Denmark at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 20 km Walk

• Claus Jørgensen
  • Final — 1.25:28 (→ 29th place)

Men's Pole Vault

• Martin Voss
  • Qualification — 5.40m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Jan Bielecki
  • Qualification — 69.40m (→ did not advance)

Women's 5,000 metres

• Nina Christiansen
  • Qualification — 15:56.38 (→ did not advance)

Women's Long Jump

• Renata Nielsen
  • Qualification — no mark (→ did not advance)

Women's Javelin Throw

• Jette Jeppesen
  • Qualification — 56.16m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon

• Gitte Karlshøj — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Hasan Al
  • First Round — Defeated Rogelio Martínez (Dominican Republic), referee stopped contest in third round
  • Second Round — Defeated Sergiy Dzindziruk (Ukraine), 10-4
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Marian Simion (Romania), 8-16

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Brian Johansen
  • First Round — Lost to Dilshod Yarbekov (Uzbekistan), referee stopped contest in third round

One female fencer represented Denmark in 1996.

Women's épée

• Eva Fjellerup

Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol (25 metres)

• Anders Lau

Men's Small-Bore Rifle Three Positions (50 metres)

• Jens Harskov Loczi

Men's Small-Bore Rifle Prone (50 metres)

• Jens Harskov Loczi
• Torben Grimmel

Men's Trap

• Keld Hansen

Men's Skeet

• Ole Riber Rasmussen

Women's Air Pistol (10 metres)

• Susanne Meyerhoff
• Majbritt Hjortshøj

Women's Sporting Pistol (25 metres)

• Susanne Meyerhoff

Women's Air Rifle (10 metres)

• Anni Bissø

Women's Small-Bore Rifle, Three Positions, 50 metres

• Anni Bissø

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Jacob Carstensen
  • Heat — 1:50.79
  • B-Final — 1:50.54 (→ 14th place)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Jacob Carstensen
  • Heat — 3:52.62
  • Final — 3:54.45 (→ 8th place)

Men's 1500m Freestyle

• Jacob Carstensen
  • Heat — 15:43.75 (→ did not advance, 23rd place)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Mette Nielsen
  • Heat — 26.50 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Women's 100m Freestyle

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Heat — 56.06
  • Final — 56.01 (→ 7th place)

Women's 400m Freestyle

• Britt Raaby
  • Heat — 4:21.46 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Heat — 1:03.14
  • B-Final — scratched

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Heat — 2:16.68 (→ did not advance, 17th place)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Heat — 1:00.91
  • Final — 1:00.76 (→ 8th place)
• Sophia Skou
  • Heat — 1:01.25
  • B-Final — 1:00.95 (→ 11th place)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Sophia Skou
  • Heat — 2:13.59
  • B-Final — 2:12.41 (→ 9th place)

Women's 200m Individual Medley

• Britta Vestergaard
  • Heat — 2:18.35
  • B-Final — 2:17.95 (→ 14th place)

Women's 400m Individual Medley

• Britta Vestergaard
  • Heat — 4:55.03 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Mette Nielsen, Mette Jacobsen, Karen Egdal, and Ditte Jensen
  • Heat — 3:48.93 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

• Ditte Jensen, Britta Vestergaard, Britt Raaby, and Berit Puggaard
  • Heat — 8:16.32 (→ did not advance, 13th place)

Men's Singles Competition

• Frederik Fetterlein
  • First round — Defeated Jacco Eltingh (Netherlands) 6-4 4-6 8-6
  • Second round — Lost to Marc Rosset (Switzerland) 6-7 5-7
• Kenneth Carlsen
  • First round — Defeated Mark Knowles (Bahamas) 7-5 6-3
  • Second round — Defeated Jason Stoltenberg (Australia) 6-2 3-6 6-3
  • Third round — Lost to MaliVai Washington (United States) 7-6 0-6 2-6