| Noc: | DEN |
| Nocname: | National Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark |
| Games: | Winter Olympics |
| Year: | 2022 |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of Denmark |
| Date: | 4–20 February 2022 |
| Location: | Beijing, China |
| Competitors Men: | 33 |
| Competitors Women: | 29 |
| Sports: | 5 |
| Flagbearer Open: | Madeleine Dupont Frans Nielsen |
| Flagbearer Close: | Stefan Due Schmidt |
| Gold: | 0 |
| Silver: | 0 |
| Bronze: | 0 |
| Appearances: | auto |
Denmark competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1] [2]
With the debut of both the men's and women's ice hockey teams, this was the largest delegation Denmark ever sent to the Winter Games, and more than 3 times the size of the previous largest delegation, which was 18 in 2010.
On 20 January 2022, it was announced the Danish team would consist of 62 athletes (33 men and 29 women) competing in five sports.[3] Curler Madeleine Dupont and hockey player Frans Nielsen were also named as the Danish flagbearers during the opening ceremony.[3] Meanwhile speed skater Stefan Due Schmidt was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.[4]
Their best placement was 7th, in the men's ice hockey tournament.
The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.
| width=130 | Sport | width=55 | Men | width=55 | Women | width=55 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Biathlon | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Curling | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||
| Ice hockey | 25 | 23 | 48 | ||||
| Speed skating | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Total | 33 | 29 | 62 |
See main article: article, Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. By meeting the basic qualification standards Denmark qualified one male and one female alpine skier, but declined the female quota.[5]
See main article: article, Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the IBU Qualifying Points list Denmark qualified one athlete – Ukaleq Slettemark. Slettemark competes for Greenland (a constituent country in the Kingdom of Denmark) in the Biathlon World Cup, but as they don't have a National Olympic Committee, Greenlandic athletes compete at the Olympics for Denmark.
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=left rowspan=2 | Ukaleq Slettemark | Women's sprint | 23:54.6 | 0 (0+0) | 65 |
| Women's individual | 50:27.4 | 0 (0+0+0+0) | 53 |
See main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification.
| Team | Event | Group stage | Semifinal | Final / | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Mikkel Krause Mads Nørgård Henrik Holtermann Kasper Wiksten Tobias Thune | Men's tournament | L 5–10 | L 4–5 | L 2–10 | L 6–8 | L 2–8 | W 6–5 | L 3–8 | L 3–10 | L 5–7 | 10 | did not advance | |||
| Madeleine Dupont Mathilde Halse Denise Dupont My Larsen Jasmin Lander | Women's tournament | W 7–6 | L 5–7 | L 7–8 | L 5–8 | L 2–7 | W 10–5 | L 3–9 | L 7–8 | L 4–10 | 9 | did not advance | |||
See main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament.
Denmark qualified their men's team (five athletes), by finishing in third in the 2021 Olympic Qualification Event.[6]
See main article: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament.
Denmark qualified their women's team (five athletes), by finishing in the top six teams in the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship.[8]
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Denmark qualified 25 male competitors to the ice hockey tournament.[9]
| Team | Event | Group stage | Qualification playoff | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | |||
| Denmark men's | Men's tournament | W 2–1 | L 0–2 | W 5–3 | 2 Q | W 3–2 | L 1–3 | did not advance | 7 | |||
| Denmark women's | Women's tournament | L 1–3 | L 2–6 | W 3–2 | L 1–3 | 5 | did not advance | 10 | ||||
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament. Denmark men's national ice hockey team qualified by winning the final qualification tournament.[10]
See main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament. Denmark women's national ice hockey team qualified by winning a final qualification tournament.[11]
See main article: Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. Based on the results from the fall World Cups during the 2021–22 ISU Speed Skating World Cup season, Denmark earned the following start quotas:[12] The country would later be reallocated quota for the men's 5000 metres event.[13]
| Athlete | Event | Semifinal | Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Time | Rank | Points | Time | Rank | |||
| Stefan Due Schmidt | align=left rowspan=2 | Mass start | 0 | 7:58.01 | 12 | did not advance | 25 | |
| Viktor Hald Thorup | 1 | 8:21.94 | 10 | did not advance | 21 | |||
See main article: article, Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification. By meeting the basic qualification standards, Denmark qualified at least one male cross-country skier, however an athlete was not named to the team.[14]