1996 in Denmark

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19 July – 4 August — Denmark at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta: 4 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 1 bronze medal.

8 – 30 June — Denmark participates in the UEFA Euro 1996 in England but does not make it beyond the initial group stage after finishing third in Group D.

3 March — Rolf Sørensen wins Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne.
29 June – 21 July — 1996 Tour de France takes place with Bjarne Riis as the overall winner.
- 8 July — Bjarne Riis wins the 8th stage.
- 13 July — Rolf Sørensen wins the 13th stage.
- 16 July — Bjarne Riis wins the 16th stage.
- 21 July — Bjarne Riis wings the 1996 Tour de France.
31 July — Rolf Sørensen wins a silver medal in Men's road race at the 1996 Summer Olympics
31 August — Rolf Sørensen wins the 1996 Ronde van Nederland.

3 August — Denmark wins gold in the Women's handball tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics by defeating South Korea 37–33 in the final.
6–15 December — 1996 European Women's Handball Championship takes place in Denmark
- 15 December — Denmark wins gold by defeating Norway 25–23 in the final.

13–20 April — With six gold medals, three silver medals and one bronze medal, Denmark finishes as the best nation at the 15th European Badminton Championships in Herning, Denmark.
30 August — Hans Nielsen wins the 1986 Individual Speedway World Championship
22 September — Thomas Bjørn wins Loch Lomond World Invitational on the 1996 European Tour.

17 April – Piet Hein, scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet (born 1905)
1 September – Vagn Holmboe, composer (born 1909)

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1996 in Europe

Sovereign states	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Vatican City

States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Northern Cyprus South Ossetia Transnistria

Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Åland Faroe Islands Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey

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