| Noc: | DEN |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 1900 |
| Website: | |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Date: | May 14, 1900 – October 28, 1900 |
| Competitors: | 13 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Events: | 14 |
| Rank: | 10 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 2 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Denmark competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. The Danish contingent, 11 men, competed in 4 sports and had 30 entries in 14 events. 3 Danish athletes also competed in Tug-of-War under the mixed team flag.[1]
Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
| Medals by sport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Total | |||||||
| Athletics | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Swimming | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | style=background:gold | 1 | style=background:silver | 3 | style=background:#c96 | 2 | 6 | |
The following competitors won multiple medals at the 1900 Olympic Games.
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fencing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Shooting | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Swimming | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tug of war | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 13[2] | 0 | 13 |
See main article: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Denmark competed in athletics for the second time. Four athletes competed in six athletics events, taking a bronze medal. It was Denmark's first athletics medal.
Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Repechage | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Johannes Gandil | align=left rowspan=2 | 100 m | Unknown | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Ernst Schultz | Did not advance | |||||||||
| Johannes Gandil | align=left rowspan=2 | 400 m | Did not advance | |||||||
| Ernst Schultz | Unknown | 2 Q | 51.5 | |||||||
| Christian Christensen | 800 m | Unknown | 5 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Christian Christensen | 1500 m | Unknown | 5 | |||||||
Field events
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Position | Distance | Position | |||
| Charles Winckler | Men's shot put | 10.76 | 10 | Did not advance | ||
| Charles Winckler | Men's discus throw | 32.50 | =8 | Did not advance | ||
See main article: Fencing at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Denmark competed in fencing for the second time in 1900. The team won no medals that time.
See main article: Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Denmark competed again at the second Olympic shooting events. Jensen, who had been more successful in weightlifting four years earlier but had won a bronze medal in shooting, returned. This time, he received no shooting medals. Madsen won an individual gold medal, while Nielsen took three individual silvers including the overall. The team did not take a medal in the team event, though they came close with a score only 13 points less than bronze medallist France's.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | |||
| Viggo Jensen | Men's 300 metre free rifle, standing | 277 | =11 | |
| Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 238 | =28 | ||
| Axel Kristensen | 261 | =22 | ||
| Lars Jørgen Madsen | 305 | |||
| Anders Peter Nielsen | 277 | =11 | ||
| Viggo Jensen | Men's 300 metre free rifle, kneeling | 290 | =13 | |
| Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 271 | =22 | ||
| Axel Kristensen | 260 | 26 | ||
| Lars Jørgen Madsen | 299 | 8 | ||
| Anders Peter Nielsen | 314 | |||
| Viggo Jensen | Men's 300 metre free rifle, prone | 308 | =10 | |
| Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 273 | 27 | ||
| Axel Kristensen | 261 | 30 | ||
| Lars Jørgen Madsen | 301 | =16 | ||
| Anders Peter Nielsen | 330 | |||
| Viggo Jensen | Men's 300 metre free rifle, three positions | 875 | 15 | |
| Laurids Jensen-Kjær | 782 | =28 | ||
| Axel Kristensen | 782 | =28 | ||
| Lars Jørgen Madsen | 905 | 5 | ||
| Anders Peter Nielsen | 921 | |||
| Lars Jørgen Madsen Viggo Jensen Anders Peter Nielsen Axel Kristensen Laurids Jensen-Kjær | Men's 300 metre free rifle, team | 4265 | 4 | |
See main article: Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Denmark entered one event in its inaugural Olympic swimming appearance, with Lykkeberg taking the bronze medal.
See main article: Tug of war at the 1900 Summer Olympics.