Denmark at the 1924 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	DEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1924
Website:
Location:	Paris
Competitors:	89 (78 men and 11 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Peter Ryefelt
Rank:	12
Gold:	2
Silver:	5
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. 89 competitors, 78 men and 11 women, took part in 60 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
			Men's lightweight
			Women's foil
			Men's light heavyweight
			Men's heavyweight
	, Willy Hansen		Men's tandem
			Individual eventing
	, Christian Nielsen, Vilhelm Vett		6 m Class
			Women's foil
			Men's 600 m free rifle

Athletics

See main article: article and Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Nine athletes represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport as well as the Games. Petersen's fourth-place finish in the pole vault was the best result for the Danish athletes in Paris.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Axel Jensen	Marathon	align=center colspan=6	N/A	2:58:44.8	11
Kai Jensen	400 m	50.9	2 Q	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Kai Jensen	800 m	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1:58.4	1 Q	Unknown	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Karl Jensen	Discus throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	39.78	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Karl Jensen	Hammer throw	align=center colspan=4	N/A	36.265	11	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Albert Larsen	800 m	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1:58.8	3 Q	2:00.2	8	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Albert Larsen	1500 m	align=center colspan=4	N/A	4:11.5	3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Louis Lundgren	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	Unknown	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Louis Lundgren	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	56.0	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Henry Petersen	Pole vault	align=center colspan=4	N/A	3.66	1 Q	3.90	4
Poul Schiang	100 m	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Henri Thorsen	110 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	16.0	1 Q	15.7	5	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Henri Thorsen	400 m hurdles	align=center colspan=2	N/A	57.2	2 Q	57.3	6	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Mogens Truelsen	100 m	Unknown	3	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Mogens Truelsen	200 m	Unknown	4	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Kaj Jensen Poul Schiang Henri Thorsen Mogens Truelsen	4 × 100 m relay	align=center colspan=2	N/A	44.0	2 Q	43.8	4	align=center colspan=2	did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article and Boxing at the 1920 Summer Olympics.

Eight boxers represented Denmark at the 1924 Games. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Hans Jacob Nielsen became the first Danish Olympic champion in boxing after moving up from featherweight in 1920 to lightweight in 1924. Soren Petersen repeated as the silver medalist in the top weight class, while Thyge Petersen added another silver in the light heavyweight.

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
Boxer	Weight class	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Robert Larsen	Heavyweight	N/A	W	L	align=center colspan=2	did not advance	5
Carl Lindberg	Light heavyweight	Bye	L	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	9
Hans Jacob Nielsen	Lightweight	W	W	W	W	W
Harald Nielsen	Welterweight	L	align=center colspan=4	did not advance	17
Andreas Petersen	Welterweight	W	L	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	9
Charles Petersen	Lightweight	W	L	align=center colspan=3	did not advance	9
Soren Petersen	Heavyweight	N/A	W	W	W	L
Thyge Petersen	Light heavyweight	W	W	W	W	L

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
	2	1	.667
	1	0	1.000
	1	0	1.000
	1	1	.500
	1	0	1.000
	1	2	.333
	1	0	1.000
	1	1	.500
	2	2	.500
	2	0	1.000
	2	0	1.000

Total	15	7	.682

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	4	1	.800
Round of 16	4	3	.571
Quarterfinals	3	1	.750
Semifinals	3	0	1.000
Final	1	2	.333
Bronze match	0	0	–

Total	15	7	.682

Cycling

See main article: article and Cycling at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Six cyclists represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. The Hansens won Denmark's first Olympic cycling medal, with a silver in the tandem competition.

