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]

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.

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Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		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
	Javelin throw	42.13	19	did not advance
Henry Petersen	Pole vault	3.60	1 Q	3.70

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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.

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Boxer	Weight class	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / Bronze match
		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

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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

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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.

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.

Women

Ranks given are within the semifinal group.

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Diver	Event	Semifinals			Final
		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

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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.

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.

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

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• 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

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

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Gymnast	Event	Final
		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

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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.

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.

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.

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Shooter	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Anton Andersen[3]	300 m free rifle, 3 pos.	878	Unknown
	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
	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
	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

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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.

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Player	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
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

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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

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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.

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

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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)	Savonnet (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)

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More information Opponent nation, Wins ...

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

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