Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Denmark at the
1998 Winter Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Nagano
Competitors12 (5 men, 7 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer Helena Blach Lavrsen[1] (curling)[2]
Medals
Ranked 18th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
0
Total
1
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

Denmark competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan. The nation won its first ever medal at the Winter Olympic Games, a silver by the women's curling team.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Silver Jane Bidstrup
Dorthe Holm
Helena Blach Lavrsen
Margit Pörtner
Trine Qvist
Curling Women's competition

Alpine skiing

Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Tejs Broberg Super-G 1:41.09 35
Tejs Broberg Giant Slalom 1:25.14 1:22.00 2:47.14 27
Arne Hardenberg Slalom DNF DNF

Men's combined

Athlete Slalom Downhill Total
Time 1 Time 2 Time Total time Rank
Tejs Broberg DNF DNF
Arne Hardenberg DNF DNF
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Katrine Hvidsteen Giant Slalom DNF DNF
Katrine Hvidsteen Slalom 51.10 DNF DNF

Cross-country skiing

Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
10 km
C
Michael Binzer 30:14.2 46
15 km
pursuit1
F
Michael Binzer 45:12.0 41
30 km
C
Michael Binzer 1'49:42.2 58
50 km
F
Michael Binzer 2'19:20.7 41

1 Starting delay based on 10 km results.
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle

Curling

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

Country Skip W L
 Canada Sandra Schmirler 6 1
 Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 6 1
 Denmark Helena Blach Lavrsen 5 2
 Great Britain Kirsty Hay 4 3
 Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 2 5
 Norway Dordi Nordby 2 5
 United States Lisa Schoeneberg 2 5
 Germany Andrea Schöpp 1 6
Team 1  Score  Team 2
 Germany 5–6  Denmark
 Denmark 9–3  United Kingdom
 Sweden 5–4  Denmark
 Canada 9–5  Denmark
 United States 5–8  Denmark
 Denmark 6–4  Japan
 Denmark 8–3  Norway

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Lavrsen) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 X 7
 Sweden (Gustafson) 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 5

Gold medal game

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Lavrsen) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
 Canada (Schmirler) (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 X 7
Contestants Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
Silver medal Helena Blach Lavrsen Margit Pörtner Dorthe Holm Trine Qvist Jane Bidstrup

Figure skating

Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Michael Tyllesen 9 11 15.5 9

Freestyle skiing

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Time Points Rank Time Points Rank
Anja Bolbjerg Moguls 34.41 22.41 9 Q 31.38 22.09 13

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom
Athlete Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Time Time Rank
Mike Kildevæld 1:02.75 1:07.67 2:10.42 15

References

  1. ^ "Flagbearers for Denmark". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Helena Blach Lavrsen". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 24 December 2023.

Sources

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database
  • Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com


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