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.
Karen Hoff — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
Carl-Ebbe Andersen, Tage Henriksen, and Finn Pedersen — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
Greta Andersen — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
Paul Elvstrøm — Sailing, Men's Firefly Class
Johan Andersen — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
Ejvind Hansen and Jacob Jensen — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
Karen Lachmann — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
Aage Larsen and Ebbe Parsner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
Ib Storm Larsen, Helge Schrøder, Helge Halkjær, and Aksel Hansen — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Eva Riise, Greta Andersen, Fritze Carstensen-Nathansen, and Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Lily Carlstedt — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
Svend Vad — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
Axel Schandorff — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
Birte Christoffersen — Diving, Women's 10m Platform
Børge Nielsen, Jørgen Olsen, Harry Knudsen, Erik Larsen, and Henry Larsen — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
Knud Bastrup-Birk, Hans Colberg, Edvin Hansen, John Hansen, Jørgen W. Hansen, Karl Aage Hansen, Erik Kuld Jensen, Ivan Jensen, Ove Jensen, Viggo Jensen, Per Knudsen, Knud Lundberg, Eigil Nielsen, Knud Børge Overgaard, Poul Petersen, Axel Pilmark, Johannes Pløger, Carl Aage Præst, Holger Seebach, Erling Sørensen, Jørgen Leschly Sørensen, Dion Ørnvold — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
Christian Hansen — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
Klaus Baess, Ole Berntsen, and William Berntsen — Sailing, Men's Dragon
Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Denmark in 1948.
Individual road race
Kristian Pedersen
Knud Andersen
Børge Saxil Nielsen
Rudolf Rasmussen
Team road race
Kristian Pedersen
Knud Andersen
Børge Saxil Nielsen
Rudolf Rasmussen
Sprint
Axel Schandorff
Time trial
Axel Schandorff
Tandem
Hans Andresen
Evan Klamer
Team pursuit
Max Jørgensen
Børge Gissel
Børge Mortensen
Benny Schnoor
Kai Aage Krarup - Three Day Event Individual, Three Day Event Team
15 fencers, 12 men and 3 women, represented Denmark in 1948.
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
Mogens Lüchow
Ib Nielsen
Men's team épée
Mogens Lüchow, Erik Andersen, Ib Nielsen, René Dybkær, Jakob Lyng, Kenneth Flindt
Men's sabre
Aage Leidersdorff
Ivan Ruben
Ivan Osiier
Women's foil
Karen Lachmann
Grete Olsen
Kate Mahaut
25 rowers, all men, represented Denmark in 1948.
Men's double sculls
Aage Larsen
Ebbe Parsner
Men's coxless pair
Søren Jensen
Jørn Snogdahl
Men's coxed pair
Carl-Ebbe Andersen
Tage Henriksen
Finn Pedersen
Men's coxless four
Aksel Bonde Hansen
Helge Halkjær
Helge Muxoll Schrøder
Ib Storm Larsen
Men's coxed four
Harry Knudsen
Erik Larsen
Henry Larsen
Ib Olsen
Børge Raahauge Nielsen
Men's coxed eight
Jarl Emcken
Børge Hougaard
Poul Korup
Holger Larsen
Ib Nielsen
Niels Rasmussen
Gerhardt Sørensen
Niels Wamberg
Charles Willumsen
Seven shooters represented Denmark in 1948.
25 metre pistol
Axel Lerche
Charles Villholth
Gregers Münter
300 metre rifle
Gustaf Nielsen
Uffe Schultz Larsen
50 metre rifle
Gustaf Nielsen
Erik Sætter-Lassen
Børge Christensen
