1912 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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The Danish team at the opening ceremony

Denmark participated in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm , Sweden , with 152 athletes. The athletes were able to win one gold, six silver and five bronze medals.

Medalist

gold

The Danish foursome with helmsman at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Surname	sport	competition
Ejler Allert Jørgen Hansen Carl Møller Carl Pedersen Poul Hartmann	rowing	Foursome with helmsman (dollen gigs)

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Ivan Osiier	fencing	Epee single
Paul Berth Charles Buchwald Hjalmar Christoffersen Harald Hansen Sophus Hansen (goalkeeper) Emil Jørgensen Ivar Lykke Nils Middelboe Sophus Nielsen Poul Nielsen Oscar Nielsen Anton Olsen Axel Petersen Axel Thufason Vilhelm Wolfhagen	Soccer	Men
Lars Jørgen Madsen	shoot	Free rifle 300 m
Steen Herschend Sven Thomsen Hans Meulengracht-Madsen	sailing	6 meter class
Thora Castenschiold	tennis	Women, singles hall
Peter Andersen Valdemar Bøggild Søren Peter Christensen Ingvald Eriksen George Falcke Torkild Garp Hans Trier Hansen Johannes Hansen Rasmus Hansen Jens Kristian Jensen Søren Alfred Jensen Karl Kirk Jens Kirkegaard Olaf Kjems Carl Larsen Jens Peter Laursen Marius Lefèrve Povl Mark Einar Olsen Hans Pedersen Hans Eiler Pedersen Peder Larsen Pedersen Aksel Sørensen Martin Thau Søren Thorborg Kristen Vadgaard Johannes Vinther	do gymnastics	Swedish system

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Søren Jensen	Wrestling	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)
Erik Bisgaard Rasmus Frandsen Mikael Simonsen Poul Thymann Ejgil Clemmensen	rowing	Foursome with helmsman (boom)
Niels Larsen	shoot	Free rifle 300 m
Ole Olsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Niels Larsen Niels Andersen Laurits Larsen Jens Hajslund	shoot	Free rifle crew
Axel Andersen Hjalmart Andersen Halvor Birch Wilhelm Grimmelmann Arvor Hansen Christian Hansen Marius Hansen Charles Jensen Hjalmar Peter Johansenm Poul Jørgensen Carl Krebs Vigo Madsen Lukas Nielsen Rikard Nordstrøm Steen Olsen Oluf Olsson Carl Pedersen Oluf Pedersen Niels Knudsen Petersen Christian Svendsen	do gymnastics	Free gymnastics

Participants by sport

fencing

athlete	discipline	First round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank
Oluf Berntsen	Foil, single	3 lost	4th	not reached
	Rapier, single	4 lost	5	not reached
	Saber, single	2 won	2	2 lost	3	0 won	6th	not reached
Jens Berthelsen	Foil, single	3 lost	3	3 lost	4th	not reached
	Rapier, single	3 lost	3	5 Lost	6th	not reached
	Saber, single	1 Won	3	3 lost	4th	not reached
Einar Levison	Foil, single	0 lost	1	3 lost	4th	not reached
	Rapier, single	1 lost	1	2 lost	3	4 lost	4th	not reached
	Saber, single	3 won	1	4 lost	5	not reached
Hans Olsen	Foil, single	4 lost	6th	not reached
	Rapier, single	6 Lost	8th	not reached
Ivan Osiier	Foil, single	0 lost	1	1 lost	1	k. A.	5	not reached
	Rapier, single	0 lost	1	1 lost	1	2 lost	1	5–2	silver
Lauritz Østrup	Foil, single	2 lost	3	3 lost	4th	not reached
	Rapier, single	3 lost	4th	not reached
Oluf Berntsen Jens Berthelsen Ejnar Levison Hans Olsen Ivan Osiier Lauritz Østrup	Sword, team	not carried out		2–0	1	1-2	3	not reached
Jens Berthelsen Ejnar Levison Hans Olsen Ivan Osiier Lauritz Østrup	Saber, crew	not carried out		0-2	3	not reached

