Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Nagano
Competitors	12 (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
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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	Date
Silver	Jane Bidstrup Dorthe Holm Helena Blach Lavrsen Margit Pörtner Trine Qvist	Curling	Women's tournament	15 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	1	3
Cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Curling	0	5	5
Figure skating	1	0	1
Freestyle skiing	0	1	1
Snowboarding	1	0	1
Total	5	7	12

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
10 km C	Michael Binzer	30:14.2	46
15 km pursuit^1 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

Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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)	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)	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	5
Canada (Schmirler)	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

Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	SP	FS	TFP	Rank
Michael Tyllesen	9	11	15.5	9

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

Main article: Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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.
3. Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Sources

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