Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the
2008 Summer Olympics
Denmark at the; 2008 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Beijing
Competitors	84 in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Joachim Olsen (opening); Lotte Friis (closing)
Medals; Ranked 30th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 7
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

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 were not specified.^[2]

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.^[2]

The entire Danish Olympic squad was announced on 21 June 2008 with final confirmation on 8 July.^[3]

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

Medalists

Men's team pursuit at the Laoshan Velodrome

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Mads Andersen Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen	Rowing	Men's lightweight coxless four
Gold	Martin Kirketerp Jonas Warrer	Sailing	49er class
Silver^[4]	Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen Michael Færk Christensen	Cycling	Men's team pursuit
Silver	Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen	Canoeing	Men's K-2 1000 m
Bronze	Andreas Helgstrand Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Anne Van Olst	Equestrian	Team dressage
Bronze	Lotte Friis	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle
Bronze	Rasmus Quist 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
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Niels Dall	Men's individual	634	53	Galiazzo (ITA) (12) L 97–114	Did not advance
Louise Laursen	Women's individual	605	52	Cwienczek (POL) (13) L 100–113	Did not advance

Athletics

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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Gade	Singles	Bye	Lasmari (ALG) W 21–6, 21–4	Sato (JPN) W 19–21, 22–20, 21–15	Lin D (CHN) L 13–21, 16–21	Did not advance
Kenneth Jonassen	Singles	Bye	Lee H-i (KOR) L 21–15, 14–21, 19–21	Did not advance
Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Doubles	—		Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) L 12–21, 11–21	Did not advance
Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	Doubles	—		Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) W 21–16, 21–19	Logosz / Mateusiak (POL) W 17–21, 21–11, 21–15	Kido / Setiawan (INA) L 19–21, 17–21	Lee J-j / Hwang J-m (KOR) L 21–13, 18–21, 17–21	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tine Rasmussen	Singles	Bye	Stapušaitytė (LTU) W 21–6, 21–8	Yulianti (INA) L 21–18, 19–21, 14–21	Did not advance
Lena Frier Kristiansen Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Doubles	—		Ogura / Shiota (JPN) L 21–18, 14–21, 18–21	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Doubles	Saputra / Li (SIN) W 21–12, 21–14	Limpele / Marissa (INA) L 17–21, 21–15, 17–21	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen	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
Chris Anker Sørensen	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
Brian Bach Vandborg	Men's time trial	1:08:10	33
Linda Melanie Villumsen	Women's road race	3:32:33	5
Linda Melanie Villumsen	Women's time trial	36:50.62	13

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Finals
Athlete	Event	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	France (FRA) 3:56.831	2 Q	Great Britain (GBR) 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	Men's cross-country	LAP (1 lap)	31

BMX

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Horse	Event	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
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			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
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Jensen	Men's	69.20	10	Did not advance

Handball

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[5]^[6]

Head coach: Ulrik Wilbek

No.	Pos.	Name	Date of birth (age)	Height	App.	Goals	Club
1	GK	Kasper Hvidt	(1976-02-06)6 February 1976 (aged 32)	1.92 m	184	1	FC Barcelona Handbol
4	LB	Lasse Boesen	(1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 28)	1.91 m	101	302	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
6	RB	Lars Troels Jørgensen	(1978-02-03)3 February 1978 (aged 30)	1.92 m	158	136	SDC San Antonio
7	CB	Jesper Jensen	(1977-10-30)30 October 1977 (aged 30)	1.88 m	92	192	Skjern Håndbold
9	LW	Lars Christiansen	(1972-04-18)18 April 1972 (aged 36)	1.82 m	266	999	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
12	GK	Peter Henriksen	(1972-08-20)20 August 1972 (aged 35)	1.84 m	61	0	GOG Svendborg
13	LB	Bo Spellerberg	(1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 29)	1.92 m	121	173	KIF Kolding
14	P	Michael V. Knudsen	(1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 29)	1.92 m	184	615	SG Flensburg-Handewitt
15	LB	Mikkel Hansen^{[n 1]}	(1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 20)	1.94 m	9	27	FC Barcelona Handbol
19	P	Jesper Nøddesbo	(1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 27)	1.99 m	97	186	FC Barcelona Handbol
22	RB	Kasper Søndergaard	(1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 27)	1.91 m	40	98	KIF Kolding
23	CB	Joachim Boldsen	(1978-04-30)30 April 1978 (aged 30)	1.87 m	176	395	FC Barcelona Handbol
24	RW	Hans Lindberg	(1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 27)	1.88 m	71	160	HSV Hamburg
25	RB	Klavs Bruun Jørgensen	(1974-04-03)3 April 1974 (aged 34)	1.80 m	169	410	FCK Handball
26	LB	Kasper Nielsen	(1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 33)	1.94 m	120	266	SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Notes

^ Replaced Michael V. Knudsen who suffered from appendicitis, and sent home shortly after the first match.

Group play

Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
South Korea	5	3	0	2	122	129	−7	6	Qualified for the quarterfinals
Denmark	5	2	2	1	137	131	+6	6
Iceland	5	2	2	1	151	146	+5	6
Russia	5	2	1	2	136	131	+5	5
Germany	5	2	1	2	126	130	−4	5
Egypt	5	0	2	3	127	132	−5	2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

10 August 2008 20:45	Denmark	23 – 23	Egypt	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Bord, Buy (FRA)
	Christiansen 6	(11–10)	El-Ahmar 8
	3× 4× 1×	Report	4× 4×

12 August 2008 19:00	South Korea	31 – 30	Denmark	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Licis, Stolarovs (LAT)
	Jung Su-young 9	(13–14)	Nøddesbo 11
	2× 1×	Report	3× 2×

14 August 2008 19:00	Denmark	25 – 24	Russia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Christiansen 6	(10–10)	Chernoivanov, Igropulo 6
	2× 3×	Report	3× 4×

16 August 2008 20:45	Denmark	32 – 32	Iceland	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Canbro, Claesson (SWE)
	Nøddesbo 6	(18–17)	Guðjónsson 8
	3× 5×	Report	2× 6× 1×

18 August 2008 19:00	Germany	21 – 27	Denmark	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Krstic, Ljubic (SLO)
	Kraus 6	(12–15)	Boesen 8
	4× 4× 1×	Report	3× 6×

Quarterfinal

20 August 2008 18:00	Denmark	24 – 26	Croatia	Olympic Sports Centre Gymnasium Referees: Breto, Huelin (ESP)
	Christiansen 6	(14–12)	Šprem 7
	2× 2×	Report	2× 4×

Classification semifinal

22 August 2008 12:00	Russia	28 – 27	Denmark	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Elmoamli, Shaban Ali (EGY)
	Dibirov 8	(17–14)	Christiansen 8
	4× 2×	Report	4× 5× 1×

7th–8th place

24 August 2008 08:00	Denmark	37 – 26	South Korea	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Referees: Aires Menezes, Aparecido Pinto (BRA)
	Hansen 8	(15–13)	Ko Kyung-soo 10
	3× 4×	Report	2× 1×

Rowing

Men

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

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	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
Chris Christensen	200 m individual medley	2:02.93	32	Did not advance
Mads Glæsner	400 m freestyle	3:45.38 NR	12	—		Did not advance
Mads Glæsner	1500 m freestyle	15:03.33 NR	14	—		Did not advance
Jon Raahauge Rud	200 m freestyle	1:48.96	31	Did not advance
Jon Raahauge Rud	400 m freestyle	3:57.41	34	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle	4:08.47 NR	13	—		Did not advance
Lotte Friis	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
Micha Østergaard	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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Maze	Men's singles	Bye			Primorac (CRO) L 2–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Caroline Wozniacki	Women's singles	Sfar (TUN) W 6–4, 6–1	Hantuchová (SVK) W 6–1, 6–3	Dementieva (RUS) 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

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
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Anders Nyblom	−55 kg	Bye	Park E-C (KOR) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance					14
Mark Madsen	−74 kg	Samurgashev (RUS) L 1–3 ^PP	Did not advance						19

References

^ "Overall Medal Standings". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Danske målsætninger" Archived 14 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on 26 February 2008.
^ "Milepæle frem mod OL" Archived 14 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on 26 February 2008.
^ "Medallists by Event: Cycling Track". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008.
^ "Denmark men's handball team roster". NBC Olympics. 2 February 2013.
^ "Men's Handball Team Roster – Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). 2008 Beijing. LA84 Foundation. 1 February 2013. p. 2487.

External links

ol.dk (in Danish) – the Danish Olympics Committee's homepage for the Danish Olympic team

[7] Replaced Michael V. Knudsen who suffered from appendicitis, and sent home shortly after the first match.

[1] "Overall Medal Standings". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 13 September 2008. Retrieved 22 August 2008.

[DIFgoals-2] "Danske målsætninger" Archived 14 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on 26 February 2008.

[3] "Milepæle frem mod OL" Archived 14 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine (in Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on 26 February 2008.

[4] "Medallists by Event: Cycling Track". Beijing2008.cn. The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad. Archived from the original on 19 August 2008.

[5] "Denmark men's handball team roster". NBC Olympics. 2 February 2013.

[6] "Men's Handball Team Roster – Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). 2008 Beijing. LA84 Foundation. 1 February 2013. p. 2487.

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