Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (Danish) (English)
in Montreal
Competitors	66 (56 men, 10 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Judith Andersen
Medals Ranked 24th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 0 2 3
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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]

Medalists

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)

Boxing

Canoeing

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

Equestrianism

Fencing

One female fencer represented Denmark in 1976.

Women's foil

• Max Madsen

Gymnastics

Handball

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Denmark in 1976.

Individual

• Jørn Steffensen
• Klaus Petersen

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Weightlifting

References

1. "Cuba at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 April 2015.