| Games: | World Aquatics Championships |
| Nf: | DEN |
| Nfname: | Danish Swimming Federation |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Denmark |
| Location: | Barcelona, Spain |
| Competitors: | 4 |
| Sports: | 1 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 3 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Rank: | 12 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1978 |
Denmark competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain between 19 July to 4 August 2013.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August | |||||
| 30 July | |||||
| 2 August | |||||
| 3 August |
See main article: Swimming at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships. Jeanette Ottesen got the Danes' sole gold at the championships in the 50 m butterfly, while Rikke Møller Pedersen set a new world record in the 200 m breaststroke, the first Danish long course world record in 61 years,[1] in the semi-final with 2:19.11. She went on to win silver in the final, her first medal at the World Aquatics Championships.In addition, Lotte Friis set a new European record in the 1500 m freestyle. She would go on to win silver in both the 800 and 1500 m freestyle events.
In total, seven Danish records were broken during the championships,[2] and three new Nordic records were set, by Møller Pedersen (100 m and 200 m breaststroke; she beat the former distance's record twice)[3] [4] [5] and Friis (1500 m freestyle).
Danish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):[6] [7]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Pernille Blume | 50 m freestyle | 25.23 | 16 Q | 25.01 | 10 | Did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle | 54.88 | 14 Q | 54.68 | 13 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Lotte Friis | 400 m freestyle | Did not advance | |||||
| 800 m freestyle | 8:23.00 | 3 Q | 8:16.32 | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:49.18 | 1 Q | 15:38.88 EU | |||||
| align=left rowspan=4 | Jeanette Ottesen | 50 m freestyle | 25.04 | 12 Q | 24.54 NR | 3 Q | 24.66 | =5 |
| 100 m freestyle | Did not advance | |||||||
| 50 m butterfly | 25.69 | =1 Q | 25.50 | 1 Q | 25.24 NR | |||
| 100 m butterfly | 57.79 | 5 Q | 57.19 NR | 2 Q | 57.27 | 4 | ||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Rikke Møller Pedersen | 50 m breaststroke | 31.23 | 12 Q | 30.57 NR | 6 Q | 30.72 | 6 |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.30 | 4 Q | 1:05.99 NR | 3 Q | 1:05.93 NR | 4 | ||
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:22.20 | 2 Q | 2:19.11 | 1 Q | 2:20.08 | |||