1920 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , Belgium , with a delegation of 154 athletes. The athletes were able to win three gold, nine silver and one bronze medal.

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Lars Jørgen Madsen Niels Larsen Anders Petersen Erik Sætter-Lassen Anders Peter Nielsen	shoot	Army rifle standing 300 m crew
Georg Albertsen Rudolf Andersen Viggo Dibbern Fritz Eisenöe Aage Frandsen Hans Trier Hansen Hugo Helsten Harry Holm Herold Jansson Robert Johnsen Christian Juhl Vilhelm Lange Svend Madsen Peder Marcussen Peder Møller Lukas Nielsen Niels Turin Nielsen Oluf Olsen Steen Olsen Christian Petersen Hans Rønne Harry Sørensen Christian Thomas Knud Vermehren	do gymnastics	Free system
Stefani Fryland Clausen	Diving	Diving 4 m and 8 m

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Søren Petersen	Boxing	Heavyweight
Petersen is different	Boxing	Flyweight
Gotfred Johansen	Boxing	lightweight
Hans Bjerrum Ejvind Blach Niels Blach Steen Due Thorvald Eigenbrod Frands Faber Hans Jørgen Hansen Hans Herlak Henning Holst Erik Husted Paul Metz Andreas Rasmussen	hockey	Men
Henry Petersen	athletics	Pole vault
Poul Hansen	Wrestling	Heavyweight
Niels Larsen	shoot	Free rifle three position fight 300 m
Lars Jørgen Madsen	shoot	Army rifle standing 300 m
John Birk Frede Hansen Frederik Hansen Kristian Hansen Hans Jakobsen Aage Jørgensen Alfred Frøkjær Jørgensen Alfred Ollerup Jørgensen Arne Jørgensen Knud Kirkeløkke Jens Lambæk Kristian Larsen Kristian Madsen Niels Erik Nielsen Niels Kristian Nielsen Dynes Pedersen Hans Pedersen John Pedersen Petersdorf Pedersen Rasmus Rasmussen Hans Christian Sørensen Hans Laurids Sørensen Søren Sørensen Georg Vest Aage Walther	do gymnastics	Swedish system

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Johannes Eriksen	Wrestling	Light heavyweight

Participants by sport

Boxing

athlete	discipline	First round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	Final / fight for 3rd place
		Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	Opponent result	space
Emil Andreasen	Light heavyweight (up to 79.38 kg)	not carried out	bye	Hugh Brown Lost	not reached		fifth
Nick Clausen	Feather weight (up to 57.15 kg)	bye	Newton Won	Zivic Lost	not reached		fifth
A Jensen	Fly weight (up to 50.80 kg)	not carried out	Cuthbertson Lost	not reached			Ninth
Johan Jensen	Lightweight (up to 61.24 kg)	not carried out	Newton Lost	not reached			Ninth
Gotfred Johansen	Lightweight (up to 61.24 kg)	not carried out	Neys Won	Cassidy Won	Newton Won	Mosberg Lost	Second
Georg Kruse	Middle weight (up to 72.57 kg)	bye	Rey-Golliet Lost	not reached			Ninth
Hans Jacob Nielsen	Feather weight (up to 57.15 kg)	bye	Cater Lost	not reached			Ninth
Martin Olsen	Middle weight (up to 72.57 kg)	bye	White Won	Strømme Lost	not reached		fifth
Not so Pedersen	Fly weight (up to 50.80 kg)	not carried out	van Dijk Won	Zivic Won	Cuthbertson Won	Genaro Lost	Second
Søren Petersen	Heavyweight (over 79.38 kg)	not carried out	bye	Dove Won	Spengler won	Rawson Lost	Second
Ivan Schannong	Welter weight (up to 66.68 kg)	Heuckelbach Won	Colberg Lost	not reached			Ninth
August Suhr	Welter weight (up to 66.68 kg)	bye	De Smet Won	Ireland Lost	not reached		fifth

