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{{infobox country at games
| NOC = DEN
| NOCname = [[National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark]]
| games = Summer Olympics
| year = 1984
| flagcaption =
| oldcode =
| website = {{URL|www.dif.dk }} {{in lang|da|en}}
| location = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]
| competitors = 60 (49 men and 11 women)
| sports = 11
| flagbearer = [[Michael Marcussen]]
| rank = 27
| gold = 0
| silver = 3
| bronze = 3
| officials =
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year =
| app_end_year =
| summerappearances =
| winterappearances =
| seealso = [[Denmark at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games
}}

[[Denmark]] competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[United States]]. 60 competitors, 49 men and 11 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1984/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043050/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1984/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Denmark at the 1984 Summer Games |access-date=22 May 2015 |work=Sports Reference}}</ref>

==Medalists==

{{main|1984 Summer Olympics medal table}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
!Date
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Ole|Riber Rasmussen}} || [[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Shooting]] || [[Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Mixed skeet|Mixed skeet]] || 4 August
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Henning|Lynge Jakobsen}} || [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 500 metres|Men's C-1 500 metres]] || 10 August
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Anne Grethe|Jensen}} || [[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Equestrian]] || [[Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Individual dressage|Individual dressage]] || 10 August
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Hanne|Eriksen}} {{sortname|Birgitte|Hanel}} {{sortname|Lotte|Koefoed}} {{sortname|Bodil|Steen Rasmussen}} {{sortname|Jette|Sørensen}} || [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's quadruple sculls|Women's quadruple sculls]] || 4 August
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Michael|Jessen}} {{sortname|Lars|Nielsen|Lars Nielsen (rower)}} {{sortname|Per|Rasmussen}} {{sortname|Erik|Christiansen}} || [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Rowing]] || [[Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless four|Men's coxless four]] || 5 August
|-
| {{bronze medal}} || {{sortname|Henning|Lynge Jakobsen}} || [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Canoeing]] || [[Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's C-1 1000 metres|Men's C-1 1000 metres]] || 11 August
|}

==Athletics==
{{main|Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

'''[[Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Marathon|Men's Marathon]]'''
* [[Henrik Jørgensen (athlete)|Henrik Jørgensen]] — 2:15:55 (→ 19th place)
* [[Allan Zachariassen]] — 2:17:10 (→ 25th place)

'''Women's Marathon'''
* [[Dorthe Rasmussen]]
** Final — 2:33:40 (→ 13th place)

==Canoeing==
{{main|Canoeing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

==Cycling==
{{main|Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}
Thirteen cyclists, twelve men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1984.

;[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual road race|Men's individual road race]]
* [[Per Pedersen (cyclist)|Per Pedersen]] — +11:46 (→ 24th place)
* [[Kim Eriksen]] — +15:30 (→ 40th place)
* [[Ole Byriel]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* [[Søren Lilholt]] — did not finish (→ no ranking)

;[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team time trial|Team time trial]]
* [[John Carlsen]]
* [[Kim Eriksen]]
* [[Lars Jensen (cyclist)|Lars Jensen]]
* [[Søren Lilholt]]

;[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's 1 km time trial|1000m time trial]]
* [[Claus Rasmussen]]

;[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's individual pursuit|Individual pursuit]]
* [[Jørgen V. Pedersen]]
* [[Henning Larsen (cyclist, born 1955)|Henning Larsen]]

;[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's team pursuit|Team pursuit]]
* [[Dan Frost (cyclist)|Dan Frost]]
* [[Michael Markussen]]
* [[Jørgen V. Pedersen]]
* [[Brian Holm]]

;[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's points race|Points race]]
* [[Michael Markussen]]
* [[Brian Holm]]

;[[Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's individual road race|Women's individual road race]]
* [[Helle Sørensen]] — 2:13:28 (→ 7th place)

==Equestrianism==
{{main|Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

==Handball==
{{main|Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

===Men's Team Competition===
*'''Preliminary Round (Group B)'''
**Defeated Spain (21–16)
**Defeated South Korea (31–28)
**Defeated United States (19–16)
**Defeated Sweden (26–19)
**Lost to West Germany (18–20)
*'''Bronze Medal Match'''
**Lost to Romania (19–23) → '''Fourth place'''
*'''Team Roster'''
**[[Morten Stig Christensen]]
**[[Anders Dahl-Nielsen]]
**[[Peter Michael Fenger|Peter Fenger]]
**[[Jørgen Gluver]]
**[[Hans Hattesen]]
**[[Carsten Haurum]]
**[[Klaus Jensen]]
**[[Mogens Jeppesen]]
**[[Keld Nielsen]]
**[[Erik Rasmussen (handballer)|Erik Rasmussen]]
**[[Jens Roepstorff]]
**[[Per Skaarup]]
**[[Poul Sørensen (handball)|Poul Sørensen]]
**[[Mikael Strøm]]

==Judo==
{{main|Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

==Rowing==
{{main|Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

==Sailing==
{{main|Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}
;Open
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan=7|Race
!rowspan=2|Net points
!rowspan=2|Final rank
|-style="font-size:95%"
!1
!2
!3
!4
!5
!6
!7
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jørgen Bojsen-Møller]] [[Jacob Bojsen-Møller]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman|Flying Dutchman]]
|1
|6
|<s>8</s>
|8
|7
|3
|4
|52.4
|'''4'''
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Paul Elvstrøm]] [[Trine Elvstrøm-Myralf]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Tornado|Tornado]]
|6
|3
|5
|3
|<s>14</s>
|4
|5
|51.1
|'''4'''
|-align=center
|align=left|[[Jesper Bank]] [[Thomas Andersen]] [[Jan Mathiasen]]
|align=left|[[Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Soling|Soling]]
|8
|<s>13</s>
|7
|12
|7
|12
|10
|92.5
|12
|}

==Shooting==
{{main|Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

==Swimming==
{{main|Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

'''Men's 100m Freestyle'''
*[[Peter Rohde (swimmer)|Peter Rohde]]
** Heat — 51.40
** B-Final — 51.98 (→ 16th place)
*[[Franz Mortensen]]
** Heat — 52.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

'''Men's 200m Freestyle'''
*[[Franz Mortensen]]
** Heat — 1:54.09 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

'''Men's 400m Freestyle'''
*[[Franz Mortensen]]
** Heat — 4:11.97 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

'''Men's 100m Butterfly'''
*[[Søren Østberg]]
** Heat — 55.73
** B-Final — 56.04 (→ 15th place)

'''Men's 200m Butterfly'''
*[[Søren Østberg]]
** Heat — 2:06.12 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

'''Men's 200m Individual Medley'''
*[[Peter Rohde (swimmer)|Peter Rohde]]
** Heat — 2:07.93
** B-Final — 2:07.10 (→ 13th place)

==Weightlifting==
{{main|Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics}}
{{Country at games navbox|Denmark|Olympics}}

[[Category:Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Denmark at the Summer Olympics by year|1984]]
[[Category:1984 in Danish sport|Summer Olympics]]

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Denmark at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Revision history

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