Denmark at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the
1920 Summer Olympics
Denmark at the; 1920 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Antwerp
Competitors	154 (150 men and 4 women) in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Robert Johnsen
Medals; Ranked 10th	Gold 3 Silver 9 Bronze 1 Total 13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. 154 competitors, 150 men and 4 women, took part in 66 events in 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Henry Petersen — Athletics, Pole vault
Sören Petersen — Boxing, Heavyweight
Anders Petersen — Boxing, Flyweight
Gotfred Johansen — Boxing, Lightweight
Men's Team (Swedish system) — Gymnastics
Men's Team — Field Hockey
Niels Larsen — Shooting, Men's 300m free rifle, 3 positions
Lars Madsen — Shooting, Men's 300m military rifle, standing
Poul Hansen — Wrestling, Greco-Roman heavyweight

Bronze

Johannes Eriksen — Wrestling, Greco-Roman light heavyweight

Athletics

18 athletes represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in athletics, a sport in which Denmark had competed each time the country appeared at the Olympics. Henry Petersen took the country's only medal, a silver in the pole vault. This was Denmark's best ever result in athletics at the time, topping Ernst Schulz's bronze from 1900, and remains tied for best result through the 2008 Games.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Albert Andersen	10000 m	N/A				32:58.4	3 Q	did not finish
Albert Andersen	Cross country	N/A						Unknown	20
Fritiof Andersen	100 m	Unknown	4	did not advance
Julius Ebert	10000 m	N/A				did not finish		did not advance
Julius Ebert	Cross country	N/A						Unknown	35
Rudolf Hansen	Marathon	N/A						2:41:39.4	8
Axel Jensen	Marathon	N/A						did not finish
Jón Jónsen	5000 m	N/A				Unknown	7	did not advance
Jón Jónsen	Cross country	N/A						Unknown	28
Artur Nielsen	5000 m	N/A				did not finish		did not advance
Artur Nielsen	Cross country	N/A						did not finish
Niels Pedersen	3 km walk	N/A				14:06.3	5 Q	13:36.8	11
Niels Pedersen	10 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		did not advance
Gunnar Rasmussen	3 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		did not advance
Gunnar Rasmussen	10 km walk	N/A				Disqualified		did not advance
Sofus Rose	Marathon	N/A						2:41:18.0	5
August Sørensen	100 m	11.3	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
August Sørensen	200 m	23.8	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Henrik Sørensen	Cross country	N/A						Unknown	27
Marinus Sørensen	100 m	11.2	2 Q	Unknown	4	did not advance
Henri Thorsen	110 m hurdles	N/A		16.8	1 Q	Unknown	4	did not finish
Fritiof Andersen August Sørensen Marinus Sørensen Henri Thorsen	4 × 100 m relay	N/A				43.8	2 Q	43.3	5
Albert Andersen Julius Ebert Jón Jónsen Artur Nielsen Henrik Sørensen	Team cross country	N/A						53	7

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Valther Jensen	Discus throw	38.23	7	did not advance
Laurits Jørgensen	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	3.60	6
Frederik Petersen	Shot put	12.525	11	did not advance
Frederik Petersen	Javelin throw	42.13	19	did not advance
Henry Petersen	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	3.70

Boxing

12 boxers represented Denmark at the 1920 Games. It was the nation's second appearance in boxing. Three boxers advanced to the finals in their weight classes, but none was able to win a gold medal. The three silvers were Denmark's first Olympic boxing medals, and placed the nation in sixth for the boxing medal count in 1920.

Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
Boxer	Weight class	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Emil Andreasen	Light heavyweight	N/A	Bye	White (GBR) L	did not advance		5
Nick Clausen	Featherweight	Bye	Newton (CAN) W	Zivic (USA) L	did not advance		5
Einer Jensen	Flyweight	N/A	Cuthbertson (GBR) L	did not advance			9
Johan Jensen	Lightweight	N/A	Newton (CAN) L	did not advance			9
Gotfred Johansen	Lightweight	N/A	Neys (BEL) W	Cassidy (USA) W	Newton (CAN) W	Mosberg (USA) L
Georg Kruse	Middleweight	Bye	Rey-Golliet (FRA) L	did not advance			9
Hans Jacob Nielsen	Featherweight	Bye	Cater (GBR) L	did not advance			9
Martin Olsen	Middleweight	Bye	White (GBR) W	Strømme (NOR) L	did not advance		5
Anders Pedersen	Flyweight	N/A	van Dijk (NED) W	Zivic (USA) W	Cuthbertson (GBR) W	Genaro (USA) L
Søren Petersen	Heavyweight	N/A	Bye	Dove (GBR) W	Spengler (USA) W	Rawson (GBR) L
Ivan Schannong	Welterweight	Heuckelbach (NED) W	Colberg (USA) L	did not advance			9
August Suhr	Welterweight	Bye	Smet (BEL) W	Ireland (GBR) L	did not advance		5

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	2	0	1.000
Canada	2	1	.667
France	0	1	.000
Great Britain	3	5	.375
Netherlands	2	0	1.000
Norway	0	1	.000
United States	3	4	.429

Total	12	12	.500

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	1	0	1.000
Round of 16	5	5	.500
Quarterfinals	3	4	.429
Semifinals	3	0	1.000
Final	0	3	.000
Bronze match	0	0	–

Total	12	12	.500

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The road cycling team came in fourth in the team time trial, the closest the Danish cyclists had come to a medal in either Games to that point.

Road cycling

Cyclist	Event	Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank
Georg Claussen	Time trial	5:02:12.2	20
Kristian Frisch	Time trial	5:01:18.8	19
Johan Johansen	Time trial	4:52:00.2	11
Johan Lundgren	Time trial	4:58:01.0	17
Georg Claussen Kristian Frisch Johan Johansen Johan Lundgren	Team time trial	19:52:32.2	4

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

Cyclist	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Repechage semis		Repechage final		Semifinals		Final
Cyclist	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Henri Andersen	Sprint	13.6	1 Q	Unknown	2 R	Unknown	2	did not advance
Axel Hansen	Sprint	Unknown	3	did not advance
Henri Andersen Axel Hansen	Tandem	N/A		Unknown	2	N/A				did not advance

Diving

Five divers, three men and two women, represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's debut appearance in the sport. Clausen took the nation's only diving medal of the Games, winning the gold in the women's 10 metre platform event.

Men

Ranks given are within the semifinal group.

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
Diver	Event	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Herold Jansson	Plain high dive	13	152.0	2 Q	27	159.0	6
Paul Køhler	10 m platform	23	387.40	5	did not advance
Svend Sørensen	10 m platform	21	414.80	5	did not advance
Svend Sørensen	Plain high dive	27	1370	5	did not advance

Women

Ranks given are within the semifinal group.

Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
Diver	Event	Points	Score	Rank	Points	Score	Rank
Stefanie Clausen	10 m platform	15	153.0	3 Q	6	173.0
Louise Petersen	10 m platform	34	130.0	8	did not advance

Fencing

Eight fencers represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport—the most of any nation in 1920. The country's best individual result was Osiier's eighth-place finish in the foil, with the best team finish also coming in the foil with a fourth-place showing.

Ranks given are within the group.

Fencer	Event	First round		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Fencer	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Otto Bærentzen	Épée	4–4	5	did not advance
Aage Berntsen	Épée	3–4	4 Q	4–7	10	did not advance
	Foil	N/A		0–5	6	did not advance
	Sabre	N/A		5–2	4 Q	0–6	7	did not advance
Verner Bonde	Foil	N/A		0–4	5	did not advance
Georg Hegner	Épée	1–7	8	did not advance
Georg Hegner	Foil	N/A		4–4	4	did not advance
Einar Levison	Épée	4–2	3 Q	4–4	3 Q	0–11	12	did not advance
Einar Levison	Foil	N/A		4–2	3 Q	1–4	5	did not advance
Ivan Osiier	Épée	3–6	7	did not advance
Ivan Osiier	Foil	N/A		4–2	2 Q	3–2	3 Q	4–7	8
Poul Rasmussen	Épée	6–3	2 Q	4–6	9	did not advance
Kay Schrøder	Épée	3–4	6	did not advance
Kay Schrøder	Foil	N/A		0–8	9	did not advance
Aage Berntsen Verner Bonde Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen	Team sabre^[2]	N/A						2–5	6
Georg Hegner Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen Kay Schrøder	Team foil^[2]	N/A				3–1	2 Q	1–3	4
Otto Bærentzen Aage Berntsen Georg Hegner Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen	Team épée^[2]	N/A				1–4	5	did not advance

Field hockey

Denmark competed in field hockey for the first time. The team took second place in the four-team round robin, losing to Great Britain but defeating Belgium and France.

