Denmark at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Denmark at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Flag of Denmark.svg
IOC code DEN
NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website www.dif.dk  (in Danish and English)
in Sydney
Competitors97 (53 men and 44 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers Jesper Bank (opening)
Torben Grimmel (closing)
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

Medalist

MedalNameSportEventDate
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Karen Brødsgaard , Katrine Fruelund
Maja Grønbæk, Lotte Kiærskou
Karin Mortensen, Anja Nielsen
Rikke Schmidt, Christina Roslyng
Mette Vestergaard, Anette Hoffmann
Camilla Andersen, Janne Kolling
Lene Rantala, Tina Bøttzau
Tonje Kjærgaard
Handball Women's tournament September 30
Gold medal icon.svg Gold Henrik Blakskjær
Thomas Jacobsen
Jesper Bank
Sailing Men's Soling Class September 30
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Wilson Kipketer Athletics Men's 800 meters September 27
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Camilla Martin Badminton Women's singles September 22
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Torben Grimmel Shooting Men's 50m Rifle Prone September 21
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Thomas Ebert
Søren Madsen
Eskild Ebbesen
Victor Feddersen
Rowing Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours September 24

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Katja Brix Poulson Women's individual 60957Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Pi-yu  (TPE) (8)
L 152–161
did not advance57

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Wilson Kipketer 800 metres 01:45.571 Q01:44.221 Q01:45.14 Med 2.png
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Jan Bielecki Hammer throw 70.4633did not advance
Joachim Olsen Shot put 19.4117did not advance
Women
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Marie Rasmussen Pole vault 4.30 NR7 q4.35 NR8

Badminton

Camilla Martin won Denmark's only medal in the Women's Singles event. She took the silver after losing to Gong Zhichao of China in the finals.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Peter Gade Men's singles BYEFlag of Mauritius.svg  Constantin  (MRI)
W 15–3, 15–9
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Permadi  (TPE)
W 15–8, 15–7
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Mainaky  (INA)
W 15–6, 15–6
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ji  (CHN)
L 9–15, 15–1, 9–15
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Xia  (CHN)
L 13–15, 5–15
4
Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen BYEFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Jun  (CHN)
L 3–15, 17–16, 10–15
did not advance
Kenneth Jonassen Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Shon  (KOR)
W 14–17, 15–8, 17–15
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Kuijten  (BEL)
W 15–8, 15–5
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Wong  (MAS)
L 6–15, 7–15
did not advance
Martin Lundgaard Hansen
Lars Paaske
Men's doubles Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Popov /
Stoyanov  (BUL)
W 15–6, 15–6
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Mainaky /
Subagja  (INA)
L 9–15, 15–13, 7–15
did not advance
Jim Laugesen
Michael Søgaard
BYEFlag of Indonesia.svg  Gunawan /
Wijaya  (INA)
L 9–15, 7–15
did not advance
Jesper Larsen
Jens Eriksen
BYEFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Olynyk /
Moody  (CAN)
W 15–2, 15–1
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee /
Yoo  (KOR)
L 12–15, 10–15
did not advance5
Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Camilla Martin Women's singles BYEFlag of Indonesia.svg  Angelina  (INA)
W 11–6, 11–2
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Morgan  (GBR)
W 11–7, 11–3
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Audina  (NED)
W 11–2, 11–1
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Yun  (CHN)
W 11–5, 11–0
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Gong  (CHN)
L 10–13, 3–11
Med 2.png
Mette Sørensen Flag of Thailand.svg  Ekmongkolpaisarn  (THA)
W 11–7, 13–10
Flag of Japan.svg  Ida  (JPN)
W 13–12, 11–7
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Ye  (CHN)
L 4–11, 6–11
did not advance
Ann-Lou Jørgensen
Mette Schjoldager
Women's doubles Flag of Ukraine.svg  Evtoushenko /
Nozdran  (UKR)
W 15–3, 11–15, 15–11
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Tantri /
Tuwankotta  (INA)
L 16–17, 10–15
did not advance
Ann Jørgensen
Majken Vange
Flag of Germany.svg  Grether /
Stechmann  (GER)
L 13–15, 6–15
did not advance
Rikke Olsen
Helene Kirkegaard
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Koon /
Ling  (HKG)
W 15–9, 13–15, 15–5
Flag of Russia.svg  Yakusheva /
Ruslyakova  (RUS)
W 17–16, 15–5
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Chung /
Ra  (KOR)
L 15–12, 12–15, 5–15
did not advance5
Mixed
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Jon Holst-Christensen
Ann Jørgensen
Mixed doubles Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  Lee /
Lee  (KOR)
W 17–15, 15–12
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Archer /
Goode  (GBR)
L 17–15, 11–15, 7–15
did not advance
Michael Søgaard
Rikke Olsen
BYEFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Beres /
Solmundson  (CAN)
W 15–8, 15–2
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Suprianto /
Resiana  (INA)
W 17–14, 10–15, 15–11
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang /
Gao  (CHN)
L 15–10, 6–15, 16–17
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Archer /
Goode  (GBR)
L 1–15, 10–15
4
Jens Eriksen
Mette Schjoldager
BYEFlag of Germany.svg  Keck /
Pitro  (GER)
W 15–7, 15–6
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Kusharjanto /
Timur  (INA)
L 3–15, 8–15
did not advance5

