1980 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)
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Denmark took part in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow with a delegation of 58 athletes (55 men and 3 women) in 30 competitions in 13 sports.
The Danish athletes won two gold, one silver and two bronze medals. In the medal table of the games, Denmark placed 16th. Olympic champions were the shooter Kjeld Rasmussen in the skeet and the sailors Valdemar Bandolowski , Erik Hansen and Poul Høj Jensen in the boat class Soling .
Participants by sport
Boxing
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Jesper Garnell
- Lightweight: eliminated in the last sixteen
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Ole Svendsen
- Welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round
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Michael Madsen
- Light Heavyweight: Eliminated in the quarterfinals
fencing
- Men
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Max Madsen
- Foil: 32nd place
Weightlifting
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Erling Johansen
- Light heavyweight: 12th place
Handball
- Men
- 9th place
canoe
- Men
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Hans Christian Lassen
- Single Canoe 1000 m: eliminated in the preliminary run
athletics
- Men
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Jens Smedegaard Hansen
- 400 m: eliminated in the semi-finals
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Jørn Lauenborg
- Marathon: race not finished
Cycling
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Henning Jørgensen
- Road race: 31st place
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Verner Blaudzun
- Road race: 42nd place
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Allan Jacobsen
- Road Race: Race not finished
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Per Sandahl Jørgensen
- Road Race: Race not finished
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Per Kærsgaard Laursen
- Team time trial: 10th place
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Michael Marcussen
- Team time trial: 10th place
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Jesper Worre
- Team time trial: 10th place
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Jørgen V. Pedersen
- Team time trial: 10th place
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Henrik Salée
- Track Sprint: 5th place
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Bjarne Sørensen
- Track 1000 m time trial: 8th place
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Hans-Henrik Ørsted
- Track 4000 m single pursuit: bronze
Wrestling
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Kaj Jægergaard Hansen
- Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round
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Svend Erik Studsgaard
- Heavyweight, Greco-Roman: 8th place
rowing
- Men
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Michael Jessen
- Two without a helmsman: not started in the final
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Erik Christiansen
- Two without a helmsman: not started in the final
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Pure modest
- Quadruple: 9th place
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Per Rasmussen
- Quadruple: 9th place
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Morten Espersen
- Quadruple: 9th place
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Ole Bloch Jensen
- Quadruple: 9th place
- Women
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Lise Justesen
- One: 9th place
shoot
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Henning Clausen
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight, 50 m: 9th place
- Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 25th place
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Finn Danielsen
- Small bore rifle, three-position fight 50 m: 17th place
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Kjeld Rasmussen
- Skeet: gold
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Ole Justesen
- Skeet: 10th place
swim
- Women
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Susanne Nielsson
- 100 m chest: bronze
- 200 m chest: 4th place
sailing
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Leave Hjortnæs
- Finn dinghy: 13th place
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Jens Christensen
- Star: 5th place
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Morten Nielsen
- Star: 5th place
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Jacob Bojsen-Møller
- Flying Dutchman: 6th place
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Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
- Flying Dutchman: 6th place
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Peter Due
- Tornado: silver
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Per Kjærgaard Nielsen
- Tornado: silver
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Valdemar Bandolowski
- Soling: gold
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Erik Hansen
- Soling: gold
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Poul Høj Jensen
- Soling: gold
Diving
- Men
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Claus Thomsen
- 10 m high diving: 10th place
Web links
- Danish Olympic team from 1980 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )