| Npc: | DEN |
| Npcname: | Paralympic Committee Denmark |
| Games: | Summer Paralympics |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Location: | Rio de Janeiro |
| Competitors: | 21 |
| Sports: | 6 |
| Flagbearer: | Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum |
| Rank: | 51 |
| Gold: | 1 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 4 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| App Begin Year: | 1968 |
Denmark competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They had athletes participating in athletics, cycling, equestrian, shooting, swimming and table tennis. They won a total of seven medals; one gold, two silver and four bronze.
See main article: Disability sport classification. Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis.[1] [2] Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.[3]
| Medals by sport | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | ||||
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 1 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 0 | 1 | ||
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 2 | 3 | ||
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 1 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 1 | 2 | ||
| bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | 0 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | 0 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | bgcolor=gold | 1 | bgcolor=silver | 2 | bgcolor=#c96 | 4 | 7 | |
See main article: Athletics at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Ebbe Blichfeldt | Men's 1500 m T54 | 3:13.08 | 8 | did not advance | |
| Men's 5000 m T54 | 11:42.20 | 9 | did not advance | ||
| Mohamed Hersi | Men's 1500 m T20 | 4:11.41 | 9 | ||
| Ronni Jensen | Men's discus throw F37 | 48.10 | 5 | ||
| Frida Jerso | Women's discus throw F55 | 16.01 | 9 | ||
| Daniel Jørgensen | Men's 100 m T42 | 12.47 | 2 Q | 12.32 | |
| Men's 200 m T42 | 25.26 | 3 Q | 25.20 | 5 | |
| Men's long jump T42 | 6.57 | ||||
| Christoffer Vienberg | Men's 1500 m T38 | 4:31.68 | 5 | ||
| Kristel Walther | Women's discus throw F44 | 25.15 | 9 | ||
See main article: Cycling at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Kim Klüver Christiansen | Men's road race H4 | 1:28:59 | 8 |
| Men's time trial H4 | 28:55.71 | 4 | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Michael Jorgensen | Men's road race H4 | 1:33:00 | 9 |
| Men's time trial H4 | 30:12.53 | 9 |
The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games.[4] They earned an additional individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method.[5]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | |||
| Stinna Kaastrup | Smarties | Individual Championship test grade Ib | 73.966 | |
| Individual Freestyle test grade Ib | 74.750 | |||
| Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum | Aros A Fenris | Individual Championship test grade III | 70.122 | 5 |
| Individual Freestyle test grade III | 73.050 | 4 | ||
| Caroline Nielsen | Leon | Individual Championship test grade II | 69.057 | 6 |
| Individual Freestyle test grade II | 72.750 | 5 | ||
| Susanne Sunesen | Que Faire | Individual Championship test grade III | 72.171 | |
| Individual Freestyle test grade III | 72.600 | 5 | ||
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Individual score | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Score | Rank | |||||
| Stinna Kaastrup | See above | Team | 71.680 | 73.966 | 145.646 | 428.229 | 4 |
| Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum | 70.132 | 70.122 | 140.254 | ||||
| Caroline Nielsen | 68.412 # | 69.057 # | 137.469 | ||||
| Susanne Sunesen | 70.158 | 72.171 | 142.329 | ||||
See main article: Shooting at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. The United Arab Emirates earned a qualifying spot at this competition in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2 event as a result of the performance of Johnny Andersen.[6] [7] [8]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Johnny Andersen | Mixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2 | 627.4 | 28 | did not advance | ||
| Mixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2 | 622.8 | 22 | did not advance | ||||
See main article: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=3 | Lasse Andersen | 50 m freestyle S10 | 26.51 | 16 | did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S10 | 58.78 | 20 | did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly S10 | 1:00.75 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=6 | Jonas Larsen | 50 m freestyle S5 | 37.82 | 12 | did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S5 | 1:25.25 | 12 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m freestyle S5 | 3:00.41 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| 50 m breaststroke SB3 | 54.77 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| 50 m backstroke S5 | 44.18 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 150 m individual medley SM4 | 2:35.95 | 3 Q | 2:33.67 | |||
| align=left rowspan=5 | Niels Mortensen | 50 m freestyle S8 | 28.40 | 12 | did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S8 | 1:02.96 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| 100 m butterfly S8 | 1:05.99 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 100 m backstroke S8 | 1:10.41 | 8 Q | 1:09.62 | 8 | ||
| 200 m individual medley SM8 | 2:32.98 | 7 Q | 2:29.77 | 7 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| align=left rowspan=5 | Amalie Vinther | 50 m freestyle S8 | 33.89 | 12 | did not advance | |
| 100 m freestyle S8 | 1:11.90 | 9 | did not advance | |||
| 400 m freestyle S8 | 5:13.99 | 5 Q | 5:12.01 | 5 | ||
| 100 m butterfly S8 | 1:27.78 | 11 | did not advance | |||
| 200 m individual medley SM8 | 3:08.16 | 11 | did not advance | |||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
| Athlete | Event | Group | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | |||
| Michal Jensen | Singles class 6 | L 0–3 | W 3–1 | 2 Q | L 2–3 | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | ||
| Peter Rosenmeier | W 3–2 | W 3–1 | 1 Q | align=center | W 3–0 | W 3–1 | W 3–2 | ||
| Michal Jensen Peter Rosenmeier | Team class 6-8 | L 0–2 | align=center colspan=3 | did not advance | 9[9] | ||||