Denmark at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain from July 27 to August 12, 2012.

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Three Danish female archers will compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics, as they finished 8th in the Recurve Women event at the 2011 World Archery Championships.

Women

• Individual – 3 quota places
• Team – 1 quota place

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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):^[1][2]

Qualified three (or more) athletes at the A Standard

• None

Qualified two athletes at the A Standard

• None

Qualified one athlete at the A Standard

• Men's 800m

Qualified one (or more) athletes at the B Standard

• Men's marathon
• Men's triple jump
• Men's shot put
• Women's marathon
• Women's 400m hurdles

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sprint

Denmark has so far qualified boats for the following events

• Men's K1 200m
• Men's K4 1000m
• Women's K1 500m

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has so far qualified cyclists for the following events

Road

• Men's Road Race - 4 quota places
• Men's Time Trial - 2 quota places

Equestrian

Main article: Equestrian at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Dressage

Denmark has qualified one team and three individual quota places after finishing in sixth place at the 2011 European Dressage Championship. ^[3]

• Team event - One team of three riders
• Individual - 3 quota places

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark has so far qualified boats for the following events

• Men's Double Sculls Lightweight
• Men's Fours Lightweight
• Women's Double Sculls Lightweight

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Denmark have qualified for five places is shooting events;^[4] athletes in brackets secured the quota place.

• Men's skeet – 2 quota places (Jesper Hansen and Anders Golding)
• Men's 50 m rifle prone – 1 quota place (Kenneth Nielsen)
• Women's 10 m air rifle – 2 quota places (Stine Nielsen and Anette Jensen)

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Danish swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):^[5][6]

Two (or more) swimmers have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time

One swimmer has achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time

• Men's 400m Freestyle - (Mads Glæsner)
• Men's 1500m Freestyle - (Pál Joensen)
• Women's 50m Freestyle - (Jeannette Ottesen)
• Women's 100m Freestyle - (Jeannette Ottesen)
• Women's 400m Freestyle - (Lotte Friis)
• Women's 800m Freestyle - (Lotte Friis)
• Women's 100m Breaststroke - (Rikke Pedersen)
• Women's 200m Breaststroke - (Rikke Pedersen)
• Women's 100m Butterfly - (Jeannette Ottesen)

One (or more) swimmers have achieved the Olympic Selection Time

• Men's 50m Freestyle - (Jakob Andkjaer)
• Men's 100m Freestyle - (Jakob Andkjaer)
• Men's 200m Freestyle - (Mads Glæsner, Daniel Skaaning, Frederik Pendersen, Frans Johannessen)
• Men's 100m Backstroke - (Mathias Gydesen)
• Men's 200m Backstroke - (Mathias Gydesen)
• Men's 200m Breaststroke - (Chris Boe Christensen)
• Men's 200m Individual Medley - (Daniel Skaaning)
• Men's 400m Individual Medley - (Chris Boe Christensen)
• Women's 200m Freestyle - (Lotte Friis, Pernille Blume)
• Women's 100m Backstroke - (Mie Nielsen, Pernille Larsen)
• Women's 200m Backstroke - (Pernille Larsen)

Relay

Denmark has qualified in the following relays

• Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
• Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

Table Tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

One Danish athlete has qualified for table tennis, Michael Maze in the men's singles.^[7]

Men

• Singles – Michael Maze

References

1. ^ "iaaf.org - Top Lists". IAAF. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html. Retrieved 4 June 2011. 
2. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS, IAAF, http://www.iaaf.org/mm/Document/Statistics/Standards/05/97/61/20110415082248_httppostedfile_EntryStandards_London2012_24135.pdf, retrieved 4 June 2011 
3. ^ "FEI European Dressage Championships - Team Competititon". FEI. 18 August 2011. http://www.ecdressage2011.com/result/team/1/. Retrieved 18 August 2011. 
4. ^ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 8 March 2011. http://www.issf-sports.org/results/og_qualification/quota_places/quota_places_by_nation_and_name.ashx. Retrieved 27 May 2011. 
5. ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_wrapper&view=wrapper&Itemid=805. Retrieved 8 June 2011. 
6. ^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION - Swimming, FINA, http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/sw_qual.pdf, retrieved 8 June 2011 
7. ^ "ITTF World Ranking". ITTF. 16 May 2010. http://www.ittf.com/World_Events/2012OG/Players_byWR_OG2012.pdf. Retrieved 27 May 2011.