Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed 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. Before the start of the games, DIF sat an official medal goal of 9–11 medals for the 2024 Paris games.^[1]

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	123 (56 men and 67 women) in 20 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Niklas Landin Jacobsen & Anne-Marie Rindom
Flag bearer (closing)	Turpal Bisultanov & Helena Rosendahl Bach
Medals Ranked 29th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 5 Total 9
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

Medalists

Further information: 2024 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Viktor Axelsen Badminton Men's singles 5 August  Gold Denmark men's national handball team Lasse Andersson Thomas Arnoldsen Mathias Gidsel Simon Hald Mikkel Hansen Emil Jakobsen Lukas Jørgensen Niclas Kirkeløkke Magnus Landin Niklas Landin Rasmus Lauge Hans Lindberg Henrik Møllgaard Emil Nielsen Simon Pytlick Magnus Saugstrup Handball Men's tournament 11 August  Silver Cathrine Dufour Nanna Skodborg Merrald Daniel Bachmann Andersen Equestrian Team dressage 3 August  Silver Anne-Marie Rindom Sailing ILCA 6 7 August  Bronze Turpal Bisultanov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg 8 August  Bronze Edi Hrnic Taekwondo Men's 80 kg 9 August  Bronze Denmark women's national handball team Louise Burgaard Helena Elver Emma Friis Anne Mette Hansen Line Haugsted Kathrine Heindahl Mie Højlund Rikke Iversen Sarah Iversen Kristina Jørgensen Michala Møller Trine Østergaard Althea Reinhardt Mette Tranborg Sandra Toft Handball Women's tournament 10 August  Bronze Emma Aastrand Jørgensen Canoeing Women's K-1 500 m 10 August  Bronze Michael Mørkøv Niklas Larsen Cycling Men's Madison 10 August

Medals by sport Sport Total Handball 1 0 1 2 Badminton 1 0 0 1 Equestrian 0 1 0 1 Sailing 0 1 0 1 Canoeing 0 0 1 1 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Taekwondo 0 0 1 1 Wrestling 0 0 1 1 Total 2 2 5 9

Medals by gender Gender Total Male 2 0 3 5 Female 0 1 2 3 Mixed 0 1 0 1 Total 2 2 5 9

Medals by date Date Total 3 August 0 1 0 1 5 August 1 0 0 1 7 August 0 1 0 1 8 August 0 0 1 1 9 August 0 0 1 1 10 August 0 0 3 3 11 August 1 0 0 1 Total 2 2 5 9

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	0	1	1
Athletics	1	3	4
Badminton	4	3	7
Boxing	1	0	1
Canoeing	5	2	7
Cycling	9	8	17
Equestrian	3	2	5
Golf	2	2	4
Handball	16	15	31
Judo	0	1	1
Rowing	3	14	17
Sailing	5	4	9
Shooting	1	2	3
Skateboarding	1	0	1
Swimming	0	7	7
Table tennis	3	0	3
Taekwondo	1	0	1
Tennis	0	2	2
Triathlon	1	1	2
Wrestling	1	0	1
Total	56	67	123

Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Denmark qualified one female archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.

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
Kirstine Danstrup Andersen	Women's individual	625	56	Li (CHN) L 0–6	Did not advance					33

Athletics

Main articles: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Danish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024 by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):^[2]

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 the 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

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Simon Hansen	Men's 100 m	Bye		10.39	7	—		Did not advance
Ida Karstoft	Women's 200 m	—		23.01	6	DNS		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Lisa Brix Pedersen	Women's discus throw	59.81	24	Did not advance
Katrine Koch Jacobsen	Women's hammer throw	73.04	5 Q	71.65	10

