Denmark at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Denmark at the
2012 Summer Olympics

IOC code| DEN
NOC| National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website| www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in London
Competitors| 113 in 17 sports
Flag bearers | Kim Wraae Knudsen (opening)
Allan Nørregaard (closing)
Medals
Ranked 29th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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.

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

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| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Rasmus Quist
Mads Rasmussen | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls | 4 August
Gold | Lasse Norman Hansen | Cycling | Men's omnium | 5 August
Silver | Anders Golding | Shooting | Men's skeet | 31 July
Silver | Fie Udby Erichsen | Rowing | Women's single sculls | 4 August
Silver | Jonas Høgh-Christensen | Sailing | Finn class | 5 August
Silver | Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen | Badminton | Men's doubles | 5 August
Bronze | Kasper Winther Jørgensen
Morten Jørgensen
Jacob Barsøe
Eskild Ebbesen | Rowing | Men's lightweight coxless four | 2 August
Bronze | Joachim Fischer
Christinna Pedersen | Badminton | Mixed doubles | 3 August
Bronze | Peter Lang
Allan Nørregaard | Sailing | 49er | 8 August

| Medals by sport

Sport |  |  |  | Total
Rowing | 1  | 1  | 1  | 3
Cycling | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1
Badminton | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
Sailing | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2
Shooting | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Total  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 9

## Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:

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Archery | 0 | 3 | 3
Athletics | 3 | 3 | 6
Badminton | 6 | 4 | 10
Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1
Canoeing | 4 | 1 | 5
Cycling | 10 | 1 | 11
Equestrian | 0 | 4 | 4
Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1
Handball | 14 | 14 | 28
Rowing | 7 | 3 | 10
Sailing | 5 | 6 | 11
Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5
Swimming | 5 | 5 | 10
Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 3
Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1
Triathlon | 0 | 2 | 2
Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2
Total | 63 | 50 | 113

| Medals by date

Day | Date |  |  |  | Total
Day 1  | 28 July  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 2  | 29 July  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 3  | 30 July  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 4  | 31 July  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1
Day 5  | 1 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 6  | 2 August  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Day 7  | 3 August  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Day 8  | 4 August  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 2
Day 9  | 5 August  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 3
Day 10  | 6 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 11  | 7 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 12  | 8 August  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1
Day 13  | 9 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 14  | 10 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 15  | 11 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Day 16  | 12 August  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0
Total  | 2  | 4  | 3  | 9

## Archery

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Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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]

Athlete  | Event  | Ranking round  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Carina Christiansen | Women's individual | 663  | 7  |  Barnard (AUS) (58)
W 7–3  |  Le C-y (TPE) (39)
W 6–4  |  Avitia (MEX) (10)
L 2–6  | did not advance
Maja Jager | 642  | 35  |  Richter (GER) (30)
L 5–6  | Did not advance
Louise Laursen | 641  | 36  |  Beaudet (CAN) (29)
W 7–3  |  Lorig (USA) (4)
L 4–6  | Did not advance
Carina Christiansen
Maja Jager
Louise Laursen | Women's team | 1946  | 8  | —  |  India (IND) (9)
W 211–210  |  South Korea (KOR) (1)
L 195–206  | Did not advance

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

* Note – Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Jesper Faurschou in men's marathon

Men
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Andreas Bube | 800 m | 1:46.40  | 6  | Did not advance
Jesper Faurschou | Marathon | —  | 2:18:44  | 41

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Kim Christensen | Shot put | 19.13  | 28  | Did not advance

Women
Track & road events
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Sara Slott Petersen | 400 m hurdles | 56.01  | 6 q | 56.21  | 6  | did not advance
Jessica Draskau | Marathon | —  | 2:31:43  | 40

Field events
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Distance  | Position  | Distance  | Position
Caroline Bonde Holm | Pole vault | NM | —  | Did not advance

## Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Elimination  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Peter Gade | Singles |  Martins (POR)
W 21–14, 21–8  | —  | 1 Q |  Son W-h (KOR)
W 21–9, 21–16  |  Chen L (CHN)
L 16–21, 13–21  | Did not advance
Jan Østergaard Jørgensen |  Zilberman (ISR)
W 21–13, 21–12  |  Wong (SIN)
W 21–17, 21–14  | —  | 1 Q |  Lee H-i (KOR)
L 17–21, 13–21  | did not advance
Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen | Doubles |  James /
Viljoen (RSA)
W 21–6, 21–12  |  Ivanov /
Sozonov (RUS)
W 16–21, 21–19, 21–14  |  Chai B /
Guo Zd (CHN)
W 21–14, 21–19  | 1 Q | —  |  Fang C-m /
Lee S-m (TPE)
W 21–16, 21–18  |  Jung J-s /
Lee Y-d (KOR)
W 17–21, 21–18, 22–20  |  Cai Y /
Fu H (CHN)
L 16–21, 15–21  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Elimination  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Tine Baun | Singles |  Augustyn (POL)
W 21–11, 21–6  |  Prokopenko (RUS)
W 19–21, 21–15, 21–16  | —  | 1 Q |  Sato (JPN) (12)
W 14–15ret |  Nehwal (IND)
L 15–21, 20–22  | Did not advance
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen | Doubles |  Maeda /
Suetsuna (JPN)
L 21–18, 14–21, 17–21  |  Poon L Y /
Tse Y S (HKG)
W 21–13, 14–21, 21–18  |  Tian Q /
Zhao Yl (CHN)
W 22–20, 21–12  | 1 Q | —  |  Fujii /
Kakiiwa (JPN)
L 20–22, 10–21  | Did not advance

Mixed
Athlete  | Event  | Group stage  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Doubles |  Diju /
Gutta (IND)
W 21–12, 21–16  |  Lee Y-d /
Ha J-e (KOR)
W 21–15, 21–11  |  Ahmad /
Natsir (INA)
L 22–24, 16–21  | 2 Q |  Zhang N /
Zhao Yl (CHN)
L 13–21, 17–21  | Did not advance
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen |  Ng /
Gao (CAN)
W 21–12, 21–11  |  Mateusiak /
Zięba (POL)
W 21–9, 14–21, 21–17  |  Ikeda /
Shiota (JPN)
W 21–11, 21–10  | 1 Q |  Prapakamol /
Thungthongkam (THA)
W 21–15, 21–13  |  Zhang N /
Zhao Yl (CHN)
L 21–17, 17–21, 19–21  |  Ahmad /
Natsir (INA)
W 21–12, 21–12  |

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark qualified in the following event with one qualifier.

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Dennis Ceylan | Bantamweight |  Nevin (IRL)
L 6–21  | Did not advance

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

### Sprint

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

Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Kasper Bleibach | Men's K-1 200 m | 36.610  | 3 Q | 36.667  | 5 FB | 37.802  | 9
René Holten Poulsen | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:30.284  | 1 Q | 3:30.247  | 3 FA | 3:29.483  | 4
Kim Wraae Knudsen
Emil Stær Simensen | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:17.020  | 5 Q | 3:15.580  | 4 FB | 3:12.820  | 9
Kasper Bleibach
Kim Wraae Knudsen
René Holten Poulsen
Emil Stær Simensen | Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:05.134  | 3 Q | 2:56.003  | 6 FA | 2:56.542  | 5
Henriette Engel Hansen | Women's K-1 200 m | 42.866  | 4 Q | 42.821  | 7  | did not advance
Women's K-1 500 m | 1:52.650  | 2 Q | 1:51.929  | 2 FA | 1:54.110  | 7

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

### Road

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Lars Bak | Men's road race | 5:46:37  | 71
Men's time trial | 54:33.21  | 14
Matti Breschel | Men's road race | 5:46:37  | 42
Jakob Fuglsang | Men's road race | 5:46:05  | 12
Men's time trial | 54:34.49  | 15
Nicki Sørensen | Men's road race | 5:46:37  | 57

