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Denmark at the
1908 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in London
Competitors78 in 8 sports
Flag bearerAage Holm
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
3
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, England. No Danish athletes had competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Denmark national football team
 Football October 24
 Silver Ludvig Dam Swimming Men's 100 m backstroke July 17
 Bronze Anders Andersen Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman middleweight July 25
 Bronze Carl Jensen Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman light heavyweight July 22
 Bronze Søren Marinus Jensen Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman super heavyweight July 24

Results by event

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Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Athlete Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metres Heats Axel Petersen 11.5 seconds
2nd, heat 9		 Did not advance
Men's 1500 metres Semi-
finalist		 Kjeld Nielsen None held Unknown
6th, semifinal 2		 Did not advance
Men's 5 miles Semi-
finalist		 Julius Jørgensen None held Unknown
3rd, semifinal 3		 Did not advance
Kjeld Nielsen Unknown
4th, semifinal 2
Men's marathon 23rd Julius Jørgensen None held 3:47:44.0
26th Rudy Hansen 3:53:15.0
Men's 3500 metre walk 6th Charles Vestergaard None held 17:07.0
2nd, semifinal 2		 17:21.8
Semi-
finalist		 Arne Højme 17:23.4
6th, semifinal 1		 Did not advance
Men's 10 mile walk — Arne Højme None held Did not finish
—, semifinal 1		 Did not advance
Charles Vestergaard Did not finish
—, semifinal 2
Event Place Athlete Height/
Distance
Men's standing long jump 8-25 Svend Langkjær Unknown
Men's standing high jump 8th Svend Langkjær 1.42 metres
Men's hammer throw 10-19 Harald Agger Unknown

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1908 Summer Olympics

2 Danish boxers competed in the lightweight class, with each losing his first bout.

Weight
class		 Place Boxer Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Lightweight
Up to 140 pounds		 7th Hemming Hansen Lost to Johnson
2-0 decision		 Did not advance
Waldemar Holberg Lost to Wells
4th-round decision
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Great Britain 0 2 .000
Total 0 2 .000

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Fencer First
round		 Second
round		 Semi-
final		 Final
Men's épée Semi-
finalist		 Lauritz Christian Østrup 5-1 (1st in A) 3-1 (1st in 2) 5-5 (6th in 2) Did not advance
Second
round		 Ivan Osiier 5-3 (2nd in E) 2-2 (3rd in 2) Did not advance
Ejnar Levison 3-2 (2nd in C) 1-4 (5th in 1)
First
round		 Herbert Sander 2-4 (4th in B) Did not advance
Otto Becker 4-4 (4th in D)
Frantz Jørgensen 3-4 (5th in I)
Men's sabre Semi-
finalist		 Lauritz Østrup 4-1 (1st in I) 2-1 (2nd in 8) 3-4 (6th in 2) Did not advance
Second
round		 Einar Schwartz-Nielsen 2-1 (1st in E) 0-3 (4th in 8) Did not advance
First
round		 Harald Krenchel 1-3 (5th in D) Did not advance
Event Place Fencers Play-in
match		 First
round		 Semi-
finals		 Final Repechage Silver
medal match
Men's team épée 4th Ejnar Levison (all)
Ivan Osiier (all)
Lauritz Østrup (1st)
Herbert Sander (all)
Otto Becker (rep)		 Bye Lost to France
10-6
Relegated to
repechage		 Did not advance Lost to Great Britain
9-8
Out
4th place		 Did not advance

Football

Main article: Football at the 1908 Summer Olympics

Denmark was represented by the Denmark national football team.