Badminton

Main articles: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Initially Denmark entered nine badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings. On July 17 Mathias Christiansen withdrew from the Summer Olympics because he made unintentional errors in reporting his 'whereabouts' with Anti-Doping Denmark. Christiansen and his partner Alexandra Bøje were removed from group C in the mixed doubles draw.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Viktor Axelsen	Singles	Dahal (NEP) W (21–8, 21–6)	Zilberman (ISR) W (21–9, 21–11)	Nguyen (IRL) W (21–13, 21–10)	—	1 Q	Bye	Loh (SGP) W (21–9, 21–17)	Sen (IND) W (22–20, 21–14)	Vitidsarn (THA) W (21–11, 21–11)
Anders Antonsen		Filimon (AUT) W (21–10, 21–18)	Dwicahyo (AZE) W (21–10, 21–14)	—		1 Q	Bye	Lee (MAS) L (17–21, 15–21)	Did not advance		6
Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen	Men's doubles	Chiu / Yuan (USA) W (21–13, 21–16)	Lee Y / Wang C-l (TPE) L (15–21, 21–19, 15–21)	Liu YC / Ou XY (CHN) W (21–15, 21–13)	Hoki / Kobayashi (JPN) W (21–19, 22–20)	2 Q	—	Kang M-h/ Seo S-j (KOR) W (21–19, 22–20)	Lee Y / Wang C-l (TPE) L (21–18, 17–21, 10–21)	Chia / Soh (MAS) L (21–16, 20–22, 19–21)	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Elimination	Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mia Blichfeldt	Women's singles	Li (GER) W (21–14, 14–21, 21–12)	Chen (CHN) L (8–21, 21–19, 11–21)	—	2	Bye	Did not advance			14
Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen	Women's doubles	Baek H-n / Lee S-h (KOR) W (21–18, 9–21, 21–14)	Kititharakul / Prajongjai (THA) W (20–22, 23–21, 24–22)	Lambert / Tran (FRA) W (21–16, 21–12)	1 Q	—	Matsuyama / Shida (JPN) L (7–21, 12–21)	Did not advance		5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarter-final	Semi-final	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Mathias Christiansen Alexandra Bøje	Mixed doubles	Watanabe / Higashino (JPN) L WO	Tang / Tse (HKG) L WO	Ye / Lee (TPE) L WO	4	Withdrew

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[3]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Nikolai Terteryan	Men's 71 kg	Bye	Traoré (FRA) W 4–1	Muydinkhujaev (UZB) L 0–5	Did not advance		5

Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Sprint

Danish canoeists qualified one boat 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.^[4][5]

Athlete	Event	Heats		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
René Holten Poulsen	Men's K-1 1000 m	3:40.14	5 QF	3:35.48	1 SF	3:35.50	8 FB	3:31.62	16
Lasse Bro Madsen Victor Gairy Aasmul Morten Gravesen Magnus Sibbersen	Men's K-4 500 m	1:22.98	6 QF	1:20.56	3 SF	1:21.88	5 E	DNA	10
Emma Aastrand Jørgensen	Women's K-1 500 m	1:50.93	2 SF	Bye	1:49.59	2 FA	1:49.76
Emma Aastrand Jørgensen Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen	Women's K-2 500 m	1:45.02	3 QF	1:42.61	5 E	Did not advance			17

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

Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Road

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.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mikkel Bjerg	Road race	6:41:17	73
Michael Mørkøv		6:36:31	59
Mads Pedersen		6:21:54	20
Mattias Skjelmose		6:21:47	17
Mikkel Bjerg	Time trial	37:55.32	10
Mattias Skjelmose		37:57.69	14

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rebecca Koerner	Road race	4:12:22	76
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig		4:04:23	29
Emma Norsgaard		4:07:16	49
Emma Norsgaard	Time trial	42:33.59	14
Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig		44:10.93	24

Track

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
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Carl-Frederik Bévort Tobias Aagaard Hansen Niklas Larsen Rasmus Lund Pedersen	Men's team pursuit	3:43:690	3 Q	Great Britain (GBR) 3:42.803	2 QB	Italy (ITA) 3:46.138	4

Omnium

Athlete	Event	Scratch race		Tempo race		Elimination race		Points race		Total points	Rank
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
Niklas Larsen	Men's omnium	2	38	6	30	16	10	13	6	84	10
Amalie Dideriksen	Women's omnium	6	30	7	28	8	26	22	21	105	7

Madison

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Niklas Larsen Michael Mørkøv	Men's madison	21	20
Amalie Dideriksen Julie Norman Leth	Women's madison	16	—	6

Mountain biking

Danish mountain bikers secured one men and two women's quota places in the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Simon Andreassen	Men's cross-country	1:29:05	12
Caroline Bohé	Women's cross-country	1:33:11	15
Sofie Heby Pedersen		N/A	24

BMX

Race

Denmark secured one quota places (one women's) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinal		Last Chance		Semi Final		Final
		Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Malene Kejlstrup	Women's	16	16 q	37.375	4 Q	21	8	DNA	15

Equestrian

Main articles: Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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).^[8][9]

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Nanna Skodborg Merrald	Zepter	Individual	78.028	5 Q	—		76.786	89.800	83.293	9
Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour	Freestyle		80.792	2 Q			79.071	97.114	88.093	5
Daniel Bachmann Andersen	Vayron		76.910	8 Q			77.214	92.486	84.850	7
Nanna Skodborg Merrald Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour Daniel Bachmann Andersen	Zepter, Freestyle, Vayron	Team	235.730	2 Q	235.669	2	—		235.669

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

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
								Qualifier			Final
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Peter Flarup	Fascination	Individual	32.40	=30	33.6	66.0	48	9.6	75.6	42	Did not advance

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification			Final
			Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Time	Rank
Andreas Schou	Napoli Vh Nederassenthof	Individual	4	77.11	41	Did not advance

Golf

Main articles: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Denmark entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their respective world ranking position, through the release of the final top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Total
		Score	Score	Score	Score	Score	Par	Rank
Nicolai Højgaard	Men's	70	70	62	68	270	−14	7
Thorbjørn Olesen		71	68	66	68	273	−11	T14
Nanna Koerstz Madsen	Women's	74	75	72	72	293	+5	T36
Emily Kristine Pedersen		73	79	75	72	299	+11	T44

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics

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	France W 37–29	Egypt W 30–27	Argentina W 38–27	Hungary W 28–25	Norway W 32–25	1 Q	Sweden W 32–31	Slovenia W 31–30	Germany W 39–26
Denmark women's	Women's tournament	Slovenia W 27–19	Norway L 18–27	Sweden W 25–23	Germany W 28–27	South Korea W 28–20	3 Q	Netherlands W 29–25	Norway L 21–25	Sweden W 30–25

Men's tournament

Main articles: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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.^[10][11]

Team roster

A 20-player roster was announced on 10 June 2024.^[12] The final squad was announced on 3 July.^[13] On 9 July, Mads Hoxer Hangaard was replaced by Hans Lindberg.^[14] On 30 July, Simon Hald and Magnus Saugstrup were replaced by Lukas Jørgensen and Lasse Andersson.^[15]

Head coach: Nikolaj Jacobsen^[16]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Niklas Landin Jacobsen (1988-12-19)19 December 1988 (aged 35) 2.01 m 275 12 Aalborg Håndbold 3 RB Niclas Kirkeløkke (1994-03-26)26 March 1994 (aged 30) 1.95 m 81 158 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 4 LW Magnus Landin Jacobsen (1995-08-20)20 August 1995 (aged 28) 1.97 m 135 247 THW Kiel 7 LW Emil Jakobsen (1998-01-24)24 January 1998 (aged 26) 1.90 m 72 247 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 11 CB Rasmus Lauge (1991-06-20)20 June 1991 (aged 33) 1.96 m 167 247 Bjerringbro-Silkeborg 12 GK Emil Nielsen (1997-03-10)10 March 1997 (aged 27) 1.95 m 42 5 Barça 15 P Magnus Saugstrup (1996-07-12)12 July 1996 (aged 28) 1.95 m 84 184 SC Magdeburg 18 RW Hans Lindberg (1981-08-01)1 August 1981 (aged 42) 1.88 m 300 806 HØJ Elite 19 RB Mathias Gidsel (1999-02-08)8 February 1999 (aged 25) 1.90 m 70 376 Füchse Berlin 21 LB Henrik Møllgaard (1985-01-02)2 January 1985 (aged 39) 1.97 m 218 182 Aalborg Håndbold 24 LB Mikkel Hansen (1987-10-22)22 October 1987 (aged 36) 1.92 m 268 1358 Not attached 25 P Lukas Jørgensen (1999-03-31)31 March 1999 (aged 25) 1.93 m 35 95 SG Flensburg-Handewitt 28 LB Lasse Andersson (1994-03-11)11 March 1994 (aged 30) 1.96 m 69 77 Füchse Berlin 34 P Simon Hald (1994-09-28)28 September 1994 (aged 29) 2.03 m 95 99 Aalborg Håndbold 42 OB Thomas Sommer Arnoldsen (2002-01-11)11 January 2002 (aged 22) 1.98 m 7 21 Aalborg Håndbold 43 LB Simon Pytlick (2000-12-11)11 December 2000 (aged 23) 1.93 m 37 148 SG Flensburg-Handewitt

