Denmark at the 2004 Summer Paralympics

Denmark at the
2004 Summer Paralympics
IPC codeDEN
NPCParalympic Committee Denmark
Websitewww.paralympic.dk
in Athens
Competitors32 in 9 sports
Medals
Ranked 29th
Gold
5
Silver
3
Bronze
7
Total
15
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)

Denmark competed at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, Greece. The team included 32 athletes, 22 men and 10 women.[1] Competitors from Denmark won 15 medals, including 5 gold, 3 silver and 7 bronze to finish 29th in the medal table.[2]

Medallists

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Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jackie Christiansen Athletics Men's Shot Put F44/46
 Gold Jakob Mathiasen Athletics Men's Javelin F42
 Gold Karen Jacobsen Cycling Women's Bicycle Time Trial LC1-4/CP 3/4
 Gold Martin Enggaard Pedersen
Kenneth Hansen
Soren Holgren Jensen
Ricky Neilsen
Peter Weichel
Goalball Men's tournament
 Gold Sisse Grynet Egeborg Swimming Women's 100 m Breaststroke SB8
 Silver Jackie Christiansen Athletics Men's Discus F44/46
 Silver Karen Breumsoe Swimming Women's 100 m Freestyle S4
 Silver Karen Breumsoe Swimming Women's 200 m Freestyle S4
 Bronze Rene Nielsen Athletics Men's Pentathlon P54-58
 Bronze Rene Nielsen Athletics Men's Shot Put F56
 Bronze Johnny Andersen Shooting Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH2
 Bronze Kazimierz Mechula Shooting Mixed Air Rifle Prone SH1
 Bronze Peter Lund Andersen Swimming Men's 400 m Freestyle S6
 Bronze Karen Breumsoe Swimming Women's 50 m Freestyle S4
 Bronze Peter Rosenmeier Table Tennis Men's Singles 6

Sports

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Athletics

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Men's field

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Athlete Class Event Final
Result Points Rank
Thomas Bradal F55-56 Javelin 27.83 952 6
Jackie Christiansen F44/46 Discus 51.90 1038 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Shot put 15.74 WR 1083 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jakob Mathiasen F42 Javelin 49.57 - 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rene Nielsen F55-56 Javelin 33.99 1061 4
F56 Shot put 11.27 - 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
P54-58 Pentathlon 5495 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Boccia

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opponent Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Lone Bak-Pedersen Mixed individual BC1  Padtong (THA) L 5-6 3 did not advance
 Aandalen (NOR) L 5-6
 Leung (HKG) W 4-3
 Marques (POR) W 6-0
 Wilhelmsen (NOR) W 9-2
Henrik Jorgensen  Grossmayer (AUT) W 7-0 1 Q N/A  Fernandez (POR)
L 1-6
did not advance
 Ibarburen (ARG) W 10-0
 Hawker (USA) W 14-0
 Lanoix-Boyer (CAN) W 16-0
Bent Lorenzen Mixed individual BC2  Toon (NZL) L 1-8 3 did not advance
 Cordero (ESP) L 1-14
 Wong (HKG) W 5-3
Mansoor Siddiqi  Steirer (AUT) L 0-16 2 Q  Toon (NZL)
L 5-6
did not advance
 Mongkolpun (THA) W 4-3
 Murphy (IRL) W 10-4
Lone Bak-Pedersen
Henrik Jorgensen
Bent Lorenzen
Mansoor Siddiqi
Team BC1-2  Portugal (POR) L 1-10 6 did not advance
 New Zealand (NZL) L 0-12
 Hong Kong (HKG) L 2-12
 Ireland (IRL) L 3-7
 Thailand (THA) L 3-11

Cycling

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Women

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Karen Jacobsen Women's road time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 27:31.57 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Women's 1km time trial LC1-4/CP 3/4 1:19.91 5

Equestrian

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Individuals

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Athlete Event Total
Score Rank
Liselotte Rosenhart Mixed individual championship test grade II 65.273 11
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II 67.111 15
Henrik Sibbesen Mixed individual championship test grade IV 67.548 5
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV 67.909 9
Malene Sommerlund Mixed individual championship test grade II 65.091 12
Mixed individual freestyle test grade II 67.889 12
Line Thorning Jørgensen Mixed individual championship test grade IV 66.581 7
Mixed individual freestyle test grade IV 67.091 11

Team

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Athlete Event Total
Total Rank
Liselotte Rosenhart
Henrik Sibbesen
Malene Sommerlund
Line Thorning Jørgensen
Team 392.259 8

Goalball

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The men's goalball team won the gold medal after defeating Sweden in the gold medal match.

