Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	DEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1948
Website:
Location:	London
Competitors:	162
Sports:	17
Flagbearer:	Vagn Loft
Rank:	10
Gold:	5
Silver:	7
Bronze:	8
Appearances:	auto
See also:	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]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
	Tage Henriksen Finn Pedersen
			Men's competition

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Herluf Christensen	align=left rowspan=2	800 metres	DNF		Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1		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

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Poul Cederquist	align=left rowspan=2	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

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bente Bergendorff	align=left rowspan=3	100 metres	12.6	2 Q	NT	4	Did not advance
align=left	Birthe Nielsen	12.9	2 Q	12.5	3	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Grethe Lovsø Nielsen	12.6	1 Q	12.7	3	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=1	Bente Bergendorff Grethe Lovsø Nielsen Birthe Nielsen Hilde Nissen	4 × 100 m relay	48.1	2 Q	48.2	5

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Lily Carlstedt-Kelsby	Javelin throw	42.08
Anne Iversen	High jump	1.50	9

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Erik Thastum	Bantamweight	L PTS	Did not advance
Svend Aage Sørensen	Featherweight	L PTS	Did not advance
Svend Wad	Lightweight	W PTS	W PTS	W PTS	L PTS	W WO
Christian Kristensen	Welterweight	L KO-3	Did not advance
Martin Hansen	Middleweight	W KO-1	L PTS	Did not advance
Erik Jensen	Light Heavyweight	L PTS	Did not advance

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechages		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	Johan Frederik Kobberup	K-1 1000 m	4:40.9	1 Q	4:39.9
align=left rowspan=1	Knud Ditlevsen	K-1 10000 m	51:54.2	4
align=left rowspan=1	Ejvind Hansen Bernhard Jensen	K-2 1000 m	NT	1 Q	4:07.5
align=left rowspan=1		K-2 10000 m	47:17.5	4

Women

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Denmark in 1948.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Knud Andersen	align=left rowspan=4	Men's road race	5:39:57.2	28
Børge Saxil Nielsen	DNF
align=left rowspan=1	Kristian Pedersen	5:39:57.2	27
align=left rowspan=1	Rudolf Rasmussen	DNF
Kristian Pedersen Knud Andersen Børge Saxil Nielsen Rudolf Rasmussen	Team road race	DNF

Track

1000m time trial

Men's Sprint

Men's Tandem

Pursuit

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	Thomas Christiansen	align=left	3 m springboard	114.59	8
align=left rowspan=1	10m platform	105.22	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
align=left rowspan=1	Inge Beeken	align=left rowspan=1	10m platform	59.54	8
align=left rowspan=2	Birte Christoffersen	align=left	3 m springboard	87.12	9
align=left rowspan=1	10m platform	66.04

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
								Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Erik Carlsen	Esja	align=left rowspan=3	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

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Final
			Penalties	Rank
Otto Mønsted Acthon	Please	align=left rowspan=3	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

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1948 Summer Olympics. 15 fencers, 12 men and 3 women, represented Denmark in 1948.

Men's foil

• Ivan Ruben
• Aage Leidersdorff
• Ole Albrechtsen

Men's team foil

• Ivan Ruben, Ole Albrechtsen, Aage Leidersdorff, Tage Jørgensen, Ivan Osiier, Flemming Vögg

Men's épée

• Mogens Lüchow
• Ib Nielsen

Men's team épée

• Mogens Lüchow, Erik Andersen, Ib Nielsen, René Dybkær, Jakob Lyng, Kenneth Flindt

Men's sabre

• Aage Leidersdorff
• Ivan Ruben
• Ivan Osiier

Women's foil

• Karen Lachmann
• Grete Olsen
• Kate Mahaut

Field hockey

See main article: Field hockey at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Group stageThe first of each group and also the second of Group C qualified for the Semi-finals.

Group C

Football

See main article: Football at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

First round

Quarter-final

Semi-final

Bronze medal match

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Denmark had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aage Larsen Ebbe Parsner	Double sculls	6:50.1	1 Q	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	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

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Paul Elvstrøm	Firefly	DNF	6	3	11	5	1	1	5543
Johan Rathje Naalli Petersen	Swallow	8	7	1	9	10	7	12	2935	5
William Berntsen Klaus Baess Ole Berntsen	Dragon	3	4	3	5	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	11	10	10	8	1648	10

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Seven shooters represented Denmark in 1948.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
		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

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=2	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
align=left rowspan=2		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
align=left rowspan=1		200 metre breaststroke	3:09.1	2 Q	3:05.5	3 Q	3:08.1	8
align=left rowspan=3	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
align=left rowspan=1		4 x 100 metre freestyle	4:33.5	1 Q	4:29.6

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		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

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool					Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Svend Aage Thomsen	−52 kg	L 0–3	L 0-3	Did not advance				11
Kolle Lejserowitz	−57 kg	L 1-2	L 0–0 P	Did not advance				11
Abraham Kurland	−67 kg	W RET	L 0–3	L 2-1	Did not advance			9
Henrik Hansen	−73 kg	W F	L 0–3	W 3-0	W F	L F	Did not advance
Erling Stuer Lauridsen	−87 kg	W 3-0	W F	L 0-3	L F	Did not advance		6

Art competitions

See main article: Art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Category	Title	Rank
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

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Denmark at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090504/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1948/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 31 January 2015 . sports-reference.com.
2. The results of the 1500 metres final are disputed. Jørgensen is listed by various sources as 7th, 8th, or 9th. Web site: 1500 metres, Men . Olympedia . 13 August 2020.
3. Denmark Rowing at the 1948 London Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417162618/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1948/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 13 March 2018.