Norway at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Norway at the
2024 Summer Paralympics
Norway at the; 2024 Summer Paralympics
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IPC code	NOR
NPC	Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website	www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Paris, 2024; August 28, 2024 – September 8, 2024
Competitors	13 in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Salum Ageze Kashafali; Ida Nesse
Medals; Ranked 54th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 3 Total 7
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Norway competed at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France, from 28 August to 8 September.

Medalists

The following Norwegian competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Tommy Urhaug	Table tennis	Men's individual – Class 5	3 September
Silver	Salum Kashafali	Athletics	Men's 100 metres T13	1 September
Silver	Birgit Skarstein	Rowing	Women's PR1	1 September
Silver	Aida Dahlen	Table tennis	Women's Individual Class 8	7 September
Bronze	Aida Dahlen Merethe Tveiten	Table tennis	Women's doubles WD14	29 August
Bronze	Helle Sofie Sagøy	Badminton	Women's singles SL4	2 September
Bronze	Fredrik Solberg	Swimming	Men's 50 metre freestyle S9	2 September

Medals by sport
Total	1	3	3	7
Sport				Total
Table tennis	1	1	1	3
Athletics	0	1	0	1
Rowing	0	1	0	1
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Swimming	0	0	1	1

Medals by day
Total		1	3	3	7
Day	Date				Total
1	29 August	0	0	1	1
2	30 August	0	0	0	0
3	31 August	0	0	0	0
4	1 September	0	2	0	2
5	2 September	0	0	2	2
6	3 September	1	0	0	1
7	4 September	0	0	0	0
8	5 September	0	0	0	0
9	6 September	0	0	0	0
10	7 September	0	1	0	1
11	8 September	0	0	0	0

Medals by gender
Total	1	3	3	7
Gender				Total
Male	1	1	1	3
Female	0	2	2	4

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	1	0	1
Badminton	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	4
Rowing	0	1	1
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	1	2	3
Total	4	5	13

Athletics

Norwegian track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying _target
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men's track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Salum Ageze Kashafali	100 m T13	10.47	2	10.57
Vegard Sverd	100 m T13	11.20	9	Did not advance

Men's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Vegard Sverd	Long jump T13	NM	-

Women's field

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Ida Yessica Nesse	Discus throw F64	32.73	9

Badminton

Norway has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Helle Sofie Sagøy	Women's singles SL4

Cycling

Norway entered two para-cyclists (one in each gender) after finished the top eligible nation's at the 2022 UCI Nation's ranking allocation ranking.^[1]

Equestrian

Norway entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition, as one of the top two teams, not yet qualified, through final world para dressage rankings.

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Event	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank
Christina Marcussen	Zorro Hoejris	Individual championship test grade V
Christina Marcussen	Zorro Hoejris	Individual freestyle test grade V
Anita Hennie Johnnsen	Lindegaard Lucky	Individual championship test grade IV
Anita Hennie Johnnsen	Lindegaard Lucky	Individual freestyle test grade IV
Kirsten Kristine Vik	Bonfire	Individual championship test grade V
Kirsten Kristine Vik	Bonfire	Individual freestyle test grade V
Jens Lasse Dokkan	Aladdin	Individual championship test grade I
Jens Lasse Dokkan	Aladdin	Individual freestyle test grade I

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	Score	Rank
Christina Marcussen	See above	Team
Anita Hennie Johnnsen
Kirsten Kristine Vik
Jens Lasse Dokkan

Rowing

Norwegian rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Birgit Skarstein	PR1 women's single sculls	10:13.55	2 R	10:40.46	1 FA

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); R=Repechage

Swimming

Norway secured one quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Fredrik Solberg	Men's 50 m freestyle S9	25.26	2	25.33

Table tennis

Norway secure three singles spot for the Paralympic games. Aida Dahlen qualified for the games by virtue of her gold medal results, through the 2023 European Para Championships held in Sheffield, Great Britain;^[2] meanwhile the other athletes qualified for the games through the allocations of ITTF final world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tommy Urhaug	Men's individual C5
Nora Korneliussen	Women's individual C7
Aida Dahlen	Women's individual C8
Aida Husic Dahl Merethe Tveiten	Women's doubles WD14	Elsayed / Hammad (EGY) W 3–0

References

^ "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.
^ "21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship". European Table Tennis Union. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[1] "Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Qualification - 2022 UCI Nations Ranking Allocation" (PDF). UCI. 31 December 2022.

[2] "21 men and women qualify for 2024 Paralympics with victories in European Para Table Tennis Championship". European Table Tennis Union. 8 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

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