- Denmark at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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Denmark at the Olympic Games 
Flag of Denmark – Flag bearersIOC code DEN NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark Website www.dif.dk (Danish) At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Competitors 100 in 15 sports Flag bearer Benny Schmidt Medals
Rank: 13Gold
2Silver
3Bronze
1Total
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Medalists
Gold- Paul Elvstrøm — Sailing, men's Finn individual competition
- Erik Hansen — Canoeing, men's K1 1,000 metres kayak singles
Silver- Hans Fogh and Ole Petersen — Sailing, Flying Dutchman
- William Berntsen, Steen Christensen and Søren Hancke — Sailing, 5.5 Metre
- Paul Andersen, John Danielsen, Henning Enoksen, Henry From, Bent Hansen, Poul Jensen, Flemming Nielsen, Hans Nielsen, Harald Nielsen, Poul Pedersen, Jørn Sørensen and Tommy Troelsen — Football (soccer), men's team competition
Bronze- Erik Hansen, Arne Høyer, Erling Jessen and Helmut Sørensen — Canoeing, men's K1 4x500 metres kayak relay
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1960 Summer OlympicsBoxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1960 Summer OlympicsCanoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1960 Summer OlympicsCycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1960 Summer OlympicsDiving
Main article: Diving at the 1960 Summer OlympicsEquestrianism
Main article: Equestrianism at the 1960 Summer OlympicsFencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1960 Summer OlympicsOne fencer represented Denmark in 1960.
- Men's sabre
- Palle Frey
Football
Main article: Football at the 1960 Summer OlympicsHockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1960 Summer OlympicsModern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1960 Summer OlympicsRowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1960 Summer OlympicsSailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1960 Summer OlympicsShooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1960 Summer OlympicsSwimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1960 Summer OlympicsWrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1960 Summer OlympicsReferences
- ^ "Denmark at the 1960 Rome Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1960/. Retrieved 2010-10-26.
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