Players

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Tournament

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Game Match Score Rank
1 Denmark vs.  Sweden (SWE) 3 - 3 1 Q
2 Denmark vs.  United States (USA) 10 - 7
3 Denmark vs.  Canada (CAN) 10 - 1
4 Denmark vs.  Germany (GER) 9 - 3
5 Denmark vs.  Greece (GRE) 10 - 3
Quarterfinals Denmark vs.  Hungary (HUN) 9 - 3 W
Semifinals Denmark vs.  United States (USA) 8 - 1 W
Gold medal final Denmark vs.  Sweden (SWE) 7 - 5 1st place, gold medalist(s)

Sailing

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Shooting

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Men

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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Johnny Andersen Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 599 8 Q 105.4 704.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2 598 4 Q 103.8 701.8 5
Kazimierz Mechula Men's 10m air rifle standing SH1 588 6 Q 100.9 688.9 7
Men's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 1107 17 did not advance
Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH1 599 6 Q 105.3 704.3 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Mixed 50m rifle prone SH1 572 28 did not advance

Women

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Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Total Rank
Lone Overbye Mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2 594 20 did not advance
Women's 10m air pistol SH1 351 12 did not advance

Swimming

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Men

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Peter Lund Andersen S6 50m freestyle 32.55 3 Q 32.01 4
100m freestyle 1:10.28 3 Q 1:09.72 4
400m freestyle 5:31.56 3 Q 5:23.72 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Soren Moller S6 100m freestyle 1:15.49 11 did not advance
400m freestyle 5:34.80 4 Q 5:40.84 6
100m backstroke 1:22.63 6 Q 1:22.91 6
Dennis Storgaard S9 400m freestyle 4:39.24 8 Q 4:39.20 8
100m butterfly 1:07.97 10 did not advance
Claus Taudorf S10 50m freestyle 26.71 9 did not advance
100m freestyle 58.14 9 did not advance
SB9 100m breaststroke 1:15.97 8 Q 1:16.38 8

Women

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Athlete Class Event Heats Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Karen Breumsoe S4 50m freestyle 53.80 4 Q 53.18 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
100m freestyle 1:50.96 2 Q 1:51.00 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
200m freestyle 3:56.20 2 Q 3:50.92 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
50m butterfly N/A DSQ
Kathrine Gronkjaer S9 100m butterfly 1:20.65 10 did not advance
SM9 200m individual medley 2:59.52 12 did not advance
Sisse Grynet Egeborg S9 50m freestyle 32.27 7 Q 32.19 8
100m butterfly 1:18.44 7 Q 1:18.10 5
SB8 100m breaststroke 1:27.06 1 Q 1:23.85 PR 1st place, gold medalist(s)
SM9 200m individual medley 2:51.04 3 Q 2:53.01 7
Mia Juhl Mortensen S10 50m freestyle 31.70 9 did not advance
100m freestyle 1:08.95 10 did not advance
400m freestyle 5:11.23 5 Q 5:11.30 6
SM10 200m individual medley 2:51.93 7 Q 2:54.65 8

Table tennis

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Men

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Athlete Event Preliminaries Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Michal Jensen Men's singles 6  Schmidt (GER)
L 1-3
 Itkonen (SWE)
W 3–2
 Solis (CHI)
W 3–0
2 Q  Kowalski (POL)
L 1–3
did not advance
Peter Rosenmeier  Buzin (RUS)
W 3-1
 du Plooy (RSA)
W 3-0
 Ono (JPN)
W 3-1
1 Q  Blok (NED)
W 3-2
 Schmidt (GER)
L 0-3
 Kowalski (POL)
W 3-0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Michal Jensen
Peter Rosenmeier
Men's team 6-7  France (FRA)
L 1-3
 Sweden (SWE)
W 3-2
 Netherlands (NED)
W 3-2
3 did not advance

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Participation Numbers Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Medal Standings Athens 2004 Paralympic Games". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. ^ "IPC Historical Results Database - Athlete search by games - year (2004) medallists (all) and country (DEN)". paralympic.org. Retrieved 16 June 2016.