Denmark at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Denmark competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 12 athletes in 3 sports are competing for the team.[4][5] Their best placements were sixth in men's and women's curling.

Denmark at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	DEN
NOC	National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Website	www.dif.dk (in Danish and English)
in Sochi
Competitors	12 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Lene Nielsen (opening)[1][2] Martin Møller (closing)[3]
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
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Denmark has qualified three athletes.[6] However Denmark elected to send only one athlete who met the qualification set by the Olympic Committee.[4]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank 1	Time	Rank
Christoffer Faarup	Men's downhill	N/A				2:12.55	37
	Men's super-G	N/A				1:23.34	47
	Men's combined	1:57.96	39	1:10.36	34	3:08.32	34

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Denmark has qualified two athletes.[6] However Denmark elected to only send one athlete, who met the qualification set by the Olympic Committee.[4]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Martin Møller[4]	Men's 15 km classical	N/A				43:29.7	+5:00.0	58
	Men's 30 km skiathlon	38:59.0	56	34:33.3	45	1:14:05.1	+5:49.7	52
	Men's 50 km freestyle	N/A				1:52:32.7	+5:37.5	45

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Martin Møller	Men's sprint	3:44.38	54	Did not advance

Curling

Based on results from 2012 and the 2013 World Curling Championships, Denmark has qualified their men's and women's team as one of the seven highest ranked nations. On 24 August 2013, the team selections were announced; all athletes who took part in the qualification were selected.

Men's tournament

Team: Rasmus Stjerne (skip), Mikkel Adrup Poulsen, Johnny Frederiksen, Troels Harry and Lars Vilandt (alternate).[7]

Round robin

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	8	1	60	44	38	30	18	8	86%
Canada	Brad Jacobs	7	2	69	53	39	36	14	7	84%
China	Liu Rui	7	2	67	50	41	37	11	5	85%
Norway	Thomas Ulsrud	5	4	52	53	36	33	18	5	86%
Great Britain	David Murdoch	5	4	51	49	37	35	15	8	83%
Denmark	Rasmus Stjerne	4	5	54	61	32	37	17	4	81%
Russia	Andrey Drozdov	3	6	58	70	36	38	13	7	77%
Switzerland	Sven Michel	3	6	47	46	31	34	22	7	83%
United States	John Shuster	2	7	47	58	30	39	14	7	80%
Germany	John Jahr	1	8	53	74	38	39	10	9	76%

Round-robin

Draw 1 Monday, 10 February, 9:00 am Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4  China (Liu) 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 7 Draw 2 Monday, 10 February, 7:00 pm Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 3 0 1 11  Russia (Drozdov) 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 10 Draw 4 Wednesday, 12 February, 9:00 am Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Denmark (Stjerne) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5  United States (Shuster) 0 2 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 9 Draw 5 Wednesday, 12 February, 7:00 pm Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Denmark (Stjerne) 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 X 8  Sweden (Edin) 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 X 5 Draw 6 Thursday, 13 February, 2:00 pm Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Canada (Jacobs) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 7  Denmark (Stjerne) 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6

Draw 8 Friday, 14 February, 7:00 pm Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Great Britain (Murdoch) 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 1 1 8  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 6 Draw 9 Saturday, 15 February, 2:00 pm Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X X 3  Switzerland (Michel) 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 X X 9 Draw 11 Sunday, 16 February, 7:00 pm Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Germany (Jahr) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 X 6 Draw 12 Monday, 17 February, 2:00 pm Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Norway (Ulsrud) 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 3  Denmark (Stjerne) 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 X 5

Women's tournament

Team: Lene Nielsen (skip), Helle Nordfred Simonsen, Jeanne Ellegaard, Maria Poulsen and Mette de Neergaard (alternate).[4]

Round robin

Final round robin standings

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country	Skip	W	L	PF	PA	Ends won	Ends lost	Blank ends	Stolen ends	Shot %
Canada	Jennifer Jones	9	0	72	40	43	27	12	14	86%
Sweden	Margaretha Sigfridsson	7	2	58	52	37	35	13	7	80%
Switzerland	Mirjam Ott	5	4	63	60	37	38	13	7	78%
Great Britain	Eve Muirhead	5	4	74	58	39	35	9	11	80%
Japan	Ayumi Ogasawara	4	5	59	67	39	41	4	10	76%
Denmark	Lene Nielsen	4	5	57	56	34	40	12	9	78%
China	Wang Bingyu	4	5	58	62	36	38	10	4	81%
South Korea	Kim Ji-sun	3	6	60	65	35	37	10	6	79%
Russia	Anna Sidorova	3	6	48	56	33	35	19	6	82%
United States	Erika Brown	1	8	42	75	33	40	8	5	76%

Round-robin

Draw 1 Monday, 10 February, 2:00 pm Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Russia (Sidorova) 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 7  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4 Draw 2 Tuesday, 11 February, 9:00 am Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Switzerland (Ott) 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 7  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 6 Draw 3 Tuesday, 11 February, 7:00 pm Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 X X 3  Japan (Ogasawara) 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 X X 8 Draw 5 Thursday, 13 February, 9:00 am Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Canada (Jones) 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 X 8  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 X 5 Draw 6 Thursday, 13 February, 7:00 pm Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Sweden (Sigfridsson) 0 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 7  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 6

Draw 7 Friday, 14 February, 2:00 pm Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  United States (Brown) 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X X 2  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 X X 9 Draw 9 Saturday, 15 February, 7:00 pm Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 1 9  China (Wang) 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 Draw 10 Sunday, 16 February, 2:00 pm Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Denmark (Nielsen) 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 0 7  South Korea (Kim) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 Draw 12 Monday, 17 February, 7:00 pm Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final  Denmark (Nielsen) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 8  Great Britain (Muirhead) 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 7

References

1. Andersen Asferg, Mikkel (13 January 2014). "Lene Nielsen bærer fanen ved OL". DR (in Danish). Retrieved 16 January 2014.
2. "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
3. "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. "Martin Møller og Christoffer Faarup udtaget til vinter-OL" [Martin Møller and Christopher Faarup selected for the Winter Olympics]. dif.dk (in Danish). National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark. 13 January 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
5. "Danish Athletes Compete at 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia". Danish Pioneer. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
6. "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
7. "Denmark announces Olympic curling teams". World Curling Federation. 24 August 2013. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.

External links

• Denmark at the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi2014.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-02-24)
• [DEN/winter/2014/ Denmark at the 2014 Winter Olympics] at SR/Olympics ([https://web.archive.org/web/20200419213644/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/DEN/winter/2014/ archive])