Summer Olympics 1896 / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part in the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , with three athletes in five sports part.

Medalist

Olympic champion

Surname	sport	competition
Viggo Jensen	Weightlifting	Two-armed

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Viggo Jensen	Weightlifting	One-armed
Holger Louis Nielsen	shoot	Revolver (30 meters)

third place

Surname	sport	competition
Viggo Jensen	shoot	Military rifle (300 meters)
Holger Louis Nielsen	shoot	Revolver (25 meters)
Holger Louis Nielsen	fencing	Single, saber

Participants by sport

fencing

• Holger Louis Nielsen

  Single, saber: 3rd place

Weightlifting

• Viggo Jensen

  Two armed: Olympic champion

  One-armed: Second

athletics

Athletes	competition	leader		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Eugen Schmidt	100 m	unknown	4th	eliminated

• Viggo Jensen

  Shot put: 4th place

  Discus throwing: ??

• Holger Louis Nielsen

  Discus throwing: ??

shoot

• Holger Louis Nielsen

  Revolver (30 meters): Second

  Service revolver (25 m): 5th place

  Pistol (25 m): 3rd place

  Military rifle (200 m): ??

• Viggo Jensen

  Military rifle (300 m): 3rd place

  Military rifle (200 m): 6th place

• Eugen Schmidt

  Military rifle (200 m): 12th place

do gymnastics

• Viggo Jensen

  Tauhangeln: 4th place

Web links

• Danish Olympic team from 1896 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )