Denmark competed at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 7 September to 18 September 2016. They had athletes participating in athletics, cycling, equestrian, shooting, swimming and table tennis. They won a total of seven medals; one gold, two silver and four bronze.
Disability classifications
Every participant at the Paralympics has their disability grouped into one of five disability categories; amputation, the condition may be congenital or sustained through injury or illness; cerebral palsy; wheelchair athletes, there is often overlap between this and other categories; visual impairment, including blindness; Les autres, any physical disability that does not fall strictly under one of the other categories, for example dwarfism or multiple sclerosis. Each Paralympic sport then has its own classifications, dependent upon the specific physical demands of competition. Events are given a code, made of numbers and letters, describing the type of event and classification of the athletes competing. Some sports, such as athletics, divide athletes by both the category and severity of their disabilities, other sports, for example swimming, group competitors from different categories together, the only separation being based on the severity of the disability.
Medallists Medal Name Sport Event Date Table tennis Men's singles class 6 Equestrian Individual Championship test grade III Athletics Men's 100 m T42 Swimming Men's 150 m individual medley SM4 Equestrian Individual Championship test grade Ib Equestrian Individual Freestyle test grade Ib Athletics Men's long jump T42
Medals by sportSportTotalTable tennis 1 0 0 1Equestrian 0 1 2 3Athletics 0 1 1 2Swimming 0 0 1 1Total 1 2 4 7
Athletics
AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankEbbe BlichfeldtMen's 1500 m T543:13.088did not advanceMen's 5000 m T5411:42.209did not advanceMohamed HersiMen's 1500 m T20colspan=2 4:11.419Ronni JensenMen's discus throw F37colspan=2 48.105Frida JersoWomen's discus throw F55colspan=2 16.019Daniel JørgensenMen's 100 m T4212.472 Q12.32Men's 200 m T4225.263 Q25.205Men's long jump T42colspan=2 6.57Christoffer VienbergMen's 1500 m T38colspan=2 4:31.685Kristel WaltherWomen's discus throw F44colspan=2 25.159
Cycling
Road AthleteEventTimeRankKim Klüver ChristiansenMen's road race H41:28:598Men's time trial H428:55.714Michael JorgensenMen's road race H41:33:009Men's time trial H430:12.539
Equestrian The country qualified to participate in the team event at the Rio Games. They earned an additional individual slot via the Para Equestrian Individual Ranking List Allocation method.
Individual AthleteHorseEventFinalResultRankStinna KaastrupSmartiesIndividual Championship test grade Ib73.966Individual Freestyle test grade Ib74.750Annika Lykke Dalskov RisumAros A FenrisIndividual Championship test grade III70.1225Individual Freestyle test grade III73.0504Caroline NielsenLeonIndividual Championship test grade II69.0576Individual Freestyle test grade II72.7505Susanne SunesenQue FaireIndividual Championship test grade III72.171Individual Freestyle test grade III72.6005
Team
AthleteHorseEventIndividual scoreTotalTotalScoreRankStinna KaastrupSee aboveTeam71.68073.966145.646428.2294Annika Lykke Dalskov Risum70.13270.122140.254Caroline Nielsen68.412 #69.057 #137.469Susanne Sunesen70.15872.171142.329 "#" indicates that the score of this rider does not count in the team competition, since only the best three results of a team are counted.
Shooting
The first opportunity to qualify for shooting at the Rio Games took place at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl. Shooters earned spots for their NPC. The United Arab Emirates earned a qualifying spot at this competition in the R5 – 10m Air Rifle Prone Mixed SH2 event as a result of the performance of Johnny Andersen.
AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankJohnny AndersenMixed 10 m air rifle prone SH2627.428colspan=2 did not advanceMixed 10 m air rifle standing SH2622.822colspan=2 did not advance
Swimming
Men AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankLasse Andersen50 m freestyle S1026.5116did not advance100 m freestyle S1058.7820did not advance100 m butterfly S101:00.759did not advanceJonas Larsen50 m freestyle S537.8212did not advance100 m freestyle S51:25.2512did not advance200 m freestyle S53:00.4111did not advance50 m breaststroke SB354.7710did not advance50 m backstroke S544.189did not advance150 m individual medley SM42:35.953 Q2:33.67Niels Mortensen50 m freestyle S828.4012did not advance100 m freestyle S81:02.9611did not advance100 m butterfly S81:05.999did not advance100 m backstroke S81:10.418 Q1:09.628200 m individual medley SM82:32.987 Q2:29.777
Women AthleteEventHeatFinalResultRankResultRankAmalie Vinther50 m freestyle S833.8912did not advance100 m freestyle S81:11.909did not advance400 m freestyle S85:13.995 Q5:12.015100 m butterfly S81:27.7811did not advance200 m individual medley SM83:08.1611did not advance
Table tennis
Men AthleteEventGroupRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultMichal JensenSingles class 6L 0–3W 3–12 QL 2–3did not advancePeter RosenmeierW 3–2W 3–11 Qalign=center W 3–0W 3–1W 3–2Michal JensenPeter RosenmeierTeam class 6-8colspan=3 L 0–2did not advance9
Women AthleteEventGroupRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultSophie WalløeSingles class 10L 0–3W 3–0W 3–22 Qalign=center colspan=2 L 0–3L 0–34
See also Denmark at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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