Denmark competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

in Barcelona, Spain. 110 competitors, 77 men and 33 women, took part in 67 events in 14 sports.

Medalists

Gold

Jesper Bank Jesper Bank (born 6 April 1957 in Fredericia) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He received a bronze medal in the '' Soling Class'' at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelon ...

, Steen Secher and Jesper Seier — Sailing, Men's Soling Class

Silver

* Arne Nielsson and Christian Wigø —

Canoeing Canoeing is an activity which involves paddling a canoe with a single-bladed paddle. Common meanings of the term are limited to when the canoeing is the central purpose of the activity. Broader meanings include when it is combined with other acti ...

, Men's C-2 1000 metres

Bronze

* Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen — Badminton, Men's Singles * Brian Nielsen — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight *

Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jørgen Bojsen-Møller (born 17 April 1954) is a Danish sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul and won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with Christian Grønborg. At the 1992 Summer ...

and

Jens Bojsen-Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller (born 8 June 1966) is a Danish sailor and Olympic medalist. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and won a bronze medal in the Flying Dutchman class, together with his cousin Jørgen Bojsen-Møller. Jen ...

— Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman Class * Ken Frost, Jimmi Madsen, Klaus Kynde Nielsen, Jan Petersen and

Michael Sandstød Michael Sandstød (born 23 June 1968) is a Danish former professional racing cyclist, who achieved success on both the road and track. Sandstød represented Denmark at the 1992 Summer Olympics, where he rode in the qualification round of the tea ...

— Cycling, Men's Team Pursuit

Archery

Denmark had very little success in the 1992 archery competition, losing all three head-to-head matches. Men's Individual Competition: *

Ole Gammelgaard Ole Gammelgaard Nielsen (born 20 November 1965) is a Danish archer. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 19 ...

— Round of 32, 26th place (0–1) *

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 ...

— Round of 32, 27th place (0–1) * Jan Rytter — Ranking Round, 64th place (0–0) Men's Team Competition: * Gammelgaard, Toft, and Rytter — Round of 16, 13th place (0–1)

Athletics

Women's 3.000 metres *

Gitte Karlshøj Gitte Karlshøj (born 14 May 1959 in Lyderslev, Stevns Municipality, Stevns, Sjælland, Denmark) is a Danish long-distance runner. She ran the 3000 metres at the 1992 Summer Olympics, finishing in a non-qualifying sixth place in the qualifying rou ...

** Heat — 8:54.05 (→ did not advance) Women's 10.000 metres *

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 ...

** Heat — 33:22.43 (→ did not advance) Women's Long Jump *

Renata Nielsen Renata Pytelewska-Nielsen is a Poland, Polish-born former Denmark, Danish long jumper. She was born on 18. May 1966 in Otwock, Mazowieckie, Poland. She participated in the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Her personal long jump record is 6.9 ...

** Heat — 6.63 m ** Final — 6.06 m (→ 11th place)

Badminton

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, nine men and two women, represented Denmark in 1992. ; Men's road race * Lars Michaelsen * Christian Andersen *

Claus Michael Møller Claus Michael Møller (born 3 October 1968) is a Danish former professional cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1992 Summer Olympics. He turned professional in 1995 with the Castellblanch team before moving to Milaneza MSS ...

; Men's individual pursuit * Jan Petersen ; Men's team pursuit * Ken Frost * Jimmi Madsen * Jan Petersen * Klaus Kynde Nielsen *

; 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 ...

— 2:05:03 (→ 11th place) ; Women's individual pursuit *

Hanne Malmberg Hanne Malmberg (born 19 November 1964) is a Danish former cyclist. She competed in the women's individual pursuit at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu ...

