Denmark at the 2019 European Games

Denmark competed at the 2019 European Games, in Minsk, Belarus from 21 to 30 June 2019. Denmark had previously competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku, Azerbaijan, where it won 12 medals, including four golds.^[2]

Denmark at the 2019 European Games
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk
in Minsk, Belarus 21 – 30 June 2019
Competitors	61 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Line Kjærsfeldt (badminton)[1]
Medals Ranked 21st	Gold 3 Silver 2 Bronze 3 Total 8
European Games appearances (overview)
2015 2019 2023 2027

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Emma Jørgensen	Canoe sprint	Women's K-1 200 m	27 June
Gold	Anders Antonsen	Badminton	Men's singles	30 June
Gold	Mia Blichfeldt	Badminton	Women's singles	30 June
Silver	Jonathan Groth	Table tennis	Men's singles	26 June
Silver	Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Badminton	Men's doubles	29 June
Bronze	Anne Laursen Maja Jager Randi Degn	Archery	Women's team recurve	22 June
Bronze	Emma Jørgensen	Canoe sprint	Women's K-1 500 m	27 June
Bronze	Line Kjærsfeldt	Badminton	Women's singles	29 June

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2019 European Games

Recurve

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
Maja Jager	Women's individual	630	20	Šibalić (MNE) W 6–4	Marín (ESP) W 6–4	Stepanova (RUS) L 5–6	Did not advance
Randi Degn		609	34	Baránková (SVK) W 6–2	Perova (RUS) W 6–5	Marchenko (UKR) W 6–4	Balsukova (RUS) L 1–7	Did not advance
Anne Laursen		605	37	Coşkun (TUR) L 2–6	Did not advance
Maja Jager Randi Degn Anne Laursen	Women's team	1844	8	—			Russia W 5–4	Great Britain L 0–6	BM  Germany W 5–4

Compound

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tanja Jensen	Women's individual	696	6	Prieels (BEL) W 145–142	Dodemont (FRA) L 142–143	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2019 European Games

Individual

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Frederik Schou-Nielsen	Men's 100 m	DQ	—
Andreas Martinsen	Men's 110 m hurdles	13.95	8
Simon Hansen	Men's high jump	1.94	20
Astrid Glenner-Frandsen	Women's 100 m	11.73	8
Mette Graversgaard	Women's 100 m hurdles	13.89	=14
Janne Nielsen	Women's long jump	5.68	23
Marie Vestergaard	Women's javelin throw	52.31	13
Zarah Buchwald Gustav Lundholm Nielsen Emma Bomme Benjamin Lobo Vedel	Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay	3:27.68	20
Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen Helene Gottlieb Benjamin Lobo Vedel Astrid Glenner-Frandsen	Mixed distance pursuit relay	4:29.10	4

Team

Event	Qualification match				Quarterfinal				Semifinal				Final
	Athlete	Result	Rank	Points	Athlete	Result	Rank	Points	Athlete	Result	Rank	Points	Athlete	Result	Rank	Points
Men's 100 m	Frederik Schou-Nielsen	DQ	—	0	Frederik Schou-Nielsen	10.65	5	4	Did not advance
Women's long jump	Janne Nielsen	—	6	2	Janne Nielsen	—	3	8
Women's 100 m	Astrid Glenner-Frandsen	11.73	3	8	Astrid Glenner-Frandsen	11.76	4	6
Women's javelin throw	Marie Vestergaard	—	4	6	Marie Vestergaard	—	4	6
Mixed 4 × 400 m relay	Zarah Buchwald Gustav Lundholm Nielsen Emma Bomme Benjamin Lobo Vedel	3:27.68	5	4	Sara Slott Petersen Nicolai Hartling Emma Bomme Gustav Lundholm Nielsen	3:24.72	2	10
Men's 110 m hurdles	Andreas Martinsen	13.95	2	10	Andreas Martinsen	13.89	1	12
Men's high jump	Simon Hansen	—	1	12	Simon Hansen	—	6	2
Women's 100 m hurdles	Mette Graversgaard	13.89	5	4	Mette Graversgaard	14.03	4	6
Subtotal	—		5	46	—		3	54
Mixed medley relay	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen Helene Gottlieb Benjamin Lobo Vedel Astrid Glenner-Frandsen	4:39.10	3 QQF	—	Kristian Uldbjerg Hansen Helene Gottlieb Benjamin Lobo Vedel Emma Bomme	4:37.57	3	—

