Denmark at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics

Denmark at the Youth Olympic Games

Flag of Denmark
IOC code  DEN
NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
At the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing
Competitors 15 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Emily Pedersen[1]
Medals
Rank: 63		 Gold
0		 Silver
1		 Bronze
3		 Total
4

Denmark competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Medalists

Medals awarded to participants of mixed-NOC (Combined) teams are represented in italics. These medals are not counted towards the individual NOC medal tally.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Gold Hansen, EmilEmil Hansen Triathlon Mixed Relay 21 August
 Silver Honore, MikkelMikkel Honore
Rasmus Salling 		Cycling Boys' Team 22 August
 Bronze Hansen, EmilEmil Hansen Triathlon Boys' Race 18 August
 Bronze Madsen, AnnaAnna Madsen
Pernille Mathiesen 		Cycling Girls' Team 22 August
 Bronze Kirkegaard, Anne SofieAnne Sofie Kirkegaard Athletics Girls' 400 m Hurdles 25 August

Athletics

Qualification Legend: Q=Final A (medal); qB=Final B (non-medal); qC=Final C (non-medal); qD=Final D (non-medal); qE=Final E (non-medal)

Boys
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Kristoffer Hari Boys' 100 m 10.82 =7 Q 10.80 =5
Benjamin Lobo Vedel Boys' 400 m 47.27 2 Q 47.29 5
Girls
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heats Final
Time Rank Time Rank
Anne Sofie Kirkegaard Girls' 400 m hurdles 59.92 4 Q 58.60 PB 3rd

Note: Ranks in the heats-phase refer to the overall rank across all heats.

Badminton

Denmark qualified one athlete based on the 2 May 2014 BWF Junior World Rankings.[2]

Singles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
Mia Blichfeldt Girls' Singles  Thilini Promodika Hendahewa (SRI)
L 18–21 15–21		  Chlorie Cadeau (SEY)
W 21–5 21–2		  Akane Yamaguchi (JPN)
L 12–21 20–22		 3 DNQ =17
Doubles
Athlete Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score
 Mia Blichfeldt (DEN)
 Devins Mananga Nzoussi (CGO)		 Mixed Doubles  Guda (AUS)/ Hartawan (INA)
L 10–21 7–21		  Narongrit (THA)/ Qin (CHN)
L 9–21 5–21		  Cadeau (SEY)/ Penalver Pereira (ESP)
L 16–21 18–21		 4 DNQ =17

Canoeing

Denmark qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Junior Canoe Sprint and Slalom Championships.[3]

Athlete Event Qualification Repechage Last 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Opponent
Result		 Opponent
Result		 Opponent
Result
Bolette Iversen Girls' K1 sprint 1:55.101 7 Q BYE 1:54.119 6 Q  Luca Homonnai (HUN)
L 1:55.250–1:43.872		 DNQ 8
Girls' K1 slalom 1:32.623 11 R 1:29.397 3 Q 1:31.187 11 DNQ 11

Cycling

Denmark qualified a boys' and girls' team based on its ranking issued by the UCI.[4][5]

Team
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Eliminator		 Time Trial BMX Cross-Country Race Road Race Total Pts Rank
Rank Points Time Rank Points Rank Points Time Rank Points Time Rank Points
Mikkel Honore
Rasmus Salling		 Boys' Team  
=17		 0 5:09.44
 		 1
 		 100  
3		 130 1:01:23
 		 15
 		 2 1:37:23
DNF		 7
–		 25
0		 257 2nd
Anna Madsen
Pernille Mathiesen		 Girls' Team 2
 		 80  
6:03.31		  
3		 65  
=21		 0 45:56
 		 3
 		 65 1:13:08
1:12:36		 36
9		 0
15		 225 3rd
Mixed Relay
Athletes Event Cross-Country
Girls' Race		 Cross-Country
Boys' Race		 Boys' Road
Race		 Girls' Road
Race		 Total Time Rank
Anna Madsen
Rasmus Salling
Mikkel Honore
Pernille Mathiesen		 Mixed Team Relay 3:25
 
 
 		  
3:09
 
 		  
 
5:18
 		  
 
 
6:13		 18:05 6

Golf

Denmark qualified one team of two athletes based on the 8 June 2014 IGF Combined World Amateur Golf Rankings.[6]

Individual
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Score Score Rank
John Axelsen Boys 70 (−2) =11 74 (+2) 144 (Par) =13 68 (−4) 212 (−4) =5
Emily Pedersen Girls 75 (+3) =19 73 (+1) 148 (+4) =13 67 (−5) 215 (−1) 6
Team
Athletes Event Round 1
(Foursome)		 Round 2
(Fourball)		 Round 3
(Individual Stroke)		 Total
Score Rank Score Total Rank Boy Girl Combined Score Rank
John Axelsen
Emily Pedersen		 Mixed 65 (−7) =6 65 (−7) 130 (−14) 1 73 (+1)
 		  
71 (−1)		 144 (Par) 274 (−14) 4

Rowing

Denmark qualified one boat based on its performance at the 2013 World Rowing Junior Championships.[7]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Astrid Steensberg Girls' Single Sculls 3:55.51 2 R 3:57.54 3 SC/D 3:59.73 2 FC 4:02.03 14

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

Shooting

Denmark was given a wild card to compete.[8]

Individual
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Christina van Elzelingen Girls' 10m Air Pistol 369 11 DNQ
Team
Athletes Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
Points Rank Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result
 Christina van Elzelingen (DEN)
 Christopher Summerell (AUS)		 Mixed Team 10m Air Pistol 746 8  Teh (SIN)/ Mohamed (EGY)
L 5–10		 DNQ =9

Triathlon

Denmark qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2014 European Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.[9]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750m) Trans 1 Bike (20km) Trans 2 Run (5km) Total Time Rank
Emil Hansen Boys 9:38 0:42 28:43 0:19 15:27 54:49 3rd
Alberte Pedersen Girls 10:46 0:41 32:46 0:41 17:39 1:02:16 10
Relay
Athlete Event Total Times per Athlete
(Swim 250m, Bike 6.6km,
Run 1.8km)		 Total Group Time Rank
Mixed Relay
  • 21:49
  • 19:25
  • 21:43
  • 19:20
 1:22:17 1st
  • 21:21
  • 19:50
  • 22:28
  • 20:15
 1:23:54 4

References

  1. ↑ "Opening Ceremony Flag Bearers - Youth Olympic Games, Nanjing 2014". olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "BWF Junior World Rankings: Girls' Singles". BWF. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "2014 Youth Olympics Games Qualification". ICF. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Cycling Boys Qualifiers". UCI. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  5. ↑ "Cycling Girls Qualifiers". UCI. 12 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "Youth Olympic Games Golf Ranking". IGF. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "2014 YOG Qualification: Rowing". FISA. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  8. ↑ "Quota Places by Name and Nation". ISSF. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  9. ↑ "2014 European YOG Qualifier". ITU. 17 May 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2014.