Soccer

competition	Men
Athletes	Paul Berth Charles Buchwald Hjalmar Christoffersen Harald Hansen Sophus Hansen (goalkeeper) Emil Jørgensen Ivar Lykke Nils Middelboe Sophus Nielsen Poul Nielsen Oscar Nielsen Anton Olsen Axel Petersen Axel Thufason Vilhelm Wolfhagen
Round of 16	bye
Quarter finals	Norway 7: 0 (3: 0)
Consolation round semifinals	Netherlands 4: 1 (3: 0)
final	Great Britain 2: 4 (1: 4)
placement	silver

athletics

athlete	discipline	leader		Semifinals		final
		Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank
Holger Baden	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				DNF
Johannes Christensen	marathon	not carried out				3: 21: 57.4 h	29
Lauritz Christiansen	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				49: 06.4 min	14th
Fritz Danild	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				DNF
Vilhelm Gylche	10,000 m walking	not carried out		51: 13.8 min	4th	DNF
Karl Julius Jensen	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				DNF
Svend Langkjær	Decathlon	not carried out	1830,850 points	26th
Olaf Lodal	marathon	not carried out				3: 21: 57.6 h	30th
Niels Petersen	10,000 m walking	not carried out		DSQ		not reached
Viggo Pedersen	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				53: 00.8 min	23,
Aage Rasmussen	10,000 m walking	not carried out		48: 15.8 min	3	48: 00.0 min	4th
Steen Rasmussen	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				55: 27.0 min	28
Gerhard Topp	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out				54: 24.9 min	26th
Fritz Vikke	Pole vault	not carried out		3.40 m	16	not reached
Lauritz Christiansen Viggo Pedersen Gerhard Topp	Cross-country run, team competition	not carried out				36	5

Modern pentathlon

athlete	Pistol shooting		swim		Epee fencing			Show jumping			Cross country running		Total points	rank
	Hit	Points	time	Points	Victories	Touches	Points	Penalty points	time	Points	time	Points
Kai Jølver	52	32	9: 32.6 min	26th	7th	13	22nd	14th	10: 49.5 min	21st	26: 08.6 min	22nd	123	22nd
Vilhelm Laybourn	140	25th	12: 09.6 min	29	6th	10	24	DSQ			Withdrawn		DNF
Johannes Ussing	57	31	7: 40.2 min	20th	6th	8th	23	0	11: 21.0 min	9	DNF		DNF
Theodor Zeilau	93	30th	7: 59.4 min	22nd	4th	7th	26th	DNF			Withdrawn		DNF

Cycling

athlete	discipline	final
		time	rank
Charles Hansen	Individual time trial (320 km)	11: 40: 04,0 h	32
Otto Jensen	Individual time trial (320 km)	DNF
Olaf Meyland-Smith	Individual time trial (320 km)	11:32:24 h	25th
Valdemar Nielsen	Individual time trial (320 km)	12:33:09.2 h	72
Valdemar Christoffer Nielsen	Individual time trial (320 km)	DNF
Godtfred Olsen	Individual time trial (320 km)	12: 06: 18.8 h	53
Hans Olsen	Individual time trial (320 km)	DNF
Johannes Reinwaldt	Individual time trial (320 km)	11: 57: 20.0 h	48
Charles Hansen Olaf Meyland-Smith Godtfred Olsen Johannes Reinwaldt	Team driving (320 km)	47: 16: 07,0 h	8th

horse riding

athlete	horse	discipline	final
			Penalty points	rank
Rudolf Keyper	Kinley Princess	Dressage, singles	111	16
Carl Høst Saunte	Streg	Dressage, singles	120	18th

athlete	horse	discipline	Cross-country ride		Cross country		obstacle		Hunting jumping		dressage		total
			Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank	Points	rank
Frode Kirkebjerg	Dibbe lip	Versatility, single	10.00	1	5.69	23	10.00	20th	DNS		Withdrawn		DNF
Carl Kraft	Gorm	Versatility, single	10.00	1	10.00	1	DNS		Withdrawn		DNF
Carl Høst Saunte	Streg	Versatility, single	DNF		Withdrawn								DNF
Frode Kirkebjerg Carl Kraft Carl Høst Saunte	Dibbe-Lippe Gorm Streg	Versatility, team	DNF		Withdrawn								DNF

