Denmark at the
2014 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCDenmark Olympic Committee
Websitewww.dif.dk
in Nanjing
Competitors15 in 8 sports
Flag bearerEmily Kristine Pedersen[1]
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
3
Total
4
Summer Youth Olympics appearances

Denmark competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Emil Hansen Triathlon Mixed Relay 21 August
 Silver Mikkel Honore
Rasmus Salling		 Cycling Boys' Team 22 August
 Bronze Emil Hansen Triathlon Boys' Race 18 August
 Bronze Anna Madsen
Pernille Mathiesen		 Cycling Girls' Team 22 August
 Bronze Anne Sofie Kirkegaard Athletics Girls' 400 m Hurdles 25 August

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kristoffer Hari Boys' 100 m 10.82 =7 Q 10.80 =5
Benjamin Lobo Vedel Boys' 400 m 47.27 2 Q 47.29 5
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Anne Sofie Kirkegaard Girls' 400 m hurdles 59.92 4 Q 58.60 PB 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Note: Ranks in the heats-phase refer to the overall rank across all heats.

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark qualified one athlete based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.[2]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
Mia Blichfeldt Girls' Singles  Thilini Promodika Hendahewa (SRI)
L 18–21 15–21 		 Chlorie Cadeau (SEY)
W 21–5 21–2 		 Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)
L 12–21 20–22 		3 DNQ =17
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score
 Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)
 Devins Mananga Nzoussi (CGO) 		Mixed Doubles  Guda (AUS)/ Hartawan (INA)
L 10–21 7–21 		 Narongrit (THA)/ Qin (CHN)
L 9–21 5–21 		 Cadeau (SEY)/ Penalver Pereira (ESP)
L 16–21 18–21 		4 DNQ =17

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.[3]

Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Last 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result 		Opponent
Result
Bolette Iversen Girls' K1 sprint 1:55.101 7 Q BYE 1:54.119 6 Q  Luca Homonnai (HUN)
L 1:55.250–1:43.872 		DNQ 8
Girls' K1 slalom 1:32.623 11 R 1:29.397 3 Q 1:31.187 11 DNQ 11

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.[4][5]

Team
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Eliminator 		Time Trial BMX Cross-Country Race Road Race Total Pts Rank
Rank Points Time Rank Points Rank Points Time Rank Points Time Rank Points
Mikkel Honore
Rasmus Salling 		Boys' Team  
=17 		0 5:09.44
  		1
  		100  
3 		130 1:01:23
  		15
  		2 1:37:23
DNF 		7
– 		25
0 		257 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Anna Madsen
Pernille Mathiesen 		Girls' Team 2
  		80  
6:03.31 		 
3 		65  
=21 		0 45:56
  		3
  		65 1:13:08
1:12:36 		36
9 		0
15 		225 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed Relay
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Girls' Race 		Cross-Country
Boys' Race 		Boys' Road
Race 		Girls' Road
Race 		Total Time Rank
Anna Madsen
Rasmus Salling
Mikkel Honore
Pernille Mathiesen 		Mixed Team Relay 3:25
 
 
  		 
3:09
 
  		 
 
5:18
  		 
 
 
6:13 		18:05 6

Golf

Main article: Golf at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.[6]

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Score Rank
John Axelsen Boys 70 (−2) =11 74 (+2) 144 (Par) =13 68 (−4) 212 (−4) =5
Emily Kristine Pedersen Girls 75 (+3) =19 73 (+1) 148 (+4) =13 67 (−5) 215 (−1) 6
Team
Athletes Event Round 1
(Foursome) 		Round 2
(Fourball) 		Round 3
(Individual Stroke) 		Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Boy Girl Combined Score Rank
John Axelsen
Emily Kristine Pedersen 		Mixed 65 (−7) =6 65 (−7) 130 (−14) 1 73 (+1)
  		 
71 (−1) 		144 (Par) 274 (−14) 4

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.[7]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Astrid Steensberg Girls' Single Sculls 3:55.51 2 R 3:57.54 3 SC/D 3:59.73 2 FC 4:02.03 14

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; R=Repechage

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark was given a wild card to compete.[8]

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Christina van Elzelingen Girls' 10m Air Pistol 369 11 Did not advance
Team
Athletes Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Points Rank Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
 Christina van Elzelingen (DEN)
 Christopher Summerell (AUS) 		Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol 746 8 Q  Teh (SIN)/ Mohamed (EGY)
L 5–10 		Did not advance 9

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[9]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Time Rank
Emil Hansen Boys 9:38 0:42 28:43 0:19 15:27 54:49 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Alberte Pedersen Girls 10:46 0:41 32:46 0:41 17:39 1:02:16 10
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km,
Run 1.8 km) 		Total Group Time Rank
Europe 1
  •  Kristin Ranwig (GER)
  •  Emil Hansen (DEN)
  •  Emilie Morier (FRA)
  •  Ben Dijkstra (GBR)
Mixed Relay
  • 21:49
  • 19:25
  • 21:43
  • 19:20
 1:22:17 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Europe 4
  • 21:21
  • 19:50
  • 22:28
  • 20:15
 1:23:54 4

References

  1. ^ "Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers - Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ^ "BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification" (PDF). ICF. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Cycling Boys Qualifiers". UCI. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Cycling Girls Qualifiers". UCI. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ "Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking". IGF. 8 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  7. ^ "2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing". FISA. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  8. ^ "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. ^ "2014 European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
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