Denmark at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Denmark at the
2012 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 London
Competitors113 in 17 sports
Flag bearers Kim Wraae Knudsen (opening)
Allan Nørregaard (closing)
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 113 athletes, 63 men and 50 women, competed in 17 sports, although two additional athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only team-based sport in which Denmark was represented in at these Olympic games.

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The Danish team included several past Olympic champions, one of them defending (the men's lightweight coxless fours team, led by veteran rowers Eskild Ebbesen and Morten Jørgensen). Notable athletes included tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, and swimmer Lotte Friis, who won a bronze medal in Beijing. Kim Wraae Knudsen, silver medalist in the men's sprint kayak doubles in Beijing, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union ( Dansk Idræts-Forbund , DIF) set a goal of eight medals. [1] Team Danmark and DIF also believed Denmark had the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, shooting, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing. At the end of the Games, Denmark had reached beyond the medal target by a single point.

Denmark left London with a total of 9 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze), this being considered its most successful Olympics in 64 years. The gold medals were won by rowers Rasmus Quist Hansen and Mads Rasmussen in the men's lightweight double sculls, and track cyclist Lasse Norman Hansen in the first ever men's omnium. Other medals were awarded to the team in sailing, shooting, badminton, and women's rowing. Several Danish athletes narrowly missed out on the medal standings in their sporting events, including two competitors in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Three Danish individual quota places as well as a team quota place were secured at the 2011 World Archery Championships on 6 June 2011, as the Danish team, consisting of Carina Christiansen, Maja Jager and Louise Laursen, finished 8th in the women's recurve event. [2] The same three archers were selected for participation by the NOC on 14 May 2012. [3]

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
ScoreSeedOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Carina Christiansen Women's individual 6637Flag of Australia.svg  Barnard  (AUS) (58)
W 7–3
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Le C-y  (TPE) (39)
W 6–4
Flag of Mexico.svg  Avitia  (MEX) (10)
L 2–6
did not advance
Maja Jager 64235Flag of Germany.svg  Richter  (GER) (30)
L 5–6
Did not advance
Louise Laursen 64136Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Beaudet  (CAN) (29)
W 7–3
Flag of the United States.svg  Lorig  (USA) (4)
L 4–6
Did not advance
Carina Christiansen
Maja Jager
Louise Laursen
Women's team 19468Flag of India.svg  India  (IND) (9)
W 211–210
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR) (1)
L 195–206
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): [4] [5]

Key
Jesper Faurschou in men's marathon Jesper Faurschou (Denmark) - London 2012 Mens Marathon.jpg
Jesper Faurschou in men's marathon
Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Andreas Bube 800 m 1:46.406Did not advance
Jesper Faurschou Marathon 2:18:4441
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Kim Christensen Shot put 19.1328Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Sara Slott Petersen 400 m hurdles 56.016 q56.216did not advance
Jessica Draskau Marathon 2:31:4340
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
DistancePositionDistancePosition
Caroline Bonde Holm Pole vault NMDid not advance

Badminton

The BWF World Ranking of 1 May 2012 was used for the qualifying for the badminton tournament. This gave Denmark the following quota places: 2 in men's singles, 1 in men's doubles, 1 in women's singles, 1 in women's doubles and 2 in mixed doubles. [6] Nine players were selected on 14 May 2012. [3]

Men
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Peter Gade Singles Flag of Portugal.svg  Martins  (POR)
W 21–14, 21–8
1 QFlag of South Korea.svg  Son W-h  (KOR)
W 21–9, 21–16
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chen L  (CHN)
L 16–21, 13–21
Did not advance
Jan Østergaard Jørgensen Flag of Israel.svg  Zilberman  (ISR)
W 21–13, 21–12
Flag of Singapore.svg  Wong  (SIN)
W 21–17, 21–14
1 QFlag of South Korea.svg  Lee H-i  (KOR)
L 17–21, 13–21
did not advance
Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen
Doubles Flag of South Africa.svg  James /
Viljoen  (RSA)
W 21–6, 21–12
Flag of Russia.svg  Ivanov /
Sozonov  (RUS)
W 16–21, 21–19, 21–14
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Chai B /
Guo Zd  (CHN)
W 21–14, 21–19
1 QFlag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Fang C-m /
Lee S-m  (TPE)
W 21–16, 21–18
Flag of South Korea.svg  Jung J-s /
Lee Y-d  (KOR)
W 17–21, 21–18, 22–20
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Cai Y /
Fu H  (CHN)
L 16–21, 15–21
Silver medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Tine Baun Singles Flag of Poland.svg  Augustyn  (POL)
W 21–11, 21–6
Flag of Russia.svg  Prokopenko  (RUS)
W 19–21, 21–15, 21–16
1 QFlag of Japan.svg  Sato  (JPN) (12)
W 14–15ret
Flag of India.svg  Nehwal  (IND)
L 15–21, 20–22
Did not advance
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen
Doubles Flag of Japan.svg  Maeda /
Suetsuna  (JPN)
L 21–18, 14–21, 17–21
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Poon L Y /
Tse Y S  (HKG)
W 21–13, 14–21, 21–18
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Tian Q /
Zhao Yl  (CHN)
W 22–20, 21–12
1 QFlag of Japan.svg  Fujii /
Kakiiwa  (JPN)
L 20–22, 10–21
Did not advance
Mixed
AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
RankOpposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Doubles Flag of India.svg  Diju /
Gutta  (IND)
W 21–12, 21–16
Flag of South Korea.svg  Lee Y-d /
Ha J-e  (KOR)
W 21–15, 21–11
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ahmad /
Natsir  (INA)
L 22–24, 16–21
2 QFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang N /
Zhao Yl  (CHN)
L 13–21, 17–21
Did not advance
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ng /
Gao  (CAN)
W 21–12, 21–11
Flag of Poland.svg  Mateusiak /
Zięba  (POL)
W 21–9, 14–21, 21–17
Flag of Japan.svg  Ikeda /
Shiota  (JPN)
W 21–11, 21–10
1 QFlag of Thailand.svg  Prapakamol /
Thungthongkam  (THA)
W 21–15, 21–13
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  Zhang N /
Zhao Yl  (CHN)
L 21–17, 17–21, 19–21
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Ahmad /
Natsir  (INA)
W 21–12, 21–12
Bronze medal icon.svg

Boxing

Denmark qualified in the following event with one qualifier.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Dennis Ceylan Bantamweight Flag of Ireland.svg  Nevin  (IRL)
L 6–21
Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Denmark has qualified boats for the following events in the sprint discipline of the canoeing sport. No Danish canoeists competed in the slalom discipline.

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Kasper Bleibach Men's K-1 200 m 36.6103 Q36.6675 FB37.8029
René Holten Poulsen Men's K-1 1000 m 3:30.2841 Q3:30.2473 FA3:29.4834
Kim Wraae Knudsen
Emil Stær Simensen
Men's K-2 1000 m 3:17.0205 Q3:15.5804 FB3:12.8209
Kasper Bleibach
Kim Wraae Knudsen
René Holten Poulsen
Emil Stær Simensen
Men's K-4 1000 m 3:05.1343 Q2:56.0036 FA2:56.5425
Henriette Engel Hansen Women's K-1 200 m 42.8664 Q42.8217did not advance
Women's K-1 500 m 1:52.6502 Q1:51.9292 FA1:54.1107

Cycling

Denmark has qualified cyclists in all 4 disciplines in the cycling sport.

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Lars Bak Men's road race 5:46:3771
Men's time trial 54:33.2114
Matti Breschel Men's road race 5:46:3742
Jakob Fuglsang Men's road race 5:46:0512
Men's time trial 54:34.4915
Nicki Sørensen Men's road race 5:46:3757

Track

Pursuit
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankOpponent
Results
RankOpponent
Results
Rank
Lasse Norman Hansen*
Michael Mørkøv
Mathias Møller Nielsen**
Rasmus Quaade
Casper von Folsach
Men's team pursuit 3:58.2984 QFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
3:57.396
5Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
4:02.671
5
Omnium
AthleteEventFlying lapPoints raceElimination raceIndividual pursuitScratch raceTime trialTotal pointsRank
TimeRankPointsRankRankTimeRankRankTimeRank
Lasse Norman Hansen Men's omnium 13.2364592124:20.674161:02.314227Gold medal icon.svg

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRank
Annika Langvad Women's cross-country DNS

Annika Langvad has withdrawn from the Olympics due to broken ribs. [7]

BMX

AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankPointsRankPointsRankResultRank
Morten Therkildsen Men's BMX 39.37825205Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage

Denmark has qualified one team and three individual quota places to the dressage discipline in the Equestrian sport after finishing in sixth place at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. [8] No Danish riders compete in the two other disciplines.

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
Anna Kasprzak Donnperignon Individual 75.28912 Q73.95216 Q74.17978.71476.44618
Lisbeth Seierskilde Raneur69.86332Did not advance
Anne Van Olst Clearwater71.32223 Q72.01621Did not advance
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Digby74.95413 Q75.8579 Q76.32181.85779.01812
Anna Kasprzak
Anne Van Olst
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
See above Team 73.8454 Q73.8464 Q73.8464

Gymnastics

Trampoline

Denmark qualified one male athlete in trampolining. No Danish gymnasts competed in the other two disciplines of the gymnastics sport.

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ScoreRankScoreRank
Peter Jensen Men's 104.69510Did not advance

Handball

The men's team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship. The women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament. This was the first ever Olympics where both the Danish men's and women's handball teams were present. The men's squad was announced on 29 May 2012 [9] with the reserve determined one month later, [10] and the women's squad was announced on 2 July 2012. [11]

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [12]

Head coaches: Ulrik Wilbek

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
1GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23)2.00 m Flag of Denmark.svg Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2CB Thomas Mogensen (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 29)1.87 m Flag of Germany.svg Flensburg-Handewitt
4LB Lasse Boesen (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 32)1.92 m Flag of Denmark.svg KIF Kolding
8CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21)1.94 m Flag of Denmark.svg Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
10LB Nikolaj Markussen (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23)2.12 m Flag of Spain.svg Atlético Madrid
11LW Anders Eggert Jensen (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 30)1.79 m Flag of Germany.svg Flensburg-Handewitt
13CB Bo Spellerberg (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 33)1.92 m Flag of Denmark.svg KIF Kolding
14P Michael V. Knudsen (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 33)1.92 m Flag of Germany.svg Flensburg-Handewitt
17RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 28)1.87 m Flag of Germany.svg Flensburg-Handewitt
18RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 30)1.88 m Flag of Germany.svg HSV Hamburg
19P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 27)2.00 m Flag of Denmark.svg AG København
20GK Marcus Cleverly (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 31)1.88 m Flag of Poland.svg Vive Targi Kielce
22RB Kasper Søndergaard Sarup (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 31)1.95 m Flag of Denmark.svg Skjern Håndbold
24LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 24)1.96 m Flag of Denmark.svg AG København
26LB Kasper Nielsen (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 37)1.92 m Flag of Denmark.svg Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Group play
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 5500150109+4110 Quarter-finals
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 540112412958
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5302140126+146
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 5203114128144
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 5104120131112
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5005115140250
Source: [ citation needed ]
29 July 2012
21:15
Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svg25 – 27Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000 [13]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Császár 8(10–13) Eggert 9
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31 July 2012
19:30
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg24 – 23Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,368 [14]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Hansen 8(13–12)three players 4
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2 August 2012
19:30
Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svg25 – 26Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,504 [15]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Vujin 7(11–13) Hansen 7
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4 August 2012
16:15
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg32 – 21Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,800 [16]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
three players 5(14–9) Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
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6 August 2012
14:30
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg26 – 24Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,546 [17]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6(13–14) Lee Jae-woo, Eom Hyo-won 6
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Quarter-final
8 August 2012
18:00
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg24 – 22Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,494 [18]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Doder 6(11–9) Lindberg 6
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Women's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics. [19]

