Denmark at the 2012 Summer Olympics facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Denmark at the Olympic Games
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
Competitors	113 in 17 sports
Flag bearer	Kim Wraae Knudsen (opening) Allan Nørregaard (closing)
Medals Rank: 29	Gold 2	Silver 4	Bronze 3	Total 9
Olympic history (summary)
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Denmark took part in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom. The Games happened from July 27 to August 12, 2012. Denmark sent its biggest team to the Olympics since the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

A total of 113 Danish athletes competed in 17 different sports. There were 63 men and 50 women. Two other athletes were team reserves. Handball was the only team sport Denmark played in.

The Danish team included some past Olympic champions. One of them was the men's lightweight coxless fours rowing team. This team included experienced rowers Eskild Ebbesen and Morten Jørgensen. Famous athletes like tennis player Caroline Wozniacki and swimmer Lotte Friis were also part of the team. Lotte Friis had won a bronze medal in Beijing before. Kim Wraae Knudsen, who won a silver medal in sprint kayak doubles in Beijing, carried Denmark's flag at the opening ceremony.

The Danish sports organizations, Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union, aimed for eight medals. They thought Denmark had good chances in wrestling, shooting, cycling, handball, equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton, and sailing. Denmark did even better than their goal. They won nine medals in total!

Denmark came home from London with 9 medals: 2 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze. This was their most successful Olympics in 64 years. The gold medals were won by rowers Rasmus Quist and Mads Rasmussen in lightweight double sculls. The other gold medal went to track cyclist Lasse Norman Hansen in the men's omnium event. Other medals were won in sailing, shooting, badminton, and women's rowing. Some Danish athletes came very close to winning medals but just missed out.

Denmark's Olympic Medals

Denmark won 9 medals at the 2012 London Olympics. Here's a look at who won them and in which sports.

Danish Athletes at the Games

A total of 113 athletes from Denmark competed in the 2012 Olympics. Here's how many men and women took part in each sport.

Archery Events

Three Danish women archers and a team qualified for the Olympics. They earned their spots at the 2011 World Archery Championships. The archers were Carina Christiansen, Maja Jager, and Louise Laursen.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Carina Christiansen	Women's individual	663	7	Barnard (AUS) (58) W 7–3	Le C-y (TPE) (39) W 6–4	Avitia (MEX) (10) L 2–6	Did not advance
Maja Jager		642	35	Richter (GER) (30) L 5–6	Did not advance
Louise Laursen		641	36	Beaudet (CAN) (29) W 7–3	Lorig (USA) (4) L 4–6	Did not advance
Carina Christiansen Maja Jager Louise Laursen	Women's team	1946	8	N/A		India (IND) W 211–210	South Korea (KOR) L 195–206	Did not advance

Athletics Competitors

Danish athletes met the standards to compete in several athletics events.

Key for Athletics Results

• Note–Ranks are for the athlete's heat only.
• Q = Qualified for the next round.
• q = Qualified as a fastest loser or by position.
• NR = National record.
• N/A = Round not applicable.
• Bye = Athlete did not need to compete in this round.

Men's Athletics

Track & Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andreas Bube	800 m	1:46.40	6	Did not advance
Jesper Faurschou	Marathon	N/A				2:18:44	41

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Kim Christensen	Shot put	19.13	28	Did not advance

Women's Athletics

Track & Road Events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sara Slott Petersen	400 m hurdles	56.01	6 q	56.21	6	Did not advance
Jessica Draskau	Marathon	N/A				2:31:43	40

Field Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Caroline Bonde Holm	Pole vault	NM	–	Did not advance

Badminton Players

Denmark qualified several players for the badminton tournament. This was based on the Badminton World Federation rankings from May 1, 2012. Denmark earned spots in men's singles, men's doubles, women's singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles.

