1964 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a delegation of 60 athletes (53 men and 7 women) in 40 competitions in ten competitions.

The Danish athletes won two gold, one silver and three bronze medals. Olympic champions were the rowers John Ørsted Hansen , Bjørn Hasløv , Erik Petersen and Kurt Helmudt in the four without a helmsman and the sailors Ole Berntsen , Christian von Bülow and Ole Poulsen in the dragon boat class . The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was the sailor Henning Wind .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Børge Krogh

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Preben Rasmussen

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Hans-Erik Pedersen

  Welterweight: eliminated in the second round

• Tom Bogs

  Light middleweight: eliminated in the quarterfinals

canoe

Men

• Erik Hansen

  Single kayak 1000 m: 7th place

• Preben Jensen

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: 9th place

• Hans-Viggo Knudsen

  Two-person kayak 1000 m: 9th place

• Peer Norrbohm

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

• John Rungsted Sørensen

  Two-man canoe 1000 m: bronze

Women

• Birthe Lindskov Hansen

  Single kayak 500 m: 9th place

  Two-person kayak 500 m: 5th place

• Anni Werner-Hansen

  Two-person kayak 500 m: 5th place

athletics

Men

• Aske Dam

  5000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Tommy Kristensen

  20 km walking: 14th place

Women

• Jette Andersen

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Nina Hansen

  Long jump: 20th place

  Pentathlon: 9th place

Cycling

• Kjell Rodian

  Road race: silver

• Ole Højlund

  Road race: 15th place

  Team time trial: 7th place

• Flemming Gleerup Hansen

  Road race: 21st place

  Team time trial: 7th place

• Ole Knight

  Road race: 74th place

  Team time trial: 7th place

• Henning Petersen

  Team time trial: 7th place

• Niels Fredborg

  Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run

  Rail tandem: 5th place

• Peder Pedersen

  Track sprint: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jan Ingstrup-Mikkelsen

  Track 1000 m time trial: 11th place

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place

• Per Sarto Jørgensen

  Rail tandem: 5th place

• Preben Isaksson

  Track 4000 m single pursuit: bronze

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place

• Kurt vid Stein

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place

• Bent Hansen

  Track 4000 m team pursuit: 5th place

Wrestling

• Jørgen Jensen

  Flyweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Svend Skrydstrup

  Featherweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 4th round

• Kurt Madsen

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 3rd round

rowing

Men

• Peter Fich Christiansen

  Two without a helmsman: 5th place

• Hans Jørgen Boye

  Two without a helmsman: 5th place

• Jens Berendt Jensen

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the lead

• Knud Nielsen

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the lead

• Niels Olsen

  Two with helmsman: eliminated in the lead

• John Ørsted Hansen

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Bjørn Hasløv

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Kurt Helmudt

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Erik Petersen

  Four without a helmsman: gold

• Ole Paustian

  Four with helmsman: 11th place

• Poul Erik Nielsen

  Four with helmsman: 11th place

• Niels Nielsen

  Four with helmsman: 11th place

• Bent Larsen

  Four with helmsman: 11th place

• Tom Hinsby

  Four with helmsman: 11th place

shoot

• Ole Hviid Jensen

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 14th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 12th place

• Niels Petersen

  Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 13th place

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 29th place

swim

Men

• Lars Kraus Jensen

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

Women

• Kirsten Strange-Campbell

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Kirsten Michaelsen

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

sailing

• Henning Wind

  Finn dinghy: bronze

• Hans Fogh

  Flying Dutchman: 4th place

• Ole Gunnar Petersen

  Flying Dutchman: 4th place

• Ole Berntsen

  Dragons: gold

• Christian von Bülow

  Dragons: gold

• Ole Poulsen

  Dragons: gold

• William Berntsen

  5.5 mR class: 12th place

• Carl Christian Lassen

  5.5 mR class: 12th place

• Per spar

  5.5 mR class: 12th place

Diving

Men

• Søren Svejstrup

  10 m high diving: 17th place

Women

• Kirsten Velin

  10 m high diving: 17th place

Web links

• Danish Olympic team from 1964 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )