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

## 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

Denmark qualified one athlete, and received one additional quota place.
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Christoffer Faarup | Men's combined | 1:21.08 | 20 | 54.13 | 34 | 2:15.21 | 30 |
| Christoffer Faarup | Men's downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:44.48 | 36 |
| Christoffer Faarup | 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 |
| Casper Dyrbye Næsted | Men's slalom | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |

## Cross-country skiing

Denmark qualified one male athlete.

### Distance

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

## Curling

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

### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Tiebreaker | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Men's tournament

Final round robin standings :
| Teamvte | 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% | Playoffs |
| United States | John Shuster | 9 | 5 | 4 | 67 | 63 | 37 | 39 | 4 | 6 | 80% | Playoffs |
| 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% | Tiebreaker |
| 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% | |

#### 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | 8 |

### Women's tournament

Final round robin standings :
| Teamvte | 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% | Playoffs |
| Great Britain | Eve Muirhead | 9 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 56 | 39 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 79% | Playoffs |
| Japan | Satsuki Fujisawa | 9 | 5 | 4 | 59 | 55 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 13 | 75% | Playoffs |
| 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% | |

#### 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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) | 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

Denmark has qualified one athlete in Freestyle Skiing.

### Halfpipe

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Speed skating

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

### Mass start

| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | 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 | Men's mass start | 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 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Non-competing sports
### Figure skating

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