Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (Danish) (English)
in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	121 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Caroline Wozniacki (opening)[1] Pernille Blume (closing)
Medals Ranked 28th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 2 6 7 15
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games throughout the modern era, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis. They won 15 medals, of which two were gold. It was their largest medal tally since 1948.^[2]

Medalists

The following Danish athletes won medals at the Games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Competitors

Athletics

Danish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[3][4][5] London 2012 Olympians Andreas Bube and Sara Slott Petersen, along with 2010 Youth Olympic hurdler Stina Troest, were among the first batch of Danish track and field athletes being named to the Olympic roster on May 17, 2016, and were joined by three marathon runners (one man and two women) three days later.^[6][7]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Bube	800 m	1:46.67	2 Q	1:45.87	7	Did not advance
Ole Hesselbjerg	3000 m steeplechase	8:40.08	11	N/A		Did not advance
Abdi Hakin Ulad	Marathon	N/A				2:17:06	35

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Anna Holm Baumeister	Marathon	N/A				2:39:49	55
Jessica Draskau-Petersson		N/A				2:36:14	40
Anna-Emilie Møller	3000 m steeplechase	9:32.68 NR	6	N/A		Did not advance
Sara Slott Petersen	400 m hurdles	55.20	1 Q	54.55	2 Q	53.55	02 !
Stina Troest		56.06	4 Q	56.00	4	Did not advance

Badminton

Denmark has qualified a total of eight badminton players for the following events into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF World Rankings as of 5 May 2016: two entries in the men's singles, one in the women's singles, and a pair each in the men's, women's, and mixed doubles.^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Viktor Axelsen	Singles	Lee D-k (KOR) W (21–11, 21–13)	Ponsana (THA) W (21–14, 21–13)	N/A	1 Q	Evans (IRL) W (21–16, 21–12)	Ouseph (GBR) W (21–12, 21–16)	Chen L (CHN) L (14–21, 15–21)	Lin D (CHN) W (15–21, 21–10, 21–17)	03 !
Jan Østergaard Jørgensen		Must (EST) W (21–8, 21–15)	Leverdez (FRA) W (21–11, 21–18)	N/A	1 Q	Kidambi (IND) L (19–21, 19–21)	Did not advance
Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Doubles	Kim G-j / Kim S-r (KOR) L (15–21, 18–21)	Cwalina / Wacha (POL) W (21–17, 21–17)	Ellis / Langridge (GBR) W (21–9, 9–21, 21–16)	3	N/A	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Line Kjærsfeldt	Singles	Marín (ESP) L (16–21, 13–21)	Vainio (FIN) W (21–9, 21–8)	N/A	2	Did not advance
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Doubles	Jung K-e / Shin S-c (KOR) W (21–16, 21-18)	Luo Y / Luo Y (CHN) L (11–21, 18–21)	Lee / Obanana (USA) W (21–9, 21–6)	2 Q	N/A	Chang Y-n / Lee S-h (KOR) W (28–26, 18–21, 21–15)	Tang YT / Yu Y (CHN) W (21–16, 14–21, 21–19)	Matsutomo / Takahashi (JPN) L (21–18, 9–21, 19–21)	02 !

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen	Doubles	Xu C / Ma J (CHN) L (24–22, 14–21, 16–21)	Mateusiak / Zięba (POL) W (21–18, 23–21)	C Adcock / G Adcock (GBR) L (19–21, 24–22, 17–21)	4	Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint

Danish canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[9]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rene Holten Poulsen	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:35.722	1 Q	3:34.344	4 FA	3:36.840	6
Emma Åstrand Jørgensen	Women's K-1 500 m	1:55.660	2 Q	1:55.193	2 FA	1:54.326	02 !
Henriette Engel Hansen Ida Villumsen	Women's K-2 500 m	1:46.246	4 Q	1:47.476	6 FB	1:48.846	12
Henriette Engel Hansen Emma Åstrand Jørgensen Amalie Ringtved Thomsen Ida Villumsen	Women's K-4 500 m	1:36.675	5 Q	1:36.302	3 FA	1:39.057	6

Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

Road

Danish riders qualified for a maximum of three quota places in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of their top 15 final national ranking in the 2015 UCI Europe Tour.^[10] The road cycling team, led by two-time Olympian Jakob Fuglsang, was named to the Olympic roster on June 23, 2016.^[11]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jakob Fuglsang	Men's road race	6:10:05	02 !
Christopher Juul-Jensen	Men's road race	6:19:43	32
	Men's time trial	1:16:49.62	19
Chris Anker Sørensen	Men's road race	6:30:05	60

Track

Following the completion of the 2016 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, Danish riders have accumulated spots in the men's team pursuit, as well as both the men's and women's omnium. The track cycling squad, highlighted by reigning Olympic champion Lasse Norman Hansen in the men's omnium, was named on June 18, 2016.^[12]

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Casper Folsach Lasse Norman Hansen Niklas Larsen Frederik Madsen Casper Pedersen Rasmus Quaade	Men's team pursuit	3:55.396	2 Q	Australia (AUS) 3:53.542	3	New Zealand (NZL) 3:53.789	03 !

Qualification Legend: FA=Final (medal); FB=Bronze medal game; SF=Semifinals

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Individual pursuit			Elimination race		Time trial			Flying lap			Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Time	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Lasse Norman Hansen	Men's omnium	1	40	4:14.982 OR	1	40	18	6	1:02.538	5	32	12.832	4	34	40	2	192	03 !
Amalie Dideriksen	Women's omnium	7	28	3:30.264	4	34	6	30	38:032	18	6	14:940	18	6	85	1	189	5

Mountain biking

Danish mountain bikers qualified for one men's and one women's quota place each into the Olympic cross-country race, as a result of the nation's eighteenth-place finish for men and eleventh for women, respectively, in the UCI Olympic Ranking List of May 25, 2016. The mountain biking squad was named to the Olympic roster on June 9, 2016.^[13]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Simon Andreassen	Men's cross-country	1:47:44	34
Annika Langvad	Women's cross-country	1:33:48	11

BMX

Danish riders qualified for one men's and one women's quota place in BMX at the Olympics, as a result of the nation's top three placement for men, not yet qualified, at the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships, and top three for women in the UCI BMX Individual Ranking List of May 31, 2016. BMX riders Niklas Laustsen and European Games champion Simone Christensen were named to the Olympic roster on June 13, 2016.^[14]

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Niklas Laustsen	Men's BMX	36.199	24	19	7	Did not advance
Simone Christensen	Women's BMX	35.251	4	N/A		18	7	Did not advance

Equestrian

Denmark has fielded a composite squad of four riders into the Olympic team eventing by virtue of the following results in the individual FEI Olympic rankings: top two finishes from North Western Europe, and two top six finishes from the combined overall FEI Olympic rankings.^[15]

Dressage

Long list for the dressage team was published on April 30. Final team will be named on July 17, after several observation events which include FEI Nations Cup competitions in Odense and Aachen as well as the Danish Dressage Championships in Broholm.^[16]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Anders Dahl	Selten	Individual	69.900	37 Q	71.232	30	Did not advance
Cathrine Dufour	Cassidy		76.657	10 Q	76.050	12 Q	74.893	81.286	78.143	13
Anna Kasprzak	Donnperignon		73.943	23 Q	74.524	15 Q	74.821	79.143	76.982	14
Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	Jojo		72.229	27 Q	72.465	26	Did not advance
Anders Dahl Cathrine Dufour Anna Kasprzak Agnete Kirk Thinggaard	See above	Team	74.276	6 Q	74.346	6	N/A		74.311	6

Football

Summary

Key:

• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
• A.E.T – After extra time.

