Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Denmark at the; 1992 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors	110 (77 men and 33 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Medals; Ranked 30th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 4 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 110 competitors, 77 men and 33 women, took part in 67 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists edit

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jesper Bank Steen Secher Jesper Seier	Sailing	Soling	4 August
Silver	Christian Frederiksen Arne Nielsson	Canoeing	Men's C-2 1000 metres	8 August
Bronze	Ken Frost Jimmi Madsen Klaus Kynde Nielsen Jan Petersen Michael Sandstød	Cycling	Men's team pursuit	31 July
Bronze	Jens Bojsen-Møller Jørgen Bojsen-Møller	Sailing	Flying Dutchman	3 August
Bronze	Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Badminton	Men's singles	3 August
Bronze	Brian Nielsen	Boxing	Super heavyweight	7 August

Competitors edit

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	0	3	3
Badminton	6	6	12
Boxing	4	–	4
Canoeing	4	2	6
Cycling	9	2	11
Equestrian	2	5	7
Football	16	–	16
Rowing	9	4	13
Sailing	12	4	16
Shooting	6	1	7
Swimming	2	6	8
Tennis	2	0	2
Weightlifting	2	–	2
Total	77	33	110

Archery edit

Denmark had very little success in the 1992 archery competition, losing all three head-to-head matches.

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ole Gammelgaard Nielsen	Individual	1306	10 Q	Hallard (GBR) L 98–103	Did not advance
Henrik Kromann Toft		1291	16 Q	Vermeiren (BEL) L 97–101	Did not advance
Jan Rytter		1217	64	Did not advance
Ole Gammelgaard Nielsen Henrik Kromann Toft Jan Rytter	Team	3817	7 Q	—	Spain L 230–233	Did not advance

Athletics edit

Women
Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Gitte Karlshøj	3000 metres	8:54.05	16	—	Did not advance
Dorthe Rasmussen	10,000 metres	33:22.43	28	—	Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Renata Nielsen	Long jump	6.55	12 q	6.06	11

Badminton edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen	Singles	Bye	Machida (JPN) W 15–2, 15–4	Chan (HKG) W 15–10, 15–5	Wiranata (INA) L 10–15, 12–15	Did not advance
Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen	Singles	Kumar (IND) W 15–6, 15–6	Blanshard (CAN) W 15–7, 15–4	Liu (CHN) W 10–15, 17–16, 15–9	Sidek (MAS) W 15–12, 15–8	Budikusuma (INA) L 14–18, 8–15	Did not advance
Jon Holst-Christensen Thomas Lund	Doubles	—	Galt / Harrison (NZL) W 15–0, 15–2	Sidek / Sidek (MAS) L 12–15, 6–15	Did not advance
Henrik Svarrer Jan Paulsen	Doubles	—	Khan / Koh (SGP) W 15–1, 15–5	Humble / Kaul (CAN) W 15–5, 15–4	Li / Tian (CHN) L 11–15, 15–12, 14–17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Camilla Martin	Singles	Seesurun (MRI) W 11–1, 11–0	Lao (AUS) L 6–11, 11–12	Did not advance
Pernille Nedergaard	Singles	Bye	Krasowska (POL) W 11–0, 11–3	Jaroensiri (THA) L 11–5, 6–11, 10–12	Did not advance
Grete Mogensen Pernille Dupont	Doubles	—	Jinnai / Mori (JPN) L 14–18, 18–14, 2–10	Did not advance
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen Marlene Thomsen	Doubles	—	Julien / Piché (CAN) W 9–15, 18–16, 18–14	Guan / Nong (CHN) L 3–15, 12–15	Did not advance

Boxing edit

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesper Jensen	Flyweight	Berhili (MAR) W 10–4	Kovács (HUN) L 0–14	Did not advance
Brian Lentz	Middleweight	Altangerel (MGL) W 4–0	Ottke (GER) L 2–9	Did not advance
Mark Hulstrøm	Heavyweight	Mavrović (CRO) L 2–8	Did not advance
Brian Nielsen	Super heavyweight	Bye	Jeong (KOR) W 16–2	Hrivňák (TCH) W 14–4	Balado (CUB) L 1–15	Did not advance

Canoeing edit

Sprint edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen	C-2 500 metres	1:49.58	5 SF	—	1:41.58	2 F	1:42.92	5
Arne Nielsson Christian Frederiksen	C-2 1000 metres	3:32.32	2 F	—	Bye	3:39.26
Thor Nielsen	K-1 1000 metres	3:39.86	1 SF	Bye	3:36.35	2 F	3:41.70	7
Jesper Staal Thor Nielsen	K-2 500 metres	1:37.85	3 R	1:31.22	1 SF	1:30.02	3 F	1:31.84	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Knudsen	K-1 500 metres	2:01.09	6 SF	1:57.94	7	Did not advance
Jeanette Knudsen Yvonne Knudsen	K-2 500 metres	1:45.82	5 SF	1:43.58	5 F	1:43.98	8

Cycling edit

Eleven cyclists, nine men and two women, represented Denmark in 1992.

