2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)

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Denmark took part inthe 2012 Olympic Games in London . It was the 26th participation in the Summer Olympics. The Danmarks Idræts-Forbund (DIF) nominated 113 athletes in 17 sports.

The canoeist Kim Wraae Knudsen , who won a silver medal in a two-man kayak over 1000 m at the 2008 Beijing Games , was chosen to be the flag bearer at the opening ceremony . At the closing ceremony , Allan Nørregaard , bronze medalist in 49er sailing, held the Danish flag . The team also included swimmer Pál Joensen from the Faroe Islands . He started for Denmark for the first time, as there is no independent National Olympic Committee of the Faroe Islands.

With a yield of two golds, four silver and three bronze medals, the country placed 29th in the medal table . In the Olympic history of Denmark, nine medals mean the most successful games since 1948, which just exceeded the expectations of the DIF and the elite sports organization Team Danmark , which had hoped for eight medals beforehand.

Medalist

medal	Surname	sport	competition
gold	Rasmus Quist Mads Rasmussen	rowing	Lightweight double scull
	Let Norman Hansen	Cycling	Omnium
silver	Golding is different	shoot	Disc Skeet
	Fie Udby Erichsen	rowing	One
	Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	badminton	Double
	Jonas Høgh-Christensen	sailing	Finn dinghy
bronze	Jacob Barsøe Eskild Ebbesen Morten Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jørgensen	rowing	Lightweight foursome
	Joachim Fischer Christinna Pedersen	badminton	Mixed doubles
	Peter Lang Allan Nørregaard	sailing	49er

Success Bonuses

As a bonus to the medals, Team Danmark offered the following bonuses in advance: 100,000 DKK for a gold medal, 70,000 DKK for a silver medal and 35,000 DKK for a bronze medal. The amount of the bonuses remained unchanged compared to the previous games in Beijing 2008 and Vancouver 2010 .

Participants by sport

badminton

Athletes	competition	Group stage				Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	Points	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Tine Baun	singles	K. Augustyn A. Prokopenko	2: 0 (21:11, 21: 6) 2: 1 (19:21, 21:15, 21:16)	4: 1 (103: 69)	1	S. Satō	2: 0 (14:15) Abort due to injury	S. Nehwal	0: 2 (15:21, 20:22)	eliminated				5-8
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Double	M. Maeda S. Suetsuna Poon LY Tse YS Tian Q. Zhao Y.	1: 2 (21:18, 14:21, 17:21) 2: 1 (21:13, 14:21, 21:18) 2: 0 (22:20, 21:12)	5: 3 (149: 144)	2	-		M. Fujii R. Kakiiwa	0: 2 (20:22, 10:21)	eliminated				5-8
Men
Peter Gade	singles	P. Martins	2: 0 (21:14, 21: 8)	-		Shon WH	2: 0 (21: 9, 21:16)	Chen L.	0: 2 (16:21, 13:21)	eliminated				5-8
Jan Ø. Jørgensen	singles	M. Zilberman Zi Lang Derek Wong	2: 0 (21:13, 21:12) 2: 0 (21:17, 21:14)	4: 0 (84:56)	1	Lee HI	0: 2 (17:21, 13:21)	eliminated						9-16
Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Double	DL James W. Viljoen W. Ivanov Ivan Sosonow Chai B. Guo Z.	2: 0 (21: 6, 21:12) 2: 1 (16:21, 21:19, 21:14) 2: 0 (21:14, 21:19)	6: 1 (142: 103)	1	-		Lee SM Fang CM	2: 0 (21:16, 21:18)	Young JS Lee YD	2: 1 (17:21, 21:18, 22:20)	Cai Y. Fu H.	0: 2 (16:21, 15:21)	silver
Mixed
Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	Double	G. Gao T. Ng N. Zięba R. Mateusiak S. Ikeda R. Shiota	2: 0 (21:12, 21:11) 2: 1 (21: 9, 14:21, 21:17) 2: 0 (21:11, 21:10)	6: 1 (140: 91)	1	-		S. Prapakamol S. Thungthongkam	2: 0 (21:15, 21:13)	Zhang N. Zhao Y.	1: 2 (21:17, 17:21, 19:21)	T. Ahmad L. Natsir	Game for 3rd place 2: 0 (21:12, 21:12)	bronze
Thomas Laybourn Kamilla Rytter Juhl	Double	J. Gutta V. Diju Ha JE Lee YD T. Ahmad L. Natsir	2: 0 (21:12, 21:16) 2: 0 (21:15, 21:12) 0: 2 (22:24, 16:21)	4: 2 (122: 100)	2	-		Zhang N. Zhao Y.	0: 2 (13:21, 17:21)	eliminated				5-9