Road cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank
Erik Andersen	Time trial	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Ahrensborg Claussen	Time trial	7:19:16.4	38

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	First round		First repechage		Quarterfinals		Second repechage		Semifinals		Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Holger Guldager	Sprint	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	1 Q	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	1 Q	Unknown	2	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Edmund Hansen	50 km	align=center colspan=10	N/A	Unknown	8–36
Willy Hansen	50 km	align=center colspan=10	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not finish
Willy Hansen	Sprint	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	1 Q	Unknown	2 r	Unknown	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen	Tandem	align=center colspan=8	N/A	12.8	1 Q	Unknown
Holger Guldager Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen Jens Kjeldsen	Team pursuit	5:27.6	1 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=2	did not start	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=4	did not advance

Diving

See main article: article and Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Four divers represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Men

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
Diver	Event	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Herold Jansson	Plain high diving	21	141	5	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Volmer Otzen	Plain high diving	22	137	4	align=center colspan=3	did not advance
Sven Palle Sørensen	10 m platform	16	400	3 Q	36	404.6	7
Sven Palle Sørensen	Plain high diving	38	125	7	align=center colspan=3	did not advance

Women

Equestrian

See main article: article and Equestrian at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

A single equestrian represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, and first since 1912. Kirkebjerg, who was on the 1912 team as well, won the silver medal in the eventing competition to earn Denmark's first Olympic equestrian medal.

Fencing

See main article: article and Fencing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Eleven fencers, seven men and four women, represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport as well as the Games; Denmark had competed in fencing more often than any other country. Denmark was one of nine countries to enter women in the first Olympic women's fencing event; Danish women took the gold and bronze medals in that event. Ellen Osiier won the women's foil, becoming the first Olympic champion in women's fencing. The Danish men were not as successful, taking no medals in their six events.

Men

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jens Berthelsen	Épée	2–7	8	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
	Foil	2–0	1 Q	2–2	3 Q	1–4	6	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
	Sabre	align=center colspan=4	N/A	1–5	7	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Svend Munck	Foil	1–3	4	align=center colspan=8	did not advance
Svend Munck	Sabre	align=center colspan=4	N/A	0–6	7	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Ivan Osiier	Épée	5–3	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	6–4	5 Q	4–7	10	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
	Foil	2–0	1 Q	4–1	2 Q	2–3	4 Q	4–1	2 Q	1–5	6
	Sabre	align=center colspan=4	N/A	4–2	2 Q	7–1	2 Q	2–5	6
Peter Ryefelt	Épée	4–4	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	4–5	6 Q	5–6	5 Q	4–7	9
Erik Sjøqvist	Foil	1–3	4	align=center colspan=8	did not advance
Viggo Stilling-Andersen	Épée	4–3	8	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Jens Berthelsen Svend Munck Ivan Osiier Erik Sjøqvist	Team foil	align=center colspan=2	Bye	align=center colspan=2	N/A	1–2	2 Q	0–2	3	align=center colspan=2	did not advance
Jens Berthelsen Ivan Osiier Peter Ryefelt Viggo Stilling-Andersen	Team épée	1–2	4	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=6	did not advance
Jens Berthelsen Ejnar Levison Svend Munck Ivan Osiier Peter Ryefelt	Team sabre	1–0	2 Q	align=center colspan=2	N/A	0–2	3	align=center colspan=4	did not advance

Women

Ranks given are within the pool.

Fencer	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Yutta Barding	Foil	3–2	3 Q	2–3	3 Q	1–4	5
Ingeborg Buhl	Foil	2–3	4	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Grete Heckscher	Foil	5–0	1 Q	4–1	2 Q	3–2
Ellen Osiier	Foil	6–0	1 Q	5–0	1 Q	5–0

Modern pentathlon

See main article: article and Modern pentathlon at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Three pentathletes represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. Denmark was one of six nations to have competed in each edition of the Olympic modern pentathlon.

Pentathlete	Event	Final
Pentathlete	Event	Score	Rank
Marius Christensen	Individual	85	14
Helge Jensen	Individual	61	6
Otto Olsen	Individual	86	15

Sailing

See main article: article and Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Four sailors represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The 6 metre class boat took silver, matching the nation's previous best result in sailing.

