Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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Denmark at the Olympic Games
Flag of Denmark IOC code  DEN NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark external link (Danish)
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors
Flag bearer	Vagn Loft
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 5	Silver 7	Bronze 8	Total 20
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Denmark competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.

Contents 1 Medals 1.1 Gold 1.2 Silver 1.3 Bronze 2 References

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

• Karen Hoff — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles

• Carl-Ebbe Andersen, Tage Henriksen, and Finn Pedersen — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs

• Greta Andersen — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle

• Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke

• Paul Elvstrøm — Sailing, Men's Firefly Class

[edit] Silver

• Johan Andersen — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles

• Ejvind Hansen and Jacob Jensen — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs

• Karen Lachmann — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual

• Aage Larsen and Ebbe Parsner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls

• Ib Storm Larsen, Helge Schrøder, Helge Halkjær, and Aksel Hansen — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours

• Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle

• Eva Riise-Arndt, Greta Andersen, Fritze Carstensen-Nathansen, and Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

[edit] Bronze

• Lily Carlstedt — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw

• Svend Vad — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

• Axel Schandorff — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)

• Birte Christoffersen — Diving , Women's Platform Diving

• Børge Nielsen, Jørgen Olsen, Harry Knudsen, Erik Larsen, and Henry Larsen — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours

• Knud Bastrup-Birk, Hans Colberg, Edvin Hansen, John Hansen, Jørgen W. Hansen, Karl Aage Hansen, Erik Kuld Jensen, Ivan Jensen, Ove Jensen, Viggo Jensen, Per Knudsen, Knud Lundberg, Eigil Nielsen, Knud Børge Overgaard, Poul Petersen, Axel Pilmark, Johannes Pløger, Carl Aage Præst, Holger Seebach, Erling Sørensen, Jørgen Leschly Sørensen, Dion Ørnvold — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition

• Christian Hansen — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight

• Klaus Bæss, Ole Berntsen, and William Berntsen — Sailing, Men's Dragon

[edit] References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

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