Norway at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics

Norway at the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics
Norway at the; 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
	Flag of Norway
IOC code	NOR
NOC	Norwegian Olympic Committee
in Gangwon, South Korea; 19 January 2024 – 1 February 2024
Competitors	48 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
	2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

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.

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

Men

Women

Curling[edit]

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
Team	Event	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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:

GWS – Game winning shots
E – Eliminated

Team	Event	Group stage			Semifinal	Final
Team	Event	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[edit]

Preliminary round, Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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	Semifinals
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)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,061

Game reference

Tuva Are-Ekstrøm

Goalies

Tilde Wyckman

Referees:

Ding Siwen

Maria Gherardi
Linesmen:

Lara Fischer

Anhelina Maifeld

	0–1	13:07 – Ytfeldt (Westerlind) (PP)
	0–2	15:48 – Westerlind (Grillfors)
	0–3	33:03 – Grillfors (Andersson, Westerlind)
	0–4	34:23 – Österman (Carlsson, Berndtsson)
Bax-Kristiansen (Helle, M. Are-Ekstrøm) (PP) – 37:53	1–4
	1–5	39:23 – Svanefjord (Ytfeldt, Österman) (PP)

6 min

Penalties

4.5 min

12

Shots

35

28 January 2024
11:00

Japan

5–1
(1–0, 0–0, 4–1)

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre
Attendance: 2,837

Game reference

Suzuno Fukuda

Goalies

Shiva Nobari

Referees:

Ding Siwen

Beatrice Fortin
Linesmen:

Laura Schmidlein

Ilona Silander

Terauchi (Odaira, Numabe) (PP) – 10:47	1–0
Numabe (Odaira, Terauchi) – 30:41	2–0
	2–1	33:25 – Helle, (Klomstad, Bax-Kristiansen) (PP)
Odaira (Numabe, Terauchi) – 36:17	3–1
Numabe (Terauchi, Odaira) – 40:12	4–1
Odaira (Numabe) – 43:04	5–1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

41

Shots

13

Ski jumping[edit]

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

Non-competing sports[edit]

Alpine skiing[edit]

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

Cross-country skiing[edit]

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]

References[edit]

^ "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.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Opening Ceremony Flagbearers Information" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 19 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympic Games Teams Confirmed". www.worldcurling.org. World Curling Federation (WCF). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
^ Shefferd, Neil (14 April 2023). "Teams for Gangwon 2024 Youth Olympics curling competitions confirmed". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ "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.
^ "Norges tropp til YOG i Gangwon" (PDF). Olympiatoppen (in Norwegian). 2023-12-22. Retrieved 2024-01-17.
^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Team Roster: NOR - Norway" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 26 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
^ "Ice Hockey, Women's 6-Team Tournament – Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 31 January 2024. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ 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.

[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.

[oly_schedule+results-10] "Gangwon 2024: Ice Hockey - Schedule & Results". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 January 2024.

[oly_progress-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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v t e Nations at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics in Gangwon, South Korea
Africa	Algeria Kenya Nigeria South Africa Tunisia
Americas	Argentina Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Jamaica Mexico Puerto Rico United States
Asia	China Hong Kong India Iran Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Philippines Qatar Singapore South Korea Chinese Taipei Thailand United Arab Emirates Uzbekistan
Europe	Andorra Armenia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

Competitors[edit]

Medalists[edit]

Biathlon[edit]

Curling[edit]

Mixed team[edit]

Mixed doubles[edit]

Ice hockey[edit]

Women's tournament[edit]

Ski jumping[edit]

Non-competing sports[edit]

Alpine skiing[edit]

Cross-country skiing[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]