Head coaches: Jan Pytlick

No.Pos.NameDate of birth (age)HeightApp.GoalsClub
2P Mette Melgaard (1980-06-03)3 June 1980 (aged 32)1.70 m Flag of Denmark.svg Randers HK
4P Susan Thorsgaard (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 (aged 23)1.88 m Flag of Denmark.svg FC Midtjylland
9RB Camilla Dalby (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 24)1.82 m Flag of Denmark.svg Randers HK
10CB Christina Krogshede (1981-11-04)4 November 1981 (aged 30)1.72 m Flag of Denmark.svg Frederiksberg IF
12GK Karin Mortensen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34)1.81 m Flag of Denmark.svg Frederiksberg IF
13P Marianne Bonde (1984-06-25)25 June 1984 (aged 28)1.84 m Flag of Denmark.svg Frederiksberg IF
15LB Pernille Larsen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34)1.84 m Flag of Denmark.svg Viborg HK
16GK Christina Pedersen (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 29)1.80 m Flag of Denmark.svg Frederiksberg IF
19RB Line Jørgensen (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 22)1.83 m Flag of Denmark.svg FC Midtjylland
22LB Trine Troelsen (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 27)1.72 m Flag of Denmark.svg FC Midtjylland
23LW Ann Grete Nørgaard (1983-09-15)15 September 1983 (aged 28)1.63 m Flag of Denmark.svg Team Tvis Holstebro
24CB Berit Kristensen (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 28)1.72 m Flag of Denmark.svg Randers HK
25LB Rikke Skov (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 31)1.81 m Flag of Denmark.svg Viborg HK
27RB Louise Burgaard (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 19)1.76 m Flag of Denmark.svg Team Tvis Holstebro
Group play
TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of France.svg  France 5410125103+229 Quarter-finals
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 5311136130+67
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 5311119114+57
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 521211812025
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 510411312182
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5005108131230
Source: [ citation needed ]
28 July 2012
16:15
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg21 – 18Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,942 [20]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Skov 6(8–10) Gulldén 5
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30 July 2012
11:15
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg25 – 24Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,393 [21]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Jo Hyo-bi 5(11–10) Larsen 7
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1 August 2012
19:30
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg24 – 21Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,488 [22]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Mangué 7(14–9) Nørgaard 7
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3 August 2012
21:15
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg23 – 24Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,720 [23]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Nørgaard 9(11–12) Løke 6
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5 August 2012
21:15
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg24 – 30Flag of France.svg  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,616 [24]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Nørgaard 10(10–17) Nijtam 6
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Rowing

Denmark has qualified boats for the following events

Five-time Olympian Eskild Ebbesen satisfied with his bronze medal in men's lightweight four. EskildEbbesen2012BronzeDSR.jpg
Five-time Olympian Eskild Ebbesen satisfied with his bronze medal in men's lightweight four.
Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Henrik Stephansen Single sculls 6:46.323 QFBye6:55.954 SC/D7:29.761 FC7:19.6213
Rasmus Quist Hansen
Mads Rasmussen
Lightweight double sculls 6:33.111 SA/BBye6:33.251 FA6:37.17Gold medal icon.svg
Jacob Barsøe
Eskild Ebbesen
Morten Jørgensen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Lightweight four 5:55.643 SA/BBye6:03.531 FA6:03.16Bronze medal icon.svg
Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Fie Udby Erichsen Single sculls 7:29.372 QFBye7:38.931 SA/B7:44.331 FA7:57.72Silver medal icon.svg
Anne Lolk
Juliane Elander Rasmussen
Lightweight double sculls 6:59.942 SA/BBye7:10.932 FA7:15.534

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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Each NOC could only enter one boat at each event, and Denmark qualified to enter a boat in eight out of the ten events only missing Women's RS-X and Men's 470. Which means that Danish sailors competed in all eight Olympic boat types.

Men
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M
Sebastian Fleischer RS:X 18282423292929152826EL22029
Thorbjørn Schierup Laser 361624823165232418EL15719
Jonas Høgh-Christensen Finn 11271284532046Silver medal icon.svg
Michael Hestbæk
Claus Olesen
Star 12111314137631410EL8911
Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
12345678910M
Anne-Marie Rindom Laser Radial 171982212727231111EL13013
Henriette Koch
Lene Sommer
470 512161014161510915EL10616
Match racing
AthleteEventRound RobinRankKnockoutsRank
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
GBR
Flag of the United States.svg
USA
Flag of Russia.svg
RUS
Flag of New Zealand.svg
NZL
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
NED
Flag of Sweden.svg
SWE
Flag of France.svg
FRA
Flag of Finland.svg
FIN
Flag of Portugal.svg
POR
Flag of Australia.svg
AUS
Flag of Spain.svg
ESP
Q-finalS-finalFinal
Susanne Boidin
Tina Gramkov
Lotte Meldgaard
Elliott 6m LLLLWWLLWLL10Did not advance

The Danish boat originally lost their eleventh round robin race by seven seconds, but following a protest the result was annulled and the race resailed.

