2000 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part in the 2000 Summer Olympics in the Australian metropolis of Sydney with 97 athletes, 44 women and 53 men, in 16 sports.

Since 1896 it was the 23rd participation of the northern European state in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The sailor Jesper Bank carried the flag of Denmark during the opening ceremony at Stadium Australia ; at the closing ceremony it was worn by the marksman Torben Grimmel .

Medalist

With two won gold, three silver and one bronze medal, the Danish team finished 30th place in the medal table .

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Camilla Andersen , Karen Brødsgaard , Tina Bøttzau , Katrine Fruelund , Maja Grønbek , Anette Hoffmann-Møberg , Lotte Kiærskou , Tonje Kjærgaard , Janne Kolling , Karin Mortensen Ørnhøj , Anja Nielsen , Lene Rantala , Christina Roslyng , Rikke Schmidt and Mette Vestergaard	Handball	Ladies tournament
Jesper Bank , Henrik Blakskjær and Thomas Jacobsen	sailing	Soling

silver

Surname	sport	competition
Camilla Martin	badminton	Ladies singles
Wilson Kipketer	athletics	800 m
Torben Grimmel	shoot	Small caliber lying

bronze

Surname	sport	competition
Eskild Ebbesen , Thomas Ebert , Victor Feddersen and Søren Madsen	rowing	Lightweight four without a helmsman

Participants by sport

badminton

Men's

• Jens Eriksen & Jesper Larsen

  Doubles: 5th place

• Peter Gade

  Singles: 4th place

• Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

  Individual: 17th place

• Kenneth Jonassen

  Singles: 9th place

• Jim Laugesen & Michael Søgaard

  Doubles: 9th place

• Martin Lundgaard Hansen & Lars Paaske

  Doubles: 9th place

Ladies

• Ann Jørgensen & Majken Vange

  Doubles: 17th place

• Ann-Lou Jørgensen & Mette Schjoldager

  Doubles: 9th place

• Helene Kirkegaard & Rikke Olsen

  Doubles: 5th place

• Camilla Martin

  Single: silver

• Mette Sørensen

  Singles: 9th place

Mixed

• Jens Eriksen & Mette Schjoldager

  Doubles: 5th place

• Jon Holst-Christensen & Ann Jørgensen

  Doubles: 9th place

• Michael Søgaard & Rikke Olsen

  Doubles: 4th place

Archery

Ladies

• Katja Brix Poulsen

  Singles: 45th place

Handball

Ladies

• Camilla Andersen , Karen Brødsgaard , Tina Bøttzau , Katrine Fruelund , Maja Grønbek , Anette Hoffmann-Møberg , Lotte Kiærskou , Tonje Kjærgaard , Janne Kolling , Karin Mortensen Ørnhøj , Anja Nielsen , Lene Rantala , Christina Roslyng , Rikke Schmidt , Mette Vestergaard

  Olympic gold medalist

canoe

Men's

• Torsten Tranum

  Single kayak, 1000 m: 6th place

• Paw Madsen & Jesper Møllegaard Staal

  Two-person kayak, 500 m: semi-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1000 m: semi-finals

athletics

Men's

• Jan Bielecki

  Hammer throw: 33rd place in qualification

• Wilson Kipketer

  800 m: silver

• Joachim Olsen

  Shot put: 17th place in qualification

Ladies

• Marie Bagger Rasmussen

  Pole vault: 8th place

Modern pentathlon

Ladies

• Pernille Svarre

  Individual: 19th place

Cycling

Men's

• Jesper Agergård

  Mountain bike, cross-crountry: 36th place

• Frank Høj

  Road race: 6th place

• Jimmi Madsen

  Points race: 22nd place

• Jimmi Madsen & Jakob Piil

  Madison: 39th place

• Lars Michaelsen

  Road race: DNF

• Michael Rasmussen

  Mountain bike, cross-crountry: DNF

• Michael Sandstød

  Road race: DNF

  Individual time trial: DNF

• Nicki Sørensen

  Road race: 39th place

• Rolf Sørensen

  Road race: 58th place

horse riding

Mixed

• Anne Jensen-van Olst

  Dressage, individual: 29th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Lone Castrup Jørgensen

  Dressage, individual: 7th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Jon Petersen

  Dressage, individual: 15th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Morten Thomsen

  Dressage, individual: 45th place

  Dressage, team: 4th place

• Thomas Velin

  Show jumping, singles: 10th place

• Nils Haagensen

  Eventing, individual: DNF

rowing

Men's

• Eskild Ebbesen , Thomas Ebert , Victor Feddersen & Søren Madsen

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: bronze

• Bo Kaliszan & Bertil Samuelson

  Lightweight double scull: 10th place

Ladies

• Bianca Carstensen , Katrin Gleie , Sarah Lauritzen & Dorthe Pedersen

  Quadruple: 6th place

shoot

Men's

• Torben Grimmel

  Small caliber, lying: silver

Ladies

• Anni Bissø

  Air rifle: 20th place

  Small caliber, three-position fight: 6th place

• Karen Hansen

  Air pistol: 25th place

  Sports pistol: 28th place

• Susanne Meyerhoff

  Air pistol: 35th place

  Sports pistol: 39th place

swim

Men's

• Jacob Carstensen

  200 m freestyle: 20th place

  400 m freestyle: 18th place

• Dennis Otzen Jensen

  100 m butterfly: 42nd place

• Henrik Steen Andersen , Jacob Carstensen , Jeppe Bøje Nielsen & Dennis Otzen Jensen

  4 × 100 m freestyle: 18th place

  4 × 200 m freestyle: 11th place

Ladies

• Mette Jacobsen

  50 m freestyle: 17th place

  100 m butterfly: 13th place

  200 m butterfly: 4th place

• Louise Ørnstedt

  100 m back: 8th place

  200 m back: 12th place

• Sophia Skou

  100 m butterfly: 15th place

  200 m butterfly: 14th place

sailing

Men's

• Leave Hjortnæs

  Finn Dinghy: 20th place

Ladies

• Kristine Roug

  Europe: 10th place

• Michaela Meehan & Susanne Ward

  470s: 10th place

Mixed

• Jesper Bank , Henrik Blakskjær & Thomas Jacobsen

  Soling: gold

• Stig Raagaard Hansen & Helene Hansen

  Tornado: 13th place

• Michael Hestbæk & Jonatan Persson

  49er: 9th place

• Peder Rønholt

  Laser: 13th place

Taekwondo

Men's

• Muhammed Dahmani

  Welterweight: 11th place

Ladies

• Hanne Høegh Poulsen

  Flyweight: 4th place

tennis

Men's

• Kristian Pless

  Singles: 2nd round

Table tennis

Men's

• Michael Maze & Finn Tugwell

  Doubles: 9th place

Triathlon

Men's

• Jan Hansen

  44th place

Ladies

• Marie Overbye

  28th place

Web links

• Danish Olympic team 2000 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )