Denmark at the
2012 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in London
Competitors113 in 17 sports
Flag bearers Kim Wraae Knudsen (opening)
Allan Nørregaard (closing)
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
2
Silver
4
Bronze
3
Total
9
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's second 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 additional athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only team-based sport in which Denmark was represented in at 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 included tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, and swimmer Lotte Friis, who won a 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.[1] 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 had 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), this being considered its most successful Olympics in 64 years. The gold medals were won by rowers Rasmus Quist Hansen and Mads Rasmussen in the men's lightweight double sculls, and 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 narrowly missed out on the medal standings in their sporting events, including two competitors in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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.[2] The same three archers were selected for participation by the NOC on 14 May 2012.[3]

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
Carina Christiansen Women's individual 663 7  Barnard (AUS) (58)
W 7–3 		 Le C-y (TPE) (39)
W 6–4 		 Avitia (MEX) (10)
L 2–6 		did not advance
Maja Jager 642 35  Richter (GER) (30)
L 5–6 		Did not advance
Louise Laursen 641 36  Beaudet (CAN) (29)
W 7–3 		 Lorig (USA) (4)
L 4–6 		Did not advance
Carina Christiansen
Maja Jager
Louise Laursen 		Women's team 1946 8 —  India (IND) (9)
W 211–210 		 South Korea (KOR) (1)
L 195–206 		Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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):[4][5]

Key
Jesper Faurschou in men's marathon
Men
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Andreas Bube 800 m 1:46.40 6 Did not advance
Jesper Faurschou Marathon — 2:18:44 41
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Kim Christensen Shot put 19.13 28 Did not advance
Women
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Sara Slott Petersen 400 m hurdles 56.01 6 q 56.21 6 did not advance
Jessica Draskau Marathon — 2:31:43 40
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Distance Position Distance Position
Caroline Bonde Holm Pole vault NM — Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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.[6] Nine players were selected on 14 May 2012.[3]

Men
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Peter Gade Singles  Martins (POR)
W 21–14, 21–8 		— 1 Q  Son W-h (KOR)
W 21–9, 21–16 		 Chen L (CHN)
L 16–21, 13–21 		Did not advance
Jan Østergaard Jørgensen  Zilberman (ISR)
W 21–13, 21–12 		 Wong (SIN)
W 21–17, 21–14 		— 1 Q  Lee H-i (KOR)
L 17–21, 13–21 		did not advance
Mathias Boe
Carsten Mogensen 		Doubles  James /
Viljoen (RSA)
W 21–6, 21–12 		 Ivanov /
Sozonov (RUS)
W 16–21, 21–19, 21–14 		 Chai B /
Guo Zd (CHN)
W 21–14, 21–19 		1 Q —  Fang C-m /
Lee S-m (TPE)
W 21–16, 21–18 		 Jung J-s /
Lee Y-d (KOR)
W 17–21, 21–18, 22–20 		 Cai Y /
Fu H (CHN)
L 16–21, 15–21 		2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Tine Baun Singles  Augustyn (POL)
W 21–11, 21–6 		 Prokopenko (RUS)
W 19–21, 21–15, 21–16 		— 1 Q  Sato (JPN) (12)
W 14–15ret 		 Nehwal (IND)
L 15–21, 20–22 		Did not advance
Kamilla Rytter Juhl
Christinna Pedersen 		Doubles  Maeda /
Suetsuna (JPN)
L 21–18, 14–21, 17–21 		 Poon L Y /
Tse Y S (HKG)
W 21–13, 14–21, 21–18 		 Tian Q /
Zhao Yl (CHN)
W 22–20, 21–12 		1 Q —  Fujii /
Kakiiwa (JPN)
L 20–22, 10–21 		Did not advance
Mixed
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Thomas Laybourn
Kamilla Rytter Juhl 		Doubles  Diju /
Gutta (IND)
W 21–12, 21–16 		 Lee Y-d /
Ha J-e (KOR)
W 21–15, 21–11 		 Ahmad /
Natsir (INA)
L 22–24, 16–21 		2 Q  Zhang N /
Zhao Yl (CHN)
L 13–21, 17–21 		Did not advance
Joachim Fischer Nielsen
Christinna Pedersen 		 Ng /
Gao (CAN)
W 21–12, 21–11 		 Mateusiak /
Zięba (POL)
W 21–9, 14–21, 21–17 		 Ikeda /
Shiota (JPN)
W 21–11, 21–10 		1 Q  Prapakamol /
Thungthongkam (THA)
W 21–15, 21–13 		 Zhang N /
Zhao Yl (CHN)
L 21–17, 17–21, 19–21 		 Ahmad /
Natsir (INA)
W 21–12, 21–12 		3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark qualified in the following event with one qualifier.

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Rank
Dennis Ceylan Bantamweight  Nevin (IRL)
L 6–21 		Did not advance

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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.

Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kasper Bleibach Men's K-1 200 m 36.610 3 Q 36.667 5 FB 37.802 9
René Holten Poulsen Men's K-1 1000 m 3:30.284 1 Q 3:30.247 3 FA 3:29.483 4
Kim Wraae Knudsen
Emil Stær Simensen 		Men's K-2 1000 m 3:17.020 5 Q 3:15.580 4 FB 3:12.820 9
Kasper Bleibach
Kim Wraae Knudsen
René Holten Poulsen
Emil Stær Simensen 		Men's K-4 1000 m 3:05.134 3 Q 2:56.003 6 FA 2:56.542 5
Henriette Engel Hansen Women's K-1 200 m 42.866 4 Q 42.821 7 did not advance
Women's K-1 500 m 1:52.650 2 Q 1:51.929 2 FA 1:54.110 7

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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

Road

Athlete Event Time Rank
Lars Bak Men's road race 5:46:37 71
Men's time trial 54:33.21 14
Matti Breschel Men's road race 5:46:37 42
Jakob Fuglsang Men's road race 5:46:05 12
Men's time trial 54:34.49 15
Nicki Sørensen Men's road race 5:46:37 57

Track

Pursuit
Athlete Event Qualification Semifinals Final
Time Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank Opponent
Results 		Rank
Lasse Norman Hansen*
Michael Mørkøv
Mathias Møller Nielsen**
Rasmus Quaade
Casper von Folsach 		Men's team pursuit 3:58.298 4 Q  Great Britain (GBR)
3:57.396 		5  Spain (ESP)
4:02.671 		5
Omnium
Athlete Event Flying lap Points race Elimination race Individual pursuit Scratch race Time trial Total points Rank
Time Rank Points Rank Rank Time Rank Rank Time Rank
Lasse Norman Hansen Men's omnium 13.236 4 59 2 12 4:20.674 1 6 1:02.314 2 27 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Mountain biking

Athlete Event Time Rank
Annika Langvad Women's cross-country DNS

Annika Langvad has withdrawn from the Olympics due to broken ribs.[7]

BMX

Athlete Event Seeding Quarterfinal Semifinal Final
Result Rank Points Rank Points Rank Result Rank
Morten Therkildsen Men's BMX 39.378 25 20 5 Did not advance

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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.[8] No Danish riders compete in the two other disciplines.

Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
Anna Kasprzak Donnperignon Individual 75.289 12 Q 73.952 16 Q 74.179 78.714 76.446 18
Lisbeth Seierskilde Raneur 69.863 32 Did not advance
Anne Van Olst Clearwater 71.322 23 Q 72.016 21 Did not advance
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Digby 74.954 13 Q 75.857 9 Q 76.321 81.857 79.018 12
Anna Kasprzak
Anne Van Olst
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein 		See above Team 73.845 4 Q 73.846 4 Q — 73.846 4

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Trampoline

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

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Peter Jensen Men's 104.695 10 Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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[9] with the reserve determined one month later,[10] and the women's squad was announced on 2 July 2012.[11]

Men's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[12]

Head coaches: Ulrik Wilbek

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23) 2.00 m Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
2 CB Thomas Mogensen (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.87 m Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
4 LB Lasse Boesen (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 32) 1.92 m Denmark KIF Kolding
8 CB Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21) 1.94 m Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
10 LB Nikolaj Markussen (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23) 2.12 m Spain Atlético Madrid
11 LW Anders Eggert Jensen (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
13 CB Bo Spellerberg (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.92 m Denmark KIF Kolding
14 P Michael V. Knudsen (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 33) 1.92 m Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.87 m Germany Flensburg-Handewitt
18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 30) 1.88 m Germany HSV Hamburg
19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 27) 2.00 m Denmark AG København
20 GK Marcus Cleverly (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.88 m Poland Vive Targi Kielce
22 RB Kasper Søndergaard Sarup (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Denmark Skjern Håndbold
24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.96 m Denmark AG København
26 LB Kasper Nielsen (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 37) 1.92 m Denmark Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 Croatia 5 5 0 0 150 109 +41 10 Quarter-finals
 Denmark 5 4 0 1 124 129 −5 8
 Spain 5 3 0 2 140 126 +14 6
 Hungary 5 2 0 3 114 128 −14 4
 Serbia 5 1 0 4 120 131 −11 2
 South Korea 5 0 0 5 115 140 −25 0
Source:[citation needed]
29 July 2012
21:15 		Hungary  25 – 27  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 5,000[13]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
Császár 8 (10–13) Eggert 9
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31 July 2012
19:30 		Denmark  24 – 23  Spain Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,368[14]
Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
Hansen 8 (13–12) three players 4
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2 August 2012
19:30 		Serbia  25 – 26  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,504[15]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Vujin 7 (11–13) Hansen 7
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4 August 2012
16:15 		Croatia  32 – 21  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,800[16]
Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
three players 5 (14–9) Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
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6 August 2012
14:30 		Denmark  26 – 24  South Korea Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,546[17]
Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6 (13–14) Lee Jae-woo, Eom Hyo-won 6
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Quarter-final
8 August 2012
18:00 		Sweden  24 – 22  Denmark Basketball Arena, London
Attendance: 9,494[18]
Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
Doder 6 (11–9) Lindberg 6
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Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament
Team roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.[19]

Head coaches: Jan Pytlick

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club
2 P Mette Melgaard (1980-06-03)3 June 1980 (aged 32) 1.70 m Denmark Randers HK
4 P Susan Thorsgaard (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 (aged 23) 1.88 m Denmark FC Midtjylland
9 RB Camilla Dalby (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.82 m Denmark Randers HK
10 CB Christina Krogshede (1981-11-04)4 November 1981 (aged 30) 1.72 m Denmark Frederiksberg IF
12 GK Karin Mortensen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34) 1.81 m Denmark Frederiksberg IF
13 P Marianne Bonde (1984-06-25)25 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.84 m Denmark Frederiksberg IF
15 LB Pernille Larsen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34) 1.84 m Denmark Viborg HK
16 GK Christina Pedersen (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 29) 1.80 m Denmark Frederiksberg IF
19 RB Line Jørgensen (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 22) 1.83 m Denmark FC Midtjylland
22 LB Trine Troelsen (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.72 m Denmark FC Midtjylland
23 LW Ann Grete Nørgaard (1983-09-15)15 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.63 m Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro
24 CB Berit Kristensen (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.72 m Denmark Randers HK
25 LB Rikke Skov (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 31) 1.81 m Denmark Viborg HK
27 RB Louise Burgaard (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 19) 1.76 m Denmark Team Tvis Holstebro
Group play
Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 France 5 4 1 0 125 103 +22 9 Quarter-finals
 South Korea 5 3 1 1 136 130 +6 7
 Spain 5 3 1 1 119 114 +5 7
 Norway 5 2 1 2 118 120 −2 5
 Denmark 5 1 0 4 113 121 −8 2
 Sweden 5 0 0 5 108 131 −23 0
Source:[citation needed]
28 July 2012
16:15 		Denmark  21 – 18  Sweden Copper Box, London
Attendance: 3,942[20]
Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
Skov 6 (8–10) Gulldén 5
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30 July 2012
11:15 		South Korea  25 – 24  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,393[21]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Jo Hyo-bi 5 (11–10) Larsen 7
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1 August 2012
19:30 		Spain  24 – 21  Denmark Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,488[22]
Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
Mangué 7 (14–9) Nørgaard 7
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3 August 2012
21:15 		Denmark  23 – 24  Norway Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,720[23]
Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
Nørgaard 9 (11–12) Løke 6
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5 August 2012
21:15 		Denmark  24 – 30  France Copper Box, London
Attendance: 4,616[24]
Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
Nørgaard 10 (10–17) Nijtam 6
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Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified boats for the following events

Five-time Olympian Eskild Ebbesen satisfied with his bronze medal in men's lightweight four.
Men
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Henrik Stephansen Single sculls 6:46.32 3 QF Bye 6:55.95 4 SC/D 7:29.76 1 FC 7:19.62 13
Rasmus Quist Hansen
Mads Rasmussen 		Lightweight double sculls 6:33.11 1 SA/B Bye — 6:33.25 1 FA 6:37.17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jacob Barsøe
Eskild Ebbesen
Morten Jørgensen
Kasper Winther Jørgensen 		Lightweight four 5:55.64 3 SA/B Bye — 6:03.53 1 FA 6:03.16 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Women
Athlete Event Heats Repechage Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Fie Udby Erichsen Single sculls 7:29.37 2 QF Bye 7:38.93 1 SA/B 7:44.33 1 FA 7:57.72 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Anne Lolk
Juliane Elander Rasmussen 		Lightweight double sculls 6:59.94 2 SA/B Bye — 7:10.93 2 FA 7:15.53 4

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

Main article: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Sebastian Fleischer RS:X 18 28 24 23 29 29 29 15 28 26 EL 220 29
Thorbjørn Schierup Laser 36 16 24 8 23 16 5 23 24 18 EL 157 19
Jonas Høgh-Christensen Finn 1 1 2 7 1 2 8 4 5 3 20 46 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Michael Hestbæk
Claus Olesen 		Star 12 11 13 14 13 7 6 3 14 10 EL 89 11
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M
Anne-Marie Rindom Laser Radial 17 19 8 22 12 7 27 23 11 11 EL 130 13
Henriette Koch
Lene Sommer 		470 5 12 16 10 14 16 15 10 9 15 EL 106 16
Match racing
Athlete Event Round Robin Rank Knockouts Rank

GBR
USA
RUS
NZL
NED
SWE
FRA
FIN
POR
AUS
ESP 		Q-final S-final Final
Susanne Boidin
Tina Gramkov
Lotte Meldgaard 		Elliott 6m L L L L W W L L W L L 10 Did 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
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M
Peter Lang
Allan Nørregaard 		49er 2 4 14 6 16 15 5 7 13 6 16 4 4 3 9 6 114 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark have qualified for five places is shooting events;[25] athletes in brackets secured the quota place.

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Anders Golding Skeet 122 2 Q 146 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Torben Grimmel 50 m rifle prone 592 24 Did not advance
Jesper Hansen Skeet 113 26 Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Stine Andersen 10 m air rifle 393 30 Did not advance
Stine Nielsen 50 m rifle 3 positions 582 11 Did not advance
10 m air rifle 397 9 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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)):[26][27] Pál Joensen competed under the Danish flag, although he originally played for the Faroe Islands.

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mads Glæsner 200 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
400 m freestyle[28] 3:48.27 12 — Did not advance
Mathias Gydesen 100 m backstroke 55.31 30 Did not advance
Pál Joensen 400 m freestyle[28] 3:47.36 10 — Did not advance
1500 m freestyle 15:18.42 17 — Did not advance
Mads Glæsner
Pál Joensen
Anders Lie
Daniel Skaaning 		4 × 200 m freestyle relay 7:15.04 13 — Did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pernille Blume 50 m freestyle 25.54 =24 Did not advance
100 m freestyle[29] 55.04 19 Did not advance
200 m freestyle 2:00.91 24 Did not advance
Lotte Friis 400 m freestyle 4:04.22 5 Q — 4:03.98 4
800 m freestyle 8:21.89 2 Q — 8:23.86 5
Mie Nielsen 100 m backstroke 1:00.38 17 Did not advance
200 m backstroke 2:13.89 28 did not advance
Jeanette Ottesen 50 m freestyle 24.85 =7 Q 24.99 12 Did not advance
100 m freestyle[29] 53.51 3 Q 53.77 =5 Q 53.75 7
100 m butterfly 57.64 4 Q 57.25 3 Q 57.35 6
Rikke Møller Pedersen 100 m breaststroke 1:07.23 9 Q 1:06.82 6 Q 1:07.55 8
200 m breaststroke 2:22.69 2 Q 2:22.23 2 Q 2:21.65 4
Pernille Blume
Lotte Friis
Mie Nielsen
Jeanette Ottesen 		4 × 100 m freestyle relay 3:38.09 6 Q — 3:37.45 6
Pernille Blume
Mie Nielsen
Jeanette Ottesen
Rikke Møller Pedersen 		4 × 100 m medley relay 3:58.35 3 Q — 3:57.76 7

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Three Danish athletes qualified for the table tennis event. In the men's singles, Michael Maze qualified by virtue of his ranking,[30] 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
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
Allan Bentsen Men's singles Bye  Zwickl (HUN)
L 1–4 		Did not advance
Michael Maze Bye  Kreanga (GRE)
W 4–1 		 Mizutani (JPN)
W 4–0 		 Ovtcharov (GER)
L 3–4 		Did not advance
Mie Skov Women's singles Bye  El-Dawlatly (EGY)
W 4–0 		 Partyka (POL)
L 3–4 		Did not advance

Tennis

Main article: Tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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  Keothavong (GBR)
W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 		 Wickmayer (BEL)
W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 		 Hantuchová (SVK)
W 6–4, 6–2 		 S. Williams (USA)
L 0–6, 3–6 		Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified the following athletes.

Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Trans 1 Bike (40 km) Trans 2 Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
Helle Frederiksen Women's 19:31 0:45 1:07:11 0:33 35:10 2:03:10 27
Line Jensen 18:21 0:43 1:06:34 0:32 36:37 2:02:47 23

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified in the following events.

Key
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
Håkan Nyblom −55 kg Bye  Fajari (MAR)
W 3–0 PO 		 Hasegawa (JPN)
W 3–0 PO 		 Sourian (IRI)
L 0–3 PO 		Bye  Módos (HUN)
L 1–3 PP 		5
Mark Madsen −74 kg Bye  Vlasov (RUS)
L 1–3 PP 		Did not advance Bye  Guénot (FRA)
W 3–1 PP 		 Kazakevič (LTU)
L 0–3 PO 		5

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