Denmark at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Medalist

MedalNameSportEventDate , Katrine FruelundMaja Grønbæk, Lotte KiærskouKarin Mortensen, Anja NielsenRikke Schmidt, Christina RoslyngMette Vestergaard, Anette HoffmannCamilla Andersen, Janne KollingLene Rantala, Tina BøttzauTonje Kjærgaard Handball Women's tournament Thomas JacobsenJesper Bank Sailing Men's Soling Class Athletics Men's 800 meters Badminton Women's singles Shooting Men's 50m Rifle Prone Søren MadsenEskild EbbesenVictor Feddersen Rowing Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

Archery

AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKatja Brix PoulsonWomen's individual609 57 (8)L 152–161did not advance57

Athletics

Men Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankWilson Kipketer800 metres01:45.571 Q01:44.221 Q01:45.14 Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Jan BieleckiHammer throw70.4633did not advanceJoachim OlsenShot put19.41 17did not advance

Women Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalDistancePositionDistancePosition Marie RasmussenPole vault4.30 NR7 q4.35 NR8

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 AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPeter GadeMen's singlesW 15–3, 15–9W 15–8, 15–7W 15–6, 15–6L 9–15, 15–1, 9–15L 13–15, 5–154Poul-Erik Høyer LarsenL 3–15, 17–16, 10–15did not advanceKenneth JonassenW 14–17, 15–8, 17–15W 15–8, 15–5L 6–15, 7–15did not advanceMartin Lundgaard HansenLars PaaskeMen's doublesW 15–6, 15–6L 9–15, 15–13, 7–15did not advanceJim LaugesenMichael SøgaardL 9–15, 7–15did not advanceJesper LarsenJens EriksenW 15–2, 15–1L 12–15, 10–15did not advance5 Women AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankCamilla MartinWomen's singlesW 11–6, 11–2W 11–7, 11–3W 11–2, 11–1W 11–5, 11–0L 10–13, 3–11Mette SørensenW 11–7, 13–10W 13–12, 11–7L 4–11, 6–11did not advanceAnn-Lou JørgensenMette SchjoldagerWomen's doublesW 15–3, 11–15, 15–11L 16–17, 10–15did not advanceAnn JørgensenMajken VangeL 13–15, 6–15did not advanceRikke OlsenHelene KirkegaardW 15–9, 13–15, 15–5W 17–16, 15–5L 15–12, 12–15, 5–15did not advance5 Mixed AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJon Holst-ChristensenAnn JørgensenMixed doublesW 17–15, 15–12L 17–15, 11–15, 7–15did not advanceMichael SøgaardRikke OlsenW 15–8, 15–2W 17–14, 10–15, 15–11L 15–10, 6–15, 16–17L 1–15, 10–154Jens EriksenMette SchjoldagerW 15–7, 15–6L 3–15, 8–15did not advance5

Canoeing

Sprint Men AthleteEventHeatsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTorsten TranumK-1 1000 m03:35.8412 Q03:38.8652 Q03:37.8116Paw MadsenJesper StaalK-2 500 m01:32.6134 q01:32.8674did not advanceK-2 1000 m03:16.9894 q03:18.2064did not advance

Cycling

Road AthleteEventTimeRankFrank HøjMen's road race5:30:346Lars MichaelsenDNFMichael SandstødDNFMen's time trialDNFNicki SørensenMen's road race5:30:4640Rolf Sørensen5:30:4659

Track Points race AthleteEventPointsLapsRankJimmi MadsenMen's points race0223Jakob Storm PiilJimmi MadsenMen's madison5 012

Mountain biking AthleteEventTimeRankJesper AgergårdMen's cross-countryLAP36Michael Rasmussen2:18:15.5722

Equestrian

Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand PrixGrand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankJon PedersenEsprit de ValdemarIndividual172811 Q136.5116 Q204.18 15204.18 15Morton Thomsen Gay153645did not advanceAnne van Olst Any How162529did not advanceLone Castrup JørgensenKennedy17968 Q146.536 Q216.90 7216.90 7Jon PedersenMorton ThomsenAnne van OlstLone Castrup JørgensenSee aboveTeam5149 4colspan=4 5149 4

Eventing AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalQualifierFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankNils HaagensenDiscovery IIIndividual47.2 14 RTACACdid not advanced

Show jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalTotalRound 1Round 2Round 3Round ARound BPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesTotal RankPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankThomas VelinCanuteIndividual4.7590.00 4.75 1 Q8.0012.756 Q0.00112.0012.001012.0010

Handball

Women

Preliminary round 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

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Gold medal game

Modern Pentathlon

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. AthleteEventShooting(10 m air pistol)Fencing(épée one touch)Swimming(200 m freestyle)Riding(show jumping)Running(3000 m)Total pointsFinal rankPointsRankMP PointsWinsRankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsPenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP PointsPernille SvarreWomen's161 238687 24 6402:29.942311013981970210:22.5621230454119

Rowing

Men AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankBertil SamuelsonBo KaliszanDouble Sculls6:58.88 5 R6:30.87 2 SF6:40.11 6 FB6:23.20 10Søren MadsenThomas EbertEskild EbbesenVictor FeddersenLightweight coxless four6:21.30 4 R6:08.631 SF6:01.672 FA6:03.51 Women AthleteEventHeatsRepechageSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTime RankBianca CarstensenKatrin GleieSarah LauritzenDorthe PedersenQuadruple Sculls6:35.393 R6:35.762 FAcolspan=2 6:31.30 6

Sailing

Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal. Men AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Lasse HjortnaesFinn21 21 231213 6 DNF17 21 13 1413820

Women AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank1234567891011Kristine RougEurope5 21 2 1 10 6 4 OCS16 19 OCS84.0 10Susanne WardMichaëla Ward-MeehanWomen's 4703 10 11 11 18174 7 15 8 2 7110

Open AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank12345678910111213141516Peder RønholtLaser17 3212 4 10 246 9 17 11 17 colspan=5 10313 Michael HestbækJonatan Persson49er8 2 7 13 178 9 8 16 12 2 5 OCS2 7 9 1089 Stig Raagaard HansenHelene HansenTornado14 15166119101271217colspan=5 9613

Match racing AthleteEventQualification racesTotalRankRound Robin 1RankRound Robin 2RankQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / Rank123456Jesper BankHenrik BlakskjærThomas JacobsenSoling6 1612 12 11 4 45 12 qWLWWL3 QWWLWW1 Q L W W W W 4–1 1 Q W 3–1 W 4–3

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankTorben Grimmel50 m rifle prone5975 Q 700.4

Women AthleteEventQualificationFinalScoreRankScoreRankAnni Bisso50 m rifle three positions5844 Q675.6 610 m air rifle39120did not advanceKaren Hansen25 m pistol57228 did not advance10 m air pistol37625did not advanceSusanne Meyerhoff25 m pistol56239 did not advance10 m air pistol37235did not advance

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJacob Carstensen200 metre freestyle1:50.41 20did not advance400 metre freestyle03:54.1418did not advanceDennis Otzen Jensen100 metre butterfly55.70 42did not advanceDennis Otzen JensenHenrik Steen AndersenJeppe NielsenJacob Carstensen4 × 100 m freestyle relay03:24.78 18did not advanceJacob CarstensenHenrik Steen AndersenJeppe NielsenDennis Otzen Jensen4 × 200 m freestyle relay07:24.6311did not advance

Women AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankMette Jacobsen50 metre freestyle25.9617did not advance100 metre butterfly59.458 Q59.7513did not advance200 metre butterfly02:09.305 Q02:08.115 Q02:08.24 4Louise Ørnstedt100 metre backstroke01:01.986 Q01:01.69 7 Q01:02.02 8200 metre backstroke02:13.6110 Q02:14.2412did not advanceSophia Skou100 metre butterfly59.7914 Q59.89 15did not advance200 metre butterfly02:11.3513 Q02:11.0714did not advance

Table tennis

Doubles AthleteEventGroup roundRound of 16 QuarterfinalsSemifinalsBronze medalFinalOppositionResultRankOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMichael MazeFinn TugwellMen's doublesGroup FW 2 – 0W 2 – 01 QL 0 – 3did not advance

Taekwondo

Denmark has qualified a single taekwondo jin. AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMuhammed DahmaniMen's −80 kgL 5–6did not advanceHanne Høgh PoulsenWomen's −49 kgW 4–3W 7–2L 0–1W 2–1L 0–44

Tennis

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKristian PlessMen's singlesW 6–3, 6–4L 4–6, 4–6did not advance

Triathlon

AthleteEventSwim (1.5 km)Bike (40 km)Run (10 km)Total TimeRankJan Knobelauch HansenMen's19:23.69 1:02:48.90 33:29.47 1:55:42.06 44Marie Overbye Women's20:56.08 1:06:41.50 39:39.932:07:17.5128

References sports-reference Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1 – Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2 – Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site