Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Denmark at the Olympic Games

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At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens

Competitors

Flag bearer

Eskild Ebbesen

Medals
Rank: 37

Gold
2

Silver
0

Bronze
6

Total
8

Olympic history (summary)

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Denmark competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

1 Medals
- 1.1 Gold
- 1.2 Bronze
2 Results by event
3 Officials

[edit] Medals

[edit] Gold

Kristine Andersen, Karen Brødsgaard, Line Daugaard, Katrine Fruelund, Trine Jensen, Rikke Jørgensen, Lotte Kiærskou, Henriette Mikkelsen, Karin Mortensen, Louise Nørgaard, Rikke Schmidt, Rikke Skov, Camilla Thomsen, Josephine Touray, and Mette Vestergaard — Handball, Women's Team Competition

Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Thor Kristensen, and Stephan Mølvig — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

[edit] Bronze

Wilson Kipketer — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

Joachim Olsen — Athletics, Men's Shot Put

Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager — Badminton, Mixed doubles

Michael Maze and Finn Tugwell — Table Tennis, Men's Doubles

Signe Livbjerg — Sailing, Women's Europe Class

Dorte Jensen, Helle Jespersen, and Christina Otzen — Sailing, Women's Yngling Class

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Men's Individual Competition:

Hasse Pavia Lind – 19th place

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres:

Wilson Kipketer – Final, 1:44.65 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Marathon:

Annemette Jensen – 2:50:01 (→ 49th place)

Men's Pole Vault:

Piotr Buciarski – Round 1, 5.50 metres (→ did not advance)

Men's Shot Put:

Joachim Olsen – Final, 21.07 metres (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Javelin:

Christina Scherwin – Round 1: 56.86 metres

[edit] Badminton

Men's Singles:

Peter Gade – defeated in quarterfinals
Kenneth Jonassen – defeated in round of 32

Women's Singles:

Camilla Martin – defeated in round of 16
Tine Rasmussen – defeated in round of 32

Men's Doubles:

Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen – 4th place
Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen – defeated in round of 16

Women's Doubles:

Ann-Lou Jørgensen and Rikke Olsen – defeated in quarterfinals
Pernille Harder and Mette Schjoldager – defeated in round of 16

Mixed Doubles:

Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager – Bronze Medal
Jonas Rasmussen and Rikke Olsen – 4th place

[edit] Canoeing

Men's K2 500 metres:

Lasse Nielsen and Mads Kongsgaard Madsen – Semifinal (→ 13th place)

Men's K2 1.000 metres:

Lasse Nielsen and Mads Kongsgaard Madsen – Semifinal (→ 12th place)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road cycling

Men's Road Race:

Frank Høj – 5:41:56 (→ 8th place)
Bo Hamburger – 5:41:56 (→ 25th place)
Lars Michaelsen – 5:50:35 (→ 55th place)
Nicki Sørensen – 5:50:35 (→ 60th place)
Michael Rasmussen – did not finish

Men's Time Trial:

Frank Høj – 1:00:35.73 (→ 19th place)

[edit] Mountain biking

Men's Cross Country:

Peter Riis Andersen – 18th place, 2:24:03
Christian Poulsen – 39th place, -1 lap

Women's Cross Country:

Mette Andersen – did not finish

[edit] Equestrian

Individual Dressage:

Andreas Helgstrand riding Cavan – Final (→ 9th place)
Per Sandgaard riding Zancor – Final (→ 10th place)
Jon Pedersen riding Esprit de Valdemar – Second round (→ 19th place)
Lone Jørgensen riding Ludewig G – First round (→ 38th place)

Team Dressage:

Helgstrand, Jørgensen, Pedersen, and Sandgaard – 69.333% (→ 5th place)

Individual Jumping:

Thomas Velin riding Carnute – Final Round B (→ 11th place)

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's trampoline:

Peter Jensen – 16th place

[edit] Handball

Women's Team Competition

Preliminary round: 3-1-0
Quarterfinal: defeated China, 32-28
Semifinal: defeated Ukraine, 29-20
Final: defeated Korea, 38-36 (→ Gold Medal)

[edit] Rowing

Lightweight Double Sculls:

Mads Rasmussen and Rasmus Quist Final 4th place

Lightweight Four:

Thor Kristensen, Thomas Ebert, Stephan Mølvig and Eskild Ebbesen – Gold Medal

Women's Lightweight Double Sculls:

Juliane Rasmussen and Johanne Thomsen - B Final - 4th place (10th overall)

Women's Quadruple Sculls:

Dorthe Pedersen, Sarah Lauritzen, Christina Rindom and Majbrit Nielsen - B Final - 1st place (7th overall)

[edit] Table Tennis

Men's Singles

Michael Maze bye to round three, lost 1-4 to Chu Yan Leung (HKG)

Men's Doubles

Michael Maze and Finn Tugwell: Bronze medal match bt Dimitrij Mazunov & Alexei Smirnov (RUS) 4-2 (Bronze Medal)

[edit] Triathlon