Denmark at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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 January 9, 2018, speed skater Elena Møller Rigas was named as the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony.[2]

Denmark at the
2018 Winter Olympics
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)

Competitors

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

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 202
Cross-country skiing 101
Curling 5510
Freestyle skiing 011
Speed skating 213
Total10717

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 N/A 1:44.48 36
Men's super-G N/A 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 SWE
L 5–9		 SUI
L 7–9		 ITA
W 6–4		 USA
L 5–9		 NOR
L 8–10		 KOR
W 9–8		 GBR
L 6–7		 JPN
L 4–6		 CAN
L 3–8		 10 Did not advance
Madeleine Dupont
Denise Dupont
Julie Høgh
Mathilde Halse
Lina Knudsen		 Women's tournament SWE
L 3–9		 JPN
L 5–8		 CAN
W 9–8		 GBR
L 6–7		 CHN
L 7–10		 USA
L 6–7		 OAR
L 7–8		 SUI
L 4–6		 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

Key
Teams to playoffs
Teams to tiebreaker
Country
 Skip W L PF PA Ends
won		 Ends
lost		 Blank
ends		 Stolen
ends		 Shot %
 Sweden Niklas Edin 726243342813887%
 Canada Kevin Koe 635646363414887%
 United States John Shuster 54676337394680%
 Great Britain Kyle Smith 54556040378782%
 Switzerland Peter de Cruz 546055393710683%
 Norway Thomas Ulsrud 45525634397882%
 South Korea Kim Chang-min 45656339398882%
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 454856333513581%
 Italy Joël Retornaz 365056373815781%
 Denmark Rasmus Stjerne 275370363912583%
Round-robin

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

Women's tournament
Main article: Curling at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Final round robin standings

Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L PF PA Ends
won		 Ends
lost		 Blank
ends		 Stolen
ends		 Shot %
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 817544413451579%
 Sweden Anna Hasselborg 7264484234141383%
 Great Britain Eve Muirhead 636156393812679%
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 5459553836101375%
 China Wang Bingyu 455765353812578%
 Canada Rachel Homan 4568594036101281%
 Switzerland Silvana Tirinzoni 456055343712778%
 United States Nina Roth 45566538397678%
 Olympic Athletes from Russia Victoria Moiseeva 27457634408676%
 Denmark Madeleine Dupont 185072324110673%
Round-robin

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

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. 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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