2008 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

The nation has competed in all of the modern summer Olympic Games, with the exception of the 1904 St. Louis Olympic Games . She has participated in the Olympics 24 times and was represented in Beijing for the 25th time. The Danish Sports Federation ( Danmarks Idræts-Forbund , DIF for short) announced an official target of seven medals.

The Olympic roster, consisting of 83 athletes in 16 sports, was announced on June 21, 2008 and confirmed on July 8. The flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremony was the shot putter Joachim Olsen .

Medalist

gold

Surname	Sports	category
Mads Kruse Andersen Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Morten Jørgensen	rowing	Men lightweight foursome without a helmsman
Martin Kirketerp Jonas Warrer	sailing	49 class

silver

Surname	Sports	category
Casper Jørgensen Jens-Erik Madsen Michael Mørkøv Alex Nicki Rasmussen	Cycling	Men team pursuit
Kim Wraae Knudsen , René Holten Poulsen	canoe	Men K-2 1000 m

bronze

Surname	Sports	category
Andreas Helgstrand Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Anne van Olst	dressage	Team evaluation
Mads Reinholdt Rasmussen	rowing
Lotte Friis	swim	Women's 800 meter freestyle

Success Bonuses

Team Danmark awarded the medal winners the following success bonuses: DKK 100,000 for a gold medal, DKK 70,000 for a silver medal and DKK 35,000 for a bronze medal. According to the Danish newspaper Politiken, a total of 1,230,000 DKK was paid out as a bonus.

badminton

The ten Danish badminton players qualified via the world rankings from May 1st of the Badminton World Federation .

• Peter Gade

  Men's singles, 8th place in the world rankings

• Kenneth Jonassen

  Men's singles, 5th place in the world rankings

• Jens Eriksen
• Martin Lundgaard Hansen

  Men's doubles, 12th place on the world rankings

• Lars Paaske
• Jonas Rasmussen

  Men's doubles, 7th place on the world rankings

• Tine Rasmussen

  Women's singles, 6th place in the world rankings

• Lena Frier Kristiansen
• Kamilla Rytter Juhl

  Women's doubles, 13th place in the world rankings

• Thomas Laybourn
• Kamilla Rytter Juhl

  Mixed doubles, 9th place in the world rankings

Archery

Niels Dall qualified at the Olympics with his 14th place at the 2007 World Championships in Leipzig. Louise Klingenberg Laursen was 33rd place at the world championships.

• Niels Dall

  Men

• Louise Klingenberg Laursen

  Women

Handball

Denmark qualified for the Olympic Games in Norway with the European championship title in 2008.

Men

Kasper Hvidt

Peter Henriksen

Get rid of it

Joachim Boldsen

Lars Jørgensen

Jesper Jensen

Klavs Bruun Jørgensen

Lars Christiansen

Kasper Nielsen

Michael V. Knudsen did not take part due to illness

Jesper Nøddesbo

Bo Spellerberg

Kasper Søndergaard

Hans Lindberg

Mikkel Hansen

• Trainer

Ulrik Wilbek

canoe

Kasper Bleibach was able to qualify for the Olympic Games in Milan with the European Championship title in 2008. Henriette Engel Hansen won the B-final in Milan and the two-man around René Holten Poulsen and Kim Wraae Knudsen won the European championship in Milan.

Men
Kasper Bleibach	1 single kayak	500 meters
René Holten Poulsen	Two-person kayak	500 meters
Kim Wraae Knudsen
Women
Henriette Engel Hansen	One kayak	500 meters

athletics

• Women
  • Christina Scherwin (javelin throw)

Cycling

• Men
  • Brian Vandborg (road race, individual time trial)
  • Nicki Sørensen (road race)
  • Chris Anker Sørensen (road race, individual time trial)
  • Klaus Nielsen (mountain bike)
  • Jakob Diemer Fuglsang (mountain bike)
  • Henrik Baltzersen (BMX)

• Women
  • Trine Schmidt (points race)
  • Linda Villumsen (road race, individual time trial)
  • Amanda Sørensen (BMX)

horse riding

• Men
  • Anne van Olst (dressage individual, dressage team)
  • Andreas Helgstrand (dressage individual, dressage team)
  • Nathalie Wittgenstein (dressage individual, dressage team)
  • Peter T Flarup (Eventing Singles)

Wrestling

• Men
  • Anders Nyblom (Greco-Roman up to 55 kg)

rowing

• Men
  • Rasmus Quist / Mads Rasmussen (lightweight double scull) (bronze )
  • Mads Kruse Andersen , Eskild Ebbesen , Thomas Ebert , Morten Jørgensen (lightweight foursome) (gold )

• Women
  • Katrin Olsen / Juliane Elander Rasmussen (lightweight double scull)

shoot

• Men
  • Anders Golding (Skeet)

swim

• Men
  • Jakob Schioett Andkjaer (50 meters freestyle, 100 meters freestyle, 100 meters butterfly)
  • Jon Raahauge Rud (200 meters freestyle, 400 meters freestyle)
  • Mads Glaesner (400 meters freestyle)
  • Chris Christensen (200 meter medley)

• Women
  • Jeanette Ottesen (50 meters freestyle, 100 meters freestyle, 100 meters butterfly)
  • Louise Mai Jansen (200 meter freestyle, 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay)
  • Lotte Friis (400 meter freestyle, 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay, 800 meter freestyle) (bronze )
  • Micha Kathrine Oestergaar Jensen (100 meter butterfly, 200 meter butterfly, 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay)
  • Julie Hjorth-Hansen (200 meter medley, 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay)

sailing

• Men
  • Anders Nyholm (laser)
  • Jonas Kaeldsoe Poulsen (windsurfing)
  • Martin Kirketerp , Jonas Warrer (49er class) (gold )
  • Jonas Høgh-Christensen (Finn Dinghy)

• Women
  • Bettina Honore (windsurfing)

tennis

• Women
  • Caroline Wozniacki (individual)

Table tennis

• Men
  • Michael Maze

Triathlon

• Men
  • Rasmus Henning

do gymnastics

• Men
  • Peter Jensen (trampoline)

See also

• Olympic history of Denmark

Web links

• Danish Olympic Team 2008 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Michael Andersen (responsible): Beslutning: Medaljebonus ved OL 2012 og PL 2012. (No longer available online.) Team Danmark , March 6, 2012, archived from the original on March 22, 2014 ; Retrieved March 22, 2014 (Danish). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Rikke Egelund: OL-vinderne får endelig lovet bonus. In: Politiken . November 28, 2008, accessed March 22, 2014 (Danish).