### Track

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Pursuit
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Opponent
Results  | Rank  | Opponent
Results  | Rank
Lasse Norman Hansen*
Michael Mørkøv
Mathias Møller Nielsen**
Rasmus Quaade
Casper von Folsach | Men's team pursuit | 3:58.298  | 4 Q |  Great Britain (GBR)
3:57.396  | 5  |  Spain (ESP)
4:02.671  | 5

Omnium
Athlete  | Event  | Flying lap  | Points race  | Elimination race  | Individual pursuit  | Scratch race  | Time trial  | Total points  | Rank

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Time  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Lasse Norman Hansen | Men's omnium | 13.236  | 4  | 59  | 2  | 12  | 4:20.674  | 1  | 6  | 1:02.314  | 2  | 27  |

### Mountain biking

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Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Annika Langvad | Women's cross-country | DNS

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

### BMX

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Athlete  | Event  | Seeding  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Morten Therkildsen | Men's BMX | 39.378  | 25  | 20  | 5  | Did not advance

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

### Dressage

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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.

Athlete  | Horse  | Event  | Grand Prix  | Grand Prix Special  | Grand Prix Freestyle  | Overall

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank  | Technical  | Artistic  | Score  | Rank
Anna Kasprzak | Donnperignon  | Individual | 75.289  | 12 Q | 73.952  | 16 Q | 74.179  | 78.714  | 76.446  | 18
Lisbeth Seierskilde | Raneur  | 69.863  | 32  | Did not advance
Anne Van Olst | Clearwater  | 71.322  | 23 Q | 72.016  | 21  | Did not advance
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | Digby  | 74.954  | 13 Q | 75.857  | 9 Q | 76.321  | 81.857  | 79.018  | 12
Anna Kasprzak
Anne Van Olst
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | See above | Team | 73.845  | 4 Q | 73.846  | 4 Q | —  | 73.846  | 4

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

### Trampoline

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

Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Score  | Rank  | Score  | Rank
Peter Jensen  | Men's | 104.695  | 10  | Did not advance

## Handball

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Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

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Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 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.  | Name  | Date of birth (age)  | Height  | App.  | Goals  | Club

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1  | GK  | Niklas Landin Jacobsen |  (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23)  | 2.00 m  |  |  |  Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2  | CB  | Thomas Mogensen |  (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 29)  | 1.87 m  |  |  |  Flensburg-Handewitt
4  | LB  | Lasse Boesen |  (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 32)  | 1.92 m  |  |  |  KIF Kolding
8  | CB  | Rasmus Lauge Schmidt |  (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21)  | 1.94 m  |  |  |  Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
10  | LB  | Nikolaj Markussen |  (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23)  | 2.12 m  |  |  |  Atlético Madrid
11  | LW  | Anders Eggert Jensen |  (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 30)  | 1.79 m  |  |  |  Flensburg-Handewitt
13  | CB  | Bo Spellerberg |  (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 33)  | 1.92 m  |  |  |  KIF Kolding
14  | P  | Michael V. Knudsen |  (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 33)  | 1.92 m  |  |  |  Flensburg-Handewitt
17  | RW  | Lasse Svan Hansen |  (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 28)  | 1.87 m  |  |  |  Flensburg-Handewitt
18  | RW  | Hans Lindberg |  (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 30)  | 1.88 m  |  |  |  HSV Hamburg
19  | P  | Rene Toft Hansen |  (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 27)  | 2.00 m  |  |  |  AG København
20  | GK  | Marcus Cleverly |  (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 31)  | 1.88 m  |  |  |  Vive Targi Kielce
22  | RB  | Kasper Søndergaard Sarup |  (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 31)  | 1.95 m  |  |  |  Skjern Håndbold
24  | LB  | Mikkel Hansen |  (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 24)  | 1.96 m  |  |  |  AG København
26  | LB  | Kasper Nielsen |  (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 37)  | 1.92 m  |  |  |  Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Group play
Team

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Croatia | 5  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 150  | 109  | +41  | 10  | Quarter-finals
Denmark | 5  | 4  | 0  | 1  | 124  | 129  | −5  | 8
Spain | 5  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 140  | 126  | +14  | 6
Hungary | 5  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 114  | 128  | −14  | 4
Serbia | 5  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 120  | 131  | −11  | 2  |
South Korea | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 115  | 140  | −25  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

29 July 2012
21:15  | Hungary | 25 – 27 |  Denmark | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000[13]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)

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Császár 8  | (10–13)  | Eggert 9
1× 7× | Report | 3× 5×
31 July 2012
19:30  | Denmark | 24 – 23 |  Spain | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,368[14]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)

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Hansen 8  | (13–12)  | three players 4
4× 6× | Report | 4× 1×
2 August 2012
19:30  | Serbia | 25 – 26 |  Denmark | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,504[15]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)

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Vujin 7  | (11–13)  | Hansen 7
3× 7× | Report | 2× 3×
4 August 2012
16:15  | Croatia | 32 – 21 |  Denmark | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,800[16]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)

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three players 5  | (14–9)  | Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
3× 2× | Report | 3× 3×
6 August 2012
14:30  | Denmark | 26 – 24 |  South Korea | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,546[17]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)

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Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6  | (13–14)  | Lee Jae-woo, Eom Hyo-won 6
4× 2× | Report | 2× 1×

Quarter-final
8 August 2012
18:00  | Sweden | 24 – 22 |  Denmark | Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,494[18]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)

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Doder 6  | (11–9)  | Lindberg 6
4× 5× | Report | 4× 2×

### Women's tournament

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Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – 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.  | Name  | Date of birth (age)  | Height  | App.  | Goals  | Club

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2  | P  | Mette Melgaard |  (1980-06-03)3 June 1980 (aged 32)  | 1.70 m  |  |  |  Randers HK
4  | P  | Susan Thorsgaard |  (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 (aged 23)  | 1.88 m  |  |  |  FC Midtjylland
9  | RB  | Camilla Dalby |  (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 24)  | 1.82 m  |  |  |  Randers HK
10  | CB  | Christina Krogshede |  (1981-11-04)4 November 1981 (aged 30)  | 1.72 m  |  |  |  Frederiksberg IF
12  | GK  | Karin Mortensen |  (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34)  | 1.81 m  |  |  |  Frederiksberg IF
13  | P  | Marianne Bonde |  (1984-06-25)25 June 1984 (aged 28)  | 1.84 m  |  |  |  Frederiksberg IF
15  | LB  | Pernille Larsen |  (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34)  | 1.84 m  |  |  |  Viborg HK
16  | GK  | Christina Pedersen |  (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 29)  | 1.80 m  |  |  |  Frederiksberg IF
19  | RB  | Line Jørgensen |  (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 22)  | 1.83 m  |  |  |  FC Midtjylland
22  | LB  | Trine Troelsen |  (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 27)  | 1.72 m  |  |  |  FC Midtjylland
23  | LW  | Ann Grete Nørgaard |  (1983-09-15)15 September 1983 (aged 28)  | 1.63 m  |  |  |  Team Tvis Holstebro
24  | CB  | Berit Kristensen |  (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 28)  | 1.72 m  |  |  |  Randers HK
25  | LB  | Rikke Skov |  (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 31)  | 1.81 m  |  |  |  Viborg HK
27  | RB  | Louise Burgaard |  (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 19)  | 1.76 m  |  |  |  Team Tvis Holstebro

Group play
Team

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France | 5  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 125  | 103  | +22  | 9  | Quarter-finals
South Korea | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 136  | 130  | +6  | 7
Spain | 5  | 3  | 1  | 1  | 119  | 114  | +5  | 7
Norway | 5  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 118  | 120  | −2  | 5
Denmark | 5  | 1  | 0  | 4  | 113  | 121  | −8  | 2  |
Sweden | 5  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 108  | 131  | −23  | 0

Source: [citation needed]

28 July 2012
16:15  | Denmark | 21 – 18 |  Sweden | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,942[20]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)

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Skov 6  | (8–10)  | Gulldén 5
3× 4× | Report | 4× 3×
30 July 2012
11:15  | South Korea | 25 – 24 |  Denmark | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,393[21]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)

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Jo Hyo-bi 5  | (11–10)  | Larsen 7
3× 1× | Report | 3× 2×
1 August 2012
19:30  | Spain | 24 – 21 |  Denmark | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,488[22]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)

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Mangué 7  | (14–9)  | Nørgaard 7
3× 3× 1× | Report | 3× 1×
3 August 2012
21:15  | Denmark | 23 – 24 |  Norway | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,720[23]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)

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Nørgaard 9  | (11–12)  | Løke 6
3× 2× | Report | 3×
5 August 2012
21:15  | Denmark | 24 – 30 |  France | Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,616[24]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)

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3× 2× | Report | 2× 1×

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified boats for the following events

Five-time Olympian Eskild Ebbesen satisfied with his bronze medal in men's lightweight four.

Men
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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Henrik Stephansen | Single sculls | 6:46.32  | 3 QF | Bye  | 6:55.95  | 4 SC/D | 7:29.76  | 1 FC | 7:19.62  | 13
Rasmus Quist Hansen
Mads Rasmussen | Lightweight double sculls | 6:33.11  | 1 SA/B | Bye  | —  | 6:33.25  | 1 FA | 6:37.17  |
Jacob Barsøe
Eskild Ebbesen
Morten Jørgensen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen | Lightweight four | 5:55.64  | 3 SA/B | Bye  | —  | 6:03.53  | 1 FA | 6:03.16  |

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heats  | Repechage  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Fie Udby Erichsen | Single sculls | 7:29.37  | 2 QF | Bye  | 7:38.93  | 1 SA/B | 7:44.33  | 1 FA | 7:57.72  |
Anne Lolk
Juliane Elander Rasmussen | Lightweight double sculls | 6:59.94  | 2 SA/B | Bye  | —  | 7:10.93  | 2 FA | 7:15.53  | 4

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

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Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
Athlete  | Event  | Race  | Net points  | Final rank

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Sebastian Fleischer | RS:X | 18  | 28  | 24  | 23  | ~~29~~ | 29  | 29  | 15  | 28  | 26  | EL | 220  | 29
Thorbjørn Schierup | Laser | 36  | 16  | ~~24~~ | 8  | 23  | 16  | 5  | 23  | 24  | 18  | EL | 157  | 19
Jonas Høgh-Christensen | Finn | 1  | 1  | 2  | 7  | 1  | 2  | ~~8~~ | 4  | 5  | 3  | 20  | 46  |
Michael Hestbæk
Claus Olesen | Star | 12  | 11  | 13  | ~~14~~ | 13  | 7  | 6  | 3  | 14  | 10  | EL | 89  | 11

Women
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Anne-Marie Rindom | Laser Radial | 17  | 19  | 8  | 22  | 12  | 7  | ~~27~~ | 23  | 11  | 11  | EL | 130  | 13
Henriette Koch
Lene Sommer | 470 | 5  | 12  | ~~16~~ | 10  | 14  | 16  | 15  | 10  | 9  | 15  | EL | 106  | 16

Match racing
Athlete  | Event  | Round Robin  | Rank  | Knockouts  | Rank

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USA |
RUS |
NZL |
NED |
SWE |
FRA |
FIN |
POR |
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ESP | Q-final  | S-final  | Final
Susanne Boidin
Tina Gramkov
Lotte Meldgaard | Elliott 6m | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | 10  | Did 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
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Peter Lang
Allan Nørregaard | 49er | 2  | 4  | 14  | 6  | ~~16~~ | 15  | 5  | 7  | 13  | 6  | 16  | 4  | 4  | 3  | 9  | 6  | 114  |

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Anders Golding | Skeet | 122  | 2 Q | 146  |
Torben Grimmel | 50 m rifle prone | 592  | 24  | Did not advance
Jesper Hansen | Skeet | 113  | 26  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
Stine Andersen | 10 m air rifle | 393  | 30  | Did not advance
Stine Nielsen | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 582  | 11  | Did not advance
10 m air rifle | 397  | 9  | Did not advance

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Mads Glæsner | 200 m freestyle | DNS | Did not advance
400 m freestyle[28] | 3:48.27  | 12  | —  | Did not advance
Mathias Gydesen | 100 m backstroke | 55.31  | 30  | Did not advance
Pál Joensen | 400 m freestyle[28] | 3:47.36  | 10  | —  | Did not advance
1500 m freestyle | 15:18.42  | 17  | —  | Did not advance
Mads Glæsner
Pál Joensen
Anders Lie
Daniel Skaaning | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:15.04  | 13  | —  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Pernille Blume | 50 m freestyle | 25.54  | =24  | Did not advance
100 m freestyle[29] | 55.04  | 19  | Did not advance
200 m freestyle | 2:00.91  | 24  | Did not advance
Lotte Friis | 400 m freestyle | 4:04.22  | 5 Q | —  | 4:03.98  | 4
800 m freestyle | 8:21.89  | 2 Q | —  | 8:23.86  | 5
Mie Nielsen | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.38  | 17  | Did not advance
200 m backstroke | 2:13.89  | 28  | did not advance
Jeanette Ottesen | 50 m freestyle | 24.85  | =7 Q | 24.99  | 12  | Did not advance
100 m freestyle[29] | 53.51  | 3 Q | 53.77  | =5 Q | 53.75  | 7
100 m butterfly | 57.64  | 4 Q | 57.25  | 3 Q | 57.35  | 6
Rikke Møller Pedersen | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.23  | 9 Q | 1:06.82  | 6 Q | 1:07.55  | 8
200 m breaststroke | 2:22.69  | 2 Q | 2:22.23  | 2 Q | 2:21.65  | 4
Pernille Blume
Lotte Friis
Mie Nielsen
Jeanette Ottesen | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:38.09  | 6 Q | —  | 3:37.45  | 6
Pernille Blume
Mie Nielsen
Jeanette Ottesen
Rikke Møller Pedersen | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.35  | 3 Q | —  | 3:57.76  | 7

## Table tennis

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Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
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Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Allan Bentsen | Men's singles | Bye  |  Zwickl (HUN)
L 1–4  | Did not advance
Michael Maze | Bye  |  Kreanga (GRE)
W 4–1  |  Mizutani (JPN)
W 4–0  |  Ovtcharov (GER)
L 3–4  | Did not advance
Mie Skov | Women's singles | Bye  |  El-Dawlatly (EGY)
W 4–0  |  Partyka (POL)
L 3–4  | Did not advance

## Tennis

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Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 64  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final / BM

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Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
Caroline Wozniacki | Women's singles |  Keothavong (GBR)
W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2  |  Wickmayer (BEL)
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3  |  Hantuchová (SVK)
W 6–4, 6–2  |  S. Williams (USA)
L 0–6, 3–6  | Did not advance

## Triathlon

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Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete  | Event  | Swim (1.5 km)  | Trans 1  | Bike (40 km)  | Trans 2  | Run (10 km)  | Total Time  | Rank

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Helle Frederiksen | Women's | 19:31  | 0:45  | 1:07:11  | 0:33  | 35:10  | 2:03:10  | 27
Line Jensen | 18:21  | 0:43  | 1:06:34  | 0:32  | 36:37  | 2:02:47  | 23

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified in the following events.

Key

* VT – Victory by Fall.
* PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
* PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Final / BM

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Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Håkan Nyblom | −55 kg | Bye  |  Fajari (MAR)
W 3–0 PO |  Hasegawa (JPN)
W 3–0 PO |  Sourian (IRI)
L 0–3 PO | Bye  |  Módos (HUN)
L 1–3 PP | 5
Mark Madsen | −74 kg | Bye  |  Vlasov (RUS)
L 1–3 PP | Did not advance  | Bye  |  Guénot (FRA)
W 3–1 PP |  Kazakevič (LTU)
L 0–3 PO | 5

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