View source for Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics

{{infobox country at games
| NOC = DEN
| NOCname = [[National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark]]
| games = Winter Olympics
| year = 1998
| flagcaption = 
| oldcode = 
| website = {{URL|www.dif.dk }}&nbsp;{{in lang|da|en}}
| location = [[Nagano, Nagano|Nagano]]
| competitors = 12 (5 men, 7 women)
| sports = 6
| flagbearer = [[Helena Blach Lavrsen]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=DEN |title=Flagbearers for Denmark |website=olympedia.org |publisher=[[OlyMADMen]] |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref> (curling)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/100278 |title=Helena Blach Lavrsen |website=olympedia.org |publisher=[[OlyMADMen]] |access-date=24 December 2023}}</ref>
| rank = 18
| gold = 0
| silver = 1
| bronze = 0
| officials = 
| appearances = auto
| app_begin_year = 1948
| app_end_year = 
| summerappearances = 
| winterappearances = 
| seealso = [[Denmark at the 1906 Intercalated Games|1906]] Intercalated Games
}}

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

==Medalists==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Medal
!Name
!Sport
!Event
!Date
|-
| {{silver medal}} || {{sortname|Jane|Bidstrup}} <br/> {{sortname|Dorthe|Holm}} <br/> {{sortname|Helena Blach|Lavrsen}} <br/> {{sortname|Margit|Pörtner}} <br/> {{sortname|Trine|Qvist}} || [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Curling]] || [[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics#Women's|Women's tournament]] || 15 February
|}

==Competitors==
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.<ref>[https://www.olympedia.org/countries/DEN/editions/46 Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics]</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
|-
| align=left|[[Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Alpine skiing]]
| 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| align=left|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Cross-country skiing]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Curling]]
| 0 || 5 || 5
|-
| align=left|[[Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Figure skating]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Freestyle skiing]]
| 0 || 1 || 1
|-
| align=left|[[Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Snowboarding]]
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
! Total !! 5 !! 7 !! 12
|}

== Alpine skiing==
{{main|Alpine skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

;Men

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Race 1
!Race 2
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Time
!Time
!Time
!Rank
|-
|[[Tejs Broberg]]
|Super-G
|colspan="2" bgcolor="wheat"|
|align="center"|1:41.09
|align="center"|35
|-
|[[Tejs Broberg]]
|Giant Slalom
|align="center"|1:25.14
|align="center"|1:22.00
|align="center"|2:47.14
|align="center"|27
|-
|[[Arne Hardenberg]]
|Slalom
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|}

'''Men's combined'''
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!colspan="2"|Slalom
!Downhill
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Time 1
!Time 2
!Time
!Total time
!Rank
|-
|[[Tejs Broberg]]
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|-
|[[Arne Hardenberg]]
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|}

;Women

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!Race 1
!Race 2
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Time
!Time
!Time
!Rank
|-
|[[Katrine Hvidsteen]]
|Giant Slalom
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|-
|[[Katrine Hvidsteen]]
|Slalom
|align="center"|51.10
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|DNF
|align="center"|&ndash;
|}

== Cross-country skiing==
{{main|Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

;Men
{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan=2|Event
!rowspan=2|Athlete
!colspan=2|Race
|-
!Time
!Rank
|-
|10&nbsp;km <br> C
|[[Michael Binzer]]
|align=center|30:14.2
|align=center|46
|-
|15&nbsp;km <br> pursuit<sup>1</sup> <br> F
|[[Michael Binzer]]
|align=center|45:12.0
|align=center|41
|-
|30&nbsp;km <br> C
|[[Michael Binzer]]
|align=center|1'49:42.2
|align=center|58
|-
|50&nbsp;km <br> F
|[[Michael Binzer]]
|align=center|2'19:20.7
|align=center|41
|}
<sup>1</sup> <small>Starting delay based on 10&nbsp;km results. <br>
C = Classical style, F = Freestyle</small>

== Curling ==
{{main|Curling at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

