Denmark at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Denmark at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  DEN
NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
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At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors 126
Flag bearer Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
Medals Gold
4		 Silver
1		 Bronze
1		 Total
6
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Denmark competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

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[edit] Medals

Denmark finished in 19th position in the final medal rankings, with four gold medals and six medals overall.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Trine Hansen — Rowing, Women's single sculls

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 69.40m (→ did not advance)


Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Jette Jeppesen
  • Qualification — 56.16m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

  • Gitte Karlshoj — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Boxing

Men's Welterweight (67 kg)

  • Hasan Al
    1. First Round — Defeated Rogelio Martinez (Dominican Republic), referee stopped contest in third round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Sergly Dzinziruk (Ukraine), 10-4
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Marian Simion (Romania), 8-16

Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Brian Johansen
    1. First Round — Lost to Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan), referee stopped contest in third round

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Competition

Men's Individual Time Trial

  • Final — 1:07:47 (→ 14th place)
  • Final — did not start (→ no ranking)

[edit] Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Jan Bo Petersen
  • Final — 7 points (→ 18th place)

[edit] Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country

  • Lennie Kristensen
  • Final — 2:26:02 (→ 7th place)
  • Jan Erik Østergaard
  • Final — 2:34:30 (→ 18th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 1500m Freestyle


Women's 50m Freestyle

  • Mette Nielsen
    1. Heat – 26.50 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Women's 400m Freestyle

  • Britt Raaby
    1. Heat – 4:21.46 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 100m Backstroke

Women's 100m Butterfly

  • Sophia Skou
    1. Heat – 1:01.25
    2. B-Final – 1:00.95 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

  • Sophia Skou
    1. Heat – 2:13.59
    2. B-Final – 2:12.41 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

  • Britta Vestergaard
    1. Heat – 2:18.35
    2. B-Final – 2:17.95 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Britta Vestergaard
    1. Heat – 4:55.03 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Mette Nielsen, Mette Jacobsen, Karen Egdal, and Ditte Jensen
    1. Heat – 3:48.93 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Ditte Jensen, Britta Vestergaard, Britt Raaby, and Berit Puggaard
    1. Heat – 8:16.32 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

[edit] Tennis

Men's Singles Competition