Final 2026 Winter Olympics Medal Count: Norway Makes History, USA Posts Best Performance in 76 Years
The 2026 Winter Olympics have officially concluded in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy — and the final medal count is historic on multiple fronts. Norway shattered its own record, Team USA had its best Winter Olympics haul in three-quarters of a century, and the Games saw stunning firsts for Brazil and Georgia.
Final 2026 Olympic Medal Count — Top 15
| Rank | Country | 🥇 Gold | 🥈 Silver | 🥉 Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 18 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 2 | 🇺🇸 USA | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 10 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 5 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | 🇫🇷 France | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 9 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 11 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 5 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 12 | 🇨🇳 China | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 13 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| 14 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | 🇬🇧 Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Norway: A Record-Breaking Dominant Performance
Norway won 18 gold medals, breaking the record for the highest gold medal tally at a single Winter Games. The previous record of 16 was also set by Norway at the 2022 Winter Olympics. Norway ended the Games with a record 41 total medals, defending its crown as the most-awarded country across both the 2022 Beijing Games and all-time Winter Olympics history.
Norway's cross-country ski star Johannes Høsflot Klæbo was the individual story of the Games, becoming the second-most decorated gold medalist in Olympic history after American Michael Phelps, adding six more golds to bring his career total to 11 — shattering the nearly 50-year record for most gold medals at a single Winter Olympics set by American speed skater Eric Heiden in 1980.
USA Medal Count 2026: Historic Best
The United States finished second among the 92 countries that competed in the Milan Cortina Games with 33 total medals. Its 12 gold medals are the most the U.S. has ever collected in the Winter Olympics, and the Americans finished solo second in both categories for the first time in 76 years — since the 1952 Oslo Olympics.
The final U.S. gold came on the last day of competition when the men's hockey team beat Canada in a thrilling overtime victory — the first U.S. Olympic gold in men's hockey in 46 years.
USA's Top Multi-Medal Winners
Eight U.S. athletes won multiple medals at the 2026 Games, led by speed skater Jordan Stolz (3 medals), figure skaters Madison Chock & Evan Bates (2 each), moguls skiers Jaelin Kauf and Liz Lemley (2 each), cross-country skier Ben Ogden (2), figure skater Alysa Liu (2 golds), and bobsledder Kaillie Humphries (2 bronzes).
Historic Firsts at Milano Cortina 2026
Brazil won the first medal and first gold medal in Winter Olympic history, becoming the first tropical, Latin American and South American National Olympic Committee to win a medal at the Winter Olympics. Georgia also won the first medal in their Winter Olympic history. Three nations made their historic Winter Olympic debut: Benin, Guinea-Bissau, and the United Arab Emirates.
