Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Denmark competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 58 competitors, 55 men and 3 women, took part in 30 events in 13 sports.[1]

Denmark at the
1980 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Olympic Movement
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Moscow
Competitors58 (55 men and 3 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearers Jørgen Lindhardsen (opening)
Hans Kjeld Rasmussen (closing)
Medals
Ranked 16th
Gold
2
Silver
1
Bronze
2
Total
5
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Gold

  • Hans Kjeld Rasmussen — Shooting, Men's Skeet
  • Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen and Poul Richard Høj Jensen — Sailing, Men's Soling

Silver

  • Peter Due and Per Kjærgaard — Sailing, Men's Tornado

Bronze

  • Hans-Henrik Ørsted — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit
  • Susanne Nielsson — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

Athletics

Men's 400 metres

  • Jens Smedegaard Hansen

Men's Marathon

  • Jorn Lauenborg
    • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing

Men's Lightweight ( 60 kg)

  • Jesper Garnell
    • First Round Defeated Sylvain Rajefiarison (Madagascar) on points (5-0)
    • Second Round Lost to Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (1-4)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Ole Svendsen
    • First Round Lost to Michael Pillay (Seychelles) on points (1-4)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Michael Madsen
    • First Round Defeated Csaba Kuzma (Hungary) on points (3-2)
    • Second Round Lost to Ricardo Rojas (Cuba) on points (1-4)

Canoeing

Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres

  • Hans Christian Lassen

Cycling

Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1980.

Road

Individual road race
  • Henning Jørgensen
  • Verner Blaudzun
  • Allan Jacobsen
  • Per Sandahl Jørgensen
Team time trial
  • Per Kærsgaard Laursen
  • Michael Markussen
  • Jesper Worre
  • Jørgen V. Pedersen

Track

Sprint
  • Henrik Salée
1000m time trial
  • Bjarne Sørensen
Individual pursuit
  • Hans-Henrik Ørsted

Diving

Men's Platform

  • Claus Thomsen

Fencing

Women's foil
  • Max Madsen

Handball

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Defeated Cuba (30-18)
    • Lost to Spain (19-20)
    • Lost to Poland (12-26)
    • Lost to Hungary (15-16)
    • Lost to East Germany (20-24)
  • Classification Match
    • 9th/10th place: Defeated Algeria (28-20) → 9th place
  • Team Roster
    • Ole Nørskov Sørensen
    • Michael Jørn Berg
    • Andres Dahl-Nielsen
    • Thomas Pazyj
    • Bjarne Jeppesen
    • Iver Grunnet
    • Morten Stig Christensen
    • Carsten Haurum
    • Palle Jensen
    • Erik Bue Pedersen
    • Hans Henrik Hattesen
    • Mogens Jeppesen
    • Poul Kjaer Poulsen
    • Per Skaarup

Rowing

Men's coxless pairs

  • Michael Jessen
  • Erik Christiansen

Men's quadruple sculls

  • Reiner Modest
  • Per Rasmussen
  • Morten Espersen
  • Ole Bloch Jensen

Women's single sculls

  • Lise Justesen

Sailing

Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Lasse Hjortnes Finn DSQ 2 21 2 8 18 DNF 99.0 13
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Jacob Bojsen-Møller
Flying Dutchman DSQ 3 6 6 6 4 3 54.5 6
Peter Due
Per Kjaergaard
Tornado 7 2 2 3 2 5 3 30.4
Jens Christensen
Morten Nielsen
Star 4 7 12 2 6 5 1 45.7 5
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Valdemar Bandolowski
Erik Hansen
Soling 1 5 6 5 2 1 1 23.0

Shooting

Open
Athlete Event Final
Score Rank
Henning Clausen 50 metre rifle three positions 1156 9
50 metre rifle prone 592 25
Finn Danielsen 50 metre rifle three positions 1147 17
Ole Justesen Skeet 194 10
Hans Kjeld Rasmussen 196+25+25

Swimming

Women's 100m Breaststroke

  • Susanne Nielsson
    • Heats 1:11.58
    • Final 1:11.16 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Breaststroke

  • Susanne Nielsson
    • Final 2:32.75 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

  • Susanne Nielsson
    • Heats did not start (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Men's Light Heavyweight

  • Erling Johansen

Wrestling

Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman

  • Kaj Jægergaard Hansen

Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman

  • Svend Erik Studsgaard

References

  1. "Denmark at the 1980 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2015.
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