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	165	133	+32	10	Quarterfinals
2	Egypt	5	3	1	1	148	140	+8	7
3	Norway	5	3	0	2	139	136	+3	6
4	France (H)	5	2	1	2	129	131	−2	5
5	Hungary	5	1	0	4	137	138	−1	2
6	Argentina	5	0	0	5	131	171	−40	0

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[17]
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	37–29	France	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,739 Referees: Schulze, Tönnies (GER)
	Gidsel, Pytlick 11	(18–17)	Descat 7
	1×	Report	1× 4×

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29 July 2024 14:00	Egypt	27–30	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	three players 5	(9–19)	Arnoldsen, Gidsel 8
	1× 3×	Report	1× 3×

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31 July 2024 21:00	Denmark	38–27	Argentina	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,780 Referees: Belkhiri, Hamidi (ALG)
	Gidsel 13	(19–14)	Parker 6
	5×	Report	2× 4× 1×

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2 August 2024 09:00	Hungary	25–28	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,764 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Ilić 5	(14–16)	Gidsel 8
	6×	Report	1×

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4 August 2024 19:00	Denmark	32–25	Norway	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,723 Referees: Nachevski, Nikolov (MKD)
	Pytlick 9	(17–12)	Reinkind 6
	2× 3×	Report	4×

Quarterfinal

7 August 2024 17:30	Denmark	32–31	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 26,449 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Pytlick 9	(16–16)	Claar 7
	2× 3×	Report	1× 4×

Semifinal

9 August 2024 21:30	Slovenia	30–31	Denmark	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 22,329 Referees: Horáček, Novotný (CZE)
	Bombač, Vlah 7	(10–15)	M. Landin 6
	3×	Report	1×

Gold medal game

11 August 2024 13:30	Germany	26–39	Denmark	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 27,328 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Knorr 6	(12–21)	Gidsel 11
	1×	Report	1×

Women's tournament

Main articles: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification

Denmark women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing second at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.^[18]

Team roster

The squad was announced on 6 June 2024.^[19] On 24 July, Helena Elver replaced Simone Petersen due to an injury.^[20] On 2 August, Michala Møller replaced Louise Burgaard.^[21]

Head coach: Jesper Jensen^[22]

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Sandra Toft (1989-10-18)18 October 1989 (aged 34) 1.76 m 182 2 Győri ETO KC 5 P Sarah Iversen (1990-04-10)10 April 1990 (aged 34) 1.77 m 90 148 Ikast Håndbold 6 CB Helena Elver (1998-03-01)1 March 1998 (aged 26) 1.75 m 22 28 Odense Håndbold 8 LB Anne Mette Hansen (1994-08-25)25 August 1994 (aged 29) 1.82 m 163 475 Metz Handball 10 P Kathrine Heindahl (1992-03-26)26 March 1992 (aged 32) 1.82 m 137 277 Team Esbjerg 11 LB Line Haugsted (1994-11-11)11 November 1994 (aged 29) 1.80 m 100 132 Team Esbjerg 16 GK Althea Reinhardt (1996-09-01)1 September 1996 (aged 27) 1.80 m 112 0 Odense Håndbold 18 RB Mette Tranborg (1996-01-01)1 January 1996 (aged 28) 1.92 m 110 261 Team Esbjerg 23 LB Kristina Jørgensen (1998-01-17)17 January 1998 (aged 26) 1.87 m 112 331 Győri ETO KC 25 RW Trine Østergaard (1991-10-17)17 October 1991 (aged 32) 1.66 m 184 368 CSM București 27 RB Louise Burgaard (1992-10-17)17 October 1992 (aged 31) 1.76 m 176 368 Odense Håndbold 32 LB Mie Højlund (1997-10-24)24 October 1997 (aged 26) 1.80 m 100 193 Odense Håndbold 33 LW Emma Friis (1999-10-31)31 October 1999 (aged 24) 1.62 m 59 176 CSM București 34 P Rikke Iversen (1993-05-18)18 May 1993 (aged 31) 1.78 m 79 120 Team Esbjerg 42 LB Michala Møller (2000-02-16)16 February 2000 (aged 24) 1.78 m 27 27 Team Esbjerg

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	5	4	0	1	140	110	+30	8[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	5	4	0	1	140	125	+15	8[a]
3	Denmark	5	4	0	1	126	116	+10	8[a]
4	Germany	5	1	0	4	136	134	+2	2[b]
5	South Korea	5	1	0	4	107	133	−26	2[b]
6	Slovenia	5	1	0	4	116	147	−31	2[b]

Source: Olympics Paris 2024 rankings^[23]
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.
Notes:

1. Norway 2 Pts, +5 GD; Sweden 2 Pts, +2 GD; Denmark 2 Pts, −7 GD.
2. Germany 2 Pts, +18 GD; South Korea 2 Pts, −6 GD; Slovenia 2 Pts, −12 GD.

25 July 2024 09:00	Slovenia	19–27	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,686 Referees: Brunner, Salah (SUI)
	Gros, Stanko 5	(11–14)	Friis, Østergaard 5
	1× 6×	Report	1× 5×

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28 July 2024 16:00	Denmark	18–27	Norway	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,815 Referees: C. Bonaventura, J. Bonaventura (FRA)
	Østergaard 5	(8–14)	Brattset Dale, Kristiansen 6
	3×	Report	1×

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30 July 2024 21:00	Sweden	23–25	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,724 Referees: A. Konjičanin, D. Konjičanin (BIH)
	Hagman 6	(14–14)	four players 4
	4×	Report	1× 3×

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1 August 2024 19:00	Germany	27–28	Denmark	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,722 Referees: Bíró, Kiss (HUN)
	Behrend 6	(12–15)	Højlund 7
	3×	Report	4×

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3 August 2024 21:00	Denmark	28–20	South Korea	Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris Attendance: 5,714 Referees: García, Marín (ESP)
	Hansen, Jørgensen 6	(12–8)	Woo 5
	1× 4×	Report

Quarterfinal

6 August 2024 09:30	Denmark	29–25	Netherlands	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 20,372 Referees: Kurtagic, Wetterwik (SWE)
	Friis, Hansen 6	(11–10)	Housheer, Van Wetering 7
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Semifinal

8 August 2024 21:30	Norway	25–21	Denmark	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 15,975 Referees: Lah, Sok (SLO)
	Brattset Dale 4	(11–8)	Jørgensen 4
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Bronze medal game

10 August 2024 10:00	Denmark	30–25	Sweden	Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille Attendance: 13,179 Referees: Jørum, Kleven (NOR)
	Højlund 5	(15–13)	Hagman 5
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Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Denmark qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Laerke Olsen (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Laerke Olsen	Women's –70 kg	Samardžić (BIH) L 00–10	Did not advance					17

Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Danish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sverri Nielsen	Men's single sculls	6:53.50	1 QF	Bye		6:49.69	2 SA/B	6:43.95	4 FB	6:44.83	8
Lærke Rasmussen Fie Udby	Women's coxless pair	7:30.91	4 R	7:34.57	1 SA/B	Bye		7:19.11	4 FB	7:12.01	11
Marie Johannesen Julie Poulsen Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Astrid Steensberg	Women's coxless four	6:56.70	5 R	6:35.65	3 FB	Bye				6:36.43	8
Clara Hornæss Sára Johansen Nikoline Laidlaw Karen Mortensen Caroline Munch Nanna Vigild Sofie Vikkelsøe Frida Werner Foldager Sofie Østergaard (Cox)	Women's eight	6:39.30	4 R	6:22.21	5 NQ	Did not advance					7

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

Main articles: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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	Opening rounds															Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Net points	Rank
Johan Søe	Men's IQFoil	3	25 DNS	4	25 BFD	7	8	12	7	25 BFD	3	12	21	10	112	14	Did not advance			14

Medal race events

Athlete	Event	Race													Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	M*
Johan Schubert	Men's ILCA 7	29	29	39	37	28	23	44† BFD	21	—				DNA	206	36
Nikolaj Buhl Daniel Nyborg	Men's 49er	11	18	18	10	21† UFD	16	6	16	18	17	18	3	DNA	172	18
Anne-Marie Rindom	Women's ILCA 6	7	26†	7	2	8	4	15	4	4	—			5	61
Andrea Schmidt Johanne Schmidt	Women's 49erFX	20	20	3	15	6	21† RET	1	12	14	6	12	6	DNA	115	13
Natacha Saouma-Pedersen Mathias Bruun Borreskov	Mixed Nacra 17	9	5	12	16†	10	10	14	15	16	10	8	8	DNA	117	12

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

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[24]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jesper Hansen	Men's skeet	119	14	Did not advance
Rikke Ibsen	Women's 10 m air rifle	627.3	22	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	586-26x	14	Did not advance
Stephanie Grundsøe	Women's 10 m air rifle	626.2	27	Did not advance
	Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions	589-26x	8 Q	406.4	8

Skateboarding

Main articles: Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Denmark entered one male skateboarder to compete in the following event at the Games.

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Viktor Solmunde	Men's park	42.95	21	Did not advance

Swimming

Main articles: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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)):^[25][26][27]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Julie Kepp Jensen	Women's 50 m freestyle	24.64	=11 Q	24.98	16	Did not advance
Helena Rosendahl Bach	Women's 100 m butterfly	58.45	20	Did not advance
Helena Rosendahl Bach	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:07.34	4 Q	2:06.65	6 Q NR	2:07.11	=4
Thea Blomsterberg	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:27.81	19	Did not advance
Signe Bro Martine Damborg Julie Kepp Jensen Elisabeth Sabroe Ebbesen	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:39.52	11	—		Did not advance
Schastine Tabor Thea Blomsterberg Martine Damborg Signe Bro	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	Disqualified		—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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.^[28]

Men

Athlete	Event	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	Rank
Jonathan Groth	Singles	Bye	Mladenovic (LUX) W 4–0	Jang (KOR) L 1–4	Did not advance				17
Anders Lind		Bye	Freitas (POR) W 4–0	Redzimski (POL) W 4–3	Harimoto (JPN) L 1–4	Did not advance			9
Jonathan Groth Anders Lind Martin Buch Andersen	Team	—			Sweden (SWE) L 0–3	Did not advance			9

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

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	Bronze medal match
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Edi Hrnic	Men's −80 kg	Bye	Seif Eissa (EGY) W 2–0	Firas Katoussi (TUN) L 0–2	—	Leon Sejranovic (AUS) W 2–0	Seo (KOR) W 2–0

Tennis

Main articles: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Denmark entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament.Clara Tauson qualified directly for the women's singles as the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of 10 June 2024. Caroline Wozniacki also got qualified via an invitation quota.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clara Tauson	Women's singles	Andreescu (CAN) L 2–6, 3–6	Did not advance
Caroline Wozniacki		Sherif (EGY) W 2–6, 7–5, 6–1	Collins (USA) L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main articles: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Denmark entered two triathletes (one per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Time						Rank
		Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total
Emil Holm	Men's	22:26	0:49	53:37	0:25	32:04	1:49:21	35
Alberte Kjær Pedersen	Women's	24:40	0:55	1:00:41	0:27	35:19	1:56:41	36

Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Denmark send only one wrestler, Turpal Bisultanov received a quota due to the reallocation of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) claimed by the IOC. Key:

• VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
• VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
• PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
• PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
• ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
• SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Turpal Bisultanov	Men's −87 kg	Novikov (BUL) L 1–5 PO	—		Gobadze (GEO) W 6–0 PO	Losonczi (HUN) W 2–1 PO

See also

• Denmark at the 2024 Winter Youth Olympics
• Denmark at the 2024 Summer Paralympics