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Denmark
Career 1938 - 2026
Best year 1948
Total points 331
Best results 1x 1. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#11
10-year rank
#10

Ranking Development

Points distribution

Disciplines

Contests

YearContestDisciplineCategoryPositionPointsName
2000 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 6 1 Torsten Tranum
2016 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 6 1 René Holten Poulsen
2012 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 4 5 René Holten Poulsen
1968 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 3 8 Erik Hansen
1957 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 3 1 Villy Christiansen
1961 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 3 1 Erik Hansen
2009 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 3 1 René Holten Poulsen
2010 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 3 1 René Holten Poulsen
1960 Olympic Games K-1 4x500m Men 3 8 -
2011 European Championship K-1 500m Men 3 1 Kasper Bleibach
2011 European Championship K-1 500m Men 3 1 Kasper Bleibach
1948 World Championship K-1 500m Men 3 2 Poul Agger
1950 World Championship K-1 500m Men 3 2 Andreas Lind
1999 World Championship K-1 1000m Men 3 2 Torsten Tranum
2014 World Championship K-1 1000m Men 3 2 René Holten Poulsen
1948 World Championship K-2 500m Men 3 2 -
1938 World Championship K-2 1000m Men 3 2 -
2011 World Championship K-1 4x200m Men 3 2 -
1948 World Championship K-1 4x500m Men 3 2 -
1958 World Championship K-1 10 km Men 3 2 Vagn Schmidt
1973 World Championship K-1 10 km Men 3 2 Flemming Andersen
1985 World Championship K-4 10 km Men 3 2 -
2011 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 3 1 René Holten Poulsen
2013 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 3 1 René Holten Poulsen
2024 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 3 1 Mads Pedersen
2025 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 3 1 Mads Pedersen
2021 World Championship K-1 5 km Men 3 2 Mads Pedersen
2026 World Championship K-1 5 km Men 3 2 Mads Pedersen
1963 World Championship K-1 500m Men 2 4 Erik Hansen
1966 World Championship K-1 500m Men 2 4 Erik Hansen
2013 World Championship K-1 500m Men 2 4 René Holten Poulsen
2017 World Championship K-1 500m Men 2 4 René Holten Poulsen
1966 World Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 4 Erik Hansen
1993 World Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 4 Thor Nielsen
1948 World Championship K-2 500m Men 2 4 -
1997 World Championship K-2 1000m Men 2 4 -
2021 World Championship K-2 1000m Men 2 4 -
1950 World Championship K-1 4x500m Men 2 4 -
1970 World Championship K-1 10 km Men 2 4 Erik Hansen
1950 World Championship K-2 10 km Men 2 4 -
1987 World Championship K-2 10 km Men 2 4 -
1969 European Championship K-1 10 km Men 2 2 Erik Hansen
2014 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2016 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2026 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 2 2 Mads Pedersen
2018 World Championship K-1 5 km Men 2 4 René Holten Poulsen
1948 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 2 12 Johan Andersen
1967 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 2 Erik Hansen
2012 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2014 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2015 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2016 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2017 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
1961 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 Erik Hansen
1963 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 Erik Hansen
2014 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2016 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
1961 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 Erik Hansen
1963 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 Erik Hansen
2014 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
2016 European Championship K-1 500m Men 2 2 René Holten Poulsen
1948 Olympic Games K-2 1000m Men 2 12 -
2008 Olympic Games K-2 1000m Men 2 12 -
1957 European Championship K-2 1000m Men 2 2 -
2012 European Championship K-4 1000m Men 1 4 -
1950 World Championship K-1 500m Men 1 7 Johan Kobberup
2014 World Championship K-1 500m Men 1 7 René Holten Poulsen
2015 World Championship K-1 500m Men 1 7 René Holten Poulsen
1963 World Championship K-1 1000m Men 1 7 Erik Hansen
2015 World Championship K-1 1000m Men 1 7 René Holten Poulsen
1994 World Championship K-2 1000m Men 1 7 -
1993 World Championship K-1 10 km Men 1 7 Thor Nielsen
2015 European Championship K-1 5 km Men 1 4 René Holten Poulsen
2023 World Championship K-1 5 km Men 1 7 Mads Pedersen
2024 World Championship K-1 5 km Men 1 7 Mads Pedersen
2025 World Championship K-1 5 km Men 1 7 Mads Pedersen
1960 Olympic Games K-1 1000m Men 1 20 Erik Hansen
1963 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 1 4 Erik Hansen
1965 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 1 4 Erik Hansen
2013 European Championship K-1 1000m Men 1 4 René Holten Poulsen
2009 European Championship K-1 4x200m Men 1 4 -
2008 European Championship K-1 500m Men 1 4 Kasper Bleibach
2013 European Championship K-1 500m Men 1 4 René Holten Poulsen
2015 European Championship K-1 500m Men 1 4 René Holten Poulsen
2008 European Championship K-1 500m Men 1 4 Kasper Bleibach
2013 European Championship K-1 500m Men 1 4 René Holten Poulsen
2015 European Championship K-1 500m Men 1 4 René Holten Poulsen
2008 European Championship K-2 1000m Men 1 4 -
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