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. 119 competitors, 54 men and 65 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Poul-Erik Høyer-Larsen —

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, Men's Singles Competition *

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, Victor Feddersen, and Niels Henriksen —

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, Men's Lightweight Coxless Four * Kristine Roug —

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, Women's Europe Class * Dorthe Tanderup,

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, Lene Rantala,

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, Susanne Lauritsen,

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, Anja Hansen,

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Silver

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, Men's Individual Road Race

Bronze

* Trine Hansen —

, 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 *

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** 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

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(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 *

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** Final — 1:07:47 (→ 14th place) *

** 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) *

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** 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 **

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** Gitte Krogh ** Lene Madsen ** Lene Terp ** Anne Nielsen **

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Handball

Rowing

Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Open ;Match racing

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 *

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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,

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, 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

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(Switzerland) 6–7 5–7 *

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** First round — Defeated

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(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

References

{{NOCin1996SummerOlympics Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Summer Olympics