Team	Event	Final
Team	Event	Result	Rank
Denmark men's national field hockey team	Field hockey	2–1

Football

First round
- Lost to Spain (0-1)
→ Did not advance
Team roster
- Sophus Hansen, BK Frem (goalkeeper)
- Steen Steensen Blicher, KB
- Christian Grøthan, B 93
- Ivar Lykke, KB
- Nils Middelboe, KB
- Gunnar Aaby, AB
- Bernhard V. Andersen, BK Frem
- Leo Dannin, KB
- Viggo Jørgensen, B 1903
- Alf Olsen, KB
- Michael Rohde, B 93
- Reserve: Paul Berth, AB
- Reserve: Poul Graae, KB
- Reserve: Carl Hansen, B 1903
- Reserve: Jens Jensen, B 1903
- Reserve: Vilhelm Jørgensen, B 1903
- Reserve: Poul Nielsen, ØB
- Reserve: Svend Ringsted, AB
- Reserve: Fritz Tarp, B 93
- Reserve: Samuel Thorsteinsson, AB

Head coach: Jack Carr

Gymnastics

Forty-five gymnasts represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's fourth appearance in the sport. Denmark sent teams in two out of the three team events, but no individual all-around competitors. The Danish gymnasts took the gold medal in the free system and the silver medal in the Swedish system.

Artistic gymnastics

Gymnast	Event	Final
Gymnast	Event	Result	Rank
Georg Albertsen Rudolf Andersen Viggo Dibbern Fritz Eisenøe Aage Frandsen Hans Hansen Hugo Helsteen Harry Holm Herold Jansson Robert Johnsen Christian Juhl Vilhelm Lange Svend Madsen Peder Marcussen Peder Møller Lukas Nielsen Niels Turin Nielsen Oluf Olsson Steen Olsen Hans Rønne Harry Sørensen Christian Thomas Knud Vermehren	Team, free system	51.35
Johannes Birk Frede Hansen Frederik Hansen Kristian Hansen Hans Hovgaard Aage Jørgensen Alfred Frøkjær Jørgensen Alfred Ollerup Jørgensen Arne Jørgensen Knud Kirkeløkke Jens Lambæk Kristian Larsen Kristian Madsen Niels Kristian Nielsen Niels Erik Nielsen Hans Pedersen Johannes Pedersen Peter Dorf Pedersen Rasmus Rasmussen Dynes Pedersen Hans Christian Sørensen Hans Laurids Sørensen Søren Sørensen Aage Walther Georg West	Team, Swedish system	1324.833

Modern pentathlon

Four pentathletes represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, having competed at both instances of the Olympic modern pentathlon.

A point-for-place system was used, with the lowest total score winning.

Pentathlete	Final
Pentathlete	Riding	Fencing	Shooting	Swimming	Running	Total	Rank
Ejner Augsburg	14	4	14	8	17	57	9
Harry Bjørnholm	8	20	18	3	15	61	12
Marius Christensen	12	7	3	7	18	47	5
Johan Skjoldager	7	17	22	20	14	77	20

Rowing

A single rower represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. Denmark's lone sculler placed second in his quarterfinal heat, not advancing to the semifinals.

Ranks given are within the heat.

Rower	Cox	Event	Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Rower	Cox	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Theodor Eyrich	N/A	Single sculls	8:11.0	2	did not advance

Shooting

Fifteen shooters represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport as well as the Olympics; Denmark was one of three nations (along with France and Great Britain) to have competed in each edition of the Olympic shooting events to that point. With a victory in the standing military rifle, Denmark took its first gold in shooting since 1900. Larsen and Madsen (both among the members of that five-man team) also added a silver medal each.

