Denmark at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney under the IOC country code DEN. It was the twenty-third appearance of the European nation, having missed only the 1904 Summer Olympics.

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Denmark finished in 30th position in the final medal rankings

Gold

Henrik Blakskjær, Thomas Jacobsen and Jesper Bank — Sailing, Men's Soling team competition

Karen Brødsgaard, Katrine Fruelund, Maja Grønbæk, Lotte Kiærskou, Karin Mortensen, Anja Nielsen, Rikke Schmidt, Christina Roslyng, Mette Vestergaard, Anette Hoffman, Camilla Andersen, Janne Kolling, Lene Rantala, Tina Bottzau and Tonje Kjærgaard — Handball, Women's team competition

Silver

Wilson Kipketer — Athletics, Men's 800 metres

Camilla Martin — Badminton, Women's Singles

Torben Grimmel — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle

Bronze

Thomas Ebert, Søren Madsen, Eskild Ebbesen, and Victor Feddersen — Rowing, Men's Lightweight Coxless Fours

Results by event

Women's Individual Competition:
Katja Poulsen – Round of 64 (→ 45th place), 0-1

Men's competition

Men's 800m

Wilson Kipketer
# Round 1 – 01:45.57
# Semifinal – 01:44.22
# Final – 01:45.14 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Shot Put

Joachim Broechner Olsen
# Qualifying – 19.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

Jan Bielecki
# Qualifying – 70.46 (→ did not advance)

Women's competition

Women's Pole Vault

Marie Bagger Rasmussen
# Qualifying – 4.30
# Final – 4.35 (→ 8th place)

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's Singles
Kenneth Jonassen
# Round of 64 – Defeated Seung-Mo Shon of Korea
# Round of 32 – Defeated Ruud Kuijten of Belgium
# Round of 16 – Lost to Choong Hann Wong of Malaysia

Peter Gade
# Round of 64 – Bye
# Round of 32 – Defeated Denis Constantin of Mauritius
# Round of 16 – Defeated Fung Permadi of Chinese Taipei
# Quarterfinal – Defeated Marlev Mario Mainaky of Indonesia
# Semifinal – Lost to Xinpeng Ji of China
# Bronze medal match – Lost to Xuanze Xia of China

Poul-Erik Hoyer
# Round of 64 – Bye
# Round of 32 – Lost to Jun Sun of China
Men's Doubles
Martin Lundgaard Hansen and Lars Paaske
# Round of 32 – Defeated Mihail Popov, Svetoslav Stoyanov of Bulgaria
# Round of 16 – Lost to Ricky Ahmad Subagja, Rexy Ronald Mainaky of Indonesia

Jim Laugesen and Michael Sogaard
# Round of 32 – Bye
# Round of 16 – Lost to Tony Gunawan, Candra Wijaya of Indonesia

Jesper Larsen and Jens Eriksen
# Round of 32 – Bye
# Round of 16 – Defeated Brent Olynyk, Bryan Moody of Canada
# Quarterfinal – Lost to Dong-Soo Lee, Yong-Sung Yoo of Korea
Women's Singles
Mette Sorensen
# Round of 64 – Defeated Sujitra Eakmongkolpaisarn of Thailand
# Round of 32 – Defeated Takako Ida of Japan
# Round of 16 – Lost to Zhaoying Ye of China

Camilla Martin
# Round of 64 – Bye
# Round of 32 – Defeated Ellen Angelinawaty of Indonesia
# Round of 16 – Defeated Kelly Morgan of Great Britain
# Quarterfinal – Defeated Mia Audina Tjiptawan of Netherlands
# Semifinal – Defeated Yun Dai of China
# Gold medal match – Lost to Zhichao Gong of China – → Silver Medal
Women's Doubles
Ann-Lou Jorgensen and Mette Schjoldager
# Round of 32 – Defeated Elena Nozdran, Viktoriya Yevtushenko of Ukraine
# Round of 16 – Lost to Eti Lesmina Tantra, Chynthia Tuwankotta of Indonesia

Ann Jorgensen and Majken Vange
# Round of 32 – Lost to Nicole Grether, Karen Stechmann of Germany

Rikke Olsen and Helene Kirkegaard
# Round of 32 – Defeated Wanting Ling, Wai Chee Louisa Koon of Hong Kong
# Round of 16 – Defeated Marina Yakusheva, Irina Rousliakova of Russia
# Quarterfinal – Lost to Kyung-Min Ra, Jae Hee Chung of Korea
Mixed Doubles
Jon Holst-Christensen and Ann Jorgdenson
# Round of 32 – Defeated Dong-Soo Lee, Hyo-Jung Lee of Korea
# Round of 16 – Lost to Simon Archer, Joanne Goode of Great Britain

Michael Sogaard and Rikke Olsen
# Round of 32 – Bye
# Round of 16 – Defeated Mike Beres, Kara Solmundson of Canada
# Quarterfinal – Defeated Bambang Suprianto, Zelin Resiana of Indonesia
# Semifinal – Lost to Jun Zhang, Ling Gao of China
# Bronze medal match – Lost to Simon Archer, Joanne Goode of Great Britain

Jens Eriksen and Mette Schjoldager
# Round of 32 – Bye
# Round of 16 – Defeated Michael Keck, Nicol Pitro of Germany
# Quarterfinal – Lost to Tri Kusharyanto, Minarti Timur of Indonesia

Flatwater

Men's competition

Men's Kayak Singles 1000m

Torsten Tranum
# Qualifying Heat – 03:35.841
# Semifinal – 03:38.865
# Final – 03:37.811 (→ 6th place)

Men's Kayak Doubles 500m

Paw Madsen, Jesper Staal
# Qualifying Heat – 01:32.613
# Semifinal – 01:32.867 (→ did not advance)

Men's Kayak Doubles 1,000m

Paw Madsen, Jesper Staal
# Qualifying Heat – 03:16.989
# Semifinal – 03:18.206 (→ did not advance)

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Men's Cross Country Mountain Bike

Michael Rasmussen
# Final – 2:18:15.57 (→ 22nd place)

Jesper Agergaard
# Final – Lapped

Road Cycling

Men's Individual Time Trial

Michael Sandstod
# Final – DNF

Men's Road Race

Frank Hoj
# Final – 5:30:34 (→ 6th place)

Nicki Sorensen
# Final – 5:30:46 (→ 40th place)

Rolf Sorensen
# Final – 5:30:46 (→ 59th place)

Lars Michaelsen
# Final – DNF

Michael Sandstod
# Final – DNF

Track Cycling

Men's Point Race

Jimmi Madsen
*Points – 0
*Laps Down – 2 (→ 23rd place)

Men's Madison

Jakob Storm Piil, Jimmi Madsen
*Final – 5 (→ 12th place)

Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal.
Men's Single Handed Dinghy (Finn)
Lasse Hjortnæs
# Race 1 – 21
# Race 2 – 21
# Race 3 – (23)
# Race 4 – 12
# Race 5 – 13
# Race 6 – 6
# Race 7 – (26) DNF
# Race 8 – 17
# Race 9 – 21
# Race 10 – 13
# Race 11 – 14
# Final – 138 (→ 20th place)
Men's Laser
Peter Rønholt
# Race 1 – 17
# Race 2 – (32)
# Race 3 – 12
# Race 4 – 4
# Race 5 – 10
# Race 6 – (24)
# Race 7 – 6
# Race 8 – 9
# Race 9 – 17
# Race 10 – 11
# Race 11 – 1
# Final – 103 (→ 13th place)
Men's Tornado
Stig Raagaard Hansen and Helene Raagaard Hansen
# Race 1 – 14
# Race 2 – 15
# Race 3 – (16)
# Race 4 – 6
# Race 5 – 11
# Race 6 – 9
# Race 7 – 10
# Race 8 – 12
# Race 9 – 7
# Race 10 – 12
# Race 11 – (17) OCS
# Final – 96 (→ 14th place)
Men's Three Handed Keelboat (Soling)
Jesper Bank, Henrik Blakskjær and Thomas Jacobsen
# Round Robin Group 2 (4-1) – 4 Points
# Quarterfinals – (4-1) – 4 points
# Semifinals – Defeated Norway
# Finals – Defeated Germany (→ Gold Medal)
Women's Single Handed Dinghy (Europe)
Kristine Roug
# Race 1 – 5
# Race 2 – 21
# Race 3 – 2
# Race 4 – 1
# Race 5 – 10
# Race 6 – 6
# Race 7 – 4
# Race 8 – (28) OCS
# Race 9 – 16
# Race 10 – 19
# Race 11 – (28) OCS
# Final – 84 (→ 10th place)
Women's Double Handed Dinghy (470)
Susanne Ward and Michaela Ward
# Race 1 – 3
# Race 2 – 10
# Race 3 – 11
# Race 4 – 11
# Race 5 – (18)
# Race 6 – (17)
# Race 7 – 4
# Race 8 – 7
# Race 9 – 15
# Race 10 – 8
# Race 11 – 2
# Final – 71 (→ 10th place)
Mixed High Performance Two Handed Dinghy (49er)
Michael Hestbæk and Jonatan Aage Persson
# Race 1 – 8
# Race 2 – 2
# Race 3 – 7
# Race 4 – 13
# Race 5 – (17)
# Race 6 – 8
# Race 7 – 9
# Race 8 – 8
# Race 9 – 16
# Race 10 – 12
# Race 11 – 2
# Race 12 – 5
# Race 13 – (18) OCS
# Race 14 – 2
# Race 15 – 7
# Race 16 – 9
# Final – 108 (→ 9th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle
Jacob Carstensen
# Preliminary Heat – 1:50.41 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Freestyle
Jacob Carstensen
# Preliminary Heat – 03:54.14 (→ did not advance)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Dennis Otzen Jensen
# Preliminary Heat – 55.7 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle
Dennis Otzen Jensen, Henrik Steen Andersen, Jeppe Boje Nielsen, Jacob Carstensen
# Preliminary Heat – 03:24.78 (did not advance)
Men's 4x200m Freestyle
Jacob Carstensen, Henrik Steen Andersen, Jeppe Boje Nielsen, Dennis Otzen Jensen
# Preliminary Heat – 07:24.63 (→ did not advance)
Women's 50m Freestyle
Mette Jacobsen
# Preliminary Heat – 25.96 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Butterfly
Mette Jacobsen
# Preliminary Heat – 59.45
# Semi-final – 59.75 (→ did not advance)

Sophia Skou
# Preliminary Heat – 59.79
# Semi-final – 59.89 (→ did not advance)
Women's 200m Butterfly
Mette Jacobsen
# Preliminary Heat – 02:09.30
# Semi-final – 02:08.11
# Final – 02:08.24 (→ 4th place)

Sophia Skou
# Preliminary Heat – 02:11.35
# Semi-final – 02:11.07 (→ did not advance)
Women's 100m Backstroke
Louise Ørnstedt
# Preliminary Heat – 01:01.98
# Semi-final – 01:01.69
# Final – 01:02.02 (→ 8th place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
Louise Ørnstedt
# Preliminary Heat – 02:13.61
# Semi-final – 02:14.24 (→ did not advance)

Women's Individual Competition:
Marie Overbye – 2:07:17.51 (→ 28th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Jan Knobelauch Hansen – 1:55:42.06 (→ 44th place)

References

Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). [The Results]. Retrieved 11/12/05.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1 – Preparing for the Games]. Retrieved 11/20/05.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2 – Celebrating the Games]. Retrieved 11/20/05.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). [The Results]. Retrieved 11/20/05.
[International Olympic Committee Web Site]

National Olympic Committees at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia

Individual Olympic Athletes

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Denmark at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Results by event

Women's Individual Competition: Katja Poulsen – Round of 64 (→ 45th place), 0-1

Men's competition

Women's competition

Flatwater

Men's competition

Cross Country Mountain Bike

Road Cycling

Track Cycling

Women's Individual Competition: Marie Overbye – 2:07:17.51 (→ 28th place) Men's Individual Competition: Jan Knobelauch Hansen – 1:55:42.06 (→ 44th place)

References

Women's Individual Competition:
Katja Poulsen – Round of 64 (→ 45th place), 0-1

Women's Individual Competition:
Marie Overbye – 2:07:17.51 (→ 28th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
Jan Knobelauch Hansen – 1:55:42.06 (→ 44th place)