1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and the Equestrian Games in the Swedish capital Stockholm with a delegation of 37 athletes, 31 men and six women, in 29 competitions in eleven sports.

Since 1896 it was Denmark's thirteenth participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete at 20 years and 34 days was the cyclist Palle Lykke , the oldest athlete the rider Inger Lemvigh-Müller (53 years and 231 days).

Flag bearer

The marksman Ole Hviid Jensen wore the Dannebrog , the flag of Denmark , during the opening ceremony in the Melbourne Olympic Stadium , at the equestrian games in Stockholm it was carried by Lars Kirkebjerg .

Medals

With a recovered gold, two silver and a bronze medal, the Danish team finished 20th in the medals table .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Paul Elvstrøm	sailing	Finn dinghy

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Lis Hartel	horse riding	Dressage singles
Cyril Andresen	sailing	Dragons
Ole Berntsen	sailing	Dragons
Christian von Bülow	sailing	Dragons

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Tove Søby	canoe	Single kayak 500 meters

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men's

• Jens Andersen
  • medium weight

  Ninth place

  Round one: point defeat against Giulio Rinaldi from Italy

• Henrik Ottesen
  • Bantamweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: defeat against Wolfgang Behrendt from Germany by giving up in round two

• Hans Petersen
  • Light welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: points victory against Carlos Rodríguez from Venezuela

  Round two: point defeat against Constantin Dumitrescu from Romania

fencing

Ladies

• Karen Lachmann
  • foil

  Round one: Group three, four duels won - three lost, 21 hits scored - 20 suffered, fourth place, qualified for the semi-finals

  1: 4 loss to Gillian Sheen from Great Britain

  4-1 win against Olga Szabó-Orbán from Romania

  2: 4 defeat against Renée Garilhe from France

  4-2 victory against Valentina Rastvorova from the Soviet Union

  2: 4 loss to Judy Goodrich from the United States

  4-2 victory against Magdolna Nyári-Kovács from Hungary

  4: 3 win against Joy Hardon from Australia

• Semi-finals: Group one, four duels won - none lost, 16 hits scored - six suffered, second place, qualified for the final

  4-1 win against Renée Garilhe from France

  4: 1 win against the Ellen Müller Prize from Austria

  4-2 win against Emma Efimova from the Soviet Union

  4-2 win over Maxine Mitchell of the United States

• Final group: two duels won - five lost, 17 hits scored - 20 suffered, sixth place

  3: 4 loss to Gillian Sheen from Great Britain

  2: 4 defeat against Olga Szabó-Orbán from Romania

  0: 4 defeat against Renée Garilhe from France

  3: 4 loss to Janice Romary from the United States

  4-0 win against Kate Delbarre from France

  1: 4 defeat against Ellen Müller-Preis from Austria

  4-0 win against Bruna Colombetti-Peroncini from Italy

canoe

Ladies

• Tove Søby
  • Single kayak 500 meters

  Round one: qualified for the final in run two (first place), 2: 23.7 minutes

  Final: 2: 22.3 minutes, third place

Men's
two-man canoe 1,000 meters

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (fourth place), 5: 07.5 minutes

  Final: disqualified

• team

  Gerner Christiansen

  Kaj Sylvan

Two-man canoe 10,000 meters

• Results

  Final: 55: 54.3 minutes, sixth place

• team

  Aksel Duun

  Finn Haunstoft

singles

• Villy Christiansen
  • Single kayak 1,000 meters

  Round one: qualified for the final in run three (second place), 4: 25.2 minutes

  Final: 4: 25.2 minutes, seventh place

• Svend Frømming
  • Single kayak 10,000 meters

  Final: 50: 10.0 minutes

athletics

Men's

• Gunnar Nielsen
  • 800 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run four (first place), 1: 51.2 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 51.27 minutes (automatically stopped)

• • 1,500 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the final in run three (fourth place), 3: 48.6 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 48.80 minutes (automatically stopped)

  Final: 3: 45.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 45.58 minutes (automatically stopped), tenth place

• Thyge Thøgersen
  • 5,000 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (fifth place), 14: 29.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 14: 29.34 minutes (automatically stopped)

  Final: 14: 21.0 minutes (hand-stopped), 14: 21.81 minutes (automatically stopped), eighth place

• • 10,000 meter run

  Final: time unknown, 15th place

Cycling

Men's
track

• Allan Juel Larsen
  • 1,000 meters time trial

  Final: 1: 14.3 minutes, 13th place

Street

• Palle Lykke
  • Road Race (187.73 km)

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

horse riding

Dressage team

• Results

  Final: 2,167.00 points, fifth place

• team

  Lis Hartel

  Inger Lemvigh-Müller

  Hermann Zobel

Ladies
singles

• Lis Hartel
  • dressage

  Final: 850.00 points, second place

  Judge one: 157.00 points, third place

  Judge two: 161.00 points, fourth place

  Judge three: 166.00 points, fourth place

  Judge four: 177.00 points, first place

  Judge five: 189.00 points, first place

• Inger Lemvigh-Müller
  • dressage

  Final: 644.00 points, 23rd place

  Judge one: 111.00 points, rank 28

  Judge two: 113.00 points, rank 31

  Judge three: 141.00 points, rank 20

  Judge four: 126.00 points, rank 24

  Judge five: 153.00 points, rank 14

Men's
eventing team

• Results

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Dressage: 390.80 penalty points, sixth place