Shooter	Event	Final
Shooter	Event	Result	Rank
Anton Andersen^[3]	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	878	Unknown
Anton Andersen^[3]	300 m military rifle, prone	Unknown
Christian Andersen	50 m free pistol	407	Unknown
Povl Gerlow	600 m military rifle, prone	57	8
Laurits Larsen	50 m free pistol	475	4
Niels Larsen	50 m free pistol	470	5
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	989
	300 m military rifle, prone	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, standing	51	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	55	Unknown
Niels Laursen	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	903	Unknown
Lars Jørgen Madsen	50 m free pistol	450	Unknown
	50 m small-bore rifle	378	Unknown
	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	951	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	57	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, standing	55
	600 m military rifle, prone	55	Unknown
Christen Møller	50 m small-bore rifle	359	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	Unknown
	600 m military rifle, prone	55	Unknown
Anders Peter Nielsen	50 m small-bore rifle	374	Unknown
Anders Peter Nielsen	300 m military rifle, standing	53	7
Carl Pedersen	50 m free pistol	413	Unknown
Anders Petersen	300 m military rifle, standing	53	7
Peter Petersen	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	923	Unknown
Otto Plantener	50 m free pistol	419	Unknown
Erik Sætter-Lassen	50 m small-bore rifle	378	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, prone	Unknown
	300 m military rifle, standing	54	4
Otto Wegener	50 m small-bore rifle	373	Unknown
Otto Wegener	600 m military rifle, prone	56	Unknown
Anton Andersen^[3] Niels Larsen Niels Laursen Lars Jørgen Madsen Peter Petersen	Team free rifle	4644	5
Anton Andersen^[3] Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Peter Petersen Otto Plantener	300 m team military rifle, prone	268	13
Christian Andersen Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Carl Pedersen Otto Plantener	50 m team free pistol	2159	8
Niels Larsen Lars Jørgen Madsen Anders Peter Nielsen Anders Petersen Erik Sætter-Lassen	300 m team military rifle, standing	266
Lars Jørgen Madsen Christen Møller Anders Peter Nielsen Erik Sætter-Lassen Otto Wegener	50 m team small-bore rifle	1862	4

Tennis

Three tennis players, one man and two women, competed for Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport. The team won no medals, but the mixed pair of Hansen and Tegner took fourth place after winning two matches to advance to the semifinals before losing there and in the bronze medal match.

Player	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
Player	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Elsebeth Brehm	Women's singles	N/A	Dupont (BEL) W 6–3, 6–4	Strömberg (SWE) L 7–5, 6–3	did not advance			9
Amory Hansen	Women's singles	N/A	Bye	D'Ayen (FRA) L 6–2, 6–3	did not advance			9
Erik Tegner	Men's singles	Bye	Kashio (JPN) L 6–3, 6–1, 6–2	did not advance				17
Elsebeth Brehm Amory Hansen	Women's doubles	N/A	N/A	Bye	Arendt & Storms (BEL) L 6–1, 6–1	did not advance		5
Amory Hansen Erik Tegner	Mixed doubles	N/A	Bye	de Borman & Washer (BEL) W 4–6, 8–6, 6–3	Malström & Strömberg (SWE) W 0–6, 6–1, 6–2	Décugis & Lenglen (FRA) L 6–0, 6–1	Skrbková & Žemla-Rázný (TCH) L 8–6, 6–4	4

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	2	1	.667
Czechoslovakia	0	1	.000
France	0	2	.000
Japan	0	1	.000
Sweden	1	1	.500

Total	3	6	.333

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 64	0	0	–
Round of 32	1	1	.500
Round of 16	1	2	.667
Quarterfinals	1	1	.500
Semifinals	0	1	.000
Final	0	0	–
Bronze match	0	1	.000

Total	3	6	.333

Weightlifting

Five weightlifters, one in each weight class, represented Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's second appearance in the sport, having competed in 1896 but not in 1900. Ejnar Jensen had the best result, placing fourth in the unlimited heavyweight class.

