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)
Men's 20 km walk
Jan Rolstad — 1:33:03 hrs (→ 11th place)
Men's 50 km walk
Kjell Georg Lund — 4:34.23 hrs (→ 24th place)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Seven cyclists represented Norway in 1972.
Individual road race
Tore Milsett — 17th place
Thorleif Andresen — 70th place
Arve Haugen — did not finish (→ no ranking) Jan Henriksen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
Thorleif Andresen
Arve Haugen
Knut Knudsen
Magne Orre
1000m time trial
Harald Bundli
Final — 1:09.72 (→ 18th place)
Individual pursuit
Knut Knudsen
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard: Roar Løken — 514.92 points (→ 10th place)
Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Norway in 1972.
Men's épée
Morten von Krogh
Ole Mørch
Jeppe Normann
Men's team épée
Jan von Koss, Jeppe Normann, Ole Mørch, Claus Mørch Jr.
Gymnastics
Handball
Norway's 1-1-1 record in the first round put the team in a tie for second place with West Germany (which was the team that Norway had tied), but the advantage went to the West Germans and Norway's third-place finish put them into the ninth- to twelfth-place consolation bracket. They defeated Japan to set up a match with Poland for ninth and tenth places, which Norway won.
Men's Team Competition: Norway - 9th place (3-1-1)
Rowing
Men's Coxed Pairs
Rolf Andreassen, Arne Bergodd and Thor-Egil Olsen
Heat — 8:00.56
Repechage — 8:03.50
Semi-finals — 8:30.29
Shooting
Seven male shooters represented Norway in 1972.
25 m pistol
Thor-Øistein Endsjø
50 m pistol
John Rødseth
300 m rifle, three positions
Helge Anshushaug
Bjørn Bakken
50 m rifle, three positions
Bjørn Bakken
Helge Anshushaug
50 m rifle, prone
Helge Anshushaug
Jens Nygård
50 m running target
John H. Larsen, Jr. Tore Skau