Denmark at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Denmark competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. 78 competitors, 57 men and 21 women, took part in 73 events in 15 sports.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Athletics | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Boxing | 5 | – | 5 |
| Canoeing | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Cycling | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Equestrian | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Judo | 1 | – | 1 |
| Modern pentathlon | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rowing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Sailing | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Shooting | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Swimming | 8 | 7 | 15 |
| Tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 57 | 21 | 78 |
Archery
After two Olympiads without competing in archery, Denmark returned to the sport in 1988. Three men competed, placing 11th as a team and no higher than 23rd as individuals.Men's Individual Competition:
- Henrik Toft — 1/8 final
- Jan Jacobsen — Preliminary round
- Niels Gammelgaard — Preliminary round
- Toft, Jacobsen, and Gammelgaard — Semifinal
Athletics
Men's 1,500 metresMen's Marathon
- Henrik Jørgensen
- * Final — 2:16.40
Men's Decathlon
- Lars Warming — 7859 points
Boxing
Men's Flyweight- Johnny Bredahl
- * First Round — Lost to Hamed Halbouni, RSC-2
Men's Light-Middleweight
Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Niels Madsen
- Claus Børge Nielsen
Cycling
Nine cyclists, eight men and one woman, represented Denmark in 1988. Dan Frost won gold in the points race.;Men's road race
;Men's 1 km time trial
;Men's individual pursuit
;Men's team pursuit
;Men's points race
;Women's road race
- Karina Skibby — 2:00:52
Modern pentathlon
One male pentathlete represented Denmark in 1988.Men's Individual Competition:
- Tue Hellstem — 4940pts
- Hellstem — 4940pts
Sailing
;Men;Women
;Open
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle- Vagn Høgholm
- * Heat — 23.50
- Peter Rohde
- * Heat — 23.70
- Franz Mortensen
- * Heat — 50.74
- * B-Final — 51.05
- Peter Rohde
- * Heat — 51.38
- Franz Mortensen
- * Heat — 1:51.15
- * B-Final — 1:51.44
- Jan Patvel Larsen
- * Heat — 1:53.61
- Claus Christensen
- * Heat — 4:00.46
- Lars Sørensen
- * Heat — 58.01
- Lars Sørensen
- * Heat — 2:05.73
- Lars Sørensen
- * Heat — 1:06.30
- Christian Toft
- * Heat — DSQ
- Benny Nielsen
- * Heat — 54.52
- * B-Final — 54.77
- Benny Nielsen
- * Heat — 1:59.26
- * Final — 1:58.24
- Jan Patvel Larsen
- * Heat — 2:03.01
- Franz Mortensen, Vagn Høgholm, Benny Nielsen, and Peter Rohde
- * Heat — 3:25.15
- Franz Mortensen, Claus Christensen, Jan Patvel Larsen, and Peter Rohde
- * Heat — 7:33.31
- Lars Sørensen, Christian Toft, Benny Nielsen, and Franz Mortensen
- * Heat — 3:51.97
- Gitta Jensen
- * Heat — 26.61
- Gitta Jensen
- * Heat — 57.28
- * B-Final — 57.02
- Pia Sørensen
- * Heat — 57.82
- Mette Jacobsen
- * Heat — 2:01.80
- * B-Final — 2:01.84
- Annette Jørgensen
- * Heat — 2:04.71
- Eva Mortensen
- * Heat — 4:18.06
- Pernille Jensen
- * Heat — 4:20.96
- Pernille Jensen
- * Heat — 8:50.82
- Eva Mortensen
- * Heat — 8:53.67
- Pia Sørensen
- * Heat — 2:38.49
- Mette Jacobsen
- * Heat — 2:15.78
- * B-Final — 2:15.60
- Annette Poulsen
- * Heat — 2:21.83
- Annette Poulsen
- * Heat — 4:54.01
- * B-Final — 4:54.40
- Mette Jacobsen, Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, and Annette Jørgensen
- * Heat — 3:48.83
- Gitta Jensen, Pia Sørensen, Mette Jacobsen, and Annette Jørgensen
- * Final — 3:49.25
- Mette Jacobsen, Pia Sørensen, Annette Jørgensen, and Gitta Jensen
- * Heat — DSQ
Tennis
Women's Singles Competition- Tine Scheuer-Larsen
- * First Round — Defeated Warda Bouchabou 6–0, 6–1
- * Second Round — Defeated Wendy Turnbull 6–4, 6–3
- * Third Round — Lost to Natasha Zvereva 1–6, 2–6