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competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in

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, Japan. 60 competitors, 53 men and 7 women, took part in 40 events in 10 sports.

Medalists

Gold

* Ole Berntsen, Christian von Bülow and Ole Poulsen —

Sailing Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the ''water'' (sailing ship, sailboat, raft, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ''ice'' (iceboat) or on ''land'' (land yacht) over a chosen cou ...

, Men's Dragon Class * John Hansen,

Bjørn Hasløv Bjørn Borgen Hasløv (born 18 May 1941) is a retired Danish rower. Together with Erik Petersen, Kurt Helmudt and John Hansen he won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1964 European Championships in the coxless ...

, Erik Petersen and Kurt Helmudt —

Rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically ...

, Men's Coxless Fours

Silver

Kjell Rodian Kjell Åkerstrøm Hansen Rodian (30 June 1942 – 29 December 2007) was a Danish cyclist who won an individual silver medal in the road race at the 1964 Olympics. After that he semi-retired for nine years, and after returning to cycling rode the ...

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Cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from t ...

, Men's Individual Road Race

Bronze

* Henning Wind —

, Men's Finn Class *

Preben Isaksson Preben Isaksson (22 January 1943 – 27 December 2008) was a Danish cyclist. He won a bronze medal in the 4000 m individual pursuit at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were a ...

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, Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit *

Peer Nielsen Peer Nielsen (sometimes shown as Peer Noorbohm, born June 25, 1942) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the early 1960s. He won the bronze medal in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京 ...

and John Sørensen — Canoeing, Men's C-2 1.000m

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Twelve cyclists represented Denmark in 1964. ; Individual road race *

* Ole Højlund Pedersen * Flemming Gleerup Hansen * Ole Ritter ; Team time trial * Flemming Gleerup Hansen * Henning Petersen * Ole Højlund Pedersen * Ole Ritter ; Sprint *

Niels Fredborg Niels Christian Fredborg (born 28 October 1946) is a retired Danish track cyclist. He competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics in the sprint and 1 km time trial events, winning a silver, a gold and a bronze medal in the time t ...

* Peder Pedersen ; 1000m time trial * Jan Ingstrup-Mikkelsen ;

Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Per Sarto Jørgensen ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

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Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Bent Hansen *

* Jan Ingstrup-Mikkelsen * Kurt vid Stein

Diving

Rowing

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Two shooters represented Denmark in 1964. ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Niels Petersen * Ole Hviid Jensen ; 50 m rifle, prone * Ole Hviid Jensen * Niels Petersen

Swimming

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1964 Summer Olympics

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