Denmark at the
2018 Winter Olympics
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Flag of Denmark
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk/en
in Pyeongchang, South Korea
9–25 February 2018
Competitors17 (10 men and 7 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Elena Møller Rigas[1]
Flag bearer (closing)Viktor Hald Thorup
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

The Kingdom of Denmark is a sovereign state comprising three constituent countries: Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands that competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 17 competitors in 5 sports. On 9 January 2018, speed skater Elena Møller Rigas was named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 2 0 2
Cross-country skiing 1 0 1
Curling 5 5 10
Freestyle skiing 0 1 1
Speed skating 2 1 3
Total 10 7 17

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Denmark qualified one athlete,[3] and received one additional quota place.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Christoffer Faarup Men's combined 1:21.08 20 54.13 34 2:15.21 30
Men's downhill — 1:44.48 36
Men's super-G — 1:27.81 32
Casper Dyrbye Næsted Men's giant slalom 1:20.33 69 1:18.01 56 2:38.34 60
Men's slalom DNF

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Denmark qualified one male athlete.[4]

Distance
Athlete Event Final
Time Deficit Rank
Martin Møller Men's 15 km freestyle 39:35.4 +5:51.5 90
Men's 50 km classical 2:36:10.8 +27:48.7 60

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Denmark qualified both a men's and a women's team by qualifying via the qualification event in Plzeň, Czech Republic.[5][6]

Summary
Team Event Group stage Tiebreaker Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Rasmus Stjerne
Johnny Frederiksen
Mikkel Poulsen
Oliver Dupont
Morten Thomsen 		Men's tournament Sweden SWE
L 5–9 		Switzerland SUI
L 7–9 		Italy ITA
W 6–4 		United States USA
L 5–9 		Norway NOR
L 8–10 		South Korea KOR
W 9–8 		United Kingdom GBR
L 6–7 		Japan JPN
L 4–6 		Canada CAN
L 3–8 		10 Did not advance
Madeleine Dupont
Denise Dupont
Julie Høgh
Mathilde Halse
Lina Knudsen 		Women's tournament Sweden SWE
L 3–9 		Japan JPN
L 5–8 		Canada CAN
W 9–8 		United Kingdom GBR
L 6–7 		China CHN
L 7–10 		United States USA
L 6–7 		International Olympic Committee OAR
L 7–8 		Switzerland SUI
L 4–6 		South Korea KOR
L 3–9 		10 Did not advance

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
Final round robin standings
Team
 Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 Sweden Niklas Edin 9 7 2 62 43 34 28 13 8 87% Playoffs
 Canada Kevin Koe 9 6 3 56 46 36 34 14 8 87%
 United States John Shuster 9 5 4 67 63 37 39 4 6 80%
 Great Britain Kyle Smith 9 5 4 55 60 40 37 8 7 82% Tiebreaker
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 9 5 4 60 55 39 37 10 6 83%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 9 4 5 52 56 34 39 7 8 82%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 9 4 5 65 63 39 39 8 8 82%
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 9 4 5 48 56 33 35 13 5 81%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 9 3 6 50 56 37 38 15 7 81%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 9 2 7 53 70 36 39 12 5 83%
Source: [citation needed]
Round-robin

Denmark has a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 5
 Sweden (Edin) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 1 9
Draw 3

Thursday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 7
 Switzerland (de Cruz) (has hammer) 1 1 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 9
Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 09:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Italy (Retornaz) 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 4
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 6
Draw 5

Friday, 16 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 X 5
 United States (Shuster) (has hammer) 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 9
Draw 7

Sunday, 18 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Norway (Ulsrud) 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 10
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 8
Draw 8

Sunday, 18 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 9
 South Korea (Kim) 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 8
Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Great Britain (Smith) 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 7
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 6
Draw 11

Tuesday, 20 February, 20:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Japan (Morozumi) 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6
 Denmark (Stjerne) (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 4
Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 X X X 3
 Canada (Koe) (has hammer) 4 0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X 8

