Denmark at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 129 competitors, 115 men and 14 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.

Cycling
Men's Individual Road Race (190.4 km)
 * Road Competition
 * Hans Andresen &mdash; 5:11:18.5 (→ 8th place)
 * Jørgen Frank Rasmussen &mdash; 5:14:09.4 (→ 19th place)
 * Wedell Østergaard &mdash; 5:22:34.1 (→ 37th place)
 * Helge Hansen &mdash; 5:27:08.8 (→ 52nd place)

Men's 1.000m Time Trial
 * Track Competition
 * Ib Vagn Hansen
 * Final &mdash; 1:14.4 (→ 6th place)

Men's 1.000m Sprint Scratch Race
 * Ove Krogh Rants &mdash; 12th place

Men's 4.000m Team Pursuit
 * Bent Jørgensen, Jean Hansen, Knud Andersen, Preben Lundgren Kristensen, and Henning R. Larsen
 * Eliminated in quarterfinals (→ 6th place)

Fencing
12 fencers, 9 men and 3 women, represented Denmark in 1952.


 * Men's épée
 * Mogens Lüchow
 * René Dybkær
 * Raimondo Carnera


 * Men's team épée
 * Raimondo Carnera, Erik Swane Lund, René Dybkær, Mogens Lüchow, Ib Nielsen, Jakob Lyng


 * Men's sabre
 * Palle Frey
 * Raimondo Carnera
 * Ivan Ruben


 * Men's team sabre
 * Paul Theisen, Raimondo Carnera, Ivan Ruben, Palle Frey, Jakob Lyng


 * Women's foil
 * Karen Lachmann
 * Ulla Barding-Poulsen
 * Kate Mahaut

Football

 * First round


 * Second round


 * Quarter finals

Head coach: Axel Bjerregaard
 * Team roster
 * Poul Andersen, B 93
 * Steen Blicher, AB
 * Jens Peter Hansen, Esbjerg fB
 * Jørgen W. Hansen, KB
 * Jørgen Johansen, KB (goalkeeper)
 * Knud Lundberg, AB
 * Svend Nielsen, B 93
 * Poul Petersen, AB
 * Poul Erik Petersen, Køge BK
 * Holger Seebach, AB
 * Erik Terkelsen, Esbjerg fB
 * Reserve: Søren Andersen, Esbjerg fB
 * Reserve: Henry From, AGF
 * Reserve: Ralf Ginsborg, Hellerup IK
 * Reserve: Carl Holm, B 1903
 * Reserve: Aage Rou Jensen, AGF
 * Reserve: Knud Blak Jensen, KB
 * Reserve: Per Knudsen, AGF
 * Reserve: Jørgen Olesen, AGF
 * Reserve: Jens Torstensen, Odense KFUM

Rowing
Denmark had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1952.
 * Men

Sailing

 * Open

Shooting
Five shooters represented Denmark in 1952.
 * Men

Swimming

 * Men


 * Women

Weightlifting

 * Men