Denmark at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark took part at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's 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 other athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only sport in a team in which Denmark took part in 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 featured tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, and swimmer Lotte Friis, who won the 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 to be targeted in the medal standings. 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 has 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), being considered its most successful Olympics after 64 years. One gold medal were won by rowers Rasmus Quist and Mads Rasmussen in the men's lightweight double sculls, and one gold medal won by 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, however, nearly missed out of the medal standings in their sporting events, including two from Greco-Roman wrestling.

Medalists

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 Medal Name Sport Event Date   Mads Rasmussen  Rowing  Men's lightweight double sculls       Cycling  Men's omnium  5 August     Shooting  Men's skeet       Rowing  Women's single sculls       Sailing  Men's Finn     Carsten Mogensen  Badminton  Men's doubles     Kasper WintherMorten JørgensenJacob BarsøeEskild Ebbesen  Rowing  Men's lightweight coxless four     Christinna Pedersen  Badminton  Mixed doubles     Allan Nørregaard Sailing 49er  
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Medals by sportSportImage:Gold medal icon.svgImage:Silver medal icon.svgImage:Bronze medal icon.svgTotalRowing 1113Cycling 1001Badminton 0112Sailing 0112Shooting 0101Total2439

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games:
SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0  3  3Athletics 3  3  6Badminton 6  4  10Boxing 1  0  1Canoeing 4  1  5Cycling 10  1  11Equestrian 0  4  4Gymnastics 1  0  1Handball 14  14  28Rowing 7  3  10Sailing 5  6  11Shooting 3  2  5Swimming 5  5  10Table tennis 2  1  3Tennis 0  1  1Triathlon 0  2  2Wrestling 2  0  2 Total  63  50  113
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Medals by dateDayDateImage:Gold medal icon.svgImage:Silver medal icon.svgImage:Bronze medal icon.svgTotalDay 128 July0000Day 229 July0000Day 330 July0000Day 431 July0101Day 51 August0000Day 62 August001 1Day 73 August0011Day 84 August1102Day 95 August1203Day 106 August0000Day 117 August0000Day 128 August0011Day 139 August0000Day 1410 August0000Day 1511 August0000Day 1612 August0000Total2439

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.

AthleteEvent Ranking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCarina ChristiansenWomen's individual6637 (58)W 7–3  (39)W 6–4  (10)L 2–6 Did not advanceMaja Jager64235 (30)L 5–6  Did not advanceLouise Laursen64136 (29)W 7–3 (4)L 4–6Did not advanceCarina ChristiansenMaja JagerLouise LaursenWomen's team19468colspan="2" W 211–210L 195–206Did 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

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAndreas Bube800 m1:46.406Did not advanceJesper FaurschouMarathoncolspan=4 2:18:4441

Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionKim ChristensenShot put19.1328Did not advance

Women
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSara Slott Petersen400 m hurdles56.016 q56.216 Did not advanceJessica DraskauMarathoncolspan=4 2:31:4340

Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionCaroline Bonde HolmPole vault–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
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPeter Gade (5)SinglesW 21–14, 21–8colspan=2 align="center" 1 Q (13)W 21–9, 21–16 (3)L 16–21, 13–21Did not advanceJan Østergaard Jørgensen (12) W 21–13, 21–12 W 21–17, 21–14align=center 1 Q (7)L 17–21, 13–21 Did not advanceMathias BoeCarsten Mogensen (3)DoublesW 21–6, 21–12W 16–21, 21–19, 21–14W 21–14, 21–191 Qalign=center W 21–16, 21–18 (2)W 17–21, 21–18, 22–20 (1)L 16–21, 15–21

Women
AthleteEventGroup StageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTine Baun (5)SinglesW 21–11, 21–6W 19–21, 21–15, 21–16align=center 1 Q (12)W 14–15  (4)L 15–21, 20–22Did not advanceKamilla Rytter JuhlChristinna PedersenDoublesL 21–18, 14–21, 17–21 W 21–13, 14–21, 21–18 (2)W 22–20, 21–121 Qalign=center  (4)L 20–22, 10–21Did not advance

Mixed
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKamilla Rytter JuhlThomas LaybournDoubles W 21–12, 21–16 W 21–15, 21–11  (3)L 22–24, 16–212 Q  (1)L 13–21, 17–21 Did not advanceJoachim Fischer NielsenChristinna Pedersen (4) W 21–12, 21–11 W 21–9, 14–21, 21–17 W 21–11, 21–101 Q W 21–15, 21–13  (1)L 21–17, 17–21, 19–21  (3)W 21–12, 21–12

Boxing
Denmark qualified in the following event with one qualifier.

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDennis CeylanBantamweightL 6–21Did 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.

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKasper BleibachMen's K-1 200 m36.6103 Q36.6675 37.8029René Holten PoulsenMen's K-1 1000 m3:30.2841 Q3:30.2473 3:29.4834Kim Wraae KnudsenEmil Stær SimensenMen's K-2 1000 m3:17.0205 Q3:15.5804 3:12.8209Kasper BleibachKim Wraae KnudsenRené Holten PoulsenEmil Stær SimensenMen's K-4 1000 m3:05.1343 Q2:56.0036 2:56.5425Henriette Engel HansenWomen's K-1 200 m42.8664 Q42.8217 Did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m1:52.6502 Q1:51.9292 1:54.1107

Cycling

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

Road cycling

Men
AthleteEventTimeRankLars BakMen's road race5:46:3771Men's time trial54:33.2114Matti BreschelMen's road race5:46:3742Jakob FuglsangMen's road race5:46:0512Men's time trial54:34.4915Nicki SørensenMen's road race5:46:3757

Track cycling

Pursuit
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankCasper FolsachLasse Norman Hansen*Michael MørkøvRasmus QuaadeMathias Møller Nielsen**Men's team pursuit 3:58.298 4 Q L 3:57.396 5 W 4:02.671 5

Omnium
AthleteEventFlying lapPoints raceElimination raceIndividual pursuitScratch raceTime trialTotal pointsRankTimeRankPointsRankRankTimeRankRankTimeRankLasse Norman HansenMen's omnium 13.236 4 59 2 12 4:20.674 1 6 1:02.314 2 27 

Mountain biking

AthleteEventTimeRankAnnika LangvadWomen's cross-country
Annika Langvad has withdrawn from the Olympics due to broken ribs.Langvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012

BMX

AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankPointsRankPointsRankResultRankMorten TherkildsenMen's BMX39.37825205Did 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.

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankAnna KasprzakDonnperignonIndividual75.28912 Q73.95216 Q74.17978.71476.44618Lisbeth SeierskildeRaneur69.86332Did not advanceAnne Van OlstClearwater71.32223 Q72.01621Did not advanceNathalie Zu Sayn-WittgensteinDigby74.954 13 Q75.8579 Q76.32181.85779.01812Anna KasprzakAnne Van OlstNathalie Zu Sayn-WittgensteinSee aboveTeam73.8454 Q73.8464 Qcolspan=2 73.8464

Gymnastics

Trampoline
Denmark qualified one male athlete in trampolining. No Danish gymnasts competed in the other two disciplines of the gymnastics sport.

AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankPeter JensenMen's104.69510Did 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

Group play

Quarter-final

Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Rowing
Denmark has qualified boats for the following events

Men
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankHenrik StephansenSingle sculls6:46.323 QFcolspan="2" 6:55.954 SC/D7:29.761 FC7:19.6213Rasmus QuistMads RasmussenLightweight double sculls6:33.111 SA/Bcolspan="2" colspan=2 6:33.251 FA6:37.17 Jacob BarsøeEskild EbbesenMorten JørgensenKasper Winther JørgensenLightweight four5:55.643 SA/Bcolspan="2" colspan=2 6:03.531 FA6:03.16

Women
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankFie Udby ErichsenSingle sculls7:29.372 QFcolspan="2" 7:38.931 SA/B7:44.331 FA7:57.72Anne LolkJuliane Elander RasmussenLightweight double sculls6:59.942 SA/Bcolspan="2" colspan=2 7:10.932 FA7:15.534

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
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910Sebastian FleischerRS:X18282423(29)292915282622029Thorbjørn SchierupLaser3616(24)82316523241815719Jonas Høgh-ChristensenFinn112712(8)4532046Michael HestbækClaus OlesenStar121113(14)1376314108911

Women
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910Anne-Marie RindomLaser Radial1719822127(27)23111113013Henriette KochLene Sommer470512(16)101416151091510616

Match racing
AthleteEventRound RobinRankKnockoutsRankQ-finalS-FinalFinalSusanne BoidinTina GramkovLotte MeldgaardElliott 6mL LL LW WLLWL L 10Did 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
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112131415Peter LangAllan Nørregaard49er24146(16)15571361644396114

Shooting

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

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankAnders GoldingSkeet1222 Q146Torben Grimmel50 m rifle prone59224Did not advanceJesper HansenSkeet11326Did not advance

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankStine Andersen10 m air rifle39330Did not advanceStine Nielsen50 m rifle three positions58211Did not advance10 m air rifle3979Did 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)):

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMads Glæsner200 m freestyleDid not advance400 m freestylePolitiken.dk (Danish)3:48.2712colspan=2 Did not advanceMathias Gydesen100 m backstroke55.3130Did not advancePál Joensen400 m freestyle3:47.3610colspan=2 Did not advance1500 m freestyle15:18.4217colspan=2 Did not advanceMads GlæsnerPál JoensenAnders LieDaniel Skaaning4×200 m freestyle relay7:15.0413colspan=2 Did not advance

Pál Joensen usually competes for the Faroe Islands, but since these don't have their own NOC, he competes under the Danish flag.

Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPernille Blume50 m freestyle25.54=24Did not advance100 m freestylePolitiken.dk, Nye stjerneskud jublede i Ottensens kølvand55.0419Did not advance200 m freestyle2:00.9124Did not advanceLotte Friis400 m freestyle4:04.225 Qcolspan=2 4:03.984800 m freestyle8:21.892 Qcolspan=2 8:23.865Mie Nielsen100 m backstroke1:00.3817Did not advance200 m backstroke2:13.8928 Did not advanceJeanette Ottesen50 m freestyle24.85=7 Q24.9912 Did not advance100 m freestyle53.513 Q53.77=5 Q53.757100 m butterfly57.644 Q57.253 Q57.356Rikke Møller Pedersen100 m breaststroke1:07.239 Q1:06.826 Q1:07.558200 m breaststroke2:22.692 Q2:22.232 Q2:21.654Pernille BlumeLotte FriisMie NielsenJeanette Ottesen4×100 m freestyle relay3:38.096 Qcolspan=2 3:37.456Pernille BlumeMie NielsenJeanette OttesenRikke Møller Pedersen4×100 m medley relay3:58.353 Qcolspan=2 3:57.767

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
AthleteEventPreliminary roundRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAllan BentsenMen's singlesL 1–4Did not advanceMichael Maze colspan="3" W 4–1W 4–0L 3–4Did not advanceMie SkovWomen's singles W 4–0L 3–4Did not advance

Tennis

Women
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCaroline WozniackiSinglesW 4–6, 6–3, 6–2W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3W 6–4, 6–2L 0–6, 3–6Did not advance

Triathlon

Denmark has qualified the following athletes.

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Trans 1Bike (40 km)Trans 2Run (10 km)Total TimeRankHelle FrederiksenWomen's19:310:451:07:110:3335:102:03:1027Line Jensen18:210:431:06:340:3236:372:02:4723

Wrestling

Denmark has qualified in the following events.

Key:
  - Victory by Fall.
  - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankHåkan Nyblom-55 kgW 3–0 W 3–0 L 0–3 colspan=2 L 1–3  5Mark Madsen-74 kgL 1–3  Did not advanceW 3–1 L 0–3  5

References

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