Team	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Denmark men's	Men's tournament	Iraq D 0–0	South Africa W 1–0	Brazil L 0–4	2	Nigeria L 0–2	Did not advance		8

Men's tournament

Denmark's men's football team qualified for the Olympics by reaching the semifinals at the 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in the Czech Republic.^[17]

Team roster

The following is the Danish final squad in the men's football tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[18][19] Yussuf Poulsen, Uffe Bech and Lasse Vigen Christensen left the squad due to several reasons and were replaced by Jacob Bruun Larsen, Jacob Barrett Laursen and Mathias Hebo.^[20]

Head coach: Niels Frederiksen

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2016 club
1	1GK	Jeppe Højbjerg	(1995-04-30)30 April 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Esbjerg
2	2DF	Mikkel Desler	(1995-02-19)19 February 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Odense BK
3	2DF	Kasper Larsen	(1993-01-25)25 January 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Groningen
4	2DF	Edigeison Gomes*	(1988-11-17)17 November 1988 (aged 27)	0	0	Henan Jianye
5	2DF	Jakob Blåbjerg	(1995-01-11)11 January 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Aalborg BK
6	3MF	Andreas Maxsø	(1994-03-18)18 March 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Nordsjælland
7	4FW	Lasse Vibe* (c)	(1987-07-22)22 July 1987 (aged 29)	0	0	Brentford
8	3MF	Mathias Hebo	(1995-08-02)2 August 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Fredericia
9	4FW	Nicolai Brock-Madsen	(1993-01-09)9 January 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Birmingham City
10	4FW	Jacob Bruun Larsen	(1998-09-19)19 September 1998 (aged 17)	0	0	Borussia Dortmund
11	2DF	Jacob Barrett Laursen	(1994-11-17)17 November 1994 (aged 21)	0	0	Odense BK
12	4FW	Frederik Børsting	(1995-02-13)13 February 1995 (aged 21)	0	0	Aalborg BK
13	4FW	Emil Larsen*	(1991-06-22)22 June 1991 (aged 25)	0	0	Lyngby
14	3MF	Casper Nielsen	(1994-04-29)29 April 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Esbjerg
15	2DF	Pascal Gregor	(1994-02-18)18 February 1994 (aged 22)	0	0	Nordsjælland
16	4FW	Robert Skov	(1996-05-20)20 May 1996 (aged 20)	0	0	Silkeborg
17	3MF	Jens Jønsson	(1993-01-10)10 January 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	Aarhus GF
18	1GK	Lukas Fernandes	(1993-03-01)1 March 1993 (aged 23)	0	0	SønderjyskE

* Over-aged player.

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Brazil (H)	3	1	2	0	4	0	+4	5	Quarter-finals
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	4
3	Iraq	3	0	3	0	1	1	0	3
4	South Africa	3	0	2	1	1	2	−1	2

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Quarterfinal

Golf

Denmark has entered four golfers (two per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Søren Kjeldsen (world no. 50), Thorbjørn Olesen (world no. 64), Nicole Broch Larsen (world no. 88), and Nanna Koerstz Madsen (world no. 109) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective individual events based on the IGF World Rankings as of 11 July 2016.^[25][26]

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Søren Kjeldsen	Men's	73	68	70	70	281	−3	=21
Thorbjørn Olesen		70	68	74	71	283	−1	=30
Nicole Broch Larsen	Women's	67	68	81	71	287	+3	36
Nanna Koerstz Madsen		69	69	72	69	279	−5	=13

Handball

Summary

Key:

• ET – After extra time
• P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Denmark men's	Men's tournament	Argentina W 25–19	Tunisia W 31–23	Croatia L 24–27	Qatar W 26–25	France L 30–33	3	Slovenia W 37–30	Poland W 29–28ET	France W 28–26	01 !