Event Place Players First round Semifinals Final Bronze match
Men's football 2nd P. Marius Andersen, Harald Bohr, Charles Buchwald, Ludvig Drescher, Johannes Gandil,
Harald Hansen, August Lindgren, Kristian Middelboe (captain), Nils Middelboe,
Sophus Nielsen, Oscar Nielsen-Nørland, Bjørn Rasmussen, Vilhelm Wolffhagen		 Won vs.
France B
9-0		 Won vs.
France A
17-1		 Lost vs.
Great Britain
2-0		 Not relegated

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Gymnast Score
Men's team 4th Carl Andersen, Hans Bredmose, Jens Chievitz, Arvor Hansen, Christian Hansen, Ingvardt Hansen, Einar Hermann, Knud Holm, Poul Holm, Oluf Husted-Nielsen, Charles Jensen, Gorm Jensen, Hendrik Johansen, Harald Klem, Robert Madsen, Viggo Meulengracht-Madsen, Lukas Nielsen, Oluf Olsson, Niels Petersen, Nicolai Philipsen, Hendrik Rasmussen, Viktor Rasmussen, Marius Thuesen, Niels Turin-Nielsen 378

Shooting

Event Place Shooter Score
Men's 300 metre free rifle 14th Lars Jørgen Madsen 813
18th Christian Pedersen 780
21st Hans Christian Schultz 769
33rd Niels Laursen 712
42nd Poul Liebst 645
48th Christian Christensen 501
51st Lorents Jensen 321
Men's team free rifle 4th Niels Andersen
Lars Jørgen Madsen
Ole Olsen
Christian Christensen
Christian Pedersen
Hans Christian Schultz		 4543
Men's team military rifle 8th Niels Andersen
Christian Christensen
Lorents Jensen
Niels Laursen
Julius Hillemann-Jensen
Ole Olsen		 1909

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Swimmer Heats Semifinals Final
Men's 100 metre freestyle Heats Harald Klem Unknown
3-6, heat 1		 Did not advance
Poul Holm Unknown
3-5, heat 3
Hjalmar Saxtorph Unknown
4-5, heat 5
Men's 400 metre freestyle Heats Aage Holm 8:08.8
2nd, heat 5		 Did not advance
Hjalmar Saxtorph Unknown
4-5, heat 7
Men's 100 metre backstroke 2nd Ludvig Dam 1:26.4
2nd, heat 4		 Unknown
2nd, semifinal 1		 1:26.6
Men's 200 metre breaststroke Heats Harald Klem Unknown
3rd, heat 6		 Did not advance
Men's 4x200 metre freestyle relay Semi-
finalist		 Poul Holm
Harald Klem
John Ludvig Dam
Hjalmar Saxtorph		 None held 12:53.0
2nd, semifinal 1		 Did not advance

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1908 Summer Olympics
Event Place Wrestler Round
of 32		 Round
of 16		 Quarter-
finals		 Semi-
finals		 Final
Greco-Roman lightweight 5th Anders Møller Defeated
Whittingstall		 Defeated
Faulkner		 Lost to
Lindén		 Did not advance
9th Carl Carlsen Defeated
Steens		 Lost to
Lindén		 Did not advance
17th Christian Carlsen Lost to
Hawkins		 Did not advance
Greco-Roman middleweight 3rd Anders Andersen Bye Defeated
Lorenz		 Defeated
Belmer		 Lost to
Mårtensson		 Defeated (walkover)
Jósepsson
5th Johannes Eriksen Bye Defeated
E. Bacon		 Lost to
Andersson		 Did not advance
Axel Larsson Defeated
Duijm		 Defeated
Lelie		 Lost to
Mårtensson
Greco-Roman light heavyweight 3rd Carl Jensen Bye Defeated
Oosten		 Defeated
Banbrook		 Lost to
Saarela		 Defeated
Payr
17th Harald Christiansen Lost to
Larsson		 Did not advance
Henri Nielsen Lost to
Saarela
Greco-Roman super heavyweight 3rd Søren Marinus Jensen None held Bye Lost to
Weisz		 Defeated
Payr
5th Carl Jensen Lost to
Weisz		 Did not advance
Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent
Belgium 1 0 1.000
Finland 0 4 .000
Great Britain 4 1 .800
Hungary 3 2 .600
Netherlands 5 0 1.000
Sweden 1 5 .167
Total international 14 12 .538
Denmark 1 1 .500
Total 15 13 .536

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