Denmark at the Olympics

According to official data of the International Olympic Committee. This is a list of people who have won one or more Olympic gold medals and three or more Olympic medals for Denmark. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.

No.	Athlete	Sport	Years	Games	Gender	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Paul Elvstrøm	Sailing	1948–1988	8	M	4	0	0	4
2	Eskild Ebbesen	Rowing	1996–2012	5	M	3	0	2	5
3	Lars Jørgen Madsen	Shooting	1900–1924	5	M	2	2	1	5
4	Henry Hansen	Cycling	1928–1932	2	M	2	1	0	3
5	Jesper Bank	Sailing	1984–2000	4	M	2	0	1	3
6	Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	1900–1920	4	M	1	3	0	4
7	Karen Margrethe Harup	Swimming	1948	1	F	1	2	0	3
8	Viggo Jensen	Weightlifting	1896–1900	2	M	1	1	1	3
9	Willy Falck Hansen	Track cycling	1924–1928	2	M	1	1	1	3
9	Ole Berntsen	Sailing	1948–1964		M	1	1	1	3
9	Niels Fredborg	Track cycling	1964–1972	4	M	1	1	1	3
12	Erik Hansen	Canoeing	1960–1972	4	M	1	0	2	3
12	Lasse Norman Hansen	Track cycling	2012–	2	M	1	0	2	3

Denmark has been successful at the Olympics in team sports like football, handball and team gymnastics. In football Denmark has won four medals. Also team gymnastics has given Denmark four medals. In women's handball Denmark has won three gold medals.

All Danish medals are listed.