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
Final round robin standings
Team
 Skip Pld W L PF PA EW EL BE SE S% Qualification
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 9 8 1 75 44 41 34 5 15 79% Playoffs
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 9 7 2 64 48 42 34 14 13 83%
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 9 6 3 61 56 39 38 12 6 79%
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 9 5 4 59 55 38 36 10 13 75%
 China Wang Bingyu 9 4 5 57 65 35 38 12 5 78%
 Canada Rachel Homan 9 4 5 68 59 40 36 10 12 81%
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 9 4 5 60 55 34 37 12 7 78%
 United States Nina Roth 9 4 5 56 65 38 39 7 6 78%
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Victoria Moiseeva 9 2 7 45 76 34 40 8 6 76%
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 9 1 8 50 72 32 41 10 6 73%
Source: [citation needed]
Round-robin

Denmark has a bye in draws 3, 7 and 10.

Draw 1

Wednesday, 14 February, 14:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
 Sweden (Hasselborg) 1 0 2 0 2 2 0 2 X X 9
Draw 2

Thursday, 15 February, 09:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 X 5
 Japan (Fujisawa) (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 X 8
Draw 4

Friday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 9
 Canada (Homan) (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 8
Draw 5

Saturday, 17 February, 09:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 6
 Great Britain (Muirhead) (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 7
Draw 6

Saturday, 17 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 China (Wang) (has hammer) 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 4 X 10
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 7
Draw 8

Monday, 19 February, 09:05

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 United States (Roth) (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 6
Draw 9

Monday, 19 February, 20:05

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 7
 Olympic Athletes from Russia (Moiseeva) (has hammer) 0 1 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 1 8
Draw 11

Wednesday, 21 February, 09:05

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 Switzerland (Tirinzoni) (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 X 6
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Draw 12

Wednesday, 21 February, 20:05

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
 South Korea (Kim) (has hammer) 0 1 0 3 2 0 3 X X X 9
 Denmark (Dupont) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X X 3

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Denmark has qualified one athlete in Freestyle Skiing.

Halfpipe
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Best Rank Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Laila Friis-Salling Women's halfpipe 45.00 11.80 45.00 23 Did not advance

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Denmark earned the following quotas at the conclusion of the four World Cups used for qualification.[7] The Danish speed skating team consists of two male and one female athlete.[8]

Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Stefan Due Schmidt Men's mass start 40 7:55.22 2 Q 0 7:47.53 13
Viktor Hald Thorup 5 8:34.06 4 Q 8 7:57.10 5
Elena Møller Rigas Women's mass start 0 8:54.39 9 Did not advance

Non-competing sports

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Denmark qualified an ice dancing pair, based on its placement at the 2017 World Figure Skating Championships in Helsinki, Finland.[9] However they relinquished their allocation because Laurence Fournier Beaudry was unable to obtain clearance to participate for Denmark, because he is Canadian, not Danish.

References

  1. ^ "Opening Ceremony Flagbearers - Olympic Winter Games, PyeongChang 2018" (PDF). olympic.org. International Olympic Committee (IOC). 9 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ Wenande, Christian (10 January 2018). "Sports News in Brief: Danes a smash hit with UK footy fans". The Copenhagen Post. Copenhagen, Denmark. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Alpine Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 22 January 2018. Archived from the original on 9 February 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Quota List for Olympic Games 2018". www.data.fis-ski.com/. International Ski Federation (FIS). 12 December 2017. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Denmark men are final curling team into 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation. 10 December 2017. Archived from the original on 10 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Final four curling teams qualify for 2018 Olympics". Associated Press. New York City, New York, USA. 11 December 2017. Archived from the original on 27 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Communication No. 2136: XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018 PyeongChang Entries Speed Skating". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union (ISU). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  8. ^ Jennings, Simon (15 January 2018). "Danish inliners take budget route to Winter Olympics". Reuters. London, United Kingdom. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Figure Skating Quota places for the XXIII Olympic Winter Games 2018". www.isu.org/. International Skating Union. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
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