Archery

Athletes	competition	qualification		1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Rings	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Carina Christiansen	singles	663	7th	E. Barnard
Maja Jager	singles	642	35	E. Judge
Louise Laursen	singles	641	36	M. Beaudet
Carina Christiansen Maja Jager Louise Laursen	team	1946	8th	-		-		India

Boxing

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Men
Dennis Ceylan	Bantam weight up to 56 kg	John Joe Nevin	6:21 (2: 5, 2: 8, 2: 8)	eliminated								-

Handball

competition	Women	Men
Athletes	Karin Mortensen Christina Pedersen Christina Krogshede Line Jørgensen Camilla Dalby Trine Troelsen Mette Melgaard Louise Burgaard Louise Svalastog Spellerberg Berit Kristensen Ann Grete Nørgaard Pernille Larsen Rikke Skov Susan Thorsgaard	Niklas Landin Jacobsen Marcus Cleverly Thomas Mogensen Rasmus Lauge Schmidt Nikolaj Markussen Anders Eggert Bo Spellerberg Michael V. Knudsen Lasse Svan Hansen Hans Lindberg René Toft Hansen Kasper Søndergaard Mikkel Hansen Kasper Nielsen
Trainer	Jan Pytlick	Ulrik Wilbek
Group stage	Sweden 21:18 (8:10) South Korea 24:25 (10:11) Spain 21:24 (9:14) Norway 23:24 (11:12) France 24:30 (10:17)	Hungary 27:25 (13:10) Spain 24:23 (13:12) Serbia 26:25 (13:11) Croatia 21:32 (9:14) South Korea 26:24 (13:14)
Quarter finals	eliminated	Sweden 22:24 (9:11)
Semifinals		eliminated
final
placement	-	-

canoe

Canoe racing

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Henriette Engel Hansen	K-1 500 m	1: 52.650 min	2	1: 51.929 min	2	1: 54.110 min	7th	7th
Men
Kasper Bleibach	K-1 200 m	36.610 s	3	36.667 s	5	37.802 s	1	9
René Holten Poulsen	K-1 1000 m	3: 30.284 min	1	3: 30.247 min	3	3: 29.483 min	4th	4th
Kim Wraae Knudsen Emil Stær	K-2 1000 m	3: 17.020 min	5	3: 15.580 min	4th	3: 12.820 min	1	9
René Holten Poulsen Kasper Bleibach Kim Wraae Knudsen Emil Stær	K-4 1000 m	3: 05.134 min	3	2: 56.003 min	6th	2: 56.542 min	5	5

athletics

Running and walking

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Jessica Draskau-Petersson	marathon	-		-		2:31:43 h	40	40
Sara Slott Petersen	400 m hurdles	56.01 s	6th	56.21 s	6th	eliminated		19th
Men
Andreas Bube	800 m	1: 46.40 min	6th	eliminated				16
Jesper Faurschou	marathon	-		-		2:18:44 h	41	41

Jumping and throwing

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Width / height	rank	Width / height	rank
Women
Caroline Bonde Holm	Pole vault	not a valid attempt		eliminated		-
Men
Kim Christensen	Shot put	19.13 m	28	eliminated		28

Cycling

train

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank
Men
Let Norman Hansen Rasmus Christian Quaade Michael Mørkøv Casper von Folsach	Team pursuit	3: 58.298 min	4th	3: 57.396 min	5	5

All-around

Athletes	250 m flying		Driving with points		Elimination drives	Individual pursuit		Scratch	Time trial		Points	rank
	time	rank	Points	rank	rank	time	rank	rank	time	rank
Omnium men
Let Norman Hansen	13.236 s	4th	59	2	12	4: 20.674 min	1	6th	1: 02.314 min	2	27	gold

Street

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Men
Jakob Fuglsang	Road racing	1:51:42 h	83
Lars Bak	Road racing	1:51:57 h	125
Matti Breschel	Road racing	1:51:42 h	116
Nicki Sørensen	Road racing	1:51:42 h	91
Jakob Fuglsang	Individual time trial	54: 34.49 min	15th
Lars Bak	Individual time trial	54: 33.21 min	14th