Men's Badminton

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
Peter Gade (5)	Singles	Martins (POR) W 21–14, 21–8	N/A		1 Q	Son W-h (KOR) (13) W 21–9, 21–16	Chen L (CHN) (3) L 16–21, 13–21	Did not advance
Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (12)		Zilberman (ISR) W 21–13, 21–12	Wong (SIN) W 21–17, 21–14	N/A	1 Q	Lee H-i (KOR) (7) L 17–21, 13–21	Did not advance
Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen (3)	Doubles	James / Viljoen (RSA) W 21–6, 21–12	Ivanov / Sozonov (RUS) W 16–21, 21–19, 21–14	Chai B / Guo Zd (CHN) W 21–14, 21–19	1 Q	N/A	Fang C-m / Lee S-m (TPE) W 21–16, 21–18	Jung J-s / Lee Y-d (KOR) (2) W 17–21, 21–18, 22–20	Cai Y / Fu H (CHN) (1) L 16–21, 15–21

Women's Badminton

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
Tine Baun (5)	Singles	Augustyn (POL) W 21–11, 21–6	Prokopenko (RUS) W 19–21, 21–15, 21–16	N/A	1 Q	Sato (JPN) (12) W 14–15 RET	Nehwal (IND) (4) L 15–21, 20–22	Did not advance
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Doubles	Maeda / Suetsuna (JPN) L 21–18, 14–21, 17–21	Poon L Y / Tse Y S (HKG) W 21–13, 14–21, 21–18	Tian Q / Zhao Yl (CHN) (2) W 22–20, 21–12	1 Q	N/A	Fujii / Kakiiwa (JPN) (4) L 20–22, 10–21	Did not advance

Mixed Doubles Badminton

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Thomas Laybourn	Doubles	Diju / Gutta (IND) W 21–12, 21–16	Lee Y-d / Ha J-e (KOR) W 21–15, 21–11	Ahmad / Natsir (INA) (3) L 22–24, 16–21	2 Q	Zhang N / Zhao Yl (CHN) (1) L 13–21, 17–21	Did not advance
Joachim Fischer Nielsen Christinna Pedersen (4)		T Ng / G Gao (CAN) W 21–12, 21–11	Mateusiak / Kostiuczyk (POL) W 21–9, 14–21, 21–17	Ikeda / Shiota (JPN) W 21–11, 21–10	1 Q	Prapakamol / Thungthongkam (THA) W 21–15, 21–13	Zhang N / Zhao Yl (CHN) (1) L 21–17, 17–21, 19–21	Ahmad / Natsir (INA) (3) W 21–12, 21–12

Boxing Competitors

Denmark had one boxer qualify for the Games.

Men's Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Dennis Ceylan	Bantamweight	Nevin (IRL) L 6–21	Did not advance

Canoeing Events

Danish athletes competed in sprint canoeing events. No Danish canoeists were in the slalom events.

Sprint Canoeing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kasper Bleibach	Men's K-1 200 m	36.610	3 Q	36.667	5 FB	37.802	9
René Holten Poulsen	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:30.284	1 Q	3:30.247	3 FA	3:29.483	4
Kim Wraae Knudsen Emil Stær Simensen	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:17.020	5 Q	3:15.580	4 FB	3:12.820	9
Kasper Bleibach Kim Wraae Knudsen René Holten Poulsen Emil Stær Simensen	Men's K-4 1000 m	3:05.134	3 Q	2:56.003	6 FA	2:56.542	5
Henriette Engel Hansen	Women's K-1 200 m	42.866	4 Q	42.821	7	Did not advance
	Women's K-1 500 m	1:52.650	2 Q	1:51.929	2 FA	1:54.110	7

Cycling Competitors

Denmark had cyclists in all four types of cycling events at the Olympics.

Road Cycling

Men's Road Cycling

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lars Bak	Men's road race	5:46:37	71
	Men's time trial	54:33.21	14
Matti Breschel	Men's road race	5:46:37	42
Jakob Fuglsang	Men's road race	5:46:05	12
	Men's time trial	54:34.49	15
Nicki Sørensen	Men's road race	5:46:37	57

Track Cycling

Pursuit Events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Casper Folsach Lasse Norman Hansen* Michael Mørkøv Rasmus Quaade Mathias Møller Nielsen*| align=left|Men's team pursuit	3:58.298	4 Q	Great Britain (GBR) L 3:57.396	5	Spain (ESP) W 4:02.671	5

Omnium Event

Athlete	Event	Flying lap		Points race		Elimination race	Individual pursuit		Scratch race	Time trial		Total points	Rank
		Time	Rank	Points	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank
Lasse Norman Hansen	Men's omnium	13.236	4	59	2	12	4:20.674	1	6	1:02.314	2	27

Mountain Biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Annika Langvad	Women's cross-country	DNS

Annika Langvad could not start the race because she had broken ribs.

BMX Cycling

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Result	Rank
Morten Therkildsen	Men's BMX	39.378	25	20	5	Did not advance

Equestrian Dressage

Denmark qualified one team and three individual riders for the dressage event in equestrian sports. This happened after they finished sixth at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. Danish riders did not compete in other equestrian events.

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Anna Kasprzak	Donnperignon	Individual	75.289	12 Q	73.952	16 Q	74.179	78.714	76.446	18
Lisbeth Seierskilde	Raneur		69.863	32	Did not advance
Anne Van Olst	Clearwater		71.322	23 Q	72.016	21	Did not advance
Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein	Digby		74.954	13 Q	75.857	9 Q	76.321	81.857	79.018	12
Anna Kasprzak Anne Van Olst Nathalie Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein	See above	Team	73.845	4 Q	73.846	4 Q	N/A		73.846	4

Gymnastics Trampoline

Denmark had one male athlete qualify for trampolining. No Danish gymnasts competed in other gymnastics events.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Jensen	Men's	104.695	10	Did not advance

Handball Teams

Both the Danish men's and women's handball teams qualified for the Olympics. This was the first time ever that both teams were at the Games! The men's team qualified by winning the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship. The women's team qualified through a special World Qualification Tournament.

Men's Handball Tournament

Team Roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the men's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.  view • talk 

Head coaches: Ulrik Wilbek

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Jacobsen, Niklas LandinNiklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 23) 2.00 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 2 CB Mogensen, ThomasThomas Mogensen (1983-01-30)30 January 1983 (aged 29) 1.87 m Flensburg-Handewitt 4 LB Boesen, LasseLasse Boesen (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 32) 1.92 m KIF Kolding 8 CB Schmidt, Rasmus LaugeRasmus Lauge Schmidt (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 21) 1.94 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 10 LB Markussen, NikolajNikolaj Markussen (1988-08-01)1 August 1988 (aged 23) 2.12 m Atlético Madrid 11 LW Jensen, Anders EggertAnders Eggert Jensen (1982-05-14)14 May 1982 (aged 30) 1.79 m Flensburg-Handewitt 13 CB Spellerberg, BoBo Spellerberg (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 33) 1.92 m KIF Kolding 14 P Knudsen, Michael V.Michael V. Knudsen (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 33) 1.92 m Flensburg-Handewitt 17 RW Hansen, Lasse SvanLasse Svan Hansen (1983-08-31)31 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.87 m Flensburg-Handewitt 18 RW Lindberg, HansHans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 30) 1.88 m HSV Hamburg 19 P Hansen, Rene ToftRene Toft Hansen (1984-11-01)1 November 1984 (aged 27) 2.00 m AG København 20 GK Cleverly, MarcusMarcus Cleverly (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.88 m Vive Targi Kielce 22 RB Sarup, Kasper SøndergaardKasper Søndergaard Sarup (1981-06-09)9 June 1981 (aged 31) 1.95 m Skjern Håndbold 24 LB Hansen, MikkelMikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 24) 1.96 m AG København 26 LB Nielsen, KasperKasper Nielsen (1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 37) 1.92 m Bjerringbro-Silkeborg

