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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	83 to 87 (projected) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Joachim B. Olsen
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Danish athletes who have qualified for the Olympics. The goal set out by Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union (Dansk Idræts-Forbund, DIF) is seven medals. The distribution of gold, silver and bronze medals in this goal are not specified.

Team Danmark and DIF think Denmark has the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing, but hope to see table tennis and triathlon make the podium as well.

The entire Danish Olympic squad will be announced on June 21, 2008 with final confirmation on July 8.

Qualified athletes

Athletes in bold have been selected by the NOC and will compete in the Games. Other athletes are either expected to qualify or are in the running to qualify.

Archery

Further information: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Men's individual	Niels Dall	Ranking round
		Round of 64
		Round of 32*
		Round of 16*
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Final*
Women's individual	Louise Laursen	Ranking round
		Round of 64
		Round of 32*
		Round of 16*
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Final*

* Subject to qualification

Athletics

Further information: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Men's shotput	Joachim B. Olsen	Qualification
		Final*
Women's javelin throw	Christina Scherwin	Qualification
		Final*
Men's long jump	Morten Jensen	Qualification
		Final*

* Subject to qualification

Badminton

Further information: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Men's singles	Peter Gade	2nd round	Facing  Nabil Lasmari (ALG)
		3rd round*
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*
	Kenneth Jonassen	2nd round	Facing  Lee Hyun-il (KOR)
		3rd round*
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*
Women's singles	Tine Rasmussen	2nd round	Facing  Akvilė Stapušaitytė (LTU)
		3rd round*
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*
Men's doubles	Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	1st round	Facing  Fu Haifeng (CHN) and  Cai Yun (CHN)
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*
	Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen	1st round	Facing  Jung Jae-sung (KOR) and  Lee Yong-dae (KOR)
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*
Women's doubles	Kamilla Rytter Juhl Lena Frier Kristiansen	1st round	Facing  Kumiko Ogura (JPN) and  Reiko Shiota (JPN)
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*
Mixed doubles	Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	1st round	Facing  Hendri Kurniawan Saputra (SIN) and  Li Yujia (SIN)
		Quarterfinal*
		Semifinal*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*

* Subject to qualification

Canoeing

Further information: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Men's K-1 500 m	Kasper Bleibach	Preliminary heat
		Semifinal*
		Final*
Women's K-1 500 m	Henriette Engel Hansen	Preliminary heat
		Semifinal*
		Final*
Men's K-2 100 m	Kim Wraae Rene Poulsen	Preliminary heat
		Semifinal*
		Final*

* Subject to qualification

Cycling

Further information: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Men's road race	Nicki Sørensen	Final
	Chris Anker Sørensen
	Brian Vandborg
Women's road race	Linda Willumsen	Final
Men's road time trial	Brian Vandborg	Final
Women's road time trial	Linda Willumsen	Final
Men's 4000 m team pursuit	Michael Færk Christensen Michael Mørkøv Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Alex Rasmussen	Qualification
		1st round
		Bronze final*
		Final*
Men's points race	Daniel Kreutzfeldt	Final
Women's points race	Trine Schmidt	Final
Men's madison	Alex Rasmussen Michael Mørkøv	Final
Men's cross-country	Jacob Fuglsang	Final
	Klaus Nielsen
Men's BMX	Henrik Baltzersen	Seeding time trial
		Quarterfinals
		Semifinals*
		Final*
Women's BMX	Amanda Sørensen	Seeding time trial
		Quarterfinals
		Semifinals*
		Final*

* Subject to qualification

Equestrian

Further information: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Individual eventing	Peter Flarup	Dressage day 1
		Dressage day 2
		Cross country
		Jumping, qualifying
		Jumping, final*

* Subject to qualification

Handball

Further information: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Men's tournament	Kasper Hvidt Peter Henriksen Hans Lindberg Lars Christiansen Michael V. Knudsen Jesper Nøddesbo Lars T. Jørgensen Joachim Boldsen Kasper Søndergaard Klavs Bruun Jørgensen Kasper Nielsen Jesper Jensen Bo Spellerberg Lasse Boesen	Group matches	Versus Egypt
			Versus Korea
			Versus Russia
			Versus Iceland
			Versus Germany
		Quarterfinal*
		Classification match*
		Semifinal*
		7th/8th classification match*
		5th/6th classification match*
		Bronze medal match*
		Final*

* Subject to qualification

Rowing

Further information: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Event	Competitor(s)	Round	Result
Men's coxless pair	Morten Ølgaard Thomas Larsen	Preliminary heat
		Repechage*
		Semifinal*
		Final B*
		Final A*

Sailing

Further information: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

• Bettina Honoré, Windsurfing, RS:X. Qualified by finishing 45th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
• Martin Kirketerp, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.
• Jonas Høgh-Christensen, Finn. Qualified by being 1st on the World Ranking at the time of selection.
• Jonas Kældsø, Windsurfing RS:X. Qualified by finishing 29th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
• Anders Nyholm laser. Qualified by finishing 23rd at the World Championships.
• Jonas Warrer, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.

Shooting

Further information: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

• Anders Christian Golding, skeet shooting. Qualified by finishing 8th at the 2007 European Championships in Granada.

Swimming

Further information: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Jakob Schiøtt Andkjær, men's 50m and 100m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 49.06 seconds on 100m freestyle in Århus in July 2007.
• Chris Christensen, men's 200m breaststroke. Qualified by setting a time of 2:14.76 minutes at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
• Lotte Friis, women's 400m and 800m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 4:11.13 minutes in Barcelona in June 2007.
• Mads Glæsner, men's 1500m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 15:12.10 minutes at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
• Julie Hjorth-Hansen, women's 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m and 400m medley. Qualified by setting a time of 2:13.14 minutes on 200m medley at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
• Jeanette Ottesen, women's 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly. Qualified by setting a time of 55.71 seconds on 100m freestyle at the Danish championships in Århus in July 2007.
• Jon Rud, men's 400m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 3:50.09 minutes at the European Championships in Eindhoven in March 2008.

Table tennis

Further information: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Michael Maze, men's singles. Qualified by being 18th on the ITTF's World Ranking, filtered to a maximum of two athletes per country (requirement: 20th).

Tennis

Further information: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Caroline Wozniacki, women's singles. Fulfilled the qualification criteria by being 32nd on the World rankings as of June 9, 2008.

Trampoline

Further information: Trampoline at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Peter Jensen, individual all-around. Qualified by finishing 14th (11th filtered) in the World Championships in Canada on November 2, 2007.

Triathlon

Further information: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

• Rasmus Henning. Clinched his qualification by finishing fifth in Tongyeong, Korea.

Wrestling

Further information: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

• Mark O. Madsen, Greco-Roman 66-74 kg. Qualified by winning silver in the 74 kg weight class at the 2007 World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).
• Anders Nyblom, Greco-Roman <55 kg. Qualified by finishing 8th in the 55 kg weight class at the World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).

See also

• Denmark at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

External links

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