1988 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul , South Korea , with a delegation of 78 (57 men and 21 women).

Medalist

gold

Name (s)	sport	competition
Dan Frost	Cycling	Points race
Christian Grønborg & Jørgen Bojsen-Møller	sailing	Flying Dutchman

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Benny Nielsen	swim	200 meter butterfly

bronze

Names	sport	competition
Jesper Bank , Jan Mathiasen & Steen Secher	sailing	Soling

Participants by sport

Archery

• Henrik Kromann Toft

  Individual: 23rd place

  Team: 11th place

• Jan Jacobsen

  Singles: 25th place

  Team: 11th place

• Ole Nielsen

  Singles: 56th place

  Team: 11th place

Boxing

• Johnny Bredahl Johansen

  Flyweight: 33rd place

• Søren Søndergaard

  Light welterweight: 32nd place

• Johnny de Lima

  Light middleweight: 17th place

• Niels Madsen

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• Claus Børge Nielsen

  Heavyweight: 17th place

Weightlifting

• Per Larsen

  Middle heavyweight: 16th place

• Frank Juul Strømbo

  2nd heavyweight: 10th place

Judo

• Tommy Mortensen

  Half light weight: 11th place

canoe

• Christian Frederiksen

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: 8th place

  Two-man canoe, 1000 meters: 4th place

• Arne Nielsson

  Two-man Canadians, 500 meters: 8th place

  Two-man canoe, 1000 meters: 4th place

• Yvonne Knudsen

  Women, single kayak, 500 meters: 5th place

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: 7th place

• Jeanette Knudsen

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: 7th place

• Birgitte Froberg

  Women, two-person kayak, 500 meters: semi-finals

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: 7th place

• Susanne Sanggaard Petersen

  Women, four-person kayak, 500 meters: 7th place

athletics

• Mogens Guldberg

  1500 meters: semi-finals

• Henrik Jørgensen

  Marathon: 22nd place

• Erik Jensen

  110 meter hurdles: quarter-finals

• Lars Warming

  Decathlon: 19th place

• Lene Demsitz

  Women, long jump: 12th place

Modern pentathlon

• Do Hellstern

  Individual: 27th place

Cycling

• Tommy Nielsen

  Road race, individual: 71st place

• Peter Meinert Nielsen

  Road race, individual: 74th place

• Kenneth Røpke

  1000 meter individual time trial: 4th place

• Peter Clausen

  4000 meters individual pursuit: 6th place

  4000 meters team pursuit: 8th place

• Dan Frost

  4000 meters team pursuit: 8th place

  Points race: gold

• Jimmi Madsen

  4000 meters team pursuit: 8th place

• Lars Olsen

  4000 meters team pursuit: 8th place

• Ken Frost

  4000 meters team pursuit: 8th place

• Karina Skibby

  Women, road races, singles: 42nd place

horse riding

• Nils Haagensen

  Dressage, singles: 18th place

  Dressage, team: 9th place

• Morten Thomsen

  Dressage, singles: 26th place

  Dressage, team: 9th place

• Anne Grethe Jensen

  Dressage, singles: 27th place

  Dressage, team: 9th place

• Anne van Olst

  Dressage, singles: 42nd place

  Dressage, team: 9th place

Rhythmic sports gymnastics

• Malene Franzen

  Singles: 34th place in qualification

rowing

• Per Rasmussen

  Double scull: 6th place

• Bjarne Eltang

  Double scull: 6th place

• Inger Pors Olsen

  Women, one: 6th place

shoot

• Hubert Foidl

  Air pistol: 23rd place

  Free pistol: 43rd place

• Klavs Jørn Christensen

  Air rifle: 28th place

  Small bore, three-position battle: 4th place

  Small bore, lying: 15th place

• Jørgen Herlufsen

  Small bore, three position fight: 42nd place

  Small bore, lying: 36th place

• Peter Aagaard Jensen

  Trap: 30th place

• Ole Riber Rasmussen

  Skeet: 27th place

• Karsten Krogner

  Skeet: 44th place

swim

• Vagn Høgholm

  50 meter freestyle: 20th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place

• Peter Rohde

  50 meters freestyle: 26th place

  100 meters freestyle: 25th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 11th place

• Franz Mortensen

  100 meters freestyle: 13th place

  200 meters freestyle: 13th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 11th place

  4 × 100 meters: 14th place

• Jan Larsen

  200 meters freestyle: 31st place

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 11th place

  200 meter butterfly: 23rd place

• Claus Christensen

  400 meters freestyle: 31st place

  4 × 400 meter freestyle: 11th place

• Benny Nielsen

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: 10th place

  100 meter butterfly: 11th place

  200 meter butterfly: silver

  4 × 100 meters: 14th place

• Lars Sørensen

  100 meters back: 21st place

  200 meters back: 26th place

  100 meters chest: 48th place

  4 × 100 meters: 14th place

• Christian Toft

  200 meters chest: heats

  4 × 100 meters: 14th place

• Gitta Jensen

  Women, 50 meters freestyle: 20th place

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 13th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Pia Sørensen

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: 26th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 25th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Mette Jacobsen

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 11th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: 13th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Annette Moldrup Jørgensen

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 24th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Eva Mortensen

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 20th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 22nd place

• Pernille Jensen

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: 26th place

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 18th place

• Annette Poulsen

  Women, 200 meter medley: 20th place

  Women, 400 meter medley: 15th place

sailing

• Hans Natorp

  470s: 21st place

• Paul Natorp

  470s: 21st place

• Leave Hjortnæs

  Finn dinghy: 5th place

• Not so Geert Jensen

  Star: 11th place

• Mogens Just Mikkelsen

  Star: 11th place

• Trine Elvstrøm-Myralf

  Tornado: 15th place

• Paul Elvstrøm

  Tornado: 15th place

• Jan Mathiasen

  Soling: bronze

• Jesper Bank

  Soling: bronze

• Steen Secher

  Soling: bronze

• Christian Grønborg

  Flying Dutchman: Gold

• Jørgen Bojsen-Møller

  Flying Dutchman: Gold

• Lone Sørensen

  Women, 470s: 14th place

• Mette Munch

  Women, 470s: 14th place

tennis

• Morten Christensen

  Singles: 33rd place

  Doubles: 5th place

• Michael Tauson

  Singles: 33rd place

  Doubles: 5th place

• Tine Scheuer-Larsen

  Women, singles: 9th place

Web links

• Danish Olympic team from 1988 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )