Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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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.

Denmark at the
2008 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Beijing
Competitors84 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)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

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

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 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
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
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  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 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 		—  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
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
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
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  France
3:56.831 		2 Q  Great Britain
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

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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 (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
  1. 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
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  Primorac (CRO)
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  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
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

See also

  • Denmark at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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