Road edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Christian Andersen	Road race	4:35:56	18
Lars Michaelsen		4:35:56	11
Claus Møller		4:35:56	34

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Karina Skibby	Road race	2:05:03	11

Track edit

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Jan Bo Petersen	Men's individual pursuit	4:35.904	8 Q	Boardman (GBR) L Overtaken	Did not advance		10
Hanne Malmberg	Women's individual pursuit	3:45.230	5 Q	Samokhvalova (EUN) W 3:46.959	Roßner (GER) L 3:53.516	Did not advance	4
Ken Frost Jimmi Madsen Jan Bo Petersen Klaus Kynde Nielsen Michael Sandstød	Men's team pursuit	4:17.719	4 Q	Great Britain W 4:12.270	Germany L 4:15.860	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Final
Athlete	Event	Laps	Points	Rank	Laps	Points	Rank
Dan Frost	Points race	−1 lap	17	8 Q	0 laps	7	15

Equestrianism edit

Dressage edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lene Hoberg	Bayard	Individual	1451	36	Did not advance
Bent Jensen	Ariston		1411	46	Did not advance
Anne Grethe Törnblad	Ravel		1540	14 Q	1334	13
Anne van Olst	Chevalier		1542	13 Q	1358	10
Lene Hoberg Bent Jensen Anne Grethe Törnblad Anne van Olst	See above	Team	—	4533	5

Eventing edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Nils Haagensen	Discovery	Individual	48.80	7	71.20	120.00	35	6.00	126.00	23	126.00	21

Jumping edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final
			Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Total		Round 1		Round 2		Total
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Merethe Jensen	Maxime	Individual	60.00	28	81.00	7	74.50	13	215.50	2 Q	4.00	6 Q	8.75	9	12.75	8
Lone Kroman Petersen	Qludy	Individual	35.00	53	0.00	78	—	35.00	78	Did not advance

Football edit

Summary

Key:

W – Win L – Lose D – Draw
A.E.T. – After extra time.
P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Denmark men's	Men's tournament	Mexico D 1–1	Ghana D 0–0	Australia L 0–3	4	Did not advance

Men's tournament edit

Team roster

Head coach: Viggo Jensen

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Niels Jørgensen	24 January 1971	21	16	Aalborg BK	3	0	270	-	-	-
2	DF	Thomas Helveg	24 June 1971	21	0	Odense BK	3	0	270	-	-	1/0
3	DF	Jacob Laursen	6 October 1971	20	10	VB	3	0	270	-	-	-
4	DF	Claus Thomsen	31 May 1970	22	15	AGF Aarhus	3	1	240	1	-	-
5	DF	Peter Frank	26 May 1970	22	14	BK Frem	2	0	158	-	1	-
6	MF	Jakob Kjeldbjerg	21 October 1969	22	17	Silkeborg	3	0	270	-	-	1/0
7	MF	Jens Christian Madsen	1 February 1970	22	18	Brøndby	1	0	30	-	1	-
8	MF	Ronnie Ekelund	21 August 1972	19	8	Brøndby	2	0	118	2	-	-
9	FW	Miklos Molnar	10 April 1970	22	18	Servette	3	0	243	-	-	1/1
10	MF	Per Frandsen	6 February 1970	22	18	Lille	3	0	270	-	-	1/0
11	FW	Peter Møller	23 March 1972	20	13	Aalborg BK	3	0	162	2	1	-
12	DF	Jens Risager	9 April 1971	21	2	Brøndby	-	-	-	-	-	-
13	MF	Stig Tøfting	14 August 1969	22	2	AGF Aarhus	3	0	270	-	-	1/0
14	MF	Lars Højer	8 December 1970	21	5	Copenhagen	3	0	214	-	1	-
15	MF	Michael Hansen	22 September 1971	20	13	Silkeborg	-	-	-	-	-	-
16	GK	Brian Flies	29 August 1969	22	0	Næstved BK	-	-	-	-	-	-
17	FW	Jens Christian Mosegaard Madsen	20 April 1970	21	11	Odense BK	1	0	19	-	1	-
18	MF	Michael Larsen	16 October 1969	22	5	Silkeborg	2	0	112	1	-	-
19	FW	Søren Andersen	31 January 1970	22	6	AGF Aarhus	1	0	27	-	1	-
20	MF	Michael Johansen	22 July 1972	20	3	Copenhagen	-	-	-	-	-	-

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Ghana	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	4
Australia	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	3
Mexico	3	0	3	0	3	3	0	3
Denmark	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Source: FIFA

26 July 1992

19:00

Denmark	1–1	Mexico
Thomsen 85'	Report	Rotllán 39' (pen.)