Group Play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
Croatia	5	5	0	0	150	109	+41	10
Denmark	5	4	0	1	124	129	−5	8
Spain	5	3	0	2	140	126	+14	6
Hungary	5	2	0	3	114	128	−14	4
Serbia	5	1	0	4	120	131	−11	2
South Korea	5	0	0	5	115	140	−25	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

29 July 2012 21:15  v	Hungary	25 – 27	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 5,000 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	Császár 8	(10–13)	Eggert 9
	7× 1×	Report	5× 3×

31 July 2012 19:30  v	Denmark	24 – 23	Spain	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,368 Referees: Krstić, Ljubić (SLO)
	Hansen 8	(13–12)	three players 4
	6× 4×	Report	1× 4×

2 August 2012 19:30  v	Serbia	25 – 26	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,504 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Vujin 7	(11–13)	Hansen 7
	7× 3×	Report	3× 2×

4 August 2012 16:15  v	Croatia	32 – 21	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,800 Referees: Lazaar, Reveret (FRA)
	three players 5	(14–9)	Eggert Jensen, Lindberg 5
	2× 3×	Report	3× 3×

6 August 2012 14:30  v	Denmark	26 – 24	South Korea	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,546 Referees: Al-Nuaimi, Omar (UAE)
	Eggert Jensen, Knudsen 6	(13–14)	Lee Jae-Woo, Eom Hyo-Won 6
	2× 4×	Report	1× 2×

Quarter-final

8 August 2012 18:00  v	Sweden	24 – 22	Denmark	Basketball Arena, London Attendance: 9,494 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Doder 6	(11–9)	Lindberg 6
	5× 4×	Report	2× 4×

Women's Handball Tournament

Team Roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics.  view • talk 

Head coaches: Jan Pytlick

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 2 P Melgaard, MetteMette Melgaard (1980-06-03)3 June 1980 (aged 32) 1.70 m Randers HK 4 P Thorsgaard, SusanSusan Thorsgaard (1988-10-13)13 October 1988 (aged 23) 1.88 m FC Midtjylland 9 RB Dalby, CamillaCamilla Dalby (1988-05-15)15 May 1988 (aged 24) 1.82 m Randers HK 10 CB Krogshede, ChristinaChristina Krogshede (1981-11-04)4 November 1981 (aged 30) 1.72 m Frederiksberg IF 12 GK Mortensen, KarinKarin Mortensen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34) 1.81 m Frederiksberg IF 13 P Bonde, MarianneMarianne Bonde (1984-06-25)25 June 1984 (aged 28) 1.84 m Frederiksberg IF 15 LB Larsen, PernillePernille Larsen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 34) 1.84 m Viborg HK 16 GK Pedersen, ChristinaChristina Pedersen (1982-12-15)15 December 1982 (aged 29) 1.80 m Frederiksberg IF 19 RB Jorgensen, LineLine Jørgensen (1989-12-31)31 December 1989 (aged 22) 1.83 m FC Midtjylland 22 LB Troelsen, TrineTrine Troelsen (1985-05-02)2 May 1985 (aged 27) 1.72 m FC Midtjylland 23 LW Norgaard, Ann GretAnn Grete Nørgaard (1983-09-15)15 September 1983 (aged 28) 1.63 m Team Tvis Holstebro 24 CB Kristensen, BeritBerit Kristensen (1983-08-02)2 August 1983 (aged 28) 1.72 m Randers HK 25 LB Skov, RikkeRikke Skov (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 31) 1.81 m Viborg HK 27 RB Burgaard, LouiseLouise Burgaard (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 19) 1.76 m Team Tvis Holstebro

Group Play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Points
France	5	4	1	0	125	103	+22	9
South Korea	5	3	1	1	136	130	+6	7
Spain	5	3	1	1	119	114	+5	7
Norway	5	2	1	2	118	120	−2	5
Denmark	5	1	0	4	113	121	−8	2
Sweden	5	0	0	5	108	131	−23	0

