Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the
2004 Summer Olympics
Denmark at the; 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Athens
Competitors	92 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Eskild Ebbesen
Medals ; Ranked 37th	Gold2Silver1Bronze5Total8
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Last updated October 03, 2021

Denmark competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Thor Kristensen Stephan Mølvig	Rowing	Men's lightweight four	August 22
Gold	Denmark women's national handball team Kristine Andersen Karen Brødsgaard Line Daugaard Katrine Fruelund Trine Jensen Rikke Jørgensen Lotte Kiærskou Henriette Mikkelsen Karin Mortensen Louise Nørgaard Rikke Schmidt Rikke Skov Camilla Thomsen Josephine Touray Mette Vestergaard	Handball	Women's tournament	August 29
Silver	Joachim Olsen	Athletics	Men's shot put	August 18
Bronze	Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	Badminton	Mixed doubles	August 19
Bronze	Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen	Sailing	Women's yngling class	August 21
Bronze	Michael Maze Finn Tugwell	Table tennis	Men's doubles	August 21
Bronze	Signe Livbjerg	Sailing	Women's Europe class	August 22
Bronze	Wilson Kipketer	Athletics	Men's 800 metres	August 26

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Handball	1	0	0	1
Rowing	1	0	0	1
Athletics	0	1	1	2
Sailing	0	0	2	2
Badminton	0	0	1	1
Table tennis	0	0	1	1
Total	2	1	5	8

Archery

Denmark has qualified a spot in men's individual archery.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hasse Pavia Lind	Men's individual	666	8	Essam (EGY) W 158–110	Serdyuk (UKR) L 164–165	Did not advance

Athletics

Danish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[1]^[2] Joachim Olsen originally claimed a bronze medal in men's shot put. On 5 December 2012, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF stripped off Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh's gold medal after drug re-testings of his samples were discovered positive. Following the announcement of Bilonoh's disqualification, Olsen's medal was upgraded to a silver.^[3]

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
NR = National record
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wilson Kipketer	800 m	1:44.69	1 Q	1:44.63	1 Q	1:44.65

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Piotr Buciarski	Pole vault	5.50	26	Did not advance
Joachim Olsen	Shot put	20.78	2 Q	21.07	^[3]

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Annemette Jensen	Marathon	2:50:01	49

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Christina Scherwin	Javelin throw	56.86	29	Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Gade	Singles	Chien Y-H (TPE) W 15–6, 15–1	Kanetkar (IND) W 15–10, 15–6	Hidayat (INA) L 12–15, 12–15	Did not advance
Kenneth Jonassen	Singles	Chen (CHN) L 15–12, 5–15, 9–15	Did not advance
Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Doubles	Bye	Bach / Han (USA) W 15–6, 15–4	Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) W 3–15, 15–11, 15–8	Lee D-S / Yoo Y-S (KOR) L 15–9, 5–15, 3–15	Hian / Limpele (INA) L 13–15, 7–15	4
Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Doubles	Bye	Kim Y-H / Yim B-E (KOR) L 15–7, 6–15, 12–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Camilla Martin	Singles	Yonekura (JPN) W 11–4, 11–7	Hallam (GBR) L 2–11, 11–5, 10–13	Did not advance
Tine Rasmussen	Singles	Nedelcheva (BUL) L 11–8, 7–11, 11–13	Did not advance
Pernille Harder Mette Schjoldager	Doubles	Crabtree / Wilson-Smith (AUS) W 15–2, 15–3	Lee K-W / Ra K-M (KOR) L 8–15, 8–15	Did not advance
Ann-Lou Jørgensen Rikke Olsen	Doubles	Bye	Grether / Schenk (GER) W 15–12, 16–17, 15–5	Gao L / Huang S (CHN) L 6–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	Doubles	Stoyanov / Wright (FRA) W 15–13, 2–15, 15–5	Kim Y-H / Lee H-J (KOR) W 6–15, 15–12, 15–13	Marissa / Widianto (INA) W 15–12, 15–8	Gao L / Zhang J (CHN) L 9–15, 5–15	Olsen / Rasmussen (DEN) W 15–5, 15–5
Rikke Olsen Jonas Rasmussen	Doubles	Bye	Petersen / Shirley (NZL) W 15–14, 15–9	Kim D-M / Ra K-M (KOR) W 17–14, 15–8	Emms / Robertson (GBR) L 6–15, 12–15	Eriksen / Schjoldager (DEN) L 5–15, 5–15	4

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lasse Nielsen Mads Kongsgaard Madsen	Men's K-2 500 m	1:33.938	5 q	1:33.482	5	Did not advance
Lasse Nielsen Mads Kongsgaard Madsen	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:19.171	5 q	3:15.417	6	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bo Hamburger	Men's road race	5:41:56	25
Frank Høj	Men's road race	5:41:56	8
Frank Høj	Men's time trial	1:00:35.73	18
Lars Michaelsen	Men's road race	5:50:35	55
Michael Rasmussen		DNF
Nicki Sørensen		5:50:35	60

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Peter Riis Andersen	Men's cross-country	2:24:03	18
Christian Poulsen	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	39
Mette Andersen	Women's cross-country	DNF

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Andreas Helgstrand	Cavan	Individual	68.333	22 Q	73.960	10 Q	76.300	9	72.864	9
Lone Jørgensen	Ludewig G		65.750	38	Did not advance
Jon Pedersen	Esprit de Valdemar		69.000	17 Q	69.160	19	Did not advance
Per Sandgaard	Zancor		70.667	12 Q	71.560	11 Q	75.050	11	72.426	10
Andreas Helgstrand Lone Jørgensen Jon Pedersen Per Sandgaard	See above	Team	N/A						69.333	5

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Thomas Velin	Carnute	Individual	0	=1	4	4	=5 Q	6	10	=10 Q	4	=4 Q	9	13	=11	13	=11

Gymnastics

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Jensen	Men's	32.70	16	Did not advance

Handball

Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head coaches: Jan Pytlick

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	Club
1	GK	Louise Nørgaard	(1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 22)	1.83 m	Viborg HK
2	LB	Rikke Skov	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 23)	1.81 m	Viborg HK
3	LW	Henriette Mikkelsen	(1980-09-21)21 September 1980 (aged 23)	1.66 m	Viborg HK
5	RB	Mette Vestergaard	(1975-11-19)19 November 1975 (aged 28)	1.72 m	FCK Hanbold
10	CB	Rikke Jørgensen	(1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 28)	1.71 m	Slagelse FH
11	P	Camilla Ingemann Thomsen	(1974-11-19)19 November 1974 (aged 29)	1.80 m	FCK Hanbold
12	GK	Karin Mortensen	(1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 26)	1.82 m	Ikast/Bording EH
13	CB	Lotte Kiærskou	(1975-06-23)23 June 1975 (aged 29)	1.78 m	Viborg HK
14	RB	Trine Jensen	(1980-10-16)16 October 1980 (aged 23)	1.76 m	Aalborg HK
15	LB	Katrine Fruelund	(1978-07-12)12 July 1978 (aged 26)	1.74 m	Viborg HK
16	GK	Rikke Schmidt	(1975-01-14)14 January 1975 (aged 29)	1.84 m	Slagelse FH
17	CB	Kristine Andersen	(1976-04-02)2 April 1976 (aged 28)	1.72 m	Ikast/Bording EH
18	P	Karen Brødsgaard	(1978-03-10)10 March 1978 (aged 26)	1.78 m	Ikast/Bording EH
19	LW	Line Daugaard	(1978-07-17)17 July 1978 (aged 26)	1.72 m	Ikast/Bording EH
21	RW	Josephine Touray	(1979-10-06)6 October 1979 (aged 24)	1.65 m	Ikast/Bording EH

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	135	103	+32	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	1	0	125	98	+27	7^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	France	4	2	0	2	105	106	−1	4
4	Spain	4	0	1	3	86	110	−24	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}
5	Angola	4	0	1	3	97	131	−34	1^{[lower-alpha 2]}

