Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

, Korea

South Korea

The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...

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Gold

• Dan Frost
  Dan Frost
  Dan Frost is a retired male track cyclist from Denmark, who won the gold medal for his native country in the men's points race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. His other major victories include the world title in the same event in 1986 . He is the brother of cyclist Ken...
  
   — Cycling, Men's Points Race
• Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
  Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
  Jørgen Bojsen-Møller is a Danish sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with Christian Grønborg. At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona he received a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman, together...
  
   and Christian Grønborg
  Christian Grønborg
  Christian Grønborg is a Danish sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with Jørgen Bojsen-Møller.-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Class

Silver

• Benny Nielsen
  Benny Nielsen
  Benny Leo Nielsen is a former butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-External links:* *...
  
   — Swimming, Men's 200 metres Butterfly

Bronze

• Jesper Bank
  Jesper Bank
  Jesper Bank is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.He received a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul....
  
  , Steen Secher
  Steen Secher
  Steen Klaaborg Secher is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.He received a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.-References:*...
  
   and Jan Mathiasen
  Jan Mathiasen
  Jan Mathiasen is a Danish competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Soling class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Jesper Bank and Steen Secher.-References:...
  
   — Sailing, Men's Soling Class

Archery

Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. These events included team competitions for the first time in modern Olympic archery. Men's and women's individual competitions continued to be part of the schedule as well....

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

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

Men's 1,500 metres

• Mogens Guldberg
  Mogens Guldberg
  Mogens Guldberg is a former middle distance runner from Denmark, who represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he was eliminated in the semifinals of the 1500 metres. He represented Sparta.He finished twelfth at the 1990 European Championships...
  
  

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)

1. 100 metres — 11.07s
2. Long Jump — 7.04m
3. Shot Put — 13.41m
4. High Jump — 1.94m
5. 400 metres — 47.97s
6. 110m Hurdles — 14.49s
7. Discus Throw — 40.38m
8. Pole Vault — 4.80m
9. Javelin Throw — 51.50m
10. 1.500 metres — 4:22.41s

Women's Long Jump

• Lene Demsitz
  Lene Demsitz
  Lene Stokholm Demsitz is a retired female long jumper from Denmark. Her personal best jump was 6.72 metres, achieved in August 1985 in Budapest. She is also a two-time national champion in the women's high jump.-Achievements:-References:**...
  
  

Boxing

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...

Men's Flyweight (– 51kg)

• Johnny Bredahl
  Johnny Bredahl
  Johnny Bredahl , aka Johny Wahid Johansen, is a retired professional boxer in the bantamweight division. Bredahl is the former WBA world bantamweight champion...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Hamed Halbouni (SYR), RSC-2

Men's Light-Welterweight

• Søren Søndergaard
  Søren Søndergaard
  Søren Fjordback Søndergaard is a former amateur boxer from Denmark. He won the bronze medal at the 1987 European Championships in Turin, Italy in the Men's Light Welterweight division. Nicknamed Mr...
  
  

Men's Light-Middleweight

• Johnny de Lima

Men's Light-Heavyweight

• Niels Madsen

Men's Heavyweight

• Claus Børge Nielsen

Cycling

Cycling at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Cycling competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics. There were two categories of events – road cycling and track cycling.-Medal table:-Men's Events:-Women's events:-References:*...

Women's Individual Road Race

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

Modern pentathlon

Modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Final results for the modern pentathlon at the 1988 Summer OlympicsIt was fought in five days on September 18 to 22, and individual results were also directly applied towards the team event ranking.This article describes the comprehensive record of the event...

Men's Individual Competition:

• Tue Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 27th place)

Men's Team Competition:

• Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 21st place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans...

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
  Benny Nielsen
  Benny Leo Nielsen is a former butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 54.52
• B-Final — 54.77 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Benny Nielsen
  Benny Nielsen
  Benny Leo Nielsen is a former butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-External links:* *...
  
  
• Heat — 1:59.26
• Final — 1:58.24 (→ Silver Medal)

• Jan Patvel Larsen
• Heat — 2:03.01 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Franz Mortensen, Vagn Høgholm, Benny Nielsen
  Benny Nielsen
  Benny Leo Nielsen is a former butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-External links:* *...
  
  , and Peter Rohde
• Heat — 3:25.15 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

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

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Lars Sørensen, Christian Toft, Benny Nielsen
  Benny Nielsen
  Benny Leo Nielsen is a former butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who won the silver medal in the 200 m butterfly at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.-External links:* *...
  
  , 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
  Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...
  
  
• 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
  Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...
  
  
• 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 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...
  
  , Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, and Annette Jørgensen
• Heat — 3:48.83
• Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...
  
  , and Annette Jørgensen
• Final — 3:49.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

• Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen
  Mette Jacobsen is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who competed at five consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in 1988. Her final breakthrough came in 1995, when she won two titles at the European LC Championships in Vienna, Austria: in the 100 m...
  
  , Pia Sørensen, Annette Jørgensen, and Gitta Jensen
• Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Tennis

Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic Games at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, having been left out since the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Tennis had been a demonstration sport at the 1984 Summer Olympics....

Women's Singles Competition

• Tine Scheuer-Larsen
  Tine Scheuer-Larsen
  Tine Scheuer-Larsen is a retired female tennis player from Denmark, who reached her highest individual ranking on September 29, 1986, when she became the number 34 of the world. She became a professional in 1980 and retired in 1994, having won seven doubles titles on the WTA Tour.-References:*...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Warda Bouchabou (Algeria) 6-0, 6-1
• Second Round — Defeated Wendy Turnbull
  Wendy Turnbull
  Wendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 13 singles titles and 55 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...
  
   (Australia) 6-4, 6-3
• Third Round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva
  Natasha Zvereva
  Natalya "Natasha" Zvereva, or Zverava is a former tennis player from Belarus. Zvereva was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings...
  
  (Soviet Union) 1-6, 2-6