Games	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1896 Athens	Gold	Viggo Jensen	Weightlifting	Men's two hand lift
	Silver	Holger Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 30 m free pistol
	Silver	Viggo Jensen	Weightlifting	Men's one hand lift
	Bronze	Holger Nielsen	Fencing	Men's sabre
	Bronze	Viggo Jensen	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions
	Bronze	Holger Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
1900 Paris	Gold	Lars Jørgen Madsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing
	Silver	Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling
	Silver	Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone
	Silver	Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions
	Bronze	Peder Lykkeberg	Swimming	Men's underwater swimming
	Bronze	Ernst Schultz	Athletics	Men's 400 metres
	Gold	Edgar Aabye Eugen Schmidt Charles Winckler (mixed team with Sweden)	Tug of war
1908 London	Silver	Denmark national football team (squad)	Football, men's team competition
	Silver	Ludvig Dam	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke
	Bronze	Anders Andersen	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman middleweight
	Bronze	Carl Jensen	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight
	Bronze	Søren Marinus Jensen	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight
1912 Stockholm	Gold	Ejler Allert Christian Hansen Carl Møller Carl Pedersen Poul Hartmann	Rowing	Men's coxed fours, inriggers
	Silver	Ivan Joseph Martin Osiier	Fencing	Men's Épée
	Silver	Denmark national football team (squad)	Football, men's team competition
	Silver	Danish gymnastics team	Gymnastics	Men's team (Swedish system
	Silver	Steen Herschend Sven Thomsen Hans Meulengracht-Madsen	Sailing	Men's 6m class
	Silver	Lars Madsen	Shooting	Men's 300m free rifle, three positions
	Silver	Sofie Castenschiold	Tennis	Women's singles indoor
	Bronze	Danish gymnastics team)	Gymnastics	Men's team, free system
	Bronze	Erik Bisgaard Rasmus Frandsen Mikael Simonsen Poul Thymann Ejgil Clemmensen	Rowing	Men's coxed fours
	Bronze	Niels Larsen	Shooting	Men's 300m free rifle, three positions
	Bronze	Ole Olsen Lars Madsen Niels Larsen Niels Andersen Laurits Larsen Jens Hajslund	Shooting	Men's team free rifle
	Bronze	Søren Marinus Jensen	Wrestling	Greco-Roman heavyweight
1920 Antwerp	Gold	Stefanie Clausen	Diving	Women's 10m Platform
	Gold	Danish gymnastics team	Gymnastics	Men's team (free system)
	Gold	Lars Madsen Niels Larsen Anders Petersen Erik Sætter-Lassen Anders Peter Nielsen	Shooting	Men's team 300m military rifle, standing
	Silver	Henry Petersen	Athletics	Pole vault
	Silver	Søren Petersen	Boxing	Heavyweight
	Silver	Anders Petersen	Boxing	Flyweight
	Silver	Gotfred Johansen	Boxing	Lightweight
	Silver	Danish gymnastics team	Gymnastics	Men's team (Swedish system)
	Silver	Danish field hockey team	Field Hockey, men's team competition
	Silver	Niels Larsen	Shooting	Men's 300m free rifle, 3 positions
	Silver	Lars Madsen	Shooting	Men's 300m military rifle, standing
	Silver	Poul Hansen	Wrestling	Greco-Roman heavyweight
	Bronze	Johannes Eriksen	Wrestling	Greco-Roman light heavyweight
1924 Paris	Gold	Hans Jacob Nielsen	Boxing	Men's lightweight
	Gold	Ellen Osiier	Fencing	Women's foil
	Silver	Thyge Petersen	Boxing	Men's light heavyweight
	Silver	Søren Petersen	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
	Silver	Edmund Hansen Willy Hansen	Cycling	Men's tandem
	Silver	Frode Kirkebjerg	Equestrian	Individual eventing
	Silver	Knud Degn, Christian Nielsen Vilhelm Vett	Sailing	6 m Class
	Bronze	Grete Heckscher	Fencing	Women's foil
	Bronze	Niels Larsen	Shooting	Men's 600 m free rifle
1928 Amsterdam	Gold	Henry Hansen	Cycling	Men's individual road race
	Gold	Henry Hansen Orla Jørgensen Leo Nielsen	Cycling	Men's team road race
	Gold	Willy Hansen	Cycling	Men's track time trial
	Silver	Aage Høy-Petersen Sven Linck, Nils Otto Møller Peter Schlütter Vilhelm Vett	Sailing	6 m class
	Bronze	Michael Michaelsen	Boxing	Men's heavyweight
	Bronze	Willy Hansen	Cycling	Men's sprint
1932 Los Angeles	Silver	Henry Hansen Leo Nielsen Frode Sørensen	Cycling	Men's team road race
	Silver	Svend Olsen	Weightlifting	Men's Light Heavyweight
	Silver	Abraham Kurland	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman Lightweight
	Bronze	Peter Jørgensen	Boxing	Men's Light Heavyweight
	Bronze	Harald Christensen Willy Gervin	Cycling	Men's 2.000m Tandem
	Bronze	Else Jacobsen	Swimming	Women's 200m Breaststroke
1936 Berlin	Silver	Ragnhild Hveger	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle
	Silver	Harry Larsen Richard Olsen	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
	Bronze	Gerhard Pedersen	Boxing	Men's welterweight
	Bronze	Hans Lunding	Equestrian	Three day event – Individual
	Bronze	Inge Sørensen	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke
1948 London	Gold	Greta Andersen	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle
	Gold	Karen Harup	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke
	Gold	Carl-Ebbe Andersen Tage Henriksen Finn Pedersen	Rowing	Men's coxed pair
	Gold	Karen Hoff	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m
	Gold	Paul Elvstrøm	Sailing	Men's Firefly
	Silver	Eva Riise Greta Andersen Fritze Carstensen Karen Harup	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
	Silver	Karen Harup	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle
	Silver	Aage Larsen Ebbe Parsner	Rowing	Men's doubles sculls
	Silver	Ib Storm Larsen Helge Schrøder Helge Halkjær Aksel Hansen	Rowing	Men's coxless fours
	Silver	Johan Andersen	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 m
	Silver	Ejvind Hansen Jacob Jensen	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m
	Silver	Karen Lachmann	Fencing	Women's foil individual
	Bronze	Lily Carlstedt	Athletics	Women's javelin throw
	Bronze	Christian Hansen	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman welterweight
	Bronze	Birte Christoffersen	Diving	Women's 10 m platform
	Bronze	Axel Schandorff	Cycling	Men's Sprint
	Bronze	Børge Nielsen Jørgen Olsen Harry Knudsen Erik Larsen Henry Larsen	Rowing	Men's coxed four
	Bronze	Klaus Baess Ole Berntsen William Berntsen	Sailing	Men's Dragon
	Bronze	Svend Wad	Boxing	Men's Lightweight
	Bronze	Denmark national football team (squad)	Football, men's team competition
1952 Helsinki	Gold	Bent Rasch Finn Haunstoft	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 m
	Gold	Paul Elvstrøm	Sailing	Men's Finn
	Silver	Lis Hartel	Equestrian	Dressage individual
	Bronze	Jørgen Frantzen Svend Pedersen Poul Svendsen	Rowing	Men's coxed pair
	Bronze	Karen Lachmann	Fencing	Women's foil individual
	Bronze	Victor Jörgensen	Boxing	Men's Welterweight
1956 Melbourne	Gold	Paul Elvstrøm	Sailing	Men's Finn Individual Competition
	Silver	Lis Hartel	Equestrian	Dressage Individual
	Silver	Ole Berntsen Christian von Bülow Cyril Andresen	Sailing	Men's Dragon Team Competition
	Bronze	Tove Søby	Canoeing	Women's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles
1960 Rome	Gold	Paul Elvstrøm	Sailing	men's Finn individual competition
	Gold	Erik Hansen	Canoeing	men's K1 1,000 metres kayak singles
	Silver	Hans Fogh Ole Gunnar Petersen	Sailing	Flying Dutchman
	Silver	William Berntsen Steen Christensen Søren Hancke	Sailing	5.5 Metre
	Silver	Denmark national football team (squad)	Football, men's team competition
	Bronze	Erik Hansen Arne Høyer Erling Jessen Helmuth Nyborg	Canoeing	men's K1 4x500 metres kayak relay
1964 Tokyo	Gold	Ole Berntsen Christian von Bülow Ole Poulsen	Sailing	Men's Dragon Class
	Gold	John Hansen Bjørn Hasløv Erik Petersen Kurt Helmudt	Rowing	Men's Coxless Fours
	Silver	Kjell Rodian	Cycling	Men's Individual Road Race
	Bronze	Henning Wind	Sailing	Men's Finn Class
	Bronze	Preben Isaksson	Cycling	Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit
	Bronze	Peer Nielsen John Sørensen	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1.000m
1968 Mexico City	Gold	Gunnar Asmussen Per Lyngemark Reno Olsen Mogens Jensen	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
	Silver	Niels Fredborg	Cycling	Men's 1000 metre time trial
	Silver	Mogens Jensen	Cycling	Men's individual pursuit
	Silver	Leif Mortensen	Cycling	Men's individual road race
	Silver	Aage Birch Poul Richard Høj Jensen Niels Markussen	Sailing	Men's Dragon class
	Bronze	Erik Hansen	Canoeing	Men's K-1 1000 metres
	Bronze	Peter Christiansen Ib Larsen	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
	Bronze	Harry Jørgensen Jørn Krab Preben Krab	Rowing	Men's coxed pair
1972 Munich	Gold	Niels Fredborg	Cycling	Men's 1000 metres time trial
1976 Montreal	Gold	Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Sailing	Men's Soling class
	Bronze	Niels Fredborg	Cycling	Men's 1000 metres time trial
	Bronze	Verner Blaudzun Gert Frank Jørgen Hansen Jørn Lund	Cycling	Men's team time trial
1980 Moscow	Gold	Hans Kjeld Rasmussen	Shooting	Men's Skeet
	Gold	Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Sailing	Men's Soling
	Silver	Peter Due Per Kjærgaard	Sailing	Men's Tornado
	Bronze	Hans-Henrik Ørsted	Cycling	Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit
	Bronze	Susanne Nielsson	Swimming	Women's 100 metres Breaststroke
1984 Los Angeles	Silver	Henning Lynge Jakobsen	Canoeing	Men's C-1 500 metres
	Silver	Anne Grethe Jensen	Equestrian	individual dressage
	Silver	Ole Riber Rasmussen	Shooting	Men's Skeet
	Bronze	Henning Lynge Jakobsen	Canoeing	Men's C-1 1000 metres
	Bronze	Erik Christiansen Michael Jessen Lars Nielsen Per Rasmussen	Rowing	Men's Coxless Four
	Bronze	Hanne Eriksen Birgitte Hanel Lotte Koefoed Bodil Rasmussen Jette Sørensen	Rowing	Women's Coxed Quadruple Sculls
1988 Seoul	Gold	Dan Frost	Cycling	Men's Points Race
