Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the Olympic Games
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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	92 (48 men and 44 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Eskild Ebbesen
Medals Rank: 37	Gold 2	Silver 1	Bronze 5	Total 8
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Denmark competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Medalists

Gold

• Kristine Andersen, Karen Brødsgaard, Line Daugaard, Katrine Fruelund, Trine Jensen, Rikke Jørgensen, Lotte Kiærskou, Henriette Mikkelsen, Karin Mortensen, Louise Nørgaard, Rikke Schmidt, Rikke Skov, Camilla Thomsen, Josephine Touray, and Mette Vestergaard — Handball, Women's Team Competition

• Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Thor Kristensen, and Stephan Mølvig — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

Silver

• Joachim Olsen — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

Bronze

• Wilson Kipketer — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

• Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager — Badminton, Mixed doubles

• Michael Maze and Finn Tugwell — Table Tennis, Men's Doubles

• Signe Livbjerg — Sailing, Women's Europe Class

• Dorte Jensen, Helle Jespersen, and Christina Otzen — Sailing, Women's Yngling Class

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Hasse Pavia Lind	Individual	666	8	Essam (EGY) W 158-110	Serdyuk (UKR) L 164-165	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wilson Kipketer	800 m	1:44.69	1 Q	N/A		1:44.63	1 Q	1:44.65	03 !

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Piotr Buciarski	Pole Vault	5.50	26	Did not advance
Joachim Olsen	Shot Put	20.78	2 Q	21.07	02 !

Women

Track and Road Events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Annemette Jensen	Marathon	N/A						2:50:01	49

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Christina Scherwin	Javelin Throw	56.86	29	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Gade	Singles	Chien (TPE) W 15-6, 15-1	Kanetkar (IND) W 15-10, 15-6	Hidayat (INA) L 12-15, 12-15	Did not advance
Kenneth Jonassen		Chen (CHN) L 15-12, 5-15, 9-15	Did not advance
Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Doubles	BYE	Han/Bach (USA) W 15-6, 15-4	Cai/Fu (CHN) W 3-15, 15-11, 15-8	Lee/Yoo (KOR) L 15-9, 5-15, 3-15	Bronze Medal Final  Hian/Limpele (INA) L 13-15, 7-15	4
Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen		BYE	Kim/Yim (KOR) L 15-7, 6-15, 12-15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Camilla Martin	Singles	Yonekura (JPN) W 11-4, 11-7	Hallam (GBR) L 2-11, 11-5, 10-13	Did not advance
Tine Rasmussen		Nedelcheva (BUL) L 11-8, 7-11, 11-13	Did not advance
Pernille Harder Mette Schjoldager	Doubles	Crabtree/Wilson-Smith (AUS) W 15-2, 15-3	Lee/Ra (KOR) L 8-15, 8-15	Did not advance
Ann-Lou Jørgensen Rikke Olsen		BYE	Grether/Schenk (GER) W 15-12, 16-17, 15-5	Gao/Huang (CHN) L 6-15, 7-15	Did not advance

Mixed Doubles

Athlete	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	Stoyanov/Wright (FRA) W 15-13, 2-15, 15-5	Kim Y/Lee H (KOR) W 6-15, 15-12, 15-13	Widianto/Marissa (INA) W 15-12, 15-8	Zhang/Gao (CHN) L 9-15, 5-15	Bronze Medal Final  Rasmussen/Olsen (DEN) W 15-5, 15-5	03 !
Jonas Rasmussen Rikke Olsen	BYE	Shirley/Petersen (NZL) W 15-14, 15-9	Kim D/Ra (KOR) W 17-14, 15-8	Robertson/Emms (GBR) L 6-15, 12-15	Bronze Medal Final  Eriksen/Schjoldager (DEN) L 5-15, 5-15	4

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lasse Nielsen Mads Kongsgaard Madsen	K-2 500 m	1:33.938	5 QS	1:33.482	5	Did not advance
	K-2 1000 m	3:19.171	5 QS	3:15.417	6	Did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bo Hamburger	Road Race	5:41:56	25
Frank Høj		5:41:56	8
Lars Michaelsen		5:50:35	55
Michael Rasmussen		DNF	x
Nicki Sørensen		5:50:35	60
Frank Høj	Time Trial	1:00:35.73	18

Mountain Bike

Men's Cross-Country

Athlete	Time	Rank
Peter Riis Andersen	2:24:03	18
Christian Poulsen	-1 Lap	39

Women's Cross-Country

Athlete	Time	Rank
Mette Andersen	DNF	x

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Grand Prix Test		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Andreas Helgstrand	Cavan	68.333	22 Q	73.96	10 Q	76.300	9	72.864	9
Lone Jørgensen	Ludewig G	65.750	38	Did not advance
Jon Pedersen	Esprit de Valdemar	69.000	17 Q	69.16	19	Did not advance
Per Sandgaard	Zancor	70.667	12 Q	71.56	11 Q	75.050	11	72.426	10

Team

Athlete	Horse	Score	Total	Rank
Andreas Helgstrand Lone Jørgensen Jon Pedersen Per Sandgaard	Cavan Ludewig G Esprit de Valdemar Zancor	68.333 65.750 69.000 70.667	69.333	5

Show jumping

Individual

Athlete	Horse	Qualifying Round 1		Qualifying Round 2			Qualifying Round 3			Final
										Round A		Round B Penalties	Total
		Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank		Penalties	Rank
Thomas Velin	Carnute	0	=1	4	4	=5	6	10	=10 Q	4	=4 Q	9	13	=11

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Trampoline

Men

Athlete	Qualification				Final
	Compulsory	Free	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Jensen	26.50	6.20	32.70	16	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women

Team Roster

Head coaches: Jan Pytlick

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Nørgaard, LouiseLouise Nørgaard (1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 22) 1.83 m Viborg HK 2 LB Skov, RikkeRikke Skov (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 23) 1.81 m Viborg HK 3 LW Mikkelsen, HenrietteHenriette Mikkelsen (1980-09-21)21 September 1980 (aged 23) 1.66 m Viborg HK 5 RB Vestergaard, MetteMette Vestergaard (1975-11-19)19 November 1975 (aged 28) 1.72 m FCK Hanbold 10 CB Jørgensen, RikkeRikke Jørgensen (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 28) 1.71 m Slagelse FH 11 P Thomsen, Camilla IngemannCamilla Ingemann Thomsen (1974-11-19)19 November 1974 (aged 29) 1.80 m FCK Hanbold 12 GK Mortensen, KarinKarin Mortensen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 26) 1.82 m Ikast/Bording EH 13 CB Kiærskou, LotteLotte Kiærskou (1975-06-23)23 June 1975 (aged 29) 1.78 m Viborg HK 14 RB Jensen, TrineTrine Jensen (1980-10-16)16 October 1980 (aged 23) 1.76 m Aalborg HK 15 LB Fruelund, KatrineKatrine Fruelund (1978-07-12)12 July 1978 (aged 26) 1.74 m Viborg HK 16 GK Schmidt, RikkeRikke Schmidt (1975-01-14)14 January 1975 (aged 29) 1.84 m Slagelse FH 17 CB Andersen, KristineKristine Andersen (1976-04-02)2 April 1976 (aged 28) 1.72 m Ikast/Bording EH 18 P Brødsgaard, KarenKaren Brødsgaard (1978-03-10)10 March 1978 (aged 26) 1.78 m Ikast/Bording EH 19 LW Daugaard, LineLine Daugaard (1978-07-17)17 July 1978 (aged 26) 1.72 m Ikast/Bording EH 21 RW Touray, JosephineJosephine Touray (1979-10-06)6 October 1979 (aged 24) 1.65 m Ikast/Bording EH

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	D	GF	GA	Points
South Korea	4	3	0	1	135	103	7
Denmark	4	3	0	1	125	98	7
France	4	2	2	0	105	106	4
Spain	4	0	3	1	86	110	1
Angola	4	0	3	1	97	131	1

15 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	35 - 26	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Brødsgaard 8	(16-11)	Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4
	3× 4×	[1]	3× 2×

17 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	29 - 29	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Woo 8	(14-13)	Kiærskou, Fruelund 7
	7× 3×	[2]	3× 3×

19 August 2004 21:30	Spain	21 - 23	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Aly (EGY)
	Mangue 6	(8-14)	Thomsen, Andersen 4
	5× 3×	[3]	1× 4×

23 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	38 - 22	Angola	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Daugaard 7	(19-8)	Bengue 8
	2× 3×	[4]	5× 3×

Quarterfinal

26 August 2004 21:30	China	28 – 32	Denmark	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Wang Shasha 7	(14-18)	Fruelund 7
	5× 4×	[5]	3× 2×

Semifinal

27 August 2004 21:30	Ukraine	20 – 29	Denmark	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lyapina 5	(11-13)	Fruelund 9
	4× 4×	[6]	2× 3×

Gold Medal Final

29 August 2004 10:45	Denmark	38 - 36 (ET)	South Korea	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Fruelund 15	(14-14)	Lee S 9
	1× 3×	[7]	4× 4×
	FT: 25-25 ET: 29-29, 34-34

01 ! Won Gold Medal

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mads Rasmussen Rasmus Quist	Lightweight Double Sculls	6:17.68	1 SA/B	BYE		6:17.85	3 FA	6:23.92	4
Thor Kristensen Thomas Ebert Stephan Mølvig Eskild Ebbesen	Lightweight Coxless Four	5:50.72	1 SA/B	BYE		5:55.85	1 FA	5:56.85	01 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juliane Rasmussen Johanne Thomsen	Lightweight Double Sculls	6:17.68	1 SA/B	6:57.84	3 SA/B	7:01.98	5 FB	7:32.58	4
Dorthe Pedersen Sarah Lauritzen Christina Rindom Majbrit Nielsen	Quadruple Sculls	6:28.16	4 R	6:25.14	5 FB	N/A		6:50.13	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; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Finn	16	4	23	DNF	1	8	11	13	10	8	11	105	9
Kristian Kjærgaard Mads Møller	470	23	9	22	13	DSQ	15	25	22	17	27	18	191	25
Nicklas Holm Claus Olesen	Star	14	12	2	2	11	7	5	17	16	14	10	83	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Signe Livbjerg	Europe	4	6	7	15	8	6	10	3	11	4	25	74	03 !
Susanne Ward Michaela Meehan	470	11	1	4	3	13	8	5	16	12	RAF	16	89	6
Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen	Yngling	1	14	5	5	5	6	3	4	6	5	OCS	54	03 !

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Score	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Anders Nyholm	Laser	16	30	12	18	20	27	25	18	21	26	20	N/A					203	22
Michael Hestbæk Dennis Dengsø Andersen	49er	16	17	17	10	7	11	3	15	6	7	17	1	15	6	11	13	138	13

Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows: OCS – On course side of the starting line, DSQ – Disqualified, DNF – Did Not Finish, DNS – Did Not Start, RDG – Redress Given, RAF – Retired After Finish

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Peter Thuesen	10 m Air Rifle	589	=29	Did not advance
Torben Grimmel	50 m Rifle Prone	594	=9	Did not advance
Michael Nielsen	Skeet	122*	7	Did not advance

* = Lost in shoot-off for 6th place

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
		Score	Rank	Score	Total
Susanne Meyerhoff	10 m Air Pistol	329	=21	Did not advance
Ann Spejlsgaard	10 m Air Rifle	388	=33	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jacob Carstensen	200 m Freestyle	1:50.15	18	Did not advance
	400 m Freestyle	3:51.09	15	N/A		Did not advance
	200 m I.M.	2:04.80	31	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m Freestyle	25.95	22	Did not advance
	100 m Freestyle	56.17	18	Did not advance
Louise Jansen	200 m Freestyle	2:06.06	37	Did not advance
Louise Ørnstedt	100 m Backstroke	1:01.17	13 Q	1:01.12	4 Q	1:01.51	7
	200 m Backstroke	2:13.05	7 Q	2:11.77	6 Q	2:11.15	6
Majken Thorup	100 m Breaststroke	1:10.97	19	Did not advance
	200 m Breaststroke	2:35.29	25	Did not advance
Mette Jacobsen	100 m Butterfly	59.81	15 Q	59.72	15	Did not advance
	200 m Butterfly	2:11.99	13 Q	2:10.47	8 Q	2:10.01	6
Louise Jansen	200 m I.M.	2:27.08	30	Did not advance
Louise Ørnstedt Majken Thorup Mette Jacobsen Jeanette Ottesen	4 x 100 m Medley Relay	4:08.89	9	N/A		Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Maze	Singles	BYE		Leung (HKG) L 1-4	Did not advance
Michael Maze Finn Tugwell	Doubles	N/A	BYE	Akinlabi/Nosiru (NGR) W 4-2	Jindrak/Schlager (AUT) W 4-0	Persson/Waldner (SWE) W 4-1	Chen/Ma (CHN) L 2-4	Bronze Medal Final  Mazunov/Smirnov (RUS) W 4-2	03 !

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesper Røsen	68 kg	Hernando (ARG) W 11-10	Song (KOR) L 11-13	Did not advance
Zakaria Asidah	+80 kg	Kamal (JOR) L 6-9	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Swim	Cycle	Run	Total time	Rank
Rasmus Henning	18:19	1:01.29	32:49	1:52:37.32	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Pool	Standing	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Håkan Nyblom	Greco-Roman 55kg	Pool 7  Kiouregkian (GRE) L 0-3  Sheng (CHN) W 2-1  Kalilov (KGZ) W 3-0	2	Did not advance

Key:EF — Victory by forfeit, the loser is not classified, E2 — Both wrestlers are disqualified for violation of the rules, EV — Disqualification from all competition for violation of the rules, EX — 3 cautions or violation of the rules, PA — Injury default, TO — Victory by fall

Officials

• President: Kai Holm
• Secretary General: Karl Chr. Koch

References

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