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{{Short description|Speedway event in Copenhagen}}
{{Infobox speedway grand prix event
| flag       = DEN
| name       = FIM Dansk Metal Danish Speedway Grand Prix
| date       = 14 June 2008
| city       = [[Copenhagen]]
| event      = 4 of 11 (104)
| referee    = [[Wojciech Grodzki]]
| flag_ref   = POL
| jury       = [[Wolfgang Glas]]
| flag_jury  = GER
| stadium    = [[Parken Stadium]]
| capacity   = 32,500
| length     = 275
| track      = Temporary
| attendance = 29,000<ref name="sgp"/>
| flag_time  = 
| time_best  = 
| time_name  = 
| time_heat  = 
| name1      = [[Tomasz Gollob]]
| flag1      = POL
| name2      = [[Nicki Pedersen]]
| flag2      = DEN
| name3      = [[Jason Crump]]
| flag3      = AUS
}}
The '''2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark''' will be the fourth race of the [[2008 Speedway Grand Prix]] season. It took place on 14 June in the [[Parken Stadium]] in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web | title = SGP Permanent Wild Cards and 2008 Calendar Announced | publisher = SpeedwayWorld.Tv | date = 2007-10-22 | url = http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8612 | accessdate = 2008-05-26 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20070801212439/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a8612 | archivedate = 2007-08-01 }}</ref>

Copenhagen is also the second of four rounds of the 2008 [[Speedway Super Prix|Super Prix]]. The meeting winner will be given the blue helmet in the Super Prix Final at [[2008 Speedway Grand Prix of Germany|Gelsenkirchen]] in October with a chance of winning a share of an extra $200,000 prize fund.<ref>{{cite web|title=SuperPrix |publisher=SpeedwayWorld.Tv |date=2007 |url=http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/sgp/a8996 |accessdate=2008-06-02 }}{{dead link|date=September 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

== Riders ==
The Speedway Grand Prix Commission nominated Kenneth Bjerre as a [[Wild card (sports)|wild card]], and Nicolai Klindt and Patrick Hougaard both as track reserves.<ref>{{cite web | title = Dzika karta dla Bjerre | publisher = SportoweFakty.pl | date = 2008-05-26 | url = http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/05/26/dzika-karta-dla-bjerre/ | accessdate = 2008-05-26 | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080529000424/http://www.sportowefakty.pl/zuzel/2008/05/26/dzika-karta-dla-bjerre/| archivedate= 29 May 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> The draw was made on 2 June at the [[Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme|FIM]] Headquarters in [[Mies, Switzerland|Mies]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Press Release Copenhagen SGP Draw | publisher = pzm.pl | date = 2008-06-02 | url = http://www.pzm.pl/userfiles/file/aktualnosci/zuzel/Press_Release__Copenhagen_SGP_Draw.pdf | format = pdf | accessdate = 2008-06-02 }}</ref>

== Result ==
[[Tomasz Gollob]] was the winner at [[Parken]] and became the first rider to win two Grand Prix rounds in 2008.<ref name="sgp">{{cite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.speedwayworld.tv/en/news/a9145 | publisher = SpeedwayWorld.tv | title = Parken Glory for Gollob | accessdate = 2008-06-18 }}{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He won the final from [[Nicki Pedersen]], [[Jason Crump]] and [[Hans N. Andersen]]. The result kept Nicki Pedersen at the top of the World Championship standings, eleven points ahead of nearest rival Gollob. [[Denmark|Danish]] wild card entry [[Kenneth Bjerre]] reached the semi-finals and finished in fifth position.<ref name="sgp"/>

== Heat details ==
{{SGP Results4|RIDERS=
{{SGP Results4/riderB|12|1|POL|4| [[Tomasz Gollob]] |2|2|3|1|2| 4 |w|3 |w|3 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|13|2|DEN|1| [[Nicki Pedersen]] |3|3|3|2|3| 1 |b|2 |r|2 |j=y}}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|8|3|AUS|3| [[Jason Crump]] |1|3|3|3|3| 2 |b|3 |b|1 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|6|4|DEN|5| [[Hans N. Andersen]] |3|1|2|3|0| 5 |w|2 |y|0 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|7|5|DEN|16| [[Kenneth Bjerre]] |2|3|0|3|3| 3 |r|0 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|2|6|USA|6| [[Greg Hancock]] |2|3|1|1|2| 6 |r|1 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|4|7|SWE|10| [[Andreas Jonsson]] |3|1|2|2|0| 8 |y|1 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|11|8|AUS|2| [[Leigh Adams]] |3|2|0|0|3| 7 |y|0 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|1|9|DEN|11| [[Bjarne Pedersen]] |1|2|3|0|1 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|10|10|POL|7| [[Rune Holta]] |1|2|1|3|0 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|5|11|GBR|8| [[Scott Nicholls]] |0|1|2|2|2 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|14|12|DEN|12| [[Niels Kristian Iversen]] |1|0|2|2|1 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|16|13|GBR|9| [[Chris Harris (speedway rider)|Chris Harris]] |2|0|1|0|0 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|15|14|POL|14| [[Krzysztof Kasprzak]] |0|0|0|1|2 }}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|3|15|SWE|15| [[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]] |0|1||1|1 |11i=X}}
{{SGP Results4/riderB|9|16|CZE|13| [[Lukáš Dryml]] |0|0||0|1 |11i=M/- }}
{{SGP Results4/reserveB|17|DEN|17|[[Nicolai Klindt]] |11h=b |11p=1 }}
{{SGP Results4/reserveB||DEN|18|[[Patrick Hougaard]] }}
}}

=== Heat after heat ===
# Jonsson, Hancock, B.Pedersen, Lindgren
# Andersen, Bjerre, Crump, Nicholls
# Adams, Gollob, Holta, Dryml
# N.Pedersen, Harris, Iversen, Kasprzak
# N.Pedersen, B.Pedersen, Nicholls, Dryml
# Hancock, Holta, Andersen, Iversen
# Bjerre, Adams, Lindgren, Kasprzak
# Crump, Gollob, Jonsson, Harris
# B.Pedersen, Andersen, Harris, Adams
# Gollob, Nicholls, Hancock, Kasprzak
# Crump, Iversen, Klindt, Dryml (M/-), Lindgren (X/F2) <br>Drryml collides with Lindgren in spectacular crash. Lindgren excluded for restart. Dryml's bike fails to start before end of time limit, he is excluded. replaced by Nicolai Klindt. 
# N.Pedersen, Jonsson, Holta, Bjerre
# Bjerre, Iversen, Gollob, B.Pedersen
# Crump, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
# Holta, Nicholls, Lindgren, Harris
# Andersen, Jonsson, Kasprzak, Dryml
# Crump, Kasprzak, B.Pedersen, Holta
# Bjerre, Hancock, Dryml, Harris
# N.Pedersen, Gollob, Lindgren, Andersen
# Adams, Nicholls, Iversen, Jonsson
#: '''Semi-finals:'''
# Gollob, N.Pedersen, Hancock, Adams
# Crump, Andersen, Jonsson, Bjerre
#: '''Final:'''
# Gollob (6), N.Pedersen (4), Crump (2), Andersen (0)

== The intermediate classification ==
{{SGP Table|2008|SVN|EUR|SWE|DEN|GBR|CZE|SCA|LAT|POL|ITA|fin|RIDERS=
{{SGP Table/r|q|1|DEN|1| [[Nicki Pedersen]]
 |b|17|c|16|c|16|b|20|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|q|2|POL|4| [[Tomasz Gollob]]
 |a|19|e|12|e|8|a|19|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|q|3|AUS|3| [[Jason Crump]]
 |e|10|e|8|d|12|c|18|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|q|4|USA|6| [[Greg Hancock]]
 |e|8|b|20|f|6|e|10|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|q|5|AUS|2| [[Leigh Adams]]
 |f|5|a|20|e|9|e|8|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|q|6|DEN|5| [[Hans N. Andersen]]
 |c|14|f|6|e|8|d|11|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|q|7|SWE|15| [[Fredrik Lindgren (speedway rider)|Fredrik Lindgren]]
 |f|7|f|7|b|22|f|3|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|q|8|SWE|10| [[Andreas Jonsson]]
 |d|12|e|9|e|8|e|9|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|p|9|POL|7| [[Rune Holta]]
 |f|5|f|4|a|17|f|7|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|p|10|DEN|12| [[Niels Kristian Iversen]]
 |e|8|e|10|f|2|f|6|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|p|11|GBR|8| [[Scott Nicholls]]
 |f|7|f|2|f|7|f|7|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|p|12|GBR|9| [[Chris Harris (speedway rider)|Chris Harris]]
 |f|6|f|6|f|5|f|3|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|p|13|POL|14| [[Krzysztof Kasprzak]]
 |f|6|f|3|f|5|f|3|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|14|POL|16| [[Jarosław Hampel]]
 |x||d|16|x||x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|p|15|CZE|13| [[Lukáš Dryml]]
 |e|9|f|2|f|3|f|1|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|p|16|DEN|11| [[Bjarne Pedersen]]
 |f|4|x||x||f|7|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|17|DEN|16| [[Kenneth Bjerre]]
 |x||x||x||e|11|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|18|CZE|19| [[Luboš Tomíček, Jr.]]
 |x||f|3|f|5|x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|19|SVN|16| [[Matej Žagar]]
 |f|7|x||x||x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|20|SWE|16| [[Jonas Davidsson]]
 |x||x||f|7|x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|21|SWE|18| [[Billy Forsberg]]
 |x||x||f|2|x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|22|DEN|17| [[Nicolai Klindt]]
 |x||x||x||f|1|i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|w|23|SWE|17| [[Sebastian Aldén]]
 |x||x||f|0|x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}|NC=
{{SGP Table/r|r||SVN|17| [[Izak Šantej]]
 |n||x||x||x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|17| [[Damian Baliński]]
 |x||n||x||x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|r||SVN|18| [[Denis Štojs]]
 |n||x||x||x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|r||POL|18| [[Krzysztof Buczkowski]]
 |x||n||x||x||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
{{SGP Table/r|r||DEN|18| [[Patrick Hougaard]]
 |x||x||x||n||i||i||i||i||i||i||i|}}
}}

== See also ==
* [[Speedway Grand Prix]]
* [[List of Speedway Grand Prix riders]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070203093546/http://www.speedwayworld.tv/ www.SpeedwayWorld.tv]

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