Denmark at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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.

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 &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Boxing
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Jesper Garnell
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Sylvain Rajefiarison (Madagascar) on points (5-0)
 * Second Round &mdash; Lost to Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (1-4)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
 * Ole Svendsen
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Michael Pillay (Seychelles) on points (1-4)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
 * Michael Madsen
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Csaba Kuzma (Hungary) on points (3-2)
 * Second Round &mdash; 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

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

Shooting

 * Open

Swimming
Women's 100m Breaststroke
 * Susanne Nielsson
 * Heats &mdash; 1:11.58
 * Final &mdash; 1:11.16 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Women's 200m Breaststroke
 * Susanne Nielsson
 * Final &mdash; 2:32.75 (→ 4th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley
 * Susanne Nielsson
 * Heats &mdash; 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