The rundown from the semifinal and the final of the 4000 meter races shows that the Danes would have won gold if they had ridden just as fast in the final as they did against GB:
DENMARK - SEMIFINAL
1000 1.00,762
2000 1.53,809
3000 2.47,502
3750 3.27,737
4000 3.41,368 (projected - if the crash had not happened)
DENMARK - FINAL
1000 1.01,078
2000 1.54,308
3000 2.47,659
3750 3.28,657
4000 3.42,198
ITALY - FINAL
1000 1.00,858
2000 1.54,166
3000 2.48,526
3750 3.28,852
4000 3.42,032
Source: Ekstra Bladet.