Denmark competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. In partial support of the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics, Denmark competed under the Olympic Flag instead of its national flag. 58 competitors, 55 men and 3 women, took part in 30 events in 13 sports.
Medalists
Gold Hans Kjeld Rasmussen — Shooting, Men's Skeet Valdemar Bandolowski, Erik Hansen and Poul Richard Høj Jensen — Sailing, Men's Soling
Silver Peter Due and Per Kjærgaard — Sailing, Men's Tornado
Bronze Hans-Henrik Ørsted — Cycling, Men's 4.000 metres Individual Pursuit Susanne Nielsson — Swimming, Women's 100 metres Breaststroke
Athletics
Men's 400 metres Jens Smedegaard Hansen
Men's Marathon Jorn Lauenborg Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Boxing
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Jesper Garnell First Round — Defeated Sylvain Rajefiarison (Madagascar) on points (5-0) Second Round — Lost to Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (1-4)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Ole Svendsen First Round — Lost to Michael Pillay (Seychelles) on points (1-4)
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Michael Madsen First Round — Defeated Csaba Kuzma (Hungary) on points (3-2) Second Round — Lost to Ricardo Rojas (Cuba) on points (1-4)
Canoeing
Men's Canadian Singles, 1,000 metres Hans Christian Lassen
Cycling
Eleven cyclists represented Denmark in 1980.
Road Individual road race Henning Jørgensen Verner Blaudzun Allan Jacobsen Per Sandahl Jørgensen
Team time trial Per Kærsgaard Laursen Michael Markussen Jesper Worre Jørgen V. Pedersen
Track Sprint Henrik Salée
1000m time trial Bjarne Sørensen
Individual pursuit Hans-Henrik Ørsted
Diving
Men's Platform Claus Thomsen
Fencing
Women's foil Max Madsen
Handball
Men's team competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Defeated Cuba (30-18) Lost to Spain (19-20) Lost to Poland (12-26) Lost to Hungary (15-16) Lost to East Germany (20-24) Classification Match 9th/10th place: Defeated Algeria (28-20) → 9th place Team Roster Ole Nørskov Sørensen Michael Jørn Berg Andres Dahl-Nielsen Thomas Pazyj Bjarne Jeppesen Iver Grunnet Morten Stig Christensen Carsten Haurum Palle Jensen Erik Bue Pedersen Hans Henrik Hattesen Mogens Jeppesen Poul Kjaer Poulsen Per Skaarup
Rowing
Men's coxless pairs Michael Jessen Erik Christiansen
Men's quadruple sculls Reiner Modest Per Rasmussen Morten Espersen Ole Bloch Jensen
Women's single sculls Lise Justesen
Sailing
Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567Lasse HjortnesFinnDSQ 2 212 8 18 DNF99.0 13 Jørgen Bojsen-MøllerJacob Bojsen-MøllerFlying DutchmanDSQ 3 6 6 6 4 3 54.56Peter DuePer KjaergaardTornado7 22 3 2 5 330.4Jens ChristensenMorten NielsenStar4 7122 65145.75 Poul Richard Høj JensenValdemar BandolowskiErik HansenSoling1 565 2 1 123.0
Shooting
Open AthleteEventFinalScoreRankHenning Clausen50 metre rifle three positions1156950 metre rifle prone59225Finn Danielsen50 metre rifle three positions114717Ole JustesenSkeet19410Hans Kjeld Rasmussen196+25+25
Swimming
Women's 100m Breaststroke Susanne Nielsson Heats — 1:11.58 Final — 1:11.16 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's 200m Breaststroke Susanne Nielsson Final — 2:32.75 (→ 4th place)
Women's 400m Individual Medley Susanne Nielsson Heats — did not start (→ did not advance)
Weightlifting
Men's Light Heavyweight Erling Johansen
Wrestling
Men's Welterweight, Greco-Roman Kaj Jægergaard Hansen
Men's Heavyweight, Greco-Roman Svend Erik Studsgaard
References