Weightlifter	Weight class	Final
Weightlifter	Weight class	Result	Rank
Niels Florin	60 kg	180.0	10
Thorvald Hansen	67.5 kg	202.5	11
Christian Jensen	75 kg	215.0	6
Ejnar Jensen	+82.5 kg	250.0	4
Søren Petersen	82.5 kg	217.5	10

Wrestling

Ten wrestlers competed for Denmark in 1920. It was the nation's third appearance in the sport. All of the Danish wrestlers competed in Greco-Roman wrestling, with none participating in the freestyle competitions. Hansen was the only Dane to win a medal match, taking the heavyweight silver. Eriksen also won a bronze medal, after losing the silver medal match in the only weight class in which no bronze tournament was held. Frisenfeldt reached a silver medal final, while Torgensen reached a bronze match; both lost those matches.

Greco-Roman

Wrestler	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
				Silver quarters	Silver semis	Silver match
				Bronze quarters	Bronze semis	Bronze match
Emil Christensen	Middleweight	Lindfors (FIN) (L)	Did not advance	did not advance			5
				did not advance
				Bye	Johnsen (NOR) (L)	Did not advance
Fritz Christiansen	Lightweight	Väre (FIN) (L)	Did not advance	did not advance			9
				Janssens (BEL) (L)	did not advance
				did not advance
Johannes Eriksen	Light heavyweight	Bye	Pendleton (USA) (W)	Johansson (SWE) (L)	did not advance
				N/A	Sint (NED) (W)	Rosenqvist (FIN) (L)
				N/A
Frants Frisenfeldt	Lightweight	Pavlidis (GRE) (W)	Savonet (BEL) (W)	Metropoulos (USA) (W)	Väre (FIN) (L)	Did not advance	7
				Bye	Rohon (FRA) (W)	Tamminen (FIN) (L)
				Andersen (NOR) (L)	did not advance
Poul Hansen	Heavyweight	Bye	Weyand (USA) (W)	Nieminen (FIN) (W)	Lindfors (FIN) (L)	Did not advance
				Dame (FRA) (W)	Gasiglia (FRA) (W)	Willkie (USA) (W)
				Won silver
Svend Jensen	Featherweight	Bye	Svensson (SWE) (L)	did not advance			11
				N/A	did not advance
				did not advance
Emil Larsen	Heavyweight	Bye	Nieminen (FIN) (L)	did not advance			12
				did not advance
				did not advance
Svend Nielsen	Middleweight	Leloux (NED) (W)	Perttilä (FIN) (L)	did not advance			12
				did not advance
				did not advance
Axel Tetens	Light heavyweight	Bye	Kruusenberg (EST) (W)	Maichle (USA) (W)	Johansson (SWE) (L)	Did not advance	4
				N/A	Rosenqvist (FIN) (L)	Did not advance
				N/A
Rasmus Torgensen	Featherweight	Řezáč (TCH) (W)	Bovis (FRA) (W)	Kähkönen (FIN) (L)	did not advance		4
				N/A	did not advance
				Brian (USA) (W)	Pütsep (EST) (W)	Svensson (SWE) (L)

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Belgium	1	1	.500
Czechoslovakia	1	0	1.000
Estonia	2	0	1.000
Finland	1	10	.091
France	4	0	1.000
Greece	1	0	1.000
Netherlands	2	0	1.000
Norway	0	2	.000
Sweden	0	4	.000
United States	6	0	1.000
Total	18	17	.514

Round	Wins	Losses	Percent
Round of 32	3	2	.600
Round of 16	5	3	.625
Quarterfinals	3	2	.600
Semifinals	0	3	.000
Final	0	0	–
Silver quarterfinals	1	1	.500
Silver semifinals	3	1	.750
Silver match	1	2	.333
Bronze quarterfinals	1	1	.500
Bronze semifinals	1	1	.500
Bronze match	0	1	.000

Total	18	17	.514

References

^ "Denmark at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Denmark Fencing at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Composition for teams.
^ ^a ^b ^c De Wael claims Anton Andersen competed in the free rifle, while a separate shooter named Anders Andersen competed in the military rifle. Sports-Reference, however, indicates that these are the same person.

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[sports-reference-1] "Denmark at the 1920 Antwerp Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-06-22.

[Sports-reference-2] "Denmark Fencing at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Composition for teams.

[Anton_Andersen-3] De Wael claims Anton Andersen competed in the free rifle, while a separate shooter named Anders Andersen competed in the military rifle. Sports-Reference, however, indicates that these are the same person.

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