Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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 was not specified. Denmark's medal haul at the games was indeed seven, including two golds, two silvers and three bronze.

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.

The entire Danish Olympic squad was announced on 21 June 2008 with final confirmation on 8 July.

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

Medalists

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Men's team pursuit at the Laoshan Velodrome

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
File:Gold medal icon.svg Gold	Jonas Warrer	Sailing	49er class
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen Michael Færk Christensen	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
File:Silver medal icon.svg Silver	René Holten Poulsen	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Anne Van Olst	Equestrian	Team dressage
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze		Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
File:Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze	Mads 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
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Niels Dall	Men's individual	634	53	Template:FlagIOCathlete (12) L 97–114	Did not advance
Louise Laursen	Women's individual	605	52	Template:FlagIOCathlete (13) L 100–113	Did not advance

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		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
		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
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Gade	Singles	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 21–6, 21–4	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 19–21, 22–20, 21–15	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 13–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Kenneth Jonassen		Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 21–15, 14–21, 19–21	Did not advance
Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Doubles	—		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 12–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen		—		Template:FlagIOCathlete W 21–16, 21–19	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 17–21, 21–11, 21–15	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 19–21, 17–21	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 21–13, 18–21, 17–21	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tine Rasmussen	Singles	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 21–6, 21–8	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 21–18, 19–21, 14–21	Did not advance
Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Doubles	—		Template:FlagIOCathlete L 21–18, 14–21, 18–21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Doubles	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 21–12, 21–14	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 17–21, 21–15, 17–21	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		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
	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
	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
	Men's time trial	1:08:10	33
Linda Melanie Villumsen	Women's road race	3:32:33	5
	Women's time trial	36:50.62	13

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Finals
		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	Template:FlagIOCteam 3:56.831	2 Q	Template:FlagIOCteam 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		LAP (1 lap)	31

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		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
			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
								Qualifier			Final
			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
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Jensen	Men's	69.20	10	Did not advance

Handball

Men's tournament

Roster

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Group play

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Quarterfinal

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Classification semifinal

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7th–8th place

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Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		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 Hansen Mads Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	6:14.84	1 SA/B	Bye		6:26.49	2 FA	6:12.45
Mads 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
		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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
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
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Bettina Honore	RS:X	21	18	21	18	20	9	14	15	22	6	EL	142	19

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
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
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anders Golding	Skeet	112	25	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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
	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 Raahauge Rud	200 m freestyle	1:48.96	31	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:57.41	34	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		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
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
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Maze	Men's singles	Bye			Template:FlagIOCathlete L 2–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Caroline Wozniacki	Women's singles	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–4, 6–1	Template:FlagIOCathlete W 6–1, 6–3	Template:FlagIOCathlete 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

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anders Nyblom	−55 kg	Bye	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance					14
Mark Madsen	−74 kg	Template:FlagIOCathlete L 1–3 PP	Did not advance						19

See also

• Denmark at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

• ol.dk Template:In lang – the Danish Olympics Committee's homepage for the Danish Olympic team