Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.

Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics

IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Paris, France 26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors	85 in 12 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Competitors edit

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Badminton	5	4	9
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	4	2	6
Cycling	8	4	12
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	6
Handball	14	14	28
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	5	4	9
Shooting	1	1	2
Swimming	0	7	7
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Total	43	36	85

Badminton edit

Denmark entered nine badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Viktor Axelsen	Singles
Anders Antonsen	Singles
Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Doubles					—

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Line Kjærsfeldt	Singles
Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen	Doubles					—

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	Mixed doubles

Boxing edit

For the first time since 2012, Denmark entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Nikolai Terteryan scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's welterweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.^[1]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nikolai Terteryan	Men's welterweight	–	–	–	–	–

Canoeing edit

Sprint edit

Danish canoeists qualified one boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 European Qualifier in Szeged, Hungary.^[2]^[3]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
René Holten Poulsen	Men's K-1 1000 m
	Men's K-4 500 m
Emma Aastrand Jørgensen	Women's K-1 500 m
Emma Aastrand Jørgensen	Women's K-2 500 m

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

Cycling edit

Road edit

Denmark entered a team of six road cyclists (four male and two female). Denmark qualified four male and two female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race
Michael Mørkøv
Mads Pedersen
Mattias Skjelmose
Mattias Skjelmose	Time trial
	Time trial

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race
	Road race
	Time trial
	Time trial

Track edit

Denmark riders obtained a full squads of men's team pursuit events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.

Pursuit

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

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
	Men's omnium
	Women's omnium

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
	Men's madison
	Women's madison

Equestrian edit

Denmark fielded a squad of three dressage riders, two eventing riders and one jumping rider, into the team dressage competition by winning the gold medal in the team event at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning; and into the individual rider and jumping competition, through the establishment of final olympics ranking for Group A (North Western Europe).^[5]^[6]

Dressage edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
		Individual			—


	See above	Team					—

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

Eventing edit

Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
	Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Individual
Individual

Jumping edit

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
		Individual

Handball edit

Summary

Key:

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

Team	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Denmark men's	Men's tournament
Denmark women's	Women's tournament

Men's tournament edit

Denmark men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match against the host nation France and securing an outright berth at the 2023 IHF World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.^[7]^[8]

Team roster

Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Denmark	Quarter-finals
2	Norway
3	Hungary
4	France (H)
5	Egypt
6	Argentina

First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2024. Source: IHF
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.
(H) Hosts

27 July 2024 21:00	Denmark	v	France	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

29 July 2024 14:00	Egypt	v	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

31 July 2024 21:00	Denmark	v	Argentina	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

2 August 2024 09:00	Hungary	v	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

4 August 2024 19:00	Denmark	v	Norway	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

Women's tournament edit

Denmark women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing second at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.^[9]

Team roster

Women's team event – 1 team of 14 players

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	Norway	Quarter-finals
2	Germany
3	Slovenia
4	Sweden
5	Denmark
6	South Korea

First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: IHF
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.

25 July 2024 09:00	Slovenia	v	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

28 July 2024 16:00	Denmark	v	Norway	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

30 July 2024 21:00	Sweden	v	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

1 August 2024 19:00	Germany	v	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

3 August 2024 21:00	Denmark	v	South Korea	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris

Rowing edit

Danish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sverri Nielsen	Men's single sculls

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 edit

Danish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.

Elimination events

Athlete	Event	Race																									Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	QF	SF1	SF2	SF3	SF4	SF5	SF6	F1	F2	F3	F4	F5	F6	Final rank
Johan Søe	Men's IQFoil										—

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*	Net points	Final rank
Johan Schubert	Men's ILCA 7											—
Nikolaj Buhl Daniel Nyborg	Men's 49er
Anne-Marie Rindom	Women's ILCA 6											—
Andrea Schmidt Johanne Schmidt	Women's 49erFX
Natacha Saouma-Pedersen Mathias Bruun Borreskov	Mixed Nacra 17

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

Shooting edit

Danish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.^[10]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jesper Hansen	Men's skeet
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions

Swimming edit

Danish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):^[11]^[12]^[13]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julie Kepp Jensen	Women's 50 m freestyle
Thea Blomsterberg	Women's 200 m breaststroke
Helena Rosendahl Bach	Women's 200 m butterfly
Signe Bro Martine Damborg Julie Kepp Jensen Elisabeth Sabroe Ebbesen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay			—
Schastine Tabor Thea Blomsterberg Martine Damborg Signe Bro	4 × 100 m medley relay			—

Table tennis edit

Denmark entered a full squad of male table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea.^[14]

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Singles
	Singles
	Team	—

Taekwondo edit

Denmark qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Edi Hrnic qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the under 80 kg semifinal, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edi Hrnic	Men's −80 kg

References edit

^ "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
^ "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list". International Olympic Committee. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
^ Salem, Patricia (7 August 2022). "Laudrup-Dufour Leads Denmark to Victory". FEI. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ Shefferd, Neil (7 August 2022). "Denmark claim home gold in team dressage at World Equestrian Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "IHF World Men's Handball Championship 2023: Denmark qualifies to Paris 2024, will face France in quest for third-straight title". International Olympic Committee. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Denmark writing the history books again". International Handball Federation. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
^ "Denmark's women handball team obtains quota for Paris 2024". olympics.com. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
^ "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Swimming" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
^ "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
^ "Table tennis: These teams have obtained a Paris 2024 qualifying quota spot". Olympics. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

[1] "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.

[2] "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[3] "ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list". International Olympic Committee. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[4] "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[5] Salem, Patricia (7 August 2022). "Laudrup-Dufour Leads Denmark to Victory". FEI. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[6] Shefferd, Neil (7 August 2022). "Denmark claim home gold in team dressage at World Equestrian Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[7] "IHF World Men's Handball Championship 2023: Denmark qualifies to Paris 2024, will face France in quest for third-straight title". International Olympic Committee. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[8] "Denmark writing the history books again". International Handball Federation. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[9] "Denmark's women handball team obtains quota for Paris 2024". olympics.com. 16 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.

[10] "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.

[11] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[12] "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Swimming" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 12 November 2022.

[13] "Paris 2024 – Swimming Qualification". World Aquatics. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

[14] "Table tennis: These teams have obtained a Paris 2024 qualifying quota spot". Olympics. 21 February 2024. Retrieved 23 February 2024.

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