# Denmark at the 1998 Winter Olympics

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

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

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| 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
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Slalom | Downhill | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time 1 | Time 2 | Time | Total time | Rank |
| Tejs Broberg | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |
| Arne Hardenberg | DNF | – | – | DNF | – |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Katrine Hvidsteen | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | DNF | – |
| Katrine Hvidsteen | Slalom | 51.10 | DNF | DNF | – |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 10 km C | Michael Binzer | 30:14.2 | 46 |
| 15 km pursuit$^1$ 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
### Women's tournament
#### Group stage

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

Semi-final
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Denmark (Lavrsen) | 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) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Canada (Schmirler) | 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
### Men

| Athlete | SP | FS | TFP | Rank |
| Michael Tyllesen | 9 | 11 | 15.5 | 9 |

## Freestyle skiing
### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank |
| Anja Bolbjerg | Moguls | 34.41 | 22.41 | 9 Q | 31.38 | 22.09 | 13 |

## Snowboarding
### Men's giant slalom

| Athlete | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Time | Time | Time | Rank |
| Mike Kildevæld | 1:02.75 | 1:07.67 | 2:10.42 | 15 |