Visualizing
Winter
Olympics
All-Time Gold
Medals
Visualizing Winter
Olympics All-Time
Gold Medals
For the first time ever, the 2026 Winter
Olympics will be hosted in two cities
and two provinces.
Across Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo,
athletes will compete for gold in 116
events, including skiing, bobsleigh, and
figure skating. Ski mountaineering, also
known as “Skimo” will mark its first year
as an Olympic discipline, an event where
skiers climb up the mountain then race
downhill across a designated course.
This chart shows the countries with
the most gold medals in Winter
Olympic sports, based on data from
Top 20 Countries in
Winter Olympic
Sports
Below are the top 20 countries by
all-time gold medals at the
Winter Olympics:
Norway leads with 148 gold medals
overall, dominating in cross-country
skiing, ski jumping, and biathlon.
Not only that, the top three most
decorated Winter Olympians in history
are all from Norway. With 15 medals,
including eight gold, cross-country skier
Marit Bjรธrgen ranks first overall. Across
all Olympic medalists, Bjรธrgen is the
third-most decorated, falling after
Michael Phelps and Larisa Latynina.
Ranking in second is the U.S. winning
114 gold medals. In terms of overall
medal count, America is the leading
country in figure skating and snow
boarding, with 51 and 31 medals in
each sport, respectively. Michelle Kwan
stands as one of the most successful
U.S. Olympic skaters, with two Olympic
medals and a total of 43 champion-
ships.
As the third-top country at the Winter Olympics, Germany is known for its
achievements in bobsleigh, biathlon,
and luge in addition to notable success
in speed skating. Overall, the country
falls closely behind the U.S., with 104
gold medals.
Perhaps it comes as no surprise that
Nordic countries, including Sweden and
Finland excel at the winter Olympics.
Other colder nations, like Russia and
Canada, also fall in the top 10 overall.
More broadly, 15 of the top 20
countries by gold medals in Winter
Olympic sports are European or former
European countries (like East
Germany).
Across Asia, three countries—China,
Japan, and South Korea—have
achieved the strongest performance,
mirroring a trend seen in the Summer
Olympic Games.
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