Denmark was represented at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan by the National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark.
In total, 12 athletes including five men and seven women represented Denmark in six different sports including alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing and snowboarding.
Denmark won one medal at the games after Jane Bidstrup, Dorthe Holm, Helena Blach Lavrsen, Margit Pörtner and Trine Qvist jointly claimed silver in the women's curling competition. It was Denmark's first-ever Winter Olympic medal.
Competitors In total, 12 athletes represented Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan across six different sports. SportMenWomenTotalAlpine skiing 2 1 3Cross-country skiing 1 0 1Curling 0 5 5Figure skating 1 0 1Freestyle skiing 0 1 1Snowboarding 1 0 1 Total 5 7 12
Medalists Denmark won one medal at the games after Jane Bidstrup, Dorthe Holm, Helena Blach Lavrsen Margit Pörtner and Trine Qvist jointly claimed silver in the women's curling competition. MedalNameSportEventDate Curling Women's tournament 15 February
Alpine skiing
In total, three Danish athletes participated in the alpine skiing events – Tejs Broberg, Arne Hardenberg and Katrine Hvidsteen.
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankTejs BrobergMen's super-G1:41.0935Men's giant slalom1:25.141:22.002:47.1427Arne HardenbergMen's slalomDNF–DNF–Katrine HvidsteenWomen's giant slalomDNF–DNF–Women's slalom51.10DNFDNF–
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AthleteEventSlalomDownhillTotalTime 1Time 2TimeTotal timeRankTejs BrobergMen's combinedDNF––DNF–Arne HardenbergDNF––DNF–
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Cross-country skiing
In total, one Danish athlete participated in the cross-country skiing events – Michael Binzer in the men's 10 km classical, the men's 15 km freestyle pursuit, the men's 30 km classical and the men's 50 km freestyle.
EventAthleteRaceTimeRank10 km CMichael Binzer30:14.24615 km pursuit1 F45:12.04130 km C1'49:42.25850 km F2'19:20.741 1 Starting delay based on 10 km results. C = Classical style, F = Freestyle
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Curling
In total, five Danish athletes participated in the curling events – Jane Bidstrup, Helena Blach Lavrsen, Dorthe Holm, Margit Pörtner and Trine Qvist in the women's competition.
CountrySkipWL Sandra Schmirler 6 1 Elisabet Gustafson 6 1 Helena Blach Lavrsen 5 2 Kirsty Hay 4 3 Mayumi Ohkutsu 2 5 Dordi Nordby 2 5 Lisa Schoeneberg 2 5 Andrea Schöpp 1 6
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Semi-final
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Gold medal match
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Figure skating
In total, one Danish athlete participated in the figure skating events – Michael Tyllesen in the men's singles.
AthleteSPFSTFPRankMichael Tyllesen91115.59
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Freestyle skiing
In total, one Danish athlete participated in the freestyle skiing events – Anja Bolbjerg in the women's moguls.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalTimePointsRankTimePointsRankAnja BolbjergMoguls34.4122.419 Q31.3822.0913
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Snowboarding
In total, one Danish athlete participated in the snowboarding events – Mike Kildevæld in the men's giant slalom.
AthleteRace 1Race 2TotalTimeTimeTimeRankMike Kildevæld1:02.751:07.672:10.4215
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External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1998, full results by sports-reference.com
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