Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004.

Denmark at the 2004 Summer Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Athens
Competitors	92 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Eskild Ebbesen
Medals Ranked 37th	Gold 2 Silver 1 Bronze 5 Total 8
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medalists

Further information: 2004 Summer Olympics medal table and List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Thor Kristensen Stephan Mølvig Rowing Men's lightweight four August 22  Gold Denmark women's national handball team Kristine Andersen Karen Brødsgaard Line Daugaard Katrine Fruelund Trine Jensen Rikke Jørgensen Lotte Kiærskou Henriette Mikkelsen Karin Mortensen Louise Nørgaard Rikke Schmidt Rikke Skov Camilla Thomsen Josephine Touray Mette Vestergaard Handball Women's tournament August 29  Silver Joachim Olsen Athletics Men's shot put August 18  Bronze Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager Badminton Mixed doubles August 19  Bronze Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen Sailing Women's yngling class August 21  Bronze Michael Maze Finn Tugwell Table tennis Men's doubles August 21  Bronze Signe Livbjerg Sailing Women's Europe class August 22  Bronze Wilson Kipketer Athletics Men's 800 metres August 26

Medals by sport Sport Total Handball 1 0 0 1 Rowing 1 0 0 1 Athletics 0 1 1 2 Sailing 0 0 2 2 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Table tennis 0 0 1 1 Total 2 1 5 8

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified a spot in men's individual archery.

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hasse Pavia Lind	Men's individual	666	8	Essam (EGY) W 158–110	Serdyuk (UKR) L 164–165	Did not advance

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Danish athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard).^[1][2] Joachim Olsen originally claimed a bronze medal in men's shot put. On 5 December 2012, the International Olympic Committee and the IAAF stripped off Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonoh's gold medal after drug re-testings of his samples were discovered positive. Following the announcement of Bilonoh's disqualification, Olsen's medal was upgraded to a silver.^[3]

Key

• Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
• Q = Qualified for the next round
• q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
• NR = National record
• N/A = Round not applicable for the event
• Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Wilson Kipketer	800 m	1:44.69	1 Q	1:44.63	1 Q	1:44.65

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Piotr Buciarski	Pole vault	5.50	26	Did not advance
Joachim Olsen	Shot put	20.78	2 Q	21.07	[3]

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Result	Rank
Annemette Jensen	Marathon	2:50:01	49

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Christina Scherwin	Javelin throw	56.86	29	Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Gade	Singles	Chien Y-H (TPE) W 15–6, 15–1	Kanetkar (IND) W 15–10, 15–6	Hidayat (INA) L 12–15, 12–15	Did not advance
Kenneth Jonassen		Chen (CHN) L 15–12, 5–15, 9–15	Did not advance
Jens Eriksen Martin Lundgaard Hansen	Doubles	Bye	Bach / Han (USA) W 15–6, 15–4	Cai Y / Fu Hf (CHN) W 3–15, 15–11, 15–8	Lee D-S / Yoo Y-S (KOR) L 15–9, 5–15, 3–15	Hian / Limpele (INA) L 13–15, 7–15	4
Lars Paaske Jonas Rasmussen		Bye	Kim Y-H / Yim B-E (KOR) L 15–7, 6–15, 12–15	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Camilla Martin	Singles	Yonekura (JPN) W 11–4, 11–7	Hallam (GBR) L 2–11, 11–5, 10–13	Did not advance
Tine Rasmussen		Nedelcheva (BUL) L 11–8, 7–11, 11–13	Did not advance
Pernille Harder Mette Schjoldager	Doubles	Crabtree / Wilson-Smith (AUS) W 15–2, 15–3	Lee K-W / Ra K-M (KOR) L 8–15, 8–15	Did not advance
Ann-Lou Jørgensen Rikke Olsen		Bye	Grether / Schenk (GER) W 15–12, 16–17, 15–5	Gao L / Huang S (CHN) L 6–15, 7–15	Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jens Eriksen Mette Schjoldager	Doubles	Stoyanov / Wright (FRA) W 15–13, 2–15, 15–5	Kim Y-H / Lee H-J (KOR) W 6–15, 15–12, 15–13	Marissa / Widianto (INA) W 15–12, 15–8	Gao L / Zhang J (CHN) L 9–15, 5–15	Olsen / Rasmussen (DEN) W 15–5, 15–5
Rikke Olsen Jonas Rasmussen		Bye	Petersen / Shirley (NZL) W 15–14, 15–9	Kim D-M / Ra K-M (KOR) W 17–14, 15–8	Emms / Robertson (GBR) L 6–15, 12–15	Eriksen / Schjoldager (DEN) L 5–15, 5–15	4

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lasse Nielsen Mads Kongsgaard Madsen	Men's K-2 500 m	1:33.938	5 q	1:33.482	5	Did not advance
	Men's K-2 1000 m	3:19.171	5 q	3:15.417	6	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify to final; q = Qualify to semifinal

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Bo Hamburger	Men's road race	5:41:56	25
Frank Høj	Men's road race	5:41:56	8
	Men's time trial	1:00:35.73	18
Lars Michaelsen	Men's road race	5:50:35	55
Michael Rasmussen		DNF
Nicki Sørensen		5:50:35	60

