1900 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark participated in the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris with 13 athletes in 5 sports.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Lars Jørgen Madsen	shoot	Standing military rifle
mixed team from 3 Swedes and Edgar Aabye Eugen Schmidt Charles Winckler	Tug of war

Runner-up

Surname	sport	competition
Peter Nielsen is different	shoot	Kneeling military rifle
		Lying military rifle
		Military rifle, 3 positions

Third place

Surname	sport	competition
Peder Lykkeberg	swim	Underwater swimming
Ernst Schultz	athletics	400 meters

Participants by sport

fencing

competition	Surname	space	Round 1	Quarter finals	Round of hope	Semifinals	final
foil	Jens Peter Berthelsen	44 of 60	eliminated by the jury	not reached

athletics

competition	athlete	space	Preliminary round	Semifinals	Round of hope	final
100 meters	Johannes Gandil	-	Unknown 3rd, preliminary round 4th	not reached
400 meters	Ernst Schultz	3.	Unknown 2nd, preliminary round 2nd	not carried out		not known
800 meters	Christian Christensen	-	Unknown 5th, preliminary round 1	not carried out		not reached
1500 meters	Christian Christensen	5.	not carried out			not known

competition	athlete	space	Preliminary round	final
Shot put	Charles Winckler	10.	not carried out	10.76 meters
Discus throwing	Charles Winckler	8th.	32.50 meters 8.	not reached

shoot

competition	space	athlete	Points
Military rifle, standing	1.	Lars Jørgen Madsen	305
	11.	Viggo Jensen	277
		Peter Nielsen is different	277
	22nd	Axel Kristensen	261
	28.	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	238
Kneeling military rifle	2.	Peter Nielsen is different	314
	8th.	Lars Jørgen Madsen	299
	13.	Viggo Jensen	290
	22nd	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	271
	26th	Axel Kristensen	260
Military rifle lying	2.	Peter Nielsen is different	330
	10.	Viggo Jensen	308
	16.	Lars Jørgen Madsen	301
	27.	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	273
	30th	Axel Kristensen	261
Military rifle Three positions	2.	Peter Nielsen is different	921
	5.	Lars Jørgen Madsen	905
	15th	Viggo Jensen	875
	28.	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	782
		Axel Kristensen	782
Military rifle crew	4th	Viggo Jensen, Laurids Jensen-Kjær, Axel Kristensen, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Anders Peter Nielsen	4265

swim

competition	Surname	space	Seconds	meter	score
Underwater swimming	Peder Lykkeberg	3.	90.0	28.50	147.0

Tug of war

space	Athletes	game
1.	Edgar Aabye August Nilsson ( SWE ) Eugen Schmidt Gustaf Söderström (SWE) Karl Gustaf Staaf (SWE) Gustav Winckler	won against France 2-0

Web links

• Danish Olympic team from 1900 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )