Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | DEN |
NOC | National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 162 in 17 sports |
Flag bearer | Vagn Loft |
Medals Ranked 10th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Denmark competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 162 competitors, 144 men and 18 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports. [1]
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Herluf Christensen | 800 metres | DNF | Did not advance | ||||
Niels Holst-Sørensen | 1:54.2 | 1 Q | 1:52.4 | 3 Q | 1:54.0 | 9 | |
Erik Jørgensen | 1500 metres | 3:54.2 | 2 Q | — | 3:56.1 | 9 [2] | |
Henning Larsen | Marathon | — | 2:41:22.0 | 10 | |||
Ingvard Nielsen | 1500 metres | 4:01.7 | 7 | Did not advance | |||
Alf Olesen | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:33.6 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Aage Poulsen | 5000 metres | DNF | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Poul Cederquist | Hammer throw | 48.16 | 15 | Did not advance | |
Svend Aage Frederiksen | 51.35 | 4 Q | 50.07 | 10 | |
Preben Larsen | Triple jump | 14.520 | 14 q | 14.830 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Bente Bergendorff | 100 metres | 12.6 | 2 Q | NT | 4 | Did not advance | |
Birthe Nielsen | 12.9 | 2 Q | 12.5 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
Grethe Lovsø Nielsen | 12.6 | 1 Q | 12.7 | 3 | Did not advance | ||
Bente Bergendorff Grethe Lovsø Nielsen Birthe Nielsen Hilde Nissen | 4 × 100 m relay | 48.1 | 2 Q | — | 48.2 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Distance | Position | ||
Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby | Javelin throw | 42.08 | |
Anne Iversen | High jump | 1.50 | 9 |
Athlete | Event | 1 Round | 2 Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
Erik Thastum | Bantamweight | Olavi Ouvinen (FIN) L PTS | Did not advance | ||||
Svend Aage Sørensen | Featherweight | Pedro Garcia (PER) L PTS | Did not advance | ||||
Svend Wad | Lightweight | Gene Raymond (IND) W PTS | Alberto Boullosa (URU) W PTS | Maxie McCullagh (IRL) W PTS | Gerald Dreyer (RSA) L PTS | Wallace Smith (USA) W WO | |
Christian Kristensen | Welterweight | Max Shacklady (GBR) L KO-3 | Did not advance | ||||
Martin Hansen | Middleweight | Evert Johanson (NOR) W KO-1 | Aimé-Joseph Escudie (FRA) L PTS | Did not advance | |||
Erik Jensen | Light Heavyweight | Chuck Spieser (USA) L PTS | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Johan Frederik Kobberup | K-1 1000 m | 4:40.9 | 1 Q | — | 4:39.9 | ||||
Knud Ditlevsen | K-1 10000 m | — | 51:54.2 | 4 | |||||
Ejvind Hansen Bernhard Jensen | K-2 1000 m | NT | 1 Q | — | 4:07.5 | ||||
Alfred Christensen Finn Rasmussen | K-2 10000 m | — | 47:17.5 | 4 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechages | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Karen Hoff | K-1 500 m | 2:32.2 | 1 Q | — | 2:31.9 |
Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Denmark in 1948.
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Knud Andersen | Men's road race | 5:39:57.2 | 28 |
Børge Saxil Nielsen | DNF | ||
Kristian Pedersen | 5:39:57.2 | 27 | |
Rudolf Rasmussen | DNF | ||
Kristian Pedersen Knud Andersen Børge Saxil Nielsen Rudolf Rasmussen | Team road race | DNF |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Axel Schandorff | Men's 1000m time trial | 1:15.5 | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage 1 | Round 2 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
Axel Schandorff | Men's sprint | Bazzano (AUS) W 1:49.8 | BYE | Welt (AUT) W 1:49.6 | Heid (USA) W 2:0 | Ghella (ITA) L 0-2 | Bazzano (AUS) W 2-0 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Opposition Time Speed (km/h) | Rank | ||
Hans Andresen Evan Klamer | Tandem | Van Schill De Pauw (BEL) W 4:53.6 | BYE | Faye Dron (FRA) L 0-2 | Did not advance | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Opposition Time | Rank | ||
Max Jørgensen Børge Gissel Børge Mortensen Benny Schnoor | Team pursuit | — | Australia (AUS) W 5:04.1 Q | Great Britain (GBR) L 5:05.6 | Did not advance | 5 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Points | Rank | ||
Thomas Christiansen | 3 m springboard | 114.59 | 8 |
10m platform | 105.22 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Points | Rank | ||
Inge Beeken | 10m platform | 59.54 | 8 |
Birte Christoffersen | 3 m springboard | 87.12 | 9 |
10m platform | 66.04 |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | ||||||
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Final | ||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Erik Carlsen | Esja | Individual | 113.00 | 14 | 69 | 44 | 11 | 0 | 44 | 5 | 44 | 5 |
Kai Aage Krarup | Rollo | 114.00 | 16 | 63 | 51 | 15 | 14 | 65 | 14 | 65 | 14 | |
Niels Mikkelsen | St. Hans | 108.00 | 8 | 78 | 30 | 5 | DSQ | Did not finish | ||||
Erik Carlsen Kai Aage Krarup Niels Mikkelsen | See above | Team | 335 | 4 | 210 | 125 | 1 | AC | AC | AC | Did not finish |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | |
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Penalties | Rank | |||
Otto Mønsted Acthon | Please | Individual | DNF | |
Jeppe Johannes Ladegaard-Mikkelsen | Atom | DNF | ||
Torben Tryde | Attila | DNF | ||
Otto Mønsted Acthon Jeppe Johannes Ladegaard-Mikkelsen Torben Tryde | See above | Team | DNF |
15 fencers, 12 men and 3 women, represented Denmark in 1948.
The first of each group and also the second of Group C qualified for the Semi-finals.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Pakistan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3 | +17 | 8 | Semi-finals |
2 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Belgium | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | |
4 | France | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | |
5 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 1 |
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Denmark | 5–3 | Italy |
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John Hansen 30', 53', 74', 82' Pløger 84' | Report | Cavigioli 49' Caprile 67' Pernigo 81' |
Great Britain | 3–5 | Denmark |
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Aitken 5' Hardisty 33' Amor 63' (pen.) | Report | Præst 12', 49' John Hansen 16', 77' J. Sørensen 41' |
Denmark had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948. [3]
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Aage Larsen Ebbe Parsner | Double sculls | 6:50.1 | 1 Q | BYE | — | 7:48.3 | 1 Q | 6:55.3 | |||
Søren Jensen Jørn Snogdahl | Coxless pair | 7:28.3 | 3 R | 7:26.4 | 1 Q | — | 7:54.3 | 2 | Did not advance | 4 | |
Carl-Ebbe Andersen Tage Henriksen Finn Pedersen | Coxed pair | 7:51.7 | 2 Q | 7:51.2 | 1 Q | — | 8:12.7 | 1 Q | 8:00.5 | ||
Aksel Bonde Helge Halkjær Helge Muxoll Schrøder Ib Storm Larsen | Coxless four | 6:40.5 | 2 R | 6:35.1 | 1 Q | — | 7:13.8 | 1 Q | 6:43.5 | ||
Erik Larsen Henry Larsen Ib Olsen Børge Raahauge Nielsen Harry Knudsen | Coxed four | 6:52.5 | 1 Q | BYE | 7:21.3 | 1 Q | 7:31.3 | 1 Q | 6:58.6 | ||
Jarl Emcken Børge Hougaard Poul Korup Holger Larsen Ib Nielsen Niels Rasmussen Gerhardt Sørensen Niels Wamberg Charles Willumsen | Eights | 6:17.6 | 3 R | 6:09.4 | 2 | Did not advance | 8 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Paul Elvstrøm | Firefly | 6 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5543 | ||
Johan Rathje Naalli Petersen | Swallow | 8 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2935 | 5 | |
William Berntsen Klaus Baess Ole Berntsen | Dragon | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4223 | ||
Troels la Cour Bruno Clausen Svend Iversen René la Cour Hans Sørensen A. Eiermann Eyvin Schiøttz | 6 Metre | 10 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1648 | 10 |
Seven shooters represented Denmark in 1948.
Athlete | Event | Final | |
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Score | Rank | ||
Børge Christensen | Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 585 | 42 |
Axel Lerche | Men's 25 metre pistol | 540 | 31 |
Gregers Münter | 498 | 51 | |
Gustaf Nielsen | Men's 300 metre rifle three positions | 1057 | 19 |
Men's 50 metre rifle prone | 595 | 11 | |
Erik Sætter-Lassen | 588 | 32 | |
Uffe Schultz Larsen | Men's 300 metre rifle three positions | 1047 | 21 |
Charles Villholth | Men's 25 metre pistol | 523 | 41 |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Greta Andersen | 100 metre freestroke | 1:07.0 | 3 Q | 1:05.9 | 1 Q | 1:06.3 | |
400 metre freestroke | DNF | 19 | Did not advance | ||||
Fritze Carstensen | 100 metre freestroke | 1:06.5 | 1 Q | 1:07.5 | 2 Q | 1:09.1 | 8 |
400 metre freestroke | 5:29.4 | 3 Q | 5:29.5 | 5 Q | 5:29.4 | 7 | |
Jytte Hansen | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:09.1 | 2 Q | 3:05.5 | 3 Q | 3:08.1 | 8 |
Karen Margrethe Harup | 100 metre freestroke | 1:08.4 | 8 Q | 1:08.7 | 8 q | 1:08.1 | 4 |
400 metre freestroke | 5:31.7 | 7 Q | 5:25.7 OR | 1 Q | 5:21.2 | ||
100 metre backstroke | 1:15.6 | 1 Q | 1:15.5 OR | 1 Q | 1:14.4 OR | ||
Eva Arndt-Riise Karen Margrethe Harup Greta Andersen Fritze Carstensen Elvi Svendsen | 4 x 100 metre freestyle | 4:33.5 | 1 Q | — | 4:29.6 |
Athlete | Event | Military Press | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | |||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Johan Runge | 60 kg | 95 | 4 | 90 | 12 | 120 | 8 | 305 | 7 |
Jørgen Fryd Petersen | 67.5 kg | 90 | 14 | 97.5 | 10 | 127.5 | 9 | 315 | 10 |
Jørgen Moritzen | 75 kg | 87.5 | 22 | 95 | 17 | DNS | DNF | ||
Niels Petersen | +82.5 kg | 115 | 9 | 112.5 | 7 | 155 | 5 | 382.5 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Elimination pool | Final round | |||||
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Round 1 Result | Round 2 Result | Round 3 Result | Round 4 Result | Round 5 Result | Final round Result | Rank | ||
Svend Aage Thomsen | −52 kg | Pietro Lombardi (ITA) L 0–3 | Kenan Olcay (TUR) L 0-3 | Did not advance | 11 | |||
Kolle Lejserowitz | −57 kg | Mahmoud Hassan (EGY) L 1-2 | Reidar Merli (NOR) L 0–0 P | Did not advance | 11 | |||
Abraham Kurland | −67 kg | Alfred Jauch (SUI) W RET | Charif Damage (LIB) L 0–3 | Gustav Freij (SWE) L 2-1 | Did not advance | 9 | ||
Henrik Hansen | −73 kg | Kemal Munir (EGY) W F | Gösta Andersson (SWE) L 0–3 | Bjørn Cook (NOR) W 3-0 | Josef Schmidt (AUT) W F | Miklós Szilvási (HUN) L F | Did not advance | |
Erling Stuer Lauridsen | −87 kg | Ibrahim Mahgoub (LIB) W 3-0 | Peter Enzinger (AUT) W F | Karl-Erik Nilsson (SWE) L 0-3 | Kelpo Gröndahl (FIN) L F | Did not advance | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Category | Title | Rank |
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Josef Petersen | Literature | Epic works | "The Olympic Champion" | |
Erling Brene | Music | Choral and orchestral | "Vigeur" | |
Knud Nellemose | Sculpture | Statues | "Young Man with Discus", "Head of a Boxer" | NM |
Medals and plaques | "Group of Wrestlers", "Football Players" | NM |
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