Denmark competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark sent the nation's second largest delegation to the Games after the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. A total of 113 athletes, 63 men and 50 women, competed in 17 sports, although two additional athletes played as team reserves. Handball was the only team-based sport in which Denmark was represented in at these Olympic games.

The Danish team included several past Olympic champions, one of them defending (the men's lightweight coxless fours team, led by veteran rowers Eskild Ebbesen and Morten Jørgensen). Notable athletes included tennis player Caroline Wozniacki, and swimmer Lotte Friis, who won a bronze medal in Beijing. Kim Wraae Knudsen, silver medalist in the men's sprint kayak doubles in Beijing, was the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.

Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union (Dansk Idræts-Forbund, DIF) set a goal of eight medals. Team Danmark and DIF also believed Denmark had the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, shooting, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing. At the end of the Games, Denmark had reached beyond the medal target by a single point.

Denmark left London with a total of 9 medals (2 gold, 4 silver, and 3 bronze), this being considered its most successful Olympics in 64 years. The gold medals were won by rowers Rasmus Quist Hansen and Mads Rasmussen in the men's lightweight double sculls, and track cyclist Lasse Norman Hansen in the first ever men's omnium. Other medals were awarded to the team in sailing, shooting, badminton, and women's rowing. Several Danish athletes narrowly missed out on the medal standings in their sporting events, including two competitors in the Greco-Roman wrestling.

Medalists

| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Mads Rasmussen Rowing Men's lightweight double sculls Cycling Men's omnium Shooting Men's skeet Rowing Women's single sculls Sailing Finn class Carsten Mogensen Badminton Men's doubles Kasper Winther JørgensenMorten JørgensenJacob BarsøeEskild Ebbesen Rowing Men's lightweight coxless four Christinna Pedersen Badminton Mixed doubles Allan Nørregaard Sailing 49er | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" |

Medals by sportSportTotalRowing1113Cycling1001Badminton0112Sailing0112Shooting0101Total2439

Competitors

| width=78% align=left valign=top | The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games: SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 3 3Athletics 3 3 6Badminton 6 4 10Boxing 1 0 1Canoeing 4 1 5Cycling 10 1 11Equestrian 0 4 4Gymnastics 1 0 1Handball 14 14 28Rowing 7 3 10Sailing 5 6 11Shooting 3 2 5Swimming 5 5 10Table tennis 2 1 3Tennis 0 1 1Triathlon 0 2 2Wrestling 2 0 2 Total 63 50 113 | width=22% align=left valign=top |

Medals by dateDayDateTotalDay 128 July0000Day 229 July0000Day 330 July0000Day 431 July0101Day 51 August0000Day 62 August001 1Day 73 August0011Day 84 August1102Day 95 August1203Day 106 August0000Day 117 August0000Day 128 August0011Day 139 August0000Day 1410 August0000Day 1511 August0000Day 1612 August0000Total2439

Archery

Three Danish individual quota places as well as a team quota place were secured at the 2011 World Archery Championships on 6 June 2011, as the Danish team, consisting of Carina Christiansen, Maja Jager and Louise Laursen, finished 8th in the women's recurve event. The same three archers were selected for participation by the NOC on 14 May 2012.

AthleteEvent Ranking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCarina ChristiansenWomen's individual6637 (58)W 7–3 (39)W 6–4 (10)L 2–6 did not advanceMaja Jager64235 (30)L 5–6Did not advanceLouise Laursen64136 (29)W 7–3 (4)L 4–6Did not advanceCarina ChristiansenMaja JagerLouise LaursenWomen's team19468colspan=2 (9)W 211–210 (1)L 195–206Did not advance

Athletics

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):

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 AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAndreas Bube800 m1:46.406Did not advanceJesper FaurschouMarathoncolspan=4 2:18:4441

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionKim ChristensenShot put19.1328Did not advance

Women Track & road events AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankSara Slott Petersen400 m hurdles56.016 q56.216 did not advanceJessica DraskauMarathoncolspan=4 2:31:4340

Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePositionCaroline Bonde HolmPole vault—Did not advance

Badminton

The BWF World Ranking of 1 May 2012 was used for the qualifying for the badminton tournament. This gave Denmark the following quota places: 2 in men's singles, 1 in men's doubles, 1 in women's singles, 1 in women's doubles and 2 in mixed doubles. Nine players were selected on 14 May 2012.

Men AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPeter GadeSinglesW 21–14, 21–8colspan=2 1 QW 21–9, 21–16L 16–21, 13–21Did not advanceJan Østergaard JørgensenW 21–13, 21–12W 21–17, 21–141 QL 17–21, 13–21 did not advanceMathias BoeCarsten MogensenDoublesW 21–6, 21–12W 16–21, 21–19, 21–14W 21–14, 21–191 QW 21–16, 21–18W 17–21, 21–18, 22–20L 16–21, 15–21

Women AthleteEventGroup stageEliminationQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankTine BaunSinglesW 21–11, 21–6W 19–21, 21–15, 21–161 Q (12)W 14–15L 15–21, 20–22Did not advanceKamilla Rytter JuhlChristinna PedersenDoublesL 21–18, 14–21, 17–21W 21–13, 14–21, 21–18W 22–20, 21–121 QL 20–22, 10–21Did not advance

Mixed AthleteEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankThomas LaybournKamilla Rytter JuhlDoublesW 21–12, 21–16W 21–15, 21–11L 22–24, 16–212 QL 13–21, 17–21Did not advanceJoachim Fischer NielsenChristinna PedersenW 21–12, 21–11W 21–9, 14–21, 21–17W 21–11, 21–101 QW 21–15, 21–13L 21–17, 17–21, 19–21W 21–12, 21–12

Boxing

Denmark qualified in the following event with one qualifier.

