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1 Medalist  





2 Archery  





3 Athletics  





4 Badminton  





5 Canoeing  



5.1  Sprint  







6 Cycling  



6.1  Road  





6.2  Track  





6.3  Mountain biking  







7 Equestrian  



7.1  Dressage  





7.2  Eventing  





7.3  Show jumping  







8 Handball  



8.1  Preliminary round  



8.1.1  Group B  







8.2  Quarterfinals  





8.3  Semifinals  





8.4  Gold medal game  







9 Modern Pentathlon  





10 Rowing  





11 Sailing  





12 Shooting  





13 Swimming  





14 Table tennis  





15 Taekwondo  





16 Tennis  





17 Triathlon  





18 References  














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Denmark at the
2000 Summer Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
inSydney
Competitors97 (53 men and 44 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers Jesper Bank (opening)
Torben Grimmel (closing)
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
2
Silver
3
Bronze
1
Total
6
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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  • 2024
  • Other related appearances
    1906 Intercalated Games

    Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer OlympicsinSydney, Australia.

    Medalist[edit]

    Medal Name Sport Event Date
     Gold Karen Brødsgaard, Katrine Fruelund
    Maja Grønbæk, Lotte Kiærskou
    Karin Mortensen, Anja Nielsen
    Rikke Schmidt, Christina Roslyng
    Mette Vestergaard, Anette Hoffmann
    Camilla Andersen, Janne Kolling
    Lene Rantala, Tina Bøttzau
    Tonje Kjærgaard
    Handball Women's tournament September 30
     Gold Henrik Blakskjær
    Thomas Jacobsen
    Jesper Bank
    Sailing Men's Soling Class September 30
     Silver Wilson Kipketer Athletics Men's 800 meters September 27
     Silver Camilla Martin Badminton Women's singles September 22
     Silver Torben Grimmel Shooting Men's 50m Rifle Prone September 21
     Bronze Thomas Ebert
    Søren Madsen
    Eskild Ebbesen
    Victor Feddersen
    Rowing Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours September 24

    Archery[edit]

    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
    Katja Brix Poulson Women's individual 609 57  Pi-yu (TPE) (8)
    L 152–161
    did not advance 57

    Athletics[edit]

    Men
    Track & road events
    Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
    Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
    Wilson Kipketer 800 metres 01:45.57 1Q 01:44.22 1Q 01:45.14
    Field events
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Distance Position Distance Position
    Jan Bielecki Hammer throw 70.46 33 did not advance
    Joachim Olsen Shot put 19.41 17 did not advance
    Women
    Field events
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Distance Position Distance Position
    Marie Rasmussen Pole vault 4.30 NR 7q 4.35 NR 8

    Badminton[edit]

