Denmark at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalist

Gold

• Karen Brødsgaard, Katrine Fruelund, Maja Grønbæk, Lotte Kiærskou, Karin Mortensen, Anja Nielsen, Rikke Schmidt, Christina Roslyng, Mette Vestergaard, Anette Hoffmann, Camilla Andersen, Janne Kolling, Lene Rantala, Tina Bøttzau, Tonje Kjærgaard — Handball, Women's Team Competition
• Henrik Blakskjær, Thomas Jacobsen, and Jesper Bank — Sailing, Men's Soling Class

Silver

• Wilson Kipketer — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Camilla Martin — Badminton, Women's Singles
• Torben Grimmel — Shooting, Men's Rifle

Bronze

• Thomas Ebert, Søren Madsen, Eskild Ebbesen, and Victor Feddersen — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

Results by event

Archery

Women's individual
	Katja Brix Poulson
1/32 eliminations	Lost to	Pi-Yu Liu Chinese Taipei	161-152

Athletics

Men's Competition

Men's 800m

• Wilson Kipketer
  • Round 1 — 01:45.57
  • Semifinal — 01:44.22
  • Final — 01:45.14 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Shot Put

• Joachim Olsen
  • Qualifying — 19.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

• Jan Bielecki
  • Qualifying — 70.46 (→ did not advance)

Women's Competition

Women's Pole Vault

• Marie Rasmussen
  • Qualifying — 4.30
  • Final — 4.35 (→ 8th place)

Badminton

Camilla Martin won Denmark's only medal in the Women's Singles event. She took the silver after losing to Gong Zhichao of China in the finals

Men's Singles

• Kenneth Jonassen
  • Round of 64 — Defeated Shon Seung-mo of Korea
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Ruud Kuijten of Belgium
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Wong Choong Hann of Malaysia
• Peter Gade
  • Round of 64 — Bye
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Denis Constantin of Mauritius
  • Round of 16 — Defeated Fung Permadi of Chinese Taipei
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia
  • Semifinal — Lost to Ji Xinpeng of China
  • Bronze medal match — Lost to Xia Xuanze of China
• Poul-Erik Hoyer
  • Round of 64 — Bye
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Sun Jun of China

Men's Doubles

• Martin Lundgaard Hansen and Lars Paaske
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Mihail Popov, Svetoslav Stoyanov of Bulgaria
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Ricky Ahmad Subagja, Rexy Ronald Mainaky of Indonesia
• Jim Laugesen and Michael Sogaard
  • Round of 32 — Bye
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Tony Gunawan, Candra Wijaya of Indonesia
• Jesper Larsen and Jens Eriksen
  • Round of 32 — Bye
  • Round of 16 — Defeated Brent Olynyk, Bryan Moody of Canada
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Lee Dong-soo, Yoo Yong-sung of Korea

Women's Singles

• Mette Sorensen
  • Round of 64 — Defeated Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn of Thailand
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Takako Ida of Japan
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Ye Zhaoying of China
• Camilla Martin
  • Round of 64 — Bye
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Ellen Angelinawaty of Indonesia
  • Round of 16 — Defeated Kelly Morgan of Great Britain
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands
  • Semifinal — Defeated Dai Yun of China
  • Gold medal match — Lost to Gong Zhichao of China — → Silver Medal

Women's Doubles

• Ann-Lou Jorgensen and Mette Schjoldager
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Elena Nozdran, Viktoriya Yevtushenko of Ukraine
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Eti Lesmina Tantra, Chynthia Tuwankotta of Indonesia
• Ann Jorgensen and Majken Vange
  • Round of 32 — Lost to Nicole Grether, Karen Stechmann of Germany
• Rikke Olsen and Helene Kirkegaard
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Wanting Ling, Wai Chee Louisa Koon of Hong Kong
  • Round of 16 — Defeated Marina Yakusheva, Irina Rousliakova of Russia
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Ra Kyung-min, Jae Hee Chung of Korea

Mixed Doubles

• Jon Holst-Christensen and Ann Jorgdenson
  • Round of 32 — Defeated Lee Dong-soo, Lee Hyo-jung of Korea
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Simon Archer, Joanne Goode of Great Britain
• Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen
  • Round of 32 — Bye
  • Round of 16 — Defeated Mike Beres, Kara Solmundson of Canada
  • Quarterfinal — Defeated Bambang Suprianto, Zelin Resiana of Indonesia
  • Semifinal — Lost to Zhang Jun, Gao Ling of China
  • Bronze medal match — Lost to Simon Archer, Joanne Goode of Great Britain
• Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager
  • Round of 32 — Bye
  • Round of 16 — Defeated Michael Keck, Nicol Pitro of Germany
  • Quarterfinal — Lost to Tri Kusharyanto, Minarti Timur of Indonesia

Canoe / Kayak

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

• Torsten Tranum
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:35.841
  • Semifinal — 03:38.865
  • Final — 03:37.811 (→ 6th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500m

• Paw Madsen, Jesper Staal
  • Qualifying Heat — 01:32.613
  • Semifinal — 01:32.867 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000m

• Paw Madsen, Jesper Staal
  • Qualifying Heat — 03:16.989
  • Semifinal — 03:18.206 (→ did not advance)

Cycling

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

• Michael Rasmussen
  • Final — 2:18:15.57 (→ 22nd place)
• Jesper Agergaard
  • Final — Lapped

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

• Michael Sandstød
  • Final — DNF

Men's Road Race

• Frank Høj
  • Final — 5:30:34 (→ 6th place)
• Nicki Sørensen
  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 40th place)
• Rolf Sørensen
  • Final — 5:30:46 (→ 59th place)
• Lars Michaelsen
  • Final — DNF
• Michael Sandstød
  • Final — DNF

Track Cycling

Men's Point Race

• Jimmi Madsen
  • Points — 0
  • Laps Down — 2 (→ 23rd place)

Men's Madison

• Jakob Storm Piil, Jimmi Madsen
  • Final — 5 (→ 12th place)

Sailing

Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal.

Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)

• Lasse Hjortnæs
  • Race 1 — 21
  • Race 2 — 21
  • Race 3 — (23)
  • Race 4 — 12
  • Race 5 — 13
  • Race 6 — 6
  • Race 7 — (26) DNF
  • Race 8 — 17
  • Race 9 — 21
  • Race 10 — 13
  • Race 11 — 14
  • Final — 138 (→ 20th place)

Men's Laser

• Peter Rønholt
  • Race 1 — 17
  • Race 2 — (32)
  • Race 3 — 12
  • Race 4 — 4
  • Race 5 — 10
  • Race 6 — (24)
  • Race 7 — 6
  • Race 8 — 9
  • Race 9 — 17
  • Race 10 — 11
  • Race 11 — 1
  • Final — 103 (→ 13th place)

Men's Tornado

• Stig Raagaard Hansen and Helene Raagaard Hansen
  • Race 1 — 14
  • Race 2 — 15
  • Race 3 — (16)
  • Race 4 — 6
  • Race 5 — 11
  • Race 6 — 9
  • Race 7 — 10
  • Race 8 — 12
  • Race 9 — 7
  • Race 10 — 12
  • Race 11 — (17) OCS
  • Final — 96 (→ 14th place)

Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)

• Jesper Bank, Henrik Blakskjær and Thomas Jacobsen
  • Round Robin Group 2 (4-1) — 4 Points
  • Quarterfinals — (4-1) — 4 points
  • Semifinals — Defeated Norway
  • Finals — Defeated Germany (→ Gold Medal)

Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)

• Kristine Roug
  • Race 1 — 5
  • Race 2 — 21
  • Race 3 — 2
  • Race 4 — 1
  • Race 5 — 10
  • Race 6 — 6
  • Race 7 — 4
  • Race 8 — (28) OCS
  • Race 9 — 16
  • Race 10 — 19
  • Race 11 — (28) OCS
  • Final — 84 (→ 10th place)

Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)

• Susanne Ward and Michaela Ward
  • Race 1 — 3
  • Race 2 — 10
  • Race 3 — 11
  • Race 4 — 11
  • Race 5 — (18)
  • Race 6 — (17)
  • Race 7 — 4
  • Race 8 — 7
  • Race 9 — 15
  • Race 10 — 8
  • Race 11 — 2
  • Final — 71 (→ 10th place)

Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)

• Michael Hestbæk and Jonatan Aage Persson
  • Race 1 — 8
  • Race 2 — 2
  • Race 3 — 7
  • Race 4 — 13
  • Race 5 — (17)
  • Race 6 — 8
  • Race 7 — 9
  • Race 8 — 8
  • Race 9 — 16
  • Race 10 — 12
  • Race 11 — 2
  • Race 12 — 5
  • Race 13 — (18) OCS
  • Race 14 — 2
  • Race 15 — 7
  • Race 16 — 9
  • Final — 108 (→ 9th place)

Swimming

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Jacob Carstensen
  • Preliminary Heat — 1:50.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Freestyle

• Jacob Carstensen
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:54.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Dennis Otzen Jensen
  • Preliminary Heat — 55.70 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle

• Dennis Otzen Jensen, Henrik Steen Andersen, Jeppe Nielsen, and Jacob Carstensen
  • Preliminary Heat — 03:24.78 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle

• Jacob Carstensen, Henrik Steen Andersen, Jeppe Nielsen, and Dennis Otzen Jensen
  • Preliminary Heat — 07:24.63 (→ did not advance)

Women's 50m Freestyle

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Preliminary Heat — 25.96 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Butterfly

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Preliminary Heat — 59.45
  • Semi-final — 59.75 (→ did not advance)
• Sophia Skou
  • Preliminary Heat — 59.79
  • Semi-final — 59.89 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200m Butterfly

• Mette Jacobsen
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:09.30
  • Semi-final — 02:08.11
  • Final — 02:08.24 (→ 4th place)
• Sophia Skou
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:11.35
  • Semi-final — 02:11.07 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100m Backstroke

• Louise Ørnstedt
  • Preliminary Heat — 01:01.98
  • Semi-final — 01:01.69
  • Final — 01:02.02 (→ 8th place)

Women's 200m Backstroke

• Louise Ørnstedt
  • Preliminary Heat — 02:13.61
  • Semi-final — 02:14.24 (→ did not advance)

Triathlon

Women's Individual Competition:

• Marie Overbye — 2:07:17.51 (→ 28th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Jan Knobelauch Hansen — 1:55:42.06 (→ 44th place)

References

• sports-reference
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1 — Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2 — Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site