Mountain biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Peter Riis Andersen	Men's cross-country	2:24:03	18
Christian Poulsen		LAP (1 lap)	39
Mette Andersen	Women's cross-country	DNF

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Grand Prix		Grand Prix Special		Grand Prix Freestyle		Overall
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Andreas Helgstrand	Cavan	Individual	68.333	22 Q	73.960	10 Q	76.300	9	72.864	9
Lone Jørgensen	Ludewig G		65.750	38	Did not advance
Jon Pedersen	Esprit de Valdemar		69.000	17 Q	69.160	19	Did not advance
Per Sandgaard	Zancor		70.667	12 Q	71.560	11 Q	75.050	11	72.426	10
Andreas Helgstrand Lone Jørgensen Jon Pedersen Per Sandgaard	See above	Team	—						69.333	5

Show jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Qualification								Final					Total
			Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Round A		Round B
			Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank
Thomas Velin	Carnute	Individual	0	=1	4	4	=5 Q	6	10	=10 Q	4	=4 Q	9	13	=11	13	=11

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Trampoline

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Peter Jensen	Men's	32.70	16	Did not advance

Handball

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

Main article: Handball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Roster

The following is the Denmark roster in the women's handball tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.^[4]

Head coaches: Jan Pytlick

No. Pos. Name Date of birth (age) Height App. Goals Club 1 GK Louise Nørgaard (1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 22) 1.83 m Viborg HK 2 LB Rikke Skov (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 23) 1.81 m Viborg HK 3 LW Henriette Mikkelsen (1980-09-21)21 September 1980 (aged 23) 1.66 m Viborg HK 5 RB Mette Vestergaard (1975-11-19)19 November 1975 (aged 28) 1.72 m FC Copenhagen 10 CB Rikke Jørgensen (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 28) 1.71 m Slagelse FH 11 P Camilla Ingemann Thomsen (1974-11-19)19 November 1974 (aged 29) 1.80 m FC Copenhagen 12 GK Karin Mortensen (1977-09-26)26 September 1977 (aged 26) 1.82 m Ikast/Bording EH 13 CB Lotte Kiærskou (1975-06-23)23 June 1975 (aged 29) 1.78 m Viborg HK 14 RB Trine Jensen (1980-10-16)16 October 1980 (aged 23) 1.76 m Aalborg DH 15 LB Katrine Fruelund (1978-07-12)12 July 1978 (aged 26) 1.74 m Viborg HK 16 GK Rikke Schmidt (1975-01-14)14 January 1975 (aged 29) 1.84 m Slagelse FH 17 CB Kristine Andersen (1976-04-02)2 April 1976 (aged 28) 1.72 m Ikast/Bording EH 18 P Karen Brødsgaard (1978-03-10)10 March 1978 (aged 26) 1.78 m Ikast/Bording EH 19 LW Line Daugaard (1978-07-17)17 July 1978 (aged 26) 1.72 m Ikast/Bording EH 21 RW Josephine Touray (1979-10-06)6 October 1979 (aged 24) 1.65 m Ikast/Bording EH

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	4	3	1	0	135	103	+32	7[lower-alpha 1]	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	4	3	1	0	125	98	+27	7[lower-alpha 1]
3	France	4	2	0	2	105	106	−1	4
4	Spain	4	0	1	3	86	110	−24	1[lower-alpha 2]
5	Angola	4	0	1	3	97	131	−34	1[lower-alpha 2]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw.
Notes:

1. South Korea 29–29 Denmark
2. Spain 24–24 Angola

15 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	35–26	France	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Brødsgaard 8	(16–11)	Cendier Ajaguin, Pecqueux-Rolland 4
	4× 3×		2× 3×

17 August 2004 19:30	South Korea	29–29	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Woo 8	(14–13)	Kiærskou, Fruelund 7
	3× 7×		3× 3×

19 August 2004 21:30	Spain	21–23	Denmark	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Hassan, Aly (EGY)
	Mangue 6	(8–14)	Thomsen, Andersen 4
	3× 5×		4× 1×

23 August 2004 21:30	Denmark	38–22	Angola	Sports Pavilion, Athens Referees: Bavas, Migas (GRE)
	Daugaard 7	(19–8)	Bengue 8
	3× 2×		3× 5×

Quarterfinal

26 August 2004 21:30	China	28–32	Denmark	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Pozeznik, Repensek (SLO)
	Wang Shasha 7	(14–18)	Fruelund 7
	4× 5×		2× 3×

Semifinal

27 August 2004 21:30	Ukraine	20–29	Denmark	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Lemme, Ullrich (GER)
	Lyapina 5	(11–13)	Fruelund 9
	4× 4×		3× 2×

Gold Medal Final

29 August 2004 10:45	Denmark	38–36 (ET)	South Korea	Helliniko Indoor Arena Referees: Baum, Goralczyk (POL)
	Fruelund 15	(14–14)	Lee S 9
	3× 1×		4× 4×
	FT: 25–25 ET: 29–29, 34–34

Won Gold Medal

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Rasmus Quist Hansen Mads Rasmussen	Lightweight double sculls	6:17.68	1 SA/B	Bye		6:17.85	3 FA	6:23.92	4
Eskild Ebbesen Thomas Ebert Thor Kristensen Stephan Mølvig	Lightweight four	5:50.72	1 SA/B	Bye		5:55.85	1 FA	5:56.85

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Juliane Rasmussen Johanne Thomsen	Lightweight double sculls	6:56.62	3 R	6:57.84	3 SA/B	7:01.98	5 FB	7:32.58	10
Sarah Lauritzen Majbrit Nielsen Dorthe Pedersen Christina Rindom	Quadruple sculls	6:28.16	4 R	6:25.14	5 FB	—		6:50.13	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; R=Repechage

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Finn	16	4	23	DNF	1	8	11	13	10	8	11	105	9
Kristian Kjærgaard Mads Møller	470	23	9	22	13	DSQ	15	25	22	17	27	18	191	25
Nicklas Holm Claus Olesen	Star	14	12	2	2	11	7	5	17	16	14	10	83	9

Women

Athlete	Event	Race											Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	M*
Signe Livbjerg	Europe	4	6	7	15	8	6	10	3	11	4	25	74
Michaela Meehan Susanne Ward	470	11	1	4	3	13	8	5	16	12	RAF	16	89	6
Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen	Yngling	1	14	5	5	5	6	3	4	6	5	OCS	54

Open

Athlete	Event	Race																Net points	Final rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	M*
Anders Nyholm	Laser	16	30	12	18	20	27	25	18	21	26	—					20	203	22
Dennis Dengsø Andersen Michael Hestbæk	49er	16	17	17	10	7	11	3	15	6	7	17	1	15	6	11	13	138	13

M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Torben Grimmel	50 m rifle prone	594	=9	Did not advance
Michael Nielsen	Skeet	122 (1)	7	Did not advance
Peter Thuesen	10 m air rifle	589	=29	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Susanne Meyerhoff	10 m air pistol	329	=21	Did not advance
Ann Spejlsgaard	10 m air rifle	388	=33	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Danish swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard time, and 1 at the B-standard time):

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jacob Carstensen	200 m freestyle	1:50.15	18	Did not advance
	400 m freestyle	3:51.09	15	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:04.80	31	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mette Jacobsen	100 m butterfly	59.81	15 Q	59.72	15	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	2:11.99	13 Q	2:10.47	8 Q	2:10.01	6
Louise Mai Jansen	200 m freestyle	2:06.06	37	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:27.08	30	Did not advance
Louise Ørnstedt	100 m backstroke	1:01.17	13 Q	1:01.12	4 Q	1:01.51	7
	200 m backstroke	2:13.05	7 Q	2:11.77	6 Q	2:11.15 NR	6
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle	25.95	22	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	56.17	18	Did not advance
Majken Thorup	100 m breaststroke	1:10.97	19	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:35.29	25	Did not advance
Mette Jacobsen Louise Ørnstedt Jeanette Ottesen Majken Thorup	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:08.89	9	—		Did not advance

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Maze	Men's singles	Bye		Leung C Y (HKG) L 1–4	Did not advance
Michael Maze Finn Tugwell	Men's doubles	—	Bye	Akinlabi / Nosiru (NGR) W 4–2	Jindrak / Schlager (AUT) W 4–0	Persson / Waldner (SWE) W 4–1	Chen Q / Ma L (CHN) L 2–4	Mazunov / Smirnov (RUS) W 4–2

Taekwondo

Main article: Taekwondo at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jesper Roesen	Men's −68 kg	Hernando (ARG) W 11–10	Song M-S (KOR) L 11–13	Did not advance
Zakaria Asidah	Men's +80 kg	Kamal (JOR) L 6–9	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Denmark has qualified a single triathlete.

Athlete	Event	Swim (1.5 km)	Trans 1	Bike (40 km)	Trans 2	Run (10 km)	Total Time	Rank
Rasmus Henning	Men's	18:19	0:16	1:01.29	0:17	32:49	1:52:37.32	7

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Key:

• VT – Victory by Fall.
• PP – Decision by Points – the loser with technical points.
• PO – Decision by Points – the loser without technical points.

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Håkan Nyblom	−55kg	Kiouregkian (GRE) L 0–3 PO	Sheng J (CHN) W 3–1 PP	Kalilov (KGZ) W 3–0 PO	2	Did not advance			8

See also

• Denmark at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

References

1. "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
2. "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Athens 2004 Entry Standards". IAAF. Retrieved 4 June 2011.
3. Buteau, Michael (30 May 2013). "U.S. Shot Putter Nelson to Get Athens Gold Medal Nine Years Late". Bloomberg L.P. Archived from the original on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
4. "Women's Handball Team Roster – Denmark (DEN)" (PDF). 2004 Athens. LA84 Foundation. 17 September 2015. p. 6.

External links

• Official Report of the XXVIII Olympiad
• DIF.dk (in Danish)