Men AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankDennis CeylanBantamweightL 6–21Did not advance

Canoeing

Sprint Denmark has qualified boats for the following events in the sprint discipline of the canoeing sport. No Danish canoeists competed in the slalom discipline.

AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankKasper BleibachMen's K-1 200 m36.6103 Q36.6675 37.8029René Holten PoulsenMen's K-1 1000 m3:30.2841 Q3:30.2473 3:29.4834Kim Wraae KnudsenEmil Stær SimensenMen's K-2 1000 m3:17.0205 Q3:15.5804 3:12.8209Kasper BleibachKim Wraae KnudsenRené Holten PoulsenEmil Stær SimensenMen's K-4 1000 m3:05.1343 Q2:56.0036 2:56.5425Henriette Engel HansenWomen's K-1 200 m42.8664 Q42.8217 did not advanceWomen's K-1 500 m1:52.6502 Q1:51.9292 1:54.1107

Cycling

Denmark has qualified cyclists in all 4 disciplines in the cycling sport.

Road AthleteEventTimeRankLars BakMen's road race5:46:3771Men's time trial54:33.2114Matti BreschelMen's road race5:46:3742Jakob FuglsangMen's road race5:46:0512Men's time trial54:34.4915Nicki SørensenMen's road race5:46:3757

Track Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTimeRankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankLasse Norman Hansen*Michael MørkøvMathias Møller Nielsen**Rasmus QuaadeCasper von FolsachMen's team pursuit3:58.2984 Q3:57.39654:02.6715

Omnium AthleteEventFlying lapPoints raceElimination raceIndividual pursuitScratch raceTime trialTotal pointsRankTimeRankPointsRankRankTimeRankRankTimeRankLasse Norman HansenMen's omnium 13.236 4 59 2 12 4:20.674 1 6 1:02.314 2 27

Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankAnnika LangvadWomen's cross-country Annika Langvad has withdrawn from the Olympics due to broken ribs.Langvad out of Olympic mountain bike race cyclingnews 1. August 2012

BMX AthleteEventSeedingQuarterfinalSemifinalFinalResultRankPointsRankPointsRankResultRankMorten TherkildsenMen's BMX39.37825205Did not advance

Equestrian

Dressage Denmark has qualified one team and three individual quota places to the dressage discipline in the Equestrian sport after finishing in sixth place at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. No Danish riders compete in the two other disciplines.

AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankAnna KasprzakDonnperignonIndividual75.28912 Q73.95216 Q74.17978.71476.44618Lisbeth SeierskildeRaneur69.86332Did not advanceAnne Van OlstClearwater71.32223 Q72.01621Did not advanceNathalie Zu Sayn-WittgensteinDigby74.95413 Q75.8579 Q76.32181.85779.01812Anna KasprzakAnne Van OlstNathalie Zu Sayn-WittgensteinSee aboveTeam73.8454 Q73.8464 Qcolspan=2 73.8464

Gymnastics

Trampoline Denmark qualified one male athlete in trampolining. No Danish gymnasts competed in the other two disciplines of the gymnastics sport.

AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankPeter JensenMen's104.69510Did not advance

Handball

The men's team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship. The women's team qualified through the World Qualification Tournament. This was the first ever Olympics where both the Danish men's and women's handball teams were present. The men's squad was announced on 29 May 2012 with the reserve determined one month later, and the women's squad was announced on 2 July 2012.

Men's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Quarter-final

Women's tournament

Team roster

Group play

Rowing

Denmark has qualified boats for the following events

Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankHenrik StephansenSingle sculls6:46.323 QFcolspan=2 6:55.954 SC/D7:29.761 FC7:19.6213Rasmus Quist HansenMads RasmussenLightweight double sculls6:33.111 SA/Bcolspan=2 colspan=2 6:33.251 FA6:37.17 Jacob BarsøeEskild EbbesenMorten JørgensenKasper Winther JørgensenLightweight four5:55.643 SA/Bcolspan=2 colspan=2 6:03.531 FA6:03.16

Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFie Udby ErichsenSingle sculls7:29.372 QFcolspan=2 7:38.931 SA/B7:44.331 FA7:57.72Anne LolkJuliane Elander RasmussenLightweight double sculls6:59.942 SA/Bcolspan=2 colspan=2 7:10.932 FA7:15.534 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; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Sailing

Each NOC could only enter one boat at each event, and Denmark qualified to enter a boat in eight out of the ten events only missing Women's RS-X and Men's 470. Which means that Danish sailors competed in all eight Olympic boat types.

Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910Sebastian FleischerRS:X1828242329292915282622029Thorbjørn SchierupLaser36162482316523241815719Jonas Høgh-ChristensenFinn11271284532046Michael HestbækClaus OlesenStar121113141376314108911

Women