    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
    Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Peter Gade Men's singles BYE  Constantin (MRI)
    W 15–3, 15–9
     Permadi (TPE)
    W 15–8, 15–7
     Mainaky (INA)
    W 15–6, 15–6
     Ji (CHN)
    L 9–15, 15–1, 9–15
     Xia (CHN)
    L 13–15, 5–15
    4
    Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen BYE  Jun (CHN)
    L 3–15, 17–16, 10–15
    did not advance
    Kenneth Jonassen  Shon (KOR)
    W 14–17, 15–8, 17–15
     Kuijten (BEL)
    W 15–8, 15–5
     Wong (MAS)
    L 6–15, 7–15
    did not advance
    Martin Lundgaard Hansen
    Lars Paaske
    Men's doubles  Popov /
    Stoyanov (BUL)
    W 15–6, 15–6
     Mainaky /
    Subagja (INA)
    L 9–15, 15–13, 7–15
    did not advance
    Jim Laugesen
    Michael Søgaard
    BYE  Gunawan /
    Wijaya (INA)
    L 9–15, 7–15
    did not advance
    Jesper Larsen
    Jens Eriksen
    BYE  Olynyk /
    Moody (CAN)
    W 15–2, 15–1
     Lee /
    Yoo (KOR)
    L 12–15, 10–15
    did not advance 5
    Women
    Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Camilla Martin Women's singles BYE  Angelina (INA)
    W 11–6, 11–2
     Morgan (GBR)
    W 11–7, 11–3
     Audina (NED)
    W 11–2, 11–1
     Yun (CHN)
    W 11–5, 11–0
     Gong (CHN)
    L 10–13, 3–11
    Mette Sørensen  Ekmongkolpaisarn (THA)
    W 11–7, 13–10
     Ida (JPN)
    W 13–12, 11–7
     Ye (CHN)
    L 4–11, 6–11
    did not advance
    Ann-Lou Jørgensen
    Mette Schjoldager
    Women's doubles  Evtoushenko /
    Nozdran (UKR)
    W 15–3, 11–15, 15–11
     Tantri /
    Tuwankotta (INA)
    L 16–17, 10–15
    did not advance
    Ann Jørgensen
    Majken Vange
     Grether /
    Stechmann (GER)
    L 13–15, 6–15
    did not advance
    Rikke Olsen
    Helene Kirkegaard
     Koon /
    Ling (HKG)
    W 15–9, 13–15, 15–5
     Yakusheva /
    Ruslyakova (RUS)
    W 17–16, 15–5
     Chung /
    Ra (KOR)
    L 15–12, 12–15, 5–15
    did not advance 5
    Mixed
    Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Jon Holst-Christensen
    Ann Jørgensen
    Mixed doubles  Lee /
    Lee (KOR)
    W 17–15, 15–12
     Archer /
    Goode (GBR)
    L 17–15, 11–15, 7–15
    did not advance
    Michael Søgaard
    Rikke Olsen
    BYE  Beres /
    Solmundson (CAN)
    W 15–8, 15–2
     Suprianto /
    Resiana (INA)
    W 17–14, 10–15, 15–11
     Zhang /
    Gao (CHN)
    L 15–10, 6–15, 16–17
     Archer /
    Goode (GBR)
    L 1–15, 10–15
    4
    Jens Eriksen
    Mette Schjoldager
    BYE  Keck /
    Pitro (GER)
    W 15–7, 15–6
     Kusharjanto /
    Timur (INA)
    L 3–15, 8–15
    did not advance 5

    Canoeing[edit]

    Sprint[edit]

    Men
    Athlete Event Heats Semifinals Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Torsten Tranum K-1 1000 m 03:35.841 2Q 03:38.865 2Q 03:37.811 6
    Paw Madsen
    Jesper Staal
    K-2 500 m 01:32.613 4q 01:32.867 4 did not advance
    K-2 1000 m 03:16.989 4q 03:18.206 4 did not advance

    Cycling[edit]

    Road[edit]

    Athlete Event Time Rank
    Frank Høj Men's road race 5:30:34 6
    Lars Michaelsen DNF
    Michael Sandstød DNF
    Men's time trial DNF
    Nicki Sørensen Men's road race 5:30:46 40
    Rolf Sørensen 5:30:46 59

    Track[edit]

    Points race
    Athlete Event Points Laps Rank
    Jimmi Madsen Men's points race 0 2 23
    Jakob Storm Piil
    Jimmi Madsen
    Men's madison 5 0 12

    Mountain biking[edit]

    Athlete Event Time Rank
    Jesper Agergård Men's cross-country LAP 36
    Michael Rasmussen 2:18:15.57 22

    Equestrian[edit]

    Dressage[edit]

    Athlete Horse Event Grand Prix Grand Prix Special Grand Prix Freestyle Overall
    Score Rank Score Rank Technical Artistic Score Rank
    Jon Pedersen Esprit de Valdemar Individual 1728 11Q 136.51 16Q 204.18 15 204.18 15
    Morton Thomsen Gay 1536 45 did not advance
    Anne van Olst Any How 1625 29 did not advance
    Lone Castrup Jørgensen Kennedy 1796 8Q 146.53 6Q 216.90 7 216.90 7
    Jon Pedersen
    Morton Thomsen
    Anne van Olst
    Lone Castrup Jørgensen
    See above Team 5149 4 5149 4

    Eventing[edit]

    Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
    Qualifier Final
    Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
    Nils Haagensen Discovery II Individual 47.2 14 RT AC AC did not advamced

    Show jumping[edit]

    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 Canute Individual 4.75 9 0.00 4.75 1Q 8.00 12.75 6Q 0.00 1 12.00 12.00 10 12.00 10

    Handball[edit]

    Women

    Preliminary round[edit]

    For the preliminary round, the ten teams were distributed into two groups of five teams. Each team played against each of its four group opponents for a total of four matches. The four best-scoring teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

    Group B[edit]

    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1  Norway 4 4 0 0 101 72 +29 8 Quarterfinals
    2  Denmark 4 3 0 1 124 83 +41 6
    3  Austria 4 2 0 2 131 90 +41 4
    4  Brazil 4 1 0 3 100 133 −33 2
    5  Australia (H) 4 0 0 4 59 137 −78 0 Ninth place game
    Source: [citation needed]
    (H) Hosts
    17 September 2000
    16:30
    Denmark  17–19  Norway Pavilion 2, Sydney
    Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
    four players3 (7–10) Bjerkrheim, Grini4
    Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square

    19 September 2000
    21:30
    Austria  26–30  Denmark Pavilion 2, Sydney
    Referees: Kohout, Dolejš (CZE)
    Fridrikas11 (13–16) Andersen, Kiærskou7
    Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

    21 September 2000
    19:30
    Australia  12–38  Denmark Pavilion 2, Sydney
    Referees: Chung, Lim (KOR)
    Kahmke5 (6–18) Andersen, Roslyng7
    Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square Yellow card 3×number 2 in light blue rounded square

    25 September 2000
    14:30
    Denmark  39–26  Brazil Pavilion 2, Sydney
    Referees: Bojsen, Anusic (USA)
    Kiærskou9 (19–12) Sales9
    Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

    Quarterfinals[edit]

    28 September 2000
    19:30
    France  26–28 (ET)  Denmark The Dome, Sydney
    Referees: Marić, Gardinovački (FRY)
    Myaro11 (8–13) Andersen7
    Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

    FT: 24–24 ET: 2–4

    Semifinals[edit]

    29 September 2000
    19:30
    South Korea  29–31  Denmark The Dome, Sydney
    Referees: Gallego, Lamas (ESP)
    Lee S., Oh S.7 (11–20) Hoffmann8
    Yellow card 5×number 2 in light blue rounded square Yellow card 4×number 2 in light blue rounded square

    Gold medal game[edit]

    1 October 2000
    16:30
    Denmark  31–27  Hungary The Dome, Sydney
    Referees: Garcia, Moréno (FRA)
    Hoffmann11 (14–16) Radulović9
    Yellow card 2×number 2 in light blue rounded square Yellow card 1×number 2 in light blue rounded square

    Modern Pentathlon[edit]

    In June 2000, Pernille Svarre became world pentathlon champion, winning gold at the championship in Pesaro, Italy. The same year, she was the first Danish woman to compete in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics where the discipline was included for the first time.

    Athlete Event Shooting
    (10 m air pistol)
    Fencing
    (épée one touch)
    Swimming
    (200 m freestyle)
    Riding
    (show jumping)
    Running
    (3000 m)
    Total points Final rank
    Points Rank MP Points Wins Rank MP points Time Rank MP points Penalties Rank MP points Time Rank MP Points
    Pernille Svarre Women's 161 23 868 7 24 640 2:29.94 23 1101 398 19 702 10:22.56 2 1230 4541 19

    Rowing[edit]

    Men
    Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Bertil Samuelson
    Bo Kaliszan
    Double Sculls 6:58.88 5R 6:30.87 2SF 6:40.11 6FB 6:23.20 10
    Søren Madsen
    Thomas Ebert
    Eskild Ebbesen
    Victor Feddersen
    Lightweight coxless four 6:21.30 4R 6:08.63 1SF 6:01.67 2FA 6:03.51
    Women
    Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semifinals Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Bianca Carstensen
    Katrin Gleie
    Sarah Lauritzen
    Dorthe Pedersen
    Quadruple Sculls 6:35.39 3R 6:35.76 2FA 6:31.30 6

    Sailing[edit]

    Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal.

    Men
    Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    Lasse Hjortnaes Finn 21 21 23 12 13 6 DNF 17 21 13 14 138 20
    Women
    Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
    Kristine Roug Europe 5 21 2 1 10 6 4 OCS 16 19 OCS 84.0 10
    Susanne Ward
    Michaëla Ward-Meehan
    Women's 470 3 10 11 11 18 17 4 7 15 8 2 71 10
    Open
    Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
    Peder Rønholt Laser 17 32 12 4 10 24 6 9 17 11 17 103 13
    Michael Hestbæk
    Jonatan Persson
    49er 8 2 7 13 17 8 9 8 16 12 2 5 OCS 2 7 9 108 9
    Stig Raagaard Hansen
    Helene Hansen
    Tornado 14 15 16 6 11 9 10 12 7 12 17 96 13
    Match racing
    Athlete Event Qualification races Total Rank Round Robin 1 Rank Round Robin 2 Rank Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM Rank
    1 2 3 4 5 6
    GER

    SWE

    FRA

    UKR

    GBR

    GER

    RUS

    SWE

    AUS

    USA
    Jesper Bank
    Henrik Blakskjær
    Thomas Jacobsen
    Soling 6 16 12 12 11 4 45 12q W L W W L 3Q W W L W W 1Q
    GER L

    NED W

    NOR W

    NZL W

    RUS W
    4–1
    1Q
     Norway (NOR)
    W 3–1
     Germany (GER)
    W 4–3

    Shooting[edit]

    Men
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Score Rank Score Rank
    Torben Grimmel 50 m rifle prone 597 5Q 700.4
    Women
    Athlete Event Qualification Final
    Score Rank Score Rank
    Anni Bisso 50 m rifle three positions 584 4Q 675.6 6
    10 m air rifle 391 20 did not advance
    Karen Hansen 25 m pistol 572 28 did not advance
    10 m air pistol 376 25 did not advance
    Susanne Meyerhoff 25 m pistol 562 39 did not advance
    10 m air pistol 372 35 did not advance

    Swimming[edit]

    Men
    Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Jacob Carstensen 200 metre freestyle 1:50.41 20 did not advance
    400 metre freestyle 03:54.14 18 did not advance
    Dennis Otzen Jensen 100 metre butterfly 55.70 42 did not advance
    Dennis Otzen Jensen
    Henrik Steen Andersen
    Jeppe Nielsen
    Jacob Carstensen
    4 × 100 m freestyle relay 03:24.78 18 did not advance
    Jacob Carstensen
    Henrik Steen Andersen
    Jeppe Nielsen
    Dennis Otzen Jensen
    4 × 200 m freestyle relay 07:24.63 11 did not advance
    Women
    Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
    Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
    Mette Jacobsen 50 metre freestyle 25.96 17 did not advance
    100 metre butterfly 59.45 8Q 59.75 13 did not advance
    200 metre butterfly 02:09.30 5Q 02:08.11 5Q 02:08.24 4
    Louise Ørnstedt 100 metre backstroke 01:01.98 6Q 01:01.69 7Q 01:02.02 8
    200 metre backstroke 02:13.61 10Q 02:14.24 12 did not advance
    Sophia Skou 100 metre butterfly 59.79 14Q 59.89 15 did not advance
    200 metre butterfly 02:11.35 13Q 02:11.07 14 did not advance

    Table tennis[edit]

    Doubles
    Athlete Event Group round Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Bronze medal Final
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Opposition
    Result
    Rank
    Michael Maze
    Finn Tugwell
    Men's doubles Group F
     Matsushita /
    Shibutani (JPN)
    W 2 – 0
     Yinghua /
    Nguyen (USA)
    W 2 – 0
    1Q  Yen-shu /
    Peng-lung (TPE)
    L 0 – 3
    did not advance

    Taekwondo[edit]

    Denmark has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

    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
    Muhammed Dahmani Men's −80 kg  Hansen (AUS)
    L 5–6
    did not advance
    Hanne Høgh Poulsen Women's −49 kg  Poe (USA)
    W 4–3
     Putri (INA)
    W 7–2
     Burns (AUS)
    L 0–1
     Pérez (MEX)
    W 2–1
     Shu-ju (TPE)
    L 0–4
    4

    Tennis[edit]

    Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Opposition
    Score
    Rank
    Kristian Pless Men's singles  Sargsian (ARM)
    W 6–3, 6–4
     Philippoussis (AUS)
    L 4–6, 4–6
    did not advance

    Triathlon[edit]

    Athlete Event Swim (1.5 km) Bike (40 km) Run (10 km) Total Time Rank
    Jan Knobelauch Hansen Men's 19:23.69 1:02:48.90 33:29.47 1:55:42.06 44
    Marie Overbye Women's 20:56.08 1:06:41.50 39:39.93 2:07:17.51 28

    References[edit]


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