Denmark at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the 1900 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk  (in Danish and English)
in Paris, France May 14, 1900 – October 28, 1900
Competitors	13 in 5 sports and 14 events
Medals Ranked 10th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 2 Total 6
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Denmark competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Danish contingent, 11 men, competed in 4 sports and had 30 entries in 14 events. 3 Danish athletes also competed in Tug-of-War under the mixed team flag. ^[1]

Medalists

Further information: 1900 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1900 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Lars Jørgen Madsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing	August 5
Gold	Edgar Aabye Eugen Schmidt Charles Winckler	Tug of war	Men's	July 16
Silver	Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling	August 5
Silver	Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone	August 5
Silver	Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions	August 5
Bronze	Ernst Schultz	Athletics	400 m	July 15
Bronze	Peder Lykkeberg	Swimming	Underwater swimming	August 12

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	0	0	1	1
Shooting	1	3	0	4
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	1	3	2	6

Multiple medalists

The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1900 Olympic Games.

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Anders Peter Nielsen	Silver  Silver  Silver	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	0	4
Fencing	1	0	1
Shooting	5	0	5
Swimming	1	0	1
Tug of war	3	0	3
Total	13 [2]	0	13

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed in athletics for the second time. Four athletes competed in six athletics events, taking a bronze medal. It was Denmark's first athletics medal.

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johannes Gandil	100 m	Unknown	3	Did not advance
Ernst Schultz		DNS		Did not advance
Johannes Gandil	400 m	DNS		—				Did not advance
Ernst Schultz		Unknown	2 Q	—				51.5
Christian Christensen	800 m	Unknown	5	—				Did not advance
Christian Christensen	1500 m	—						Unknown	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Charles Winckler	Men's shot put	10.76	10	Did not advance
Charles Winckler	Men's discus throw	32.50	=8	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed in fencing for the second time in 1900. The team won no medals that time.

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Quarterfinal			Repechage			Semifinal			Final
		MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank	MW	ML	Rank
Jens Peter Berthelsen	Men's masters foil				Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed again at the second Olympic shooting events. Jensen, who had been more successful in weightlifting four years earlier but had won a bronze medal in shooting, returned. This time, he received no shooting medals. Madsen won an individual gold medal, while Nielsen took three individual silvers including the overall. The team did not take a medal in the team event, though they came close with a score only 13 points less than bronze medallist France's.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Viggo Jensen	Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing	277	=11
Laurids Jensen-Kjær		238	=28
Axel Kristensen		261	=22
Lars Jørgen Madsen		305
Anders Peter Nielsen		277	=11
Viggo Jensen	Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling	290	=13
Laurids Jensen-Kjær		271	=22
Axel Kristensen		260	26
Lars Jørgen Madsen		299	8
Anders Peter Nielsen		314
Viggo Jensen	Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone	308	=10
Laurids Jensen-Kjær		273	27
Axel Kristensen		261	30
Lars Jørgen Madsen		301	=16
Anders Peter Nielsen		330
Viggo Jensen	Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions	875	15
Laurids Jensen-Kjær		782	=28
Axel Kristensen		782	=28
Lars Jørgen Madsen		905	5
Anders Peter Nielsen		921
Lars Jørgen Madsen Viggo Jensen Anders Peter Nielsen Axel Kristensen Laurids Jensen-Kjær	Men's 300 metre free rifle, team	4265	4

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark entered one event in its inaugural Olympic swimming appearance, with Lykkeberg taking the bronze medal.

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Peder Lykkeberg	Underwater	147.0

Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Team	Event	Quarterfinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Rank
A mixed team (ZZX)   Edgar Aabye  (DEN)   August Nilsson  (SWE)   Eugen Schmidt  (DEN)   Gustaf Söderström  (SWE)   Karl Staaf  (SWE)   Charles Winckler  (DEN)	Men's	Racing Club de France  (ZZX) W 2-0

References

1. "Denmark:1900 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
2. Charles Winckler competed in athletics and tug of war.