Denmark competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

in Seoul, South Korea. 78 competitors, 57 men and 21 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.

Medalists

Competitors

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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 Henrik Toft (born 15 April 1981) is a Danish professional footballer, who currently plays for club Kolding BK. Toft is known as a powerful striker, who is known for his height (1.96) and therefore also his great heading ability. Honours *2005 ...

— 1/8 final (→ 23rd place) *

Jan Jacobsen Jan Jacobsen (1588/89 – 1622) was a Flemish naval commander and Dunkirker during the Eighty Years' War. He became a posthumous hero when, after battling an enemy fleet for over 13 hours, he destroyed his own ship rather than surrender. B ...

— 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 Lars Warming (born 21 June 1963) is a Danish athlete. He competed in the men's decathlon at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko ...

— 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 Lene Stokholm Demsitz (Humlebæk) (Jørgensen) (born 8 March 1959 in Rønde, Midtjylland) is a retired female long jumper from Denmark. Her personal best jump was 6.72 metres, achieved in August 1985 in Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the cap ...

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) *

Johnny Bredahl Johnny Bredahl Johansen (born 27 August 1968), known professionally as Johnny Bredahl or Johny Wahid Johansen, is a Danish former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2006. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the ...

** 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 Claus Børge Nielsen (born 21 October 1961) is a Danish boxer. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. At the 1988 Summer Olympics, he lost to Tom Glesby Thomas Glesby (born July 17, 1969) is a Canadian former ...

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 Peter Meinert Nielsen (born 24 May 1966) is a retired road bicycle racer from Denmark, who was a professional rider from 1990 to 2000. He represented his native country in the men's individual road race at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Sout ...

; 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 Karina Skibby (born 16 June 1965) is a road cyclist from Denmark. She represented her nation at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the women's road race and at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the women's road race. Her brother is Olympic cyclist Jesper ...

— 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 ;Women ;Open

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 Christian Toft (born 14 December 1968) is a Danish breaststroke swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul ...

** 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,

, Benny Nielsen, and Franz Mortensen ** Heat — 3:51.97 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Women's 50m Freestyle *

Gitta Jensen Gitta Poulsgaard Jensen (born 18 July 1972) is a retired Danish swimmer who won three relay medals at the World and European championships in 1991. She also competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos ...

** Heat — 26.61 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 100m Freestyle *

** 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 Mette Jacobsen (born 24 March 1973 in Nakskov) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark who competed in five consecutive Summer Olympics for her native country, beginning in 1988. She won a total of 32 individual medals in int ...

** Heat — 2:01.80 ** B-Final — 2:01.84 (→ 11th place) *

Annette Jørgensen Annette Jørgensen (born 25 April 1966) is a Danish swimmer. She competed in three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ...

** 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 Pernille Jensen (born 15 April 1973) is a Danish swimmer. She competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle and women's 800 metre freestyle events at the 1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of th ...

** Heat — 4:20.96 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Women's 800m Freestyle *

** 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 *

** Heat — 2:15.78 ** B-Final — 2:15.60 (→ 13th place) Women's 200m Individual Medley *

Annette Poulsen Annette Poulsen (born 29 July 1969) is a retired Danish swimmer who won two medals in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay at the World and European championships in 1991. She also competed at the 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olym ...

** Heat — 2:21.83 (→ did not advance, 20th place) Women's 400m Individual Medley *

** Heat — 4:54.01 ** B-Final — 4:54.40 (→ 15th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

, Pia Sørensen, and

** Heat — 3:48.83 *

, Pia Sørensen,

, and

** Final — 3:49.25 (→ 8th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, Pia Sørensen,

, and

** 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

References

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