 || 25 || 96
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|-
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|align=left| [[Speed skating at the Winter Olympics|Speed skating]] || 25 || 28 || 27 || 80
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|-style="background:#E9D66B"
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|align=left| [[Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics|Nordic combined]] || 11 || 8 || 7 || 26
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|-
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|align=left| [[Ski jumping at the Winter Olympics|Ski jumping]] || 9 || 9 || 11 || 29
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|-
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|align=left| [[Biathlon at the Winter Olympics|Biathlon]] || 12 || 11 || 6 || 29
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|-
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|align=left| [[Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]] || 9 || 9 || 8 || 26
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|-
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|align=left| [[Figure skating at the Olympic Games|Figure skating]] || 3 || 2 || 1 || 6
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|-
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|align=left| [[Freestyle skiing at the Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]] || 2 || 2 || 4 || 8
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|-
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|align=left| [[Curling at the Winter Olympics|Curling]] || 1 || 1 || 1 || 3
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|-
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|align=left| [[Snowboarding at the Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]] || 0 || 2 || 1 || 3
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|-
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! Total* !! 107 !! 108 !! 91 !! 306
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|}
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>Total medal counts include three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the [[Figure skating at the 1920 Summer Olympics|figure skating]] events at the [[1920 Summer Olympics]]. These medals are included in the summer games medal totals and the winter sport medal totals. This is why the totals for summer and winter games do not match the totals for summer and winter sports.
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==References==
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* {{cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2007-10-11 }}
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* {{cite web |title=Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/noc/noc_uk.asp?noc_initials=NOR |accessdate=2007-10-11 }}
 
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Kongeriket Norge
(Kingdom of Norway)

File:Flag of Norway.svg.png
National Flag
Norway (orthographic projection).svg
Location on Map
IOC Code NOR
Years Hosted Olympics 1952 Winter, 1994 Winter
Years Attended Olympics Summer: 1900, 1908-1976, 1984-2012
Winter: all
Medals 2008 Summer 3 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze
Medals 2010 Winter 9 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze
Total Olympic Medals
Gold medal iconGold Silver medal iconSilver Bronze medal iconBronze
161 154 132
National Olympic Committee
Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports

Norway first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in every Games since then, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Games and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow when they participated in the American-led boycott.

Norway has hosted the Games on two occasions:

Norwegian athletes have won a total of 144 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, with sailing and shooting as the top medal-producing sports. At the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won 303 medals (107 gold) — more than any other nation — with cross-country skiing and speed skating as the top sports. Norway is one of only three nations (along with Austria and Liechtenstein) to have won more medals at the Winter Games than at the Summer Games.

The National Olympic Committee for Norway was created and recognized in 1900.

Medal tables

See also: All-time Olympic Games medal count

Medals by Summer Games

1900 Paris 0 2 3 5
1904 St. Louis did not participate
1908 London 2 3 3 8
1912 Stockholm 4 1 4 9
1920 Antwerp 13 9 9 31
1924 Paris 5 2 3 10
1928 Amsterdam 1 2 1 4
1932 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0
1936 Berlin 1 3 2 6
1948 London 1 3 3 7
1952 Helsinki 3 2 0 5
1956 Melbourne/Stockholm 1 0 2 3
1960 Rome 1 0 0 1
1964 Tokyo 0 0 0 0
1968 Mexico City 1 1 0 2
1972 Munich 2 1 1 4
1976 Montreal 1 1 0 2
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 0 1 2 3
1988 Seoul 2 3 0 5
1992 Barcelona 2 4 1 7
1996 Atlanta 2 2 3 7
2000 Sydney 4 3 3 10
2004 Athens 5 0 1 6
2008 Beijing 3 5 1 9
Total* 54 48 42 144

Medals by Winter Games

1924 Chamonix 4 7 6 17
1928 St. Moritz 6 4 5 15
1932 Lake Placid 3 4 3 10
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 7 5 3 15
1948 St. Moritz 4 3 3 10
1952 Oslo (host nation) 7 3 6 16
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 2 1 1 4
1960 Squaw Valley 3 3 0 6
1964 Innsbruck 3 6 6 15
1968 Grenoble 6 6 2 14
1972 Sapporo 2 5 5 12
1976 Innsbruck 3 3 1 7
1980 Lake Placid 1 3 6 10
1984 Sarajevo 3 2 4 9
1988 Calgary 0 3 2 5
1992 Albertville 9 6 5 20
1994 Lillehammer (host nation) 10 11 5 26
1998 Nagano 10 10 5 25
2002 Salt Lake City 13 5 7 25
2006 Turin 2 8 9 19
2010 Vancouver 9 8 6 23
Total* 107 106 90 303

Medals by summer sport

Sailing 17 11 3 31
Shooting 13 8 11 32
Athletics 7 5 8 20
Canoeing 5 4 4 13
Rowing 3 6 5 14
Wrestling 2 2 1 5
Cycling 2 0 1 3
Boxing 1 2 2 5
Gymnastics 1 2 1 4
Handball 1 2 1 4
Football 1 0 2 3
Weightlifting 1 0 0 1
Taekwondo 0 2 0 2
Swimming 0 1 1 2
Equestrian 0 1 0 1
Tennis 0 0 1 1
Total* 54 46 41 141

Medals by winter sport

     Leading in that sport

Cross-country skiing 35 36 25 96
Speed skating 25 28 27 80
Nordic combined 11 8 7 26
Ski jumping 9 9 11 29
Biathlon 12 11 6 29
Alpine skiing 9 9 8 26
Figure skating 3 2 1 6
Freestyle skiing 2 2 4 8
Curling 1 1 1 3
Snowboarding 0 2 1 3
Total* 107 108 91 306

*Total medal counts include three medals – two silver and one bronze – awarded in the figure skating events at the 1920 Summer Olympics. These medals are included in the summer games medal totals and the winter sport medal totals. This is why the totals for summer and winter games do not match the totals for summer and winter sports.

References

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