# Denmark at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 113 athletes, 63 men and 50 women, competed in 17 sports, although two additional athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only team-based sport in which Denmark was represented in at these Olympic games.
The Danish team included several past Olympic champions, one of them defending (the men's lightweight coxless fours team, led by veteran rowers Eskild Ebbesen and Morten Jørgensen). Notable athletes included tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, and swimmer Lotte Friis, who won a bronze medal in Beijing. Kim Wraae Knudsen, silver medalist in the men's sprint kayak doubles in Beijing, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union (Dansk Idræts-Forbund, DIF) set a goal of eight medals. Team Danmark and DIF also believed Denmark had the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, shooting, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing. At the end of the Games, Denmark had reached beyond the medal target by a single point.
Denmark left London with a total of 9 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze), this being considered its most successful Olympics in 64 years. The gold medals were won by rowers Rasmus Quist Hansen and Mads Rasmussen in the men's lightweight double sculls, and track cyclist Lasse Norman Hansen in the first ever men's omnium. Other medals were awarded to the team in sailing, shooting, badminton, and women's rowing. Several Danish athletes narrowly missed out on the medal standings in their sporting events, including two competitors in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Rasmus Quist Mads Rasmussen | Rowing | Men's lightweight double sculls | 4 August |
| Gold | Lasse Norman Hansen | Cycling | Men's omnium | 5 August |
| Silver | Anders Golding | Shooting | Men's skeet | 31 July |
| Silver | Fie Udby Erichsen | Rowing | Women's single sculls | 4 August |
| Silver | Jonas Høgh-Christensen | Sailing | Finn class | 5 August |
| Silver | Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Badminton | Men's doubles | 5 August |
| Bronze | Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen Jacob Barsøe Eskild Ebbesen | Rowing | Men's lightweight coxless four | 2 August |
| Bronze | Joachim Fischer Christinna Pedersen | Badminton | Mixed doubles | 3 August |
| Bronze | Peter Lang Allan Nørregaard | Sailing | 49er | 8 August |
Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Rowing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Badminton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Athletics | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Badminton | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Cycling | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Gymnastics | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Handball | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Rowing | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Sailing | 5 | 6 | 11 |
| Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Swimming | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tennis | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Triathlon | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Wrestling | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 63 | 50 | 113 |
Medals by date :
| Day | Date | | | | Total |
| Day 1 | 28 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 2 | 29 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 3 | 30 July | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 4 | 31 July | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Day 5 | 1 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 6 | 2 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 7 | 3 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 8 | 4 August | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Day 9 | 5 August | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Day 10 | 6 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 11 | 7 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 12 | 8 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Day 13 | 9 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 14 | 10 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 15 | 11 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Day 16 | 12 August | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Total | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |

## Archery

Three Danish individual quota places as well as a team quota place were secured at the 2011 World Archery Championships on 6 June 2011, as the Danish team, consisting of Carina Christiansen, Maja Jager and Louise Laursen, finished 8th in the women's recurve event. The same three archers were selected for participation by the NOC on 14 May 2012.
| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | Ranking round | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Seed | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Carina Christiansen | Women's individual | 663 | 7 | Barnard (AUS) (58) W 7–3 | Le C-y (TPE) (39) W 6–4 | Avitia (MEX) (10) L 2–6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Maja Jager | Women's individual | 642 | 35 | Richter (GER) (30) L 5–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Louise Laursen | Women's individual | 641 | 36 | Beaudet (CAN) (29) W 7–3 | Lorig (USA) (4) L 4–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carina Christiansen Maja Jager Louise Laursen | Women's team | 1946 | 8 | — | — | India (IND) (9) W 211–210 | South Korea (KOR) (1) L 195–206 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Athletics

Danish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andreas Bube | 800 m | 1:46.40 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jesper Faurschou | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:18:44 | 41 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Kim Christensen | Shot put | 19.13 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Sara Slott Petersen | 400 m hurdles | 56.01 | 6 q | 56.21 | 6 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jessica Draskau | Marathon | — | — | — | — | 2:31:43 | 40 |

### Field events

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Position | Distance | Position |
| Caroline Bonde Holm | Pole vault | NM | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Badminton

The BWF World Ranking of 1 May 2012 was used for the qualifying for the badminton tournament. This gave Denmark the following quota places: 2 in men's singles, 1 in men's doubles, 1 in women's singles, 1 in women's doubles and 2 in mixed doubles. Nine players were selected on 14 May 2012.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Peter Gade | Singles | Martins (POR) W 21–14, 21–8 | — | — | 1 Q | Son W-h (KOR) W 21–9, 21–16 | Chen L (CHN) L 16–21, 13–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jan Østergaard Jørgensen | Singles | Zilberman (ISR) W 21–13, 21–12 | Wong (SIN) W 21–17, 21–14 | — | 1 Q | Lee H-i (KOR) L 17–21, 13–21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen | Doubles | James / Viljoen (RSA) W 21–6, 21–12 | Ivanov / Sozonov (RUS) W 16–21, 21–19, 21–14 | Chai B / Guo Zd (CHN) W 21–14, 21–19 | 1 Q | — | Fang C-m / Lee S-m (TPE) W 21–16, 21–18 | Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) W 17–21, 21–18, 22–20 | Cai Y / Fu H (CHN) L 16–21, 15–21 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Elimination | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Tine Baun | Singles | Augustyn (POL) W 21–11, 21–6 | Prokopenko (RUS) W 19–21, 21–15, 21–16 | — | 1 Q | Sato (JPN) (12) W 14–15$^{ret}$ | Nehwal (IND) L 15–21, 20–22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen | Doubles | Maeda / Suetsuna (JPN) L 21–18, 14–21, 17–21 | Poon L Y / Tse Y S (HKG) W 21–13, 14–21, 21–18 | Tian Q / Zhao Yl (CHN) W 22–20, 21–12 | 1 Q | — | Fujii / Kakiiwa (JPN) L 20–22, 10–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Mixed

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl | Doubles | Diju / Gutta (IND) W 21–12, 21–16 | Lee Y-d / Ha J-e (KOR) W 21–15, 21–11 | Ahmad / Natsir (INA) L 22–24, 16–21 | 2 Q | Zhang N / Zhao Yl (CHN) L 13–21, 17–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen | Doubles | Ng / Gao (CAN) W 21–12, 21–11 | Mateusiak / Zięba (POL) W 21–9, 14–21, 21–17 | Ikeda / Shiota (JPN) W 21–11, 21–10 | 1 Q | Prapakamol / Thungthongkam (THA) W 21–15, 21–13 | Zhang N / Zhao Yl (CHN) L 21–17, 17–21, 19–21 | Ahmad / Natsir (INA) W 21–12, 21–12 | |

## Boxing

Denmark qualified in the following event with one qualifier.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Dennis Ceylan | Bantamweight | Nevin (IRL) L 6–21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Canoeing
### Sprint

Denmark has qualified boats for the following events in the sprint discipline of the canoeing sport. No Danish canoeists competed in the slalom discipline.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kasper Bleibach | Men's K-1 200 m | 36.610 | 3 Q | 36.667 | 5 FB | 37.802 | 9 |
| René Holten Poulsen | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:30.284 | 1 Q | 3:30.247 | 3 FA | 3:29.483 | 4 |
| Kim Wraae Knudsen Emil Stær Simensen | Men's K-2 1000 m | 3:17.020 | 5 Q | 3:15.580 | 4 FB | 3:12.820 | 9 |
| Kasper Bleibach Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Simensen | Men's K-4 1000 m | 3:05.134 | 3 Q | 2:56.003 | 6 FA | 2:56.542 | 5 |
| Henriette Engel Hansen | Women's K-1 200 m | 42.866 | 4 Q | 42.821 | 7 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Henriette Engel Hansen | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:52.650 | 2 Q | 1:51.929 | 2 FA | 1:54.110 | 7 |

## Cycling

Denmark has qualified cyclists in all 4 disciplines in the cycling sport.

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Lars Bak | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 71 |
| Lars Bak | Men's time trial | 54:33.21 | 14 |
| Matti Breschel | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 42 |
| Jakob Fuglsang | Men's road race | 5:46:05 | 12 |
| Jakob Fuglsang | Men's time trial | 54:34.49 | 15 |
| Nicki Sørensen | Men's road race | 5:46:37 | 57 |

### Track
#### Pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank | Opponent Results | Rank |
| Lasse Norman Hansen* Michael Mørkøv Mathias Møller Nielsen** Rasmus Quaade Casper von Folsach | Men's team pursuit | 3:58.298 | 4 Q | Great Britain (GBR) 3:57.396 | 5 | Spain (ESP) 4:02.671 | 5 |

#### Omnium

| Athlete | Event | Flying lap | Flying lap | Points race | Points race | Elimination race | Individual pursuit | Individual pursuit | Scratch race | Time trial | Time trial | Total points | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Points | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | Rank | Time | Rank | Total points | Rank |
| Lasse Norman Hansen | Men's omnium | 13.236 | 4 | 59 | 2 | 12 | 4:20.674 | 1 | 6 | 1:02.314 | 2 | 27 | |

### Mountain biking

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Annika Langvad | Women's cross-country | DNS | DNS |
Annika Langvad has withdrawn from the Olympics due to broken ribs.

### BMX

| Athlete | Event | Seeding | Seeding | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Morten Therkildsen | Men's BMX | 39.378 | 25 | 20 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian
### Dressage

Denmark has qualified one team and three individual quota places to the dressage discipline in the Equestrian sport after finishing in sixth place at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. No Danish riders compete in the two other disciplines.
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | Overall |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank |
| Anna Kasprzak | Donnperignon | Individual | 75.289 | 12 Q | 73.952 | 16 Q | 74.179 | 78.714 | 76.446 | 18 |
| Lisbeth Seierskilde | Raneur | Individual | 69.863 | 32 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Anne Van Olst | Clearwater | Individual | 71.322 | 23 Q | 72.016 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | Digby | Individual | 74.954 | 13 Q | 75.857 | 9 Q | 76.321 | 81.857 | 79.018 | 12 |
| Anna Kasprzak Anne Van Olst Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein | See above | Team | 73.845 | 4 Q | 73.846 | 4 Q | — | — | 73.846 | 4 |

## Gymnastics
### Trampoline

Denmark qualified one male athlete in trampolining. No Danish gymnasts competed in the other two disciplines of the gymnastics sport.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Peter Jensen | Men's | 104.695 | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Handball

The men's team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship. The women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament. This was the first ever Olympics where both the Danish men's and women's handball teams were present. The men's squad was announced on 29 May 2012 with the reserve determined one month later, and the women's squad was announced on 2 July 2012.

### Men's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Head coaches: Ulrik Wilbek
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 1
* GK
* Niklas Landin Jacobsen
* (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23)
* 2.00 m
* Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
* 2
* CB
* Thomas Mogensen
* (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 29)
* 1.87 m
* Flensburg-Handewitt
* 4
* LB
* Lasse Boesen
* (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 32)
* 1.92 m
* KIF Kolding
* 8
* CB
* Rasmus Lauge Schmidt
* (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21)
* 1.94 m
* Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
* 10
* LB
* Nikolaj Markussen
* (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23)
* 2.12 m
* Atlético Madrid
* 11
* LW
* Anders Eggert Jensen
* (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 30)
* 1.79 m
* Flensburg-Handewitt
* 13
* CB
* Bo Spellerberg
* (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 33)
* 1.92 m
* KIF Kolding
* 14
* P
* Michael V. Knudsen
* (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 33)
* 1.92 m
* Flensburg-Handewitt
* 17
* RW
* Lasse Svan Hansen
* (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 28)
* 1.87 m
* Flensburg-Handewitt
* 18
* RW
* Hans Lindberg
* (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 30)
* 1.88 m
* HSV Hamburg
* 19
* P
* Rene Toft Hansen
* (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 27)
* 2.00 m
* AG København
* 20
* GK
* Marcus Cleverly
* (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 31)
* 1.88 m
* Vive Targi Kielce
* 22
* RB
* Kasper Søndergaard Sarup
* (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 31)
* 1.95 m
* Skjern Håndbold
* 24
* LB
* Mikkel Hansen
* (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 24)
* 1.96 m
* AG København
* 26
* LB
* Kasper Nielsen
* (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 37)
* 1.92 m
* Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

#### Group play

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| Croatia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 150 | 109 | +41 | 10 | Quarter-finals |
| Denmark | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 124 | 129 | −5 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 140 | 126 | +14 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| Hungary | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 128 | −14 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| Serbia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 120 | 131 | −11 | 2 | |
| South Korea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 115 | 140 | −25 | 0 | |
| 29 July 2012 21:15 | Hungary | 25 – 27 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 29 July 2012 21:15 | Császár 8 | (10–13) | Eggert 9 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 29 July 2012 21:15 | 1× 7× | Report | 3× 5× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 31 July 2012 19:30 | Denmark | 24 – 23 | Spain | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,368 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 31 July 2012 19:30 | Hansen 8 | (13–12) | three players 4 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,368 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 31 July 2012 19:30 | 4× 6× | Report | 4× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,368 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO) |
| 2 August 2012 19:30 | Serbia | 25 – 26 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,504 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 2 August 2012 19:30 | Vujin 7 | (11–13) | Hansen 7 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,504 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 2 August 2012 19:30 | 3× 7× | Report | 2× 3× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,504 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 4 August 2012 16:15 | Croatia | 32 – 21 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 4 August 2012 16:15 | three players 5 | (14–9) | Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 4 August 2012 16:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× 3× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA) |
| 6 August 2012 14:30 | Denmark | 26 – 24 | South Korea | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,546 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 6 August 2012 14:30 | Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6 | (13–14) | Lee Jae-woo, Eom Hyo-won 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,546 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |
| 6 August 2012 14:30 | 4× 2× | Report | 2× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,546 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE) |

#### Quarter-final

| 8 August 2012 18:00 | Sweden | 24 – 22 | Denmark | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,494 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 8 August 2012 18:00 | Doder 6 | (11–9) | Lindberg 6 | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,494 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |
| 8 August 2012 18:00 | 4× 5× | Report | 4× 2× | Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,494 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD) |

### Women's tournament
#### Team roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Head coaches: Jan Pytlick
* No.
* Pos.
* Name
* Date of birth (age)
* Height
* App.
* Goals
* Club
* 2
* P
* Mette Melgaard
* (1980-06-03)3 June 1980 (aged 32)
* 1.70 m
* Randers HK
* 4
* P
* Susan Thorsgaard
* (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 (aged 23)
* 1.88 m
* FC Midtjylland
* 9
* RB
* Camilla Dalby
* (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 24)
* 1.82 m
* Randers HK
* 10
* CB
* Christina Krogshede
* (1981-11-04)4 November 1981 (aged 30)
* 1.72 m
* Frederiksberg IF
* 12
* GK
* Karin Mortensen
* (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34)
* 1.81 m
* Frederiksberg IF
* 13
* P
* Marianne Bonde
* (1984-06-25)25 June 1984 (aged 28)
* 1.84 m
* Frederiksberg IF
* 15
* LB
* Pernille Larsen
* (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34)
* 1.84 m
* Viborg HK
* 16
* GK
* Christina Pedersen
* (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 29)
* 1.80 m
* Frederiksberg IF
* 19
* RB
* Line Jørgensen
* (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 22)
* 1.83 m
* FC Midtjylland
* 22
* LB
* Trine Troelsen
* (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 27)
* 1.72 m
* FC Midtjylland
* 23
* LW
* Ann Grete Nørgaard
* (1983-09-15)15 September 1983 (aged 28)
* 1.63 m
* Team Tvis Holstebro
* 24
* CB
* Berit Kristensen
* (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 28)
* 1.72 m
* Randers HK
* 25
* LB
* Rikke Skov
* (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 31)
* 1.81 m
* Viborg HK
* 27
* RB
* Louise Burgaard
* (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 19)
* 1.76 m
* Team Tvis Holstebro

#### Group play

| Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| France | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 125 | 103 | +22 | 9 | Quarter-finals |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 130 | +6 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 119 | 114 | +5 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 118 | 120 | −2 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| Denmark | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 113 | 121 | −8 | 2 | |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 108 | 131 | −23 | 0 | |
| 28 July 2012 16:15 | Denmark | 21 – 18 | Sweden | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 28 July 2012 16:15 | Skov 6 | (8–10) | Gulldén 5 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 28 July 2012 16:15 | 3× 4× | Report | 4× 3× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB) |
| 30 July 2012 11:15 | South Korea | 25 – 24 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,393 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| 30 July 2012 11:15 | Jo Hyo-bi 5 | (11–10) | Larsen 7 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,393 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| 30 July 2012 11:15 | 3× 1× | Report | 3× 2× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,393 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| 1 August 2012 19:30 | Spain | 24 – 21 | Denmark | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,488 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 1 August 2012 19:30 | Mangué 7 | (14–9) | Nørgaard 7 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,488 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 1 August 2012 19:30 | 3× 3× 1× | Report | 3× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,488 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER) |
| 3 August 2012 21:15 | Denmark | 23 – 24 | Norway | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,720 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 3 August 2012 21:15 | Nørgaard 9 | (11–12) | Løke 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,720 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 3 August 2012 21:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 3× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,720 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE) |
| 5 August 2012 21:15 | Denmark | 24 – 30 | France | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| 5 August 2012 21:15 | Nørgaard 10 | (10–17) | Nijtam 6 | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |
| 5 August 2012 21:15 | 3× 2× | Report | 2× 1× | Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU) |

## Rowing

Denmark has qualified boats for the following events

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Henrik Stephansen | Single sculls | 6:46.32 | 3 QF | Bye | Bye | 6:55.95 | 4 SC/D | 7:29.76 | 1 FC | 7:19.62 | 13 |
| Rasmus Quist Hansen Mads Rasmussen | Lightweight double sculls | 6:33.11 | 1 SA/B | Bye | Bye | — | — | 6:33.25 | 1 FA | 6:37.17 | |
| Jacob Barsøe Eskild Ebbesen Morten Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jørgensen | Lightweight four | 5:55.64 | 3 SA/B | Bye | Bye | — | — | 6:03.53 | 1 FA | 6:03.16 | |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Fie Udby Erichsen | Single sculls | 7:29.37 | 2 QF | Bye | Bye | 7:38.93 | 1 SA/B | 7:44.33 | 1 FA | 7:57.72 | |
| Anne Lolk Juliane Elander Rasmussen | Lightweight double sculls | 6:59.94 | 2 SA/B | Bye | Bye | — | — | 7:10.93 | 2 FA | 7:15.53 | 4 |
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

Each NOC could only enter one boat at each event, and Denmark qualified to enter a boat in eight out of the ten events only missing Women's RS-X and Men's 470. Which means that Danish sailors competed in all eight Olympic boat types.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M | Net points | Final rank |
| Sebastian Fleischer | RS:X | 18 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 28 | 26 | EL | 220 | 29 |
| Thorbjørn Schierup | Laser | 36 | 16 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 18 | EL | 157 | 19 |
| Jonas Høgh-Christensen | Finn | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 46 | |
| Michael Hestbæk Claus Olesen | Star | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 10 | EL | 89 | 11 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M | Net points | Final rank |
| Anne-Marie Rindom | Laser Radial | 17 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 23 | 11 | 11 | EL | 130 | 13 |
| Henriette Koch Lene Sommer | 470 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 15 | EL | 106 | 16 |

### Match racing

| Athlete | Event | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Round Robin | Rank | Knockouts | Knockouts | Knockouts | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | GBR | USA | RUS | NZL | NED | SWE | FRA | FIN | POR | AUS | ESP | Rank | Q-final | S-final | Final | Rank |
| Susanne Boidin Tina Gramkov Lotte Meldgaard | Elliott 6m | L | L | L | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | L | 10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
The Danish boat originally lost their eleventh round robin race by seven seconds, but following a protest the result was annulled and the race resailed.

### Open

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | 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 |
| Peter Lang Allan Nørregaard | 49er | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 114 | |

## Shooting

Denmark have qualified for five places is shooting events; athletes in brackets secured the quota place.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Anders Golding | Skeet | 122 | 2 Q | 146 | |
| Torben Grimmel | 50 m rifle prone | 592 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jesper Hansen | Skeet | 113 | 26 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Stine Andersen | 10 m air rifle | 393 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stine Nielsen | 50 m rifle 3 positions | 582 | 11 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Stine Nielsen | 10 m air rifle | 397 | 9 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Danish swimmers achieved qualifying standards in the following events before the games started (up to a maximum of two swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially one at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)): Pál Joensen competed under the Danish flag, although he originally played for the Faroe Islands.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mads Glæsner | 200 m freestyle | DNS | DNS | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mads Glæsner | 400 m freestyle | 3:48.27 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mathias Gydesen | 100 m backstroke | 55.31 | 30 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pál Joensen | 400 m freestyle | 3:47.36 | 10 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pál Joensen | 1500 m freestyle | 15:18.42 | 17 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mads Glæsner Pál Joensen Anders Lie Daniel Skaaning | 4 × 200 m freestyle relay | 7:15.04 | 13 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Pernille Blume | 50 m freestyle | 25.54 | =24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pernille Blume | 100 m freestyle | 55.04 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Pernille Blume | 200 m freestyle | 2:00.91 | 24 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Lotte Friis | 400 m freestyle | 4:04.22 | 5 Q | — | — | 4:03.98 | 4 |
| Lotte Friis | 800 m freestyle | 8:21.89 | 2 Q | — | — | 8:23.86 | 5 |
| Mie Nielsen | 100 m backstroke | 1:00.38 | 17 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mie Nielsen | 200 m backstroke | 2:13.89 | 28 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Jeanette Ottesen | 50 m freestyle | 24.85 | =7 Q | 24.99 | 12 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeanette Ottesen | 100 m freestyle | 53.51 | 3 Q | 53.77 | =5 Q | 53.75 | 7 |
| Jeanette Ottesen | 100 m butterfly | 57.64 | 4 Q | 57.25 | 3 Q | 57.35 | 6 |
| Rikke Møller Pedersen | 100 m breaststroke | 1:07.23 | 9 Q | 1:06.82 | 6 Q | 1:07.55 | 8 |
| Rikke Møller Pedersen | 200 m breaststroke | 2:22.69 | 2 Q | 2:22.23 | 2 Q | 2:21.65 | 4 |
| Pernille Blume Lotte Friis Mie Nielsen Jeanette Ottesen | 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:38.09 | 6 Q | — | — | 3:37.45 | 6 |
| Pernille Blume Mie Nielsen Jeanette Ottesen Rikke Møller Pedersen | 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:58.35 | 3 Q | — | — | 3:57.76 | 7 |

## Table tennis

Three Danish athletes qualified for the table tennis event. In the men's singles, Michael Maze qualified by virtue of his ranking, while Allan Bentsen qualified through the final qualification tournament. Mie Skov qualified for the women's singles event after her performance at the European qualification tournament.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary round | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Allan Bentsen | Men's singles | Bye | Zwickl (HUN) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Michael Maze | Men's singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | Kreanga (GRE) W 4–1 | Mizutani (JPN) W 4–0 | Ovtcharov (GER) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Mie Skov | Women's singles | Bye | El-Dawlatly (EGY) W 4–0 | Partyka (POL) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Tennis

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Caroline Wozniacki | Women's singles | Keothavong (GBR) W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 | Wickmayer (BEL) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 | Hantuchová (SVK) W 6–4, 6–2 | S. Williams (USA) L 0–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Triathlon

Denmark has qualified the following athletes.
| Athlete | Event | Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total Time | Rank |
| Helle Frederiksen | Women's | 19:31 | 0:45 | 1:07:11 | 0:33 | 35:10 | 2:03:10 | 27 |
| Line Jensen | Women's | 18:21 | 0:43 | 1:06:34 | 0:32 | 36:37 | 2:02:47 | 23 |

## Wrestling

Denmark has qualified in the following events.

### 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 | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Håkan Nyblom | −55 kg | Bye | Fajari (MAR) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Hasegawa (JPN) W 3–0 $^{PO}$ | Sourian (IRI) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Bye | Bye | Módos (HUN) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | 5 |
| Mark Madsen | −74 kg | Bye | Vlasov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Guénot (FRA) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Kazakevič (LTU) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | 5 |