Denmark at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	60 (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)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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.^[1]

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

References