Denmark at the 2000 Summer Olympics
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Denmark at the Olympic Games | ||||
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IOC code: DEN | ||||
2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney | ||||
Competitors | 97 | |||
Medals | Gold 2 |
Silver 3 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 6 |
Summer Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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Winter Olympic Games appearances | ||||
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Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
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[edit] Medals
Denmark finished in 30th position in the final medal rankings, with two gold medals and six medals overall.
Medal | Competitor | Event |
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Gold | Karen Brødsgaard, Katrine Fruelund, Maja Grønbæk, Lotte Kiærskou, Karin Mortensen, Anja Nielsen, Rikke Schmidt, Christina Roslyng, Mette Vestergaard, Anette Hoffman, Camilla Andersen, Janne Kolling, Lene Rantala, Tina Bottzau, Tonje Kjærgaard | Handball, women's team competition |
Gold | Henrik Blakskjær, Thomas Jacobsen, Jesper Bank | Sailing, men's Soling class |
Silver | Wilson Kipketer | Athletics, men's 800 m |
Silver | Camilla Martin | Badminton, women's singles |
Silver | Torben Grimmel | Shooting, me's rifle |
Bronze | Thomas Ebert, Søren Madsen, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen | Rowing, men's lightweight coxless fours |
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
Women's individual | |||
Katja Brix Poulson | |||
1/32 eliminations | Lost to | Pi-Yu Liu Chinese Taipei |
161-152 |
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Men's competition
Men's 800m
- Wilson Kipketer
- Round 1 – 01:45.57
- Semifinal – 01:44.22
- Final – 01:45.14 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's Shot Put
- Joachim Broechner Olsen
- Qualifying – 19.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's Hammer Throw
- Jan Bielecki
- Qualifying – 70.46 (→ did not advance)
[edit] Women's competition
Women's Pole Vault
- Marie Bagger Rasmussen
- Qualifying – 4.30
- Final – 4.35 (→ 8th place)
[edit] 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's Singles
- Kenneth Jonassen
- Round of 64 – Defeated Seung-Mo Shon of Korea
- Round of 32 – Defeated Ruud Kuijten of Belgium
- Round of 16 – Lost to Choong Hann Wong of Malaysia
- Peter Gade
- Round of 64 – Bye
- Round of 32 – Defeated Denis Constantin of Mauritius
- Round of 16 – Defeated Fung Permadi of Chinese Taipei
- Quarterfinal – Defeated Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia
- Semifinal – Lost to Xinpeng Ji of China
- Bronze medal match – Lost to Xuanze Xia of China
- Poul-Erik Hoyer
- Round of 64 – Bye
- Round of 32 – Lost to Jun Sun of China
Men's Doubles
- Martin Lundgaard Hansen and Lars Paaske
- Round of 32 – Defeated Mihail Popov, Svetoslav Stoyanov of Bulgaria
- Round of 16 – Lost to Ricky Ahmad Subagja, Rexy Ronald Mainaky of Indonesia
- Jim Laugesen and Michael Sogaard
- Round of 32 – Bye
- Round of 16 – Lost to Tony Gunawan, Candra Wijaya of Indonesia
- Jesper Larsen and Jens Eriksen
- Round of 32 – Bye
- Round of 16 – Defeated Brent Olynyk, Bryan Moody of Canada
- Quarterfinal – Lost to Dong-Soo Lee, Yong-Sung Yoo of Korea
Women's Singles
- Mette Sorensen
- Round of 64 – Defeated Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn of Thailand
- Round of 32 – Defeated Takako Ida of Japan
- Round of 16 – Lost to Zhaoying Ye of China
- Camilla Martin
- Round of 64 – Bye
- Round of 32 – Defeated Ellen Angelinawaty of Indonesia
- Round of 16 – Defeated Kelly Morgan of Great Britain
- Quarterfinal – Defeated Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands
- Semifinal – Defeated Yun Dai of China
- Gold medal match – Lost to Zhichao Gong of China – → Silver Medal
Women's Doubles
- Ann-Lou Jorgensen and Mette Schjoldager
- Round of 32 – Defeated Elena Nozdran, Viktoriya Yevtushenko of Ukraine
- Round of 16 – Lost to Eti Lesmina Tantra, Chynthia Tuwankotta of Indonesia
- Ann Jorgensen and Majken Vange
- Round of 32 – Lost to Nicole Grether, Karen Stechmann of Germany
- Rikke Olsen and Helene Kirkegaard
- Round of 32 – Defeated Wanting Ling, Wai Chee Louisa Koon of Hong Kong
- Round of 16 – Defeated Marina Yakusheva, Irina Rousliakova of Russia
- Quarterfinal – Lost to Kyung-Min Ra, Jae Hee Chung of Korea
Mixed Doubles
- Jon Holst-Christensen and Ann Jorgdenson
- Round of 32 – Defeated Dong-Soo Lee, Hyo-Jung Lee of Korea
- Round of 16 – Lost to Simon Archer, Joanne Goode of Great Britain
- Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen
- Round of 32 – Bye
- Round of 16 – Defeated Mike Beres, Kara Solmundson of Canada
- Quarterfinal – Defeated Bambang Suprianto, Zelin Resiana of Indonesia
- Semifinal – Lost to Jun Zhang, Ling Gao of China
- Bronze medal match – Lost to Simon Archer, Joanne Goode of Great Britain
- Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager
- Round of 32 – Bye
- Round of 16 – Defeated Michael Keck, Nicol Pitro of Germany
- Quarterfinal – Lost to Tri Kusharyanto, Minarti Timur of Indonesia
[edit] Canoe / Kayak
[edit] Flatwater
[edit] Men's competition
Men's Kayak Singles 1000m
- Torsten Tranum
- Qualifying Heat – 03:35.841
- Semifinal – 03:38.865
- Final – 03:37.811 (→ 6th place)
Men's Kayak Doubles 500m
- Paw Madsen, Jesper Staal
- Qualifying Heat – 01:32.613
- Semifinal – 01:32.867 (→ did not advance)
Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000m
- Paw Madsen, Jesper Staal
- Qualifying Heat – 03:16.989
- Semifinal – 03:18.206 (→ did not advance)
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Cross Country Mountain Bike
Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike
- Michael Rasmussen
- Final – 2:18:15.57 (→ 22nd place)
- Jesper Agergaard
- Final – Lapped
[edit] Road Cycling
Men's Individual Time Trial
- Michael Sandstod
- Final – DNF
Men's Road Race
- Frank Høj
- Final – 5:30:34 (→ 6th place)
- Nicki Sorensen
- Final – 5:30:46 (→ 40th place)
- Rolf Sorensen
- Final – 5:30:46 (→ 59th place)
- Lars Michaelsen
- Final – DNF
- Michael Sandstod
- Final – DNF
[edit] Track Cycling
Men's Point Race
- Jimmi Madsen
- Points – 0
- Laps Down – 2 (→ 23rd place)
Men's Madison
- Jakob Storm Piil, Jimmi Madsen
- Final – 5 (→ 12th place)
[edit] Sailing
Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal.
