Sport disciplines represented in the cohort of Norwegian world-class athletes and their category of joint impact after the classification of Clifford and Mallon50
| High joint impact sport disciplines (N f/m athletes) | Intermediate joint impact sport disciplines (N f/m athletes) | Low joint impact sport disciplines* (N f/m athletes) | Unclassified sport disciplines (N f/m athletes) |
| Handball (279/290) | Skating (64/91) | X.C. ski (73/170) | Orienteering (57/55) |
| Football (75/176) | Alpine ski. (50/56) | Racewalking (47/82) | Mushing (31/48) |
| Volleyball (101/88) | Tennis (20/27) | Sailing (14/62) | Athletics jump (59/11) |
| Ice hockey (7/92) | Weightlifting (3/40) | Swimming (34/28) | Athletics throw (61/8) |
| Basketball (45/44) | Rock climb. (6/15) | Table tennis (18/35) | Hurdles (23/0) |
| Sprint (78/6) | Snowboard†(6/12) | Rowing (4/45) | Athletics combined (10/1) |
| Middle d. run (11/4) | Figure skating (9/1) | Ski orient. (21/23) | Triathlon (26/38) |
| Long d. run (51/12) | Equestrian (1/2) | Cycling (6/24) | Ski jump (0/61) |
| Wrestling (0/16) | N total=159/244 | Golf (8/12) | Floorball (32/21) |
| Boxing (0/11) | Dance (6/7) | Nordic combined (0/44) | |
| Squash (3/3) | Fencing (2/11) | Telemark ski (15/23) | |
| Judo (1/1) | Gymnastics (6/6) | Diving (15/18) | |
| N total=651/743 | N total=239/505 | Paddling (5/23) | |
| Shooting (2/18) | |||
| Luge (3/15) | |||
| Badminton (8/7) | |||
| Freestyle (4/10) | |||
| Curling (2/7) | |||
| Archery (0/2) | |||
| N total=353/410 |
*Added to the classification by Klein et al 67; X.C. ski=cross-country and biathlon; orient=orienteering.
†Includes the sport disciplines categorised as Low and Potentially Low; Athletics jump=high jump, long jump, pole vault, triple jump; athletics throw=discus throw, hammer throw, javelin throw, shot put, weight throw; athletics combined=Athletics combined track and field: pentathlon, heptathlon, decathlon.
d, distance; f/m, female/male; n, number.