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.

Medalists

Gold Stefani Fryland Clausen — Diving, Women's 10m Platform Men's Team (Free system) — Gymnastics Lars Madsen, Niels Larsen, Anders Petersen, Erik Sætter-Lassen and Anders Peter Nielsen — Shooting, Men's Team 300m military rifle, standing

Silver Henry Petersen — Athletics, Pole vault Sören Petersen — Boxing, Heavyweight Anders Petersen — Boxing, Flyweight Gotfred Johansen — Boxing, Lightweight Men's Team (Swedish system) — Gymnastics Men's Team — Field Hockey Niels Larsen — Shooting, Men's 300m free rifle, 3 positions Lars Madsen — Shooting, Men's 300m military rifle, standing Poul Hansen — Wrestling, Greco-Roman heavyweight

Bronze Johannes Eriksen — Wrestling, Greco-Roman light heavyweight

Athletics

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.

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Albert Andersen 10000 m N/A 32:58.4 3 Q did not finish Cross country N/A Unknown 20 Fritiof Andersen 100 m Unknown 4 did not advance Julius Ebert 10000 m N/A did not finish did not advance Cross country N/A Unknown 35 Rudolf Hansen Marathon N/A 2:41:39.4 8 Axel Jensen Marathon N/A did not finish Jón Jónsen 5000 m N/A Unknown 7 did not advance Cross country N/A Unknown 28 Artur Nielsen 5000 m N/A did not finish did not advance Cross country N/A did not finish Niels Pedersen 3 km walk N/A 14:06.3 5 Q 13:36.8 11 10 km walk N/A Disqualified did not advance Gunnar Rasmussen 3 km walk N/A Disqualified did not advance 10 km walk N/A Disqualified did not advance Sofus Rose Marathon N/A 2:41:18.0 5 August Sørensen 100 m 11.3 2 Q Unknown 4 did not advance 200 m 23.8 2 Q Unknown 4 did not advance Henrik Sørensen Cross country N/A Unknown 27 Marinus Sørensen 100 m 11.2 2 Q Unknown 4 did not advance Henri Thorsen 110 m hurdles N/A 16.8 1 Q Unknown 4 did not finish Fritiof Andersen August Sørensen Marinus Sørensen Henri Thorsen 4 × 100 m relay N/A 43.8 2 Q 43.3 5 Albert Andersen Julius Ebert Jón Jónsen Artur Nielsen Henrik Sørensen Team cross country N/A 53 7

AthleteEventQualifyingFinalResultRankResultRank 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

Boxing

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.

BoxerWeight classRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Bronze matchOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Emil Andreasen Light heavyweight N/A Bye L did not advance 5 Nick Clausen Featherweight Bye W L did not advance 5 Einer Jensen Flyweight N/A L did not advance 9 Johan Jensen Lightweight N/A L did not advance 9 Gotfred Johansen Lightweight N/A W W W L Georg Kruse Middleweight Bye L did not advance 9 Hans Jacob Nielsen Featherweight Bye L did not advance 9 Martin Olsen Middleweight Bye W L did not advance 5 Anders Pedersen Flyweight N/A W W W L Søren Petersen Heavyweight N/A Bye W W L Ivan Schannong Welterweight W L did not advance 9 August Suhr Welterweight Bye W L did not advance 5

Opponent nation Wins Losses Percent 2 0 1.000 2 1 .667 0 1 .000 3 5 .375 2 0 1.000 0 1 .000 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

Cycling

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.

Road cycling

CyclistEventFinalResultRank Georg Claussen Time trial 5:02:12.2 20 Kristian Frisch Time trial 5:01:18.8 19 Johan Johansen Time trial 4:52:00.2 11 Johan Lundgren Time trial 4:58:01.0 17 Georg Claussen Kristian Frisch Johan Johansen Johan Lundgren Team time trial 19:52:32.2 4

Track cycling

Ranks given are within the heat.

CyclistEventHeatsQuarterfinalsRepechage semisRepechage finalSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Henri Andersen Sprint 13.6 1 Q Unknown 2 R Unknown 2 did not advance Axel Hansen Sprint Unknown 3 did not advance Henri Andersen Axel Hansen Tandem N/A Unknown 2 N/A did not advance

Diving

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.

DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank Herold Jansson Plain high dive 13 152.0 2 Q 27 159.0 6 Paul Køhler 10 m platform 23 387.40 5 did not advance Svend Sørensen 10 m platform 21 414.80 5 did not advance Plain high dive 27 1370 5 did not advance

Women

Ranks given are within the semifinal group.

DiverEventSemifinalsFinalPointsScoreRankPointsScoreRank 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

Fencing

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.

FencerEventFirst roundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank Otto Bærentzen Épée 4–4 5 did not advance Aage Berntsen Épée 3–4 4 Q 4–7 10 did not advance Foil N/A 0–5 6 did not advance Sabre N/A 5–2 4 Q 0–6 7 did not advance Verner Bonde Foil N/A 0–4 5 did not advance Georg Hegner Épée 1–7 8 did not advance Foil N/A 4–4 4 did not advance Einar Levison Épée 4–2 3 Q 4–4 3 Q 0–11 12 did not advance Foil N/A 4–2 3 Q 1–4 5 did not advance Ivan Osiier Épée 3–6 7 did not advance Foil N/A 4–2 2 Q 3–2 3 Q 4–7 8 Poul Rasmussen Épée 6–3 2 Q 4–6 9 did not advance Kay Schrøder Épée 3–4 6 did not advance Foil N/A 0–8 9 did not advance Aage Berntsen Verner Bonde Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen Team sabre Composition for teams. N/A 2–5 6 Georg Hegner Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen Kay Schrøder Team foil N/A 3–1 2 Q 1–3 4 Otto Bærentzen Aage Berntsen Georg Hegner Einar Levison Ivan Osiier Poul Rasmussen Team épée N/A 1–4 5 did not advance

Field hockey

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.

TeamEventFinalResultRank Denmark men's national field hockey team Field hockey 2–1

Football

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

Gymnastics

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

GymnastEventFinalResultRank 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

Modern pentathlon

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.

PentathleteFinalRidingFencingShootingSwimmingRunningTotalRank Ejner Augsburg 14 4 14 8 17 57 9 Harry Bjørnholm 8 20 18 3 15 61 12 Marius Christensen 12 7 3 7 18 47 5 Johan Skjoldager 7 17 22 20 14 77 20

Rowing

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.

RowerCoxEventQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalResultRankResultRankResultRank Theodor Eyrich N/A Single sculls 8:11.0 2 did not advance

Shooting

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.