Denmark at the 1906 Intercalated Games

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Denmark at the
1906 Intercalated Olympics
Flag of Denmark.svg
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Athens
Competitors49 in 8 sports
Medals
Ranked 11th
Gold
3
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Denmark competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece. 49 athletes, all men, competed in 24 events in 8 sports.[1]

Medallists[]

Medal Name Sport Event Date
1st place, gold medalist(s) Søren Jensen Wrestling Heavyweight April 28
1st place, gold medalist(s) Søren Jensen Wrestling All-round April 30
1st place, gold medalist(s) Football Football April 25
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Carl Carlsen Wrestling Lightweight April 26
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gymnastics Team All-round April 23
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wrestling Middleweight April 27

Athletics[]

Track
Athlete Events Heat Semifinals Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Otto Bock 100 metres Unknown 2 Q Unknown 3 Did not advance
Unknown Unknown Did not advance
400 metres Unknown 3 Did not advance
Marathon n/a Did not finish
Field
Athlete Events Final
Result Rank
High Jump Unknown Unknown
Unknown Unknown
Otto Bock Unknown Unknown
Long Jump 5.555 21
5.470 22
Otto Bock 5.770 15
Standing Long Jump 2.555 25
2.520 27
Triple Jump 12.000 14

Cycling[]

Athlete Events Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Individual road race n/a Unknown 7
20 Kilometres Did not finish Did not advance

Fencing[]

Athlete Events Heat Group Semifinal Group Final Group
Rank Rank Rank
Herbert Sander Individual Foil 1 Q Unknown Did not advance
Unknown Did not advance
Individual Épée 3 Did not advance
Unknown Did not advance
Herbert Sander Individual Sabre 1 Q Unknown Did not advance

Football[]

Smyrna were a team from the Ottoman Empire, although none of the players were from Turkey and actually included some English players, the final against Greek side Athens was abandoned at half-time with the Danish team leading 9-0, the Greeks refused to come out for the second half.

  • Squad

Semifinals

Denmark 5 – 1 Turkey
Attendance: 3,000

Final

Denmark 9 – 0 Greece
Final rank
 Gold

Gymnastics[]

In the team all-round event, teams could consist of between 8 and 20 gymnasts, Denmark won the silver medal behind Norway.

  • Team

Rowing[]

Athlete Events Final
Result Rank


Coxed pairs (1 km) Unknown Unknown


Coxed pairs (1 mile) Unknown 4




Coxed fours Unknown 4

Swimming[]

Athlete Events Heat Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Ludvig Dam 100 metres freestyle Unknown 6 Did not advance
Hjalmar Saxtorph 400 metres freestyle n/a Did not finish
One mile freestyle n/a 38:24.0 11

Wrestling[]

Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Round 1 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Group
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Carl Carlsen Lightweight   (EGY)
W
n/a  Halík (BOH)
W
  (HUN)
W
 Watzl (AUT)
L
2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Middleweight   (AUT)
W
  (BOH)
W
  (AUT)
W
 Weckman (FIN)
W
  (AUT)
L
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Søren Jensen Heavyweight bye   (GER)
W
 Dubois (BEL)
W
n/a   (AUT)
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)
Søren Jensen All-Round n/a  Watzl (AUT)
W
 Weckman (FIN)
W
1st place, gold medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "Denmark at the 1906 Intercalated Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
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