Sport with most medals: Cross country skiing (77) There are only five total events across the two sports with each having a men’s and women’s tournament and the IOC recently adding a mixed doubles curling tournament.īecause of the limited hardware available, the birthplace of hockey actually has higher medal totals in four other sports: speed skating, short track speed skating (33), figure skating (29) and freestyle skiing (25 tied with the U.S. The country is the all-time leader in Winter Olympic medals for ice hockey (25) and curling (11). Sport with most medals: Speed skating (37)Ĭanada’s tally would be even higher if their dominance wasn’t so concentrated in team sports. It is the only country among the 10 included here that has never won 15 or more medals at a single Winter Olympics. Four of the six medals, including the gold, came in cross-country skiing.Ī smaller collection is not uncommon for Finland despite their seventh-place spot on this list. After cross country skiing, the country’s next-best sports are speed skating (24 total medals), ski jumping (22) and Nordic combined (14).įinland had far and away the smallest haul from the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning just six total medals and only one gold. Like Sweden, Finland’s top Winter Olympic sport is cross country skiing with 80 total medals. Their collection of 14 total medals tied for 10th. Sweden took home seven gold medals from PyeongChang in 2018, good for sixth out of all participating countries. The country has 18 alpine skiing medals - including two golds from PyeongChang - 16 speed skating medals, 14 biathlon medals, 11 ice hockey medals and 10 figure skating medals. Sweden is tied for second all-time in Olympic cross country skiing medals with a neighboring country that slots in next on this list.īeyond cross country skiing, Sweden does not have another sport that really stands out above the rest. Sport with most medals: Cross country skiing (80) The only other sport where Switzerland has double-digit medals is snowboarding (13). The 31 total medals are the most of any country in the sport. The country’s 31 medals are split up nicely, as well, with 10 golds, 10 silvers and 11 bronzes. Switzerland’s next-best Winter Olympic sport in terms of medals is bobsled. Switzerland’s 66 medals in the sport are evenly divided between 22 golds, 22 silvers and 22 bronzes. Switzerland is second on the all-time Olympic medal table for alpine skiing but still has just over half the total of the No.
Sport with most medals: Alpine skiing (66) The country’s nine other Winter Olympic medals are split up among three other sports: short track speed skating (5), figure skating (3) and snowboarding (1). The total is also nearly twice as much as the country’s haul in its top summer sport, swimming (62). The Netherland’s 121 speed skating medals are 37 more than any other country in the sport. Sport with most medals: Speed skating (121)ĭutch speed skaters famously take the ice wearing orange, but they often leave it wearing gold. Olympic Flame Extinguished in Beijing, Italy Waves in Milano Cortina 2026
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