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Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. 110 competitors, 77 men and 33 women, took part in 67 events in 14 sports.[1]

Denmark at the
1992 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Barcelona
Competitors110 (77 men and 33 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
4
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Jesper Bank
Steen Secher
Jesper Seier		 Sailing Soling 4 August
  Silver Christian Frederiksen
Arne Nielsson		 Canoeing Men's C-2 1000 metres 8 August
  Bronze Ken Frost
Jimmi Madsen
Klaus Kynde Nielsen
Jan Petersen
Michael Sandstød		 Cycling Men's team pursuit 31 July
  Bronze Jens Bojsen-Møller
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller		 Sailing Flying Dutchman 3 August
  Bronze Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen Badminton Men's singles 3 August
  Bronze Brian Nielsen Boxing Super heavyweight 7 August

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 3 0 3
Athletics 0 3 3
Badminton 6 6 12
Boxing 4 – 4
Canoeing 4 2 6
Cycling 9 2 11
Equestrian 2 5 7
Football 16 – 16
Rowing 9 4 13
Sailing 12 4 16
Shooting 6 1 7
Swimming 2 6 8
Tennis 2 0 2
Weightlifting 2 – 2
Total 77 33 110

Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Denmark had very little success in the 1992 archery competition, losing all three head-to-head matches.

Men
Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ole Gammelgaard Nielsen Individual 1306 10 Q   Hallard (GBR)
L 98–103 		Did not advance
Henrik Kromann Toft 1291 16 Q   Vermeiren (BEL)
L 97–101 		Did not advance
Jan Rytter 1217 64 Did not advance
Ole Gammelgaard Nielsen
Henrik Kromann Toft
Jan Rytter 		Team 3817 7 Q —   Spain
L 230–233 		Did not advance

Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Women
Track and road events
Athlete Event Heats Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gitte Karlshøj 3000 metres 8:54.05 16 — Did not advance
Dorthe Rasmussen 10,000 metres 33:22.43 28 — Did not advance
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Renata Nielsen Long jump 6.55 12 q 6.06 11

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen Singles Bye   Machida (JPN)
W 15–2, 15–4 		  Chan (HKG)
W 15–10, 15–5 		  Wiranata (INA)
L 10–15, 12–15 		Did not advance
Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen   Kumar (IND)
W 15–6, 15–6 		  Blanshard (CAN)
W 15–7, 15–4 		  Liu (CHN)
W 10–15, 17–16, 15–9 		  Sidek (MAS)
W 15–12, 15–8 		  Budikusuma (INA)
L 14–18, 8–15 		Did not advance  
Jon Holst-Christensen
Thomas Lund 		Doubles —   Galt /
Harrison (NZL)
W 15–0, 15–2 		  Sidek /
Sidek (MAS)
L 12–15, 6–15 		Did not advance
Henrik Svarrer
Jan Paulsen 		—   Khan /
Koh (SGP)
W 15–1, 15–5 		  Humble /
Kaul (CAN)
W 15–5, 15–4 		  Li /
Tian (CHN)
L 11–15, 15–12, 14–17 		Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Camilla Martin Singles   Seesurun (MRI)
W 11–1, 11–0 		  Lao (AUS)
L 6–11, 11–12 		Did not advance
Pernille Nedergaard Bye   Krasowska (POL)
W 11–0, 11–3 		  Jaroensiri (THA)
L 11–5, 6–11, 10–12 		Did not advance
Grete Mogensen
Pernille Dupont 		Doubles —   Jinnai /
Mori (JPN)
L 14–18, 18–14, 2–10 		Did not advance
Lisbet Stuer-Lauridsen
Marlene Thomsen 		—   Julien /
Piché (CAN)
W 9–15, 18–16, 18–14 		  Guan /
Nong (CHN)
L 3–15, 12–15 		Did not advance

Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Jesper Jensen Flyweight   Berhili (MAR)
W 10–4 		  Kovács (HUN)
L 0–14 		Did not advance
Brian Lentz Middleweight   Altangerel (MGL)
W 4–0 		  Ottke (GER)
L 2–9 		Did not advance
Mark Hulstrøm Heavyweight   Mavrović (CRO)
L 2–8 		Did not advance
Brian Nielsen Super heavyweight Bye   Jeong (KOR)
W 16–2 		  Hrivňák (TCH)
W 14–4 		  Balado (CUB)
L 1–15 		Did not advance  

Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sprint

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Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Arne Nielsson
Christian Frederiksen 		C-2 500 metres 1:49.58 5 SF — 1:41.58 2 F 1:42.92 5
C-2 1000 metres 3:32.32 2 F — Bye 3:39.26  
Thor Nielsen K-1 1000 metres 3:39.86 1 SF Bye 3:36.35 2 F 3:41.70 7
Jesper Staal
Thor Nielsen 		K-2 500 metres 1:37.85 3 R 1:31.22 1 SF 1:30.02 3 F 1:31.84 6
Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yvonne Knudsen K-1 500 metres 2:01.09 6 SF 1:57.94 7 Did not advance
Jeanette Knudsen
Yvonne Knudsen 		K-2 500 metres 1:45.82 5 SF 1:43.58 5 F 1:43.98 8

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Eleven cyclists, nine men and two women, represented Denmark in 1992.

Road

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Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Christian Andersen Road race 4:35:56 18
Lars Michaelsen 4:35:56 11
Claus Møller 4:35:56 34
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Karina Skibby Road race 2:05:03 11

Track

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Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Opposition
Time 		Rank
Jan Bo Petersen Men's individual pursuit 4:35.904 8 Q   Boardman (GBR)
L Overtaken 		Did not advance 10
Hanne Malmberg Women's individual pursuit 3:45.230 5 Q   Samokhvalova (EUN)
W 3:46.959 		  Roßner (GER)
L 3:53.516 		Did not advance 4
Ken Frost
Jimmi Madsen
Jan Bo Petersen
Klaus Kynde Nielsen
Michael Sandstød 		Men's team pursuit 4:17.719 4 Q   Great Britain
W 4:12.270 		  Germany
L 4:15.860 		Did not advance  
Points race
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Laps Points Rank Laps Points Rank
Dan Frost Points race −1 lap 17 8 Q 0 laps 7 15

Equestrianism

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Dressage

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Lene Hoberg Bayard Individual 1451 36 Did not advance
Bent Jensen Ariston 1411 46 Did not advance
Anne Grethe Törnblad Ravel 1540 14 Q 1334 13
Anne van Olst Chevalier 1542 13 Q 1358 10
Lene Hoberg
Bent Jensen
Anne Grethe Törnblad
Anne van Olst 		See above Team — 4533 5

Eventing

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Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Nils Haagensen Discovery Individual 48.80 7 71.20 120.00 35 6.00 126.00 23 126.00 21

Jumping

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Athlete Horse Event Qualification Final
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total Round 1 Round 2 Total
Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank
Merethe Jensen Maxime Individual 60.00 28 81.00 7 74.50 13 215.50 2 Q 4.00 6 Q 8.75 9 12.75 8
Lone Kroman Petersen Qludy 35.00 53 0.00 78 — 35.00 78 Did not advance

Football

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Main article: Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Summary

Key:

  • W – Win L – Lose D – Draw
  • A.E.T. – After extra time.
  • P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Denmark men's Men's tournament   Mexico
D 1–1 		  Ghana
D 0–0 		  Australia
L 0–3 		4 Did not advance

Men's tournament

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Team roster

Head coach: Viggo Jensen

No. Pos. Player DoB Age Caps Club Tournament
games 		Tournament
goals 		Minutes
played 		Sub off Sub on Cards
yellow/red
1 GK Niels Jørgensen 24 January 1971 21 16   Aalborg BK 3 0 270 - - -
2 DF Thomas Helveg 24 June 1971 21 0   Odense BK 3 0 270 - - 1/0
3 DF Jacob Laursen 6 October 1971 20 10   VB 3 0 270 - - -
4 DF Claus Thomsen 31 May 1970 22 15   AGF Aarhus 3 1 240 1 - -
5 DF Peter Frank 26 May 1970 22 14   BK Frem 2 0 158 - 1 -
6 MF Jakob Kjeldbjerg 21 October 1969 22 17   Silkeborg 3 0 270 - - 1/0
7 MF Jens Christian Madsen 1 February 1970 22 18   Brøndby 1 0 30 - 1 -
8 MF Ronnie Ekelund 21 August 1972 19 8   Brøndby 2 0 118 2 - -
9 FW Miklos Molnar 10 April 1970 22 18   Servette 3 0 243 - - 1/1
10 MF Per Frandsen 6 February 1970 22 18   Lille 3 0 270 - - 1/0
11 FW Peter Møller 23 March 1972 20 13   Aalborg BK 3 0 162 2 1 -
12 DF Jens Risager 9 April 1971 21 2   Brøndby - - - - - -
13 MF Stig Tøfting 14 August 1969 22 2   AGF Aarhus 3 0 270 - - 1/0
14 MF Lars Højer 8 December 1970 21 5   Copenhagen 3 0 214 - 1 -
15 MF Michael Hansen 22 September 1971 20 13   Silkeborg - - - - - -
16 GK Brian Flies 29 August 1969 22 0   Næstved BK - - - - - -
17 FW Jens Christian Mosegaard Madsen 20 April 1970 21 11   Odense BK 1 0 19 - 1 -
18 MF Michael Larsen 16 October 1969 22 5   Silkeborg 2 0 112 1 - -
19 FW Søren Andersen 31 January 1970 22 6   AGF Aarhus 1 0 27 - 1 -
20 MF Michael Johansen 22 July 1972 20 3   Copenhagen - - - - - -
Group play

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Ghana 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4
  Australia 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 3
  Mexico 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
  Denmark 3 0 2 1 1 4 −3 2
Source: FIFA
Denmark  1–1  Mexico
Thomsen   85' Report Rotllán   39' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Denmark  0–0  Ghana
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Denmark  0–3  Australia
Report Markovski   32'
Mori   60'
Vidmar   75'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jens Pørneki
Jørgen Tramm
Thomas Larsen
Lars Christensen
Carsten Hassing
Jesper Thusgård Kristiansen
Martin Haldbo Hansen
Kent Skovsager
Stephen Masters 		Eight 5:34.65 3 SF Bye 5:35.83 4 FB 5:41.61 7
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Berit Christoffersen
Lene Pedersen
Trine Hansen
Ulla Werner Hansen 		Quadruple sculls 7:03.34 4 R 6:48.76 3 FB — 6:51.89 8

Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Morten Egeblad Christoffersen Men's Lechner A-390 16 12 11 17 21 17 PMS 7 5 25 184.0 17
Stig Westergaard Finn 13 10 24RET 9 15 15 3 — 97.7 12
Hans Jørgen Riber
Jesper Pilegaard 		Men's 470 26 25 23 23 10 18 5 — 139.0 19
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dorte Jensen Europe 10 1 5 5 12 14 6 65.7 5
Susanne Ward
Marianne Halfdan-Nielsen 		Women's 470 6 12 14 11 6 17 14 98.4 13
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Jens Bojsen-Møller 		Flying Dutchman 11 3 10 5 1 2 2 37.7  
Lars Hendriksen
Anette Ree Andersen 		Tornado 2 15 17 14 11 17 18 107.0 16
Benny F. Andersen
Mogens Just Mikkelsen 		Star 21 6 19 4 1 19 10 85.7 9
Match racing
Athlete Event Qualification races Total Rank Round Robin Rank Semifinals Final / BM Rank
1 2 3 4 5 6  
USA 		 
GER 		 
GBR 		 
SWE 		 
ESP
Jesper Bank
Jesper Seier
Steen Secher 		Soling 2 2 1 8 8 RET 34.0 2 Q L W W L W 2 Q  
GER W
2–0
  
USA W
2–0
  

Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Klavs Jørn Christensen 50 metre rifle three positions 1153 25 Did not advance
Jørgen Herlufsen 1141 37 Did not advance
Bo Lilja 50 metre rifle prone 591 31 Did not advance
Jens Harskov Loczi 596 11 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Karen Hansen 10 metre air pistol 378 12 Did not advance
Open
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Ole Justesen Skeet 196 16 Did not advance
Ole Riber Rasmussen 139 55 Did not advance

Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Franz Mortensen 50 metre freestyle 23.61 29 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 51.29 26 Did not advance
200 metre freestyle 1:53.86 32 Did not advance
Lars Sørensen 200 metre backstroke 2:06.80 36 Did not advance
100 metre breaststroke 1:07.94 48 Did not advance
200 metre individual medley 2:04.65 15 FB 2:03.81 11
Women
Athlete Event Heats Final A/B
Time Rank Time Rank
Mette Jacobsen 200 metre freestyle 2:01.84 13 FB 2:02.14 13
400 metre freestyle 4:16.80 13 FB Withdrew
200 metre butterfly 2:13.18 8 FA 2:11.87 7
Gitta Jensen 50 metre freestyle 26.54 18 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 56.47 12 FB 56.59 12
200 metre freestyle 2:02.27 14 FB 2:02.32 14
Mette Nielsen 50 metre freestyle 26.80 25 Did not advance
100 metre freestyle 58.67 27 Did not advance
Annette Poulsen 200 metre individual medley 2:25.67 35 Did not advance
Berit Puggaard 100 metre butterfly 1:04.57 38 Did not advance
200 metre butterfly 2:16.11 16 FB 2:15.07 15
Britta Vestergaard 100 metre breaststroke 1:13.58 27 Did not advance
200 metre breaststroke 2:35.28 21 Did not advance
400 metre individual medley DQ Did not advance
Gitta Jensen
Mette Jacobsen
Berit Puggaard
Mette Nielsen
Annette Poulsen (heats) 		4 × 100 metre freestyle relay 3:48.78 7 FA 3:47.81 6
Mette Jacobsen
Britta Vestergaard
Berit Puggaard
Gitta Jensen 		4 × 100 metre medley relay 4:17.20 11 Did not advance

Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Kenneth Carlsen Singles   Prpić (CRO)
L 4–6, 6–4, 3–6, 5–7 		Did not advance
Kenneth Carlsen
Frederik Fetterlein 		Doubles —   Gyetko /
Leblanc (CAN)
L 3–6, 6–7, 6–7 		Did not advance

Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athlete Event Snatch Clean & jerk Total Rank
Result Rank Result Rank
Henrik Andersen 75 kg 130.0 27 167.5 26 297.5 27
Kim Lynge Pedersen 100 kg 150.0 19 185.0 18 335.0 19

References

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  1. ^ "Denmark at the 1992 Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ^ Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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