Denmark at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Denmark at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Denmark at the; 2010 Winter Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Vancouver
Competitors	18 in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling (opening); Johnny Frederiksen (closing)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972–1984; 1988; 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Denmark competed at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The highest result came in women's curling, where the Danish team finished fifth.

Denmark's only medal at the Winter Olympics came in women's curling in 1998.

The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Johnny Albertsen	Downhill	2:00.12	53	—		2:00.12	53
Johnny Albertsen	Super-G	1:35.69	40	—		1:35.69	40
Markus Kilsgaard	Giant slalom	DSQ		DNS		—
Markus Kilsgaard	Slalom	DNS

Kilsgaard originally finished his first run in 1:26.32 ranked 66th,^[2] but was disqualified after his skies were found not to conform with rule B2.1.2,^[3] regarding the distance between the ski boot sole and the running surface of the ski.^[4]

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yina Moe-Lange	Giant slalom	1:24.68	58	1:18.99	47	2:43.67	47
Yina Moe-Lange	Slalom	1:02.75	66	1:01.95	51	2:04.70	52

Biathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	Time (misses)	Rank
Øystein Slettemark	10 km sprint	30:55.8 (3+4)	86
	12.5 km pursuit	DNQ
	20 km individual	1:01:12.9 (2+1+2+3)	88

Slettemark competes for Greenland on the World Cup, but since Greenland does not have an NOC, he competes for Denmark during the Olympics.

Cross-country skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jonas Thor Olsen	15 km freestyle	39:01.8	76
	30 km pursuit	Lapped	55
	50 km classical	2:25:00.9	48

Curling

Men's tournament

Team: Ulrik Schmidt (skip), Johnny Frederiksen, Bo Jensen, Lars Vilandt and Mikkel Poulsen (alternate).^[5]

Standings

Final round robin standings
Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Canada	Kevin Martin	9	9	0	75	36	36	28	14	2	85%	Playoffs
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	9	7	2	64	43	40	32	15	7	84%
Switzerland	Ralph Stöckli	9	6	3	53	44	35	33	20	8	81%
Sweden	Niklas Edin	9	5	4	50	52	34	36	20	6	82%	Tiebreaker
Great Britain	David Murdoch	9	5	4	57	44	35	29	20	9	81%	Tiebreaker
Germany	Andy Kapp	9	4	5	48	60	35	38	11	9	75%
France	Thomas Dufour	9	3	6	37	63	22	34	16	7	73%
China	Wang Fengchun	9	2	7	52	60	37	37	9	7	77%
Denmark	Ulrik Schmidt	9	2	7	45	63	31	29	12	6	78%
United States	John Shuster	9	2	7	43	59	32	41	18	9	76%

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Draw 1 16 Feb 9:00 PST Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Stöckli)	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	6
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	1	5

Draw 3 17 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-04-08 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	x	x	x	1
China (Wang)	1	0	3	2	1	0	1	x	x	x	8

Draw 4 18 Feb 9:00 PST Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	7
United States (Shuster)	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	6

Draw 5 18 Feb 19:00 PST Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Murdoch)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	3	9
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	6

Draw 6 19 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	1	0	1	0	x	x	x	x	3
Canada (Martin)	0	2	0	5	0	3	x	x	x	x	10

Draw 7 20 Feb 9:00 PST Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Norway (Ulsrud)	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	x	6
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	x	3

Draw 9 21 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Schmidt)	1	0	0	4	1	0	2	0	1	x	9
Germany (Kapp)	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	x	5

Draw 11 22 Feb 19:00 PST Archived 2010-02-22 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
France (Dufour)	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	5

Draw 12 23 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-02-14 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	7
Denmark (Schmidt)	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	6

Women's tournament

Team: Angelina Jensen, Madeleine Dupont, Denise Dupont, Camilla Jensen and Ane Håkansson Hansen (alternate).^[5]

Standings

Final round robin standings
Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	Qualification
Canada	Cheryl Bernard	9	8	1	56	37	40	29	20	13	81%	Playoffs
Sweden	Anette Norberg	9	7	2	56	52	36	36	13	5	79%
China	Wang Bingyu	9	6	3	61	47	39	37	12	7	74%
Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	9	6	3	67	48	40	36	7	12	76%
Denmark	Angelina Jensen	9	4	5	49	61	31	40	15	5	74%
Germany	Andrea Schöpp	9	3	6	52	56	35	40	15	4	75%
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	9	3	6	54	59	36	41	11	10	75%
Japan	Moe Meguro	9	3	6	64	70	36	37	13	5	73%
Russia	Liudmila Privivkova	9	3	6	53	60	36	40	14	13	77%
United States	Debbie McCormick	9	2	7	43	65	36	36	12	12	77%

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Matches

Draw 1 16 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-05-06 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5
Sweden (Norberg)	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	6

Draw 3 17 Feb 19:00 PST Archived 2010-02-14 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Russia (Privivkova)	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	2	7
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	3

Draw 4 18 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	7
United States (McCormick)	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 5 19 Feb 9:00 PST Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Wang)	1	2	1	2	0	5	x	x	x	x	11
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	x	x	x	1

Draw 6 19 Feb 19:00 PST Archived 2010-02-14 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4
Canada (Bernard)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5

Draw 7 20 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-02-23 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Jensen)	2	1	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	7
Switzerland (Ott)	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	2	1	8

Draw 8 21 Feb 9:00 PST Archived 2010-02-21 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Germany (Schöpp)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5
Denmark (Jensen)	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	6

Draw 10 22 Feb 14:00 PST Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

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

Draw 12 23 Feb 19:00 PST Archived 2010-02-15 at the Wayback Machine

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Meguro)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	x	5
Denmark (Jensen)	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	3	0	x	7

Freestyle skiing

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		1/8 Finals	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling	Ski cross	1:20.41	20	3	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	21

Snowboarding

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank	Rank
Julie Lundholdt	Snowboard cross	1:31.29	1:44.62	15	4	DNQ	DNQ	15

Speed skating

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Cathrine Grage	3000 m	4:20.93	27
Cathrine Grage	5000 m	7:23.83	14

References

^ Hollerup, Casper (2010-01-06). "OL: Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling som dansk fanebærer" (in Danish). Danmarks Idræts-Forbund. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-07.
^ Ritzau (23 February 2010). "Kilsgaard var bedre end Bode Miller". dr.dk/sporten (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ "Alpine Skiing results and schedule: Men's giant slalom". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 23 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
^ International Ski Federation (FIS). "Specifications for Competition Equipment Edition 2009/10" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010. Maximum height (distance between the bottom of the running surface of the ski and the ski boot sole) for all categories is 50 mm (Ladies, Men and Children's).
^ ^a ^b Hollerup, Casper (2009-05-05). "10 atleter udtaget til vinter-OL" (in Danish). Danmarks Idræts-Forbund. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved 2009-11-13.

External links

Danish National Olympic Committee's official site

[1] Hollerup, Casper (2010-01-06). "OL: Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling som dansk fanebærer" (in Danish). Danmarks Idræts-Forbund. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved 2010-01-07.

[2] Ritzau (23 February 2010). "Kilsgaard var bedre end Bode Miller". dr.dk/sporten (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[3] "Alpine Skiing results and schedule: Men's giant slalom". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 23 February 2010. Archived from the original on 27 February 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[4] International Ski Federation (FIS). "Specifications for Competition Equipment Edition 2009/10" (PDF). International Ski Federation (FIS). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2009. Retrieved 23 February 2010. Maximum height (distance between the bottom of the running surface of the ski and the ski boot sole) for all categories is 50 mm (Ladies, Men and Children's).

[oludtagelser-5] Hollerup, Casper (2009-05-05). "10 atleter udtaget til vinter-OL" (in Danish). Danmarks Idræts-Forbund. Archived from the original on January 14, 2010. Retrieved 2009-11-13.

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