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
- Lasse Hjortnæs
- Race 1 – 21
- Race 2 – 21
- Race 3 – (23)
- Race 4 – 12
- Race 5 – 13
- Race 6 – 6
- Race 7 – (26) DNF
- Race 8 – 17
- Race 9 – 21
- Race 10 – 13
- Race 11 – 14
- Final – 138 (→ 20th place)
Men's Laser
- Peter Rønholt
- Race 1 – 17
- Race 2 – (32)
- Race 3 – 12
- Race 4 – 4
- Race 5 – 10
- Race 6 – (24)
- Race 7 – 6
- Race 8 – 9
- Race 9 – 17
- Race 10 – 11
- Race 11 – 1
- Final – 103 (→ 13th place)
Men's Tornado
- Stig Raagaard Hansen and Helene Raagaard Hansen
- Race 1 – 14
- Race 2 – 15
- Race 3 – (16)
- Race 4 – 6
- Race 5 – 11
- Race 6 – 9
- Race 7 – 10
- Race 8 – 12
- Race 9 – 7
- Race 10 – 12
- Race 11 – (17) OCS
- Final – 96 (→ 14th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
- Jesper Bank, Henrik Blakskjær and Thomas Jacobsen
- Round Robin Group 2 (4-1) – 4 Points
- Quarterfinals – (4-1) – 4 points
- Semifinals – Defeated Norway
- Finals – Defeated Germany (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
- Kristine Roug
- Race 1 – 5
- Race 2 – 21
- Race 3 – 2
- Race 4 – 1
- Race 5 – 10
- Race 6 – 6
- Race 7 – 4
- Race 8 – (28) OCS
- Race 9 – 16
- Race 10 – 19
- Race 11 – (28) OCS
- Final – 84 (→ 10th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
- Susanne Ward and Michaela Ward
- Race 1 – 3
- Race 2 – 10
- Race 3 – 11
- Race 4 – 11
- Race 5 – (18)
- Race 6 – (17)
- Race 7 – 4
- Race 8 – 7
- Race 9 – 15
- Race 10 – 8
- Race 11 – 2
- Final – 71 (→ 10th place)
Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
- Michael Hestbæk and Jonatan Aage Persson
- Race 1 – 8
- Race 2 – 2
- Race 3 – 7
- Race 4 – 13
- Race 5 – (17)
- Race 6 – 8
- Race 7 – 9
- Race 8 – 8
- Race 9 – 16
- Race 10 – 12
- Race 11 – 2
- Race 12 – 5
- Race 13 – (18) OCS
- Race 14 – 2
- Race 15 – 7
- Race 16 – 9
- Final – 108 (→ 9th place)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Jacob Carstensen
- Preliminary Heat – 1:50.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Jacob Carstensen
- Preliminary Heat – 03:54.14 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Dennis Otzen Jensen
- Preliminary Heat – 55.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle
- Dennis Otzen Jensen, Henrik Steen Andersen, Jeppe Boje Nielsen, Jacob Carstensen
- Preliminary Heat – 03:24.78 (did not advance)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle
- Jacob Carstensen, Henrik Steen Andersen, Jeppe Boje Nielsen, Dennis Otzen Jensen
- Preliminary Heat – 07:24.63 (→ did not advance)
Women's 50m Freestyle
- Mette Jacobsen
- Preliminary Heat – 25.96 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Butterfly
- Mette Jacobsen
- Preliminary Heat – 59.45
- Semi-final – 59.75 (→ did not advance)
- Sophia Skou
- Preliminary Heat – 59.79
- Semi-final – 59.89 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Butterfly
- Mette Jacobsen
- Preliminary Heat – 02:09.30
- Semi-final – 02:08.11
- Final – 02:08.24 (→ 4th place)
- Sophia Skou
- Preliminary Heat – 02:11.35
- Semi-final – 02:11.07 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Louise Ørnstedt
- Preliminary Heat – 01:01.98
- Semi-final – 01:01.69
- Final – 01:02.02 (→ 8th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Louise Ørnstedt
- Preliminary Heat – 02:13.61
- Semi-final – 02:14.24 (→ did not advance)
[edit] Triathlon
Women's Individual Competition:
- Marie Overbye – 2:07:17.51 (→ 28th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Jan Knobelauch Hansen – 1:55:42.06 (→ 44th place)
[edit] References
- 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 11/12/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1 – Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2 – Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 11/20/05.
- International Olympic Committee Web Site