Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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Denmark at the
2024 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 Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors76 in 11 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.

Contents

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

SportMenWomenTotal
Boxing 101
Canoeing 426
Cycling 8412
Equestrian TBDTBD6
Handball 141428
Rowing 101
Sailing 549
Shooting 112
Swimming 077
Table tennis 303
Taekwondo 101
Total383276

Boxing

For the first time since 2012, Denmark entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Nikolai Terteryan scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's welterweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland. [1]

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Nikolai Terteryan Men's welterweight
–
–
–
–
–

Canoeing

Sprint

Danish canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany. [2] [3]

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
 
 
 
 		 Men's K-4 500 m
  Women's K-1 500 m
 
 		 Women's K-2 500 m

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Denmark entered a team of six road cyclists (four male and two female). Denmark qualified four male and two female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain. [4]

Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
  Road race
Michael Mørkøv
Mads Pedersen
Mattias Skjelmose
Mattias Skjelmose Time trial
 
Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
  Road race
 
  Time trial
 

Track

Denmark riders obtained a full squads of men's team pursuit events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Pursuit
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankOpponent
Results		RankOpponent
Results		Rank
 
 
 
 		 Men's team pursuit
Omnium
AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotal
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsPointsRank
Men's omnium
Women's omnium
Madison
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
 
 		 Men's madison
 
 		 Women's madison

Equestrian

Denmark fielded a squad of three dressage riders, two eventing riders and one jumping rider, into the team dressage competition by winning the gold medal in the team event at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning; and into the individual rider and jumping competition, through the establishment of final olympics ranking for Group A (North Western Europe). [5] [6]

Dressage

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverall
ScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRank
  Individual —
 
 
 
 
 		See above Team —

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing

AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotal
QualifierFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRank
  Individual
 

Jumping

AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinal
PenaltiesRankPenaltiesTimeRank
  Individual

Handball

Summary

Key:

TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Denmark men's Men's tournament
Denmark women's Women's tournament

Men's tournament

Denmark men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match against the host nation France and securing an outright berth at the 2023 IHF World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden. [7] [8]

Team roster
Group play
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 00000000
3Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 00000000
4Flag of France.svg  France (H)00000000
5Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 00000000
6Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: IHF
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.
(H) Hosts

Women's tournament

Denmark women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing second at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship. [9]

Team roster
Group play
PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 00000000 Quarter-finals
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 00000000
3Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 00000000
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 00000000
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 00000000
6Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 00000000
First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: IHF
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.

Rowing

Danish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Sverri Nielsen Men's single sculls

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

Danish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.

Elimination events
AthleteEventRaceFinal rank
123456789101112QFSF1SF2SF3SF4SF5SF6F1F2F3F4F5F6
Johan Søe Men's IQFoil —
Medal race events
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank
123456789101112131415M*
Johan Schubert Men's ILCA 7 —
Nikolaj Buhl
Daniel Nyborg 		Men's 49er
Anne-Marie Rindom Women's ILCA 6 —
Andrea Schmidt
Johanne Schmidt 		Women's 49erFX
Natacha Saouma-Pedersen
Mathias Bruun Borreskov 		Mixed Nacra 17

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Danish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament. [10]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Jesper Hansen Men's skeet
  Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions

Swimming

Danish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)): [11] [12] [13]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Julie Kepp Jensen Women's 50 m freestyle
Thea Blomsterberg Women's 200 m breaststroke
Helena Rosendahl Bach Women's 200 m butterfly
Signe Bro
Martine Damborg
Julie Kepp Jensen
Elisabeth Sabroe Ebbesen 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay —
Schastine Tabor
Thea Blomsterberg
Martine Damborg
Signe Bro 		4 × 100 m medley relay —

Table tennis

Denmark entered a full squad of male table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea. [14]

Men
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
  Singles
 
 
 
 		 Team —

Taekwondo

Denmark qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Edi Hrnic qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the under 80 kg semifinal, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Edi Hrnic Men's −80 kg

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