Denmark at the 1956 Summer Olympics
# 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
