Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Denmark competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 162 competitors, 144 men and 18 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort". Tage Henriksen Finn Pedersen	Rowing	Men's coxed pair	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m	Template:Dts
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Sailing	Men's Firefly	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Fencing	Women's foil individual	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort". Fritze Carstensen Karen Harup Eva Riise	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort". Ebbe Parsner	Rowing	Men's doubles sculls	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort". Helge Schrøder Helge Halkjær Aksel Hansen	Rowing	Men's coxless fours	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m	Template:Dts
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Script error: No such module "Sort". Bernhard Jensen	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman welterweight	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Cycling	Men's Sprint	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort". Jørgen Olsen Harry Knudsen Erik Larsen Henry Larsen	Rowing	Men's coxed four	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort". Ole Berntsen William Berntsen	Sailing	Men's Dragon	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".	Boxing	Men's Lightweight	Template:Dts
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Script error: No such module "Sort".Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Football	Men's competition	Template:Dts

Athletics

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Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Herluf Christensen	800 metres	DNF		Did not advance
Niels Holst-Sørensen	800 metres	1:54.2	1 Q	1:52.4	3 Q	1:54.0	9
Erik Jørgensen	1500 metres	3:54.2	2 Q	—		3:56.1	9^[2]
Henning Larsen	Marathon	—				2:41:22.0	10
Ingvard Nielsen	1500 metres	4:01.7	7	Did not advance
Alf Olesen	3000 m steeplechase	9:33.6	5	Did not advance
Aage Poulsen	5000 metres	DNF		—		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Poul Cederquist	Hammer throw	48.16	15	Did not advance
Svend Aage Frederiksen	Hammer throw	51.35	4 Q	50.07	10
Preben Larsen	Triple jump	14.520	14 q	14.830	4

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bente Bergendorff	100 metres	12.6	2 Q	NT	4	Did not advance
Birthe Nielsen		12.9	2 Q	12.5	3	Did not advance
Grethe Lovsø Nielsen		12.6	1 Q	12.7	3	Did not advance
Bente Bergendorff Grethe Lovsø Nielsen Birthe Nielsen Hilde Nissen	4 × 100 m relay	48.1	2 Q	—		48.2	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby	Javelin throw	42.08	File:Bronze medal.svg
Anne Iversen	High jump	1.50	9

Boxing

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Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erik Thastum	Bantamweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	Did not advance
Svend Aage Sørensen	Featherweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	Did not advance
Svend Wad	Lightweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	Template:FlagIOCathlete W WO	File:Bronze medal.svg
Christian Kristensen	Welterweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L KO-3	Did not advance
Martin Hansen	Middleweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete W KO-1	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	Did not advance
Erik Jensen	Light Heavyweight	Template:FlagIOCathlete L PTS	Did not advance

Canoeing

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Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johan Frederik Kobberup	K-1 1000 m	4:40.9	1 Q	—				4:39.9	File:Silver medal.svg
Knud Ditlevsen	K-1 10000 m	—						51:54.2	4
Ejvind Hansen Bernhard Jensen	K-2 1000 m	NT	1 Q	—				4:07.5	File:Silver medal.svg
Alfred Christensen Finn Rasmussen	K-2 10000 m	—						47:17.5	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Karen Hoff	K-1 500 m	2:32.2	1 Q	—				2:31.9	File:Gold medal.svg

Cycling

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Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Knud Andersen	Men's road race	5:39:57.2	28
Børge Saxil Nielsen		DNF
Kristian Pedersen		5:39:57.2	27
Rudolf Rasmussen		DNF
Kristian Pedersen Knud Andersen Børge Saxil Nielsen Rudolf Rasmussen	Team road race	DNF

Track

1000m time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Axel Schandorff	Men's 1000m time trial	1:15.5	5

Men's Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage 1	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time Speed (km/h)	Rank	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Axel Schandorff	Men's sprint	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1:49.8	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 1:49.6	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2:0	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-2	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 2-0	File:Bronze medal.svg

Men's Tandem

Athlete	Event	Heats	Repechage	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Opposition Time Speed (km/h)	Rank
Hans Andresen Evan Klamer	Tandem	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 4:53.6	BYE	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-2	Did not advance		5

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Max Jørgensen Børge Gissel Børge Mortensen Benny Schnoor	Team pursuit	—	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 5:04.1 Q	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 5:05.6	Did not advance	5

Diving

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Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Thomas Christiansen	3 m springboard	114.59	8
Thomas Christiansen	10m platform	105.22	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Inge Beeken	10m platform	59.54	8
Birte Christoffersen	3 m springboard	87.12	9
Birte Christoffersen	10m platform	66.04	File:Bronze medal.svg

Equestrian

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Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Erik Carlsen	Esja	Individual	113.00	14	69	44	11	0	44	5	44	5
Kai Aage Krarup	Rollo		114.00	16	63	51	15	14	65	14	65	14
Niels Mikkelsen	St. Hans		108.00	8	78	30	5	DSQ			Did not finish
Erik Carlsen Kai Aage Krarup Niels Mikkelsen	See above	Team	335	4	210	125	1	AC	AC	AC	Did not finish

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank
Otto Mønsted Acthon	Please	Individual	DNF
Jeppe Johannes Ladegaard-Mikkelsen	Atom		DNF
Torben Tryde	Attila		DNF
Otto Mønsted Acthon Jeppe Johannes Ladegaard-Mikkelsen Torben Tryde	See above	Team	DNF

Fencing

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Men's foil

Ivan Ruben
Aage Leidersdorff
Ole Albrechtsen

Men's team foil

Ivan Ruben, Ole Albrechtsen, Aage Leidersdorff, Tage Jørgensen, Ivan Osiier, Flemming Vögg

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Mogens Lüchow, Erik Andersen, Ib Nielsen, René Dybkær, Jakob Lyng, Kenneth Flindt

Men's sabre

Women's foil

Field hockey

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Group stage

The first of each group and also the second of Group C qualified for the Semi-finals.

