Denmark competed 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. Before the start of the games, DIF sat an official medal goal of 9–11 medals for the 2024 Paris games.
Medalists
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top"| Medal Name Sport Event Date Viktor Axelsen Badminton Men's singles Handball Men's tournament Cathrine DufourNanna Skodborg MerraldDaniel Bachmann Andersen Equestrian Team dressage Anne-Marie Rindom Sailing ILCA 6 Turpal Bisultanov Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 87 kg Edi Hrnic Taekwondo Men's 80 kg Handball Women's tournament Emma Aastrand Jørgensen Canoeing Women's K-1 500 m Michael MørkøvNiklas Larsen Cycling Men's Madison | width="22%" align="left" valign="top"|
Medals by sportSport TotalHandball1012Badminton1001Equestrian0101Sailing0101Canoeing0011Cycling0011Taekwondo0011Wrestling0011Total2259 | width="22%" align="left" valign="top"|
Medals by genderGenderTotalMale2035Female0123Mixed0101Total2259 | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by dateDate Total3 August01015 August10017 August01018 August00119 August001110 August003311 August1001Total2259
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. SportMenWomenTotalArchery 0 1 1Athletics 1 3 4Badminton 4 3 7Boxing 1 0 1Canoeing 5 2 7Cycling 9 8 17Equestrian 3 2 5Golf 2 2 4Handball 16 15 31Judo 0 1 1Rowing 3 14 17Sailing 5 4 9Shooting 1 2 3Skateboarding 1 0 1Swimming 0 7 7Table tennis 3 0 3Taekwondo 1 0 1Tennis 0 2 2Triathlon 1 1 2Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 56 67 123
Archery
Denmark qualified one female archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.
AthleteEventRanking roundRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / ScoreSeedOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankKirstine Danstrup AndersenWomen's individual62556L 0–6Did not advance33
Athletics
Danish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024 by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):
Track and road events AthleteEventPreliminaryHeatRepechageSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRankSimon HansenMen's 100 mcolspan=2 10.397colspan=2 Did not advanceIda KarstoftWomen's 200 mcolspan=2 23.016DNSDid not advance
Field events AthleteEventQualificationFinalResultRankResultRankLisa Brix PedersenWomen's discus throw59.8124Did not advanceKatrine Koch JacobsenWomen's hammer throw73.045 Q71.6510
Badminton
Initially Denmark entered nine badminton players into the Olympic tournament based on the BWF Race to Paris Rankings. On July 17 Mathias Christiansen withdrew from the Summer Olympics because he made unintentional errors in reporting his 'whereabouts' with Anti-Doping Denmark. Christiansen and his partner Alexandra Bøje were removed from group C in the mixed doubles draw.
Men Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Viktor Axelsen Singles W (21–8, 21–6) W (21–9, 21–11) W (21–13, 21–10) 1 Q W (21–9, 21–17) W (22–20, 21–14) W (21–11, 21–11) Anders Antonsen W (21–10, 21–18) W (21–10, 21–14) colspan=2 1 Q L (17–21, 15–21)Did not advance 6 Kim AstrupAnders Skaarup Rasmussen Men's doubles W (21–13, 21–16) L (15–21, 21–19, 15–21) W (21–15, 21–13) W (21–19, 22–20) 2 Q W (21–19, 22–20) L (21–18, 17–21, 10–21) L (21–16, 20–22, 19–21) 4
Women Athlete Event Group stage Elimination Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Mia Blichfeldt Women's singles W (21–14, 14–21, 21–12) L (8–21, 21–19, 11–21) 2 Did not advance14 Maiken FruergaardSara Thygesen Women's doubles W (21–18, 9–21, 21–14) W (20–22, 23–21, 24–22) W (21–16, 21–12) 1 Q L (7–21, 12–21)Did not advance5
Mixed Athlete Event Group stage Quarter-final Semi-final Final / OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank OppositionScore OppositionScore OppositionScore Rank Mathias ChristiansenAlexandra Bøje Mixed doubles L L L 4 Withdrew
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.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankNikolai TerteryanMen's 71 kgW 4–1L 0–5Did not advance5
Canoeing
Sprint Danish canoeists qualified one boat in each of the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany; and 2024 European Qualifier in Szeged, Hungary.
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRené Holten PoulsenMen's K-1 1000 m3:40.145 QF3:35.481 SF3:35.508 FB3:31.6216Lasse Bro MadsenVictor Gairy AasmulMorten GravesenMagnus SibbersenMen's K-4 500 m1:22.986 QF1:20.563 SF1:21.885 E10Emma Aastrand JørgensenWomen's K-1 500 m1:50.932 SFcolspan=21:49.592 FA1:49.76Emma Aastrand JørgensenFrederikke Hauge MatthiesenWomen's K-2 500 m1:45.023 QF1:42.615 EDid not advance17 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.
Men AthleteEventTimeRankMikkel BjergRoad race6:41:1773Michael Mørkøv6:36:3159Mads Pedersen6:21:5420Mattias Skjelmose6:21:4717Mikkel Bjerg Time trial37:55.3210Mattias Skjelmose37:57.6914
Women AthleteEventTimeRankRebecca KoernerRoad race4:12:2276Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig4:04:2329Emma Norsgaard4:07:1649Emma Norsgaard Time trial42:33.5914Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig44:10.9324
Track Denmark riders obtained a full squads of men's team pursuit events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.
Pursuit AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalsFinalTime RankOpponentResultsRankOpponentResultsRankCarl-Frederik BévortTobias Aagaard HansenNiklas LarsenRasmus Lund PedersenMen's team pursuit 3:43:690 3 Q 3:42.803 2 QB 3:46.138 4
Omnium AthleteEventScratch raceTempo raceElimination racePoints raceTotalpointsRankRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsNiklas LarsenMen's omnium 2 38 6 30 16 10 13 6 84 10Amalie DideriksenWomen's omnium 6 30 7 28 8 26 22 21 105 7
Madison AthleteEventPointsLapsRankNiklas LarsenMichael MørkøvMen's madison 21 20 Amalie DideriksenJulie Norman LethWomen's madison 16 — 6
Mountain biking Danish mountain bikers secured one men and two women's quota places in the Olympic through the release of the final Olympic mountain biking rankings.
AthleteEventTimeRankSimon AndreassenMen's cross-country1:29:0512Caroline BohéWomen's cross-country1:33:1115Sofie Heby PedersenN/A24
BMX
Race
Denmark secured one quota places (one women's) race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.
AthleteEventQuarterfinalLast ChanceSemi FinalFinalPointsRankTimeRankResultRankResultRankMalene KejlstrupWomen's1616 q37.3754 Q21815
Equestrian
Denmark fielded a squad of three dressage riders, two eventing riders and one jumping rider, into the team dressage competition by winning the gold medal in the team event at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning; and into the individual rider and jumping competition, through the establishment of final olympics ranking for Group A (North Western Europe).
Dressage AthleteHorseEventGrand Prix Grand Prix SpecialGrand Prix FreestyleOverallScoreRankScoreRankTechnicalArtisticScoreRankNanna Skodborg MerraldZepterIndividual78.0285 Qcolspan=2 rowspan=3 76.78689.80083.293 9 Cathrine Laudrup-DufourFreestyle80.7922 Q79.07197.11488.0935Daniel Bachmann AndersenVayron76.9108 Q77.21492.48684.8507 Nanna Skodborg MerraldCathrine Laudrup-DufourDaniel Bachmann AndersenZepter, Freestyle, VayronTeam235.7302 Q235.6692colspan=2 235.669 Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position
Eventing AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalQualifierFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankPeter FlarupFascinationIndividual32.40=3033.666.0489.675.642 Did not advance
Jumping AthleteHorseEventQualificationFinalPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTimeRankAndreas SchouNapoli Vh NederassenthofIndividual477.1141 Did not advance
Golf
Denmark entered four golfers into the Olympic tournament. All of them qualified directly for the games in the men's and women's individual competitions, based on their respective world ranking position, through the release of the final top 60 ranked players, on the IGF World Rankings.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankNicolai HøjgaardMen's70706268270−147Thorbjørn Olesen71686668273−11T14Nanna Koerstz MadsenWomen's74757272293 +5T36Emily Kristine Pedersen73797572299 +11T44
Handball
Summary
TeamEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankDenmark men'sMen's tournamentW 37–29W 30–27W 38–27W 28–25W 32–251 QW 32–31W 31–30W 39–26Denmark women'sWomen's tournamentW 27–19L 18–27W 25–23W 28–27W 28–203 QW 29–25L 21–25W 30–25
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.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Women's tournament
Denmark women's national handball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing second at the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship.
Team roster
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Judo
Denmark qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Laerke Olsen (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankLaerke OlsenWomen's –70 kgL 00–10Did not advance17
Rowing
Danish rowers qualified boats in each of the following classes through the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, Serbia and 2024 Final Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankSverri NielsenMen's single sculls6:53.50 1 QFcolspan=2 6:49.69 2 SA/B6:43.95 4 FB6:44.838Lærke RasmussenFie UdbyWomen's coxless pair7:30.914 R7:34.571 SA/Bcolspan=2 7:19.114 FB7:12.0111Marie JohannesenJulie PoulsenFrida Sanggaard NielsenAstrid SteensbergWomen's coxless four6:56.70 5 R6:35.65 3 FB colspan=4 6:36.438Clara HornæssSára JohansenNikoline LaidlawKaren MortensenCaroline MunchNanna VigildSofie VikkelsøeFrida Werner FoldagerSofie Østergaard (Cox)Women's eight6:39.304 R6:22.215 NQ Did not advance7 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.
Elimination events