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Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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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

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
 Silver Jane Bidstrup
Dorthe Holm
Helena Blach Lavrsen
Margit Pörtner
Trine Qvist		 Curling Women's tournament 15 February

Competitors

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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

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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

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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
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

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Main article: Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Women's tournament

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Group stage

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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

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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

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete SP FS TFP Rank
Michael Tyllesen 9 11 15.5 9

Freestyle skiing

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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

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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

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  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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