# Denmark at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 129 competitors, 115 men and 14 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Bent Peder Rasch Finn Haunstoft | Canoeing | Men's C-2 1000 m | 28 July |
| Gold | Paul Elvstrøm | Sailing | Men's Finn | 28 July |
| Silver | Lis Hartel | Equestrian | Dressage individual | 29 July |
| Bronze | Jørgen Frantzen Svend Ove Petersen Poul Svendsen | Rowing | Men's coxed pair | 23 July |
| Bronze | Karen Lachmann | Fencing | Women's foil individual | 27 July |
| Bronze | Victor Jörgensen | Boxing | Men's Welterweight | 2 August |

## Cycling
### Road Competition

Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
* Hans Andresen — 5:11:18.5 (→ 8th place)
* Jørgen Frank Rasmussen — 5:14:09.4 (→ 19th place)
* Wedell Østergaard — 5:22:34.1 (→ 37th place)
* Helge Hansen — 5:27:08.8 (→ 52nd place)

### Track Competition

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
* Ib Vagn Hansen
** Final — 1:14.4 (→ 6th place)
Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
* Ove Krogh Rants — 12th place
Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
* Bent Jørgensen, Jean Hansen, Knud Andersen, Preben Lundgren Kristensen, and Henning R. Larsen
** Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 6th place)

## Equestrian
### Dressage

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Lis Hartel | Jubilee | Individual | 541.5 | |
| Kristian Jensen | Odense | Individual | 439.0 | 18 |

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Total |||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Otto Mønsted Acthon | Sirdar | Individual | 121.66 | 12 | 126.00 | 247.66 | 27 | 20 | 267.66 | 26 | 267.66 | 26 |
| Hans Christian Andersen | Tom | Individual | 142.20 | 29 | 40.00 | 182.20 | 20 | 40 | 222.20 | 25 | 222.20 | 25 |
| Aage Rubæk-Nielsen | Sahara | Individual | 119.00 | 10 | 200.00 | 319.00 | 29 | 20 | 339.00 | 30 | 339.00 | 30 |
| Otto Mønsted Acthon Hans Christian Andersen Aage Rubæk-Nielsen | See above | Team | 382.86 | 5 | 366.00 | 748.86 | 5 | 80.00 | 828.86 | 5 | 828.86 | 5 |

## Fencing

12 fencers, 9 men and 3 women, represented Denmark in 1952.

### Men's épée

* Mogens Lüchow
* René Dybkær
* Raimondo Carnera

### Men's team épée

* Raimondo Carnera, Erik Swane Lund, René Dybkær, Mogens Lüchow, Ib Nielsen, Jakob Lyng

### Men's sabre

* Palle Frey
* Raimondo Carnera
* Ivan Ruben

### Men's team sabre

* Paul Theisen, Raimondo Carnera, Ivan Ruben, Palle Frey, Jakob Lyng

### Women's foil

* Karen Lachmann
* Ulla Barding-Poulsen
* Kate Mahaut

## Football
### Quarter finals

* Team roster
** Poul Andersen, B 93
** Steen Blicher, AB
** Jens Peter Hansen, Esbjerg fB
** Jørgen W. Hansen, KB
** Jørgen Johansen, KB (goalkeeper)
** Knud Lundberg, AB
** Svend Nielsen, B 93
** Poul Petersen, AB
** Poul Erik Petersen, Køge BK
** Holger Seebach, AB
** Erik Terkelsen, Esbjerg fB
** Reserve: Søren Andersen, Esbjerg fB
** Reserve: Henry From, AGF
** Reserve: Ralf Ginsborg, Hellerup IK
** Reserve: Carl Holm, B 1903
** Reserve: Aage Rou Jensen, AGF
** Reserve: Knud Blak Jensen, KB
** Reserve: Per Knudsen, AGF
** Reserve: Jørgen Olesen, AGF
** Reserve: Jens Torstensen, Odense KFUM
Head coach: Axel Bjerregaard

