title: Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics
text: # Denmark at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  
  Denmark competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 66 competitors, 56 men and 10 women, took part in 40 events in 15 sports, winning a total number of three medals.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Gold
  
  * Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen and Poul Richard Høj Jensen — Sailing, Men's Soling class
  
  ### Bronze
  
  * Niels Fredborg — Cycling, Men's 1000 metres time trial
  * Verner Blaudzun, Gert Frank, Jørgen Hansen and Jørn Lund — Cycling, Men's team time trial
  
  ## Archery
  
  Olympic veteran Arne Jacobsen was the only archer to represent Denmark in the nation's second appearance in the Olympic archery competition. He dropped 89 points from his previous mark, falling 17 places in the standings.
  
  Men's Individual Competition:
  
  * Arne Jacobsen – 2334 points (→ 25th place)
  
  ## Athletics
  
  Men's Marathon
  
  * Jørgen Jensen — 2:20:44 (→ 28th place)
  
  Men's High Jump
  
  * Jesper Tørring
     * Qualification — 2.16m
     * Final — 2.18m (→ 8th place)
  
  ## Cycling
  
  Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1976.
  
  ### Individual road race
  
  * Verner Blaudzun — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  * Jørgen Emil Hansen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  * Bent Pedersen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  * Willy Skibby — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  
  ### Team time trial
  
  * Verner Blaudzun
  * Gert Frank
  * Jørgen Emil Hansen
  * Jørn Lund
  
  ### Sprint
  
  * Niels Fredborg — 6th place
  
  ### 1000m time trial
  
  * Niels Fredborg — 1:07.617 (→ Bronze Medal)
  
  ### Team pursuit
  
  * Ivar Jakobsen
  * Kim Refshammer
  * Bjarne Sørensen
  * Kim Svendsen
  
  ## Fencing
  
  One female fencer represented Denmark in 1976.
  
  ### Women's foil
  
  * Annie Madsen
  
  ## Modern pentathlon
  
  Two male pentathletes represented Denmark in 1976.
  
  ### Individual
  
  * Jørn Steffensen
  * Klaus Petersen
  
  ## 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 |
  | Jørgen Lindhardsen | Finn | 15 | 11 | 11 | 21 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 106.0 | 14 |
  | Lars Lønberg Dan Ibsen Sørensen | 470 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 11 | 99.7 | 12 |
  | Peter Due Per Kjaergaard | Tornado | 4 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 74.7 | 9 |
  | Claes Thunbo Christensen Finn Thunbo Christensen | Tempest | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 62.7 | 6 |
  | Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen | Soling | 2 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 46.7 | |
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Bo Lilja
  
  