Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	DEN
Nocname:	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1988
Website:
Location:	Seoul
Competitors:	78 (57 men and 21 women)
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Anne Törnblad
Rank:	23
Gold:	2
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 78 competitors, 57 men and 21 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				24 September
				27 September
				24 September
				27 September

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[2]

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	4	1	5
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	2	4	6
Cycling	8	1	9
Equestrian	2	2	4
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	1	–	1
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	2	1	3
Sailing	11	3	14
Shooting	6	0	6
Swimming	8	7	15
Tennis	2	1	3
Weightlifting	2	–	2
Total	57	21	78

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics. After two Olympiads without competing in archery, Denmark returned to the sport in 1988. Three men competed, placing 11th as a team and no higher than 23rd as individuals.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Henrik Toft — 1/8 final (→ 23rd place)
• Jan Jacobsen — Preliminary round (→ 25th place)
• Niels Gammelgaard — Preliminary round (→ 56th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Toft, Jacobsen, and Gammelgaard — Semifinal (→ 11th place)

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's 1,500 metres

• Mogens Guldberg

Men's Marathon

• • • Henrik Jørgensen Final — 2:16.40 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

• Erik Jensen

Men's Decathlon

• Lars Warming — 7859 points (→ 19th place)

1. 100 metres — 11.07s

1. Long Jump — 7.04m

1. Shot Put — 13.41m

1. High Jump — 1.94m

1. 400 metres — 47.97s

1. 110m Hurdles — 14.49s

1. Discus Throw — 40.38m

1. Pole Vault — 4.80m

1. Javelin Throw — 51.50m

1. 1.500 metres — 4:22.41s

Women's Long Jump

• Lene Demsitz

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Johnny Bredahl
  • First Round — Lost to Hamed Halbouni (SYR), RSC-2

Men's Light-Welterweight

• Søren Søndergaard

Men's Light-Middleweight

• Johnny de Lima

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Niels Madsen

Men's Heavyweight

• Claus Børge Nielsen

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1988. Dan Frost won gold in the points race.

Men's road race

• Tommy Nielsen
• Peter Meinert Nielsen

Men's 1 km time trial

• Kenneth Røpke

Men's individual pursuit

• Peter Clausen

Men's team pursuit

• Peter Clausen
• Dan Frost
• Jimmi Madsen
• Lars Olsen
• Ken Frost

Men's points race

• Dan Frost

Women's road race

• Karina Skibby — 2:00:52 (→ 42nd place)

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics. One male pentathlete represented Denmark in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Tue Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 27th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 21st place)

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Lasse Hjortnæs	Finn	1	RET	2	5	5	12	5	51.0	5
Hans Natorp Paul Natorp	Men's 470	14	18	22	PMS	18	18	17	143.0	21

Women

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	Flying Dutchman	1	4	2	2	6	3	6	31.4
Paul Elvstrøm Trine Elvstrøm-Myralf	Tornado	16	14	RET	16	5	19	7	112.0	15
Anders Geert-jensen Mogens Just	Star	PMS	10	10	9	8	2	5	74.0	11
Jesper Bank Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher	Soling	9	2	12	15	4	2	3	52.7

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's 50m Freestyle

• Vagn Høgholm
  • Heat — 23.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
• Peter Rohde
  • Heat — 23.70 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Franz Mortensen
  • Heat — 50.74
  • B-Final — 51.05 (→ 13th place)
• Peter Rohde
  • Heat — 51.38 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Franz Mortensen
  • Heat — 1:51.15
  • B-Final — 1:51.44 (→ 13th place)
• Jan Patvel Larsen
  • Heat — 1:53.61 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Claus Christensen
  • Heat — 4:00.46 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Lars Sørensen
  • Heat — 58.01 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Lars Sørensen
  • Heat — 2:05.73 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Lars Sørensen
  • Heat — 1:06.30 (→ did not advance, 47th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Christian Toft
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Benny Nielsen
  • Heat — 54.52
  • B-Final — 54.77 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Benny Nielsen
  • Heat — 1:59.26
  • Final — 1:58.24 (→ Silver Medal)
• Jan Patvel Larsen
  • Heat — 2:03.01 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Franz Mortensen, Vagn Høgholm, Benny Nielsen, and Peter Rohde
  • Heat — 3:25.15 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Franz Mortensen, Claus Christensen, Jan Patvel Larsen, and Peter Rohde
  • Heat — 7:33.31 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Lars Sørensen, Christian Toft, Benny Nielsen, and Franz Mortensen
  • Heat — 3:51.97 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Gitta Jensen
  • Heat — 26.61 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Gitta Jensen
  • Heat — 57.28 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
  • B-Final — 57.02 (→ 13th place)
• Pia Sørensen
  • Heat — 57.82 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Heat — 2:01.80
  • B-Final — 2:01.84 (→ 11th place)
• Annette Jørgensen
  • Heat — 2:04.71 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Eva Mortensen
  • Heat — 4:18.06 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
• Pernille Jensen
  • Heat — 4:20.96 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

• Pernille Jensen
  • Heat — 8:50.82 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
• Eva Mortensen
  • Heat — 8:53.67 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

• Pia Sørensen
  • Heat — 2:38.49 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Heat — 2:15.78
  • B-Final — 2:15.60 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Annette Poulsen
  • Heat — 2:21.83 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Annette Poulsen
  • Heat — 4:54.01
  • B-Final — 4:54.40 (→ 15th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Mette Jacobsen, Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, and Annette Jørgensen
  • Heat — 3:48.83
• Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, Mette Jacobsen, and Annette Jørgensen
  • Final — 3:49.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Mette Jacobsen, Pia Sørensen, Annette Jørgensen, and Gitta Jensen
  • Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Tennis

See main article: Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Women's Singles Competition

• Tine Scheuer-Larsen
  • First Round — Defeated Warda Bouchabou (Algeria) 6–0, 6–1
  • Second Round — Defeated Wendy Turnbull (Australia) 6–4, 6–3
  • Third Round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 1–6, 2–6

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Denmark at the 1988 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044118/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1988/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 23 September 2012 . sports-reference.com.
2. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/DEN/editions/22 Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics