Denmark at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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 at the
2010 Winter Olympics
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Vancouver
Competitors18 in 7 sports
Flag bearers Sophie Fjellvang-Sølling (opening)[1]
Johnny Frederiksen (closing)
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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

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Men
Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total Rank
Time Rank Time Rank Time
Johnny Albertsen Downhill 2:00.12 53 2:00.12 53
Super-G 1:35.69 40 1:35.69 40
Markus Kilsgaard Giant slalom DSQ DNS
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
Time Rank Time Rank Time
Yina Moe-Lange Giant slalom 1:24.68 58 1:18.99 47 2:43.67 47
Slalom 1:02.75 66 1:01.95 51 2:04.70 52

Biathlon

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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

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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

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Men's tournament

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

Standings
Final round robin standings
Team 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%
  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

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

Standings
Final round robin standings
Team 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

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

Snowboarding

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

Speed skating

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

See also

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References

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  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).
  5. ^ 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.
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