	Gold	Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	Sailing	Men's Flying Dutchman Class
	Silver	Benny Nielsen	Swimming	Men's 200 metres Butterfly
	Bronze	Jesper Bank Steen Secher Jan Mathiasen	Sailing	Men's Soling Class
1992 Barcelona	Gold	Jesper Bank Steen Secher Jesper Seier	Sailing	Men's Soling Class
	Silver	Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres
	Bronze	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Badminton	Men's Singles
	Bronze	Brian Nielsen	Boxing	Men's Super Heavyweight
	Bronze	Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller	Sailing	Men's Flying Dutchman Class
	Bronze	Ken Frost Jimmi Madsen Klaus Kynde Nielsen Jan Petersen Michael Sandstød	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
1996 Atlanta	Gold	Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Badminton	Men's Singles Competition
	Gold	Thomas Poulsen Eskild Ebbesen Victor Feddersen Niels Henriksen	Rowing	Men's Lightweight Coxless Four
	Gold	Kristine Roug	Sailing	Women's Europe Class
	Gold	National handball team (squad)	Handball	Women's Team Competition
	Silver	Rolf Sørensen	Cycling	Men's Individual Road Race
	Bronze	Trine Hansen	Rowing	Women's Single Sculls
2000 Sydney	Gold	National handball team (squad)	Handball	Women's competition
	Gold	Jesper Bank Henrik Blakskjær Thomas Jacobsen	Sailing	Men's Soling class
	Silver	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	Men's 800m
	Silver	Camilla Martin	Badminton	Women's singles
	Silver	Torben Grimmel	Shooting	Men's 50m rifle prone
	Bronze	Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Victor Feddersen Søren Madsen	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
2004 Athens	Gold	National handball team (squad)	Handball	Women's competition
	Gold	Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Thor Kristensen Stephan Mølvig	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
	Silver	Joachim B. Olsen	Athletics	Men's shot put
	Bronze	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	Men's 800m
	Bronze	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	Badminton	Mixed doubles
	Bronze	Michael Maze Finn Tugwell	Table tennis	Men's doubles
	Bronze	Signe Livbjerg	Sailing	Women's Europe class
	Bronze	Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen	Sailing	Women's yngling class
2008 Beijing	Gold	Mads Andersen Thomas Ebert Eskild Ebbesen Morten Jørgensen	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
	Gold	Martin Kirketerp Ibsen Jonas Warrer	Sailing	Men's 49er class
	Silver	Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen	Cycling (track)	Men's team pursuit
	Silver	Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m
	Bronze	Andreas Helgstrand Anne van Olst Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein	Equestrian	Dressage team
	Bronze	Rasmus Quist Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen	Rowing	Men's double sculls
	Bronze	Lotte Friis	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
2012 London	Gold	Rasmus Quist Mads Rasmussen	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls
	Gold	Lasse Norman Hansen	Cycling (track)	Men's omnium
	Silver	Anders Golding	Shooting	Men's skeet
	Silver	Fie Udby Erichsen	Rowing	Women's single sculls
	Silver	Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Sailing	Men's Finn
	Silver	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Badminton	Men's doubles
	Bronze	Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen Jacob Barsøe Eskild Ebbesen	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
	Bronze	Joachim Fischer Christinna Pedersen	Badminton	Mixed doubles
	Bronze	Peter Lang Allan Nørregaard	Sailing	Men's 49er
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Gold	National handball team (squad)	Handball	Men's competition
	Gold	Pernille Blume	Swimming	Women's 50 m freestyle
	Silver	Jakob Fuglsang	Cycling (road)	Men's road race
	Silver	Jacob Barsøe Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen Jacob Larsen	Rowing	Men's lightweight four
	Silver	Mark Madsen	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 75 kg
	Silver	Emma Åstrand Jørgensen	Canoeing	Women's K-1 500 m
	Silver	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Badminton	Women's doubles
	Silver	Sara Slott Petersen	Athletics	Women's 400 m hurdles
	Bronze	Anne Dsane Andersen Lærke Rasmussen	Rowing	Women's coxless pair
	Bronze	Casper Folsach Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Rasmus Quaade	Cycling (track)	Men's team pursuit
	Bronze	Lasse Norman Hansen	Cycling (track)	Men's omnium
	Bronze	Mie Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Pernille Blume	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
	Bronze	Anne-Marie Rindom	Sailing	Laser Radial
	Bronze	Jena Mai Hansen Katja Salskov-Iversen	Sailing	Women's 49er FX
	Bronze	Viktor Axelsen	Badminton	Men's singles

