# Denmark at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Denmark competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Jackie Christiansen | Athletics | Men's shot put F44 |
| Gold | Karina Lauridsen | Swimming | Women's 150 metre individual medley SM4 |
| Gold | Peter Rosenmeier | Table tennis | Men's singles class 6 |
| Silver | Jackie Christiansen | Athletics | Men's discus throw F44 |
| Silver | Annika Lykke Dalskov | Equestrian | Individual championship test grade III |
| Bronze | Caroline Cecile Nielsen | Equestrian | Individual championship test grade II |
| Bronze | Annika Lykke Dalskov | Equestrian | Individual freestyle test grade III |
| Bronze | Karina Joergensen Maria Larsen Mette Nissen Kamilla Ryding Ninna Thomsen Lykke Vedsted | Goalball | Women's team |
| Bronze | Karina Lauridsen | Swimming | Women's 50 metre backstroke S5 |

### Athletics
#### Men's track

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Mikael Andersen | T11 | 1500m | 4:15.69 | 3 q | 4:13.90 | 4 |
| Ebbe Blichfeldt | T54 | 1500m | 3:21.16 | 35 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ebbe Blichfeldt | T54 | 5000m | 10:57.56 | 25 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Ebbe Blichfeldt | T54 | Marathon | — | — | 1:35:14 | 28 |

#### Men's field

| Athlete | Class | Event | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Points | Rank |
| Jackie Christiansen | F44 | Discus throw | 53.69 | 993 | |
| Jackie Christiansen | F44 | Shot put | 17.89 WR | 1117 | |

### Cycling
#### Men's road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Dennis Madsen Ryan Sørensen (pilot) | Men's road race B&VI 1-3 | 2:29:21 | 14 |
| Dennis Madsen Ryan Sørensen (pilot) | Men's road time trial B&VI 1-3 | 37:24.10 | 19 |

#### Women's road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| Marianne Maibøll | Women's road race HC A/B/C | 1:34:58 | 10 |
| Marianne Maibøll | Women's road time trial HC A/B/C | 32:27.95 | 11 |

### Equestrian
#### Individual events

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Score | Rank |
| Annika Lykke Dalskov | Alfarvad April Z | Mixed individual championship test grade III | 71.040 | |
| Annika Lykke Dalskov | Alfarvad April Z | Mixed freestyle test grade III | 73.222 | |
| Line Thorning Jørgensen | Colani-Star | Mixed individual championship test grade IV | 61.677 | 9 |
| Line Thorning Jørgensen | Colani-Star | Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV | 66.045 | 8 |
| Caroline Nielsen | Rostorn's Hatim-Tin | Mixed individual championship test grade II | 68.182 | |
| Caroline Nielsen | Rostorn's Hatim-Tin | Mixed freestyle test grade II | 65.611 | 9 |
| Henrik Sibbesen | Lock Fight | Mixed individual championship test grade IV | DNS | DNS |

#### Team

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Individual score | Individual score | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | TT | CT | Total | Score | Rank |
| Annika Lykke Dalskov | See above | Team | 69.538 | 71.040 | 140.578* | 401.603 | 4 |
| Line Thorning Jørgensen | See above | Team | 65.357 | 61.677 | 127.034* | 401.603 | 4 |
| Caroline Nielsen | See above | Team | 65.809 | 68.182 | 133.991* | 401.603 | 4 |
| Henrik Sibbesen | See above | Team | 60.786 | Withdrawn | 60.786 | 401.603 | 4 |
* - denotes individual score counted towards total score.

### Goalball
#### Men's team

The men's team didn't win any medals, they were 6th out of 12 teams.

##### Players

* Mads Brix Baulund
* Jonas Elkjær
* Kenneth Hansen
* Ricky Nielsen
* Martin Enggaard Pedersen
* Peter Weichel

##### 5/6th classification
#### Women's team

The women's team won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden.

##### Players

* Karina Jørgensen
* Maria Larsen
* Mette Præstegaard Nissen
* Kamilla Bradt Ryding
* Ninna Marie Thomsen
* Lykke Vedsted

##### Bronze medal match
### Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Lin Gjerding Kenneth Kronborg Anders Olsen Margit Pedersen Lene van der Keur | Mixed coxed four | 4:04.71 | 12 R | 3:56.80 | 8 FB | 3:59.73 | 5 |

### Sailing

| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Total points | Net points Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total points | Net points Total | Rank |
| Jens Als Andersen | 2.4mR | (9) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 5 | (9) | 9 | 57 | 39 | 6 |

### Shooting
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Johnny Andersen | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 599 | 5 Q | 104.8 | 703.8 | 7 |
| Johnny Andersen | Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 595 | 14 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Kazimierz Mechula | Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 | 574 | 21 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Rank | Score | Total | Rank |
| Lone Overbye | Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 | 597 | 15 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Lone Overbye | Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 | 588 | 20 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Swimming
#### Men

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Christian Bundgaard | SB11 | 100m breaststroke | 1:17.37 | 3 Q | 1:16.38 | 4 |
| Christian Thomsen | S9 | 50m freestyle | 27.50 | 16 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Christian Thomsen | S9 | 100m freestyle | 59.99 | 19 | did not advance | did not advance |

#### Women

| Athlete | Class | Event | Heats | Heats | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Class | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Cecilie Kristiansen | S4 | 50m freestyle | — | — | 1:04.48 | 7 |
| Cecilie Kristiansen | S4 | 100m freestyle | 2:22.42 | 9 | did not advance | did not advance |
| Karina Lauridsen | S5 | 50m backstroke | 45.12 | 3 Q | 45.72 | |
| Karina Lauridsen | S5 | 50m freestyle | 44.90 | 8 Q | 44.69 | 7 |
| Karina Lauridsen | S6 | 100m backstroke | 1:33.63 | 4 Q | 1:34.41 | 5 |
| Karina Lauridsen | SM4 | 150m individual medley | — | — | 2:47.84 WR | |

### Table tennis

| Athlete | Event | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Preliminaries | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Lars Hansen | Men's singles C2 | Revucky (SVK) W 3–1 | Vilsmaier (GER) W 3–0 | Kovalski (BRA) W 3–0 | 1 Q | — | — | Molliens (FRA) L 1–3 | Kim K-m (KOR) L 1-3 | 4 |
| Michal Jensen | Men's singles C6 | Blok (NED) L 2-3 | Thainiyom (THA) W 3-1 | Itkonen (SWE) W 3-1 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Peter Rosenmeier | Men's singles C6 | Buzin (RUS) W 3-1 | P du Plooy (RSA) W 3-0 | Arguello Garcia (CRC) W 3-0 | 1 Q | — | — | Schmidt (GER) W 3-2 | Arnold (GER) W 3-1 | |
| Michal Jensen Peter Rosenmeier | Men's team C6-8 | — | — | — | — | Poland (POL) L 1-3 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |

### Wheelchair tennis
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result |
| Kenneth Kammersgaard | Men's singles | Rajakaruna (SRI) L 1-6, 1-6 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |