Denmark at the
1906 Intercalated Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Athens
Competitors49 in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Denmark competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 49 athletes, all men, competed in 24 events in 8 sports.[1]

Medallists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s) Søren Jensen Wrestling Heavyweight April 28
1st place, gold medalist(s) Søren Jensen Wrestling All-round April 30
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Football Football April 25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carl Carlsen Wrestling Lightweight April 26
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Gymnastics Team All-round April 23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Behrens Wrestling Middleweight April 27

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Track
Athlete Events Heat Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Otto Bock 100 metres Unknown 2 Q Unknown 3 did not advance
Aage Petersen Unknown Unknown did not advance
Aage Petersen 400 metres Unknown 3 did not advance
Valdemar Lorentzen Marathon n/a did not finish
Field
Athlete Events Final
Result Rank
Aage Petersen High Jump Unknown Unknown
Niels Løw Unknown Unknown
Otto Bock Unknown Unknown
Aage Petersen Long Jump 5.555 21
Niels Løw 5.470 22
Otto Bock 5.770 15
Aage Petersen Standing Long Jump 2.555 25
Niels Løw 2.520 27
Niels Løw Triple Jump 12.000 14

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Athlete Events Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Carl Andresen Individual road race n/a Unknown 7
20 Kilometres did not finish did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1906 Intercalated Games
Athlete Events Heat Group Semifinal Group Final Group
Rank Rank Rank
Herbert Sander Individual Foil 1 Q Unknown did not advance
Villiam Wilkenschildt Unknown did not advance
Magnus Jensen Individual Épée 3 did not advance
Villiam Wilkenschildt Unknown did not advance
Herbert Sander Individual Sabre 1 Q Unknown did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1906 Summer Olympics

Smyrna were a team from the Ottoman Empire, although none of the players were from Turkey and actually included some English players, the final against Greek side Athens was abandoned at half-time with the Danish team leading 9-0, the Greeks refused to come out for the second half.

Semifinals

Denmark 5–1 Smyrna
Report
Podilatodromio, Athens
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Gösta Drake (Sweden) [2]

Final

Denmark 9–0
Awarded		Greece Athens
1' 7' 19' 22' 24' 26' 27' 34' 40' Report
Podilatodromio, Athens
Referee: Gösta Drake (Sweden)
Final rank
 Gold

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1906 Summer Olympics

In the team all-round event, teams could consist of between 8 and 20 gymnasts, Denmark won the silver medal behind Norway.

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1906 Summer Olympics
Athlete Events Final
Result Rank
Frederik Bielefeldt
Emanuel Saugman
Knud Bay 		Coxed pairs (1 km) Unknown Unknown
Hannibal Østergaard
Henning Rasmussen
Harald Steinthal 		Coxed pairs (1 mile) Unknown 4
Frederik Bielefeldt
Emanuel Saugman
Knud Bay
Hannibal Østergaard
Henning Rasmussen 		Coxed fours Unknown 4

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1906 Summer Olympics
Athlete Events Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ludvig Dam 100 metres freestyle Unknown 6 did not advance
Hjalmar Saxtorph 400 metres freestyle n/a did not finish
One mile freestyle n/a 38:24.0 11

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1906 Summer Olympics
Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Group
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Carl Carlsen Lightweight  Colombani (EGY)
W 		n/a  Halík (BOH)
W 		 Holubán (HUN)
W 		 Watzl (AUT)
L 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Robert Behrens Middleweight  Höltl (AUT)
W 		 Hradecký (BOH)
W 		 Goldbach (AUT)
W 		 Weckman (FIN)
W 		 Lindmayer (AUT)
L 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Søren Jensen Heavyweight bye  Rondi (GER)
W 		 Dubois (BEL)
W 		n/a  Baur (AUT)
W 		1st place, gold medalist(s)
Søren Jensen All-Round n/a  Watzl (AUT)
W 		 Weckman (FIN)
W 		1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ "Denmark at the 1906 Intercalated Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  2. ^ Per RSSSF; some sources give the referee as Alexandros Merkati of Greece.
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