- Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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Denmark at the Olympic Games
Flag of Denmark – Flag bearersIOC code DEN NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark Website www.dif.dk (Danish) At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing Competitors 84 in 16 sports Flag bearer Joachim Olsen Medals
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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 June 21, 2008 with final confirmation on July 8.[3]
On August 14, placing third in the Equestrian Team dressage event, Denmark won its first medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Contents
Medalists
Medal Name Sport Event Gold Mads Christian Kruse Andersen
Eskild Ebbesen
Thomas Ebert
Morten JørgensenRowing Men's lightweight coxless four Gold Martin Kirketerp
Jonas WarrerSailing 49er class Silver[4] Casper Jørgensen
Jens-Erik Madsen
Michael Mørkøv
Alex Nicki RasmussenCycling Men's team pursuit Silver Kim Wraae Knudsen
René Holten PoulsenCanoeing Men's K-2 1000 m Bronze Andreas Helgstrand
Nathalie Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Anne Van OlstEquestrian Team dressage Bronze Lotte Friis Swimming Women's 800 metre freestyle Bronze Rasmus Quist
Mads Reinholdt RasmussenRowing Men's lightweight double sculls Aquatics
Swimming
Further information: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics- Men
Athlete Events Heats Semifinal Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Jakob Schiøtt 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 Rud 200 m freestyle 1:48.96 31 Did not advance 400 m freestyle 3:57.41 34 Did not advance - Women
Athlete Events Heats Semifinal Final 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 From:
Julie Hjorth-Hansen
Micha Østergaard
Louise Mai Jansen
Lotte Friis4×200 metre freestyle relay 8:00.81 NR
1:59.16 NR
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2:00.31
1:59.6713 Did not advance Archery
Further information: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationNiels Dall, qualified by finishing 14th in the World Championships in Leipzig in June 2007, while Louise Klingenberg Laursen qualified by finishing 33rd at the World Championships.
Men
Athlete Event Ranking Round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Score Seed Opposition
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ScoreRank Niels Dall Individual 634 53 M Galiazzo (ITA)
L 114-97Did not advance Women
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ScoreRank Louise Klingenberg Laursen Individual 605 52 M Cwienczek (POL)
L 100-113Did not advance Athletics
Further information: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics- Joachim Olsen, shot put. Qualified with a 20.21 m throw in Odense on June 24, 2007 (requirement 20.00 m).
- Christina Scherwin, javelin. Qualified with a 59.94 m throw in Odense on June 24, 2007 (requirement 59.50 m).
- Morten Jensen, long jump. Qualified with a 8.10 m jump on Crete on June 7, 2008 (requirement: 8.05 m)
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final Mark Rank Mark Rank Joachim Olsen Shot put 19.74 22 Did not advance Morten Jensen Long jump 7.63 31 Did not advance Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final Mark Rank Mark Rank Christina Scherwin Javelin throw 53.95 44 Did not advance Badminton
Further information: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification- Peter Gade, men's singles. Qualified by being 8th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Kenneth Jonassen, men's singles. Qualified by being 5th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Tine Rasmussen, women's singles. Qualified by being 6th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen, men's doubles. Qualified by being 12th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen, men's doubles. Qualified by being 7th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Lena Frier Kristiansen, women's doubles. Qualified by being 13th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl, mixed doubles. Qualified by being 9th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
Men
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ScoreRank (8) Peter Gade Singles Lasmari (ALG)
W 21-6 21-4Sato (JPN)
W 19-21 22-20 21-15(1) Lin (CHN)
L 13-21 16-21Did not advance (5) Kenneth Jonassen Singles Lee (KOR)
L 21-15 14-21 19-21Did not advance Jens Eriksen
Martin Lundgaard HansenDoubles (2) Cai and Fu (CHN)
L 12-21 11-21Did not advance Lars Paaske
Jonas RasmussenDoubles (3) Jung and Lee (KOR)
W 21-16 21-19Logosz and Mateusiak (POL)
W 17-21 21-11 21-15(1) Kido and Setiawan (INA)
L 19-21 17-21Jae-jin and Ji-man (KOR)
L 21-13 18-21 17-214 Women
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ScoreRank Tine Rasmussen Singles (6) Stapušaitytė (LTU)
W 21-6 21-8Yulianti (INA)
L 21-18 19-21 14-21Did not advance Lena Frier Kristiansen
Kamilla Rytter JuhlDoubles Ogura and Shiota (JPN)
L 21-18 14-21 18-21Did not advance Mixed
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ScoreRank Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter JuhlDoubles Saputra and Li (SIN)
W 21-12 21-14(3) Limpele and Marissa (INA)
L 17-21 21-15 17-21Did not advance Canoeing
Further information: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationFlatwater
- Kasper Bleibach, men's K-1 500m. Qualified by winning the European Championships in Milan in May 2008.
- Henriette Engel Hansen, women's K-1 500m. Qualified by winning the B-final at the European Championships in Milan in May 2008.
- Kim Wraae Knudsen and René Holten Poulsen, men's K-2 1000. Qualified by winning the European Championships in Milan in May 2008.
Men
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Kasper Bleibach K-1 500 m 1:42.529 5 QS 1:45.418 6 Did not advance René Holten Poulsen
Kim Wraae KnudsenK-2 500 m 1:30.348 5 QS 1:31.796 3 QF 1:30.569 5 K-2 1000 m 3:18.709 2 QF 3:13.580 Women
Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Henriette Engel Hansen K-1 500 m 1:52.773 5 QS 1:55.960 8 Did not advance QS = Qualified for semifinal QF = Qualified for final
Cycling
Further information: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationBMX
- Men
Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Run 1 Run 2 Seed Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Time Time Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Pts. Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Pts. Rank Time Rank Henrik Baltzersen Individual 37.671 37.635 29 38.561 8 39.083 5 38.846 3 16 5 Did not advance - Women
Athlete Event Seeding Semifinals Final Run 1 Run 2 Seed Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total Time Time Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Pts. Rank Time Rank Amanda Sørensen Individual 39.183 38.719 12 DNF 8 47.469 8 39.474 4 20 8 Did not advance Mountain Biking
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank Jakob Fuglsang Cross-country 2:06:41 25 Klaus Nielsen Cross-country -1LAP 31 Road
Men
Athlete Event Time Rank Chris Anker Sørensen Road race 6:24:11 (+0:22) 12 Time trial 1:05:55.42 (+3:43.99) 19 Nicki Sørensen Road race 6:26:17 (+2:28) 25 Brian Bach Vandborg Road race Did not finish Time trial 1:08:10.20 (+5:58.77) 33 Women
Athlete Event Time Rank Linda Melanie Villumsen Road race 3:32:33 (+0:09) 5 Time trial 36:50.62 (+1:58.90) 13 Track
Pursuits
Athlete Event Qualifying 1st Round Finals Time Rank Opposition
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TimeRank Michael Færk Christensen
Casper Jørgensen
Jens-Erik Madsen
Alex RasmussenMen's team pursuit 4:02.191 4 Q France (FRA)
W 3:56.831
(France DSQ)2 Q Great Britain (GBR)
L 4:00.040
(Great Britain 3:53.314 WR)Points Races
Athlete Event Points/Laps Rank Daniel Adelhard Kreutzfeldt Men's points race 29 6 Trine Schmidt Women's points race 0 18 Michael Mørkøv
Alex RasmussenMen's madison 14/-1 6 All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Equestrian
Further information: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationDressage
Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix GP Special GP Freestyle Total Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Score Rank Andreas Helgstrand Don Schufro Individual 68.833 14 68.800 14 72.550 10 70.675 11 Nathalie Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Digby Individual 70.417 8 69.120 12 69.100 15 69.110 15 Anne Van Olst Clearwater Individual 67.375 17 65.320 22 Did not advance From:
Andreas Helgstrand
Nathalie Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Anne Van Olstas above Team 68.875
68.833
70.417
67.375Eventing
Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total Qualifier Final Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Penalties Rank Peter Tersgov Flarup Silver Ray Individual 53.10 45 13.20 5 Withdrew Gymnastics
Trampoline
Further information: Trampoline at the 2008 Summer Olympics- Peter Jensen, individual all-around. Qualified by finishing 14th (11th filtered) in the World Championships in Canada on November 2, 2007.
Men
Athlete Event Heats Final Score Rank Score Rank Peter Jensen Individual 69.20 10 Did not advance Handball
Further information: Handball at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen's competition
Further information: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's tournament- Men's team. Qualified by winning the 2008 European Championship in Norway.
The team was selected on June 27, 2008.[5]
- Goalkeepers: Kasper Hvidt and Peter Henriksen
- Wings: Hans Lindberg and Lars Christiansen
- Pivots: Michael V. Knudsen* and Jesper Nøddesbo
- Backs: Lars Jørgensen, Joachim Boldsen, Kasper Søndergaard, Klavs Bruun Jørgensen, Kasper Nielsen, Jesper Jensen, Bo Spellerberg and Lasse Boesen
* Michael V. Knudsen was sent home injured from the tournament shortly after the first match suffering from appendicitis. Instead the reserve, Mikkel Hansen was brought in.
Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Points South Korea 5 3 0 2 122 129 -7 6 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
20:45Denmark 23–23 Egypt Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Bord (FRA), Buy (FRA)Christiansen 6 (Report) El Ahmar 8
12 August
19:00South Korea 31–30 Denmark Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Licis (LAT), Stolarovs (LAT)Jung 9 (Report) Nøddesbo 11
14 August
19:00Denmark 25–24 Russia Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)Christiansen 6 (Report) Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6
16 August
20:45Denmark 32–32 Iceland Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Canbro (SWE), Claesson (SWE)Nøddesbo 6 (Report) Gudjonsson 8
18 August
19:00Germany 21–27 Denmark Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Krstic (SLO), Ljubic (SLO)Kraus 6 (Report) Boesen 8 Knockout stage
- Quarterfinal
20 August
18:00Croatia 26–24 Denmark Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium
Referees: Breto (ESP), Huelin (ESP)Šprem 7 (Report) Lindberg 4 - Classification match
22 August
12:00Russia 28–27 Denmark Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Elmoamli (EGY), Shaban Ali (EGY)Dibirov 8 (Report) Christiansen 8 - 7th/8th classification
24 August
8:00Denmark 37–26 South Korea Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Referees: Aires Menezes (BRA), Aparecido Pinto (BRA)Hansen 8 (Report) Ko 10 Final rank: 7th
All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Rowing
Further information: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - QualificationMen
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Thomas Morsing Larsen
Morten ØlgaardPairs 7:17.43 5 6:38.33 3 SA/B 6:48.65 6 FB 6:55.37 (4) 10 Rasmus Quist
Mads Reinholdt RasmussenLightweight double sculls 6:14.84 1 SA/B 6:26.49 2 FA 6:12.45 Mads Christian Kruse Andersen
Eskild Ebbesen
Thomas Ebert
Morten JørgensenLightweight fours 5:50.12 1 SA/B 6:05.75 1 FA 5:47.76 Women
Athlete(s) Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Katrin Olsen
Juliane Elander RasmussenLightweight double sculls 6:58.63 2 SA/B 7:06.31 4 FB 7:06.94 (1) 7 FA = Qualified for Final A SA/B = Qualified for Semifinal A/B
Sailing
Further information: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification- Bettina Honoré, Windsurfing, RS:X. Qualified by finishing 45th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
- Martin Kirketerp, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen, Finn. Qualified by being 1st on the World Ranking at the time of selection.
- Jonas Kældsø, Windsurfing RS:X. Qualified by finishing 29th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
- Anders Nyholm, laser. Qualified by finishing 23rd at the World Championships.
- Jonas Warrer, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.
Men
Athlete Event Races 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Medal Race Score Rank Jonas Kældsø Sailboard 28 26 30 29 (35) 4 14 13 34 23 Did not advance 201 24 Anders Nyholm Laser 18 26 19 15 19 (BFD) 27 28 13 CAN Did not advance 165 23 Women
Athlete Event Races 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Medal Race Score Rank Bettina Honoré Sailboard 21 18 21 18 20 9 14 15 (22) 6 Did not advance 142 19 Open
Athlete Event Races 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Medal Race Score Rank Jonas Høgh-Christensen Finn 16 6 12 16 (25) 4 5 7 CAN 4 70 6 Martin Kirketerp
Jonas Warrer49er 2 4 (10) 4 2 3 4 2 9 2 7 8 CAN 14 61 - BFD = Disqualified under rule 30.3 (False Start - Black Flag)
- OCS = On the course side
- (X) = Worst result discarded
- CAN = Race cancelled
Shooting
Further information: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification- Anders Christian Golding, skeet shooting. Qualified by finishing 8th at the 2007 European Championships in Granada.
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final Rank Score Rank Score Rank Anders Christian Golding Skeet 112 25 Did not advance 25 Table tennis
Further information: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer OlympicsMen
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Result(16) Michael Maze Singles Bye Primorac (CRO)
L 11-8 9-11 12-10 10-12 11-7 13-11Did not advance - Michael Maze qualified by being 18th on the ITTF's World Ranking, filtered to a maximum of two athletes per country (requirement: 20th).
Tennis
Further information: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification- Caroline Wozniacki fulfilled the qualification criteria by being 32nd on the World rankings as of June 9, 2008.
Women
Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Opposition
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ScoreRank Caroline Wozniacki Singles Sfar (TUN)
W 6-4 6-1(10) Hantuchová (SVK)
W 6-1 6-3(6) Dementieva (RUS)
L 6-7 2-6Did not advance Triathlon
Further information: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics- Rasmus Henning clinched his qualification by finishing fifth in Tongyeong, Korea.
Men
Athlete Event Final Rank Swim Bike Run Total Rasmus Henning Individual 18:18 58:57 31:48 1:49:57.47 8 Wrestling
Further information: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification- Mark O. Madsen qualified by winning silver in the 74 kg weight class at the 2007 World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).
- Anders Nyblom qualified by finishing 8th in the 55 kg weight class at the World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).
- Greco-Roman
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Round 1 Repechage Round 2 Final Opposition
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ResultAnders Nyblom Greco-Roman −55 kg Bye Park (KOR)
L 1-3 0-5Did not advance Mark Madsen Greco-Roman −74 kg Samurgashev (RUS)
L 0-4 1-3Did not advance See also
References
- ^ Overall Medal Standings retrieved 22 August 2008
- ^ a b "Danske målsætninger" (Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
- ^ "Milepæle frem mod OL" (Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
- ^ Medallists by Event Cycling Track
- ^ "Klavs Bruun tog den sidste OL billet", Danish Handball Federation
External links
- ol.dk (Danish) – the Danish Olympics Committee's homepage for the Danish Olympic team
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