Qualified for the quarterfinals

28 July 2012 16:15  v	Denmark	21 – 18	Sweden	Copper Box, London Attendance: 3,942 Referees: Nikolić, Stojković (SRB)
	Skov 6	(8–10)	Gulldén 5
	4× 3×	Report	3× 4×

30 July 2012 11:15  v	South Korea	25 – 24	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,393 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
	Jo Hyo-Bi 5	(11–10)	Larsen 7
	1× 3×	Report	2× 3×

1 August 2012 19:30  v	Spain	24 – 21	Denmark	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,488 Referees: Geipel, Helbig (GER)
	Mangué 7	(14–9)	Nørgaard 7
	3× 3× 1×	Report	1× 3×

3 August 2012 21:15  v	Denmark	23 – 24	Norway	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,720 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Norgaard 9	(11–12)	Løke 6
	2× 3×	Report	3×

5 August 2012 21:15  v	Denmark	24 – 30	France	Copper Box, London Attendance: 4,616 Referees: Duţă, Florescu (ROU)
	Nørgaard 10	(10–17)	Nijtam 6
	2× 3×	Report	1× 2×

Rowing Teams

Denmark had several boats qualify for the rowing events.

Men's Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Henrik Stephansen	Single sculls	6:46.32	3 QF	Bye		6:55.95	4 SC/D	7:29.76	1 FC	7:19.62	13
Rasmus Quist Mads Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	6:33.11	1 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:33.25	1 FA	6:37.17
Jacob Barsøe Eskild Ebbesen Morten Jørgensen Kasper Winther Jørgensen	Lightweight four	5:55.64	3 SA/B	Bye		N/A		6:03.53	1 FA	6:03.16

Women's Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fie Udby Erichsen	Single sculls	7:29.37	2 QF	Bye		7:38.93	1 SA/B	7:44.33	1 FA	7:57.72
Anne Lolk Juliane Elander Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	6:59.94	2 SA/B	Bye		N/A		7:10.93	2 FA	7:15.53	4

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 Competitors

Denmark qualified to enter a boat in eight out of ten sailing events. This means Danish sailors competed in almost all types of Olympic boats.

Men's Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Sebastian Fleischer	RS:X	18	28	24	23	(29)	29	29	15	28	26	EL	220	29
Thorbjørn Schierup	Laser	36	16	(24)	8	23	16	5	23	24	18	EL	157	19
Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Finn	1	1	2	7	1	2	(8)	4	5	3	20	46
Michael Hestbæk Claus Olesen	Star	12	11	13	(14)	13	7	6	3	14	10	EL	89	11

Women's Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M
Anne-Marie Rindom	Laser Radial	17	19	8	22	12	7	(27)	23	11	11	EL	130	13
Henriette Koch Lene Sommer	470	5	12	(16)	10	14	16	15	10	9	15	EL	106	16

Match Racing

Athlete	Event	Round Robin											Rank	Knockouts			Rank
		GBR	USA	RUS	NZL	NED	SWE	FRA	FIN	POR	AUS	ESP		Q-final	S-Final	Final
Susanne Boidin Tina Gramkov Lotte Meldgaard	Elliott 6m	L	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	W	L	L	10	Did not advance

The Danish boat first lost their eleventh race, but after a complaint, the race was done again.

Open Class Sailing

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M
Peter Lang Allan Nørregaard	49er	2	4	14	6	(16)	15	5	7	13	6	16	4	4	3	9	6	114

Shooting Competitors

Denmark had five athletes qualify for shooting events.

Men's Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Anders Golding	Skeet	122	2 Q	146
Torben Grimmel	50 m rifle prone	592	24	Did not advance
Jesper Hansen	Skeet	113	26	Did not advance

Women's Shooting

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stine Andersen	10 m air rifle	393	30	Did not advance
Stine Nielsen	50 m rifle three positions	582	11	Did not advance
	10 m air rifle	397	9	Did not advance

Swimming Athletes

Danish swimmers met the qualifying times for several events before the Games began.