Men's tournament

Denmark's men's handball team qualified for the Olympics by virtue of a top two finish at the third meet of the Olympic Qualification Tournament in Herning.^[27] On 16 July, the team of 14 players and a reserve was nominated by the Danish Handball Federation, for official selection by the NOC.^[28]

Team roster

The following is the Danish roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[29]

Head coach: Guðmundur Guðmundsson

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 27) 2.01 m 143 1 THW Kiel 3 RB Mads Christiansen (1986-05-03)3 May 1986 (aged 30) 1.94 m 106 234 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 5 CB Mads Mensah Larsen (1991-08-12)12 August 1991 (aged 24) 1.88 m 67 157 Rhein-Neckar Löwen 6 LW Casper Ulrich Mortensen (1989-12-14)14 December 1989 (aged 26) 1.90 m 73 209 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 15 P Jesper Nøddesbo (1980-10-23)23 October 1980 (aged 35) 1.99 m 201 418 Barcelona 16 GK Jannick Green (1988-09-29)29 September 1988 (aged 27) 1.95 m 71 1 SC Magdeburg 17 RW Lasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 32) 1.84 m 155 316 Flensburg-Handewitt 19 P Rene Toft Hansen (1984-01-11)11 January 1984 (aged 32) 2.00 m 103 163 THW Kiel 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 31) 1.96 m 90 136 Paris Saint-Germain 22 RB Kasper Søndergaard (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 35) 1.96 m 162 361 Skjern Håndbold 23 P Henrik Toft Hansen (1986-12-18)18 December 1986 (aged 29) 2.00 m 77 144 Flensburg-Handewitt 24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 28) 1.96 m 151 696 Paris Saint-Germain 25 CB Morten Olsen (1984-10-11)11 October 1984 (aged 31) 1.84 m 32 90 TSV Hannover-Burgdorf 27 LB Michael Damgaard (1990-03-18)18 March 1990 (aged 26) 1.92 m 30 78 SC Magdeburg

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	5	4	0	1	147	134	+13	8[lower-alpha 1]	Quarter-finals
2	France	5	4	0	1	152	126	+26	8[lower-alpha 1]
3	Denmark	5	3	0	2	136	127	+9	6
4	Qatar	5	2	1	2	122	127	−5	5
5	Argentina	5	1	0	4	110	126	−16	2
6	Tunisia	5	0	1	4	118	145	−27	1

7 August 2016 (2016-08-07) 14:40	Denmark	25–19	Argentina	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Hansen, Svan 6	(10–10)	Simonet 7
	4× 3× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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9 August 2016 (2016-08-09) 14:40	Tunisia	23–31	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Pinto, Menezes (BRA)
	Jallouz 5	(10–16)	Mortensen, Svan 8
	2× 1× 1×	Report	3× 3×

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11 August 2016 (2016-08-11) 14:40	Denmark	24–27	Croatia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Svan Hansen 9	(12–15)	Duvnjak 8
	3× 2×	Report	5× 4×

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13 August 2016 (2016-08-13) 14:40	Denmark	26–25	Qatar	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Rashed, El-Sayed (EGY)
	Svan 7	(14–14)	Markovic 7
	5× 4×	Report	3× 3×

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15 August 2016 (2016-08-15) 14:40	France	33–30	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Mahé 9	(17–16)	Hansen 8
	3× 2×	Report	5× 3×

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Quarterfinal

17 August 2016 (2016-08-17) 17:00	Denmark	37–30	Slovenia	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Lopéz, Ramírez (ESP)
	M. Hansen, L. Hansen 8	(16–13)	Bezjak, Janc 6
	5× 3×	Report	8× 4×

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Semifinal

19 August 2016 (2016-08-19) 20:30	Poland	28–29 (ET)	Denmark	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Bielecki 7	(15–16)	M. Hansen 10
	3× 4×	Report	3× 3×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 3–4

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Gold medal match

21 August 2016 (2016-08-21) 14:00	Denmark	28–26	France	Future Arena, Rio de Janeiro Referees: López, Ramírez (ESP)
	Hansen 8	(16–14)	Guigou 6
	4× 2×	Report	2× 3×