Group C

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31 July 1948

Denmark File:Flag of Denmark.svg	2–2	Template:Fh

2 August 1948

Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg	4–1	Template:Fh

3 August 1948

Pakistan File:Flag of Pakistan.svg	9–0	Template:Fh

5 August 1948

Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg	2–1	Template:Fh

Football

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First round

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Quarter-final

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Semi-final

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Bronze medal match

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Gymnastics

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Rowing

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Denmark had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aage Larsen Ebbe Parsner	Double sculls	6:50.1	1 Q	BYE		—		7:48.3	1 Q	6:55.3	File:Silver medal.svg
Søren Jensen Jørn Snogdahl	Coxless pair	7:28.3	3 R	7:26.4	1 Q	—		7:54.3	2	Did not advance	4
Carl-Ebbe Andersen Tage Henriksen Finn Pedersen	Coxed pair	7:51.7	2 Q	7:51.2	1 Q	—		8:12.7	1 Q	8:00.5	File:Gold medal.svg
Aksel Bonde Helge Halkjær Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen	Coxless four	6:40.5	2 R	6:35.1	1 Q	—		7:13.8	1 Q	6:43.5	File:Silver medal.svg
Erik Larsen Henry Larsen Ib Olsen Børge Raahauge Nielsen Harry Knudsen	Coxed four	6:52.5	1 Q	BYE		7:21.3	1 Q	7:31.3	1 Q	6:58.6	File:Bronze medal.svg
Jarl Emcken Børge Hougaard Poul Korup Holger Larsen Ib Nielsen Niels Rasmussen Gerhardt Sørensen Niels Wamberg Charles Willumsen	Eights	6:17.6	3 R	6:09.4	2	Did not advance					8

Sailing

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Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Paul Elvstrøm	Firefly	~~DNF~~	6	3	11	5	1	1	5543	File:Gold medal.svg
Johan Rathje Naalli Petersen	Swallow	8	7	1	9	10	7	12	2935	5
William Berntsen Klaus Baess Ole Berntsen	Dragon	3	4	3	5	2	5	2	4223	File:Bronze medal.svg
Troels la Cour Bruno Clausen Svend Iversen René la Cour Hans Sørensen A. Eiermann Eyvin Schiøttz	6 Metre	10	5	4	11	10	10	8	1648	10

Shooting

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Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Børge Christensen	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	585	42
Axel Lerche	Men's 25 metre pistol	540	31
Gregers Münter	Men's 25 metre pistol	498	51
Gustaf Nielsen	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1057	19
Gustaf Nielsen	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	595	11
Erik Sætter-Lassen	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	588	32
Uffe Schultz Larsen	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1047	21
Charles Villholth	Men's 25 metre pistol	523	41

Swimming

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Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Greta Andersen	100 metre freestroke	1:07.0	3 Q	1:05.9	1 Q	1:06.3	File:Gold medal.svg
Greta Andersen	400 metre freestroke	DNF	19	Did not advance
Fritze Carstensen	100 metre freestroke	1:06.5	1 Q	1:07.5	2 Q	1:09.1	8
Fritze Carstensen	400 metre freestroke	5:29.4	3 Q	5:29.5	5 Q	5:29.4	7
Jytte Hansen	200 metre breaststroke	3:09.1	2 Q	3:05.5	3 Q	3:08.1	8
Karen Margrethe Harup	100 metre freestroke	1:08.4	8 Q	1:08.7	8 q	1:08.1	4
	400 metre freestroke	5:31.7	7 Q	5:25.7 OR	1 Q	5:21.2	File:Silver medal.svg
	100 metre backstroke	1:15.6	1 Q	1:15.5 OR	1 Q	1:14.4 OR	File:Gold medal.svg
Eva Arndt-Riise Karen Margrethe Harup Greta Andersen Fritze Carstensen Elvi Svendsen	4 x 100 metre freestyle	4:33.5	1 Q	—		4:29.6	File:Silver medal.svg

Weightlifting

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Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Johan Runge	60 kg	95	4	90	12	120	8	305	7
Jørgen Fryd Petersen	67.5 kg	90	14	97.5	10	127.5	9	315	10
Jørgen Moritzen	75 kg	87.5	22	95	17	DNS		DNF
Niels Petersen	+82.5 kg	115	9	112.5	7	155	5	382.5	6

Wrestling

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Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool					Final round
Athlete	Event	Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Svend Aage Thomsen	−52 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	Did not advance				11
Kolle Lejserowitz	−57 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1-2	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–0 P	Did not advance				11
Abraham Kurland	−67 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W RET	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 2-1	Did not advance			9
Henrik Hansen	−73 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W F	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3-0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W F	Template:FlagIOCathlete L F	Did not advance	File:Bronze medal.svg
Erling Stuer Lauridsen	−87 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 3-0	Template:FlagIOCathlete W F	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 0-3	Template:FlagIOCathlete L F	Did not advance		6

Art competitions

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Athlete	Event	Category	Title	Rank
Josef Petersen	Literature	Epic works	"The Olympic Champion"	File:Silver medal.svg
Erling Brene	Music	Choral and orchestral	"Vigeur"	File:Bronze medal.svg
Knud Nellemose	Sculpture	Statues	"Young Man with Discus", "Head of a Boxer"	NM
Knud Nellemose	Sculpture	Medals and plaques	"Group of Wrestlers", "Football Players"	NM

References

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Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

External links

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Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Sprint

Cycling

Track

Diving

Equestrian

Eventing

Show jumping

Fencing

Field hockey

Football

Gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions

References

External links

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