Denmark at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Gold

• Niels Fredborg — Cycling, Men's 1000 metres time trial

  Archery

• Erna Rahbek Pedersen - 2244 points
• Lilli Lentz - 2218 points

• Arne Jacobsen - 2423 points
• Herluf Andersen - 2394 points

  Athletics

• Tom B. Hansen
• * Heat — 3:41.1
• * Semifinals — 3:41.6
• * Final — 3:46.4
• Gerd Larsen
• * Heat — 3:44.7
• * Semifinals — 3:59.4

• Jørn Lauenbourg
• * Heat — 14:18.8
• Gert Kaerulin
• * Heat — 14:39.2

  Boxing

• Erik Madsen
• * First Round — Bye
• * Second Round — Lost to Charlie Nash, 0:5

• Ib Bøtcher
• * First Round — Defeated Nicolas Ortiz Flores, 3:2
• * Second Round — Lost to John Rodgers, TKO-3

• Poul Knudsen
• * First Round — Bye
• * Second Round — Defeated William Peets, 5:0
• * Quarterfinals — Lost to Prince Amartey, 2:3

  Canoeing

Cycling

• Jørgen Marcussen — 21st place
• Ove Jensen — 28th place
• Henning Jørgensen — 48th place
• Eigil Sørensen — did not finish

• Jørgen Emil Hansen
• Junker Jørgensen
• Jørn Lund
• Jørgen Marcussen

• Niels Fredborg
• Peder Pedersen

• Niels Fredborg
• * Final — 1:06.44

• Reno Olsen

• Gunnar Asmussen
• Svend Erik Bjerg
• Reno Olsen
• Bent Pedersen

  Equestrian

Fencing

• Reinhard Münster
• Peter Askjær-Friis
• Ivan Kemnitz

• Torben Bjerre-Poulsen, Peter Askjær-Friis, Ivan Kemnitz, Reinhard Münster, Jørgen Thorup

• Annie Madsen

  Football

• First Round
• * Defeated Brazil
• * Defeated Iran
• * Lost to Hungary
• Second Round
• * Drew with Poland
• * Defeated Morocco
• * Lost to Soviet Union → did not advance, 5th place over-all
• Team Roster
• * Flemming Ahlberg, BK Frem
• * Svend Andresen, B 1903
• * Keld Bak, Næstved IF
• * Hans Ewald Hansen, B 1901
• * Heino Hansen, Slagelse B&I
• * Jack Hansen, B 1913
• * Heinz Hildebrandt, Hvidovre IF
• * Kristen Nygaard, Fuglebakken Aarhus
• * Flemming Pedersen, KB
• * Leif Printzlau, BK Frem
• * Jørgen Rasmussen, Randers Freja
• * Max Rasmussen, AB
• * Per Røntved, Brønshøj BK
• * Allan Simonsen, Vejle BK
• * Mogens Therkildsen, Odense BK
• * Steen Ziegler, Hvidovre IF
• * Reserve: Kurt Berthelsen, Aalborg BK
• * Reserve: Valdemar Hansen, BK Frem
• * Reserve: Helge Vonsyld, Randers Freja
• Head Coach: Rudi Strittich

  Gymnastics

Handball

• Preliminary Round
• * Drew with the Soviet Union
• * Lost to Poland
• * Lost to Sweden
• Final Round
• * Defeated Tunisia
• * Defeated United States → 13th place
• Team Roster
• * Arne Andersen
• * Keld Jul Andersen
• * Jørgen Frandsen
• * Claus Jørgen From
• * Flemming Hansen
• * Jørgen Heidemann
• * Søren Jensen
• * Bent Jørgensen
• * Kay Sloth Jørgensen
• * Flemming Lauritzen
• * Svend Otto Lund
• * Tom Benny Lund
• * Thor Munkager
• * Vagn Harris Nielsen
• * Karsten Steen Sørensen
• * Jørgen Vodsgaard

  Modern pentathlon

• Jørn Steffensen - 4887 points
• Klaus Petersen - 4492 points
• René Heitmann - 4190 points

• Steffensen, Petersen, and Heitmann - 13547 points

  Rowing

• Kim Børgesen
• *Heat — 7:58.94
• *Repechage — 7:56.66
• *Semi Finals — 8:27.93
• *B-Final — 8:09.04

  Sailing

Shooting

• Lennart Christensen

• Vagn Andersen
• Per Weichel

• Henning Clausen
• Per Weichel

• Henning Clausen
• Vagn Andersen

• Egon Hansen

• Niels-Ove Mikkelsen
• Ole Justesen

  Swimming

• Ejvind Pedersen
• Lars Børgesen

• Ejvind Pedersen
• Lars Børgesen

• Karl Christian Koch

• Karl Christian Koch

• Kirsten Strange-Campbell

• Kirsten Knudsen

• Kirsten Knudsen

• Winnie Nielsen

• Winnie Nielsen

• Kirsten Strange-Campbell

• Kirsten Strange-Campbell

  Weightlifting

Wrestling