Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	DEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1976
Website:
Location:	Montreal
Competitors:	66 (56 men, 10 women)
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Judith Andersen
Rank:	24
Gold:	1
Silver:	0
Bronze:	2
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 66 competitors, 56 men and 10 women, took part in 40 events in 15 sports, winning a total number of three medals.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen and Poul Richard Høj Jensen — Sailing, Men's Soling class

Bronze

• Niels Fredborg — Cycling, Men's 1000 metres time trial
• Verner Blaudzun, Gert Frank, Jørgen Hansen and Jørn Lund — Cycling, Men's team time trial

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Olympic veteran Arne Jacobsen was the only archer to represent Denmark in the nation's second appearance in the Olympic archery competition. He dropped 89 points from his previous mark, falling 17 places in the standings.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Arne Jacobsen  - 2334 points (→ 25th place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Men's Marathon

• Jørgen Jensen - 2:20:44 (→ 28th place)

Men's High Jump

• Jesper Tørring
  • Qualification - 2.16m
  • Final - 2.18m (→ 8th place)

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1976.

Individual road race

• Verner Blaudzun - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Jørgen Emil Hansen - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Bent Pedersen - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Willy Skibby - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Verner Blaudzun
• Gert Frank
• Jørgen Emil Hansen
• Jørn Lund

Sprint

• Niels Fredborg - 6th place

1000m time trial

• Niels Fredborg - 1:07.617 (→ Bronze Medal)

Team pursuit

• Ivar Jakobsen
• Kim Refshammer
• Bjarne Sørensen
• Kim Svendsen

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. One female fencer represented Denmark in 1976.

Women's foil

• Annie Madsen

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Handball

See main article: Handball at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Two male pentathletes represented Denmark in 1976.

Individual

• Jørn Steffensen
• Klaus Petersen

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Jørgen Lindhardsen	Finn	15	11	11	21	8	16	9	106.0	14
Lars Lønberg Dan Ibsen Sørensen	470	7	5	22	20	22	3	11	99.7	12
Peter Due Per Kjaergaard	Tornado	4	5	13	3	12	11	10	74.7	9
Claes Thunbo Christensen Finn Thunbo Christensen	Tempest	6	9	8	8	1	5	7	62.7	6
Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen	Soling	2	2	13	6	13	1	5	46.7

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Bo Lilja

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cuba at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045950/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1976/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 April 2015 . sports-reference.com.