The United States is competing with its largest Winter Olympics team 2026 Games232 the players to look for gold. Skier Breezy Johnson won America’s first gold medal at the Games in women’s downhill, too US figure skaters won gold in the team competition.
Ben Ogden became the first American man to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing since 1976. to find silver in a running race. Alex Hall won silver in freestyle skiing, while Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan won bronze in the team downhill event.
While Team USA brought home the many awards of any country at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Norway topped the medal count at the last Winter Games and holds the all-time record for winter medals.
Here’s a look at where the medal count stands as the competition heats up in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo, two cities in charge for the 2026 Winter Olympics in northern Italy.
Total medal count for the 2026 Winter Olympics
The first medal event of the Milano Cortina Winter Games was the men’s downhill competition on Saturday, Feb. 7, no Swiss skier Franjo von Allmen by winning gold.
The chart below is updated hourly with the latest medal count for the 2026 Games. (There are 87 teams participating in the Winter Olympics; only medal winning teams are counted.)
Highlighted is Team USA’s 2026 Olympic medal tally
In the first two days after Friday opening ceremonyTeam USA collected two medals, both gold.
Breezy Johnson won gold in the women’s downhill, while American skaters won gold in the team event, helped by a dominant performance from Ilia Malinin, known as “Quad God” by making a very difficult jump.
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Team USA won gold in mixed doubles curling on Tuesday, but fell short against Sweden and ended up with silver.
What was the number of medals in the 2022 Winter Olympics?
in 2022 Winter GamesNorway took home the most medals, winning 37 in total, including 16 gold.
Next came the ROC, the Russian Olympic Committee delegation, with 32 in total, followed by Germany with 27 and Canada with 26.
Team USA ranks fifth with 25 medals – nine gold, nine silver and seven bronze.
Who has the most Olympic medals?
Although the International Olympic Committee does not compile standards, the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage keeps track of the number of medals. One medal is counted for placing first, second or third in an event regardless of the number of athletes on the team.
In the total medal count for all previous Summer and Winter Games, the US leads the way with 3,103 medals.
The US is trailed in the medal count by the former Soviet Union, which earned 1,204 medals before its breakup in 1991. Germany is third with 1,091 medals.
The US also won the most gold medals, with 1,220, according to the Olympic Foundation.
But when it comes to Winter Olympics history alone, the US sinks to second place in the number of medals behind Norway, the perennial winter sports arena.
Norwegian athletes took home a total of 404 medals at the last Winter Games. The US has won with 330, while Germany is in third place with 286.
