1972 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich with a delegation of 126 athletes (114 men and twelve women) in 74 competitions in 17 sports. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the cyclist Peder Pedersen .

Participants by sport

Archery

Men Arne Jacobsen Singles: 8th place Herluf Andersen Individual: 13th place

Women Erna Rahbek Pedersen Singles: 26th place Lilli Lentz Individual: 29th place

Boxing

Men

• Erik Madsen

  Lightweight: 2nd round

• Ib Bøtcher

  Welterweight: 2nd round

• Poul Knudsen

  Middleweight: quarterfinals

fencing

Men Reinhard Munster Epee, singles: Round of 16 Epee, team: preliminary round Peter Askjær-Friis Epee, singles: Round of 16 Epee, team: preliminary round Ivan Kemnitz Epee, singles: preliminary round Epee, team: preliminary round Torben Bjerre-Poulsen Epee, team: preliminary round Jørgen Thorup Epee, team: preliminary round

Women Max Madsen Foil, singles: quarter-finals

Soccer

Men

• Intermediate round

• Squad
  • goal

  1 Mogens Therkildsen

  18 Heinz Hildebrandt

  19 Valdemar Hansen

  • Defense

  2 Flemming Ahlberg

  3 Svend Andresen

  4 Per Røntved

  5 Jørgen Rasmussen

  12 Flemming Pedersen

  13 Helge Vonsyld

  • midfield

  6 Hans Ewald Hansen

  7 Jack Hansen

  14 Sten Ziegler

  15 Max Rasmussen

  16 Heino Hansen

  • Storm

  8 Kristen Nygaard Kristensen

  9 Allan Simonsen

  10 Kurt Berthelsen

  11 Leif Printzlau

  17 Keld Bak

Weightlifting

Men

• Erling Johansen

  Middleweight: 14th place

• Ib miner

  Lightweight: 14th place

• Bent Harsmann

  Heavyweight: 21st place

Handball

Men

• 13th place

• Squad

  Arne Andersen

  Keld Andersen

  Jørgen Frandsen

  Claus From

  Flemming Hansen

  Jørgen Heidemann

  Søren Jensen

  Bent Jørgensen

  Kay Jørgensen

  Flemming Lauritzen

  Svend Lund

  Tom Lund

  Thor Munkager

  Vagn Nielsen

  Karsten Sørensen

  Jørgen Vodsgaard

canoe

Men Erik Hansen Kayak single, 1000 meters: 7th place Jørgen Andersen & Jens Sørensen Two kayaks, 1000 meters: semi-finals Søren Boysen & Lennart Mathiasen Canoe two-man, 1000 meters: hope run

Women Kate Olsen Kayak single, 500 meters: 7th place

athletics

Men Kaj Andersen Discus throw: 25th place in qualification Tom Hansen 1500 meters: 10th place Jørgen Jensen Marathon: 30th place Ole David Jensen 50 kilometers of walking: 29th place Gert Kærlin 5000 meters: heats Gerd Larsen 1500 meters: semi-finals Jørn Lauenborg 5000 meters: heats Wigmar Pedersen 3000 meter obstacle: prelims Steen Smidt-Jensen Decathlon: 7th place Jesper Tørring 110 meter hurdles: prelims Long jump: no valid attempt in qualification

Women Grith Ejstrup High jump: 12th place Solveig Langkilde High jump: 21st place Annelise Damm Olesen 800 meters: semi-finals

Modern pentathlon

Men

• Jørn Steffensen

  Individual: 14th place

  Team: 14th place

• Klaus Petersen

  Singles: 37th place

  Team: 14th place

• René Heitmann

  Individual: 52nd place

  Team: 14th place

Cycling

Men

• Gunnar Asmussen

  4000 meters team pursuit: 13th place in qualification

• Svend Erik Bjerg

  4000 meters team pursuit: 13th place in qualification

• Niels Fredborg

  Sprint: 5th place

  1000 meter time trial: gold

• Jørgen Emil Hansen

  100 kilometers team time trial: 11th place

• Ove Jensen

  Road race: 28th place

• Henning Jørgensen

  Road race: 48th place

• Junker Jørgensen

  100 kilometers team time trial: 11th place

• Jørn Lund

  100 kilometers team time trial: 11th place

• Jørgen Marcussen

  Road race: 21st place

  100 kilometers team time trial: 11th place

• Reno Olsen

  4000 meters single pursuit: 13th place in qualification

  4000 meters team pursuit: 13th place in qualification

• Bent Pedersen

  4000 meters team pursuit: 13th place in qualification

• Peder Pedersen

  Sprint: 6th lap

• Eigil Sørensen

  Road race: DNF

horse riding

• Aksel Malling Mikkelsen

  Dressage, individual: 11th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Ulla Petersen

  Dressage, individual: 14th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Charlotte Ingemann

  Dressage, individual: 20th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

Wrestling

Men

• Jørn Krogsgaard

  Bantamweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

• Days Juhl Weirum

  Lightweight, Greco-Roman: 4th round

• John Pedersen

  Middleweight, Greco-Roman: 2nd round

rowing

Men

• Kim Børgesen

  One: 11th place

• Jørgen Engelbrecht & Niels Secher

  Double scull: 4th place

• Rolf Andersen , Peter Fich Christiansen , Egon Pedersen & Willy Poulsen

  Four without a helmsman: 6th place

• Mogens Holm , Jens Lindhardt , Bjarne Pedersen , Kim Wind & Per Wind

  Foursome with helmsman: hope run

shoot

• Vagn Andersen

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 24th place

  Small bore, lying: 76th place

• Lennart Christensen

  Rapid Fire Pistol: 44th place

• Henning Clausen

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 30th place

  Small bore, lying: 15th place

• Egon Hansen

  Trap: 33rd place

• Ole Justesen

  Skeet: 46th place

• Niels-Ove Mikkelsen

  Skeet: 19th place

• Per Weichel

  Free rifle, three-position fight: 26th place

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 33rd place

swim

Men Lars Børgesen 100 meters back: heats 200 meters back: heats Karl Christian Koch 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats Ejvind Pedersen 100 meters back: semi-finals 200 meters back: heats

Women Kirsten Knudsen 400 meters freestyle: prelims 800 meters freestyle: prelims Winnie Nielsen 100 meter chest: heats 200 meters chest: heats Kirsten Strange-Campbell 100 meters freestyle: prelims 200 meter medley: prelims 400 meter individual medley: prelims

sailing

• Steen Kjølhede

  Finn dinghy: 19th place

• Ulrik Brock & Hans Fogh

  Flying Dutchman: 7th place

• Klaus Føge Jensen & Mogens Larsen

  Tempest: 17th place

• Gunner Dahlgaard , Frank Høj Jensen & Poul Høj Jensen

  Dragons: 7th place

• Valdemar Bandolowski , Paul Elvstrøm & Jan Kjærulff

  Soling: 13th place

do gymnastics

Men

• Ole Benediktson

  Individual all-around: 102nd place in qualification

  Floor: 102nd place in qualification

  Horse: 107th place in qualification

  Bars: 63rd place in qualification

  Horizontal bar: 99th place in qualification

  Rings: 109th place in qualification

  Pommel horse: 74th place in qualification

Web links

• Danish Olympic team from 1972 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )