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1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles, United States. 60 competitors, 49 men and 11 women, took part in 33 events in 11 sports.

Medalists

Athletics

Men's Marathon * Henrik Jørgensen — 2:15:55 (→ 19th place) * Allan Zachariassen — 2:17:10 (→ 25th place) Women's Marathon *

Dorthe Rasmussen Dorthe Skovshoved Rasmussen (born 27 January 1960 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a retired female long-distance runner from Denmark. She competed for her native country at two Summer Olympics: 1984 and 1992. Her best result was finishing in 13th place ...

** Final — 2:33:40 (→ 13th place)

Canoeing

Cycling

Thirteen cyclists, twelve men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1984. ; Men's individual road race * Per Pedersen — +11:46 (→ 24th place) *

Kim Eriksen Kim Eriksen (born 10 February 1964) is a Danish former cyclist. He competed in the individual road race and the team time trial events at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also ...

— +15:30 (→ 40th place) * Ole Byriel — did not finish (→ no ranking) *

Søren Lilholt Søren Lilholt (born 22 September 1965) is a Danish former racing cyclist. He rode in eight Grand Tours between 1987 and 1992 completing five of them. He also competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. During the 1990 Tour de France he was involved in ...

— did not finish (→ no ranking) ;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

John Carlsen John Carlsen (born 31 December 1961) is a Danish former racing cyclist. He rode in six Grand Tours between 1988 and 1991. He won Stage 8 of the 1989 Giro d'Italia which was a high mountain stage including a climb of the Gran Sasso d'Italia. H ...

* Lars Jensen *

; 1000m time trial * Claus Rasmussen ; Individual pursuit *

Jørgen V. Pedersen Jørgen Vagn Pedersen (born 8 October 1959 in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden) is a retired Danish road bicycle racer, and as of 2007 sports director at Team CSC. He participated in Tour de France in 1985, 1986, and 1987 for the team. In 1988 he rod ...

Henning Larsen Henning Larsen, Hon. FAIA (20 August 1925 – 22 June 2013) was a Danish architect. He is internationally known for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Riyadh and the Copenhagen Opera House. Larsen studied at the Royal Danish Academy ...

; Team pursuit * Dan Frost * Michael Markussen *

* Brian Holm ; Points race * Michael Markussen * Brian Holm ; Women's individual road race *

Helle Sørensen Helle Sørensen (born 22 May 1963) is a Danish former cyclist. She competed in the women's road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

— 2:13:28 (→ 7th place)

Equestrianism

Handball

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B) **Defeated Spain (21–16) **Defeated South Korea (31–28) **Defeated United States (19–16) **Defeated Sweden (26–19) **Lost to West Germany (18–20) *Bronze Medal Match **Lost to Romania (19–23) → Fourth place *Team Roster ** Morten Stig Christensen ** Anders Dahl-Nielsen ** Peter Fenger **

Jørgen Gluver Jørgen Gluver (born 15 June 1960) is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi- ...

** Hans Hattesen ** Carsten Haurum ** Klaus Jensen **

Mogens Jeppesen Mogens Jeppesen (born July 10, 1953) is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was born in Gylling, Odder Odder is a town in Jutland, Denmark. The town is the seat of Odder ...

** Keld Nielsen ** Erik Rasmussen ** Jens Roepstorff ** Per Skaarup ** Poul Sørensen **

Mikael Strøm Mikael Kisbye Strøm (born 23 June 1959) is a former Danish handball player who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He played his club handball with Gladsaxe HG. In 1984 he finished fourth with the Denmark men's national handball team ...

Judo

Rowing

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle * Peter Rohde ** Heat — 51.40 ** B-Final — 51.98 (→ 16th place) * Franz Mortensen ** Heat — 52.22 (→ did not advance, 24th place) Men's 200m Freestyle * Franz Mortensen ** Heat — 1:54.09 (→ did not advance, 23rd place) Men's 400m Freestyle * Franz Mortensen ** Heat — 4:11.97 (→ did not advance, 31st place) Men's 100m Butterfly * Søren Østberg ** Heat — 55.73 ** B-Final — 56.04 (→ 15th place) Men's 200m Butterfly * Søren Østberg ** Heat — 2:06.12 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley * Peter Rohde ** Heat — 2:07.93 ** B-Final — 2:07.10 (→ 13th place)

Weightlifting

References

Nations at the 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

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