Open
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M
Peter Lang
Allan Nørregaard
49er 241461615571361644396114Bronze medal icon.svg

Shooting

Denmark have qualified for five places is shooting events; [25] athletes in brackets secured the quota place.

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Anders Golding Skeet 1222 Q146Silver medal icon.svg
Torben Grimmel 50 m rifle prone 59224Did not advance
Jesper Hansen Skeet 11326Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Stine Andersen 10 m air rifle 39330Did not advance
Stine Nielsen 50 m rifle 3 positions 58211Did not advance
10 m air rifle 3979Did not advance

Swimming

Danish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events before the games started (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): [26] [27] Pál Joensen competed under the Danish flag, although he originally played for the Faroe Islands.

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Mads Glæsner 200 m freestyle DNSDid not advance
400 m freestyle [28] 3:48.2712Did not advance
Mathias Gydesen 100 m backstroke 55.3130Did not advance
Pál Joensen 400 m freestyle [28] 3:47.3610Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:18.4217Did not advance
Mads Glæsner
Pál Joensen
Anders Lie
Daniel Skaaning
4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:15.0413Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Pernille Blume 50 m freestyle 25.54=24Did not advance
100 m freestyle [29] 55.0419Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:00.9124Did not advance
Lotte Friis 400 m freestyle 4:04.225 Q4:03.984
800 m freestyle 8:21.892 Q8:23.865
Mie Nielsen 100 m backstroke 1:00.3817Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:13.8928did not advance
Jeanette Ottesen 50 m freestyle 24.85=7 Q24.9912Did not advance
100 m freestyle [29] 53.513 Q53.77=5 Q53.757
100 m butterfly 57.644 Q57.253 Q57.356
Rikke Møller Pedersen 100 m breaststroke 1:07.239 Q1:06.826 Q1:07.558
200 m breaststroke 2:22.692 Q2:22.232 Q2:21.654
Pernille Blume
Lotte Friis
Mie Nielsen
Jeanette Ottesen
4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:38.096 Q3:37.456
Pernille Blume
Mie Nielsen
Jeanette Ottesen
Rikke Møller Pedersen
4 × 100 m medley relay 3:58.353 Q3:57.767

Table tennis

Three Danish athletes qualified for the table tennis event. In the men's singles, Michael Maze qualified by virtue of his ranking, [30] while Allan Bentsen qualified through the final qualification tournament. Mie Skov qualified for the women's singles event after her performance at the European qualification tournament.

Men
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Allan Bentsen Men's singles ByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Zwickl  (HUN)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Michael Maze ByeFlag of Greece.svg  Kreanga  (GRE)
W 4–1
Flag of Japan.svg  Mizutani  (JPN)
W 4–0
Flag of Germany.svg  Ovtcharov  (GER)
L 3–4
Did not advance
Mie Skov Women's singles ByeFlag of Egypt.svg  El-Dawlatly  (EGY)
W 4–0
Flag of Poland.svg  Partyka  (POL)
L 3–4
Did not advance

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Caroline Wozniacki Women's singles Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Keothavong  (GBR)
W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wickmayer  (BEL)
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Hantuchová  (SVK)
W 6–4, 6–2
Flag of the United States.svg  S. Williams  (USA)
L 0–6, 3–6
Did not advance

Triathlon

Denmark has qualified the following athletes.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRank
Helle Frederiksen Women's 19:310:451:07:110:3335:102:03:1027
Line Jensen 18:210:431:06:340:3236:372:02:4723

Wrestling

Denmark has qualified in the following events.

Key
Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Håkan Nyblom −55 kg ByeFlag of Morocco.svg  Fajari  (MAR)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Japan.svg  Hasegawa  (JPN)
W 3–0 PO
Flag of Iran.svg  Sourian  (IRI)
L 0–3 PO
ByeFlag of Hungary.svg  Módos  (HUN)
L 1–3 PP
5
Mark Madsen −74 kg ByeFlag of Russia.svg  Vlasov  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceByeFlag of France.svg  Guénot  (FRA)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Kazakevič  (LTU)
L 0–3 PO
5

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