Denmark competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 78 competitors, 57 men and 21 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.

Medalists MedalNameSportEventDate Cycling Men's points race 24 September Sailing Flying Dutchman 27 September Swimming Men's 200 metre butterfly 24 September Sailing Soling 27 September

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalArchery 3 0 3Athletics 4 1 5Boxing 5 – 5Canoeing 2 4 6Cycling 8 1 9Equestrian 2 2 4Gymnastics 0 1 1Judo 1 – 1Modern pentathlon 1 – 1Rowing 2 1 3Sailing 11 3 14Shooting 6 0 6Swimming 8 7 15Tennis 2 1 3Weightlifting 2 – 2 Total 57 21 78

Archery

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

Men's 1,500 metres Mogens Guldberg

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) 100 metres — 11.07s Long Jump — 7.04m Shot Put — 13.41m High Jump — 1.94m 400 metres — 47.97s 110m Hurdles — 14.49s Discus Throw — 40.38m Pole Vault — 4.80m Javelin Throw — 51.50m 1.500 metres — 4:22.41s

Women's Long Jump Lene Demsitz

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Johnny Bredahl First Round — Lost to Hamed Halbouni (SYR), RSC-2

Men's Light-Welterweight Søren Søndergaard

Men's Light-Middleweight Johnny de Lima

Men's Light-Heavyweight Niels Madsen

Men's Heavyweight Claus Børge Nielsen

Canoeing

Cycling

Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1988. Dan Frost won gold in the points race.

Men's road race Tommy Nielsen Peter Meinert Nielsen

Men's 1 km time trial Kenneth Røpke

Men's individual pursuit Peter Clausen

Men's team pursuit Peter Clausen Dan Frost Jimmi Madsen Lars Olsen Ken Frost

Men's points race Dan Frost

Women's road race Karina Skibby — 2:00:52 (→ 42nd place)

Equestrianism

Judo

Modern pentathlon

One male pentathlete represented Denmark in 1988.

Men's Individual Competition: Tue Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 27th place)

Men's Team Competition: Hellstem — 4940pts (→ 21st place)

Rhythmic gymnastics

Rowing

Sailing

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Lasse HjortnæsFinn1 RET25 512551.05 Hans NatorpPaul NatorpMen's 47014 1822PMS 181817143.021

Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Mette MunchLone SørensenWomen's 4706 7811 8RETRET97.714

Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Jørgen Bojsen-MøllerChristian GrønborgFlying Dutchman1 422 63631.4 Paul ElvstrømTrine Elvstrøm-MyralfTornado16 14RET16 5197112.015 Anders Geert JensenMogens JustStarPMS 10109 82574.011 Jesper BankJan MathiasenSteen SecherSoling9 21215 42352.7

Shooting

Swimming

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 Heat — 54.52 B-Final — 54.77 (→ 11th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly Benny Nielsen Heat — 1:59.26 Final — 1:58.24 (→ Silver Medal) Jan Patvel Larsen Heat — 2:03.01 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Franz Mortensen, Vagn Høgholm, Benny Nielsen, and Peter Rohde Heat — 3:25.15 (→ did not advance, 10th place)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Franz Mortensen, Claus Christensen, Jan Patvel Larsen, and Peter Rohde Heat — 7:33.31 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Lars Sørensen, Christian Toft, Benny Nielsen, 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 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 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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Mette Jacobsen, Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, and Annette Jørgensen Heat — 3:48.83 Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, Mette Jacobsen, and Annette Jørgensen Final — 3:49.25 (→ 8th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay Mette Jacobsen, Pia Sørensen, Annette Jørgensen, and Gitta Jensen Heat — DSQ (→ did not advance, no ranking)

Tennis

Women's Singles Competition Tine Scheuer-Larsen First Round — Defeated Warda Bouchabou (Algeria) 6–0, 6–1 Second Round — Defeated Wendy Turnbull (Australia) 6–4, 6–3 Third Round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva (Soviet Union) 1–6, 2–6

Weightlifting

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