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2019 European Games

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Anders Antonsen	Men's singles	Đurkinjak (CRO) W 2–0	Moreels (BEL) W 2–0	Must (EST) W 2–0	1	Kirchmayr (SUI) W 2–0	Penty (GBR) W 2–0	Zilberman (ISR) W 2–0	Leverdez (FRA) W 2–1
Viktor Axelsen		Withdrew								–
Line Kjærsfeldt	Women's singles	Ginga (MDA) W 2–0	Polikarpova (ISR) W 2–0	Poghosyan (ARM) W 2–0	1	Mikkelä (FIN) W 2–0	Yiğit (TUR) W 2–1	Gilmour (GBR) L 1–2	Did not advance
Mia Blichfeldt		Tomalová (CZE) W 2–0	Repiská (SVK) W 2–0	Pope (LAT) W 2–0	1	Polikarpova (ISR) W 2–1	Birch (GBR) W 2–0	Kosetskaya (RUS) W 2–0	Gilmour (GBR) W 2–0
Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Men's doubles	Bochat / Cwalina (POL) W 2–1	Greco / Strobl (ITA) W 2–0	Maas / Tabeling (NED) W 2–0	1	—	Gicquel / Labar (FRA) W 2–1	Ivanov / Sozonov (RUS) W 2–0	Ellis / Langridge (GBR) L 0–2
Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen	Women's doubles	Birch / Smith (GBR) L 0–2	Bukoviczki / Gonda (HUN) W 2–0	Fomkinaitė / Voitechovskaja (LTU) W 2–0	2	—	Piek / Seinen (NED) L 0–2	Did not advance
Niclas Nøhr Sara Thygesen	Mixed doubles	Ellis / Smith (GBR) L 0–2	Zapico / Uslé (ESP) W 2–0	Atrashchenkov / Zharka (UKR) W 2–0	2	—	Adcock / Adcock (GBR) L 1–2	Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2019 European Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Fredrik Jensen	Men's light welterweight	Khartsyz (UKR) L RSC	Did not advance
Ditte Frostholm	Women's lightweight	—	Sadiku (KOS) W 5–0	Belyakova (RUS) L 0–5	Did not advance

Canoe sprint

Main article: Canoe sprint at the 2019 European Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
René Holten Poulsen	K-1 1000 m	3:32.508	3	3:26.832	3	3:34.033	4
	K-1 5000 m	—				23:10.981	14
Nils Boe René Holten Poulsen	K-2 1000 m	3:22.551	7	3:15.772	7	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semi-final		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Emma Jørgensen	K-1 200 m	40.514	1	Bye	41.625
	K-1 500 m	1:50.590	3	1:50.419	2	2:04.989
	K-1 5000 m	—				25:50.634	6
Bolette Iversen Line Langelund	K-2 200 m	40.428	5	39.321	6	Did not advance
Julie Funch Emma Jørgensen Pernille Knudsen Line Langelund	K-2 500 m	1:33.446	5	1:33.700	1	1:45.346	7

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2019 European Games

Trampoline

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Benjamin Kjær	Individual	107.720	9	56.250	6

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2019 European Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Final/BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mathias Madsen	100 kg	Arman Adamian (RUS) L	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semi-finals	Repechage	Final/BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lærke Olsen	63 kg	Edwige Gwend (ITA) L	Did not advance
Emilie Sook	70 kg	Daria Pogorzelec (POL) L	Did not advance

Karate

Main article: Karate at the 2019 European Games

Katrine Pedersen competed in the women's kumite 68 kg event.

Athlete	Event	Group phase				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Katrine Pedersen	–68 kg	Melnyk (UKR) D 0–0	Quirici (SUI) L 0–1	Aliakseyeva (BLR) L 1–2	4	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2019 European Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mikkel Damholt	10 m air rifle	617.7	37	Did not advance
Jesper Hansen	Skeet	120	10	Did not advance
Esben Jakobsen	50 m rifle 3 positions	1154	29	Did not advance
Frederik Larsen	10 m air pistol	567	29	Did not advance
Steffen Olsen	10 m air rifle	620.1	33	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 positions	1164	21	Did not advance
Emil Petersen	Skeet	122	2 Q	35	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Rikke Ibsen	50 m rifle 3 position	1160	12	Did not advance
Stine Nielsen	10 m air rifle	624.1	20	Did not advance
	50 m rifle 3 position	1142	38	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Mikkel Damholt Anna Skade Nielsen	10 m air rifle	624.2	8 Q	409.4	8
Esben Jakobsen Stine Nielsen	50 m rifle prone	410.0	18	Did not advance
Steffen Olsen Rikke Mæng	10 m air rifle	615.9	32	Did not advance
Steffen Olsen Stine Nielsen	50 m rifle prone	408.7	20	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2019 European Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonathan Groth	Men's singles	Bye		Walker (GBR) W 4–3	Ovtcharov (GER) W 4–0	Wang (SVK) W 4–3	Kou (UKR) W 4–0	Boll (GER) L 2–4
Anders Lind		Bye	Karakašević (SRB) W 4–2	Lebesson (FRA) L 1–4	Did not advance

Team

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jonathan Groth Anders Lind Tobias Rasmussen	Men's team	Slovenia W 3–2	Austria W 3–1	Sweden L 1–3	BM  Portugal L 1–3	4