| Noc: | DEN |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark |
| Games: | Summer Olympics |
| Year: | 2024 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Website: | |
| Competitors: | 124 |
| Sports: | 20 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Niklas Landin Jacobsen & Anne-Marie Rindom |
| Rank: | 29 |
| Gold: | 2 |
| Silver: | 2 |
| Bronze: | 5 |
| Appearances: | auto |
| See also: | 1906 Intercalated Games |
Denmark competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904. Before the start of the games, DIF sat an official medal goal of 9–11 medals for the 2024 Paris games.[1]
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| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medals by sport | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| Handball | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Badminton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Canoeing | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Cycling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Taekwondo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Wrestling | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
| Medals by gender | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | Total | |||||||
| Male | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | ||||
| Female | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Mixed | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | style=background:gold | 2 | style=background:silver | 2 | style=background:#c96 | 5 | 9 | |
| Medals by date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | bgcolor=#f7f6a8 | bgcolor=#dce5e5 | bgcolor=#ffdab9 | Total | |||
| 3 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 5 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 7 August | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 8 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 9 August | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 10 August | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 11 August | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Total | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | |||
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| width=180 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archery | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Athletics | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Badminton | 4 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Canoeing | 5 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| Cycling | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||||
| Equestrian | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| Golf | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||
| Handball | 16 | 15 | 31 | ||||
| Judo | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Rowing | 3 | 14 | 17 | ||||
| Sailing | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||||
| Shooting | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Skateboarding | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Swimming | 0 | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Table tennis | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Taekwondo | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Tennis | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Triathlon | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 56 | 67 | 122 |
See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark qualified one female archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.
See main article: Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Danish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024 by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[2]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Repechage | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Simon Hansen | Men's 100 m | 10.39 | 7 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Ida Karstoft | Women's 200 m | 23.01 | 23* | DNS | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | |||
| Lisa Brix Pedersen | Women's discus throw | 59.81 | 24 | Did not advance | ||
| Katrine Koch Jacobsen | Women's hammer throw | 73.04 | 5 Q | 71.65 | 10 | |
See main article: Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Badminton at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Initially Denmark entered nine badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings. On July 17 Mathias Christiansen withdrew from the Summer Olympics because he made unintentional errors in reporting his ‘whereabouts’ with Anti-Doping Denmark. Christiansen and his partner Alexandra Bøje were removed from group C in the mixed doubles draw.
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Elimination | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | width=100 | Opposition Score | width=100 | Opposition Score | width=100 | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Viktor Axelsen | Singles | W 2-0 | W 2-0 | W 2-0 | 1 Q | W 2–0 | W 2–0 | W 2–0 | ||||
| Anders Antonsen | W 2-0 | W 2-0 | 1 Q | L 0–2 | Did not advance | 6 | ||||||
| Kim Astrup Anders Skaarup Rasmussen | Men's doubles | W 2-0 | L 1-2 | W 2-0 | W 2-0 | 2 Q | W 2-0 | L 1-2 | L 1-2 | 4 | ||
| Athlete | Event | Group stage | Elimination | Quarter-final | Semi-final | Final / | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Mia Blichfeldt | Women's singles | W 2-1 | L 1-2 | 2 | Did not advance | 14 | |||||
| Maiken Fruergaard Sara Thygesen | Women's doubles | W 2-1 | W 2-1 | W 2–0 | 1 Q | L 0–2 | Did not advance | 5 | |||
See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. For the first time since 2012, Denmark entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Nikolai Terteryan scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's welterweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[3]
See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Danish canoeists qualified one boat in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 European Qualifier in Szeged, Hungary.[4] [5]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| René Holten Poulsen | Men's K-1 1000 m | 3:40.14 | 5 QF | 3:35.48 | 1 SF | 3:35.50 | 8 FB | 3:31.62 | 16 | |
| Lasse Bro Madsen Victor Gairy Aasmul Morten Gravesen Magnus Sibbersen | Men's K-4 500 m | 1:22.98 | 6 QF | 1:20.56 | 3 SF | 1:21.88 | 5 E | 10 | ||
| Emma Aastrand Jørgensen | Women's K-1 500 m | 1:50.93 | 2 SF | 1:49.59 | 2 FA | 1:49.76 | ||||
| Emma Aastrand Jørgensen Frederikke Hauge Matthiesen | Women's K-2 500 m | 1:45.02 | 3 QF | 1:42.61 | 5 E | Did not advance | 17 | |||
See main article: article, Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Denmark entered a team of six road cyclists (four male and two female). Denmark qualified four male and two female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.[6]
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikkel Bjerg | align=left rowspan=4 | Road race | 6:41:17 | 73 |
| Michael Mørkøv | 6:36:31 | 59 | ||
| Mads Pedersen | 6:21:54 | 20 | ||
| Mattias Skjelmose | 6:21:47 | 17 | ||
| Mikkel Bjerg | align=left rowspan=2 | Time trial | 37:55.32 | 10 |
| Mattias Skjelmose | 37:57.69 | 14 |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca Koerner | align=left rowspan=3 | Road race | 4:12:22 | 76 |
| Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | 4:04:23 | 29 | ||
| Emma Norsgaard | 4:07:16 | 49 | ||
| Emma Norsgaard | align=left rowspan=2 | Time trial | 42:33.59 | 14 |
| Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig | 44:10.93 | 24 |
Denmark riders obtained a full squads of men's team pursuit events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Scratch race | Tempo race | Elimination race | Points race | Total points | Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | |||||
| Niklas Larsen | Men's omnium | 2 | 38 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 84 | 10 | |
| Amalie Dideriksen | Women's omnium | 6 | 30 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 21 | 105 | 7 | |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Laps | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niklas Larsen Michael Mørkøv | Men's madison | 21 | 20 | ||
| Amalie Dideriksen Julie Norman Leth | Women's madison | 16 | — | 6 |
Danish mountain bikers secured one men and two women's quota places in the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Andreassen | Men's cross-country | 1:29:05 | 12 | |
| Caroline Bohé | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's cross-country | 1:33:11 | 15 |
| Sofie Heby Pedersen | N/A | 24 |
Denmark secured one quota places (one women's) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.[7]
See main article: article, Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Equestrian at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark fielded a squad of three dressage riders, two eventing riders and one jumping rider, into the team dressage competition by winning the gold medal in the team event at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning; and into the individual rider and jumping competition, through the establishment of final olympics ranking for Group A (North Western Europe).[8] [9]
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
| Nanna Skodborg Merrald | Zepter | Individual | 78.028 | 5 Q | 76.786 | 89.800 | 83.293 | 9 | ||
| Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour | Freestyle | 80.792 | 2 Q | 79.071 | 97.114 | 88.093 | 5 | |||
| Daniel Bachmann Andersen | Vayron | 76.910 | 8 Q | 77.214 | 92.486 | 84.850 | 7 | |||
| Nanna Skodborg Merrald Cathrine Laudrup-Dufour Daniel Bachmann Andersen | See above | Team | 235.730 | 2 Q | 235.669 | 2 | 235.669 | |||
See main article: Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Golf at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their respective world ranking position, through the release of the final top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank | |||
| Nicolai Højgaard | align=left rowspan=2 | Men's | 70 | 70 | 62 | 68 | 270 | −14 | 7 |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | 71 | 68 | 66 | 68 | 273 | −11 | T14 | ||
| Nanna Koerstz Madsen | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's | 74 | 75 | 72 | 72 | 293 | +5 | T36 |
| Emily Kristine Pedersen | 73 | 79 | 75 | 72 | 299 | +11 | T44 | ||
See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Denmark men's | Men's tournament | W 37–29 | W 30–27 | W 38–27 | W 28–25 | W 32–25 | 1 Q | W 32–31 | W 31–30 | W 39–26 | ||
| Denmark women's | Women's tournament | W 27–19 | L 18–27 | W 25–23 | W 28–27 | W 28–20 | 3 Q | W 29–25 | L 21–25 | W 30–25 | ||
See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Denmark men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match against the host nation France and securing an outright berth at the 2023 IHF World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.[10] [11]
See main article: Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament and Handball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's qualification. Denmark women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing second at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.[12]
See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Laerke Olsen (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
See main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Danish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |||
| Sverri Nielsen | Men's single sculls | 6:53.50 | 1 QF | 6:49.69 | 2 SA/B | 6:43.95 | 4 FB | 6:44.83 | 8 | |||
| Lærke Rasmussen Fie Udby | Women's coxless pair | 7:30.91 | 4 R | 7:34.57 | 1 SA/B | 7:19.11 | 4 FB | 7:12.01 | 11 | |||
| Marie Johannesen Julie Poulsen Frida Sanggaard Nielsen Astrid Steensberg | Women's coxless four | 6:56.70 | 5 R | 6:35.65 | 3 FB | 6:36.43 | 8 | |||||
| Clara Hornæss Sára Johansen Nikoline Laidlaw Karen Mortensen Caroline Munch Nanna Vigild Sofie Vikkelsøe Frida Werner Foldager Sofie Østergaard (Cox) | Women's eight | 6:39.30 | 4 R | 6:22.21 | 5 NQ | Did not advance | 7 | |||||
See main article: Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Danish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | |||||
| Johan Schubert | Men's ILCA 7 | 29 | 29 | 39 | 37 | 28 | 23 | 44†BFD | 21 | 206 | 36 | ||||||
| Nikolaj Buhl Daniel Nyborg | Men's 49er | 11 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 21†UFD | 16 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 3 | 172 | 18 | ||
| Anne-Marie Rindom | Women's ILCA 6 | 7 | 26† | 7 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 61 | |||||
| Andrea Schmidt Johanne Schmidt | Women's 49erFX | 20 | 20 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 21†RET | 1 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 115 | 13 | ||
| Natacha Saouma-Pedersen Mathias Bruun Borreskov | Mixed Nacra 17 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 16† | 10 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 117 | 12 | ||
See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Danish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[13]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | |||
| Jesper Hansen | Men's skeet | 119 | 14 | Did not advance | ||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Rikke Ibsen | Women's 10 m air rifle | 627.3 | 22 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 586-26x | 14 | Did not advance | |||
| align=left rowspan=2 | Stephanie Grundsøe | Women's 10 m air rifle | 626.2 | 27 | Did not advance | |
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 589-26x | 8 Q | 406.4 | 8 | ||
See main article: Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Skateboarding at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark entered one male skateboarder to compete in the following event at the Games.
See main article: article, Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Danish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[14] [15] [16]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Julie Kepp Jensen | Women's 50 m freestyle | 24.64 | =11 Q | 24.98 | 16 | Did not advance | |
| Helena Rosendahl Bach | Women's 100 m butterfly | 58.45 | 20 | Did not advance | |||
| Thea Blomsterberg | Women's 200 m breaststroke | 2:27.81 | 19 | Did not advance | |||
| Helena Rosendahl Bach | Women's 200 m butterfly | 2:07.34 | 4 Q | 2:06.65 | 6 Q NR | 2:07.11 | =4 |
| Signe Bro Martine Damborg Julie Kepp Jensen Elisabeth Sabroe Ebbesen | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay | 3:39.52 | 11 | Did not advance | |||
| Schastine Tabor Thea Blomsterberg Martine Damborg Signe Bro | Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay | Disqualified | Did not advance | ||||
See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark entered a full squad of male table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea.[17]
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Jonathan Groth | align=left rowspan=2 | Singles | W 4–0 | L 1–4 | Did not advance | 17 | ||||
| Anders Lind | W 4–0 | W 4–3 | L 1–4 | Did not advance | 9 | |||||
| Jonathan Groth Anders Lind Martin Buch Andersen | Team | L 0–3 | Did not advance | 9 | ||||||
See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Edi Hrnic qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the under 80 kg semifinal, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.
See main article: Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.
Denmark entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament.Clara Tauson qualified directly for the women's singles as the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of 10 June 2024. Caroline Wozniacki also got qualified via an invitation quota.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | |||
| Clara Tauson | align=left rowspan=2 | Women's singles | L 2–6, 3–6 | Did not advance | |||||
| Caroline Wozniacki | W 2–6, 7–5, 6–1 | L 3–6, 6–3, 3–6 | Did not advance | ||||||
See main article: Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Denmark entered two triathletes (one per gender) in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swim (1.5 km) | Trans 1 | Bike (40 km) | Trans 2 | Run (10 km) | Total | ||||
| Emil Holm | Men's | 22:26 | 0:49 | 53:37 | 0:25 | 32:04 | 1:49:21 | 35 | |
| Alberte Kjær Pedersen | Women's | 24:40 | 0:55 | 1:00:41 | 0:27 | 35:19 | 1:56:41 | 36 | |
See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics - Qualification.