Denmark at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Denmark at the 2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC code	DEN
NPC	Paralympic Committee Denmark
Website	www.paralympic.dk
in Athens
Competitors	32 in 9 sports
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 5 Silver 3 Bronze 7 Total 15
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
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Denmark competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 32 athletes, 22 men and 10 women. ^[1] Competitors from Denmark won 15 medals, including 5 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze to finish 29th in the medal table. ^[2]

Medallists

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Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Jackie Christiansen	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F44/46
Gold	Jakob Mathiasen	Athletics	Men's Javelin F42
Gold	Karen Jacobsen	Cycling	Women's Bicycle Time Trial LC1-4/CP 3/4
Gold	Martin Enggaard Pedersen Kenneth Hansen Soren Holgren Jensen Ricky Neilsen Peter Weichel	Goalball	Men's tournament
Gold	Sisse Grynet Egeborg	Swimming	Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8
Silver	Jackie Christiansen	Athletics	Men's Discus F44/46
Silver	Karen Breumsoe	Swimming	Women's 100 m Freestyle S4
Silver	Karen Breumsoe	Swimming	Women's 200 m Freestyle S4
Bronze	Rene Nielsen	Athletics	Men's Pentathlon P54-58
Bronze	Rene Nielsen	Athletics	Men's Shot Put F56
Bronze	Johnny Andersen	Shooting	Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH2
Bronze	Kazimierz Mechula	Shooting	Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH1
Bronze	Peter Lund Andersen	Swimming	Men's 400 m Freestyle S6
Bronze	Karen Breumsoe	Swimming	Women's 50 m Freestyle S4
Bronze	Peter Rosenmeier	Table Tennis	Men's Singles 6

Sports

Athletics

Men's field

Athlete	Class	Event	Final
			Result	Points	Rank
Thomas Bradal	F55-56	Javelin	27.83	952	6
Jackie Christiansen	F44/46	Discus	51.90	1038
		Shot put	15.74 WR	1083
Jakob Mathiasen	F42	Javelin	49.57	-
Rene Nielsen	F55-56	Javelin	33.99	1061	4
	F56	Shot put	11.27	-
	P54-58	Pentathlon	5495

Boccia

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opponent	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Lone Bak-Pedersen	Mixed individual BC1	Padtong  (THA)	L 5-6	3	did not advance
		Aandalen  (NOR)	L 5-6
		Leung  (HKG)	W 4-3
		Marques  (POR)	W 6-0
		Wilhelmsen  (NOR)	W 9-2
Henrik Jorgensen		Grossmayer  (AUT)	W 7-0	1 Q	N/A	Fernandez  (POR) L 1-6	did not advance
		Ibarburen  (ARG)	W 10-0
		Hawker  (USA)	W 14-0
		Lanoix-Boyer  (CAN)	W 16-0
Bent Lorenzen	Mixed individual BC2	Toon  (NZL)	L 1-8	3	did not advance
		Cordero  (ESP)	L 1-14
		Wong  (HKG)	W 5-3
Mansoor Siddiqi		Steirer  (AUT)	L 0-16	2 Q	Toon  (NZL) L 5-6	did not advance
		Mongkolpun  (THA)	W 4-3
		Murphy  (IRL)	W 10-4
Lone Bak-Pedersen Henrik Jorgensen Bent Lorenzen Mansoor Siddiqi	Team BC1-2	Portugal  (POR)	L 1-10	6	did not advance
		New Zealand  (NZL)	L 0-12
		Hong Kong  (HKG)	L 2-12
		Ireland  (IRL)	L 3-7
		Thailand  (THA)	L 3-11

Cycling

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Karen Jacobsen	Women's road time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4	27:31.57
	Women's 1km time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4	1:19.91	5

Equestrian

Individuals

Athlete	Event	Total
		Score	Rank
Liselotte Rosenhart	Mixed individual championship test grade II	65.273	11
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	67.111	15
Henrik Sibbesen	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	67.548	5
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	67.909	9
Malene Sommerlund	Mixed individual championship test grade II	65.091	12
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade II	67.889	12
Line Thorning Jørgensen	Mixed individual championship test grade IV	66.581	7
	Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV	67.091	11

Team

Athlete	Event	Total
		Total	Rank
Liselotte Rosenhart Henrik Sibbesen Malene Sommerlund Line Thorning Jørgensen	Team	392.259	8

Goalball

The men's goalball team won the gold medal after defeating Sweden in the gold medal match.

Players

• Martin Enggaard Pedersen
• Kenneth Hansen
• Soren Holmgren Jensen
• Ricky Nielsen
• Peter Weichel

Tournament

Game	Match	Score	Rank
1	Denmark vs.   Sweden  (SWE)	3 - 3	1 Q
2	Denmark vs.   United States  (USA)	10 - 7
3	Denmark vs.   Canada  (CAN)	10 - 1
4	Denmark vs.   Germany  (GER)	9 - 3
5	Denmark vs.   Greece  (GRE)	10 - 3
Quarterfinals	Denmark vs.   Hungary  (HUN)	9 - 3	W
Semifinals	Denmark vs.   United States  (USA)	8 - 1	W
Gold medal final	Denmark vs.   Sweden  (SWE)	7 - 5

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Johnny Andersen	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	599	8 Q	105.4	704.4
	Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2	598	4 Q	103.8	701.8	5
Kazimierz Mechula	Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1	588	6 Q	100.9	688.9	7
	Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1	1107	17	did not advance
	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1	599	6 Q	105.3	704.3
	Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1	572	28	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Lone Overbye	Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2	594	20	did not advance
	Women's 10m air pistol SH1	351	12	did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Peter Lund Andersen	S6	50m freestyle	32.55	3 Q	32.01	4
		100m freestyle	1:10.28	3 Q	1:09.72	4
		400m freestyle	5:31.56	3 Q	5:23.72
Soren Moller	S6	100m freestyle	1:15.49	11	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:34.80	4 Q	5:40.84	6
		100m backstroke	1:22.63	6 Q	1:22.91	6
Dennis Storgaard	S9	400m freestyle	4:39.24	8 Q	4:39.20	8
		100m butterfly	1:07.97	10	did not advance
Claus Taudorf	S10	50m freestyle	26.71	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	58.14	9	did not advance
	SB9	100m breaststroke	1:15.97	8 Q	1:16.38	8

Women

Athlete	Class	Event	Heats		Final
			Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Karen Breumsoe	S4	50m freestyle	53.80	4 Q	53.18
		100m freestyle	1:50.96	2 Q	1:51.00
		200m freestyle	3:56.20	2 Q	3:50.92
		50m butterfly	N/A		DSQ
Kathrine Gronkjaer	S9	100m butterfly	1:20.65	10	did not advance
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:59.52	12	did not advance
Sisse Grynet Egeborg	S9	50m freestyle	32.27	7 Q	32.19	8
		100m butterfly	1:18.44	7 Q	1:18.10	5
	SB8	100m breaststroke	1:27.06	1 Q	1:23.85 PR
	SM9	200m individual medley	2:51.04	3 Q	2:53.01	7
Mia Juhl Mortensen	S10	50m freestyle	31.70	9	did not advance
		100m freestyle	1:08.95	10	did not advance
		400m freestyle	5:11.23	5 Q	5:11.30	6
	SM10	200m individual medley	2:51.93	7 Q	2:54.65	8

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michal Jensen	Men's singles 6	Schmidt  (GER) L 1-3	Itkonen  (SWE) W 3–2	Solis  (CHI) W 3–0	2 Q	Kowalski  (POL) L 1–3	did not advance
Peter Rosenmeier		Buzin  (RUS) W 3-1	du Plooy  (RSA) W 3-0	Ono  (JPN) W 3-1	1 Q	Blok  (NED) W 3-2	Schmidt  (GER) L 0-3	Kowalski  (POL) W 3-0
Michal Jensen Peter Rosenmeier	Men's team 6-7	France  (FRA) L 1-3	Sweden  (SWE) W 3-2	Netherlands  (NED) W 3-2	3	did not advance

See also

• Denmark at the Paralympics
• Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

1. "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
2. "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
3. "IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete search by games - year (2004) medallists (all) and country (DEN)". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 June 2016.