title: Denmark at the 1956 Summer Olympics
text: # Denmark at the 1956 Summer Olympics
  
  Denmark competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia and Stockholm, Sweden (equestrian events). 31 competitors, 27 men and 4 women, took part in 25 events in 10 sports.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  ### Gold
  
  * Paul Elvstrøm — Sailing, Men's Finn Individual Competition
  
  ### Silver
  
  * Lis Hartel — Equestrian, Dressage Individual
  * Ole Berntsen, Christian von Bülow and Cyril Andresen — Sailing, Men's Dragon Team Competition
  
  ### Bronze
  
  * Tove Søby — Canoeing, Women's K1 500 metres Kayak Singles
  
  ## Cycling
  
  ### Time trial
  
  * Allan Juel Larsen — 1:14.3 (→ 13th place)
  
  ### Individual road race
  
  * Palle Lykke Jensen — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  
  ## Diving
  
  Women's 10m Platform
  
  * Hanna Laursen
     * Preliminary Round — 35.39 (→ did not advance, 17th place)
  
  ## Fencing
  
  One fencer represented Denmark in 1956.
  
  ### Women's foil
  
  * Karen Lachmann
  
  ## Rowing
  
  Denmark had seven male rowers participate in three out of seven rowing events in 1956.
  
  ### Men's coxless pair
  
  * Finn Pedersen
  * Kjeld Østrøm
  
  ### Men's coxless four
  
  * Elo Tostenæs
  * Mogens Sørensen
  * Børge Hansen
  * Tage Grøndahl
  
  ### Men's coxed four
  
  * Elo Tostenæs
  * Mogens Sørensen
  * Børge Hansen
  * Tage Grøndahl
  * John Vilhelmsen (cox)
  
  ## 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 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7509 | |
  | Ole Berntsen Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow | Dragon | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5723 | |
  
  ## Shooting
  
  Two shooters represented Denmark in 1956.
  
  ### 50 m rifle, three positions
  
  * Uffe Schultz Larsen
  * Ole Hviid Jensen
  
  ### 50 m rifle, prone
  
  * Uffe Schultz Larsen
  * Ole Hviid Jensen
  