Canoeing

Sprint

Men
AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Torsten Tranum K-1 1000 m 03:35.8412 Q03:38.8652 Q03:37.8116
Paw Madsen
Jesper Staal
K-2 500 m 01:32.6134 q01:32.8674did not advance
K-2 1000 m 03:16.9894 q03:18.2064did not advance

Cycling

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Frank Høj Men's road race 5:30:346
Lars Michaelsen DNF
Michael Sandstød DNF
Men's time trial DNF
Nicki Sørensen Men's road race 5:30:4640
Rolf Sørensen 5:30:4659

Track

Points race
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Jimmi Madsen Men's points race 0223
Jakob Storm Piil
Jimmi Madsen
Men's madison 5012

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Jesper Agergård Men's cross-country LAP36
Michael Rasmussen 2:18:15.5722

Equestrian

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Jon Pedersen Esprit de Valdemar Individual 172811 Q136.5116 Q204.1815204.1815
Morton Thomsen Gay153645did not advance
Anne van Olst Any How162529did not advance
Lone Castrup Jørgensen Kennedy17968 Q146.536 Q216.907216.907
Jon Pedersen
Morton Thomsen
Anne van Olst
Lone Castrup Jørgensen
See above Team 5149451494

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Nils Haagensen Discovery II Individual 47.214RTACACdid not advamced

Show jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotal
Round 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound B
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
Thomas Velin Canute Individual 4.7590.004.751 Q8.0012.756 Q0.00112.0012.001012.0010

Handball

Women

Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 440010172+298 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 430112483+416
3Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 420213190+414
4Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4103100133332
5Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (H)400459137780 Ninth place game
Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Host
17 September 2000
16:30
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg17–19Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
four players 3(7–10) Bjerkrheim, Grini 4
Yellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svgYellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svg

19 September 2000
21:30
Austria  Flag of Austria.svg26–30Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
Fridrikas 11(13–16) Andersen, Kiærskou 7
Yellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svgYellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svg

21 September 2000
19:30
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg12–38Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
Kahmke 5(6–18) Andersen, Roslyng 7
Yellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svgYellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svg

25 September 2000
14:30
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg39–26Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Pavilion 2, Sydney
Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
Kiærskou 9(19–12) Sales 9
Yellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svgYellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svg

Quarterfinals

28 September 2000
19:30
France  Flag of France.svg26–28 (ET)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
Myaro 11(8–13) Andersen 7
Yellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svgYellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svg

FT: 24–24  ET: 2–4

Semifinals

29 September 2000
19:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg29–31Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
Lee S., Oh S. 7(11–20) Hoffmann 8
Yellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svgYellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svg

Gold medal game

1 October 2000
16:30
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg31–27Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary The Dome, Sydney
Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
Hoffmann 11(14–16) Radulović 9
Yellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svgYellow card.svg Number 2 in light blue rounded square.svg

Modern Pentathlon

In June 2000, Pernille Svarre became world pentathlon champion, winning gold at the championship in Pesaro, Italy. The same year, she was the first Danish woman to compete in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics where the discipline was included for the first time.