Wrestling

athlete	discipline	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	final
		Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Match A opponent result	Match B opponent result	Match C opponent result	rank
Andersen is different	Middle weight (up to 75 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Briefly lost	Holm lost	not reached								26th
Jens Christensen	Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Nilsson Won	Ahlgren Lost	Cash Won	bye	Böhling lost	not reached					6th
Johannes Eriksen	Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Wiklund Lost	Fogelmark Won	Salila Won	Oehler won	Rajala Lost	not reached					6th
Carl Hansen	Feather weight (up to 60 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Andersson Lost	Koskelo Won	not reached								26th
Frederik Hansen	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Szántó Won	Markus won	Fischer lost	Urvikko Won	Radvány Lost	not reached					Eleventh
Hvitfeldt Hansen	Middle weight (up to 75 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Johansson Lost	Sint Lost	not reached								26th
Verner Hetmar	Feather weight (up to 60 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Mustons Won	Miezīts Won	Haapanen Lost	Scherer won	Koskelo Lost	not reached					9
Søren Marinus Jensen	Heavyweight (over 82.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Barrett Won	Lindfors Won	Pelander Won	Saarela Lost	Backenius Won	bye	not carried out	Saarela Lost	Olin lost	not reached	bronze
Otto Nagel	Heavyweight (over 82.5 kg) (Greco-Roman)	Oehler lost	Rajala Lost	not reached								20th

rowing

athlete	discipline	Preliminary round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank	Result	rank
Mikael Simonsen	One	8: 14.0 min	1	DNS		not reached
Erik Bisgaard Ejgil Clemmensen (helmsman) Rasmus Frandsen Mikael Simonsen Poul Thymann	Foursome with helmsman (boom)	7: 20.0 min	1	7: 09.0 min	1	k. A.	2	not reached		bronze
Theodor Eyrich Knud Gøtke Marius Jørgensen Johan Praem Silva Smedberg (helmsman)	Foursome with helmsman (boom)	k. A.	2	not reached
Ejler Allert Jørgen Hansen Poul Hartmann (helmsman) Carl Møller Carl Pedersen	Foursome with helmsman (dollen gigs)	N / A		7: 52.0 min	1	7: 59.5 min	1	7: 44.6 min	1	gold

shoot

athlete	discipline	final
		Result	rank
Hans Denver	Free rifle 300 m	DNF
Rasmus Friis	Army rifle 600 m	74	48
Povl Gerlow	Small bore 50 m	167	38
	Free rifle 300 m	772	60
	Army rifle three position combat	64	74
	Small caliber 25 m - disappearing target	174	31
Jens Hajslund	Free rifle 300 m	DNF
Laurits Larsen	Free rifle 300 m	894	33
	Any target pistol 50 m	432	21st
Niels Larsen	Free rifle 300 m	962	bronze
	Army rifle three position combat	70	63
	Any target pistol 50 m	405	41
Lars Jørgen Madsen	Free rifle 300 m	981	silver
	Any target pistol 50 m	452	14th
Peter Nielsen is different	Free rifle 300 m	849	47
	Any target pistol 50 m	355	50
Frants Nielsen	Small bore 50 m	180	26th
	Free rifle 300 m	851	46
	Any target pistol 50 m	406	40
Peter Sofus Nielsen	Any target pistol 50 m	397	43
Ole Olsen	Free rifle 300 m	926	12
Hans Schultz	Free rifle 300 m	808	52
	Army rifle 600 m	75	44
	Army rifle three position combat	82	36
Hans Tauson	Free rifle 300 m	921	16
Hans Denver Povl Gerlow Lars Jørgen Madsen Frants Nielsen	Small caliber 50 m crew	708	5
Niels Andersen Rasmus Friis Jens Hajslund Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Hans Schultz	Army rifle crew	1419	8th
Niels Andersen Jens Hajslund Laurits Larsen Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Ole Olsen	Army rifle crew	5570	bronze

swim

athlete	discipline	Prelims		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Harry Hedegaard	400 m freestyle	not carried out		7: 07.8 min	5	eliminated
	1500 m freestyle	not carried out		28: 32.4 min	3	eliminated

sailing

athlete	discipline	First race			Second race			Total
		time	Points	rank	time	Points	rank	Points	time	rank
Steen Herschend Hans Meulengracht-Madsen Sven Thomsen	6 meter class	2:34:41 h	7th	1	2:26:07 h	3	2	10	2:41:40 h	silver

