Denmark competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Camilla Martin won Denmark's only medal in the Women's Singles event.

In June 2000, Pernille Svarre became world pentathlon champion, winning gold at the championship in Pesaro, Italy.

The same year, she was the first Danish woman to compete in the modern pentathlon at the Summer Olympics where the discipline was included for the first time.

Denmark competed in seven events during the Sailing competition in Sydney and won one gold medal.