Denmark at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships

Jeanette Ottesen got the Danes' sole gold at the championships in the 50 m butterfly, while Rikke Møller Pedersen set a new world record in the 200 m breaststroke, the first Danish long course world record in 61 years,^[1] in the semi-final with 2:19.11. She went on to win silver in the final, her first medal at the World Aquatics Championships. In addition, Lotte Friis set a new European record in the 1500 m freestyle. She would go on to win silver in both the 800 and 1500 m freestyle events.

In total, seven Danish records were broken during the championships,^[2] and three new Nordic records were set, by Møller Pedersen (100 m and 200 m breaststroke; she beat the former distance's record twice)^[3][4][5] and Friis (1500 m freestyle).^[4]

Danish swimmers earned 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):^[6][7]

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pernille Blume	50 m freestyle	25.23	16 Q	25.01	10	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	54.88	14 Q	54.68	13	Did not advance
Lotte Friis	400 m freestyle	DNS		—		Did not advance
	800 m freestyle	8:23.00	3 Q	—		8:16.32
	1500 m freestyle	15:49.18	1 Q	—		15:38.88 EU
Jeanette Ottesen	50 m freestyle	25.04	12 Q	24.54 NR	3 Q	24.66	=5
	100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	25.69	=1 Q	25.50	1 Q	25.24 NR
	100 m butterfly	57.79	5 Q	57.19 NR	2 Q	57.27	4
Rikke Møller Pedersen	50 m breaststroke	31.23	12 Q	30.57 NR	6 Q	30.72	6
	100 m breaststroke	1:06.30	4 Q	1:05.99 NR	3 Q	1:05.93 NR	4
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.20	2 Q	2:19.11 WR	1 Q	2:20.08

• BCN 2013 website^[usurped]