Equestrianism

Football

Men's Team Competition

*Preliminary Round (Group B) ** Drew with Mexico (1–1) ** Drew with Ghana (0–0) ** Lost to

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

(0–3) * → Did not advance * Team Roster (club teams in brackets) # Niels Christian Jørgensen (

Aalborg BK Aalborg Boldspilklub is a Danish sports club based in the city of Aalborg. The club is also known as AaB for short (cf. logo) or Aalborg BK. Through time the club has had branches in cricket, tennis, ice hockey, handball, and basketball, but curre ...

) #

Thomas Helveg Thomas Lund Helveg (; born 24 June 1971) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He began and ended his career with Odense Boldklub in the Danish Superliga, with whom he won the 1989 Danish championship. The most p ...

(

Odense BK Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

) # Jacob Laursen (

Vejle BK Vejle Boldklub is a Danish professional football club based in Vejle in Jutland. Formed in 1891, the club is one of the most successful clubs in Danish football history, having won the Danish championship five times and the Danish cup title six t ...

) # Claus Thomsen ( Aarhus GF) # Peter Frank (

BK Frem Boldklubben Frem (also known as Frem, BK Frem or BK Frem Copenhagen) is a Danish sports club based in the Valby- Sydhavnen area of Copenhagen. It is best known for its semi-professional football team. Since its foundation in 1886, Frem has wo ...

) #

Jakob Kjeldbjerg Jakob Kjeldbjerg Jensen (born 21 October 1969) is a Danish television presenter and former professional footballer. As a player as a central defender who notably played in the Premier League for Chelsea from 1993 to 1997, prior to this he had ...

( Silkeborg IF) # Jens Christian Madsen (

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

) #

Ronnie Ekelund Ronnie Michael Ekelund (born 21 August 1972) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as both a midfielder and forward. He notably played in La Liga for Barcelona and in the Premier League for Southampton and Manchester City. In ...

(Brøndby IF) #

Miklos Molnar Miklos Jon Molnar ( hu, Molnár Miklós János; born 10 April 1970), nicknamed "Danish Dynamite", is a Danish former professional footballer of Hungarian origin who played as a striker for a number of Danish and foreign clubs. He was the top go ...

(

Servette FC Servette FC is a Swiss football club based in Geneva, founded in March 1890 with rugby as its first sporting activity, and named after the Geneva district of the same name. The football section was created on 17 January 1900. They play in the S ...

) #

Per Frandsen Per Frandsen (born 6 February 1970) is a Danish football manager and former professional football player. He is currently the manager of Hvidovre IF. He won the 1994–95 Danish Cup with F.C. Copenhagen, and played 265 league games as a midfi ...

(

OSC Lille Lille Olympique Sporting Club (), commonly referred to as LOSC, LOSC Lille or simply Lille, is a French professional association football, football club based in Lille, Hauts-de-France that competes in Ligue 1, the top flight of Football in Fra ...

) #

Peter Møller Peter Møller Nielsen (born 23 March 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who became a sports journalist after ending his football career in December 2005. In 2018 he became sporting director of Dansk Boldspil Union. He won fo ...

(Aalborg BK) # Unused:

Jens Risager Jens Risager (born 9 April 1971), also known as Ayatollah Risager, is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He most prominently won five Danish football championships with Brøndby IF. He played 13 matches for the De ...

(Brøndby IF) # Stig Tøfting (Aarhus GF) #

Lars Højer Nielsen Lars is a common male name in Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with laurel". A homonymous Etruscan name was borne ...

(

F.C. Copenhagen Football Club Copenhagen ( da, Football Club København, ), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark. FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on ...

) # Unused: Michael Hansen (Silkeborg IF) # Unused: Brian Flies (

Næstved IF Næstved () is a town in the municipality of the same name, located in the southern part of the island of Zealand in Denmark. Næstved has several adult education centers, five elementary schools - and has at least one of each type of the four ...

) # Jens Christian Mosegaard Madsen (Odense BK) # Michael Larsen (Silkeborg IF) #

Søren Andersen Søren Andersen (born 31 January 1970) is a Danish former professional footballer. He played as a striker, and most prominently represented English club Bristol City, Spanish club Rayo Vallecano, as well as several Danish clubs. He won the 199 ...

(Aarhus GF) # Unused:

Michael Johansen Michael Bro Johansen (born July 22, 1972) is a Danish former professional football player who played as a midfielder in the Danish Superliga for FC Copenhagen and for English club Bolton Wanderers. He played two games for the Danish national te ...

(F.C. Copenhagen) Head Coach:

Viggo Jensen Alexander Viggo Jensen (born 22 June 1874 in Copenhagen, Denmark; died 2 November 1930 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Danish weightlifter, sport shooter, gymnast, and athlete. He was the first Danish and Nordic Olympic champion, at the 1896 Summe ...

Rowing

Sailing

;Men ;Women ;Open ;Match racing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle * Franz Mortensen ** Heat — 23.61 (→ did not advance, 29th place) Men's 100m Freestyle * Franz Mortensen ** Heat — 51.29 (→ did not advance, 26th place) Men's 200m Freestyle * Franz Mortensen ** Heat — 1:53.86 (→ did not advance, 32nd place) Men's 200m Backstroke * Lars Sørensen ** Heat — 2:06.80 (→ did not advance, 36th place) Men's 100m Breaststroke * Lars Sørensen ** Heat — 1:07.94 (→ did not advance, 48th place) Men's 200m Individual Medley * Lars Sørensen ** Heat — 2:04.65 ** B-Final — 2:03.81 (→ 11th 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 — 26.54 (→ did not advance, 18th place) *

Mette Nielsen Mette Nielsen may refer to: * Mette Nielsen (footballer) (born 1964), Danish footballer * Mette Nielsen (swimmer) (born 1975), Danish swimmer {{hndis, Nielsen, Mette ...

** Heat — 26.80 (→ did not advance, 25th place) Women's 100m Freestyle *

** Heat — 56.47 ** B-Final — 56.59 (→ 12th place) *

Mette Nielsen Mette Nielsen may refer to: * Mette Nielsen (footballer) (born 1964), Danish footballer * Mette Nielsen (swimmer) (born 1975), Danish swimmer {{hndis, Nielsen, Mette ...

** Heat — 58.67 (→ did not advance, 27th 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 — 2:01.84 ** B-Final — 2:02.14 (→ 13th place) *

** Heat — 2:02.27 ** B-Final — 2:02.32 (→ 14th place) Women's 400m Freestyle *

** Heat — 4:16.80 (→ did not advance, 13th place) Women's 100m Breaststroke *

Britta Vestergaard Britta Vestergaard (born 22 May 1975) is a Danish breaststroke, medley and freestyle swimmer. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also ...

** Heat — 1:13.58 (→ did not advance, 27th place) Women's 200m Breaststroke *

** Heat — 2:35.28 (→ did not advance, 21st place) Women's 100m Butterfly *

Berit Puggaard Berit Raith Puggaard (born 11 December 1972 in Copenhagen, Hovedstaden) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Denmark, who represented her native country at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the bronze medal at the 1997 ...

** Heat — 1:04.57 (→ did not advance, 38th place) Women's 200m Butterfly *

** Heat — 2:13.18 ** Final — 2:11.87 (→ 7th place) *

** Heat — 2:16.11 ** B-Final — 2:15.07 (→ 15th 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 — 2:25.67 (→ did not advance, 35th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay *

Mette Nielsen Mette Nielsen may refer to: * Mette Nielsen (footballer) (born 1964), Danish footballer * Mette Nielsen (swimmer) (born 1975), Danish swimmer {{hndis, Nielsen, Mette ...

, and

** Heat — 3:48.78 ** Final — 3:47.81 (→ 6th place) Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay *

, and

** Heat — 4:17.20 (→ did not advance, 11th place)

Tennis

Weightlifting

References

{{NOCin1992SummerOlympics Nations at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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