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1 2 South Korea 29–29 Denmark
1 2 Spain 24–24 Angola

15 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	35–26	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Brødsgaard 8	(16–11)	Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4
	4× 3×		2× 3×

17 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	29–29	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Woo 8	(14–13)	Kiærskou, Fruelund 7
	3× 7×		3× 3×

19 August 2004 21:30	Spain	21–23	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Aly (EGY)
	Mangue 6	(8–14)	Thomsen, Andersen 4
	3× 5×		4× 1×

23 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	38–22	Angola	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Daugaard 7	(19–8)	Bengue 8
	3× 2×		3× 5×

Quarterfinal

26 August 2004 21:30	China	28–32	Denmark	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Wang Shasha 7	(14–18)	Fruelund 7
	4× 5×		2× 3×

Semifinal

27 August 2004 21:30	Ukraine	20–29	Denmark	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lyapina 5	(11–13)	Fruelund 9
	4× 4×		3× 2×

Gold Medal Final

29 August 2004 10:45	Denmark	38–36 (ET)	South Korea	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Fruelund 15	(14–14)	Lee S 9
	3× 1×		4× 4×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 29–29, 34–34

Won Gold Medal

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rasmus Quist Hansen Mads Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	6:17.68	1 SA/B	Bye		6:17.85	3 FA	6:23.92	4
Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Thor Kristensen Stephan Mølvig	Lightweight four	5:50.72	1 SA/B	Bye		5:55.85	1 FA	5:56.85

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juliane Rasmussen Johanne Thomsen	Lightweight double sculls	6:56.62	3 R	6:57.84	3 SA/B	7:01.98	5 FB	7:32.58	10
Sarah Lauritzen Majbrit Nielsen Dorthe Pedersen Christina Rindom	Quadruple sculls	6:28.16	4 R	6:25.14	5 FB	N/A		6:50.13	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Finn	16	4	23	~~DNF~~	1	8	11	13	10	8	11	105	9
Kristian Kjærgaard Mads Møller	470	23	9	22	13	~~DSQ~~	15	25	22	17	27	18	191	25
Nicklas Holm Claus Olesen	Star	14	12	2	2	11	7	5	17	16	14	10	83	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Signe Livbjerg	Europe	4	6	7	15	8	6	10	3	11	4	25	74
Michaela Meehan Susanne Ward	470	11	1	4	3	13	8	5	16	12	~~RAF~~	16	89	6
Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen	Yngling	1	14	5	5	5	6	3	4	6	5	~~OCS~~	54

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Anders Nyholm	Laser	16	30	12	18	20	27	25	18	21	26	N/A					20	203	22
Dennis Dengsø Andersen Michael Hestbæk	49er	16	17	17	10	7	11	3	15	6	7	17	1	15	6	11	13	138	13

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Torben Grimmel	50 m rifle prone	594	=9	Did not advance
Michael Nielsen	Skeet	122 (1)	7	Did not advance
Peter Thuesen	10 m air rifle	589	=29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Susanne Meyerhoff	10 m air pistol	329	=21	Did not advance
Ann Spejlsgaard	10 m air rifle	388	=33	Did not advance

Swimming

Danish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jacob Carstensen	200 m freestyle	1:50.15	18	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:51.09	15	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.80	31	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mette Jacobsen	100 m butterfly	59.81	15 Q	59.72	15	Did not advance
Mette Jacobsen	200 m butterfly	2:11.99	13 Q	2:10.47	8 Q	2:10.01	6
Louise Mai Jansen	200 m freestyle	2:06.06	37	Did not advance
Louise Mai Jansen	200 m individual medley	2:27.08	30	Did not advance
Louise Ørnstedt	100 m backstroke	1:01.17	13 Q	1:01.12	4 Q	1:01.51	7
Louise Ørnstedt	200 m backstroke	2:13.05	7 Q	2:11.77	6 Q	2:11.15 NR	6
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle	25.95	22	Did not advance
Jeanette Ottesen	100 m freestyle	56.17	18	Did not advance
Majken Thorup	100 m breaststroke	1:10.97	19	Did not advance
Majken Thorup	200 m breaststroke	2:35.29	25	Did not advance
Mette Jacobsen Louise Ørnstedt Jeanette Ottesen Majken Thorup	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:08.89	9	N/A		Did not advance

