- Denmark at the 1928 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 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam Competitors 91 in 14 sports Flag bearer Marius Jørgensen Medals
Rank: 13Gold
3Silver
1Bronze
2Total
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Contents
Medalists
Gold
- Henry Hansen — Cycling, Men's Individual road race
- Henry Hansen, Leo Nielsen and Orla Jørgensen — Cycling, Men's Team road race
- Willy Hansen — Cycling, Men's 1000m Time Trial
Silver
- Vilhelm Vett, Nils Otto Møller, Aage Høy-Petersen, Peter Schlütter and Sven Linck — Sailing, Men's 6 metre class
Bronze
- Michael Michaelsen — Boxing, Heavyweight
- Willy Hansen — Cycling, Men's Sprint
Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1928 Summer OlympicsBoxing
For more details on this topic, see Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics.Men's Heavyweight (+ 79.4 kg)
- Michael Michaelsen → Bronze Medal
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- First Round — Bye
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Geo Gardebois (FRA), points
- Semifinals — Lost to Arturo Rodríguez (ARG), points
- Third Place Match — Defeated Sverre Sørsdal (NOR), walk-over
Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1928 Summer OlympicsDiving
Main article: Diving at the 1928 Summer OlympicsEquestrian
Main article: Equestrian at the 1928 Summer OlympicsFencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1928 Summer OlympicsTen fencers, seven men and three women, represented Denmark in 1928.
- Men's foil
- Ivan Osiier
- Kim Bærentzen
- Jens Berthelsen
- Men's team foil
- Ivan Osiier, Jens Berthelsen, Kim Bærentzen, Johan Praem
- Men's épée
- Ivan Osiier
- Jens Berthelsen
- Peter Ryefelt
- Men's team épée
- Ivan Osiier, Jens Berthelsen, Otto Bærentzen, Peter Ryefelt, Johan Praem
- Men's sabre
- Jens Berthelsen
- Ivan Osiier
- Viggo Stilling-Andersen
- Women's foil
- Margot Bærentzen
- Inger Klint
- Else Ahlmann-Ohlsen
Hockey
Main article: Field hockey at the 1928 Summer OlympicsModern pentathlon
Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1928 Summer OlympicsRowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1928 Summer OlympicsSailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1928 Summer OlympicsSwimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1928 Summer OlympicsWeightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1928 Summer OlympicsWrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1928 Summer OlympicsArt competitions
Main article: Art competitions at the 1928 Summer OlympicsReferences
- ^ "Denmark at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1928/. Retrieved 2010-04-25.
External links
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