Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Denmark at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Seoul
Competitors	78 (57 men and 21 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer	Anne Törnblad
Medals; Ranked 23rd	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 4
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 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 78 competitors, 57 men and 21 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dan Frost	Cycling	Men's points race	24 September
Gold	Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	Sailing	Flying Dutchman	27 September
Silver	Benny Nielsen	Swimming	Men's 200 metre butterfly	24 September
Bronze	Jesper Bank Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher	Sailing	Soling	27 September

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	3	0	3
Athletics	4	1	5
Boxing	5	–	5
Canoeing	2	4	6
Cycling	8	1	9
Equestrian	2	2	4
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	1	–	1
Modern pentathlon	1	–	1
Rowing	2	1	3
Sailing	11	3	14
Shooting	6	0	6
Swimming	8	7	15
Tennis	2	1	3
Weightlifting	2	–	2
Total	57	21	78

Archery

After two Olympiads without competing in archery, Denmark returned to the sport in 1988. Three men competed, placing 11th as a team and no higher than 23rd as individuals.

Men's Individual Competition:

Henrik Toft — 1/8 final (→ 23rd place)
Jan Jacobsen — Preliminary round (→ 25th place)
Niels Gammelgaard — Preliminary round (→ 56th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Toft, Jacobsen, and Gammelgaard — Semifinal (→ 11th place)

Athletics

Men's 1,500 metres

Mogens Guldberg

Men's Marathon

Henrik Jørgensen
- Final — 2:16.40 (→ 22nd place)

Men's 110 metres Hurdles

Erik Jensen

Men's Decathlon

Lars Warming — 7859 points (→ 19th place)

100 metres — 11.07s
Long Jump — 7.04m
Shot Put — 13.41m
High Jump — 1.94m
400 metres — 47.97s
110m Hurdles — 14.49s
Discus Throw — 40.38m
Pole Vault — 4.80m
Javelin Throw — 51.50m
1.500 metres — 4:22.41s

Women's Long Jump

Lene Demsitz

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Johnny Bredahl
- First Round — Lost to Hamed Halbouni (SYR), RSC-2

Men's Light-Welterweight

Søren Søndergaard

Men's Light-Middleweight

Johnny de Lima

Men's Light-Heavyweight

Niels Madsen

Men's Heavyweight

Claus Børge Nielsen

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1988. Dan Frost won gold in the points race.

Men's road race

Men's 1 km time trial

Kenneth Røpke

Men's individual pursuit

Peter Clausen

Men's team pursuit

Men's points race

Dan Frost

Women's road race

Karina Skibby — 2:00:52 (→ 42nd place)

Equestrianism

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Denmark in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition:

Tue Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 27th place)

Men's Team Competition:

Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 21st place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Lasse Hjortnæs	Finn	1	~~RET~~	2	5	5	12	5	51.0	5
Hans Natorp Paul Natorp	Men's 470	14	18	22	~~PMS~~	18	18	17	143.0	21

Women

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Mette Munch Lone Sørensen	Women's 470	6	7	8	11	8	~~RET~~	RET	97.7	14

Open

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	Flying Dutchman	1	4	2	2	6	3	6	31.4
Paul Elvstrøm Trine Elvstrøm-Myralf	Tornado	16	14	~~RET~~	16	5	19	7	112.0	15
Anders Geert-jensen Mogens Just	Star	~~PMS~~	10	10	9	8	2	5	74.0	11
Jesper Bank Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher	Soling	9	2	12	15	4	2	3	52.7

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Vagn Høgholm
- Heat — 23.50 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Peter Rohde
- Heat — 23.70 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

Franz Mortensen
- Heat — 50.74
- B-Final — 51.05 (→ 13th place)
Peter Rohde
- Heat — 51.38 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

Franz Mortensen
- Heat — 1:51.15
- B-Final — 1:51.44 (→ 13th place)
Jan Patvel Larsen
- Heat — 1:53.61 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

Claus Christensen
- Heat — 4:00.46 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

Men's 100m Backstroke

Lars Sørensen
- Heat — 58.01 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

Lars Sørensen
- Heat — 2:05.73 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Lars Sørensen
- Heat — 1:06.30 (→ did not advance, 47th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Christian Toft
- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Benny Nielsen
- Heat — 54.52
- B-Final — 54.77 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Benny Nielsen
- Heat — 1:59.26
- Final — 1:58.24 (→ Silver Medal)
Jan Patvel Larsen
- Heat — 2:03.01 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Franz Mortensen, Vagn Høgholm, Benny Nielsen, and Peter Rohde
- Heat — 3:25.15 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Franz Mortensen, Claus Christensen, Jan Patvel Larsen, and Peter Rohde
- Heat — 7:33.31 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Lars Sørensen, Christian Toft, Benny Nielsen, and Franz Mortensen
- Heat — 3:51.97 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

Gitta Jensen
- Heat — 26.61 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

Gitta Jensen
- Heat — 57.28 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
- B-Final — 57.02 (→ 13th place)
Pia Sørensen
- Heat — 57.82 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 200m Freestyle

Mette Jacobsen
- Heat — 2:01.80
- B-Final — 2:01.84 (→ 11th place)
Annette Jørgensen
- Heat — 2:04.71 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

Eva Mortensen
- Heat — 4:18.06 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Pernille Jensen
- Heat — 4:20.96 (→ did not advance, 26th place)

Women's 800m Freestyle

Pernille Jensen
- Heat — 8:50.82 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Eva Mortensen
- Heat — 8:53.67 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

Pia Sørensen
- Heat — 2:38.49 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

Mette Jacobsen
- Heat — 2:15.78
- B-Final — 2:15.60 (→ 13th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

Annette Poulsen
- Heat — 2:21.83 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

Annette Poulsen
- Heat — 4:54.01
- B-Final — 4:54.40 (→ 15th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Mette Jacobsen, Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, and Annette Jørgensen
- Heat — 3:48.83
Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, Mette Jacobsen, and Annette Jørgensen
- Final — 3:49.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Mette Jacobsen, Pia Sørensen, Annette Jørgensen, and Gitta Jensen
- Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition

Tine Scheuer-Larsen
- First Round — Defeated Warda Bouchabou (Algeria) 6–0, 6–1
- Second Round — Defeated Wendy Turnbull (Australia) 6–4, 6–3
- Third Round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 1–6, 2–6

Weightlifting

References

^ "Denmark at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2012.
^ Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics

[sports-reference-1] "Denmark at the 1988 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2012.

[2] Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics

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