Men's Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mads Glæsner	200 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:48.27	12	N/A		Did not advance
Mathias Gydesen	100 m backstroke	55.31	30	Did not advance
Pál Joensen	400 m freestyle	3:47.36	10	N/A		Did not advance
	1500 m freestyle	15:18.42	17	N/A		Did not advance
Mads Glæsner Pál Joensen Anders Lie Daniel Skaaning	4×200 m freestyle relay	7:15.04	13	N/A		Did not advance

Pál Joensen usually swims for the Faroe Islands. But since the Faroe Islands do not have their own Olympic Committee, he competed under the Danish flag.

Women's Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pernille Blume	50 m freestyle	25.54	=24	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	55.04	19	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	2:00.91	24	Did not advance
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle	4:04.22	5 Q	N/A		4:03.98	4
	800 m freestyle	8:21.89	2 Q	N/A		8:23.86	5
Mie Nielsen	100 m backstroke	1:00.38	17	Did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:13.89	28	Did not advance
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle	24.85	=7 Q	24.99	12	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	53.51	3 Q	53.77	=5 Q	53.75	7
	100 m butterfly	57.64	4 Q	57.25	3 Q	57.35	6
Rikke Møller Pedersen	100 m breaststroke	1:07.23	9 Q	1:06.82	6 Q	1:07.55	8
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.69	2 Q	2:22.23	2 Q	2:21.65	4
Pernille Blume Lotte Friis Mie Nielsen Jeanette Ottesen	4×100 m freestyle relay	3:38.09	6 Q	N/A		3:37.45	6
Pernille Blume Mie Nielsen Jeanette Ottesen Rikke Møller Pedersen	4×100 m medley relay	3:58.35	3 Q	N/A		3:57.76	7

Table Tennis Players

Three Danish athletes qualified for the table tennis events. Michael Maze and Allan Bentsen competed in men's singles. Mie Skov competed in women's singles.

Men's Table Tennis

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Allan Bentsen	Men's singles	BYE	Zwickl (HUN) L 1–4	Did not advance
Michael Maze		BYE			Kreanga (GRE) W 4–1	Mizutani (JPN) W 4–0	Ovtcharov (GER) L 3–4	Did not advance
Mie Skov	Women's singles	BYE	El-Dawlatly (EGY) W 4–0	Partyka (POL) L 3–4	Did not advance

Tennis Players

Denmark had one tennis player at the Games.

Women's Tennis

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	Singles	Keothavong (GBR) W 4–6, 6–3, 6–2	Wickmayer (BEL) W 6–4, 3–6, 6–3	Hantuchová (SVK) W 6–4, 6–2	S. Williams (USA) L 0–6, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon Athletes

Denmark had two athletes qualify for the triathlon event.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Helle Frederiksen	Women's	19:31	0:45	1:07:11	0:33	35:10	2:03:10	27
Line Jensen		18:21	0:43	1:06:34	0:32	36:37	2:02:47	23

Wrestling Competitors

Denmark had two wrestlers qualify for the Games.

Key for Wrestling Results

• VT - The wrestler won by pinning their opponent.
• PP - The wrestler won by points, and the loser also scored some points.
• PO - The wrestler won by points, and the loser scored no points.

Men's Greco-Roman Wrestling

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
Håkan Nyblom	-55 kg	BYE	Fajari (MAR) W 3–0 PO	Hasegawa (JPN) W 3–0 PO	Sourian (IRI) L 0–3 PO	BYE		Módos (HUN) L 1–3 PP	5
Mark Madsen	-74 kg	BYE	Vlasov (RUS) L 1–3 PP	Did not advance		BYE	C Guénot (FRA) W 3–1 PP	Kazakevič (LTU) L 0–3 PO	5

Images for kids

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  Jesper Faurschou in men's marathon

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  Five-time Olympian Eskild Ebbesen satisfied with his bronze medal in men's lightweight four.

See also

In Spanish: Dinamarca en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 para niños