Denmark at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Denmark at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships
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FINA code	DEN
National federation	Danish Swimming Federation
Website	svoem.org
in Barcelona, Spain
Competitors	4 in 1 sports
Medals Ranked 12th	Gold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 0 Total 4
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Denmark competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July to 4 August 2013.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jeanette Ottesen	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly	3 August
Silver	Lotte Friis	Swimming	Women's 1500 m freestyle	30 July
Silver	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Swimming	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	2 August
Silver	Lotte Friis	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	3 August

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Jeanette Ottesen got the Danes' sole gold at the championships in the 50 m butterfly, while Rikke Møller Pedersen set a new world record in the 200 m breaststroke, the first Danish long course world record in 61 years, ^[1] in the semi-final with 2:19.11. She went on to win silver in the final, her first medal at the World Aquatics Championships. In addition, Lotte Friis set a new European record in the 1500 m freestyle. She would go on to win silver in both the 800 and 1500 m freestyle events.

In total, seven Danish records were broken during the championships, ^[2] and three new Nordic records were set, by Møller Pedersen (100 m and 200 m breaststroke; she beat the former distance's record twice) ^{[3] [4] [5]} and Friis (1500 m freestyle). ^[4]

Danish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard): ^{[6] [7]}

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pernille Blume	50 m freestyle	25.23	16 Q	25.01	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.88	14 Q	54.68	13	Did not advance
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle	DNS		—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:23.00	3 Q	—		8:16.32
	1500 m freestyle	15:49.18	1 Q	—		15:38.88 EU
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle	25.04	12 Q	24.54 NR	3 Q	24.66	=5
	100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.69	=1 Q	25.50	1 Q	25.24 NR
	100 m butterfly	57.79	5 Q	57.19 NR	2 Q	57.27	4
Rikke Møller Pedersen	50 m breaststroke	31.23	12 Q	30.57 NR	6 Q	30.72	6
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.30	4 Q	1:05.99 NR	3 Q	1:05.93 NR	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.20	2 Q	2:19.11 WR	1 Q	2:20.08

References

1. Phillips, Madison. "Dane quenches world record drought". cphpost.dk. The Copenhagen Post . Retrieved 6 August 2013.
2. Thomsen, Nora. "Udmærket dansk punktum søndag aften på et fantastisk VM for Danmark". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation . Retrieved 6 August 2013.
3. Thomsen, Nora. "Ærgerlig fjerdeplads til Jeanette Ottesen og dansk/nordisk rekord til Rikke Møller Pedersen". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation . Retrieved 6 August 2013.
4. Thomsen, Nora. "VM-sølvmedalje til Lotte Friis i Europarekordtid". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation . Retrieved 6 August 2013.
5. Thomsen, Nora. "Rikke Møller Pedersen sætter Verdensrekord i 200 m brystsvømning torsdag aften". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation . Retrieved 6 August 2013.
6. "BCN 2013 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
7. "BCN 2013 Denmark's Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

External links

• BCN 2013 website ^[usurped]