## Rowing

Denmark had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1952.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semifinal | Semifinal | Second Repechage | Second Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Aage Larsen Ebbe Parsner | Men's double sculls | 7:27.3 | 4 R | 7:09.3 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Bent Jensen Palle Tillisch | Coxless pair | 8:13.3 | 2 R | BYE | BYE | 8:15.7 | 4 R | 7:47.1 | 2 | Did not advance | 8 |
| Svend Ove Pedersen Poul Svendsen Jørgen Frantzen | Coxed pair | 8:02.7 | 2 Q | BYE | BYE | 8:18.7 | 3 Q | 7:51.2 | 1 Q | 8:34.9 | |
| Knud Bruun Jensen Carl Nielsen Harry Nielsen Paul Locht | Coxless four | 6:50.5 | 4 R | 6:51.9 | 2 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 13 |
| Niels Kristensen Ove Nielsen Peter Hansen Bent Blach Petersen Eivin Kristensen | Coxed four | 7:33.9 | 3 R | 7:03.4 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 7:08.6 | 3 | Did not advance | 9 |
| Bjørn Stybert Preben Hoch Mogens Snogdahl Jørn Snogdahl Helge Muxoll Schrøder Björn Brönnum Leif Hermansen Ole Scavenius Jensen John Vilhelmsen | Men's eight | 6:17.9 | 4 R | 6:17.8 | 1 Q | BYE | BYE | 6:16.0 | 3 | Did not advance | 8 |

## Sailing
### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Net points | Final rank |
| Paul Elvstrøm | Finn | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8209 | |
| William Berntsen Aage Birch Ole Berntsen | Dragon | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 4460 | 5 |
| Poul Ohff Henning Christensen Ingemann Bylling Jensen | 5.5 Metre | 5 | 7 | DNF | 13 | 5 | 5 | DSQ | 2469 | 11 |

## Shooting

Five shooters represented Denmark in 1952.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank |
| Allan Christensen | Trap | 165 | 31 |
| Jørgen Hare | Men's 50 m rifle prone | 392 | 38 |
| Uffe Schultz Larsen | Men's 300 m rifle three positions | 1067 | 15 |
| Uffe Schultz Larsen | Men's 50 m rifle three positions | 1152 | 15 |
| Uffe Schultz Larsen | Men's 50 m rifle prone | 394 | 28 |
| Per Nielsen | Men's 25 m pistol | 527 | 47 |
| Per Winge | Men's 25 m pistol | 549 | 27 |

## Swimming
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Knud Gleie | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:51.4 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Greta Andersen | 100 metre freestroke | 1:08.0 | 2 Q | 1:08.2 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Greta Andersen | 400 metre freestroke | 5:21.3 | 2 Q | 5:22.1 | 8 Q | 5:27.0 | 8 |
| Jytte Hansen | 200 metre breaststroke | 2:57.7 | 3 Q | 2:59.5 | 7 Q | 2:57.8 | 5 |
| Ragnhild Hveger | 100 metre freestroke | 1:08.6 | 2 Q | 1:07.7 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ragnhild Hveger | 400 metre freestroke | 5:19.6 | 1 Q | 5:19.5 | 4 Q | 5:16.9 | 5 |
| Kirsten Hedegaard Jensen | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:07.5 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Gerda Olsen | 100 metre backstroke | 1:20.1 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mette Ove Petersen | 100 metre freestroke | 1:09.6 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mette Ove Petersen | 400 metre freestroke | 5:30.6 | 3 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Eileen Ward Petersen | 200 metre breaststroke | 3:09.3 | 22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Rita Larsen Mette Ove Petersen Greta Andersen Ragnhild Hveger | 4 x 100 metre freestyle | 4:36.4 | 3 Q | — | — | 4:36.2 | 4 |

## Weightlifting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Military Press | Military Press | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Johan Runge | 67.5 kg | 105 | 2 | 97.5 | 12 | 127.5 | 9 | 330 | 7 |
| Jørgen Moritzen | 75 kg | 97.5 | 16 | 105 | 12 | 137.5 | 12 | 340 | 13 |
| Jens Jørn Mortensen | 90 kg | 102.5 | 16 | 100 | 19 | 142.5 | 12 | 345 | 15 |