Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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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.^[1]

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.^[1]

The entire Danish Olympic squad was announced on June 21, 2008 with final confirmation on July 8.^[2]

On August 14, placing third in the equestrian team dressage event, Denmark won its first medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

Medalists

Men's team pursuit at the Laoshan Velodrome

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mads Christian Kruse Andersen Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
Gold	Martin Kirketerp Jonas Warrer	Sailing	49er class
Silver^[3]	Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen Michael Færk Christensen	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Silver	Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m
Bronze	Andreas Helgstrand Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Anne Van Olst	Equestrian	Team dressage
Bronze	Lotte Friis	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
Bronze	Rasmus Quist Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen	Rowing	Men's lightweight double sculls

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	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

Athletics

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Morten Jensen	Long jump	7.63	31	Did not advance
Joachim Olsen	Shot put	19.74	22	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Christina Scherwin	Javelin throw	53.95	44	Did not advance

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	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	Singles	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	Doubles	—		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	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	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

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	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

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen	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

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Chris Anker Sørensen	Men's road race	6:24:11	12
Chris Anker Sørensen	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
Brian Bach Vandborg	Men's time trial	1:08:10	33
Linda Melanie Villumsen	Women's road race	3:32:33	5
Linda Melanie Villumsen	Women's time trial	36:50.62	13

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	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

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
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

Mountain biking

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jakob Fuglsang	Men's cross-country	2:06:41	25
Klaus Nielsen	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	31

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Equestrian

Dressage

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

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			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

Gymnastics

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Jensen	Men's	69.20	10	Did not advance

Handball

Men's tournament

Roster

Template:2008 Summer Olympics Denmark men's handball team roster

Group play

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball group B standings Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B3 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B5 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B9 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B12 Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game B15

Quarterfinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game C3

Classification semifinal

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game D1

7th–8th place

Template:2008 Summer Olympics men's handball game E1

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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 Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	6:14.84	1 SA/B	Bye		6:26.49	2 FA	6:12.45
Mads Kruse Andersen Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen	Lightweight four	5:50.12	1 SA/B	Bye		6:05.75	1 FA	5:47.76

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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

Sailing

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Jonas Kældsø Poulsen	RS:X	28	26	30	29	35	4	14	13	34	23	EL	201	24
Anders Nyholm	Laser	18	26	19	15	19	~~BFD~~	27	28	13	CAN	EL	165	23

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*	Net points	Final rank
Bettina Honoré	RS:X	21	18	21	18	20	9	14	15	22	6	EL	142	19

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Finn	16	6	12	16	25	4	5	7	CAN	CAN	—					4	70	6
Martin Kirketerp Jonas Warrer	49er	2	4	10	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;

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anders Golding	Skeet	112	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Chris Christensen	200 m individual medley	2:02.93	32	Did not advance
Mads Glæsner	400 m freestyle	3:45.38 NR	12	—		Did not advance
Mads Glæsner	1500 m freestyle	15:03.33 NR	14	—		Did not advance
Jon Raahauge Rud	200 m freestyle	1:48.96	31	Did not advance
Jon Raahauge Rud	400 m freestyle	3:57.41	34	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle	4:08.47 NR	13	—		Did not advance
Lotte Friis	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
Micha Østergaard	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

Table tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Maze	Men's singles	Bye			Primorac (CRO) L 2–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
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

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Rasmus Henning	Men's	18:18	0:26	58:57	0:28	31:48	1:49:57.47	8

Wrestling

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	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

References

^ ^a ^b "Danske målsætninger" Template:Da icon, ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
^ "Milepæle frem mod OL" Template:Da icon, ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
^ Medallists by Event Cycling Track

External links

ol.dk Template:Da icon – the Danish Olympics Committee's homepage for the Danish Olympic team

[DIFgoals-1] "Danske målsætninger" Template:Da icon, ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.

[2] "Milepæle frem mod OL" Template:Da icon, ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.

[3] Medallists by Event Cycling Track

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