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Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
DEN

Flag bearer
  
Judith Andersen

Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark

Website
  
www.dif.dk (Danish) (English)

Competitors
  
66 (56 men, 10 women) in 15 sports

Medals Ranked 24th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 2 3

Denmark competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 66 competitors, 56 men and 10 women, took part in 40 events in 15 sports, winning a total number of three medals.

Contents

Gold

  • Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen and Poul Richard Høj Jensen — Sailing, Men's Soling class

    • Bronze

  • Niels Fredborg — Cycling, Men's 1000 metres time trial
  • Verner Blaudzun, Gert Frank, Jørgen Hansen and Jørn Lund — Cycling, Men's team time trial

    • Archery

    Olympic veteran Arne Jacobsen was the only archer to represent Denmark in the nation's second appearance in the Olympic archery competition. He dropped 89 points from his previous mark, falling 17 places in the standings.

    Men's Individual Competition:

  • Arne Jacobsen – 2334 points (→ 25th place)

    • Athletics

    Men's Marathon

  • Jørgen Jensen — 2:20:44 (→ 28th place)

    • Men's High Jump

  • Jesper Tørring
  • Qualification — 2.16m
  • Final — 2.18m (→ 8th place)

    • Cycling

    Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1976.

    Individual road race
  • Verner Blaudzun — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Jørgen Emil Hansen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Bent Pedersen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Willy Skibby — did not finish (→ no ranking)
    • Team time trial
  • Verner Blaudzun
  • Gert Frank
  • Jørgen Emil Hansen
  • Jørn Lund
    • Sprint
  • Niels Fredborg — 6th place
    • 1000m time trial
  • Niels Fredborg — 1:07.617 (→ Bronze Medal)
    • Team pursuit
  • Ivar Jakobsen
  • Kim Refshammer
  • Bjarne Sørensen
  • Kim Svendsen

    • Fencing

    One female fencer represented Denmark in 1976.

    Women's foil
  • Max Madsen

    • Modern pentathlon

    Two male pentathletes represented Denmark in 1976.

    Individual
  • Jørn Steffensen
  • Klaus Petersen

    • References

    Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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