Denmark

History

Denmark made its first Summer Olympic appearance during the 1896 inaugurate games. They have competed ever since, with the exception of the 1904 Olympics. Denmark sends a large delegation of athletes with about 100 competing at recent games. The nation competes in a diverse set of sports including badminton, cycling, handball and sailing.

Denmark has earned at least one medal at every Olympics it has participated in. In total the nation has won 194 medals in 18 sports with sailing (30), cycling (26), rowing (24) and shooting (18) being the most successful sports. The most successful athletes are rower Eskild Ebbesen and sport shooters Lars Jorgen Madsen and Niels Larsen whom all won five medals. Ebbesen won three gold and two bronze medals in the men’s lightweight coxless fours from 1996 to 2012. Madsen won two gold, two silver and a bronze at the 1900, 1912 and 1920 Olympics while Larsen won one gold, one silver and three bronze at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Olympics in various rifle events. In 2016 Denmark won 15 medals, their second highest ever total.

Qualified Quotas

Archery

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s Individual Maja Jager Maja Jager

Athletics

Men’s Events

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Marathon Thijs Nijhuis
Abdi Hakin Ulad

Women’s Events

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s 5000m Anna Emilie Moller
Women’s 400m Hurdles Sara Petersen
Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Anna Emilie Moller

Canoeing

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s K1 200m Emma Jorgensen
Women’s K1 500m Emma Jorgensen
Women’s K4 500m Emma Jorgensen
Julie Funch
Pernille Knudsen
Line Langelund

Cycling

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Road Race Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Road Race Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Time Trial Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Time Trial Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Team Pursuit Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Madison Eligible to Compete
Women’s Madison Qualified Via Rankings
Men’s Omnium Qualified Via Rankings
Women’s Omnium Eligible to Compete

Equestrian

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Individual Dressage From Team Quota
From Team Quota
From Team Quota
Team Dressage Anders Dahl
Horse: Fidelio van het Bloemenhof
Agnete Kirk Thinggaard
Horse: Jojo Az
Daniel Bachmann Andersen
Horse: Blue Hors Zack
Cathrine Dufour
Horse: Atterupgaards
Individual Eventing Peter Flarup
Horse: Fascination
Individual Jumping Emil Hallundbaek
Horse: Chalisco

Handball

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Tournament Jannick Green
Simon Hald
Mikkel Hansen
Magnus Landin
Niklas Landin
Rasmus Lauge
Hans Lindberg
Nikolaj Markussen
Mads Mensah
Henrik Mollgaard
Casper Mortensen
Morten Olsen
Nikolaj Oris
Lasse Svan
Henrik Toft
Anders Zachariassen

Rowing

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Single Sculls Sverri Nielsen
Women’s Coxless Four Ida Jacobsen
Frida Sanggaard Nielsen
Hedvig Rasmussen
Christina Johansen

Sailing

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s RS:X Laerke Buhl-Hansen
Women’s Laser Radial Anne-Marie Rindom
Men’s 49er Mads Lubeck
Nikolaj Hoffmann Buhl
Women’s 49erFX Jena Hansen
Katja Salskov-Iversen
Mixed Nacra 17 Foiling Lin Ea Cenholt
Christian Lubeck

Shooting

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Stine Nielsen
Women’s 10m Air Rifle Anna Nielsen
Men’s Skeet Jesper Hansen Jesper Hansen

Swimming

Men’s Events

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s 800m Freestyle Anton Ipsen
Alexander Norgaard
Men’s 1500m Freestyle Alexander Norgaard
Anton Ipsen
Men’s 100m Breaststroke Tobias Bjerg

Women’s Events

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Women’s 50m Freestyle Pernille Blume
Women’s 100m Freestyle Pernille Blume
Signe Bro
Women’s 100m Backstroke Mie Nielsen

Table Tennis

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Singles Jonathan Groth Jonathan Groth

Wrestling

Event Qualifying Athletes Selected Athletes
Men’s Greco-Roman -67kg Fredrik Bjerrehuus Fredrik Bjerrehuus