tennis

Athletes	discipline	First round	Second round	Third round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
		Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	rank
Men
Jørgen Arenholt	Single, lawn	bye	Ingerslev lost 6-2, 1-6, 6-0, 6-4	not reached					31
Ove Fredriksen	Single, lawn	bye	von Müller Verloren 6-2, 6-1, 6-4	not reached					31
Ernst Frigast	Single, lawn	bye	Winslow Lost 7-5, 6-2, 6-3	not reached					31
Victor Hansen	Single, lawn	bye	bye	von Kehrling Verloren 6-2, 6-1, 6-8, 6-4	not reached				17th
Vagn Ingerslev	Single, lawn	bye	Arenholt won 6-2, 1-6, 6-0, 6-4	Grönfors won 6-1, 6-2, 6-2	Winslow Lost 6-4, 8-6, 6-4	not reached			9
Erik Larsen	Single, hall	not carried out		Gobert Lost 8-6, 6-1, 5-7, 8-6	not reached				16
Aage Madsen	Single, lawn	bye	Thayssen lost 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3	not reached					31
Leif Rovsing	Single, lawn	bye	bye	Wennergren lost 4-6, 9-7, 6-8, 6-1, 6-1	not reached				17th
Axel Thayssen	Single, lawn	bye	Madsen won 6-1, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3	Winslow Lost 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4	not reached				17th
Jørgen Arenholt Vagn Ingerslev	Double, lawn	not carried out		Kitson & Winslow Lost 6-4, 6-1, 6-4	not reached				15th
Victor Hansen Leif Rovsing	Double, lawn	not carried out		bye	Alenitsyn & Sumarokow-Elston Lost 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-3	not reached			9
Aage Madsen Axel Thayssen	Double, lawn	not carried out		Hykš & Šebek Won 6-3, 6-4, 6-4	Nylén & Wennergren Lost 6-1, 6-2, 6-4	not reached			9
Ove Frederiksen Ernst Frigast	Double, lawn	not carried out		bye	Heyden & Spieß lost 6-2, 7-5, 6-3	not reached			9
Athletes	discipline				Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
					Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	rank
Women
Thora Castenschiold	Single, hall	not carried out			bye	Aitchison won 2-6, 6-2, 6-1	Fuck won 6-4, 6-4	Hannam lost 6-4, 6-3	silver
Athletes	discipline				Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final
					Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	rank
Mixed
Thora Castenschiold Erik Larsen	Mixed, hall	not carried out			bye	Aitchison & Barrett lost 6-0, 6-3	not reached		5

do gymnastics

athlete	discipline	final
		Result	rank
Axel Andersen	Individual all-around	98.75	33
Arvor Hansen	Individual all-around	107.50	26th
Charles Jensen	Individual all-around	103.75	30th
Einar Møbius	Individual all-around	86.75	40
Carl Pedersen	Individual all-around	97.25	34
Niels Knudsen Petersen	Individual all-around	97.25	34
Axel Andersen Hjalmart Andersen Halvor Birch Wilhelm Grimmelmann Arvor Hansen Christian Hansen Marius Hansen Charles Jensen Hjalmar Peter Johansenm Poul Jørgensen Carl Krebs Vigo Madsen Lukas Nielsen Rikard Nordstrøm Steen Olsen Oluf Olsson Carl Pedersen Oluf Pedersen Niels Knudsen Petersen Christian Svendsen	Free gymnastics	21.25	bronze
Peter Andersen Valdemar Bøggild Søren Peter Christensen Ingvald Eriksen George Falcke Torkild Garp Hans Trier Hansen Johannes Hansen Rasmus Hansen Jens Kristian Jensen Søren Alfred Jensen Karl Kirk Jens Kirkegaard Olaf Kjems Carl Larsen Jens Peter Laursen Marius Lefèrve Povl Mark Einar Olsen Hans Pedersen Hans Eiler Pedersen Peder Larsen Pedersen Aksel Sørensen Martin Thau Søren Thorborg Kristen Vadgaard Johannes Vinther	Swedish system	898.84	silver

Web links

• Olympic team of Denmark 1912 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).