Denmark at the 1900 Summer Olympics

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At the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris
Competitors	13 in 5 sports
Medals Rank: 10	Gold 1	Silver 3	Bronze 2	Total 6
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Denmark competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Danish contingent, 13 men, competed in 5 sports and had 30 entries in 14 events.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Lars Jørgen Madsen - shooting, standing military rifle

Additionally, Edgar Aabye, Eugen Schmidt, and Charles Winckler were part of a mixed team (with three athletes from Sweden) that won the gold medal in tug of war.

Silver

• Anders Peter Nielsen - shooting, kneeling military rifle
• Anders Peter Nielsen - shooting, prone military rifle
• Anders Peter Nielsen - shooting, three positions military rifle

Bronze

• Peder Lykkeberg - swimming, 200 metre backstroke
• Ernst Schultz - athletics, 400 metres

Results by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Four athletes competed in six athletics events, taking a bronze medal.

Event	Place	Athlete	Heat	Semifinal	Repechage	Final
100 metres	—	Johannes Gandil	Unknown 3rd, heat 4	Did not advance
400 metres	3rd	Ernst Schulz	Unknown 2nd, heat 2	None held		Unknown
800 metres	—	Christian Christensen	Unknown 5th, heat 1	None held		Did not advance
1500 metres	5th	Christian Christensen	None held			Unknown

Event	Place	Athlete	Qualifier	Final
Shot put	10th	Charles Winckler	None held	10.76 metres
Discus throw	8th	Charles Winckler	32.50 metres 8th	Did not advance

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed in fencing for the second time in 1900. The team won no medals that time.

Event	Place	Fencer	Round 1	Quarterfinals	Repechage	Semifinals	Final
Masters foil	44-60	Jens Peter Berthelsen	Not advanced by jury	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed again at the second Olympic shooting events. Jensen, who had been more successful in weightlifting four years earlier but had won a bronze medal in shooting, returned. This time, he received no shooting medals. Madsen won an individual gold medal, while Nielsen took three individual silvers including the overall. The team did not take a medal in the team event, though they came close with a score only 13 points less than bronze medallist France's.

Event	Place	Shooter	Score
Military rifle standing	1st	Lars Jørgen Madsen	305
	11th	Viggo Jensen	277
		Anders Peter Nielsen	277
	22nd	Axel Kristensen	261
	28th	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	238
Military rifle kneeling	2nd	Anders Peter Nielsen	314
	8th	Lars Jørgen Madsen	299
	13th	Viggo Jensen	290
	22nd	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	271
	26th	Axel Kristensen	260
Military rifle prone	2nd	Anders Peter Nielsen	330
	10th	Viggo Jensen	308
	16th	Lars Jørgen Madsen	301
	27th	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	273
	30th	Axel Kristensen	261
Military rifle three positions	2nd	Anders Peter Nielsen	921
	5th	Lars Jørgen Madsen	905
	15th	Viggo Jensen	875
	28th	Laurids Jensen-Kjær	782
		Axel Kristensen	782
Military rifle team	4th	Viggo Jensen, Laurids Jensen-Kjær, Axel Kristensen, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Anders Peter Nielsen	4265

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark entered one event in its inaugural Olympic swimming appearance, with Lykkeberg taking the bronze medal.

Event	Place	Swimmer	Seconds	Metres	Score
Men's underwater swimming	3rd	Peder Lykkeberg	90.0	28.50	147.0

Tug of war

Main article: Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics

Denmark contributed 3 of the 6 members of the gold medal winning team in the inaugural tug of war competition.

Event	Place	Athletes	Match 1
Tug of war	1st	Edgar Aabye August Nilsson (SWE) Eugen Schmidt Gustaf Söderström (SWE) Karl Gustaf Staaf (SWE) Charles Winckler	Won vs. France 2-0

References

1. ^ "Denmark:1900 Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/summer/1900/. Retrieved 2010-03-31.