===Women's tournament===
====Group stage====
Top four teams advanced to semi-finals.
{| class="wikitable"
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Country 
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="140"|Skip
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
|- bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|{{FlagIOC|CAN|1998 Winter}} || [[Sandra Schmirler]] || 6 || 1
|- bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|{{FlagIOC|SWE|1998 Winter}} || [[Elisabet Gustafson]] || 6 || 1
|- bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|{{FlagIOC|DEN|1998 Winter}} || [[Helena Blach Lavrsen]] || 5 || 2
|- bgcolor="#ffffcc"
|{{FlagIOC|GBR|1998 Winter}} || [[Kirsty Hay]] || 4 || 3
|-
|{{FlagIOC|JPN|1998 Winter}} || [[Mayumi Ohkutsu]] || 2 || 5
|-
|{{FlagIOC|NOR|1998 Winter}} || [[Dordi Nordby]] || 2 || 5
|-
|{{FlagIOC|USA|1998 Winter}} || [[Lisa Schoeneberg]] || 2 || 5
|-
|{{FlagIOC|GER|1998 Winter}} || [[Andrea Schöpp]] || 1 || 6
|}

{{OneLegStart}}
{{OneLegResult|{{GER}}|| 5–6 |{{DEN}}}}
{{OneLegResult|{{DEN}}|| 9–3 |{{GBR}}}}
{{OneLegResult|{{SWE}}|| 5–4 |{{DEN}}}}
{{OneLegResult|{{CAN}}|| 9–5 |{{DEN}}}}
{{OneLegResult|{{USA}}|| 5–8 |{{DEN}}}}
{{OneLegResult|{{DEN}}|| 6–4 |{{JPN}}}}
{{OneLegResult|{{DEN}}|| 8–3 |{{NOR}}}}
|}

====Medal round====
'''Semi-final'''
{{ Curlingbox
| sheet = D
| team1 = {{FlagIOC|DEN|1998 Winter}} (Lavrsen) {{X}}
|1|0|0|1|2|2|1|0|0|X| |7
| team2 = {{FlagIOC|SWE|1998 Winter}} (Gustafson)
|0|0|2|0|0|0|0|2|1|X| |5
}}

'''Gold medal game'''
{{ Curlingbox
| sheet = C
| team1 = {{FlagIOC|DEN|1998 Winter}} (Lavrsen) {{silver02}}
|0|2|0|0|0|0|2|0|1|X| |5
| team2 = {{FlagIOC|CAN|1998 Winter}} (Schmirler) {{X}}
|3|0|0|1|1|1|0|1|0|X| |7
}}

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!'''Contestants'''
!Skip
!Third
!Second
!Lead
!Alternate
|-
|bgcolor="silver"|'''Silver medal'''||[[Helena Blach Lavrsen]]||[[Margit Pörtner]]||[[Dorthe Holm]]||[[Trine Qvist]]||[[Jane Bidstrup]]
|}

== Figure skating==
{{main|Figure skating at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

;Men
{|class="wikitable" border="1" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!Athlete
!SP
!FS
!TFP
!Rank
|- align=center
|align=left| [[Michael Tyllesen]]
|9
|11
|15.5
|9
|}

== Freestyle skiing==
{{main|Freestyle skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

;Women

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!rowspan="2"|Event
!colspan="3"|Qualification
!colspan="3"|Final
|-
!Time
!Points
!Rank
!Time
!Points
!Rank
|-
|[[Anja Bolbjerg]]
|Moguls
|align="center"|34.41
|align="center"|22.41
|align="center"|9 '''Q'''
|align="center"|31.38
|align="center"|22.09
|align="center"|13
|}

==Snowboarding==
{{main|Snowboarding at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

;Men's giant slalom

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Athlete
!Race 1
!Race 2
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Time
!Time
!Time
!Rank
|-
|[[Mike Kildevæld]]
|align="center"|1:02.75
|align="center"|1:07.67
|align="center"|2:10.42
|align="center"|15
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Sources==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
*[http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417040452/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1998/ Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com]

{{Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics}}

[[Category:Nations at the 1998 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Denmark at the Winter Olympics by year|1998]]
[[Category:1998 in Danish sport|Winter Olympics]]

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{{Denmark-sport-team-stub}}