Denmark competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 119 competitors, 54 men and 65 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.
Medalists
Gold Poul-Erik Høyer-Larsen — Badminton, Men's Singles Competition Thomas Poulsen, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen, and Niels Henriksen — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Four Kristine Roug — Sailing, Women's Europe Class Anne Dorthe Tanderup, Gitte Madsen, Lene Rantala, Gitte Sunesen, Tonje Kjærgaard, Janne Kolling, Susanne Munk Lauritsen, Conny Hamann, Anja Byrial Hansen, Anette Hoffmann, Heidi Astrup, Tina Bøttzau, Marianne Florman, Anja Andersen, Camilla Andersen, and Kristine Andersen — Handball, Women's Team Competition
Silver Rolf Sørensen — Cycling, Men's Individual Road Race
Bronze Trine Hansen — Rowing, Women's Single Sculls
Athletics
Men's 20 km Walk Claus Jørgensen Final — 1.25:28 (→ 29th place)
Men's Pole Vault Martin Voss Qualification — 5.40m (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw Jan Bielecki Qualification — 69.40m (→ did not advance)
Women's 5,000 metres Nina Christiansen Qualification — 15:56.38 (→ did not advance)
Women's Long Jump Renata Nielsen Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw Jette Jeppesen Qualification — 56.16m (→ did not advance)
Women's Marathon Gitte Karlshøj — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Badminton
Boxing
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Hasan Al First Round — Defeated Rogelio Martínez (Dominican Republic), referee stopped contest in third round Second Round — Defeated Sergiy Dzindziruk (Ukraine), 10–4 Quarterfinals — Lost to Marian Simion (Romania), 8–16
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Brian Johansen First Round — Lost to Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan), referee stopped contest in third round
Canoeing
Cycling
Road Competition Men's Individual Time Trial Bjarne Riis Final — 1:07:47 (→ 14th place) Rolf Sørensen Final — did not start (→ no ranking)
Track Competition Men's Points Race Jan Bo Petersen Final — 7 points (→ 18th place)
Mountain Bike Men's Cross Country Lennie Kristensen Final — 2:26:02 (→ 7th place) Jan Erik Østergaard Final — 2:34:30 (→ 18th place)
Equestrian
Fencing
One female fencer represented Denmark in 1996.
Women's épée Eva Fjellerup
Football
Women's team competition Team Roster Dorthe Larsen Annette Laursen Bonny Madsen Kamma Flæng Rikke Holm Christina Petersen Birgit Christensen Lisbet Kolding Helle Jensen Gitte Krogh Lene Madsen Lene Terp Anne Nielsen Merete Pedersen Christina Bonde
Handball
Rowing
Sailing
Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910Morten Egeblad ChristoffersenMen's Mistral22 201715 PMS815197101.017 Bjørn WestergaardFinn12 16258 23144PMS2223122.0 21
Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Kristine RougEurope2 1 3 2 1 2 8 187524.0 Susanne WardMichaëla Ward-MeehanWomen's 4706 3 15 2 142 4 12 18 7656.06
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Jens EckardtLaser31 161711 7826171327DNF142.017 Michael HestbækMartin HejlsbergStar7 98 21210610121364.09
Match racing AthleteEventQualification racesTotalRankQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank12345678910Stig WestergaardJan Eli AndersenJens Bojsen-MøllerSoling15 6316PMS211PMS4158.06 Q L 2–3 did not advance6
Shooting
Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres) Anders Lau
Men's Small-Bore Rifle Three Positions (50 metres) Jens Harskov Loczi
Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 metres) Jens Harskov Loczi Torben Grimmel
Men's Trap Keld Hansen
Men's Skeet Ole Riber Rasmussen
Women's Air Pistol (10 metres) Susanne Meyerhoff Majbritt Hjortshøj
Women's Sporting Pistol (25 metres) Susanne Meyerhoff
Women's Air Rifle (10 metres) Anni Bissø
Women's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres Anni Bissø
Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle Jacob Carstensen Heat — 1:50.79 B-Final — 1:50.54 (→ 14th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle Jacob Carstensen Heat — 3:52.62 Final — 3:54.45 (→ 8th place)
Men's 1500m Freestyle Jacob Carstensen Heat — 15:43.75 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)
Women's 50m Freestyle Mette Nielsen Heat — 26.50 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 100m Freestyle Mette Jacobsen Heat — 56.06 Final — 56.01 (→ 7th place)
Women's 400m Freestyle Britt Raaby Heat — 4:21.46 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke Mette Jacobsen Heat — 1:03.14 B-Final — scratched
Women's 200m Backstroke Mette Jacobsen Heat — 2:16.68 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
Women's 100m Butterfly Mette Jacobsen Heat — 1:00.91 Final — 1:00.76 (→ 8th place) Sophia Skou Heat — 1:01.25 B-Final — 1:00.95 (→ 11th place)
Women's 200m Butterfly Sophia Skou Heat — 2:13.59 B-Final — 2:12.41 (→ 9th place)
Women's 200m Individual Medley Britta Vestergaard Heat — 2:18.35 B-Final — 2:17.95 (→ 14th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Britta Vestergaard Heat — 4:55.03 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Mette Nielsen, Mette Jacobsen, Karen Egdal, and Ditte Jensen Heat — 3:48.93 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay Ditte Jensen, Britta Vestergaard, Britt Raaby, and Berit Puggaard Heat — 8:16.32 (→ did not advance, 13th place)
Tennis
Men's Singles Competition Frederik Fetterlein First round — Defeated Jacco Eltingh (Netherlands) 6–4 4–6 8–6 Second round — Lost to Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 6–7 5–7 Kenneth Carlsen First round — Defeated Mark Knowles (Bahamas) 7–5 6–3 Second round — Defeated Jason Stoltenberg (Australia) 6–2 3–6 6–3 Third round — Lost to MaliVai Washington (United States) 7–6 0–6 2–6
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