Norway was represented at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich by the Norwegian Olympic Committee and Confederation of Sports. 112 competitors, 101 men and 11 women, took part in 70 events in 15 sports. 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. Men's Individuel Competition: Jan Erik Humlekjær - 2339 points (→ 32nd place) Johannes Akkerhaugen - 2288 points (→ 36th place) Egil Borgen Johansen - 2219 points (→ 48th place) Women's Individual Competition: Brit Stav - 1929 points (40th place) Athletics Men's 100 metres Audun Garshol Heat — 10.49 s (→ advanced to the quarter final) Quarter final — 10.55 s (→ did not advance) Men's 200 metres Audun Garshol Heat — 21.16 s (→ advanced to the quarter final) Quarter final — 25.30 s (→ did not advance) Women's 1500 metres 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) Men's 5000 metres 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) Men's 10,000 metres Arne Risa Heat — 14:01.6 min (→ did not advance) Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Jan Voje Heat — 8:42.0 min (→ did not advance) Sverre Sørnes Heat — 8:54.8 min (→ did not advance) Men's High Jump Leif Roar Falkum Qualification — NM (→ did not advance) Men's Long Jump Finn Bendixen Qualification — 7.61 m (→ did not advance) Men's triple jump Kristen Fløgstad Qualification — 16.41 m (→ advanced to the final) Final — 16.44 m (→ 8th place) Men's Javelin Throw Bjørn Grimnes Round 1 — 77.54 metres (→ advanced to the final) Final — 83.08 metres (→ 5th place)