Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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]

Denmark at the
1988 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Seoul
Competitors78 (57 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Anne Törnblad
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
4
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

edit
Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Dan Frost Cycling Men's points race 24 September
  Gold Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Christian Grønborg
Sailing Flying Dutchman 27 September
  Silver Benny Nielsen Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 24 September
  Bronze Jesper Bank
Jan Mathiasen
Steen Secher
Sailing Soling 27 September

Competitors

edit

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

Sport Men Women 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

edit

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:

Men's Team Competition:

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

Athletics

edit

Men's 1,500 metres

Men's Marathon

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Men's Decathlon

  1. 100 metres — 11.07s
  2. Long Jump — 7.04m
  3. Shot Put — 13.41m
  4. High Jump — 1.94m
  5. 400 metres — 47.97s
  6. 110m Hurdles — 14.49s
  7. Discus Throw — 40.38m
  8. Pole Vault — 4.80m
  9. Javelin Throw — 51.50m
  10. 1.500 metres — 4:22.41s

Women's Long Jump

Boxing

edit

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Light-Welterweight

Men's Light-Middleweight

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight

Canoeing

edit

Cycling

edit

Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1988. Dan Frost won gold in the points race.

Men's road race
Men's 1 km time trial
Men's individual pursuit
Men's team pursuit
Men's points race
Women's road race

Equestrianism

edit

Judo

edit

Modern pentathlon

edit

One male pentathlete represented Denmark in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Men's Team Competition:

  • Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 21st place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

edit

Rowing

edit

Sailing

edit
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
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Mette Munch
Lone Sørensen
Women's 470 6 7 8 11 8 RET RET 97.7 14
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

edit

Swimming

edit

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

Men's 200m Freestyle

Men's 400m Freestyle

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Men's 100m Butterfly

Men's 200m Butterfly

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay


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

Women's 400m Freestyle

Women's 800m Freestyle

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Women's 200m Butterfly

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Tennis

edit

Women's Singles Competition

Weightlifting

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "Denmark at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
  2. ^ Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics