Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the Olympic Games
Flag of Denmark IOC code  DEN NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark Website www.dif.dk (Danish) (English)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors	103 in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Caroline Wozniacki[1]
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
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Winter Games
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Intercalated Games
1906

Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016. Danish athletes have competed at every edition of the Summer Olympic Games in the modern era, except for the sparsely attended 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.

Athletics

Danish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):^[2][3][4]

• Men's 800 m – 1 quota place (Andreas Bube)
• Women's 400 m hurdles – 2 quota places (Stina Troest, Sara Slott Petersen)
• Men's marathon – 3 quota places
• Women's marathon – 3 quota places

Canoeing

Sprint

Danish canoeists have qualified one boat in each of the following events through the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships.^[5]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rene Holten Poulsen	Men's K-1 1000 m
	Women's K-2 500 m
	Women's K-4 500 m

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

Badminton

Denmark has qualified a total of eight badminton players for each of 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.^[6]

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
Jan Østergaard Jørgensen
Mathias Boe Carsten Mogensen	Doubles					N/A

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
Kamilla Rytter Juhl Christinna Pedersen	Doubles					N/A

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

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.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Men's road race
	Men's time trial
	Men's road race

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.

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
	Men's team pursuit

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race	Individual pursuit		Elimination race	Time trial		Flying lap		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Time	Rank	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Points	Rank
	Men's omnium
	Women's omnium

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.^[8]

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.^[9]

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual
	See above	Team					N/A

Football

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.^[10]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 18 players

Group play

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

First match(es) will be played on 4 August 2016. Source: Rio2016
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal differential; 3) Goals scored; 4) Repeat 1–3 for matches between teams still tied; 5) Lots drawn by FIFA
(H) Host.

Iraq  v  Denmark

4 August 2016 13:00

Iraq	Match 1	Denmark

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Denmark  v  South Africa

7 August 2016 19:00

Denmark	Match 14	South Africa

Estádio Nacional Mané Garrincha, Brasília

Denmark  v  Brazil

10 August 2016 22:00

Denmark	Match 23	Brazil

Itaipava Arena Fonte Nova, Salvador

Handball

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.^[11]

Team roster

• Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarter-finals
2	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Croatia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Tunisia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Qatar	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Argentina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on August 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.

Rowing

Denmark has qualified three boats in each of the following classes for the Olympics at the 2015 FISA World Championships.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Lightweight four					N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anne Dsane Andersen Lærke Rasmussen	Pair					N/A
Anne Lolk Juliane Elander Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls					N/A

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.^[12] 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.^[13]

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).^[14] 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
Michael Hansen	Laser											N/A
Jonas Høgh Christensen	Finn											N/A
Christian Peter Lübeck Jonas Warrer	49er

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
Anne-Marie Rindom	Laser Radial											N/A
Jena Mai Hansen Katja Salskov-Iversen	49erFX

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

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.^[15]

On November 5, 2015, Team Denmark had officially announced the shooting squad for the Games.^[16]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Torben Grimmel	50 m rifle prone			N/A
Jesper Hansen	Skeet

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Stine Nielsen	10 m air rifle
	50 m rifle 3 positions

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)):^[17][18] 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.^[19]

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.^[20]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Viktor Bromer	200 m butterfly
Mads Glæsner	400 m freestyle			N/A
Anton Ipsen	400 m freestyle			N/A
	1500 m freestyle			N/A
Pál Joensen	1500 m freestyle			N/A
	4×200 m freestyle relay			N/A

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pernille Blume	50 m freestyle
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle			N/A
	800 m freestyle			N/A
Mie Nielsen	100 m backstroke
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle
	100 m butterfly
Rikke Møller Pedersen	100 m breaststroke
	200 m breaststroke
Pernille Blume Mie Nielsen Jeanette Ottesen Rikke Møller Pedersen	4×100 m medley relay			N/A

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.^[21]

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
Jonathan Groth	Men's singles

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.^[22][23]

Key:

• VT - Victory by Fall.
• PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
• PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical 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

See also

• Denmark at the 2016 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "Caroline Wozniacki bliver dansk fanebærer" [Caroline Wozniacki will be Denmark's flag bearer] (in Danish). Team Denmark. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
2. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
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7. "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
8. "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
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11. "Croatia and Denmark book Olympic tickets". IHF. 10 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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13. "Sådan kommer sejlerne til OL i Rio" [Selecting sailors for the Rio Olympics] (in Danish). Danish Sailing Federation. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
14. "Sejlere udtaget til OL" [Sailors selected for the Olympics] (in Danish). Team Denmark. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
15. "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
16. "Stærk skyttetrio udtaget til Rio" [Strong shooting trio selected for Rio] (in Danish). Team Denmark. 5 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
17. "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
18. "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
19. "Aftale om nationale udtagelseskriterier – OL Rio de Janeiro 2016" (PDF). ol.dk (in Danish). National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark. Retrieved 1 April 2015.
20. "Team Denmark unveils swimming team for Rio 2016". The Copenhagen Post. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2015.
21. Marshall, Ian (16 April 2016). "Drama in Halmstad, Jonathan Groth and Emmanuel Lebesson Book Rio Places". ITTF. Retrieved 17 April 2016.
22. "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
23. "Mark O. Madsen er klar til VM-finalen i brydning" [Mark O. Madsen reaches the World Championship finals] (in Danish). Ekstrabladet. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.

External links

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