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.

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 &mdash; 1:14.3 (→ 13th place)


 * Individual road race
 * Palle Lykke Jensen &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving
Women's 10m Platform
 * Hanna Laursen
 * Preliminary Round &mdash; 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

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