Denmark at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Denmark competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.[1][2]

Denmark at the
2022 Winter Olympics
Flag of Denmark
IOC codeDEN
NOCNational Olympic Committee and Sports Confederation of Denmark
Websitewww.dif.dk/en
in Beijing, China
4–20 February 2022
Competitors62 (33 men and 29 women) in 5 sports
Flag bearers (opening)Madeleine Dupont
Frans Nielsen
Flag bearer (closing)Stefan Due Schmidt
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

With the debut of both the men's and women's ice hockey teams, guarantees 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.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport Men Women Total
Alpine skiing 101
Biathlon 011
Curling 5510
Ice hockey 252348
Speed skating 202
Total332962

Alpine skiing
Main articles: 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]

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Casper Dyrbye Næsted Men's slalom 1:01.38 38 55.89 31 1:57.27 30

Biathlon
Main articles: 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 Astri 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
Ukaleq Astri Slettemark Women's sprint 23:54.6 0 (0+0) 65
Women's individual 50:27.4 0 (0+0+0+0) 53

Curling
Main articles: Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification
Summary
Team Event Group stage Semifinal Final / BM
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  CAN
L 5–10		  CHN
L 4–5		  ROC
L 2–10		  SUI
L 6–8		  GBR
L 2–8		  NOR
W 6–5		  SWE
L 3–8		  ITA
L 3–10		  USA
L 5–7		 10 Did not advance
Madeleine Dupont
Mathilde Halse
Denise Dupont
My Larsen
Jasmin Lander		 Women's tournament  CHN
W 7–6		  USA
L 5–7		  JPN
L 7–8		  SUI
L 5–8		  GBR
L 2–7		  ROC
W 10–5		  SWE
L 3–9		  KOR
L 7–8		  CAN
L 4–10		 9 Did not advance

Men's tournament
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]

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country
 Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%[7] DSC[8]
 Great BritainBruce Mouat81–6344393151088.0%18.81
 SwedenNiklas Edin72–64444330101185.7%14.02
 CanadaBrad Gushue541–0585034387784.4%26.49
 United StatesJohn Shuster540–1566135414583.0%32.29
 ChinaMa Xiuyue452–1; 1–0596239366485.4%23.55
 NorwaySteffen Walstad452–1; 0–15853403601184.4%20.96
 SwitzerlandPeter de Cruz451–2; 1–05154333813384.5%15.74
 ROCSergey Glukhov451–2; 0–1585833386681.2%33.72
 ItalyJoël Retornaz36–596536353881.7%30.76
 DenmarkMikkel Krause18–367130393278.1%32.84
Round robin

Denmark had a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10.[9]

Women's tournament
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.[10]

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Country
 Skip W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE S%[11] DSC[12]
 SwitzerlandSilvana Tirinzoni81–6746443641281.6%19.14
 SwedenAnna Hasselborg72–6449393561282.0%25.02
 Great BritainEve Muirhead541–1634739334980.6%35.27
 JapanSatsuki Fujisawa541–16462403621382.3%36.00
 CanadaJennifer Jones541–17159424111480.4%45.44
 United StatesTabitha Peterson452–06064403921279.5%33.87
 ChinaHan Yu451–15667384131079.6%30.06
 South KoreaKim Eun-jung450–26266404231080.8%27.79
 DenmarkMadeleine Dupont27–506833417077.2%23.36
 ROCAlina Kovaleva18–507934452778.9%29.34
Round robin

Denmark had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 10.[9]

Ice hockey
Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Denmark qualified 25 male competitors to the ice hockey tournament.[13]

Summary

Key:

Team Event Group stage Qualification
playoff		 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Opposition
Score		 Rank
Denmark men's Men's tournament  Czech Republic
W 2–1		  ROC
L 0–2		   Switzerland
W 5–3		 N/A 2 Q  Latvia
W 3–2		  ROC
L 1–3		 Did not advance 7
Denmark women's Women's tournament  China
L 1–3		  Japan
L 2–6		  Czech Republic
W 3–2		  Sweden
L 1–3		 5 N/A Did not advance 10

