Denmark at the 2024 Summer Olympics


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

MedalNameSportEventDate
Viktor AxelsenBadmintonMen's singles

HandballMen's tournament
Cathrine Dufour
Nanna Skodborg Merrald
Daniel Bachmann Andersen
EquestrianTeam dressage
Anne-Marie RindomSailingILCA 6
Turpal BisultanovWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 87 kg
Edi HrnicTaekwondoMen's 80 kg

HandballWomen's tournament
Emma Aastrand JørgensenCanoeingWomen's K-1 500 m
Michael Mørkøv
Niklas Larsen
CyclingMen's Madison

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
SportMenWomenTotal
Archery011
Athletics134
Badminton437
Boxing101
Canoeing527
Cycling9817
Equestrian325
Golf224
Handball161531
Judo011
Rowing31417
Sailing549
Shooting123
Skateboarding101
Swimming077
Table tennis303
Taekwondo101
Tennis022
Triathlon112
Wrestling101
Total5667123

Archery

Denmark qualified one female archer to compete in the individual recurve event, through the final release of the Olympic ranking for Paris 2024.

Athletics

Danish track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024 by world ranking, in the following events :
;Track and road events
;Field events

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
;Women
;Mixed

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.

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.
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final ; FB = Qualify to final B

Cycling

Road

Denmark entered a team of six road cyclists. Denmark qualified four male and two female athletes through the UCI Nation Ranking and 2023 World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
;Men
AthleteEventTimeRank
Mikkel BjergRoad race6:41:1773
Michael MørkøvRoad race6:36:3159
Mads PedersenRoad race6:21:5420
Mattias SkjelmoseRoad race6:21:4717
Mikkel BjergTime trial37:55.3210
Mattias SkjelmoseTime trial37:57.6914

;Women
AthleteEventTimeRank
Rebecca KoernerRoad race4:12:2276
Cecilie Uttrup LudwigRoad race4:04:2329
Emma NorsgaardRoad race4:07:1649
Emma NorsgaardTime trial42:33.5914
Cecilie Uttrup LudwigTime trial44:10.9324

Track

Denmark riders obtained a full squads of men's team pursuit events, following the release of the final UCI Olympic rankings.
;Pursuit
;Omnium
;Madison
AthleteEventPointsLapsRank
Niklas Larsen
Michael Mørkøv
Men's madison2120
Amalie Dideriksen
Julie Norman Leth
Women's madison16—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.
AthleteEventTimeRank
Simon AndreassenMen's cross-country1:29:0512
Caroline BohéWomen's cross-country1:33:1115
Sofie Heby PedersenWomen's cross-countryN/A24

BMX

Race

Denmark secured one quota places race for Paris 2024 through the allocations of final Olympic BMX ranking.

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.

Dressage

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualified for the final based on position in group; q = Qualified for the final based on overall position

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.

Handball

;Summary

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
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;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
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;Quarterfinal
;Semifinal
;Bronze medal game

Judo

Denmark qualified one judoka for the following weight class at the Games. Laerke Olsen got qualified via continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

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.
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A ; FB=Final B ; FC=Final C ; FD=Final D ; FE=Final E ; FF=Final F ; 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
;Medal race events
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.

Skateboarding

Denmark entered one male skateboarder to compete in the following event at the Games.

Swimming

Danish swimmers achieved the entry standards in the following events for Paris 2024 and potentially at the Olympic Consideration Time ):

Table tennis

Denmark entered a full squad of male table tennis player into the Games, by advancing to the quarter-finals round, through the 2024 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Busan, South Korea.
;Men

Taekwondo

Denmark qualified one athlete to compete at the games. Edi Hrnic qualified for Paris 2024 following the triumph of his victory in the under 80 kg semifinal, at the 2024 European Qualification Tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Tennis

Denmark entered two tennis players into the Olympic tournament.Clara Tauson qualified directly for the women's singles as the top 56 eligible players in the ATP World Rankings as of 10 June 2024. Caroline Wozniacki also got qualified via an invitation quota.

Triathlon

Denmark entered two triathletes in the triathlon events for Paris, following the release of final individual olympics qualification ranking.
;Individual

Wrestling

;Greco-Roman