Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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| Flag bearer | Joachim B. Olsen | |||||||||
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Denmark will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Danish athletes who have qualified for the Olympics. The goal set out by Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union (Dansk Idræts-Forbund, DIF) is six medals. The distribution of gold, silver and bronze medals in this goal are not specified.[2]
Team Danmark and DIF think Denmark has the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing, but hope to see table tennis and triathlon make the podium as well.[2]
The entire Danish Olympic squad will be announced on June 21, 2008 with final confirmation on July 8.[3]
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[edit] Qualified athletes
Athletes in bold have been selected by the NOC and will compete in the Games.[4] Other athletes are either expected to qualify or are in the running to qualify.
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Archery
- Further information: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Niels Dall, men's individual. Qualified by finishing 14th in the World Championships in Leipzig in June 2007.
- Louise Klingenberg Laursen, women's individual. Qualified by finishing 33rd at the World Championships.
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Athletics
- Further information: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Joachim B. Olsen, shot put. Qualified with a 20.21 m throw in Odense on June 24, 2007 (requirement 20.00 m).
- Christina Scherwin, javelin. Qualified with a 59.94 m throw in Odense on June 24, 2007 (requirement 59.50 m).
- Morten Jensen, long jump. Qualified with a 8.10 m jump on Crete on June 7, 2008 (requirement: 8.05 m)
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Badminton
- Further information: Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Peter Gade, men's singles. Qualified by being 8th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Kenneth Jonassen, men's singles. Qualified by being 5th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Tine Rasmussen, women's singles. Qualified by being 6th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Jens Eriksen and Martin Lundgaard Hansen, men's doubles. Qualified by being 12th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Lars Paaske and Jonas Rasmussen, men's doubles. Qualified by being 7th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Lena Frier Kristiansen, women's doubles. Qualified by being 13th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
- Thomas Laybourn and Kamilla Rytter Juhl, mixed doubles. Qualified by being 9th on the World Rankings on May 1, 2008.
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Canoeing
- Further information: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Kasper Bleibach, men's K-1 500m. Qualified by winning the European Championships in Milan in May 2008.
- Henriette Engel Hansen, women's K-1 500m. Qualified by winning the B-final at the European Championships in Milan in May 2008.
- Kim Wraae Knudsen and René Holten Poulsen, men's K-2 1000. Qualified by winning the European Championships in Milan in May 2008.
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Cycling
- Further information: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Peter Riis Andersen, mountainbike. Was selected by the association.
- Michael Færk Christensen, 4000m team pursuit. Qualified by finishing 2nd in the World Cup in 4000m team pursuit.
- Michael Mørkøv, various track disciplines. Qualified by finishing first in the World Cup in madison.
- Jakob Fuglsang, mountainbike.
- Casper Jørgensen, 4000m team pursuit. Qualified by finishing 2nd in the World Cup in 4000m team pursuit.
- Daniel Adelhard Kreutzfeldt, points race. Qualified by finishing in the top 8 of the World Cup in points race.
- Jens-Erik Madsen, 4000m team pursuit. Qualified by finishing 2nd in the World Cup in 4000m team pursuit.
- Alex Nicki Rasmussen, track cycling. Qualified by finishing first in the World Cup in madison.
- Trine Schmidt, points race. Qualified by finishing second at the 2008 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in the points race.
- Chris Anker Sørensen, road cycling. Was selected by the association
- Nicki Sørensen, road cycling. Was selected by the association.
- Brian Bach Vandborg, road cycling and individual time trial. Was selected by the association.
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Equestrian
- Further information: Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Peter Tersgov Flarup, military. Qualified by finishing first in Group A of the Olympic qualification.
- A team
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Handball
- Further information: Handball at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Men's team, 14 individual athletes to be named in June. Qualified by winning the 2008 European Championship in Norway.
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Rowing
- Further information: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- An unnamed men's lightweight double sculls (LM2x)
- An unnamed women's lightweight double sculls (LW2x)
- An unnamed men's lightweight coxless four (LM4-)
- An unnamed men's double sculls (M2x)
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Sailing
- Further information: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Bettina Honoré, Windsurfing, RS:X. Qualified by finishing 45th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
- Martin Kirketerp, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.
- Jonas Høgh-Christensen, Finn. Qualified by being 1st on the World Ranking at the time of selection.
- Jonas Kældsø, Windsurfing RS:X. Qualified by finishing 29th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
- Anders Nyholm laser. Qualified by finishing 23rd at the World Championships.
- Jonas Warrer, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.
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Shooting
- Further information: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Anders Christian Golding, skeet shooting. Qualified by finishing 8th at the 2007 European Championships in Granada.
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Swimming
- Further information: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Jacob Schiøtt Andkjær, men's 50m and 100m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 49.06 seconds on 100m freestyle in Århus in July 2007.
- Chris Christensen, men's 200m breaststroke. Qualified by setting a time of 2:14.76 minutes at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
- Lotte Friis, women's 400m and 800m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 4:11.13 minutes in Barcelona in June 2007.
- Mads Glæsner, men's 1500m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 15:12.10 minutes at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
- Julie Hjorth-Hansen, women's 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m and 400m medley. Qualified by setting a time of 2:13.14 minutes on 200m medley at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
- Jeanette Ottesen, women's 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly. Qualified by setting a time of 55.71 seconds on 100m freestyle at the Danish championships in Århus in July 2007.
- Jon Rud, men's 400m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 3:50.09 minutes at the European Championships in Eindhoven in March 2008.
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Table tennis
- Further information: Table tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Michael Maze, men's singles. Qualified by being 18th on the ITTF's World Ranking, filtered to a maximum of two athletes per country (requirement: 20th).
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Tennis
- Further information: Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Caroline Wozniacki. Not yet selected, but has fulfilled the qualification criteria by being 32nd on the World rankings as of June 9, 2008.
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Trampoline
- Further information: Trampoline at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Peter Jensen, individual all-around. Qualified by finishing 14th (11th filtered) in the World Championships in Canada on November 2, 2007.
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Triathlon
- Further information: Triathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rasmus Henning. Clinched his qualification by finishing fifth in Tongyeong, Korea.
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Wrestling
- Further information: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification
- Mark O. Madsen, Greco-Roman 66-74 kg. Qualified by winning silver in the 74 kg weight class at the 2007 World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).
- Anders Nyblom, Greco-Roman <55 kg. Qualified by finishing 8th in the 55 kg weight class at the World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).
[edit] References
- ^ "27 atleter udtaget til OL", (Danish) ol.dk. Retrieved on June 8, 2008
- ^ a b "Danske målsætninger" (Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
- ^ "Milepæle frem mod OL" (Danish), ol.dk. Retrieved on February 26, 2008.
- ^ "Det danske hold", ol.dk. Retrieved on June 8, 2008.
[edit] External links
- ol.dk (Danish) – the Danish Olympics Commitee's homepage for the Danish Olympic team
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