Denmark at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships

Denmark competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jeanette Ottesen	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	August 3
Silver	Jeanette Ottesen	Swimming	Women's 50 m butterfly	August 8
Bronze	Mie Ø. Nielsen	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	August 4
Bronze	Rikke Møller Pedersen	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 7

Swimming

Danish swimmers have achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the A-standard entry time, and 1 at the B-standard):^[1][2]

Eleven of these swimmers have been nominated to compete for Denmark at the World Championships, including current world record holder Rikke Møller Pedersen in the 200 m breaststroke, 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Lotte Friis in long-distance freestyle, and three-time Olympian and defending World champion Jeanette Ottesen in the 50 m butterfly.^[3]

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pernille Blume	50 m freestyle	25.14	15 Q	24.93	=13	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.72	15 Q	54.60	14	did not advance
Lotte Friis	800 m freestyle	8:23.12	3 Q	—		8:21.36	5
	1500 m freestyle	15:54.23	2 Q	—		15:49.00	4
Mie Ø. Nielsen	50 m backstroke	27.89	5 Q	27.63	3 Q	27.73	5
	100 m backstroke	59.40	4 Q	58.84	2 Q	58.86
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle	24.66	5 Q	24.61	9	did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.51	2 Q	25.27	2 Q	25.34
	100 m butterfly	57.79	2 Q	57.04	2 Q	57.05
Rikke Møller Pedersen	50 m breaststroke	31.48	23	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:07.39	13 Q	1:07.42	12	did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:23.90	6 Q	2:21.99	1 Q	2:22.76
Mie Ø. Nielsen Jeanette Ottesen Rikke Møller Pedersen	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:58.38	5 Q	—		3:57.61	5

References