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first participated at the

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at the inaugural 1896 Games, and has sent athletes to compete in every

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since then, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Games. Denmark has also participated in the

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several times since 1948, including every Games since 1988. The top medal-producing sport for Denmark is

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. Denmark has won only a single medal at the Winter Games, in

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. The

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for Denmark was created in 1905.

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Medals by Winter Games

Medals by summer sport

Medals by winter sport

List of medalists

Medals by individual

According to official data of the

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. This is a list of people who have won one or more Olympic gold medals and three or more Olympic medals for Denmark. Medals won in the

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are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.

Medals by team

Denmark has been successful at the Olympics in team sports like

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and team

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. In football

has won four medals. Also team gymnastics has given Denmark four medals. In women's handball

has won three gold medals.

Summer Olympics

All Danish medals are listed.

Winter Olympics

Denmark has won a single medal.

Summary by sport

Aquatics

Swimming

Denmark first competed in swimming in 1900, sending one swimmer who competed in one event and won one (bronze) medal.

Athletics

Denmark first competed in track and field athletics in 1896, sending 3 men. The nation has not yet won a gold medal in the sport, earning silver four times and bronze thrice. The nation's first medal was a bronze in 1900, when

Ernst Schultz Ernst Ludvig Emanuel Schultz (15 May 1879 – 20 June 1906) was a Danish sprinter who won a bronze medal in the 400 m event at the 1900 Summer Olympics. In the 1898-99 athletics season, Schultz had set Danish records in the 200 metres and quar ...

placed third in the 400 metres.

Fencing

Denmark had a single sabreur at the 1896 Games, winning the bronze medal.

Gymnastics

Denmark first competed in gymnastics in the inaugural 1896 Olympics, with weightlifter

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 Summ ...

entering the rope climbing competition and finishing fourth out of five.

Sailing

Shooting

Denmark competed in shooting at the inaugural 1896 Games, competing in all five events and earning a silver and two bronze medals. The nation's first gold medal in the sport came in 1900, with

Lars Jørgen Madsen Lars Jørgen Madsen (19 July 1871 – 1 April 1925) was a Danish sport shooter who competed in the early 20th century in rifle shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won a gold medal in the Military R ...

's victory in the standing free rifle.

Weightlifting

Denmark first competed in weightlifting at the inaugural 1896 Games, with one lifter competing.

won the two-hand lift (based on a style tie-breaker), but was injured in the attempt and placed second in the one-hand lift. It remains, as of the 2016 Games, the only gold medal won by Denmark in the sport.

External links

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