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Norway at the
2020 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Norway
IPC codeNOR
NPC Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports
Website www.idrett.no (in Norwegian)
in Tokyo, Japan
August 25, 2020 (2020-08-25) – September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06)
Competitors15 in 7 sports
Medals
Gold
2
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
4
Summer Paralympics appearances ( overview)

Norway competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 August to 6 September 2020.

Medalists

Main article: 2020 Summer Paralympics medal table
Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Birgit Skarstein Rowing Women's single sculls 29 August
 Gold Salum Ageze Kashafali Athletics Men's 100 metres T12 29 August
 Bronze Aida Dahlen Table tennis Women's individual class 8 28 August
 Bronze Ann Cathrin Lubbe Equestrian Individual freestyle test grade III 30 August

Competitors

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 1 1 2
Badminton 0 1 1
Equestrian 0 1 1
Rowing 0 1 1
Shooting 1 3 4
Swimming 2 1 3
Table tennis 1 2 3
Total 5 10 15

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Salum Ageze Kashafali qualified to represent Norway after winning the gold medal in the men's 100 metres T12 event at the 2019 World Para Athletics Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. [1]

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics and Badminton at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Qualification
Athlete Event Group Stage Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Helle Sofie Sagøy Women's singles SL4   Dransfield ( AUS)
W (21–17, 21–13) 		  Meier ( CAN)
W (21–6, 21–8) 		  Srinavakul ( THA)
W (21–14, 21–8) 		1 Q   Cheng ( CHN)
L (15–21, 10–21) 		  Ma ( CHN)
L (12–21, 5–21) 		4

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Norway sent one athlete after qualified. [2]

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Norway qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the games by winning the gold medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria and securing one of seventh available place. [3]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Birgit Skarstein Women's single sculls 14:27.48 1 FA N/A 10:56.88 1st place, gold medalist(s)

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

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Norway entered four athletes into the Paralympic competition. All of them successfully break the Paralympic qualification at the 2019 WSPS World Championships which was held in Sydney, Australia. [4]

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Sonja Jennie Tobiassen Mixed R4 – 10 m air rifle standing SH2
Paul Aksel Johansen Mixed R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1
Monica Lillehagen Women's R8 – 50 m rifle three position
Heidi Kristin Soerlie-Rogne Mixed R9 – 50 m rifle prone SH2

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Sarah Louise Rung and Andreas Skaar Bjornstad qualified to represent Norway at the 2020 Summer Paralympics. But Norway qualified one more to represent.

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2020 Summer Paralympics

Norway entered three players into the table tennis competition at the games. Tommy Urhaug and Aida Dahlen qualified via World Ranking allocation and Nora Korneliussen who won a gold medal at the World Qualification Tournament. [5]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Tommy Urhaug Men's individual C5   Depergola ( ARG)
W 3–0 		  Palikuća ( SRB)
L 0–3 		2 Q   Hunter-Spivey ( GBR)
L 2–3 		Did not advance
Nora Korneliussen Women's individual C7   Korkut ( TUR)
L 0–3 		  Safonova ( RPC)
L 0–3 		3 Did not advance
Aida Dahlen Women's individual C8   Lacerda ( BRA)
W 3–0 		  Wenjuan ( CHN)
L 2–3 		2 Q N/A   Arlóy ( HUN)
W 3–1 		  Jingdian ( CHN)
L 0–3 		did not advance 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

See also

References

  1. ^ "2019 World Para Athletics Championships - Results - Men's 100m T12 Final" (pdf). IPC. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  3. ^ "2019 World Rowing Championships". www.worldrowing.com. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2020 Summer Paralympics Qualification Guide" (PDF). International Paralympic Committee. 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ "2019 Para Table Tennis Calendar". International Table Tennis Federation. 16 March 2019.

External links

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