Mountain bike

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Annika Langvad	Cross country	not started

BMX

Athletes	competition	qualification		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Men
Morten Therkildsen	Race	39.378 s	25th	20th	5	eliminated				18th

horse riding

dressage
Athletes	competition	percent	rank
Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg	singles	79.018	12
Anna Kasprzak	singles	76,446	18th
Anne van Olst	singles	72.016	21st
Lisbet Seierskilde	singles	69.863	32
Nathalie zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg Anna Kasprzak Anne van Olst	team	73.846	4th

Wrestling

Athletes	competition	1 round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		Round of Hope quarterfinals		Hope round semifinals		Hope round final		final		rank
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Greco-Roman style men
Håkan Nyblom	Class up to 55 kg	bye		Fouad Fajari	3-0	Kohei Hasegawa	3-0	Hamid Soryan Reihanpour	0: 3	-		-		Peter Modos	1: 3	eliminated		5
Mark Overgaard Madsen	Class up to 74 kg	bye		Roman Vlasov	1: 3	eliminated				-		Christophe Guénot	3: 1	Aleksandr Kazakevič	0: 3	eliminated		5

rowing

Athletes	competition	leader			Reunion			Quarter finals			Semifinals			final		rank
		time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank	qualification	time	rank
Women
Fie Udby Erichsen	One	7: 29.37 min	2	Quarter finals	-			7: 38.93 min	1	Semi-finals A / B	7: 44.33 min	1	Finale A	7: 57.72 min	2	silver
Juliane Elander Rasmussen Anne Lolk Thomsen	Lightweight double scull	6: 59.94 min	2	Semi-finals A / B	-			-			7: 10.93 min	2	Finale A	7: 15.53 min	4th	4th
Men
Victor Stephansen	One	6: 46.32 min	3	Quarter finals	-			6: 55.95 min	4th	Semi-finals C / D	7: 29.76 min	1	Finale C	7: 19.62 min	13	13
Rasmus Quist Mads Rasmussen	Lightweight double scull	6: 33.11 min	1	Semi-finals A / B	-			-			6: 33.25 min	1	Finale A	6: 37.17 min	1	gold
Eskild Ebbesen Morten Jørgensen Jacob Barsøe Jepsen Kasper Winther Jørgensen	Lightweight foursome	5: 55.64 min	3	Semi-finals A / B	-			-			6: 03.53 min	1	Finale A	6: 03.16 min	3	bronze

shoot

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		Rings	rank
		Rings	rank	Rings	rank
Women
Stine Nielsen	Air rifle 10 m	397	9	eliminated		397	9
Stine Andersen	Air rifle 10 m	393	30th	eliminated		393	30th
Stine Nielsen	Sports rifle three-position fight 50 m	582	11	eliminated		582	11
Men
Torben Grimmel	Small bore, lying 50 m	592	24	eliminated		592	24
Jesper Hansen	Skeet	113	26th	eliminated		113	26th
Golding is different	Skeet	122	2	24	2	146	silver

swim

Athletes	competition	leader		Semifinals		final		rank
		time	rank	time	rank	time	rank
Women
Jeanette Ottesen Gray	50 m freestyle	24.85 s	7th	24.99 s	12	eliminated		12
Pernille flower	50 m freestyle	25.54 s	24	eliminated				24
Jeanette Ottesen Gray	100 m freestyle	53.51 s	3	53.77 s	5	53.75 s	7th	7th
Pernille flower	100 m freestyle	55.04 s	19th	eliminated				19th
Pernille flower	200 m freestyle	2: 00.91 min	24	eliminated				24
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle	4: 04.22 min	5	-		4: 03.98 min	4th	4th
Lotte Friis	800 m freestyle	8: 21.89 min	2	-		8: 23.86 min	5	5
Jeanette Ottesen Gray	100 m butterfly	57.64 s	4th	57.25 s	3	57.35 s	6th	6th
Rikke Møller Pedersen	100 m chest	1: 07.23 min	9	1: 06.82 min	6th	1: 07.55 min	8th	8th
Rikke Møller Pedersen	200 m chest	2: 22.69 min	2	2: 22.23 min	2	2: 21.65 min	4th	4th
Mie Ø. Nielsen	100 m back	1: 00.38 min	17th	eliminated				17th
Mie Ø. Nielsen	200 m back	2: 13.89 min	28	eliminated				28
Lotte Friis Jeanette Ottesen Gray Pernille Flower Mie Ø. Nielsen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3: 38.09 min	6th	-		3: 37.45 min	6th	6th
Jeanette Ottesen Gray Rikke Møller Pedersen Pernille Flower Mie Ø. Nielsen	4 × 100 m individual medley relay	3: 58.35 min	3	-		3: 57.76 min	7th	7th
Men
Mads Glæsner	200 m freestyle	not started		eliminated				-
Mads Glæsner	400 m freestyle	3: 48.27 min	12	-		eliminated		12
Pál Joensen	400 m freestyle	3: 47.36 min	10	-		eliminated		10
Pál Joensen	1500 m freestyle	15: 18.42 min	17th	-		eliminated		17th
Mathias Gydesen	100 m back	55.31 s	30th	eliminated				30th
Anders Lie Daniel Skaaning Mads Glæsner Pál Joensen	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7: 15.04 min	13	-		eliminated		13

sailing

Fleet Race

Athletes	competition	qualification		Medal Race		Points	rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Women
Anne-Marie Rindom	Laser Radial	130	13	eliminated			13
Lene Sommer Henriette Koch	470s	106	16	eliminated			16
Men
Sebastian Fleischer	Windsurfing RS: X	220	29	eliminated			29
Thorbjørn Schierup	laser	157	19th	eliminated			19th
Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Finn dinghy	26th	1	20th	2	46	silver
Allan Nørregaard Peter Lang	49er	108	3	6th	3	114	bronze
Michael Hestbæk Claus Olesen	star	89	11	eliminated			11

Match Race

Athletes	competition	Round robin		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final		rank
		Balance sheet	rank	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Lotte Meldgaard Susanne Boidin Tina Gramkov	Elliott 6 m	3: 8	10	eliminated						10

tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		Round of 16		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Caroline Wozniacki	singles	Anne Keothavong	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2	Yanina Wickmayer	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3	Daniela Hantuchová	6: 4, 6: 2	Serena Williams	0: 6, 3: 6	eliminated

Table tennis

Athletes	competition	1 round		2nd round		3rd round		4th round		Quarter finals		Semifinals		final
		opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result	opponent	Result
Women
Mie Skov	singles	Nadeen El-Dawlatly	4-0	Natalia Partyka	3: 4	eliminated
Men
Michael Maze	singles	bye		bye		Kalinikos Kreanga	4: 1	Jun Mizutani	4-0	Dimitrij Ovtcharov	3: 4	eliminated
Allan Bentsen	singles	Dániel Zwickl	1: 4	eliminated

Trampoline exercise

Athletes	competition	qualification		final		rank
		Points	rank	Points	rank
Men
Peter Jensen	singles	104.695	10	eliminated		10

Triathlon

Athletes	competition	time	rank
Women
Bright Frederiksen	singles	2:03:10 h	27
Line Jensen	singles	2:02:47 h	23

See also

• Summer Paralympics 2012 / Participant (Denmark)

Web links

Commons : 2012 Summer Olympics / Participant (Denmark)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Denmark - Athletes. Official London 2012 website. The London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited ( LOCOG ), accessed October 18, 2012 . 
• DENMARK. Official website of the Olympic Movement. The International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), accessed October 18, 2012 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 42 nye danske OL-udtagelser. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 12, 2012 ; Retrieved June 11, 2012 (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. ↑ Mette Richardt: Kim Wraae dansk fanebærer til OL . In DR Sporten of June 27, 2012, accessed August 13, 212 (Danish).
3. ↑ Jens Hansen Gjesse: Festligt punktum for OL i London . In DR Sporten of August 13, 2012, accessed on August 13, 2012 (Danish).
4. ↑ Casper Hollerup, Danmarks Idræts-Forbund og Team Danmark: Bedste danske OL siden 1948 , accessed on September 16, 2012 (Danish).
5. ↑ Danmarks Idræts-Forbund and Team Danmark: Danske OL-målsætninger , accessed on August 13, 2012 (Danish).
6. ↑ 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.  
7. ↑ OL-medaljer er ikke lige meget værd. In: Kristeligt Dagblad . August 4, 2012, accessed March 22, 2014 (Danish). 
8. ^ Langvad out of the Olympic mountain bike race. In: cyclingnews.com. August 1, 2012, accessed November 29, 2012 .