Denmark at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Denmark at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Sydney
Competitors	97 (53 men and 44 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Jesper Bank (opening); Torben Grimmel (closing)
Medals; Ranked 30th	Gold 2 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 6
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;
Other related appearances
	1906 Intercalated Games

Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalist

Gold

Karen Brødsgaard, Katrine Fruelund, Maja Grønbæk, Lotte Kiærskou, Karin Mortensen, Anja Nielsen, Rikke Schmidt, Christina Roslyng, Mette Vestergaard, Anette Hoffmann, Camilla Andersen, Janne Kolling, Lene Rantala, Tina Bøttzau, Tonje Kjærgaard — Handball, Women's Team Competition
Henrik Blakskjær, Thomas Jacobsen, and Jesper Bank — Sailing, Men's Soling Class

Silver

Wilson Kipketer — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Camilla Martin — Badminton, Women's Singles
Torben Grimmel — Shooting, Men's 50m Rifle Prone

Bronze

Thomas Ebert, Søren Madsen, Eskild Ebbesen, and Victor Feddersen — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

Archery

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Katja Brix Poulson	Women's individual	609	57	Pi-yu (TPE) (8) L 152–161	Did not advance					57

Athletics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wilson Kipketer	800 metres	01:45.57	1 Q	01:44.22	1 Q	01:45.14

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Jan Bielecki	Hammer throw	70.46	33	Did not advance
Joachim Olsen	Shot put	19.41	17	Did not advance

Women
Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Marie Rasmussen	Pole vault	4.30 NR	7 q	4.35 NR	8

Badminton

Camilla Martin won Denmark's only medal in the Women's Singles event. She took the silver after losing to Gong Zhichao of China in the finals.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Gade	Men's singles	BYE	Constantin (MRI) W 15–3, 15–9	Permadi (TPE) W 15–8, 15–7	Mainaky (INA) W 15–6, 15–6	Xinpeng (CHN) L 9–15, 15–1, 9–15	Xuanze (CHN) L 13–15, 5–15	4
Poul-Erik Hoyer		BYE	Jun (CHN) L 3–15, 17–16, 10–15	Did not advance
Kenneth Jonassen		Seung-mo (KOR) W 14–17, 15–8, 17–15	Kuijten (BEL) W 15–8, 15–5	Choong Hann (MAS) L 6–15, 7–15	Did not advance
Martin Lundgaard Hansen Lars Paaske	Men's doubles	N/A	Popov / Stoyanov (BUL) W 15–6, 15–6	Subagja / Mainaky (INA) L 9–15, 15–13, 7–15	Did not advance
Jim Laugesen Michael Sogaard		N/A	BYE	Gunawan / Wijaya (INA) L 9–15, 7–15	Did not advance
Jesper Larsen Jens Eriksen		N/A	BYE	Olynyk / Moody (CAN) W 15–2, 15–1	Yong-sung / Dong-soo (KOR) L 12–15, 10–15	Did not advance		5

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Camilla Martin	Women's singles	BYE	Angelina (INA) W 11–6, 11–2	Morgan (GBR) W 11–7, 11–3	Tjiptawan (NED) W 11–2, 11–1	Yun (CHN) W 11–5, 11–0	Zhichao (CHN) L 10–13, 3–11
Mette Sorensen	Women's singles	Eakmongkolpaisarn (THA) W 11–7, 13–10	Ida (JPN) W 13–12, 11–7	Zhaoying (CHN) L 4–11, 6–11	Did not advance
Ann-Lou Jorgensen Mette Schjoldager	Women's doubles	N/A	Nozdran / Yevtushenko (UKR) W 15–3, 11–15, 15–11	Tantra / Tuwankotta (INA) L 16–17, 10–15	Did not advance
Ann Jorgensen Majken Vange		N/A	Grether / Stechmann (GER) L 13–15, 6–15	Did not advance
Rikke Olsen Helene Kirkegaard		N/A	Ting / Chee (HKG) W 15–9, 13–15, 15–5	Yakusheva / Rousliakova (RUS) W 17–16, 15–5	Kyung-min / Jae-hee (KOR) L 15–12, 12–15, 5–15	Did not advance		5

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jon Holst-Christensen Ann Jørgensen	Mixed doubles	N/A	Dong-soo / Hyo-jung (KOR) W 17–15, 15–12	Archer / Goode (GBR) L 17–15, 11–15, 7–15	Did not advance
Michael Sogaard Rikke Olsen		N/A	BYE	Beres / Solmundson (CAN) W 15–8, 15–2	Suprianto / Resiana (INA) W 17–14, 10–15, 15–11	Zhang Jun / Gao Ling (CHN) L 15–10, 6–15, 16–17	Archer / Goode (GBR) L 1–15, 10–15	4
Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager		N/A	BYE	Keck / Pitro (GER) W 15–7, 15–6	Kusharyanto / Timur (INA) L 3–15, 8–15	Did not advance		5

Canoeing

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Torsten Tranum	K-1 1000 m	03:35.841	2 Q	03:38.865	2 Q	03:37.811	6
Paw Madsen Jesper Staal	K-2 500 m	01:32.613	4 q	01:32.867	4	Did not advance
Paw Madsen Jesper Staal	K-2 1000 m	03:16.989	4 q	03:18.206	4	Did not advance

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Frank Høj	Men's road race	5:30:34	6
Lars Michaelsen		DNF
Michael Sandstød		DNF
Michael Sandstød	Men's time trial	DNF
Nicki Sørensen	Men's road race	5:30:46	40
Rolf Sørensen	Men's road race	5:30:46	59

Track

Points race

Athlete	Event	Points	Laps	Rank
Jimmi Madsen	Men's points race	0	2	23
Jakob Storm Piil Jimmi Madsen	Men's madison	5	0	12

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jesper Agergård	Men's cross-country	LAP	36
Michael Rasmussen	Men's cross-country	2:18:15.57	22

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Technical	Artistic	Score	Rank
Jon Pedersen	Esprit de Valdemar	Individual	1728	11 Q	136.51	16 Q	204.18	15	204.18	15
Morton Thomsen	Gay		1536	45	Did not advance
Anne van Olst	Any How		1625	29	Did not advance
Lone Castrup Jørgensen	Kennedy		1796	8 Q	146.53	6 Q	216.90	7	216.90	7
Jon Pedersen Morton Thomsen Anne van Olst Lone Castrup Jørgensen	See above	Team	5149	4	N/A				5149	4

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage		Cross-country			Jumping						Total
			Dressage		Cross-country			Qualifier			Final			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Nils Haagensen	Discovery II	Individual	47.2	14	RT	AC	AC	Did not advamced

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B			Total
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Thomas Velin	Canute	Individual	4.75	9	0.00	4.75	1 Q	8.00	12.75	6 Q	0.00	1	12.00	12.00	10	12.00	10

Handball

Women

Preliminary round

For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	4	4	0	101	72	+29	8	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	1	124	83	+41	6
3	Austria	4	2	2	131	90	+41	4
4	Brazil	4	1	3	100	133	−33	2
5	Australia (H)	4	0	4	59	137	−78	0	Ninth place game

Source:
(H) Host.

17 September 2000 16:30	Denmark	17–19	Norway	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	four players 3	(7–10)	Bjerkrheim, Grini 4
	3× 4×		3× 2×

19 September 2000 21:30	Austria	26–30	Denmark	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
	Fridrikas 11	(13–16)	Andersen, Kiærskou 7
	3× 1×		2× 3×

21 September 2000 19:30	Australia	12–38	Denmark	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
	Kahmke 5	(6–18)	Andersen, Roslyng 7
	1× 2×		3× 3×

25 September 2000 14:30	Denmark	39–26	Brazil	Pavilion 2, Sydney Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
	Kiærskou 9	(19–12)	Sales 9
	3× 1×		3× 4×

Quarterfinals

28 September 2000 19:30	France	26–28 (ET)	Denmark	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
	Myaro 11	(8–13)	Andersen 7
	3× 1×		3× 1×
	FT: 24–24 ET: 2–4

Semifinals

29 September 2000 19:30	South Korea	29–31	Denmark	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
	Lee S., Oh S. 7	(11–20)	Hoffmann 8
	3× 5×		3× 4×

Gold medal game

1 October 2000 16:30	Denmark	31–27	Hungary	The Dome, Sydney Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
	Hoffmann 11	(14–16)	Radulović 9
	3× 2×		3× 1×

Modern Pentathlon

In June 2000, Pernille Svarre became world pentathlon champion, winning gold at the championship in Pesaro, Italy. The same year, she was the first Danish woman to compete in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics where the discipline was included for the first time.

Athlete	Event	Shooting (10 m air pistol)			Fencing (épée one touch)			Swimming (200 m freestyle)			Riding (show jumping)			Running (3000 m)			Total points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	MP Points	Wins	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP points	Penalties	Rank	MP points	Time	Rank	MP Points	Total points	Final rank
Pernille Svarre	Women's	161	23	868	7	24	640	2:29.94	23	1101	398	19	702	10:22.56	2	1230	4541	19

Rowing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bertil Samuelson Bo Kaliszan	Double Sculls	6:58.88	5 R	6:30.87	2 SF	6:40.11	6 FB	6:23.20	10
Søren Madsen Thomas Ebert Eskild Ebbesen Victor Feddersen	Lightweight coxless four	6:21.30	4 R	6:08.63	1 SF	6:01.67	2 FA	6:03.51

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Bianca Carstensen Katrin Gleie Sarah Lauritzen Dorthe Pedersen	Quadruple Sculls	6:35.39	3 R	6:35.76	2 FA	N/A		6:31.30	6

Sailing

Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Lasse Hjortnaes	Finn	21	21	23	12	13	6	~~DNF~~	17	21	13	14	138	20

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net points	Final rank
Kristine Roug	Europe	5	21	2	1	10	6	4	~~OCS~~	16	19	~~OCS~~	84.0	10
Susanne Ward Michaëla Ward-Meehan	Women's 470	3	10	11	11	18	17	4	7	15	8	2	71	10

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Net points	Final rank
Peder Rønholt	Laser	17	32	12	4	10	24	6	9	17	11	17	N/A					103	13
Michael Hestbæk Jonatan Persson	49er	8	2	7	13	17	8	9	8	16	12	2	5	~~OCS~~	2	7	9	108	9
Stig Raagaard Hansen Helene Hansen	Tornado	14	15	16	6	11	9	10	12	7	12	17	N/A					96	13

Match racing

Athlete	Event	Qualification races						Total	Rank	Round Robin 1					Rank	Round Robin 2					Rank	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total	Rank	GER	SWE	FRA	UKR	GBR	Rank	GER	RUS	SWE	AUS	USA	Rank	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Jesper Bank Henrik Blakskjær Thomas Jacobsen	Soling	6	16	12	12	11	4	45	12 q	W	L	W	W	L	3 Q	W	W	L	W	W	1 Q	GER L NED W NOR W NZL W RUS W 4–1 1 Q	Norway (NOR) W 3–1	Germany (GER) W 4–3

Shooting

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Torben Grimmel	50 m rifle prone	597	5 Q	700.4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Anni Bisso	50 m rifle three positions	584	4 Q	675.6	6
Anni Bisso	10 m air rifle	391	20	Did not advance
Karen Hansen	25 m pistol	572	28	Did not advance
Karen Hansen	10 m air pistol	376	25	Did not advance
Susanne Meyerhoff	25 m pistol	562	39	Did not advance
Susanne Meyerhoff	10 m air pistol	372	35	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jacob Carstensen	200 metre freestyle	1:50.41	20	Did not advance
Jacob Carstensen	400 metre freestyle	03:54.14	18	Did not advance
Dennis Otzen Jensen	100 metre butterfly	55.70	42	Did not advance
Dennis Otzen Jensen Henrik Steen Andersen Jeppe Nielsen Jacob Carstensen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	03:24.78	18	Did not advance
Jacob Carstensen Henrik Steen Andersen Jeppe Nielsen Dennis Otzen Jensen	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	07:24.63	11	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mette Jacobsen	50 metre freestyle	25.96	17	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	59.45	8 Q	59.75	13	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	02:09.30	5 Q	02:08.11	5 Q	02:08.24	4
Louise Ørnstedt	100 metre backstroke	01:01.98	6 Q	01:01.69	7 Q	01:02.02	8
Louise Ørnstedt	200 metre backstroke	02:13.61	10 Q	02:14.24	12	Did not advance
Sophia Skou	100 metre butterfly	59.79	14 Q	59.89	15	Did not advance
Sophia Skou	200 metre butterfly	02:11.35	13 Q	02:11.07	14	Did not advance

Table tennis

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group round		Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze medal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Maze Finn Tugwell	Men's doubles	Group F Matsushita / Shibutani (JPN) W 2 – 0 Yinghua / Nguyen (USA) W 2 – 0	1 Q	Yen-shu / Peng-lung (TPE) L 0 – 3	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Denmark has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Muhammed Dahmani	Men's −80 kg	Hansen (AUS) L 5–6	Did not advance
Hanne Høgh Poulsen	Women's −49 kg	Poe (USA) W 4–3	Putri (INA) W 7–2	Burns (AUS) L 0–1	N/A	Pérez (MEX) W 2–1	Shu-ju (TPE) L 0–4	4

Tennis

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristian Pless	Men's singles	Sargsian (ARM) W 6–3, 6–4	Philippoussis (AUS) L 4–6, 4–6	Did not advance

Triathlon

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Bike (40 km)	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Jan Knobelauch Hansen	Men's	19:23.69	1:02:48.90	33:29.47	1:55:42.06	44
Marie Overbye	Women's	20:56.08	1:06:41.50	39:39.93	2:07:17.51	28

References

sports-reference
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1 — Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2 — Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

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