Denmark at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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, France
May 14, 1900 – October 28, 1900
Competitors| 13 in 5 sports and 14 events
Medals
Ranked 10th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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

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Further information: 1900 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 1900 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Lars Jørgen Madsen | Shooting | Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing | August 5
Gold | Edgar Aabye
Eugen Schmidt
Charles Winckler | Tug of war | Men's | July 16
Silver | Anders Peter Nielsen | Shooting | Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling | August 5
Silver | Anders Peter Nielsen | Shooting | Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone | August 5
Silver | Anders Peter Nielsen | Shooting | Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions | August 5
Bronze | Ernst Schultz | Athletics | 400 m | July 15
Bronze | Peder Lykkeberg | Swimming | Underwater swimming | August 12
Medals by sport

Sport  |  |  |  | Total
Athletics  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Shooting | 1  | 3  | 0  | 4
Swimming  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Total  | 1  | 3  | 2  | 6

### Multiple medalists

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The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1900 Olympic Games.

Name  | Medal  | Sport  | Event

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Anders Peter Nielsen |  Silver
Silver
Silver | Shooting | Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling
Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone
Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport  | Men  | Women  | Total

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Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4
Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1
Shooting | 5 | 0 | 5
Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1
Tug of war | 3 | 0 | 3
Total | 13[2] | 0 | 13

## Athletics

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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 & road events

Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Repechage  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Johannes Gandil | 100 m | Unknown  | 3  | Did not advance
Ernst Schultz | DNS | Did not advance
Johannes Gandil | 400 m | DNS | —  | Did not advance
Ernst Schultz | Unknown  | 2 Q | —  | 51.5  |
Christian Christensen | 800 m | Unknown  | 5  | —  | Did not advance
Christian Christensen | 1500 m | —  | Unknown  | 5

Field events

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Charles Winckler | Men's shot put | 10.76  | 10  | Did not advance
Charles Winckler | Men's discus throw | 32.50  | =8  | Did not advance

## Fencing

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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.

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

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MW | ML | Rank  | MW | ML | Rank  | MW | ML | Rank  | MW | ML | Rank  | MW | ML | Rank
Jens Peter Berthelsen | Men's masters foil |  |  |  | Did not advance

## Shooting

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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.

Athlete  | Event  | Final

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

## Swimming

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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  | Final

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Score  | Rank
Peder Lykkeberg | Underwater | 147.0  |

## Tug of war

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Main article: Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Team  | Event  | Quarterfinals  | Final

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Opposition
Score  | Rank
A mixed team (ZZX)
Edgar Aabye (DEN)
August Nilsson (SWE)
Eugen Schmidt (DEN)
Gustaf Söderström (SWE)
Karl Staaf (SWE)
Charles Winckler (DEN) | Men's |  Racing Club de France (ZZX)
W 2-0  |

## References

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1. ^ "Denmark:1900 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
2. ^ Charles Winckler competed in athletics and tug of war.

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Nations at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France

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* Canada
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* Denmark
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* Germany
* Great Britain
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* Haiti
* Hungary
* India
* Iran
* Italy
* Luxembourg
* Mexico
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Peru
* Romania
* Russian Empire
* Spain
* Sweden
* Switzerland
* United States
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