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

28 July 1992

19:00

Denmark	0–0	Ghana
	Report

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)

30 July 1992

19:00

Denmark	0–3	Australia
	Report	Markovski 32' Mori 60' Vidmar 75'

Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

Rowing edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jens Pørneki Jørgen Tramm Thomas Larsen Lars Christensen Carsten Hassing Jesper Thusgård Kristiansen Martin Haldbo Hansen Kent Skovsager Stephen Masters	Eight	5:34.65	3 SF	Bye	5:35.83	4 FB	5:41.61	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Berit Christoffersen Lene Pedersen Trine Hansen Ulla Werner Hansen	Quadruple sculls	7:03.34	4 R	6:48.76	3 FB	—	6:51.89	8

Sailing edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Race										Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Net points	Final rank
Morten Egeblad Christoffersen	Men's Lechner A-390	16	12	11	17	21	17	~~PMS~~	7	5	25	184.0	17
Stig Westergaard	Finn	13	10	24~~RET~~	9	15	15	3	—			97.7	12
Hans Jørgen Riber Jesper Pilegaard	Men's 470	26	25	23	23	10	18	5	—			139.0	19

Women

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Dorte Jensen	Europe	10	1	5	5	12	14	6	65.7	5
Susanne Ward Marianne Halfdan-Nielsen	Women's 470	6	12	14	11	6	17	14	98.4	13

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller	Flying Dutchman	11	3	10	5	1	2	2	37.7
Lars Hendriksen Anette Ree Andersen	Tornado	2	15	17	14	11	17	18	107.0	16
Benny F. Andersen Mogens Just Mikkelsen	Star	21	6	19	4	1	19	10	85.7	9

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Qualification races						Total	Rank	Round Robin					Rank	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Rank	USA	GER	GBR	SWE	ESP	Rank	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Jesper Bank Jesper Seier Steen Secher	Soling	2	2	1	8	8	~~RET~~	34.0	2 Q	L	W	W	L	W	2 Q	GER W 2–0	USA W 2–0

Shooting edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Klavs Jørn Christensen	50 metre rifle three positions	1153	25	Did not advance
Jørgen Herlufsen	50 metre rifle three positions	1141	37	Did not advance
Bo Lilja	50 metre rifle prone	591	31	Did not advance
Jens Harskov Loczi	50 metre rifle prone	596	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Karen Hansen	10 metre air pistol	378	12	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ole Justesen	Skeet	196	16	Did not advance
Ole Riber Rasmussen	Skeet	139	55	Did not advance

Swimming edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Franz Mortensen	50 metre freestyle	23.61	29	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	51.29	26	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:53.86	32	Did not advance
Lars Sørensen	200 metre backstroke	2:06.80	36	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:07.94	48	Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	2:04.65	15 FB	2:03.81	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final A/B
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mette Jacobsen	200 metre freestyle	2:01.84	13 FB	2:02.14	13
	400 metre freestyle	4:16.80	13 FB	Withdrew
	200 metre butterfly	2:13.18	8 FA	2:11.87	7
Gitta Jensen	50 metre freestyle	26.54	18	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	56.47	12 FB	56.59	12
	200 metre freestyle	2:02.27	14 FB	2:02.32	14
Mette Nielsen	50 metre freestyle	26.80	25	Did not advance
Mette Nielsen	100 metre freestyle	58.67	27	Did not advance
Annette Poulsen	200 metre individual medley	2:25.67	35	Did not advance
Berit Puggaard	100 metre butterfly	1:04.57	38	Did not advance
Berit Puggaard	200 metre butterfly	2:16.11	16 FB	2:15.07	15
Britta Vestergaard	100 metre breaststroke	1:13.58	27	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:35.28	21	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	DQ		Did not advance
Gitta Jensen Mette Jacobsen Berit Puggaard Mette Nielsen Annette Poulsen (heats)	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	3:48.78	7 FA	3:47.81	6
Mette Jacobsen Britta Vestergaard Berit Puggaard Gitta Jensen	4 × 100 metre medley relay	4:17.20	11	Did not advance

Tennis edit

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kenneth Carlsen	Singles	Prpić (CRO) L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7	Did not advance
Kenneth Carlsen Frederik Fetterlein	Doubles	—	Gyetko / Leblanc (CAN) L 3–6, 6–7, 6–7	Did not advance

Weightlifting edit

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Henrik Andersen	75 kg	130.0	27	167.5	26	297.5	27
Kim Lynge Pedersen	100 kg	150.0	19	185.0	18	335.0	19

References edit

^ "Denmark at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
^ Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics

[SportsRef-1] "Denmark at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

[2] Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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