IOC code DEN 1 3 | Competitors 13 in 5 sports | |
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NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark Website www.dif.dk (Danish) (English) Medals
Ranked 10th Gold
Silver
Bronze
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Denmark competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Danish contingent, 13 men, competed in 5 sports and had 30 entries in 14 events.
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Gold
Additionally, Edgar Aabye, Eugen Schmidt, and Charles Winckler were part of a mixed team (with three athletes from Sweden) that won the gold medal in tug of war.
Silver
Bronze
Athletics
Four athletes competed in six athletics events, taking a bronze medal.
Fencing
Denmark competed in fencing for the second time in 1900. The team won no medals that time.
Shooting
Denmark competed again at the second Olympic shooting events. Jensen, who had been more successful in weightlifting four years earlier but had won a bronze medal in shooting, returned. This time, he received no shooting medals. Madsen won an individual gold medal, while Nielsen took three individual silvers including the overall. The team did not take a medal in the team event, though they came close with a score only 13 points less than bronze medallist France's.
Swimming
Denmark entered one event in its inaugural Olympic swimming appearance, with Lykkeberg taking the bronze medal.
Tug of war
Denmark contributed 3 of the 6 members of the gold medal winning team in the inaugural tug of war competition.