Bak, Næstved IF Hans Ewald Hansen, B 1901 Heino Hansen, Slagelse B&I Jack Hansen, B 1913 Heinz Hildebrandt, Hvidovre IF Kristen Nygaard, Fuglebakken Aarhus Flemming Pedersen, KB Leif Printzlau, BK Frem Jørgen Rasmussen, Randers Freja Max Rasmussen, AB Per Røntved, Brønshøj BK Allan Simonsen, Vejle BK Mogens Therkildsen, Odense BK (goalkeeper) Steen Ziegler, Hvidovre IF Reserve: Kurt Berthelsen, Aalborg BK Reserve: Valdemar Hansen, BK Frem (goalkeeper) Reserve: Helge Vonsyld, Randers Freja Head Coach: Rudi Strittich Gymnastics Handball Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Drew with the Soviet Union (12-12) Lost to Poland (8-11) Lost to Sweden (10-16) Final Round Defeated Tunisia (29-21) Defeated United States (19-18) → 13th place Team Roster Arne Andersen Keld Jul Andersen Jørgen Frandsen Claus Jørgen From Flemming Hansen Jørgen Heidemann Søren Jensen Bent Jørgensen Kay Sloth Jørgensen Flemming Lauritzen Svend Otto Lund Tom Benny Lund Thor Munkager Vagn Harris Nielsen Karsten Steen Sørensen Jørgen Vodsgaard Modern pentathlon Three male pentathletes represented Denmark in 1972. Men's Individual Competition Jørn Steffensen – 4887 points (→ 14th place) Klaus Petersen – 4492 points (→ 37th place) René Heitmann – 4190 points (→ 52nd place) Men's Team Competition Steffensen, Petersen, and Heitmann – 13547 points (→ 14th place) Rowing Men's Single Sculls Kim Børgesen Heat — 7:58.94 Repechage — 7:56.66 Semi Finals — 8:27.93 B-Final — 8:09.04 (→ 11th place) Sailing Open Shooting Seven male shooters represented Denmark in 1972. 25 m pistol Lennart Christensen 300 m rifle, three positions Vagn Andersen Per Weichel 50 m rifle, three positions Henning Clausen Per Weichel 50 m rifle, prone Henning Clausen Vagn Andersen Trap Egon Hansen Skeet Niels-Ove Mikkelsen Ole Justesen Swimming Men's 100m Backstroke Ejvind Pedersen Lars Børgesen Men's 200m Backstroke Ejvind Pedersen Lars Børgesen Men's 100m Breaststroke Karl Christian Koch Men's 200m Breaststroke Karl Christian Koch Women's 100m Freestyle Kirsten Strange-Campbell Women's 400m Freestyle Kirsten Knudsen Women's 800m Freestyle Kirsten Knudsen Women's 100m Breaststroke Winnie Nielsen Women's 200m Breaststroke Winnie Nielsen Women's 200m Individual Medley Kirsten Strange-Campbell Women's 400m Individual Medley Kirsten Strange-Campbell Weightlifting Wrestling References Nations at the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 Summer Olympics Summer Olympics