1908 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark participated in the 1908 Summer Olympics in London , Great Britain , with 78 athletes. The athletes were able to win two silver and three bronze medals.

Medalist

Second

Surname	sport	competition
Marius Andersen Harald Bohr Charles Buchwald Ludvig Drescher (goalkeeper) Johannes Gandil Harald Hansen August Lindgren Kristian Middelboe Nils Middelboe Sophus Nielsen Oscar Nielsen Bjørn Rasmussen Vilhelm Wolfhagen Charles Williams (coach)	Soccer	Men
Ludvig Dam	swim	100 m back

Third

Surname	sport	competition
Andersen is different	Wrestling	Middle weight (up to 73 kg)
Carl Jensen	Wrestling	Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)
Søren Marinus Jensen	Wrestling	Heavy weight (over 93 kg)

Participants by sport

Boxing

discipline	space	athlete	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
Men
Lightweight (up to 63.50 kg)	seventh	Hemming Hansen	Lost 2-0 judgment to Johnson	not reached
		Waldemar Holberg	Lost to Wells' verdict after fourth round

fencing

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Second round	Semifinals	final
Men
Epee single	Semi-finalist	Lauritz Christian Østrup	5-1 (first in group A)	3-1 (first in group 2)	5-5 (sixth in group 2)	not reached
	Second round	Ivan Osiier	5-3 (second in group E)	2-2 (third in group 2)	not reached
		Ejnar Levison	3-2 (second in Group C)	1–4 (fifth in group 1)
	First round	Herbert Sander	2-4 (fourth in group B)	not reached
		Otto Becker	4-4 (fourth in group D)
		Frantz Jørgensen	3–4 (fifth in Group I)
Saber single	Semifinals	Lauritz Østrup	4-1 (first in group I)	2-1 (second in group 8)	3–4 (sixth in group 2)	not reached
	Second round	Einar Schwartz-Nielsen	2-1 (first in group E)	0-3 (fourth in group 8)	not reached
	First round	Harald Krenchel	1–3 (fifth in group D)	not reached

discipline	space	Athletes	qualification	First round	Semifinals	final	Round of hope	Fencing for 2nd place
Men
Epee team	Fourth	Ejnar Levison Ivan Osiier Lauritz Østrup Herbert Sander Otto Becker	bye	Lost to France 10-6 → round of hope	not reached		Lost to Great Britain 9-8 → Eliminated fourth	not reached

Soccer

discipline	space	Athletes	First round	Semifinals	final	3rd place match
Men
Men	Second	Marius Andersen , Harald Bohr , Charles Buchwald , Ludvig Drescher (goalkeeper) , Johannes Gandil Harald Hansen , August Lindgren , Kristian Middelboe , Nils Middelboe , Sophus Nielsen Oscar Nielsen , Bjørn Rasmussen , Vilhelm Wolfhagen , Charles Williams (trainer)	Defeated France B 9-0	Defeated France 17: 1	Lost to Great Britain 2-0	not qualified

athletics

discipline	space	athlete	Preliminary round	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m	Heats	Axel Petersen	11.5 seconds second, ninth preroll	not reached
1,500 m	Semi-finalist	Kjeld Nielsen	not carried out	k. A. Sixth, Second Semi-Finals	not reached
5 miles (8,047 m)	Semi-finalist	Julius Jørgensen	not carried out	k. A. Third, Third Semi-Finals	not reached
		Kjeld Nielsen		k. A. Fourth, second semifinals
marathon	23.	Julius Jørgensen	not carried out		3: 47: 44.0
	26th	Rudy Hansen			3: 53: 15.0
3,500 m walking	Sixth	Charles Vestergaard	not carried out	17: 07.0 second, second semifinals	17: 21.8
	Semi-finalist	Arne Højme		17: 23.4 sixth, first semifinals	not reached
10 mile walk (16,093 m)	-	Arne Højme	not carried out	DNF -, first semifinals	not reached
		Charles Vestergaard		DNF -, Second Semi-Final
discipline	space	Athlete (s)			Height / width
Men
Stand long jump	Eighth-25th	Svend Langkjær	not carried out		k. A.
Standing vault	Eighth	Svend Langkjær	not carried out		1.42 meters
Hammer throw	10th-19th	Harald Agger	not carried out		k. A.

