Bid process ( bid details ) Development ( venues , torch relay ) Marketing ( mascots ) Opening ceremony ( flag bearers ) Chronological summary Medal table ( medallists ) World and Olympic records Closing ceremony ( flag bearers ) Concerns and controversies The 2026 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXV Winter Olympic Games, were an international winter multi-sport event held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo , Italy, from 6 to 22 February. A total of 2,900 athletes representing 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, [ 1 ] including first-time entrants Benin , Guinea-Bissau , and the United Arab Emirates . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The games featured 116 events in eight sports across 16 disciplines, including ski mountaineering , which made its Olympic debut. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Athletes representing 29 NOCs received at least one medal, with 19 winning at least one gold medal. [ 7 ] Athletes from Norway won the most medals overall, with 41, surpassing the previous record of 39 medals set by Norway at the 2018 Winter Olympics . Norwegian athletes also won the most gold medals with 18, breaking the previous record of 16 golds set by the Norwegians at the 2022 Winter Olympics . [ 8 ] Brazil won the first medal and first gold medal in their Winter Olympic history. It is also the first tropical , Latin American and South American National Olympic Committee to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Georgia also won the first medal in their Winter Olympic history. [ 12 ] Among individual participants, Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won the most gold and overall medals, with six medals (all gold). [ 13 ] In doing so, he set the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics and most career gold medals won by a Winter Olympic athlete (11 gold medals total). [ 14 ] Among Winter Olympians, Klaebo's 13 overall medals trails only biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen and cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen , the latter of whom holds the record with 15 medals. [ 15 ] The official medals of the Games were unveiled in Venice , designed as two halves that symbolise the culmination of an athlete's journey and of all those who have walked beside them along the way. The medals were created by the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS). [ 16 ] [ 17 ] They have an essential design that places emotion and teamwork at its core. They feature the traditional Olympic five-ring symbol on one side with an inscription on the reverse that details the event and commemorates the two host cities. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code . [ 20 ] * Host nation ( Italy ) The following events featured a tie in the medal positions and therefore saw shared medals: Alpine skiing – Men's team combined – Shared silver between Austria and Switzerland; no bronze awarded [ 23 ] Ski jumping – Men's normal hill individual – Shared bronze between Japan and Switzerland [ 24 ] Alpine skiing – Women's giant slalom – Shared silver between Norway and Sweden ( Sara Hector and Thea Louise Stjernesund had identical times in both runs); no bronze awarded [ 25 ] 2026 Winter Paralympics medal table List of 2026 Winter Olympics medal winners 1 2 Although the IOC does not include Individual Neutral Athletes in the official medal tables, [ 21 ] they are listed here for comparison and historical purposes. ↑ Individual Neutral Athletes is the name used to represent approved individual Belarusian and Russian athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics, after the IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee and Belarus Olympic Committee due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine . The IOC country code is AIN, after the French name Athlètes Individuels Neutres . [ 21 ] ↑ "Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Athletes – Biographies, Medals & More" . International Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on 16 February 2026 . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ Rhys, Paul (13 February 2026). "Winter Olympics 2026: Benin's flagbearer Nathan Tchibozo hopes to begin path to greatness in Bormio" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ "Guinea-Bissau makes Winter Olympics debut with teen skier Tang" . Radio France Internationale . 13 February 2026 . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ "UAE makes historic Winter Olympics debut at Milan-Cortina 2026" . The Times of India . 7 February 2026. Archived from the original on 8 February 2026 . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ "2026 Milan Olympics and Paralympic Games" . The Globe and Mail . 17 February 2026 . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ Nottingham, Juliet (5 February 2026). "What is ski mountaineering? A guide to the newest sport at Winter Olympics 2026" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ "Milano Cortina 2026 in numbers: record engagement, efficient delivery, world-class performance" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 23 February 2026 . ↑ "Norway wins its 17th gold medal, breaking its record for most golds won in a single Winter Olympics" . The Washington Post . 20 February 2026 . Retrieved 20 February 2026 . ↑ Munday, Billy; Aldred, Tanya; Wallace, James; Munday (now), Billy; Aldred (earlier), Tanya; Wallace (later), James (14 February 2026). "Winter Olympics 2026: Pinheiro Braathen strikes gold for Brazil's first ever medal – live" . The Guardian . Retrieved 14 February 2026 . ↑ McAlister, Sean (14 February 2026). "Lucas Pinheiro Braathen wins giant slalom gold to secure Brazil's first-ever Winter Olympics medal" . International Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on 14 February 2026 . Retrieved 14 February 2026 . ↑ Keefer, Zak (14 February 2026). "Lucas Pinheiro Braathen makes history with gold for Brazil in the men's giant slalom" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on 14 February 2026 . Retrieved 14 February 2026 . ↑ Carroll, Rory (16 February 2026). "Figure skating-Metelkina and Berulava win Georgia's first ever Winter Olympic medal" . Reuters . London, England . Retrieved 16 February 2026 . ↑ "Medallists – Milano Cortina 2026 Bronze, Silver & Gold Medal Winners" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 23 February 2026 . ↑ Melley, Brian (21 February 2026). "Johannes Høsflot Klæbo becomes 1st athlete to win 6 gold medals at a Winter Games" . CBC.ca . Associated Press . Retrieved 23 February 2026 . ↑ Treacy, Dan (21 February 2026). "Most gold medals in one Winter Olympics: Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo's legendary 2026 breaks all-time record" . Yahoo sports. ↑ "Milano Cortina 2026 reveals medals for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games" . International Olympic Committee . 15 July 2025. Archived from the original on 26 July 2025 . Retrieved 15 July 2025 .

↑ Soriano, Daniel (16 July 2025). "Milano Cortina unveil striking medals" . Inside the Games . Archived from the original on 16 July 2025. ↑ Barrington, Talia (17 July 2025). "A medal-worthy legacy: How the Milan Cortina 2026 medals honor and reinvent Olympic history" . NBC Sports . Archived from the original on 19 July 2025 . Retrieved 18 July 2025 . ↑ "Italy showcases medals for 2026 Winter Games" . Reuters . 15 July 2025. Archived from the original on 2 September 2025. ↑ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained" . Diario AS . Archived from the original on 11 August 2024 . Retrieved 11 August 2024 . 1 2 "Individual Neutral Athletes to compete at Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games under same conditions as for Paris 2024" . International Olympic Committee . 19 September 2025. Archived from the original on 13 January 2026. ↑ "Milano Cortina Winter Olympics 2026: Live medal count" . International Olympic Committee . Archived from the original on 6 February 2026 . Retrieved 6 February 2026 . ↑ "Men's Team Combined Slalom Results – Alpine Skiing | Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics (Feb 6 – 22, 2026)" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ "Men's Normal Hill Individual – Final Round Results – Ski Jumping | Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics (Feb 6 – 22, 2026)" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . ↑ "Women's Giant Slalom Run 2 Results – Alpine Skiing | Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics (Feb 6 – 22, 2026)" . International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 17 February 2026 . All-time Olympic Games medal table Youth Pierre de Coubertin Medal Intercalated Games (1906) Lists of Olympic medalists List of stripped Olympic medals List of Olympic medals by host nation List of Olympic teams by medals won List of ties for medals at the Olympics Cross-country skiing Freestyle skiing Nordic combined Short-track speed skating Ski mountaineering Chronological summary List of medalists 1932 : United States 1948 : Norway and Sweden 1956 : Soviet Union 1960 : Soviet Union 1964 : Soviet Union 1972 : Soviet Union 1976 : Soviet Union 1980 : Soviet Union 1984 : East Germany 1988 : Soviet Union 2026 Winter Olympics Italy sport-related lists Winter Olympics medal tables Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Use dmy dates from January 2026