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Denmark
Career
1908 - 2026
Best year
1948
Total points
905
Best results
1x 2. Olympic Games
All-time rank
#19
10-year rank
#31
Ranking Development
Points distribution
Disciplines
Contests
Categories
| Year | Contest | Discipline | Category | Position | Points | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Olympic Games | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 54 | - |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 50m freestyle | Women | 1 | 30 | Pernille Blume |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | 100m freestyle | Women | 1 | 30 | Greta Andersen |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 30 | Karen Margrete Harup |
| 1908 | Olympic Games | 100m backstroke | Men | 2 | 18 | Ludvig Dam |
| 1988 | Olympic Games | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 18 | Benny Nielsen |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 18 | Ragnhild Hveger |
| 1948 | Olympic Games | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 18 | Karen Margrete Harup |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | 4x100m medley | Women | 3 | 18 | - |
| 1938 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 1 | 15 | - |
| 1947 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 1 | 15 | - |
| 1991 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2014 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Women | 1 | 15 | - |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 4x100m medley | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 4x100m medley | Women | 1 | 12 | - |
| 2011 | World Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 1 | 10 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2009 | World Championship | 800m freestyle | Women | 1 | 10 | Lotte Friis |
| 2011 | World Championship | 1500m freestyle | Women | 1 | 10 | Lotte Friis |
| 2013 | World Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 1 | 10 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 1991 | World Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 9 | - |
| 1950 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2024 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Women | 2 | 9 | - |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m freestyle | Women | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m freestyle | Women | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Women | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Women | 1 | 6 | - |
| 2020 | Olympic Games | 50m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Pernille Blume |
| 2008 | Olympic Games | 800m freestyle | Women | 3 | 6 | Lotte Friis |
| 2011 | World Championship | 800m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Lotte Friis |
| 2013 | World Championship | 800m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Lotte Friis |
| 2009 | World Championship | 1500m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Lotte Friis |
| 2013 | World Championship | 1500m freestyle | Women | 2 | 6 | Lotte Friis |
| 1980 | Olympic Games | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Susanne Nielsson |
| 2003 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Louise Ørnstedt |
| 1932 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Else Jacobsen |
| 1936 | Olympic Games | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 6 | Inge Sørensen |
| 2013 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 6 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2015 | World Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 6 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2015 | World Championship | 100m butterfly | Women | 2 | 6 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2024 | World Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 6 | Helena Rosendahl Bach |
| 2014 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 1 | 5 | Viktor Bromer |
| 1991 | European Championship | 200m individual medley | Men | 1 | 5 | Lars Sørensen |
| 1938 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Ragnhild Hveger |
| 1947 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Fritze Carstensen |
| 1991 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1938 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Ragnhild Hveger |
| 1947 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Karen Margrete Harup |
| 1950 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Greta Andersen |
| 2010 | European Championship | 800m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Lotte Friis |
| 2010 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Women | 1 | 5 | Lotte Friis |
| 1947 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Karen Margrete Harup |
| 1995 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2014 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Mie Nielsen |
| 2016 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Mie Nielsen |
| 2014 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 1938 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Inge Sørensen |
| 2014 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2016 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 5 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 1995 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Women | 1 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1997 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Women | 1 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2014 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Women | 1 | 5 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 1991 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 1 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1999 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 1 | 5 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2024 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 1 | 5 | Helena Rosendahl Bach |
| 1997 | World Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Jacob Carstensen |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 1 | 4 | Mads Glæsner |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 4 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 1 | 4 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 1 | 4 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2000 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 1 | 4 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1985 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Benny Nielsen |
| 1987 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Benny Nielsen |
| 2016 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 3 | Viktor Bromer |
| 2018 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Pernille Blume |
| 2020 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Pernille Blume |
| 1938 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Birte Ove-Petersen |
| 1995 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2016 | European Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 2 | 3 | Mie Nielsen |
| 2010 | European Championship | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 3 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 1954 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 3 | Jytte Hansen |
| 1977 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 3 | Susanne Nielsson |
| 2024 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 3 | Clara Rybak-Andersen |
| 2000 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Karen Egdal |
| 2010 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2014 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2016 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2018 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Emilie Beckmann |
| 2016 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 1995 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2000 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2022 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Helena Rosendahl Bach |
| 2026 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 3 | Helena Rosendahl Bach |
| 1991 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2018 | European Championship | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 1997 | European Championship | 4x200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2024 | European Championship | 4x100m medley | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 4x50m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 4x100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2016 | World Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Women | 3 | 3 | - |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m freestyle | Women | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Women | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2017 | European Championship 25m | 4x50m medley | Women | 2 | 3 | - |