fencing

Fencer	Event	First round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Otto Bærentzen	Rapier, single	4-4	fifth	not reached
Aage Berntsen	Rapier, single	3-4	Fourth	4-7	Tenth	not reached
	Foil, single	not carried out		0-5	Sixth	not reached
	Saber, single	not carried out		5–2	Fourth	0-6	seventh	not reached
Verner Bonde	Foil, single	not carried out		0-4	fifth	not reached
Georg Hegner	Rapier, single	1-7	Eighth	not reached
	Foil, single	not carried out		4-4	Fourth	not reached
Einar Levison	Rapier, single	4-2	Third	4-4	Third	0-11	Twelfth	not reached
	Foil, single	not carried out		4-2	Third	1-4	fifth	not reached
Ivan Osiier	Rapier, single	3-6	seventh	not reached
	Foil, single	not carried out		4-2	Second	3–2	Third	4-7	Eighth
Poul Rasmussen	Rapier, single	6–3	Second	4-6	Ninth	not reached
Kay Schrøder	Rapier, single	3-4	Sixth	not reached
	Foil, single	not carried out		0-8	Ninth	not reached
Aage Berntsen Verner Bonde Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen	Saber, crew	not carried out						2-5	Sixth
Georg Hegner Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen Kay Schrøder	Foil, team	not carried out				3–1	Second	1-3	Fourth
Otto Bærentzen Aage Berntsen Georg Hegner Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen	Sword, team	not carried out				1-4	fifth	not reached

Soccer

• Round of 16

  Sophus Hansen (goalkeeper)

  Nils Middelboe

  Steen Blicher

  Christian Grøthan

  Ivar Lykke (captain)

  Gunnar Nielsen Aaby

  Leo Dannin

  Michael Rohde

  Viggo Jørgensen

  Alf Olsen

  Bernhard Andersen

  Jack Carr (trainer)

Weightlifting

athlete	discipline	final
		Result	space
Niels Florin	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	180.0	Tenth
Thorvald Hansen	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	202.5	Eleventh
Christian Jensen	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	215.0	Sixth
Ejnar Jensen	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	250.0	Fourth
Søren Petersen	Lightweight (up to 82.5 kg)	217.5	Tenth

hockey

• Second

  Hans Bjerrum

  Ejvind Blach

  Niels Blach

  Steen Due

  Thorvald Eigenbrod

  Frands Faber

  Hans Jørgen Hansen

  Hans Herlak

  Henning Holst

  Erik Husted

  Paul Metz

  Andreas Rasmussen

athletics

athlete	discipline	leader		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		Result	space	Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Albert Andersen	10,000 m	not carried out				32: 58.4 min	Third	DNF
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out						k. A.	20th
Fritiof Normann Andersen	100 m	k. A.	Fourth	not reached
Julius Ebert	10,000 m	not carried out				DNF		not reached
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out						k. A.	35.
Rudolf Hansen	marathon	not carried out						2: 41: 39.4 h	Eighth
Axel Jensen	marathon	not carried out						DNF
Jón Jónsen	5000 m	not carried out				k. A.	seventh	not reached
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out						k. A.	28.
Artur Nielsen	5000 m	not carried out				DNF		not reached
	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out						DNF
Niels Pedersen	3000 m walking	not carried out				14: 06.3 min	fifth	13: 36.8 min	Eleventh
	10,000 m walking	not carried out				DSQ		not reached
Gunnar Rasmussen	3000 m walking	not carried out				DSQ		not reached
	10,000 m walking	not carried out				DSQ		not reached
Sofus Rose	marathon	not carried out						2: 41: 18.0 h	fifth
August Sørensen	100 m	11.3 s	Second	k. A.	Fourth	not reached
	200 m	23.8 s	Second	k. A.	Fourth	not reached
Henrik Sørensen	Cross-country run, individual evaluation	not carried out						k. A.	27.
Marinus Sørensen	100 m	11.2 s	Second	k. A.	Fourth	not reached
Henri Thorsen	110 m hurdles	not carried out		16.8 s	First	k. A.	Fourth	DNF
Fritiof Normann Andersen August Sørensen Marinus Sørensen Henri Thorsen	4 × 100 m relay	not carried out				43.8 s	Second	43.3 s	fifth
Albert Andersen Julius Ebert Jón Jónsen Artur Nielsen Henrik Sørensen	Cross-country run, team competition	not carried out						53	seventh
athlete	discipline	leader						Final
		Result	space					Result	space
Valther Jensen	Discus throw	38.23 m	seventh	not carried out				not reached
Laurits Jørgensen	Pole vault	3.60 m	First	not carried out				3.60 m	Sixth
Frederik Petersen	Shot put	12,525 m	Eleventh	not carried out				not reached
	Javelin throw	42.13 m	19th	not carried out				not reached
Henry Petersen	Pole vault	3.60 m	First	not carried out				3.70 m	Second