Men's tournament
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.[14]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 18 January 2022.[15]

Head coach: Heinz Ehlers

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
1GFrederik Dichow1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)87 kg (192 lb) (2001-03-01)1 March 2001 (aged 20) Kristianstads IK
2DPhillip Bruggisser1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)85 kg (187 lb) (1991-08-07)7 August 1991 (aged 30) Fischtown Pinguins
9FFrederik Storm1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)86 kg (190 lb) (1989-02-20)20 February 1989 (aged 32) ERC Ingolstadt
15DMatias Lassen1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1996-03-15)15 March 1996 (aged 25) Malmö Redhawks
16FMatthias Asperup1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1995-03-03)3 March 1995 (aged 26) Herlev Eagles
17FNicklas Jensen1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)98 kg (216 lb) (1993-03-06)6 March 1993 (aged 28) Jokerit
22DMarkus Lauridsen1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1991-02-28)28 February 1991 (aged 30) Malmö Redhawks
25DOliver Lauridsen1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1989-03-24)24 March 1989 (aged 32) Malmö Redhawks
28DEmil Kristensen1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1992-09-20)20 September 1992 (aged 29) HC Pustertal Wölfe
29FMorten Madsen1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1987-01-16)16 January 1987 (aged 35) Timrå IK
31GPatrick Galbraith1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)81 kg (179 lb) (1986-03-11)11 March 1986 (aged 35) SønderjyskE Ishockey
32GSebastian Dahm1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)83 kg (183 lb) (1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 34) EC KAC
33FJulian Jakobsen1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)87 kg (192 lb) (1987-04-11)11 April 1987 (aged 34) Aalborg Pirates
38FMorten Poulsen1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 33) Herning Blue Fox
40FJesper Jensen1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb) (1987-02-05)5 February 1987 (aged 35) Frederikshavn White Hawks
41DJesper Jensen Aabo1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1991-07-30)30 July 1991 (aged 30) Krefeld Pinguine
47DOliver Larsen1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)94 kg (207 lb) (1998-12-25)25 December 1998 (aged 23) Mikkelin Jukurit
48DNicholas Jensen1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)102 kg (225 lb) (1989-04-08)8 April 1989 (aged 32) Eisbären Berlin
50FMathias Bau Hansen2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)108 kg (238 lb) (1993-07-03)3 July 1993 (aged 28) Herning Blue Fox
51FFrans Nielsen1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1984-04-24)24 April 1984 (aged 37) Eisbären Berlin
63FPatrick Russell1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1993-01-04)4 January 1993 (aged 29) Linköping HC
72FNicolai Meyer1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)82 kg (181 lb) (1993-07-21)21 July 1993 (aged 28) Vienna Capitals
89FMikkel Bødker1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)95 kg (209 lb) (1989-12-16)16 December 1989 (aged 32) HC Lugano
93FPeter Regin1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)93 kg (205 lb) (1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 35) HC Ambrì-Piotta
95FNick Olesen1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)84 kg (185 lb) (1995-11-14)14 November 1995 (aged 26) Brynäs IF
Group play
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  ROC 3 2 0 1 0 8 6 +2 7 Quarterfinals
2  Denmark 3 2 0 0 1 7 6 +1 6 Playoffs
3  Czech Republic 3 0 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Source: IIHF
9 February 2022 (2022-02-09)
21:10
v		Czech Republic 1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)		 DenmarkBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 891
11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
12:10
v		Denmark 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 ROCBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 907
12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
21:10
v		Switzerland  3–5
(1–0, 0–3, 2–2)		 DenmarkWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 620
Playoffs
15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)
12:10
v		Denmark 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 LatviaWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 726
Quarterfinals
16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)
14:00
v		ROC 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)		 DenmarkWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 727

Women's tournament
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.[16]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 10 January 2022.[17]

