User:AB-me/Sandbox/Denmark at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Denmark will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. This is a list of all of the Danish athletes who have qualified for the Olympics. The goal set out by Team Danmark and the Danish Sports' Union (Dansk Idræts-Forbund, DIF) is seven medals. The distribution of gold, silver and bronze medals in this goal are not specified.

Team Danmark and DIF think Denmark has the best chances of winning a medal in wrestling, cycling, handball, the equestrian events, rowing, athletics, badminton and sailing, but hope to see table tennis and triathlon make the podium as well.

The entire Danish Olympic squad will be announced on June 21, 2008 with final confirmation on July 8.

Qualified athletes
Athletes in bold have been selected by the NOC and will compete in the Games. Other athletes are either expected to qualify or are in the running to qualify.

[[Image:Archery pictogram.svg|30px]] Archery
* Subject to qualification

[[Image:Athletics pictogram.svg|30px]] Athletics
* Subject to qualification

[[Image:Badminton pictogram.svg|30px]] Badminton
* Subject to qualification

[[Image:Canoeing_%28flatwater%29_pictogram.svg|30px]] Canoeing
* Subject to qualification

[[Image:Cycling pictogram.svg|30px]] Cycling
* Subject to qualification

Equestrian
* Subject to qualification

[[Image:Handball pictogram.svg|30px]] Handball
* Subject to qualification

[[Image:Sailing pictogram.svg|30px]] Sailing

 * Bettina Honoré, Windsurfing, RS:X. Qualified by finishing 45th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
 * Martin Kirketerp, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.
 * Jonas Høgh-Christensen, Finn. Qualified by being 1st on the World Ranking at the time of selection.
 * Jonas Kældsø, Windsurfing RS:X. Qualified by finishing 29th at the 2007 World Championships in Cascais.
 * Anders Nyholm laser. Qualified by finishing 23rd at the World Championships.
 * Jonas Warrer, 49er. Qualified by finishing 8th at the World Championships.

[[Image:Shooting pictogram.svg|30px]] Shooting

 * Anders Christian Golding, skeet shooting. Qualified by finishing 8th at the 2007 European Championships in Granada.

[[Image:Swimming pictogram.svg|30px]] Swimming

 * Jakob Schiøtt Andkjær, men's 50m and 100m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 49.06 seconds on 100m freestyle in Århus in July 2007.
 * Chris Christensen, men's 200m breaststroke. Qualified by setting a time of 2:14.76 minutes at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
 * Lotte Friis, women's 400m and 800m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 4:11.13 minutes in Barcelona in June 2007.
 * Mads Glæsner, men's 1500m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 15:12.10 minutes at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
 * Julie Hjorth-Hansen, women's 200m freestyle, 200m breaststroke, 200m and 400m medley. Qualified by setting a time of 2:13.14 minutes on 200m medley at the World Championships in Melbourne in March 2007.
 * Jeanette Ottesen, women's 100m freestyle and 100m butterfly. Qualified by setting a time of 55.71 seconds on 100m freestyle at the Danish championships in Århus in July 2007.
 * Jon Rud, men's 400m freestyle. Qualified by setting a time of 3:50.09 minutes at the European Championships in Eindhoven in March 2008.

[[Image:Table tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Table tennis

 * Michael Maze, men's singles. Qualified by being 18th on the ITTF's World Ranking, filtered to a maximum of two athletes per country (requirement: 20th).

[[Image:Tennis pictogram.svg|30px]] Tennis

 * Caroline Wozniacki, women's singles. Fulfilled the qualification criteria by being 32nd on the World rankings as of June 9, 2008.

[[Image:Gymnastics (trampoline) pictogram.svg|30px]] Trampoline

 * Peter Jensen, individual all-around. Qualified by finishing 14th (11th filtered) in the World Championships in Canada on November 2, 2007.

[[Image:Triathlon pictogram.svg|30px]] Triathlon

 * Rasmus Henning. Clinched his qualification by finishing fifth in Tongyeong, Korea.

[[Image:Wrestling pictogram.svg|30px]] Wrestling

 * Mark O. Madsen, Greco-Roman 66-74 kg. Qualified by winning silver in the 74 kg weight class at the 2007 World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).
 * Anders Nyblom, Greco-Roman <55 kg. Qualified by finishing 8th in the 55 kg weight class at the World Championships in Baku (requirement: 8th).