Modern pentathlon

athlete	final
	horse riding	fencing	shoot	swim	To run	total	space
Ejner Augsburg	14th	4th	14th	8th	17th	57	Ninth
Harry Bjørnholm	8th	20th	18th	3	15th	61	Twelfth
Marius Christensen	12	7th	3	7th	18th	47	fifth
Johan Skjoldager	7th	17th	22nd	20th	14th	77	20th

Cycling

athlete	discipline											final
												Result	space
Georg Claussen	Individual time trial (175 km)	not carried out										5:02:12.2 h	20th
Kristian Frisch	Individual time trial (175 km)	not carried out										5: 01: 18.8 h	19th
Johan Johansen	Individual time trial (175 km)	not carried out										4: 52: 00.2 h	Eleventh
Johan Lundgren	Individual time trial (175 km)	not carried out										4: 58: 01.0 h	17th
Georg Claussen Kristian Frisch Johan Johansen Johan Lundgren	Team driving (175 km)	not carried out										19: 52: 32.2 h	Fourth
athlete	discipline	leader		Quarter finals		Hope run semifinals		Reunion finals		Semifinals		final
		Result	space	Result	space	Result	space	Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Henri Andersen	sprint	13.6 s	First	k. A.	Second	k. A.	Second	not reached
Axel Hansen	sprint	k. A.	Third	not reached
Henri Andersen Axel Hansen	tandem	not carried out		k. A.	Second	not carried out				not reached

Wrestling

athlete	discipline	First round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final	space
				Quarter-finals for silver	Semi-finals for silver	Final in silver
				Quarter-finals for bronze	Semi-finals for bronze	Final for bronze
Greco-Roman style
Emil Christensen	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Lindfors Lost	not reached	not reached			fifth
				not reached
				bye	Johnsen Lost	not reached
Fritz Christiansen	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Vare lost	not reached	not reached			Ninth
				Janssens lost	not reached
				not reached
Johannes Eriksen	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	bye	Pendleton Won	Johansson Lost	not reached		Third
				not carried out	Sint Won	Rosenqvist Lost
				not carried out
Frants Frisenfeldt	Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)	Pavlidis Won	Savonnet Won	Metropoulos Won	Vare lost	not reached	seventh
				bye	Rohon Won	Tamminen Lost
				Andersen Lost	Did not advance
Poul Hansen	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	bye	Weyand Won	Never won	Lindfors Lost	not reached	Second
				Lady won	Gasiglia Won	Willkie Won
				Silver medal won
Svend Jensen	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	bye	Svensson Lost	not reached			Eleventh
				not carried out	not reached
				not reached
Emil Larsen	Heavy weight (over 82.5 kg)	bye	Never lost	not reached			Twelfth
				not reached
				not reached
Svend Nielsen	Middle weight (up to 75 kg)	Leloux Won	Perttilä Lost	not reached			Twelfth
				not reached
				not reached
Axel Tetens	Light heavyweight (up to 82.5 kg)	bye	Kruusenberg Won	Maichle Won	Johansson Lost	not reached	Fourth
				not carried out	Rosenqvist Lost	not reached
				not carried out
Rasmus Torgensen	Feather weight (up to 60 kg)	Řezáč Won	Bovis Won	Kähkönen Lost	not reached		Fourth
				not carried out	not reached
				Brian Won	Pütsep Won	Svensson Lost

rowing

athlete	discipline	Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		Result	space	Result	space	Result	space
Theodor Eyrich	One	8: 11.0 min	Second	not reached