Denmark has won a single medal.

Games	Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1998 Nagano	Silver	Helena Blach Lavrsen Margit Pörtner Dorthe Holm Trine Qvist Jane Bidstrup	Curling	Women's competition

Denmark first competed in track and field athletics in 1896, sending 3 men. The nation has not yet won a gold medal in the sport, earning silver four times and bronze thrice. The nation's first medal was a bronze in 1900, when Ernst Schultz placed third in the 400 metres.

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's 100 metres	6/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	SF/10th (1896)
Men's 400 metres	5/28	1900	1900	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1900)
Men's 1500 metres	12/28	1900	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	5th (1900)
Men's shot put	7/28	1896	2004	N/A	0	1	0	1	(2004)
Men's discus throw	6/28	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	5th–9th (1896)

Denmark had a single sabreur at the 1896 Games, winning the bronze medal.

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's sabre	11/28	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)

Denmark first competed in gymnastics in the inaugural 1896 Olympics, with weightlifter Viggo Jensen entering the rope climbing competition and finishing fourth out of five.

Denmark competed in shooting at the inaugural 1896 Games, competing in all five events and earning a silver and two bronze medals.

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Current program
Men's 25 metre rapid fire pistol	8/25	1896	1896	N/A	0	0	1	1	(1896)
Past events
Men's 200 metre military rifle	1/1	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	6th (1896)
Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions	9/12	1896	1896	N/A	0	3	2	5	(1900, 1912, 1920)
Men's 50 metre pistol	7/24	1896	1896	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1896)
Men's 25 metre military pistol	1/1	1896	N/A	N/A	0	0	0	0	5th (1896)

Denmark first competed in weightlifting at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one lifter competing. Viggo Jensen won the two-hand lift (based on a style tie-breaker), but was injured in the attempt and placed second in the one-hand lift. It remains, as of the 2016 Games, the only gold medal won by Denmark in the sport.

Event	No. of appearances	First appearance	First medal	First gold medal	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Best finish
Men's one hand lift	1/1	1896	1896	N/A	0	1	0	1	(1896)
Men's two hand lift	1/2	1896	1896	1896	1	0	0	1	(1896)