Denmark competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 66 competitors, 56 men and 10 women, took part in 40 events in 15 sports, winning a total number of three medals.
Medalists
Gold Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen and Poul Richard Høj Jensen – Sailing, Men's Soling class
Bronze Niels Fredborg – Cycling, Men's 1000 metres time trial Verner Blaudzun, Gert Frank, Jørgen Hansen and Jørn Lund – Cycling, Men's team time trial
Archery
Olympic veteran Arne Jacobsen was the only archer to represent Denmark in the nation's second appearance in the Olympic archery competition. He dropped 89 points from his previous mark, falling 17 places in the standings.
Men's Individual Competition: Arne Jacobsen – 2334 points (→ 25th place)
Athletics
Men's Marathon Jørgen Jensen – 2:20:44 (→ 28th place)
Men's High Jump Jesper Tørring Qualification – 2.16m Final – 2.18m (→ 8th place)
Boxing
Men's Lightweight Hans Henrik Palm (15th=)
Men's Welterweight Ib Bøtcher (17th=)
Men's Light middleweight Poul Frandsen (17th=)
Canoeing
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1976.
Individual road race Verner Blaudzun – did not finish (→ no ranking) Jørgen Emil Hansen – did not finish (→ no ranking) Bent Pedersen – did not finish (→ no ranking) Willy Skibby – did not finish (→ no ranking)
Team time trial Verner Blaudzun Gert Frank Jørgen Emil Hansen Jørn Lund
Sprint Niels Fredborg – 6th place
1000m time trial Niels Fredborg – 1:07.617 (→ Bronze Medal)
Team pursuit Ivar Jakobsen Kim Refshammer Bjarne Sørensen Kim Svendsen
Equestrian
Fencing
One female fencer represented Denmark in 1976.
Women's foil Annie Madsen
Gymnastics
Handball
Modern pentathlon
Two male pentathletes represented Denmark in 1976.
Individual Jørn Steffensen Klaus Petersen
Rowing
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Jørgen LindhardsenFinn151111218169106.0 14Lars LønbergDan Ibsen Sørensen4707522202231199.712Peter DuePer KjaergaardTornado4513312111074.79Claes Thunbo ChristensenFinn Thunbo ChristensenTempest698815762.76Poul Richard Høj JensenValdemar BandolowskiErik HansenSoling22136131546.7
Shooting
Bo Lilja
Swimming
Weightlifting
References