2004 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital, Athens, with 92 athletes, 44 women and 48 men.

Since 1896 it was Denmark's 24th participation in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

The rower Eskild Ebbesen carried the flag of Denmark during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Medals

With two won gold, one silver and five bronze medals, the Danish team finished 37th in the medals table .

Participants by sport

badminton

Men's

• Jens Eriksen & Martin Lundgaard Hansen

  Doubles: 4th place

• Peter Gade

  Singles: 5th place

• Kenneth Jonassen

  Individual: 17th place

• Lars Paaske & Jonas Rasmussen

  Doubles: 9th place

Ladies

• Pernille Harder & Mette Schjoldager

  Doubles: 9th place

• Ann-Lou Jørgensen & Rikke Olsen

  Doubles: 5th place

• Camilla Martin

  Singles: 9th place

• Tine Rasmussen

  Individual: 17th place

Mixed

• Jens Eriksen & Mette Schjoldager

  bronze

• Jonas Rasmussen & Rikke Olsen

  Doubles: 4th place

Archery

Men's

• Hate Pavia Lind

  Individual: 19th place

Handball

Ladies

• Kristine Andersen , Karen Brødsgaard , Line Daugaard , Katrine Fruelund , Rikke Hørlykke , Trine Jensen , Lotte Kiærskou , Henriette Mikkelsen Rønde , Karin Mortensen Ørnhøj , Louise Bager Nørgaard , Rikke Schmidt , Rikke Skov , Camilla Thomsen , Josephine Touray , Mette Vestergaard

  Olympic gold medalist

canoe

Men's

• Mads Kongsgaard Madsen & Lasse Nielsen

  Two-person kayak, 500 m: semi-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1000 m: semi-finals

athletics

Men's

• Piotr Buciarski

  Pole vault: 26th place in qualification

• Wilson Kipketer

  800 m: bronze

• Joachim Olsen

  Shot put: silver

Ladies

• Annemette Jensen

  Marathon: 49th place

• Christina Scherwin

  Javelin throw: 29th place in qualification

Cycling

Men's

• Peter Riis Andersen

  Mountain bike, cross-crountry: 18th place

• Bo hamburger

  Road race: 23rd place

• Frank Høj

  Road race: 8th place

  Individual time trial: 19th place

• Lars Michaelsen

  Road race: 52nd place

• Christian Poulsen

  Mountain bike, cross-crountry: 39th place

• Michael Rasmussen

  Road race: DNF

• Nicki Sørensen

  Road race: 57th place

Ladies

• Mette Andersen

  Mountain bike, cross-crountry: DNF

horse riding

Mixed

• Andreas Helgstrand

  Dressage, individual: 9th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Lone Castrup Jørgensen

  Dressage, individual: 38th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Jon Petersen

  Dressage, individual: 19th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Per Sandgaard

  Dressage, individual: 10th place

  Dressage, team: 5th place

• Thomas Velin

  Show jumping, singles: 10th place

Wrestling

Men's

• Håkan Nyblom

  Feather weight (up to 55 kg), Greco-Roman: 8th place

rowing

Men's

• Eskild Ebbesen , Thomas Ebert , Thor Kristensen & Stephan Mølvig

  Lightweight four without a helmsman: gold

• Rasmus Quist & Mads Rasmussen

  Lightweight double scull: 4th place

Ladies

• Sarah Lauritzen , Majbrit Nielsen , Dorthe Pedersen & Christina Rindom

  Quadruple: 6th place

• Juliane Rasmussen & Johanne Thomsen

  Lightweight double scull: 10th place

shoot

Men's

• Torben Grimmel

  Small bore, lying: 9th place

• Michael Nielsen

  Skeet: 7th place

• Peter Thuesen

  Air rifle: 29th place

Ladies

• Susanne Meyerhoff

  Air pistol: 21st place

• Ann Spejlsgaard

  Air rifle: 33rd place

swim

Men's

• Jacob Carstensen

  200 m freestyle: 18th place

  400 m freestyle: 15th place

  200 m medley: 31st place

Ladies

• Mette Jacobsen

  100 m butterfly: 15th place

  200 m butterfly: 6th place

  4 × 100 m medley: 9th place

• Louise Jansen

  200 m freestyle: 37th place

  200 m medley: 30th place

• Louise Ørnstedt

  100 m back: 7th place

  200 m back: 6th place

  4 × 100 m medley: 9th place

• Jeanette Ottesen Gray

  50 m freestyle: 22nd place

  100 m freestyle: 18th place

  4 × 100 m medley: 9th place

• Majken Thorup

  100 m chest: 19th place

  200 m chest: 25th place

  4 × 100 m medley: 9th place

sailing

Men's

• Nicklas Holm & Claus Olesen

  Star: 9th place

• Jonas Høgh-Christensen

  Finn Dinghy: 9th place

• Kristian Skjødt Kjærgaard & Mads Møller Hansen

  470s: 25th place

Ladies

• Dorte Jensen , Helle Jespersen & Christina Otzen

  Yngling: bronze

• Signe Livbjerg

  Europe: bronze

• Michaela Meehan & Susanne Ward

  470s: 6th place

Mixed

• Dennis Dengsø Andersen & Michael Hestbæk

  49er: 13th place

• Nyholm is different

  Laser: 22nd place

Taekwondo

Men's

• Zakaria Asidah

  Heavy weight (over 80 kg): 11th place

• Jesper Roesen

  Feather weight (up to 68 kg): 9th place

Table tennis

Men's

• Michael Maze

  Individual: 17th place

  Double: bronze

• Finn Tugwell

  Double: bronze

Trampoline exercise

Men's

• Peter Jensen

  Singles: preliminary round

Triathlon

Men's

• Rasmus Henning

  7th place

Web links

• Danish Olympic team 2004 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )