Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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Denmark at the
1998 Winter Olympics
Flag of Denmark.svg
IOC code DEN
NOC National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website www.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.

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Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg 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]

SportMenWomenTotal
Alpine skiing 213
Cross-country skiing 101
Curling 055
Figure skating 101
Freestyle skiing 011
Snowboarding 101
Total5712

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Tejs Broberg Super-G1:41.0935
Tejs Broberg Giant Slalom1:25.141:22.002:47.1427
Arne Hardenberg SlalomDNFDNF

Men's combined

AthleteSlalomDownhillTotal
Time 1Time 2TimeTotal timeRank
Tejs Broberg DNFDNF
Arne Hardenberg DNFDNF
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Katrine Hvidsteen Giant SlalomDNFDNF
Katrine Hvidsteen Slalom51.10DNFDNF

Cross-country skiing

Men
EventAthleteRace
TimeRank
10 km
C
Michael Binzer 30:14.246
15 km
pursuit1
F
Michael Binzer 45:12.041
30 km
C
Michael Binzer 1'49:42.258
50 km
F
Michael Binzer 2'19:20.741

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

Curling

Women's tournament

Group stage

Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.

CountrySkipWL
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Sandra Schmirler 61
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Elisabet Gustafson 61
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Helena Blach Lavrsen 52
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Kirsty Hay 43
Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Mayumi Ohkutsu 25
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Dordi Nordby 25
Flag of the United States.svg  United States Lisa Schoeneberg 25
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Andrea Schöpp 16
Team 1 Score Team 2
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 5–6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 9–3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 5–4Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 9–5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 5–8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 6–4Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 8–3Flag of Norway.svg  Norway

Medal round

Semi-final

Sheet D12345678910Final
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Lavrsen) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg100122100X7
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (Gustafson)002000021X5

Gold medal game

Sheet C12345678910Final
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (Lavrsen) Silver medal icon.svg020000201X5
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada (Schmirler) Font Awesome 5 solid hammer.svg300111010X7
ContestantsSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
Silver medal Helena Blach Lavrsen Margit Pörtner Dorthe Holm Trine Qvist Jane Bidstrup

Figure skating

Men
AthleteSPFSTFPRank
Michael Tyllesen 91115.59

Freestyle skiing

Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
TimePointsRankTimePointsRank
Anja Bolbjerg Moguls34.4122.419 Q31.3822.0913

Snowboarding

Men's giant slalom
AthleteRace 1Race 2Total
TimeTimeTimeRank
Mike Kildevæld 1:02.751:07.672:10.4215

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

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