Denmark at the 1936 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the 1936 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Berlin
Competitors	121 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Erik Hammer Sørensen
Medals Ranked 23rd	Gold 0 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. 121 competitors, 105 men and 16 women, took part in 71 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Ragnhild Hveger	Swimming	Women's 400m freestyle	15 August
Silver	Harry Larsen Richard Olsen	Rowing	Men's coxless pair	14 August
Bronze	Gerhard Pedersen	Boxing	Men's welterweight	15 August
Bronze	Hans Lunding	Equestrian	Three day event – Individual	16 August
Bronze	Inge Sørensen	Swimming	Women's 200m breaststroke	15 August

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Denmark in 1936.

Individual road race

• Frode Sørensen
• Arne Petersen
• Knud Jacobsen
• Tage Møller

Team road race

• Frode Sørensen
• Arne Petersen
• Knud Jacobsen
• Tage Møller

Sprint

• Karl Magnussen

Time trial

• Arne Pedersen

Tandem

• Heino Dissing
• Bjørn Stiler

Team pursuit

• Karl Magnussen
• Erik Friis
• Helge Jacobsen
• Hans Christian Nielsen
• Arne Pedersen

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Mette Gregaard	10m platform	27.54	15
Karen Margrete Andersen		27.08	17

• Hans Lunding
• Niels Erik Leschly
• Peter Jensen
• Vincens Grandjean

Nine fencers, six men and three women, represented Denmark in 1936.

Men's foil

• Aage Leidersdorff
• Svend Jacobsen
• Caspar Schrøder

Men's team foil

• Erik Hammer Sørensen, Kim Bærentzen, Aage Leidersdorff, Caspar Schrøder, Svend Jacobsen

Men's épée

• Preben Christiansen
• Erik Hammer Sørensen
• Aage Leidersdorff

Men's team épée

• Erik Hammer Sørensen, Caspar Schrøder, Aage Leidersdorff, Preben Christiansen

Men's sabre

• Aage Leidersdorff
• Preben Christiansen
• Erik Hammer Sørensen

Men's team sabre

• Erik Hammer Sørensen, Preben Christiansen, Aage Leidersdorff, Svend Jacobsen

Women's foil

• Karen Lachmann
• Grete Olsen
• Ulla Barding-Poulsen

Denmark had 16 rowers participate in five out of seven rowing events in 1936.^[2]

Men's coxless pair

• Richard Olsen
• Harry Larsen

Men's coxed pair

• Remond Larsen
• Carl Berner
• Aage Jensen (cox)

Men's coxless four

• Knud Olsen
• Keld Karise
• Bjørner Drøger
• Emil Boje Jensen

Men's coxed four

• Hans Mikkelsen
• Gunnar Ibsen Sørensen
• Flemming Jensen
• Svend Aage Holm Sørensen
• Aage Jensen (cox)

Men's eight

• Remond Larsen
• Olaf Klitgaard Poulsen
• Poul Byrge Poulsen
• Keld Karise
• Bjørner Drøger
• Carl Berner
• Knud Olsen
• Emil Boje Jensen
• Harry Gregersen (cox)

Six shooters represented Denmark in 1936.

25 m rapid fire pistol

• Erik Sætter-Lassen
• Axel Lerche
• Christen Møller

50 m pistol

• Julius Lehrmann
• Christen Møller

50 m rifle, prone

• Vilhelm Johansen
• Erik Sætter-Lassen
• Julius Hansen

Source:^[3]

Men

• Børge Bæth (100 m backstroke)
• John Christensen (100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Aage Hellstrøm (400 m,1500 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Finn Jensen (200 m breaststroke)
• Jørgen Jørgensen (400 m,1500 m and 4 × 200 m)
• Hans Malmstrøm (200 m breaststroke)
• Poul Petersen (100 m, 400 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle)
• Erik Skou (200 m breaststroke)

Women

• Eva Arndt-Riise (100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle)
• Inger Carlsen (400 m freestyle)
• Valborg Christensen (200 m breaststroke)
• Grete Frederiksen (400 m freestyle)
• Ragnhild Hveger (100 m freestyle, 4 × 100 m freestyle and 400 m freestyle)
• Tove Bruunstrøm Madsen (100 m backstroke)
• Tove Nielsen (100 m backstroke)
• Edel Nielsen (200 m breaststroke)
• Inge Sørensen (200 m breaststroke)
• Elvi Svendsen (100 m freestyle and 4 × 100 m freestyle)

Women

• Mette Gregaard
• Karen Margrete Andersen