Sporting event delegation

Denmark at the
1900 Summer Olympics

IOC code| DEN
NOC| National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website| www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Paris
Competitors| 11 in 4 sports
Medals
Ranked 10th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Danish contingent, 11 men, competed in 4 sports and had 30 entries in 14 events. 3 Danish athletes also competed in Tug-of-War under the mixed team flag.[1]

## Medalists[edit]

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event

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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

Additionally, Edgar Aabye, Eugen Schmidt, and Charles Winckler were part of a mixed team (with three athletes from Sweden) that won the gold medal in tug of war.

## Results by event[edit]

### Aquatics[edit]

#### Swimming[edit]

Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark entered one event in its inaugural Olympic swimming appearance, with Lykkeberg taking the bronze medal.

Athlete  | Event  | Seconds  | Metres  | Score  | Rank

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Peder Lykkeberg | Underwater swimming | 90.0  | 28.50  | 147.0  |

### Athletics[edit]

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed in athletics for the second time. Four athletes competed in six athletics events, taking a bronze medal. It was Denmark's first athletics medal.

Track events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Johannes Gandil | 100 m | Unknown  | 3  | did not advance
Ernst Schultz | 400 m | Unknown  | 2 Q | n/a  | 51.5  |
Christian Christensen | 800 m | Unknown  | 5  | n/a  | did not advance
1500 m | n/a  | Unknown  | 5

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Charles Winckler | discus throw | 32.50  | 8  | did not advance
shot put | 10.76  | 10  | did not advance

### Fencing[edit]

Main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed in fencing for the second time in 1900. The team won no medals that time.

Fencer  | Event  | Round 1  | Quarterfinal  | Repechage  | Semifinal  | Final

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Jens Peter Berthelsen | Men's masters foil | Not advanced by jury  | did not advance

### Shooting[edit]

Main article: Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed again at the second Olympic shooting events. Jensen, who had been more successful in weightlifting four years earlier but had won a bronze medal in shooting, returned. This time, he received no shooting medals. Madsen won an individual gold medal, while Nielsen took three individual silvers including the overall. The team did not take a medal in the team event, though they came close with a score only 13 points less than bronze medallist France's.

Shooter  | Event  | Score  | Rank

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Lars Jørgen Madsen | Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing | 305  |
Viggo Jensen | 277  | 11
Anders Peter Nielsen | 277  | 11
Axel Kristensen | 261  | 22
Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 238  | 28
Anders Peter Nielsen | Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling | 314  |
Lars Jørgen Madsen | 299  | 8
Viggo Jensen | 290  | 13
Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 271  | 22
Axel Kristensen | 260  | 26
Anders Peter Nielsen |  Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone | 330  |
Viggo Jensen | 308  | 10
Lars Jørgen Madsen | 301  | 16
Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 273  | 27
Axel Kristensen | 261  | 30
Anders Peter Nielsen | Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions | 921  |
Lars Jørgen Madsen | 905  | 5
Viggo Jensen | 875  | 15
Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 782  | 28
Axel Kristensen | 782  | 28
Lars Jørgen Madsen
Viggo Jensen
Anders Peter Nielsen
Axel Kristensen
Laurids Jensen-Kjær | Men's 300 metre free rifle, team | 4265  | 4

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Denmark:1900 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-03-31.

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