Danish athletes at the Melbourne 1956 Olympics* |
 
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 800 m M | | DEN | Gunnar Nielsen | ||
| 1500 m M | | DEN | Gunnar Nielsen | ||
| 5000 m M | | DEN | Thyge Thøgersen | ||
| 10000 m M | | DEN | Thyge Thøgersen | ||
 Boxing | |||||
| Bantamweight M | | DEN | Henrik Ottesen | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | DEN | Hans V. Petersen | ||
| Middleweight M | | DEN | Jens Andersen | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | DEN | Tove Søby | ||
| K1 1000 m M | | DEN | Villy Christiansen | ||
| K1 10000 m M | | DEN | Svend Frømming | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | DEN | Gerner Christiansen | ||
| Kaj Sylvan | |||||
| C2 10000 m M | | DEN | Aksel Dunn | ||
| Finn Haunstoft | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | DEN | Allan Juel Larsen | ||
 Diving | |||||
| Platform W | | DEN | Hanna Laursen | ||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | DEN | Lis Hartel | ||
| Inger Lemvigh-Müller | |||||
| Hermann Zobel | |||||
| Dressage team | | DEN | Hermann Zobel | ||
| Lis Hartel | |||||
| Inger Lemvigh-Müller | |||||
 Fencing | |||||
| Foil individual W | | DEN | Karen Lachmann | ||
 Sailing | |||||
| Dragon | | DEN | Cyril Andresen | ||
| Ole Berntsen | |||||
| Christian von Bülow | |||||
| Finn M | | DEN | Paul Elvstrøm | ||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions M | | DEN | Uffe Schultz Larsen | ||
| Ole Hviid Jensen | |||||
| Rifle prone M | | DEN | Uffe Schultz Larsen | ||
| Ole Hviid Jensen | |||||
 Swimming | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | DEN | Jytte Hansen | ||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | DEN | Knud Gleie | ||
| * The list of Danish athletes in the 1956 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about Danish athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Melbourne 1956 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
