Monaco participated in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China held between 4 and 20 February 2022. The country's participation in the Games marked its eleventh appearance at the Winter Olympics since its debut in the 1984 Games.
The Monaco team consisted of three athletes who competed across two sports. Arnaud Alessandria served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony and a Games volunteer served as the flag-bearer during the closing ceremony. Monaco did not win any medal in the Games, and has not won a Winter Olympics medal as of these Games.
The 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing held between 4 and 20 February 2022.[6][7] The Monegasque team consisted of three athletes who competed across two sports.[8]Arnaud Alessandria served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.[9][10] A Games volunteer carried the national flag during the closing ceremony.[11] Monaco did not win any medal in the Games,[12] and has not won a Winter Olympics medal as of these Games.[3]
Competitors
Monaco sent three athletes who competed in two sports at the Games.[12][8]
The qualification quotas were allocated based on athletes satisfying he criteria laid out by International Ski Federation (FIS), subject to a maximum cap per country. The individual athletes were allocated points based on their finishes in FIS events from 1 July 2019, to 16 January 2022. The points tally for the final list was calculated by taking the average of two best results for the speed events (downhill, super G, and super combined). An athlete was eligible if he/she had a point average of less than 80 for downhill and super-G, and 160 for the combined event.[13] Monaco qualified one male athlete for the alpine skiing events.[14]
As per the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation, a maximum of 170 quota spots (130 men, 40 women) were available for the Games. The qualification was based on the world rankings as on 16 January 2022. The athletes must have competed in five different races on three different tracks during the two previous seasons.[19] Based on their rankings in the 2021–22 Bobsleigh World Cup, Monaco qualified one sled in the two-man event.[20]
This was the second consecutive Winter Olympics appearance for the team of Rudy Rinaldi and Boris Vain, who made their debut at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[21][22] The Monegasque team finished in sixth place, the highest finish for the country at the Olympics.[23]
Monaco did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.
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