Denmark at the
1900 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Paris, France
May 14, 1900 – October 28, 1900
Competitors13 in 5 sports and 14 events
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
2
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

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
 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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
Athletics 0 0 1 1
Shooting 1 3 0 4
Swimming 0 0 1 1
Total 1 3 2 6

Multiple medalists

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

Name Medal Sport Event
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

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

Sport Men Women Total
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

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
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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Christian Christensen 800 m Unknown 5 — Did not advance
Christian Christensen 1500 m — Unknown 5

Field events

Athlete Event Qualification Final
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

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
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

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
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Lars Jørgen Madsen
Viggo Jensen
Anders Peter Nielsen
Axel Kristensen
Laurids Jensen-Kjær 		Men's 300 metre free rifle, team 4265 4

Swimming

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
Score Rank
Peder Lykkeberg Underwater 147.0 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics
Team Event Quarterfinals Final
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 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  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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