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Denmark
Career 1912 - 2021
Best year 1948
Total points 1128
Best results 3x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#10
10-year rank
#24

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Disciplines

Contests

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
1912 Olympic Games Coxed four, inriggers Men 1 25 -
1948 Olympic Games Coxed pair Men 1 25 -
1964 Olympic Games Coxless four Men 1 25 -
1996 Olympic Games Lightweight coxless four Men 1 20 -
2004 Olympic Games Lightweight coxless four Men 1 20 -
2008 Olympic Games Lightweight coxless four Men 1 20 -
2012 Olympic Games Lightweight double sculls Men 1 20 -
1948 Olympic Games Coxless four Men 2 15 -
1936 Olympic Games Coxless pair Men 2 15 -
1948 Olympic Games Double sculls Men 2 15 -
2016 Olympic Games Lightweight coxless four Men 2 12 -
1970 World Championships Double sculls Men 1 12 -
1995 World Championships Double sculls Men 1 12 -
1930 European Championships before 1962 Coxed Four Men 1 10 -
1950 European Championships before 1962 Coxed Four Men 1 10 -
1933 European Championships before 1962 Coxless four Men 1 10 -
1953 European Championships before 1962 Coxless four Men 1 10 -
1947 European Championships before 1962 Coxless Pair Men 1 10 -
1954 European Championships before 1962 Coxless Pair Men 1 10 -
1949 European Championships before 1962 Double sculls Men 1 10 -
1950 European Championships before 1962 Double sculls Men 1 10 -
1994 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
1997 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
1998 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
1999 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
2002 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
2003 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
2013 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
2014 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 10 -
1996 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 1 10 -
2003 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 1 10 -
2004 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 1 10 -
2005 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 1 10 -
2006 World Championships Lightweight double sculls Men 1 10 -
2007 World Championships Lightweight double sculls Men 1 10 -
1981 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 1 10 -
1984 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 1 10 -
1992 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 1 10 -
1995 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 1 10 -
1983 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Bjarne Eltang
1984 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Bjarne Eltang
1992 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Jens Mohr Ernst
1996 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Karsten Nielsen
1997 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Karsten Nielsen
1999 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Karsten Nielsen
2011 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Henrik Stephansen
2012 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Henrik Stephansen
2013 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 10 Henrik Stephansen
1950 European Championships before 1962 Single sculls Men 1 10 Erik Larsen
1951 European Championships before 1962 Single sculls Men 1 10 Erik Larsen
1912 Olympic Games Coxed four Men 3 9 -
1948 Olympic Games Coxed four Men 3 9 -
1952 Olympic Games Coxed pair Men 3 9 -
1968 Olympic Games Coxed pair Men 3 9 -
1984 Olympic Games Coxless four Men 3 9 -
1968 Olympic Games Coxless pair Men 3 9 -
2020 Olympic Games Coxless pair Men 3 9 -
2019 World Championships Single sculls Men 2 8 Sverri Sandberg Nielsen
2000 Olympic Games Lightweight coxless four Men 3 7 -
2012 Olympic Games Lightweight coxless four Men 3 7 -
2008 Olympic Games Lightweight double sculls Men 3 7 -
1929 European Championships before 1962 Coxed Four Men 2 6 -
1931 European Championships before 1962 Coxed Four Men 2 6 -
1932 European Championships before 1962 Coxed Four Men 2 6 -
1954 European Championships before 1962 Coxed Four Men 2 6 -
1949 European Championships before 1962 Coxed pair Men 2 6 -
1949 European Championships before 1962 Coxless four Men 2 6 -
1950 European Championships before 1962 Coxless four Men 2 6 -
1951 European Championships before 1962 Coxless four Men 2 6 -
1955 European Championships before 1962 Coxless four Men 2 6 -
1937 European Championships before 1962 Coxless Pair Men 2 6 -
1951 European Championships before 1962 Coxless Pair Men 2 6 -
1934 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 2 6 -
1947 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 2 6 -
1950 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 2 6 -
1951 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 2 6 -
1953 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 2 6 -
