Denmark at the 2024 Summer Paralympics

Sporting event delegation

Denmark at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
Flag of Denmark
IPC code	DEN
NPC	Danish Paralympic Committee
in Paris, France August 28, 2024 (2024-08-28) – September 8, 2024 (2024-09-08)
Competitors	31 in 9 sports
Summer Paralympics appearances (overview)
1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024

Denmark is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics in Paris, France from 28 August to 8 September.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	2	2	4
Badminton	0	1	1
Cycling	1	1	2
Equestrian	TBD	TBD	4
Shooting	4	0	4
Swimming	1	1	2
Table tennis	1	0	1
Taekwondo	0	1	1
Wheelchair rugby	TBD	TBD	12
Total	9	6	31

Athletics

Danish track and field athletes achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2023 World Championships, 2024 World Championships, or through high performance allocation, as long as they meet the minimum entry standard (MES).

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
DQ = Disqualified
PR = Paralympic Record
AR = Area (or continental) Record
NR = National Record
SB = Season's Best
N/A = Round not applicable for the event
Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Track events

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Daniel Wagner	Men's 100 m T63
Christian Lykkeby Olsen	Men's 1500 m T46

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position
Daniel Wagner	Men's long jump T63
Bjørk Nørremark	Women's long jump T47
Emilie Aaen	Women's long jump T63

Badminton

Denmark has qualified one para badminton player for the following events, through the release of BWF para-badminton Race to Paris Paralympic Ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cathrine Rosengren	Women's singles SU5

Cycling

Emma Lund and Martin Heggelund have both qualified to compete.

Equestrian

Belgium entered a full squad of four para-equestrianist into the Paralympic equestrian competition by finishing the top seven nation's at the 2022 FEI World Championships in Herning, Denmark.^[1]^[2]

Team

Athlete	Horse	Event	Individual score	Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	TT	Score	Rank
	See above	Team

Shooting

Denmark entered two para-shooter's after achieved quota places for the following events by virtue of their best finishes at the 2022, 2023 and 2024 world cup, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, 2023 European Para Championships and 2024 European Championships, as long as they obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by May 31, 2020.^[3]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	R1 – 10 m air rifle standing SH1

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	R6 – 50 m rifle prone SH1

Swimming

Denmark secured two quotas at the 2023 World Para Swimming Championships after finishing in the top two places in Paralympic class disciplines.

Athlete	Event	Heats		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Alexander Hillhouse	Men's 100 m butterfly S14
Johanne Øland Frøkjær

Table tennis

Denmark entered one athletes for the Paralympic games. Peter Rosenmeier qualified for the games through the allocations of the final ITTF world ranking.

Athlete	Event	Group Stage				Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Peter Rosenmeier	Men's individual C6

Taekwondo

Denmark entered one athletes to compete at the Paralympics competition. Lisa Gjessing qualified for Paris 2024, by virtue of finishing within the top six in the Paralympic rankings in women's 65 kg class.

Athlete	Event	First round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lisa Gjessing	Women's –65 kg

Wheelchair rugby

Denmark national wheelchair rugby team qualified for the Games after get the bronze medal and finishing top two eligible nation's at the 2023 European Championships Division A in Cardiff, Great Britain.^[4]

Team roster

Team event – 1 team of 12 players

Squad	Group stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
Squad	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Denmark national team

References

^ "Para Equestrian - Paris 2024". Paris 2024. 20 January 2023.
^ "FEI World Championships Herning Denmark 2022". FEI. 20 January 2023.
^ "Lima 2023 Quota Allocation to Paris 2024 Day 7 28.09.2023" (PDF). Paralympics. 29 September 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
^ @WREuro2023 (7 May 2023). "DENMARK HAVE DONE IT!" (Tweet). Retrieved 8 June 2023 – via Twitter.