AthleteEventShooting
(10 m air pistol)
Fencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Running
(3000 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
PointsRankMP PointsWinsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP Points
Pernille Svarre Women's 161238687246402:29.942311013981970210:22.5621230454119

Rowing

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bertil Samuelson
Bo Kaliszan
Double Sculls 6:58.885 R6:30.872 SF6:40.116 FB6:23.2010
Søren Madsen
Thomas Ebert
Eskild Ebbesen
Victor Feddersen
Lightweight coxless four 6:21.304 R6:08.631 SF6:01.672 FA6:03.51 Med 3.png
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Bianca Carstensen
Katrin Gleie
Sarah Lauritzen
Dorthe Pedersen
Quadruple Sculls 6:35.393 R6:35.762 FA6:31.306

Sailing

Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567891011
Lasse Hjortnaes Finn 21212312136DNF1721131413820
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
1234567891011
Kristine Roug Europe 521211064OCS1619OCS84.010
Susanne Ward
Michaëla Ward-Meehan
Women's 470 310111118174715827110
Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910111213141516
Peder Rønholt Laser 173212410246917111710313
Michael Hestbæk
Jonatan Persson
49er 8271317898161225OCS2791089
Stig Raagaard Hansen
Helene Hansen
Tornado 14151661191012712179613
Match racing
AthleteEventQualification racesTotalRankRound Robin 1RankRound Robin 2RankQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BMRank
123456Flag of Germany.svg
GER
Flag of Sweden.svg
SWE
Flag of France.svg
FRA
Flag of Ukraine.svg
UKR
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
GBR
Flag of Germany.svg
GER
Flag of Russia.svg
RUS
Flag of Sweden.svg
SWE
Flag of Australia.svg
AUS
Flag of the United States.svg
USA
Jesper Bank
Henrik Blakskjær
Thomas Jacobsen
Soling 61612121144512 qWLWWL3 QWWLWW1 QFlag of Germany.svg
GER L
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
NED W
Flag of Norway.svg
NOR W
Flag of New Zealand.svg
NZL W
Flag of Russia.svg
RUS W
4–1
1 Q
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
W 3–1
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
W 4–3
Med 1.png

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Torben Grimmel 50 m rifle prone 5975 Q700.4 Med 2.png
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Anni Bisso 50 m rifle three positions 5844 Q675.66
10 m air rifle 39120did not advance
Karen Hansen 25 m pistol 57228did not advance
10 m air pistol 37625did not advance
Susanne Meyerhoff 25 m pistol 56239did not advance
10 m air pistol 37235did not advance

Swimming

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Jacob Carstensen 200 metre freestyle 1:50.4120did not advance
400 metre freestyle 03:54.1418did not advance
Dennis Otzen Jensen 100 metre butterfly 55.7042did not advance
Dennis Otzen Jensen
Henrik Steen Andersen
Jeppe Nielsen
Jacob Carstensen
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 03:24.7818did not advance
Jacob Carstensen
Henrik Steen Andersen
Jeppe Nielsen
Dennis Otzen Jensen
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 07:24.6311did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mette Jacobsen 50 metre freestyle 25.9617did not advance
100 metre butterfly 59.458 Q59.7513did not advance
200 metre butterfly 02:09.305 Q02:08.115 Q02:08.244
Louise Ørnstedt 100 metre backstroke 01:01.986 Q01:01.697 Q01:02.028
200 metre backstroke 02:13.6110 Q02:14.2412did not advance
Sophia Skou 100 metre butterfly 59.7914 Q59.8915did not advance
200 metre butterfly 02:11.3513 Q02:11.0714did not advance

Table tennis

Doubles
AthleteEventGroup roundRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medalFinal
Opposition
Result
RankOpposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Michael Maze
Finn Tugwell
Men's doubles Group F
Flag of Japan.svg  Matsushita /
Shibutani  (JPN)
W 2 – 0
Flag of the United States.svg  Yinghua /
Nguyen  (USA)
W 2 – 0
1 QFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Yen-shu /
Peng-lung  (TPE)
L 0 – 3
did not advance

Taekwondo

Denmark has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Muhammed Dahmani Men's −80 kg Flag of Australia.svg  Hansen  (AUS)
L 5–6
did not advance
Hanne Høgh Poulsen Women's −49 kg Flag of the United States.svg  Poe  (USA)
W 4–3
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Putri  (INA)
W 7–2
Flag of Australia.svg  Burns  (AUS)
L 0–1
Flag of Mexico.svg  Pérez  (MEX)
W 2–1
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Shu-ju  (TPE)
L 0–4
4

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Kristian Pless Men's singles Flag of Armenia.svg  Sargsian  (ARM)
W 6–3, 6–4
Flag of Australia.svg  Philippoussis  (AUS)
L 4–6, 4–6
did not advance

Triathlon

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Bike (40 km)Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Jan Knobelauch Hansen Men's 19:23.691:02:48.9033:29.471:55:42.0644
Marie Overbye Women's 20:56.081:06:41.5039:39.932:07:17.5128

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