1954 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 2 6 -
1980 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 2 6 -
1995 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 2 6 -
2001 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 2 6 -
2009 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 2 6 -
2015 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 2 6 -
2016 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 2 6 -
2005 World Championships Lightweight double sculls Men 2 6 -
1982 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 6 -
1989 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 6 -
1990 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 6 -
1993 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 6 -
1994 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 6 -
1996 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 6 -
2001 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 6 -
1976 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 2 6 Morten Espersen
1977 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 2 6 Morten Espersen
1978 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 2 6 Morten Espersen
1986 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 2 6 Bjarne Eltang
1936 Olympic Games Coxed pair Men 4 6 -
1960 Olympic Games Coxed pair Men 4 6 -
1948 Olympic Games Coxless pair Men 4 6 -
1972 Olympic Games Double sculls Men 4 6 -
1996 Olympic Games Double sculls Men 4 6 -
2020 Olympic Games Single sculls Men 4 6 Sverri Sandberg Nielsen
2004 Olympic Games Lightweight double sculls Men 4 5 -
2004 World Championships Coxed pair Men 3 5 -
1970 World Championships Coxless four Men 3 5 -
1956 Olympic Games Coxed four Men 5 4 -
1964 Olympic Games Coxless pair Men 5 4 -
1920 Olympic Games Single sculls Men 5 4 Theodor Eyrich
1965 European Championships Coxless Pair Men 1 4 -
2020 European Championships Single sculls Men 1 4 Sverri Sandberg Nielsen
1976 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 3 4 -
1982 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 3 4 -
1983 World Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 3 4 -
1995 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 3 4 -
1997 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 3 4 -
2000 World Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 3 4 -
1981 World Championships Lightweight double sculls Men 3 4 -
1984 World Championships Lightweight double sculls Men 3 4 -
2002 World Championships Lightweight double sculls Men 3 4 -
1983 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 3 4 -
1986 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 3 4 -
1988 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 3 4 -
2011 World Championships Lightweight eight Men 3 4 -
2009 World Championships Lightweight quadruple sculls Men 3 4 -
2010 World Championships Lightweight quadruple sculls Men 3 4 -
2011 World Championships Lightweight quadruple sculls Men 3 4 -
2015 World Championships Lightweight quadruple sculls Men 3 4 -
1994 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 3 4 Karsten Nielsen
1995 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 3 4 Anders Brems
1998 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 3 4 Karsten Nielsen
2009 World Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 3 4 Mads Rasmussen
2013 European Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 3 -
2014 European Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 1 3 -
1949 European Championships before 1962 Coxed Four Men 3 3 -
1938 European Championships before 1962 Coxed pair Men 3 3 -
1947 European Championships before 1962 Coxed pair Men 3 3 -
1951 European Championships before 1962 Coxed pair Men 3 3 -
1938 European Championships before 1962 Coxless four Men 3 3 -
1938 European Championships before 1962 Coxless Pair Men 3 3 -
1953 European Championships before 1962 Coxless Pair Men 3 3 -
1934 European Championships before 1962 Double sculls Men 3 3 -
1930 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 3 3 -
1937 European Championships before 1962 Eight Men 3 3 -
2013 European Championships Lightweight single sculls Men 1 3 Henrik Stephansen
1930 European Championships before 1962 Single sculls Men 3 3 Arnold Schwartz
1964 European Championships Coxless four Men 2 2 -
2021 European Championships Single sculls Men 2 2 Sverri Sandberg Nielsen
2016 European Championships Lightweight coxless pair Men 2 2 -
2010 European Championships Lightweight eight Men 2 2 -
2010 European Championships Lightweight quadruple sculls Men 2 2 -
1936 Olympic Games Coxed four Men 6 2 -
1936 Olympic Games Coxless four Men 6 2 -
1972 Olympic Games Coxless four Men 6 2 -
1952 Olympic Games Coxless pair Men 6 2 -
1988 Olympic Games Double sculls Men 6 2 -
1964 European Championships Coxless Pair Men 3 1 -
1969 European Championships Coxless Pair Men 3 1 -
2015 European Championships Lightweight coxless four Men 3 1 -
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