Sports · 24 February 2026
Norway tops 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics medal table
Exam-focused facts from the 24 February 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Norway finished with a record 41 medals, including 18 gold, the most golds won in any single Winter Olympics.
- Team USA secured 33 medals (12 gold), its biggest Winter Olympics team ever with 232 athletes.
- The 2026 Winter Olympics were co-hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, and closed on Sunday, Feb. 22.
- Brazilian-Norwegian Lucas Pinheiro Braathen won South America's first Winter Games medal, taking giant slalom gold for Brazil.
- Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo became the Winter Olympian with the most gold medals (11) after adding six in 2026.
- Team USA's men's hockey beat Canada 2-1 in overtime on the final day to claim their first Winter gold since 1980.