D ansk ▁Id r æ ts - For bund , ▁D IF ) ▁set ▁a ▁goal ▁of ▁eight ▁med als . ▁Team ▁Dan mark ▁and ▁D IF ▁also ▁believed ▁Den mark ▁had ▁the ▁best ▁ch ances ▁of ▁winning ▁a ▁medal ▁in ▁wrest ling , ▁shooting , ▁cy cling , ▁hand ball , ▁the ▁e quest rian ▁events , ▁row ing , ▁athlet ics , ▁bad m inton ▁and ▁sail ing . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁Games , ▁Den mark ▁had ▁reached ▁beyond ▁the ▁medal ▁target ▁by ▁a ▁single ▁point . ▁ ▁Den mark ▁left ▁London ▁with ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 9 ▁med als ▁( 2 ▁gold , ▁ 4 ▁silver , ▁and ▁ 3 ▁bronze ), ▁this ▁being ▁considered ▁its ▁most ▁successful ▁Olympics ▁in ▁ 6 4 ▁years . ▁The ▁gold ▁med als ▁were ▁won ▁by ▁row ers ▁Ras mus ▁Qu ist ▁Hans en ▁and ▁Mad s ▁R asm ussen ▁in ▁the ▁men ' s ▁light weight ▁double ▁sc ull s , ▁and ▁track ▁cycl ist ▁L asse ▁Norman ▁Hans en ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁ever ▁men ' s ▁om ni um . ▁Other ▁med als ▁were ▁awarded ▁to ▁the ▁team ▁in ▁sail ing , ▁shooting , ▁bad m inton , ▁and ▁women ' s ▁row ing . ▁Several ▁Dan ish ▁athlet es ▁narrow ly ▁missed ▁out ▁on ▁the ▁medal ▁stand ings ▁in ▁their ▁sport ing ▁events , ▁including ▁two ▁compet itors ▁in ▁the ▁Gre co - R oman ▁wrest ling . ▁ ▁Medal ists ▁ ▁| ▁width =" 7 8 %" ▁align