Head coach: Peter Elander

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
2DKristine Melberg Hansen1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)69 kg (152 lb) (2000-12-28)28 December 2000 (aged 21) IF Malmö
4FSilke Lave Glud1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)65 kg (143 lb) (1996-03-03)3 March 1996 (aged 25) Rødovre SIK
8FJosefine Persson1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)69 kg (152 lb) (1994-03-28)28 March 1994 (aged 27) Luleå HF
11DAmalie Andersen1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)73 kg (161 lb) (1999-10-06)6 October 1999 (aged 22) Maine Black Bears
13FMichele Brix Nielsen1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)75 kg (165 lb) (1996-07-10)10 July 1996 (aged 25) Odense IK
14FNicoline Jensen – A1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)65 kg (143 lb) (1992-11-08)8 November 1992 (aged 29) HV71
15DAmanda Refsgaard1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)63 kg (139 lb) (2001-03-08)8 March 2001 (aged 20) Rødovre SIK
17FSofia Skriver1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)60 kg (130 lb) (2003-06-07)7 June 2003 (aged 18) Luleå HF
18FMaria Holm Peters1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)60 kg (130 lb) (1999-09-16)16 September 1999 (aged 22) Odense IK
19DJosephine Asperup1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)64 kg (141 lb) (1992-07-21)21 July 1992 (aged 29) IF Malmö
21FMichelle Weis1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)59 kg (130 lb) (1997-04-10)10 April 1997 (aged 24) Maine Black Bears
22DSofie Skott Dahl1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)62 kg (137 lb) (2002-06-14)14 June 2002 (aged 19) Hvidovre IK
23FJulie Oksbjerg1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)67 kg (148 lb) (2000-12-02)2 December 2000 (aged 21) Odense IK
27FLilli Friis-Hansen1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)55 kg (121 lb) (2000-01-27)27 January 2000 (aged 22) RPI Engineers
30GLisa Jensen1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)61 kg (134 lb) (1997-02-26)26 February 1997 (aged 24) IF Malmö
33GEmma-Sofie Nordström1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)75 kg (165 lb) (2002-11-05)5 November 2002 (aged 19) Linköping HC
50FMia Bau Hansen1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)65 kg (143 lb) (1995-06-22)22 June 1995 (aged 26) IF Malmö
63FJosefine Jakobsen – C1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)72 kg (159 lb) (1991-05-17)17 May 1991 (aged 30) Djurgårdens IF
68FEmma Russell1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)75 kg (165 lb) (1995-08-18)18 August 1995 (aged 26) Rødovre SIK
72GCassandra Repstock-Romme1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)72 kg (159 lb) (2001-08-26)26 August 2001 (aged 20) Hvidovre IK
80FJulie Funch Østergaard1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)65 kg (143 lb) (1995-08-06)6 August 1995 (aged 26) Hvidovre IK
87DSimone Jacquet Thrysøe1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)72 kg (159 lb) (1987-04-23)23 April 1987 (aged 34) Aalborg IK
89DMalene Frandsen1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)68 kg (150 lb) (1995-10-25)25 October 1995 (aged 26) IF Malmö
Group play
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 4 2 1 1 0 13 7 +6 9 Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 4 2 0 1 1 10 8 +2 7
3  Sweden 4 2 0 0 2 7 8 −1 6
4  China (H) 4 1 1 0 2 7 7 0 5 Eliminated
5  Denmark 4 1 0 0 3 7 14 −7 3
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)
12:10
v		Denmark 1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)		 ChinaWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 580
5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
16:40
v		Japan 6–2
(3–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 DenmarkWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 476
7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)
16:40
v		Denmark 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 637
8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)
21:10
v		Sweden 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 DenmarkWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 696

Speed skating
Main articles: 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:[18] The country would later be reallocated quota for the men's 5000 metres event.[19]

Men
Distance
Athlete Event Race
Time Rank
Viktor Hald Thorup 5000 m 6:28.87 19
Mass start
Athlete Event Semifinal Final
Points Time Rank Points Time Rank
Stefan Due Schmidt Mass start 0 7:58.01 12 Did not advance 25
Viktor Hald Thorup 1 8:21.94 10 Did not advance 21

Non-competing sports

Cross-country skiing
Main articles: 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.[20]

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