  Cross-country ride: 140.48 penalty points, fourth place

  Show jumping: competition not started

• team

  Karl Ammitzbøll

  Hans Christian Andersen

  Lars Kirkebjerg

singles

• Karl Ammitzbøll

  Final: competition not finished (DNF)

  Dressage: 129.20 penalty points, 21st place

  Cross country ride: competition not finished (DNF)

  Show jumping: competition not started

• Hans Christian Andersen

  Final: 154.40 penalty points, 13th place

  Dressage: 120.40 penalty points, 15th place

  Cross-country ride: 24.00 penalty points, rank 17

  Show jumping: 10.00 penalty points, second place

• Lars Kirkebjerg

  Final: 267.68 penalty points, 23rd place

  Dressage: 141.20 penalty points, rank 30

  Terrain ride: 116.48 penalty points, 23rd place

  Show jumping: 10.00 penalty points, second place

• Hermann Zobel
  • dressage

  Final: 673.00 points, 19th place

  Judge one: 127.00 points, rank 21

  Judge two: 122.00 points, rank 21

  Judge three: 133.00 points, rank 23

  Judge four: 139.00 points, rank 17

  Judge five: 152.00 points, rank 15

rowing

Gentlemen
foursome with helmsman

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run two (second place), 7: 05.3 minutes

  Semi-finals: eliminated in race one (third place), 8: 08.4 minutes

• team

  Days Grøndahl

  Børge Hansen

  Mogens Sørensen

  Elo Tostenæs

  John Vilhelmsen

Foursome without a helmsman

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in round one (fourth place), 7: 08.1 minutes

• team

  Days Grøndahl

  Børge Hansen

  Mogens Sørensen

  Elo Tostenæs

Two without a helmsman

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run two (second place), 7: 36.6 minutes

  Semi-finals: eliminated in race one (fourth place), 8: 55.1 minutes

• team

  Kjeld Østrøm

  Finn Pedersen

shoot

Men's

• Ole Hviid Jensen
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,149 points, 16th place

  Kneeling: 392 points, fifth place

  Round one: 99 points

  Round two: 98 points

  Round three: 100 points

  Round four: 95 points

  Prone: 396 points, tenth place

  Round one: 98 points

  Round two: 99 points

  Round three: 99 points

  Round four: 100 points

  Standing: 361 points, 23rd place

  Round one: 89 points

  Round two: 91 points

  Round three: 90 points

  Round four: 91 points

• • Small caliber lying

  Final: 590 points, rank 37

  Round one: 99 points, rank 25

  Round two: 95 points, 44th place

  Round three: 99 points, 19th place

  Round four: 98 points, 32nd place

  Round five: 99 points, 33rd place

  Round six: 100 points, sixth place

• Uffe Schultz Larsen
  • Small caliber three-position fight

  Final: 1,152 points, 13th place

  Kneeling: 388 points, 13th place

  Round one: 97 points

  Round two: 97 points

  Round three: 96 points

  Round four: 98 points

  Prone: 393 points, rank 26

  Round one: 98 points

  Round two: 98 points

  Round three: 98 points

  Round four: 99 points

  Standing: 371 points, twelfth place

  Round one: 87 points

  Round two: 93 points

  Round three: 96 points

  Round four: 95 points

• • Small caliber lying

  Final: 595 points, 18th place

  Round one: 97 points, rank 44

  Round two: 100 points, first place

  Round three: 100 points, first place

  Round four: 99 points, 13th place

  Round five: 100 points, sixth place

  Round six: 99 points, rank 25

swim

Ladies

• Jytte Hansen
  • 200 meters chest

  Round one: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 2: 59.8 minutes

Men's

• Knud Gleie
  • 200 meters chest

  Round one: qualified for the final in run one (second place), 2: 36.4 minutes

  Final: 2: 40.0 minutes, sixth place

sailing

Gentlemen
kites

• Results

  Final: 5,723 points, second place

  Race one: 1,305 points, 3:05:14 hours, first place

  Race two: 703 points, 3:15:32 hours, fourth place

  Race three: 703 points, 4:06:14 hours, fourth place

  Race four: 1,004 points, 3:02:29 hours, second place

  Race five: 1,004 points, 2:55:57 hours, second place

  Race six: 1,004 points, 4:09:00 hours, second place

  Race seven: 527 points, 3:11:43 hours, sixth place

• team

  Cyril Andresen

  Ole Berntsen

  Christian von Bülow

singles

• Paul Elvstrøm
  • Finn dinghy

  Final: 7,509 points, first place

  Race one: 1,402 points, 3:29:33 hours, first place

  Race two: 499 points, 3:40:13 hours, eighth place

  Race three: 226 points, 3:51:40 hours, 15th place

  Race four: 1,402 points, 3:14:59 hours, first place

  Race five: 1,402 points, 3:29:17 hours, first place

  Race six: 1,402 points, 3:25:15 hours, first place

  Race seven: 1,402 points, 3:20:52 hours, first place

Diving

Ladies

• Hanna Laursen
  • Diving

  Qualifying round: 45.39 points, ranked 15th, did not qualify for the final

  Jump one: 9.36 points, 17th place

  Jump two: 11.52 points, 14th place

  Jump three: 11.78 points, seventh place

  Jump four: 12.73 points, eleventh place

Web links

• Danish Olympic team from 1956 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).
• Danish Olympic Team of the 1956 Equestrian Games in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).