Denmark at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Denmark competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. 162 competitors, 144 men and 18 women, took part in 83 events in 17 sports.

Medalists

Gold
 Karen Hoff — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles
 Carl-Ebbe Andersen, Tage Henriksen, and Finn Pedersen — Rowing, Men's Coxed Pairs
 Greta Andersen — Swimming, Women's 100m Freestyle
 Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 100m Backstroke
 Paul Elvstrøm — Sailing, Men's Firefly Class

Silver
 Johan Andersen — Canoeing, Men's K1 1000m Kayak Singles
 Ejvind Hansen and Jacob Jensen — Canoeing, Men's K2 1000m Kayak Pairs
 Karen Lachmann — Fencing, Women's Foil Individual
 Aage Larsen and Ebbe Parsner — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
 Ib Storm Larsen, Helge Schrøder, Helge Halkjær, and Aksel Hansen — Rowing, Men's Coxless Fours
 Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
 Eva Riise, Greta Andersen, Fritze Carstensen-Nathansen, and Karen Harup — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze
 Lily Carlstedt — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw
 Svend Vad — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
 Axel Schandorff — Cycling, Men's 1000m Sprint (Scratch)
 Birte Christoffersen — Diving, Women's 10m Platform 
 Børge Nielsen, Jørgen Olsen, Harry Knudsen, Erik Larsen, and Henry Larsen — Rowing, Men's Coxed Fours
 Knud Bastrup-Birk, Hans Colberg, Edvin Hansen, John Hansen, Jørgen W. Hansen, Karl Aage Hansen, Erik Kuld Jensen, Ivan Jensen, Ove Jensen, Viggo Jensen, Per Knudsen, Knud Lundberg, Eigil Nielsen, Knud Børge Overgaard, Poul Petersen, Axel Pilmark, Johannes Pløger, Carl Aage Præst, Holger Seebach, Erling Sørensen, Jørgen Leschly Sørensen, Dion Ørnvold — Football (soccer), Men's Team Competition
 Christian Hansen — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Welterweight
 Klaus Baess, Ole Berntsen, and William Berntsen — Sailing, Men's Dragon

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

Eleven cyclists, all men, represented Denmark in 1948.

Individual road race
 Kristian Pedersen
 Knud Andersen
 Børge Saxil Nielsen
 Rudolf Rasmussen

Team road race
 Kristian Pedersen
 Knud Andersen
 Børge Saxil Nielsen
 Rudolf Rasmussen

Sprint
 Axel Schandorff

Time trial
 Axel Schandorff

Tandem
 Hans Andresen
 Evan Klamer

Team pursuit
 Max Jørgensen
 Børge Gissel
 Børge Mortensen
 Benny Schnoor

Diving

Equestrian

Kai Aage Krarup - Three Day Event Individual, Three Day Event Team

Fencing

15 fencers, 12 men and 3 women, represented Denmark in 1948.

Men's foil
 Ivan Ruben
 Aage Leidersdorff
 Ole Albrechtsen

Men's team foil
 Ivan Ruben, Ole Albrechtsen, Aage Leidersdorff, Tage Jørgensen, Ivan Osiier, Flemming Vögg

Men's épée
 Mogens Lüchow
 Ib Nielsen

Men's team épée
 Mogens Lüchow, Erik Andersen, Ib Nielsen, René Dybkær, Jakob Lyng, Kenneth Flindt

Men's sabre
 Aage Leidersdorff
 Ivan Ruben
 Ivan Osiier

Women's foil
 Karen Lachmann
 Grete Olsen
 Kate Mahaut

Football

Gymnastics

Hockey

Rowing

Denmark had 25 male rowers participate in six out of seven rowing events in 1948.

Men's double sculls
 Aage Larsen
 Ebbe Parsner

Men's coxless pair
 Søren Jensen
 Jørn Snogdahl

Men's coxed pair
 Carl-Ebbe Andersen
 Tage Henriksen
 Finn Pedersen

Men's coxless four
 Aksel Bonde
 Helge Halkjær
 Helge Muxoll Schrøder
 Ib Storm Larsen

Men's coxed four
 Harry Knudsen
 Erik Larsen
 Henry Larsen
 Ib Olsen
 Børge Raahauge Nielsen

Men's coxed eight
 Jarl Emcken
 Børge Hougaard
 Poul Korup
 Holger Larsen
 Ib Nielsen
 Niels Rasmussen
 Gerhardt Sørensen
 Niels Wamberg
 Charles Willumsen

Sailing

Shooting

Seven shooters represented Denmark in 1948.

25 metre pistol
 Axel Lerche
 Charles Villholth
 Gregers Münter

300 metre rifle
 Gustaf Nielsen
 Uffe Schultz Larsen

50 metre rifle
 Gustaf Nielsen
 Erik Sætter-Lassen
 Børge Christensen

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Art competitions