Denmark at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 60 competitors, 49 men and 11 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.

Denmark at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors60 (49 men and 11 women) in 11 sports
Flag bearer Michael Marcussen
Medals
Ranked 27th
Gold
0
Silver
3
Bronze
3
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Ole Riber Rasmussen Shooting Mixed skeet 4 August
 Silver Henning Lynge Jakobsen Canoeing Men's C-1 500 metres 10 August
 Silver Anne Grethe Jensen Equestrian Individual dressage 10 August
 Bronze Hanne Eriksen
Birgitte Hanel
Lotte Koefoed
Bodil Steen Rasmussen
Jette Sørensen
Rowing Women's quadruple sculls 4 August
 Bronze Michael Jessen
Lars Nielsen
Per Rasmussen
Erik Christiansen
Rowing Men's coxless four 5 August
 Bronze Henning Lynge Jakobsen Canoeing Men's C-1 1000 metres 11 August

Athletics

Men's Marathon

  • Henrik Jørgensen — 2:15:55 (→ 19th place)
  • Allan Zachariassen — 2:17:10 (→ 25th place)

Women's Marathon

  • Dorthe Rasmussen
    • Final — 2:33:40 (→ 13th place)

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists, twelve men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1984.

Men's individual road race
  • Per Pedersen — +11:46 (→ 24th place)
  • Kim Eriksen — +15:30 (→ 40th place)
  • Ole Byriel — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Søren Lilholt — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial
  • John Carlsen
  • Kim Eriksen
  • Lars Jensen
  • Søren Lilholt
1000m time trial
  • Claus Rasmussen
Individual pursuit
  • Jørgen V. Pedersen
  • Henning Larsen
Team pursuit
  • Dan Frost
  • Michael Markussen
  • Jørgen V. Pedersen
  • Brian Holm
Points race
  • Michael Markussen
  • Brian Holm
Women's individual road race
  • Helle Sørensen — 2:13:28 (→ 7th place)

Equestrianism

Handball

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • Defeated Spain (21–16)
    • Defeated South Korea (31–28)
    • Defeated United States (19–16)
    • Defeated Sweden (26–19)
    • Lost to West Germany (18–20)
  • Bronze Medal Match
    • Lost to Romania (19–23) → Fourth place
  • Team Roster
    • Morten Stig Christensen
    • Anders Dahl-Nielsen
    • Peter Fenger
    • Jørgen Gluver
    • Hans Hattesen
    • Carsten Haurum
    • Klaus Jensen
    • Mogens Jeppesen
    • Keld Nielsen
    • Erik Rasmussen
    • Jens Roepstorff
    • Per Skaarup
    • Poul Sørensen
    • Mikael Strøm

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Jacob Bojsen-Møller
Flying Dutchman 1 6 8 8 7 3 4 52.4 4
Paul Elvstrøm
Trine Elvstrøm-Myralf
Tornado 6 3 5 3 14 4 5 51.1 4
Jesper Bank
Thomas Andersen
Jan Mathiasen
Soling 8 13 7 12 7 12 10 92.5 12

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Peter Rohde
    • Heat — 51.40
    • B-Final — 51.98 (→ 16th place)
  • Franz Mortensen
    • Heat — 52.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Franz Mortensen
    • Heat — 1:54.09 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

  • Franz Mortensen
    • Heat — 4:11.97 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Søren Østberg
    • Heat — 55.73
    • B-Final — 56.04 (→ 15th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Søren Østberg
    • Heat — 2:06.12 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Peter Rohde
    • Heat — 2:07.93
    • B-Final — 2:07.10 (→ 13th place)

Weightlifting

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