Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Denmark at the Olympic Games

Flag of Denmark – Flag bearers
IOC code  DEN
NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website www.dif.dk (Danish)
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors 66 (56 men and 10 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Judith Andersen
Medals
Rank: 24		 Gold
1		 Silver
0		 Bronze
2		 Total
3
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Denmark competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. 66 competitors, 56 men and 10 women, took part in 40 events in 15 sports, winning a total number of three medals.[1]

Contents

Medalists

Gold medal.svg Gold

Bronze medal.svg Bronze

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

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Marathon

Men's High Jump

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

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 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)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's 1.000m Sprint (Scratch)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Denmark in 1976.

Women's foil
  • Max Madsen

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Cuba at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1976/. Retrieved 2011-04-03. 
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