Ring opening metathesis polymerization (ROMP) of bicyclo[2.2.1] hept-2-ene (norbornene) is carried out over silica-supported catalysts based on tungsten complexes bearing an oxo ligand (1: [( SiO)W(=O)(CH2SiMe3)(3), 2: [( SiO)W(=O)(=CHCMe2Ph)(dAdPO)], dAdPO = 2,6 diadamantyl-4-methylphenoxide, 3: [( SiO)(2)W(=O)(CH2SiMe3)(2)]). The evaluation of the catalytic activities of the aforementioned materials in ROMP indicates that at low reaction time (0.5 min), the highest polymer yield is obtained with catalyst 2. However, for longer reaction time (>2 min), complex 3, a model of the industrial catalyst, exhibits a better monomer conversion. The polymers obtained are characterized. Moreover, these catalysts are shown to be rather preferentially selective to give the cis poly-norbornene (>65%), characterized by high melting points (approximate to 300 degrees C). The experimental values of the average molecular weight (M-n) of polynorbornenes are found to be close to the theoretical ones for the polymers prepared using catalyst 2 and higher for those originated from catalyst 3.