Denmark competed at the

1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...

in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 66 competitors, 56 men and 10 women, took part in 40 events in 15 sports, winning a total number of three medals.

Medalists

Gold

Valdemar Bandolowski Valdemar Bandolowski (born 17 February 1946 in Esbønderup) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He won a gold medal in the '' Soling Class'' at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and again at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow ...

, Erik Hansen and

Poul Richard Høj Jensen Poul Richard Høj Jensen "PRHJ" (born 2 June 1944) is a Danish sailor, boatbuilder, sailmaker and Olympic champion. PRHJ lives with his wife Sophia alternating in Burnham on Crouch and Freetown, Antigua and Barbuda. Personal life Married with ...

— Sailing, Men's Soling class

Bronze

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 tr ...

— Cycling, Men's 1000 metres time trial *

Verner Blaudzun Verner Blaudzun (born 23 March 1946) is a Danish former cyclist who represented Denmark at the Summer Olympics. He won the bronze medal in the men's team time trial at the 1976 Montreal Olympics held in Canada, alongside Gert Frank, Jørgen Ha ...

Gert Frank Gert Frank (15 March 1956 – 19 January 2019) was a cyclist and Olympic medalist from Denmark. Amateur Frank won the bronze medal in the Team Time Trial event at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, alongside Verner Blaudzun, Jørgen Hanse ...

, Jørgen Hansen and Jørn Lund — Cycling, Men's team time trial

Archery

Olympic veteran Arne Jacobsen was the only archer to represent Denmark in the nation's second appearance in the Olympic archery competition. He dropped 89 points from his previous mark, falling 17 places in the standings. Men's Individual Competition: * Arne Jacobsen – 2334 points (→ 25th place)

Athletics

Men's Marathon * Jørgen Jensen — 2:20:44 (→ 28th place) Men's High Jump *

Jesper Tørring Jesper Tørring (born 27 September 1947 in Randers) is a Danish former athlete who competed in 110 metres hurdles and long jump at the 1972 Summer Olympics and in high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The ...

** Qualification — 2.16m ** Final — 2.18m (→ 8th place)

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1976. ; Individual road race *

— did not finish (→ no ranking) * Jørgen Emil Hansen — did not finish (→ no ranking) * Bent Pedersen — did not finish (→ no ranking) *

Willy Skibby Willy Skibby (born 20 February 1942) is a Danish former cyclist. Skibby was born in Copenhagen and his profession was a car mechanic. His sporting career began with D:C:R: Copenhagen. He competed in the individual road race event at the 1976 ...

— 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 ( ...

* Jørgen Emil Hansen * Jørn Lund ;

Sprint Sprint may refer to: Aerospace *Spring WS202 Sprint, a Canadian aircraft design *Sprint (missile), an anti-ballistic missile Automotive and motorcycle *Alfa Romeo Sprint, automobile produced by Alfa Romeo between 1976 and 1989 *Chevrolet Sprint, ...

— 6th place ; 1000m time trial *

— 1:07.617 (→ Bronze Medal) ; Team pursuit * Ivar Jakobsen * Kim Refshammer *

Bjarne Sørensen Bjarne Sørensen (born 23 December 1954) is a Danish former cyclist. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiys ...

Kim Svendsen Kim Gunnar Svendsen (born 24 December 1955) is a Danish former cyclist. He competed in the team pursuit event at the 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Right ...

Equestrian

Fencing

One female fencer represented Denmark in 1976. ; Women's foil * Annie Madsen

Gymnastics

Handball

Modern pentathlon

Two male pentathletes represented Denmark in 1976. ;Individual *

Jørn Steffensen Jørn Steffensen (born 20 September 1944) is a Danish modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters ...

* Klaus Petersen

Rowing

Sailing

;Open

Shooting

Bo Lilja

Swimming

Weightlifting

References

Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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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