Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. Danish athletes have appeared in every edition of the Summer Olympic Games except for the sparsely attended St. Louis 1904.
| Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |
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| IOC code | DEN |
| NOC | National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark |
| Website | www |
| in Paris, France 26 July 2024 – 11 August 2024 | |
| Competitors | 40 in 9 sports |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
| 1906 Intercalated Games | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Canoeing | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Cycling | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Equestrian | TBD | TBD | 3 |
| Handball | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Shooting | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Swimming | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 27 | 10 | 40 |
Boxing
For the first time since 2012, Denmark entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. Nikolai Terteryan scored an outright quarterfinal victory to secure a spot in the men's welterweight division at the 2023 European Games in Nowy Targ, Poland.[1]
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
| Nikolai Terteryan | Men's welterweight | – |
– |
– |
– |
– |
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Canoeing
Sprint
Danish canoeists qualified two boats in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany.[2][3]
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
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Men's K-4 500 m | ||||||||
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Women's K-2 500 m | ||||||||
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)
Cycling
Road
Denmark entered a team of six road cyclists (four male and two female). Denmark qualified four male and two female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.[4]
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | |||
| Time trial | |||
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Road race | |||
| Time trial | |||
Equestrian
Denmark fielded a squad of three equestrian riders into the team dressage competition by winning the gold medal in the team event at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning.[5][6]
Dressage
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Grand Prix | Grand Prix Special | Grand Prix Freestyle | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | Technical | Artistic | Score | Rank | |||
| Individual | — | |||||||||
| |
See above | Team | — | |||||||
Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position
Handball
- Summary
Key:
- ET: After extra time
- P – Match decided by penalty-shootout.
| Team | Event | Group Stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Opposition Score |
Rank | ||
| Denmark men's | Men's tournament | ||||||||||
Men's tournament
Denmark men's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by advancing to the final match against the host nation France and securing an outright berth at the 2023 IHF World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden.[7][8]
- Team roster
- Men's team event – 1 team of 14 players
Rowing
Danish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Repechage | Semifinals | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Men's single sculls | |||||||||
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
Danish sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Sailing World Championships, the class-associated Worlds, and the continental regattas.
- Medal race events
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | M* | ||||
| Women's Laser Radial | — | ||||||||||||||||||
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Men's 49er | ||||||||||||||||||
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Women's 49erFX | ||||||||||||||||||
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Danish shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2023 ISSF World Championships, 2022, 2023, and 2024 European Championships, 2023 European Games, and 2024 ISSF World Olympic Qualification Tournament.[9]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Men's skeet | |||||||
| Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | |||||||
Swimming
Danish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 (a maximum of two swimmers under the Olympic Qualifying Time (OST) and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT)):[10][11]
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Women's 200 m breaststroke | |||||||
| Women's 200 m butterfly | |||||||
References
- "European Games 2023: Ireland's Kellie Harrington and France's Sofiane Oumiha among stars to secure European boxing quotas for Paris 2024". Olympics. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
- "First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg". International Canoe Federation. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- "ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list". International Olympic Committee. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
- "Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations". International Olympic Committee. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
- Salem, Patricia (7 August 2022). "Laudrup-Dufour Leads Denmark to Victory". FEI. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- Shefferd, Neil (7 August 2022). "Denmark claim home gold in team dressage at World Equestrian Championships". Inside the Games. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- "IHF World Men's Handball Championship 2023: Denmark qualifies to Paris 2024, will face France in quest for third-straight title". International Olympic Committee. 28 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- "Denmark writing the history books again". International Handball Federation. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- "Quota Places by Nation and Number". issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 1 January 2018. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
- "Paris 2024 – Swimming Info". World Aquatics. 5 April 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
- "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Swimming" (PDF). World Aquatics. Retrieved 12 November 2022.