Denmark at the 1896 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the; 1896 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Athens
Competitors	3 in 5 sports
Medals; Ranked 9th	Gold 1 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Three athletes from Denmark competed in five sports at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens. Two of the three combined to win a gold medal, two silvers, and three bronzes, while Eugen Schmidt earned no medals. Viggo Jensen contributed one of each color, while Holger Nielsen earned the second silver and two bronzes. Shooting and weightlifting were Denmark's most successful sports. Denmark had 15 entries in 12 events, winning six medals.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Viggo Jensen	Weightlifting	Men's two hand lift	April 7
Silver	Holger Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 30 m free pistol	April 11
Silver	Viggo Jensen	Weightlifting	Men's one hand lift	April 7
Bronze	Holger Nielsen	Fencing	Men's sabre	April 9
Bronze	Viggo Jensen	Shooting	Men's 300 m free rifle, three positions	April 12
Bronze	Holger Nielsen	Shooting	Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol	April 11

Athletics

Viggo Jensen

Denmark's three athletes had little success in the 100 metres or the discus throw. Jensen took fourth place in the shot put competition, the closest to an athletics medal the Danish team came.

Athlete	Events	Heat		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eugen Schmidt	100 m	Unknown	4	Did not advance
Viggo Jensen	shot put	N/A		Unknown	4
Viggo Jensen	discus throw	N/A		Unknown	5-11
Holger Nielsen	discus throw	N/A		Unknown	5-11

Fencing

One of Nielsen's two bronzes came in the fencing competition, in which he won half of his four matches.

Athlete	Event	Record		Touches		Final Rank
Athlete	Event	Wins	Losses	For	Against	Final Rank
Holger Nielsen	Sabre	2	2	10	9

Opponent nation	Wins	Losses	Percent
Austria	1	0	1.000
Greece	1	2	.333

Total	2	2	.500

Gymnastics

Jensen placed fourth of five competitors in the rope climbing contest, not reaching the top of the 14-metre rope. His actual distance climbed is unknown but it was less than 12.5 metres, the distance of the bronze medallist.

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Viggo Jensen	Rope climbing	Unknown	4

Shooting

Jensen and Nielsen both earned bronze medals in the shooting competitions, with Nielsen also winning a silver medal. Jensen specialized in the rifle events, taking 6th of 42 and 3rd of 20 in the two events. Nielsen did not finish his rifle competition, but performed well in the pistol events, in which he won two medals and took 5th place of 16 in the third event.

Athlete	Event	Hits	Score	Rank
Holger Nielsen	25 m military pistol	Unknown		5
	25 m rapid fire pistol	Unknown
	30 m free pistol	285	Unknown
	200 m military rifle	DNF
Eugen Schmidt	200 m military rifle	845	12	12
Viggo Jensen	200 m military rifle	1640	30	6
Viggo Jensen	300m free rifle	1305	31

Weightlifting

Jensen tied Launceston Elliot for weight lifted in the first event, the two handed lift. Prince George of Greece, the judge for the event, determined that Jensen had lifted the 111.5 kilograms in better style than Elliot, awarded the Dane the gold medal. In the second event, the one handed, Jensen's 57 kilograms were not close to Elliot's 71 kilograms and thus Jensen took second place in that event.

Athlete	Event	Weight	Rank
Viggo Jensen	One hand lift	57.0
Viggo Jensen	Two hand lift	111.5

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References

Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J.; Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at )
Mallon, Bill; Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at )
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.

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