Olympic medal count 2026: Norway leads golds as standings tighten on Feb. 11

The Olympic medal count at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan–Cortina continued to shift on Wednesday, Feb. 11, as another slate of Alpine, Nordic, skating, and sliding events moved nations up and down the table. Early on Day 6, Norway held the top spot by gold medals, while several countries were bunched closely behind—setting up a volatile middle of the leaderboard as more medal finals arrive later today and into the weekend.

Medal tables are typically sorted by gold first, then silver, then bronze. That means a team with fewer total medals can still rank higher if it has more golds.

Medal count winter Olympics 2026 snapshot

As of early afternoon ET on Feb. 11, the medal count winter olympics 2026 standings showed 29 completed medal events out of 117 total.

Because multiple medal events are underway each day, these totals can change quickly—sometimes within a single hour of competition.

Gold medal count: why Norway is in front

Norway’s lead in the gold medal count has been the difference-maker so far. With seven golds, it can absorb a few silvers or bronzes by rivals and still stay on top of the table by the standard ranking method.

What to watch next is whether Norway keeps converting chances into wins in endurance-heavy disciplines later in the Games. If that continues, the gold-first sorting makes it hard for other countries to overtake without a true surge in first-place finishes.

US medal count: strong totals, fewer golds

The US medal count stood at eight total medals (2 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze) in the early afternoon ET snapshot. That total keeps the U.S. competitive in overall hardware, but the two-gold figure is why it sits behind several nations with fewer total medals.

If the U.S. adds golds today or in the next two competition days, it can climb rapidly—especially because several countries clustered around it are separated by only one or two podiums.

Winter olympics medals: Italy’s bronze-heavy haul

Host nation Italy had one of the more unusual profiles on the top end of the table: 11 total medals with only two golds, driven by a large bronze count. That puts Italy in the hunt for a top overall total, but not near the very top of the rankings unless more of those podiums turn into wins.

This pattern often reflects depth across sports—many finalists, many medal opportunities—without the same rate of first-place finishes. A couple of golds over the next few days would materially improve Italy’s position in the main table.

Medal count olympics 2026: the middle is crowded

The tightest part of the medal count olympics 2026 standings is the cluster from second through eighth. Switzerland’s four golds keep it in a clear second place right now, but Sweden and Germany are tied on medal color counts, and Austria and the United States are close behind with similar gold totals.

That crowding means a single event can reshuffle multiple positions:

• One new gold can jump a team over several rivals with the same gold count.

• A silver can matter when gold totals are tied.

• Bronze helps with total-medal bragging rights, but it usually doesn’t change rank unless teams are otherwise equal.

What could move the medal count today

Later-day finals and marquee events tend to create the biggest swings because they add multiple medal decisions across a short window. If a country has two or three realistic gold chances in the remaining schedule today, it can turn a “good day” into a major table move—especially in a gold-first system.

The main thing to monitor is not just who wins medals, but what color they are. In a tight mid-pack, one gold can be worth more than two bronzes in terms of rank.

Sources consulted: International Olympic Committee official results feed, Reuters, NBC Olympics, Wikipedia