Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | DEN |
NOC | National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark |
Website | www |
in Beijing | |
Competitors | 84 in 16 sports |
Flag bearers | Joachim Olsen (opening) Lotte Friis (closing) |
Medals Ranked 30[1]th |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Other related appearances | |
1906 Intercalated Games |
Denmark competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Danish athletes who qualified for the Olympics and their results. The goal set out by Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union (Dansk Idræts-Forbund, DIF) was seven medals. The distribution of gold, silver and bronze medals in this goal were not specified.[2]
Team Danmark and DIF believed Denmark had the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing, but hoped to see table tennis and triathlon make the podium as well.[2]
The entire Danish Olympic squad was announced on 21 June 2008 with final confirmation on 8 July.[3]
On 14 August, placing third in the equestrian team dressage event, Denmark won its first medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | ||
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Score | Seed | Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
Niels Dall | Men's individual | 634 | 53 | Galiazzo (ITA) (12) L 97–114 |
Did not advance | |||||
Louise Laursen | Women's individual | 605 | 52 | Cwienczek (POL) (13) L 100–113 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Morten Jensen | Long jump | 7.63 | 31 | Did not advance | |
Joachim Olsen | Shot put | 19.74 | 22 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Distance | Position | Distance | Position | ||
Christina Scherwin | Javelin throw | 53.95 | 44 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
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Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Peter Gade | Singles | Bye | Lasmari (ALG) W 21–6, 21–4 |
Sato (JPN) W 19–21, 22–20, 21–15 |
Lin D (CHN) L 13–21, 16–21 |
Did not advance | ||
Kenneth Jonassen | Bye | Lee H-i (KOR) L 21–15, 14–21, 19–21 |
Did not advance | |||||
Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen |
Doubles | — | Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) L 12–21, 11–21 |
Did not advance | ||||
Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen |
— | Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) W 21–16, 21–19 |
Logosz / Mateusiak (POL) W 17–21, 21–11, 21–15 |
Kido / Setiawan (INA) L 19–21, 17–21 |
Lee J-j / Hwang J-m (KOR) L 21–13, 18–21, 17–21 |
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Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
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Rank | ||
Tine Rasmussen | Singles | Bye | Stapušaitytė (LTU) W 21–6, 21–8 |
Yulianti (INA) L 21–18, 19–21, 14–21 |
Did not advance | |||
Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
Doubles | — | Ogura / Shiota (JPN) L 21–18, 14–21, 18–21 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl |
Doubles | Saputra / Li (SIN) W 21–12, 21–14 |
Limpele / Marissa (INA) L 17–21, 21–15, 17–21 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Semifinals | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Kasper Bleibach | Men's K-1 500 m | 1:42.529 | 5 QS | 1:45.418 | 6 | Did not advance | |
Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen |
Men's K-2 500 m | 1:30.348 | 5 QS | 1:31.796 | 3 Q | 1:30.569 | 5 |
Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:18.709 | 2 QF | Bye | 3:13.580 | |||
Henriette Engel Hansen | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:52.773 | 5 QS | 1:55.960 | 8 | Did not advance |
Qualification Legend: QS = Qualify to semi-final; QF = Qualify directly to final
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Chris Anker Sørensen | Men's road race | 6:24:11 | 12 |
Men's time trial | 1:05:55 | 19 | |
Nicki Sørensen | Men's road race | 6:26:17 | 25 |
Brian Bach Vandborg | Men's road race | Did not finish | |
Men's time trial | 1:08:10 | 33 | |
Linda Melanie Villumsen | Women's road race | 3:32:33 | 5 |
Women's time trial | 36:50.62 | 13 |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinals | Finals | |||
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Time | Rank | Opponent Results |
Rank | Opponent Results |
Rank | ||
Michael Færk Christensen Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Rasmussen |
Men's team pursuit | 4:02.191 | 4 Q | France (FRA) 3:56.831 |
2 Q | Great Britain (GBR) 4:00.040 |
Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank |
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Daniel Kreutzfeldt | Men's points race | 29 | 1 | 6 |
Trine Schmidt | Women's points race | 0 | 0 | 18 |
Michael Mørkøv Alex Rasmussen |
Men's madison | 14 | −1 | 6 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Jakob Fuglsang | Men's cross-country | 2:06:41 | 25 |
Klaus Nielsen | LAP (1 lap) | 31 |
Athlete | Event | Seeding | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Henrik Baltzersen | Men's BMX | 37.635 | 29 | 16 | 5 | Did not advance | |||
Amanda Sørensen | Women's BMX | 38.719 | 12 | — | 20 | 8 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | |||
Andreas Helgstrand | Don Schufro | Individual | 68.833 | 14 Q | 68.800 | 14 Q | 72.550 | 10 | 70.675 | 11 |
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | Digby | 70.417 | 8 Q | 69.120 | 12 Q | 69.100 | 15 | 69.110 | 15 | |
Anne Van Olst | Clearwater | 67.375 | 17 Q | 65.320 | 22 | Did not advance | ||||
Andreas Helgstrand Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Anne Van Olst |
See above | Team | 68.875 | 3 | — | 68.875 |
Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Cross-country | Jumping | Total | |||||||||
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Qualifier | Final | ||||||||||||||
Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank | |||
Peter Tersgov Flarup | Silver Ray | Individual | 53.10 | 45 | 13.20 | 66.30 | 20 | Withdrew |
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
Peter Jensen | Men's | 69.20 | 10 | Did not advance |
The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.[5][6]
Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek
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Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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South Korea | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 122 | 129 | −7 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
Denmark | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 137 | 131 | +6 | 6 | |
Iceland | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 151 | 146 | +5 | 6 | |
Russia | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 136 | 131 | +5 | 5 | |
Germany | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 126 | 130 | −4 | 5 | |
Egypt | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 127 | 132 | −5 | 2 |
10 August 2008 20:45 |
Denmark | 23 – 23 | Egypt | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA) |
Christiansen 6 | (11–10) | El-Ahmar 8 | ||
3× 4× 1× | Report | 4× 4× |
12 August 2008 19:00 |
South Korea | 31 – 30 | Denmark | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT) |
Jung Su-young 9 | (13–14) | Nøddesbo 11 | ||
2× 1× | Report | 3× 2× |
14 August 2008 19:00 |
Denmark | 25 – 24 | Russia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Christiansen 6 | (10–10) | Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6 | ||
2× 3× | Report | 3× 4× |
16 August 2008 20:45 |
Denmark | 32 – 32 | Iceland | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE) |
Nøddesbo 6 | (18–17) | Guðjónsson 8 | ||
3× 5× | Report | 2× 6× 1× |
18 August 2008 19:00 |
Germany | 21 – 27 | Denmark | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO) |
Kraus 6 | (12–15) | Boesen 8 | ||
4× 4× 1× | Report | 3× 6× |
20 August 2008 18:00 |
Denmark | 24 – 26 | Croatia | Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP) |
Christiansen 6 | (14–12) | Šprem 7 | ||
2× 2× | Report | 2× 4× |
22 August 2008 12:00 |
Russia | 28 – 27 | Denmark | Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY) |
Dibirov 8 | (17–14) | Christiansen 8 | ||
4× 2× | Report | 4× 5× 1× |
24 August 2008 08:00 |
Denmark | 37 – 26 | South Korea | Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA) |
Hansen 8 | (15–13) | Ko Kyung-soo 10 | ||
3× 4× | Report | 2× 1× |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Thomas Morsing Larsen Morten Ølgaard |
Pair | 7:17.43 | 5 R | 6:38.33 | 3 SA/B | 6:48.65 | 6 FB | 6:55.37 | 10 |
Rasmus Quist Hansen Mads Rasmussen |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:14.84 | 1 SA/B | Bye | 6:26.49 | 2 FA | 6:12.45 | ||
Mads Andersen Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen |
Lightweight four | 5:50.12 | 1 SA/B | Bye | 6:05.75 | 1 FA | 5:47.76 |
Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Katrin Olsen Juliane Elander Rasmussen |
Lightweight double sculls | 6:58.63 | 2 SA/B | Bye | 7:06.31 | 4 FB | 7:06.94 | 7 |
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
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Jonas Kældsø Poulsen | RS:X | 28 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 23 | EL | 201 | 24 | |
Anders Nyholm | Laser | 18 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 13 | CAN | EL | 165 | 23 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
Bettina Honore | RS:X | 21 | 18 | 21 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 6 | EL | 142 | 19 |
Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
Jonas Høgh-Christensen | Finn | 16 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | CAN | CAN | — | 4 | 70 | 6 | |||||
Martin Kirketerp Jonas Warrer |
49er | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | CAN | CAN | CAN | 14 | 61 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race; CAN = Race cancelled;
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
Anders Golding | Skeet | 112 | 25 | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Jakob Andkjær | 50 m freestyle | 22.52 | 33 | Did not advance | |||
100 m freestyle | 49.25 | 27 | Did not advance | ||||
100 m butterfly | 52.24 NR | 19 | Did not advance | ||||
Chris Christensen | 200 m breaststroke | 2:13.92 | 33 | Did not advance | |||
200 m individual medley | 2:02.93 | 32 | Did not advance | ||||
Mads Glæsner | 400 m freestyle | 3:45.38 NR | 12 | — | Did not advance | ||
1500 m freestyle | 15:03.33 NR | 14 | — | Did not advance | |||
Jon Raahauge Rud | 200 m freestyle | 1:48.96 | 31 | Did not advance | |||
400 m freestyle | 3:57.41 | 34 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Lotte Friis | 400 m freestyle | 4:08.47 NR | 13 | — | Did not advance | ||
800 m freestyle | 8:21.74 NR | 3 Q | — | 8:23.03 | |||
Julie Hjorth-Hansen | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.99 NR | 5 Q | 2:12.26 | 10 | Did not advance | |
Louise Mai Jansen | 200 m freestyle | 2:01.30 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
Micha Østergaard | 100 m butterfly | 59.10 | 28 | Did not advance | |||
200 m butterfly | 2:07.77 NR | 8 Q | 2:09.29 | 11 | Did not advance | ||
Jeanette Ottesen | 50 m freestyle | 24.83 NR | 5 Q | 24.86 | 11 | Did not advance | |
100 m freestyle | 54.04 NR | 9 Q | 54.05 | 7 Q | 54.06 | 5 | |
100 m butterfly | 58.44 | 15 Q | 59.29 | 15 | Did not advance | ||
Lotte Friis Julie Hjorth-Hansen Louise Mai Jansen Micha Østergaard |
4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 8:00.81 NR | 13 | — | Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Michael Maze | Men's singles | Bye | Primorac (CRO) L 2–4 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Score |
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Caroline Wozniacki | Women's singles | Sfar (TUN) W 6–4, 6–1 |
Hantuchová (SVK) W 6–1, 6–3 |
Dementieva (RUS) L 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Did not advance |
Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
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Rasmus Henning | Men's | 18:18 | 0:26 | 58:57 | 0:28 | 31:48 | 1:49:57.47 | 8 |
Key:
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
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Rank | ||
Anders Nyblom | −55 kg | Bye | Park E-C (KOR) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 14 | ||||
Mark Madsen | −74 kg | Samurgashev (RUS) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | 19 |