Wrestling

discipline	space	athlete	First round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Fight for 3rd place / final
Men
Greco-Roman style
Lightweight (up to 66.6 kg)	fifth	Møller is different	Defeated Whittingstall	Defeated Faulkner	Lost to Lindén	not reached
	Ninth	Carl Carlsen	Defeated Steens	Lost to Lindén	not reached
	17th	Christian Carlsen	Lost to Hawkins	not reached
Middle weight (up to 73 kg)	Third	Andersen is different	bye	Defeated Lorenz	Defeated Belmer	Lost to Mårtensson	defeated Jósepsson without a fight
	fifth	Johannes Eriksen	bye	Defeated E. Bacon	Lost to Andersson	not reached
		Axel Larsson	Defeated Duijm	Defeated Lelie	Lost to Mårtensson
Light heavyweight (up to 93 kg)	Third	Carl Jensen	bye	Defeated Oosten	Defeated Banbrook	Lost to Saarela	Defeated Payr
	17th	Harald Christiansen	Lost to Larsson	not reached
		Henri Nielsen	Lost to Saarela
Heavy weight (over 93 kg)	Third	Søren Marinus Jensen	not carried out		bye	Lost to Weisz	Defeated Payr
	fifth	Carl Jensen			Lost to Weisz	not reached

shoot

discipline	space	Athlete (s)	Points
Men
Free rifle three position fight	14th	Lars Jørgen Madsen	813
	18th	Christian Pedersen	780
	21st	Hans Christian Schultz	769
	33.	Niels Laursen	712
	42.	Poul Dearest	645
	48.	Christian Christensen	501
	51.	Lorents Jensen	321
Free rifle three position team	Fourth	Niels Laursen Lars Jørgen Madsen Ole Olsen Christian Christensen Christian Pedersen Hans Christian Schultz	4543
Army rifle crew	Eighth	Niels Laursen Christian Christensen Lorents Jensen Niels Laursen Julius Hillemann-Jensen Ole Olsen	1909

swim

discipline	space	Athlete (s)	Preliminary round	Semifinals	final
Men
100 m	Prelims	Harald Klem	k. A. Third-sixth, first preroll	not reached
		Poul Holm	k. A. Third-fifth, third run
		Hjalmar Saxtorph	k. A. Fourth-fifth, fifth forerun
400	Prelims	Aage Holm	8: 08.8 second, fifth prelim	not reached
		Hjalmar Saxtorph	k. A. Fourth-fifth, seventh forerun
100 m back	Second	Ludvig Dam	1: 26.4 second, fourth heat	k. A. Second, first semifinals	1: 26.6
200 m chest	Prelims	Harald Klem	k. A. Third, sixth forerun	not reached
4 × 200 m freestyle	Semi-finalist	Poul Holm Harald Klem John Ludvig Dam Hjalmar Saxtorph	not carried out	12: 53.0 Second, first semi-final	not reached

do gymnastics

discipline	space	Athletes	Points
Men
Team all-around	Fourth	Carl Andersen , Hans Bredmose , Jens Chievitz , Arvor Hansen , Christian Hansen , Ingvardt Hansen , Einar Hermann , Knud Holm , Poul Holm , Oluf Husted-Nielsen , Charles Jensen , Gorm Jensen , Hendrik Johansen , Harald Klem , Robert Madsen , Viggo Meulengracht- Madsen , Lukas Nielsen , Oluf Olsson , Niels Petersen , Nicolai Philipsen , Hendrik Rasmussen , Viktor Rasmussen , Marius Thuesen , Niels Turin-Nielsen	378

Web links

• Olympic team of Denmark 1908 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).