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Maze	Men's singles	Bye		Leung C Y (HKG) L 1–4	Did not advance
Michael Maze Finn Tugwell	Men's doubles	N/A	Bye	Akinlabi / Nosiru (NGR) W 4–2	Jindrak / Schlager (AUT) W 4–0	Persson / Waldner (SWE) W 4–1	Chen Q / Ma L (CHN) L 2–4	Mazunov / Smirnov (RUS) W 4–2

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesper Roesen	Men's −68 kg	Hernando (ARG) W 11–10	Song M-S (KOR) L 11–13	Did not advance
Zakaria Asidah	Men's +80 kg	Kamal (JOR) L 6–9	Did not advance

Triathlon

Denmark has qualified a single triathlete.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Rasmus Henning	Men's	18:19	0:16	1:01.29	0:17	32:49	1:52:37.32	7

Wrestling

Key:

VT – Victory by Fall.
PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Håkan Nyblom	−55kg	Kiouregkian (GRE) L 0–3 ^PO	Sheng J (CHN) W 3–1 ^PP	Kalilov (KGZ) W 3–0 ^PO	2	Did not advance			8

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Slovenia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Slovenian Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest ever delegation to the Games in Olympic history. A total of 79 athletes, 56 men and 23 women, competed in 10 sports. For the second consecutive time, men's handball was the only team-based sport in which Slovenia had its representation at these Games.

Hungary competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Hungarian athletes have competed at every Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles because of the Soviet boycott. The Hungarian Olympic Committee sent a total of 209 athletes to the Games, 119 men and 90 women, to compete in 20 sports. Water polo and handball were the only team-based sports in which Hungary had its representation in these Olympic Games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling and mountain biking.

Argentina competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's twenty-first appearance at the Olympic Games, except for three different editions. Argentina did not attend the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, because of its support for the United States-led boycott. The sailor Carlos Espínola was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. 152 competitors, 106 men and 46 women, took part in 86 events in 22 sports.

Serbia and Montenegro competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. Previously known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, this was the nation's third and last joint appearance at the Summer Olympics before Serbia and Montenegro became separated independent states in 2006. The Olympic Committee of Serbia and Montenegro sent a total of 85 athletes to the Games, 78 men and 7 women, to compete in 14 sports. Men's basketball, football, volleyball, and water polo were the only team-based sports in which Serbia and Montenegro had its representation at these Games. There was only a single competitor in road cycling, judo, tennis, and wrestling.

Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Croatian Olympic Committee sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since its debut in 1992. A total of 81 athletes, 66 men and 15 women, competed in 14 sports. Men's water polo, and men's handball were the only team-based sports in which Croatia had its representation in these Olympic Games.

Lithuania competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's sixth appearance at the Summer Olympics. The National Olympic Committee of Lithuania sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. A total of 59 athletes, 47 men and 12 women, competed in 13 sports, including the men's basketball team as the nation's team-based sport.

The United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. 533 competitors, 279 men and 254 women, took part in 254 events in 31 sports.

References

↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF . Retrieved 4 June 2011.
1 2 Buteau, Michael (30 May 2013). "U.S. Shot Putter Nelson to Get Athens Gold Medal Nine Years Late". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
↑ "Women's Handball Team Roster – Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). 2004 Athens . LA84 Foundation. 17 September 2015. p. 6.

External links

Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
DIF.dk (in Danish)

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[1] "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[2] "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF . Retrieved 4 June 2011.

[bilonoh-cheats-3] 1 2 Buteau, Michael (30 May 2013). "U.S. Shot Putter Nelson to Get Athens Gold Medal Nine Years Late". Bloomberg L.P. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

[4] "Women's Handball Team Roster – Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). 2004 Athens . LA84 Foundation. 17 September 2015. p. 6.

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