| 2007 | World Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | Jakob Andkjær |
| 1986 | World Championship | 200m butterfly | Men | 3 | 3 | Benny Nielsen |
| 2017 | World Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Pernille Blume |
| 1991 | World Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 3 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2015 | World Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Mie Nielsen |
| 1978 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Susanne Nielsson |
| 2015 | World Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 3 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 2 | Mads Glæsner |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 800m freestyle | Women | 2 | 2 | Lotte Friis |
| 2007 | European Championship 25m | 800m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Lotte Friis |
| 2009 | European Championship 25m | 800m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Lotte Friis |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 800m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Lotte Friis |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 800m freestyle | Women | 1 | 2 | Lotte Friis |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 2 | Mie Nielsen |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 50m backstroke | Women | 1 | 2 | Louise Ørnstedt |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 1 | 2 | Mie Nielsen |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 1 | 2 | Louise Ørnstedt |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 2 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 2 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2009 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 2 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 2 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 1 | 2 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Martine Damborg |
| 2008 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Martine Damborg |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Sophia Skou |
| 1999 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 1 | 2 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1934 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Men | 3 | 1 | Hans Malmstrøm |
| 2006 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Jakob Andkjær |
| 1987 | European Championship | 100m butterfly | Men | 3 | 1 | Benny Nielsen |
| 2014 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2016 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2024 | European Championship | 50m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Julie Kepp Jensen |
| 1947 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Greta Andersen |
| 1950 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Greta Andersen |
| 2000 | European Championship | 100m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1989 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1995 | European Championship | 200m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1934 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Lilli Andersen |
| 2010 | European Championship | 400m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 2008 | European Championship | 1500m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 2014 | European Championship | 50m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Mie Nielsen |
| 1938 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Birte Ove-Petersen |
| 2000 | European Championship | 100m backstroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Louise Ørnstedt |
| 2004 | European Championship | 50m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Majken Thorup |
| 1934 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Inger Kragh |
| 2010 | European Championship | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2020 | European Championship | 50m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Emilie Beckmann |
| 1989 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1991 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Berit Puggard |
| 1995 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Sophia Skou |
| 1997 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2004 | European Championship | 200m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Mads Glæsner |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 1500m freestyle | Men | 2 | 1 | Mads Glæsner |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 100m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Jacob Andersen |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 100m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Jacob Andersen |
| 2002 | World Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 3 | 1 | Jacob Carstensen |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | Viktor Bromer |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Men | 2 | 1 | Viktor Bromer |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Women | 3 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2002 | European Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Men | 2 | 1 | Jacob Carstensen |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 50m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 3 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2008 | European Championship 25m | 100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 100m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2010 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2012 | World Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2014 | World Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2009 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 400m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 1999 | World Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 3 | 1 | Sophia Skou |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 800m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 800m freestyle | Women | 2 | 1 | Lotte Friis |
| 1995 | World Championship 25m | 400m individual medley | Women | 3 | 1 | Britt Vestergaard |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 100m backstroke | Women | 2 | 1 | Louise Ørnstedt |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 200m backstroke | Women | 2 | 1 | Louise Ørnstedt |
| 2012 | European Championship 25m | 50m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2011 | European Championship 25m | 100m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2017 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 1 | Rikke Møller Pedersen |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m breaststroke | Women | 2 | 1 | Thea Blomsterberg |
| 2000 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Karen Egdal |
| 2008 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2013 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 2017 | European Championship 25m | 50m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Emilie Beckmann |
| 1999 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2015 | European Championship 25m | 100m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Jeanette Ottesen |
| 1998 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2000 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2001 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2002 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2004 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2005 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Mette Jacobsen |
| 2021 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Helena Rosendahl Bach |
| 2023 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Helena Rosendahl Bach |
| 2025 | European Championship 25m | 200m butterfly | Women | 2 | 1 | Helena Rosendahl Bach |
Paris 2026: Records re-written at momentous European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026
As the last ripples flow from an outstanding European Aquatics Championships Paris 2026 its legacy in terms of world and continental swimming can be partly expressed by the list of records broken during the seven-day programme at the Olympic Aquatic Centre.
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