Rowing

Denmark has qualified four boats for each of the following rowing classes into the Olympic regatta. Three rowing crews had confirmed Olympic places for their boats each in the men's lightweight four, women's pair, and women's lightweight double sculls at the 2015 FISA World Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, while the rowers competing in both the women's single and double sculls were added to the Danish roster with their top four finish at the 2016 European & Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Team Denmark announced the first batch of rowers (men's lightweight four, women's pair, and women's lightweight double sculls) on May 12, 2016.^[30] Meanwhile, the remaining crews that earned Olympic spots through the European & Qualification regatta were named to the Danish roster on June 14, 2016. Among the rowers qualifying for the Games were reigning Olympic champions Rasmus Quist and Mads Rasmussen (men's lightweight double sculls), and London 2012 bronze medalist Fie Udby Erichsen (women's single sculls).^[31]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rasmus Quist Mads Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	6:33.67	3 R	7:02.78	1 SA/B	6:45.05	5 FB	6:34.72	10
Jacob Barsøe Kasper Winther Jørgensen Morten Jørgensen Jacob Larsen	Lightweight four	5:58.21	1 SA/B	Bye		6:19.62	2 FA	6:21.97	02 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fie Udby Erichsen	Single sculls	8:30.07	2 QF	Bye		7:33.24	1 SA/B	8:08.65	6 FB	7:25.13	9
Anne Dsane Andersen Hedvig Rasmussen	Pair	7:05.28	2 SA/B	Bye		N/A		7:27.56	1 FA	7:20.71	03 !
Nina Hollensen Lisbet Jakobsen	Double sculls	7:18.92	5 R	7:04.35	4	N/A		Did not advance
Anne Lolk Juliane Elander Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	7:01.84	2 SA/B	Bye		N/A		7:20.29	4 FB	7:27.36	9

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Danish sailors have qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the individual fleet Worlds, and European qualifying regattas.^[32] Team Denmark will determine the official list of sailors with the highest overall series score having accumulated in three selection trial meets of each fleet.^[33]

On March 4, 2016, four sailors had been selected to the Danish Olympic team for Rio: skiff duo Jena Mai Hansen and Katja Salskov-Iversen (49erFX), and multihull tandem Anette Viborg Andreasen and 2012 Olympian Allan Nørregaard (Nacra 17).^[34] Single-handed sailors Michael Hansen (Laser) and 2012 Finn silver medalist Jonas Høgh Christensen had claimed their Olympic spots at the Princess Sofia Trophy Regatta, while the remaining crews rounded out the selection at the ISAF World Cup meet in Hyeres, France.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Sebastian Fleischer	RS:X	15	14	9	12	22	11	17	20	2	11	6	18	EL	135	12
Michael Hansen	Laser	6	24	23	20	31	31	19	26	5	26	N/A		EL	180	25
Jonas Høgh Christensen	Finn	13	2	4	DNF	10	11	16	16	17	21	N/A		EL	110	17
Christian Peter Lübeck Jonas Warrer	49er	8	9	21	15	1	5	6	13	14	18	1	2	6	98	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Lærke Buhl-Hansen	RS:X	17	16	17	20	16	13	12	9	21	13	10	12	EL	155	15
Anne-Marie Rindom	Laser Radial	5	8	DSQ	3	3	1	4	6	22	3	N/A		16	55	03 !
Jena Mai Hansen Katja Salskov-Iversen	49erFX	21	2	2	2	4	2	9	16	2	1	2	4	8	54	03 !

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Allan Nørregaard Anette Viborg Andreasen	Nacra 17	8	8	9	14	10	12	17	9	7	11	5	15	EL	108	12

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

Danish shooters have achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2014 and 2015 ISSF World Championships, the 2015 ISSF World Cup series, and European Championships or Games, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.^[35]

On November 5, 2015, Team Denmark had officially announced the shooting squad for the Games.^[36]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Torben Grimmel	Men's 50 m rifle prone	621.4	23	N/A		Did not advance
Jesper Hansen	Men's skeet	121 (+12)	=5	14 (+3)	=5	Did not advance
Stine Nielsen	Women's 10 m air rifle	410.1	38	N/A		Did not advance
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	579	13	N/A		Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Danish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[37][38] To qualify for the individual events, swimmers must achieve times set by the Danish Swimming Federation and the Danish NOC at either the 2015 World Aquatics Championships, the 2016 Danish Open or the 2016 European Aquatics Championships.^[39]

On November 4, 2015, five swimmers had been officially chosen to be part of the Danish Olympic team for the Games, including current world-record holder Rikke Møller Pedersen in the breaststroke, and 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Lotte Friis in long-distance freestyle.^[40] Four more swimmers (Glæsner, Ipsen, Joensen, and Blume), along with the members of the men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay team, were officially named to the Danish roster on May 10, 2016, extending the swimming team size to thirteen.^[41]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktor Bromer	200 m butterfly	1:55.77	7 Q	1:55.59	7 Q	1:55.64	6
Mads Glæsner	400 m freestyle	3:52.59	36	N/A		Did not advance
Anton Ipsen	400 m freestyle	3:48.31	20	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:05.91	18	N/A		Did not advance
Pál Joensen	1500 m freestyle	15:18.49	30	N/A		Did not advance
Søren Dahl Anders Lie Daniel Skaaning Magnus Westermann	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	7:12.66	13	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pernille Blume	50 m freestyle	24.23	1 Q	24.28	1 Q	24.07	01 !
	100 m freestyle	54.15	11 Q	54.19	11	Did not advance
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle	4:07.13	11	N/A		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:22.54	5 Q	N/A		8:24.50	7
Mie Nielsen	100 m backstroke	59.13	4 Q	59.18	6 Q	58.80	5
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle	24.48	=5 Q	24.62	11	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.53	5 Q	53.35	6 Q	53.36	8
	100 m butterfly	57.15	6 Q	57.47	7 Q	57.17	7
Rikke Møller Pedersen	100 m breaststroke	1:06.58	6 Q	1:07.07	10	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.72	1 Q	2:22.45	5 Q	2:23.74	8
Pernille Blume Sarah Bro Julie Kepp Jensen Mie Nielsen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.45	12	N/A		Did not advance
Pernille Blume Mie Nielsen Jeanette Ottesen Rikke Møller Pedersen	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:56.98	3 Q	N/A		3:55.01 EU	03 !

Table tennis

Denmark has entered one athlete into the table tennis competition at the Games. Jonathan Groth secured one of the remaining Olympic spots in the men's singles by winning the repechage group final at the European Qualification Tournament in Halmstad, Sweden.^[42]

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonathan Groth	Men's singles	Bye		Oláh (FIN) W 4–0	Ma L (CHN) L 0–4	Did not advance

Tennis

Denmark has entered one tennis player into the Olympic tournament. London 2012 Olympian Caroline Wozniacki (world no. 34) qualified directly for the women's singles as one of the top 56 eligible players in the WTA World Rankings as of June 6, 2016.^[43][44]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Caroline Wozniacki	Women's singles	Hradecká (CZE) W 6–2, 6–2	Kvitková (CZE) L 2–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Denmark has entered one triathlete to compete at the Games. Andreas Schilling was ranked among the top 43 eligible triathletes in the men's event based on the ITU Olympic Qualification List as of May 15, 2016.^[45]

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Andreas Schilling	Men's	18:11	0:48	55:33	0:38	33:46	1:48:56	28

Wrestling

Denmark has qualified one wrestler for the men's Greco-Roman 75 kg into the Olympic competition, as a result of his top six finish at the 2015 World Championships.^[46][47]

Key:

• VT – Victory by fall.
• PP – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mark Madsen	−75 kg	Bye	Abdevali (IRI) W 3–1 PP	Nemeš (SRB) W 3–0 PO	Bácsi (HUN) W 3–0 PO	Bye		Vlasov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	02 !

See also

• Denmark at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

External links

• DIF.dk – Rio 2016 Olympic Coverage (Danish)