Sailor	Event	Qualifying				Final
Sailor	Event	Race 1	Race 2	Race 3	Total	Race 1	Race 2	Total	Rank
Aage Pedersen	Olympic monotype	8 (DNF)	7	align=center colspan=2	N/A	align=center colspan=4	did not advance
Knud Degn Christian Nielsen Vilhelm Vett	6 metre class	1 Q	2 Q	8	11	3	2	5

Shooting

See main article: article and Shooting at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Seven sport shooters represented Denmark in 1924. It was the nation's sixth appearance in the sport as well as the Games; Denmark was one of three nations (along with France and Great Britain) to have competed in each Olympic sport shooting competition. Larsen took the bronze in the 600 metre free rifle for Denmark's only shooting medal in 1924.

Shooter	Event	Final
Shooter	Event	Score	Rank
Hans Jacobsen	Trap	Unknown	31–44
Niels Larsen	600 m free rifle	94
Lars Jørgen Madsen	50 m rifle, prone	386	24
Lars Jørgen Madsen	600 m free rifle	82	24
Anders Peter Nielsen	50 m rifle, prone	393	4
Anders Peter Nielsen	600 m free rifle	82	24
Arne Nielsen	50 m rifle, prone	389	12
Erik Sætter-Lassen	50 m rifle, prone	393	4
Erik Sætter-Lassen	600 m free rifle	75	46
Peter Petersen Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Anders Peter Nielsen Erik Sætter-Lassen	Team free rifle	626	6

Swimming

See main article: article and Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Women

Swimmer	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Swimmer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Vibeke Møller	400 m freestyle	7:02.2	3	did not advance
Agnete Olsen	100 m freestyle	1:23.0	3	did not advance
Karen Maud Rasmussen	100 m freestyle	1:29.0	5	did not advance
Hedevig Rasmussen	100 m freestyle	1:22.4	3	did not advance
400 m freestyle	6:58.2	3 q	6:55.2	4	did not advance
Vibeke Møller Agnete Olsen Hedevig Rasmussen Karen Maud Rasmussen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	5:42.4	4

Tennis

See main article: article and Tennis at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 128	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Einar Bache	Singles	W 2–6, 8–6, 9–7, 6–4	L 2–6, 1–6, 2–6	did not advance
Erik Tegner	Singles	W 6–4, 6–1, 6–1	L 5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 9–7	did not advance
Einer Ulrich	Singles		L 3–6, 6–2, 6–1, 2–6, 3–6	did not advance
Bjørn Thalbitzer	Singles		L 1–6, 1–6, 2–6	did not advance
Erik Tegner Einer Ulrich	Doubles		W 6–3, 6–4, 4–6, 6–4	W 3–6, 6–0, 6–1, 6–1	L 4–6, 4–6, 10–12	did not advance
Einar Bache Bjørn Thalbitzer	Doubles		L 0–6, 0–6, 1–6	did not advance

Women

Mixed

Wrestling

See main article: article and Wrestling at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Freestyle wrestling

Men's

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Søren Eriksen	Lightweight		L	Did not advance	Bronze medal semifinal L	did not advance
Poul Hansen	Light heavyweight		W	L	did not advance
Rasmus Torgensen	Featherweight		W	L	Bronze medal semifinal L	did not advance

Greco-Roman

Men's

Athlete	Event	First round	Second round	Third round	Fourth round	Fifth round	Sixth round	Seventh round	Eighth round	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Hermann Andersen	Bantamweight	L	L	did not advance				=17
Holger Askehave	Lightweight	L	W	W	L	did not advance		=9
John Christoffersen	Middleweight	W	W	L	W	L	did not advance			=7
Søren Eriksen	Featherweight	L	W	L	did not advance					=13
Frants Frisenfeldt	Lightweight	W	W	W	L	L	Did not advance	=5
Georg Gundersen	Bantamweight	W	L	Retired L	did not advance			=17
Poul Hansen	Heavyweight	L	W	L	did not advance			=9
Emil Larsen	Heavyweight	W	L	W	W	L	Did not advance	4
Svend Nielsen	Light heavyweight	W	W	L	Retired L	did not advance				=9
Axel Tetens	Light heavyweight	L	W	L	did not advance					=9
Rasmus Torgensen	Featherweight	L	W	W	L	did not advance				=8

Art Competitions

See main article: article and Art competitions at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Denmark at the 1924 Paris Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060328/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1924/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-06-21 . sports-reference.com.