shoot

athlete	discipline	final
		Result	space
Anton Andersen	Free rifle three position fight 300 m	878	k. A.
	Army rifle lying 300 m	k. A.
Christian Andersen	Target pistol 50 m	407	k. A.
Povl Gerlow	Army rifle lying 600 m	57	Eighth
Laurits Larsen	Target pistol 50 m	475	Fourth
Niels Larsen	Target pistol 50 m	470	fifth
	Free rifle three position fight 300 m	989	Second
	Army rifle lying 300 m	k. A.
	Army rifle standing 300 m	51	k. A.
	Army rifle lying 600 m	55	k. A.
Niels Laursen	Free rifle three position fight 300 m	903	k. A.
Lars Jørgen Madsen	Target pistol 50 m	450	k. A.
	Small caliber single 50 m	378	k. A.
	Free rifle three position fight 300 m	951	k. A.
	Army rifle lying 300 m	57	k. A.
	Army rifle standing 300 m	55	Second
	Army rifle lying 600 m	55	k. A.
Christians Møller	Small caliber single 50 m	359	k. A.
	Army rifle lying 300 m	k. A.
	Army rifle lying 600 m	55	k. A.
Peter Nielsen is different	Small caliber single 50 m	374	k. A.
	Army rifle standing 300 m	53	seventh
Carl Pedersen	Target pistol 50 m	413	k. A.
Petersen is different	Army rifle standing 300 m	53	seventh
Peter Petersen	Free rifle three position fight 300 m	923	k. A.
Otto Plantener	Target pistol 50 m	419	k. A.
Erik Sætter-Lassen	Small caliber single 50 m	378	k. A.
	Army rifle lying 300 m	k. A.
	Army rifle standing 300 m	54	Fourth
Otto Wegener	Small caliber single 50 m	373	k. A.
	Army rifle lying 600 m	56	k. A.
Anton Andersen Niels Larsen Niels Laursen Lars Jørgen Madsen Peter Petersen	Free rifle three position fight 300 m team	4644	fifth
Anton Andersen Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Peter Petersen Otto Plantener	Army rifle lying 300 m crew	268	13.
Christian Andersen Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Carl Pedersen Otto Plantener	Army revolver 50 m crew	2159	Eighth
Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Anders Peter Nielsen Anders Petersen Erik Sætter-Lassen	Army rifle standing 300 m crew	266	Olympic champion
Lars Jørgen Madsen Christen Møller Anders Peter Nielsen Erik Sætter-Lassen Otto Wegener	Small caliber 50 m crew	1862	Fourth

tennis

athlete	discipline	First round	Second round	Round of 16	Quarter finals	Semifinals	final	Rank
		Opponent points	Opponent points	Opponent points	Opponent points	Opponent points	Opponent points
Elsebeth Brehm	Singles, women	not carried out	Dupont-Trasenster Won 6–3, 6–4	Strömberg-von Essen Lost 7–5, 6–3	not reached			Ninth
Amory Hansen	Singles, women	not carried out	bye	d'Ayen Lost 6–2, 6–3	not reached			Ninth
Erik Tegner	Singles, men	bye	Seiichirō Lost 6–3, 6–1, 6–2	not reached				17th
Elsebeth Brehm Amory Hansen	Doubles, women	not carried out		bye	Arendt & Storms Lost 6–1, 6–1	not reached		fifth
Amory Hansen Erik Tegner	Mixed	not carried out	bye	de Borman & Washer Won 4–6, 8–6, 6–3	Malström & Strömberg-von Essen Won 0–6, 6–1, 6–2	Décugis & Lenglen Lost 6–0, 6–1	Skrbková & Žemla Lost 8–6, 6–4	Fourth

do gymnastics

athlete	discipline	final
		Result	space
Georg Albertsen Rudolf Andersen Viggo Dibbern Fritz Eisenöe Aage Frandsen Hans Trier Hansen Hugo Helsteen Harry Holm Harold Jansson Robert Johnsen Christian Juhl Vilhelm Lange Svend Madsen Peter Marcussen Peter Möller Petersen Möller Lukas Nielsen Niels Turin Nielsen Oluf Olsen Steen Olsen Hans Rönne Rino Sörensen Christian Thomas Knud Vermehren	Free system	51.35	Olympic champion
John Birk Frede Hansen Frederik Hansen Kristian Hansen Hans Hovgaard Aage Jørgensen Alfred Frøkjær Jørgensen Alfred Ollerup Jørgensen Arne Jørgensen Knud Kirkelökke Jens Lambaek Kristian Larsen Kristian Madsen Niels Kristian Nielsen Niels Erik Nielsen Hans Pedersen John Pedersen Petersdorf Pedersen Rasmus Rasmussen Dines Sneftrup Hans Laurids Sørensen Hans Christian Sørensen Larsen Sörensen Aage Walther Georg West	Swedish system	1324.833	Second

Diving

athlete	discipline	Preliminary round			final
		Points	Result	space	Points	Result	space
Men
Herald Jansson	Diving 3 m and 10 m	13	152.0	Second	27	159.0	Sixth
Paul Køhler	Diving 5 m and 10 m	23	387.40	fifth	not reached
Svend Sørensen	Diving 5 m and 10 m	21st	414.80	fifth	not reached
	Diving 3 m and 10 m	27	1370	fifth	not reached
athlete	discipline	Preliminary round			final
		Points	Result	space	Points	Result	space
Women
Stefanie Clausen	Diving 4 m and 8 m	15th	153.0	Third	6th	173.0	Olympic champion
Louise Petersen	Diving 4 m and 8 m	34	130.0	Eighth	not reached

Web links

• Olympic team from Denmark 1920 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )