Denmark at the
2013 World Aquatics Championships
Flag of Denmark
FINA codeDEN
National federationDanish Swimming Federation
Websitesvoem.org
in Barcelona, Spain
Competitors4 in 1 sports
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
1
Silver
3
Bronze
0
Total
4
World Aquatics Championships appearances (overview)

Denmark competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July to 4 August 2013.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Jeanette Ottesen Swimming Women's 50 m butterfly 3 August
 Silver Lotte Friis Swimming Women's 1500 m freestyle 30 July
 Silver Rikke Møller Pedersen Swimming Women's 200 metre breaststroke 2 August
 Silver Lotte Friis Swimming Women's 800 m freestyle 3 August

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Jeanette Ottesen got the Danes' sole gold at the championships in the 50 m butterfly, while Rikke Møller Pedersen set a new world record in the 200 m breaststroke, the first Danish long course world record in 61 years,[1] in the semi-final with 2:19.11. She went on to win silver in the final, her first medal at the World Aquatics Championships. In addition, Lotte Friis set a new European record in the 1500 m freestyle. She would go on to win silver in both the 800 and 1500 m freestyle events.

In total, seven Danish records were broken during the championships,[2] and three new Nordic records were set, by Møller Pedersen (100 m and 200 m breaststroke; she beat the former distance's record twice)[3][4][5] and Friis (1500 m freestyle).[4]

Danish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[6][7]

Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Pernille Blume 50 m freestyle 25.23 16 Q 25.01 10 Did not advance
100 m freestyle 54.88 14 Q 54.68 13 Did not advance
Lotte Friis 400 m freestyle DNS — Did not advance
800 m freestyle 8:23.00 3 Q — 8:16.32 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1500 m freestyle 15:49.18 1 Q — 15:38.88 EU 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jeanette Ottesen 50 m freestyle 25.04 12 Q 24.54 NR 3 Q 24.66 =5
100 m freestyle DNS Did not advance
50 m butterfly 25.69 =1 Q 25.50 1 Q 25.24 NR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
100 m butterfly 57.79 5 Q 57.19 NR 2 Q 57.27 4
Rikke Møller Pedersen 50 m breaststroke 31.23 12 Q 30.57 NR 6 Q 30.72 6
100 m breaststroke 1:06.30 4 Q 1:05.99 NR 3 Q 1:05.93 NR 4
200 m breaststroke 2:22.20 2 Q 2:19.11 WR 1 Q 2:20.08 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ Phillips, Madison. "Dane quenches world record drought". cphpost.dk. The Copenhagen Post. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  2. ^ Thomsen, Nora. "Udmærket dansk punktum søndag aften på et fantastisk VM for Danmark". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  3. ^ Thomsen, Nora. "Ærgerlig fjerdeplads til Jeanette Ottesen og dansk/nordisk rekord til Rikke Møller Pedersen". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  4. ^ a b Thomsen, Nora. "VM-sølvmedalje til Lotte Friis i Europarekordtid". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  5. ^ Thomsen, Nora. "Rikke Møller Pedersen sætter Verdensrekord i 200 m brystsvømning torsdag aften". svoem.org (in Danish). Danish Swimming Federation. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
  6. ^ "BCN 2013 (Swimming) – Qualifying Procedures". FINA. 1 July 2013. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.
  7. ^ "BCN 2013 Denmark's Swimming Team". Barcelona 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 28 July 2013.

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