Norway Tops Medals Table Again at Winter Olympics

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February 20, 2022

Norway won the most gold medals and the most medals overall at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

2022 Olympics Theresa Johaug

Theresa Johaug (right) won the first gold medal of the Olympics, powering to victory in the women's skiathlon. During the Games, she won gold in the 10-kilometer classic event. And then she won the Games' final gold, in the 30-kilometer freestyle, receiving her medal during the Closing Ceremonies.

Other gold medal winners for Norway:

Biathlon

  • Johannes Thingnes Boe, men's 10km sprint and men's 15km mass sprint
  • Men's 47.5km relay and mixed 46km relay
  • Marte Olsbu Roeiseland in women's 7.5km sprint and women's 10km pursuit

Johannes Hoesflot KlaeboCross-country Skiing:
  • Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (right) in men's sprint free
  • Johannes Hoseflot Klaebo and Erik Valnes in men's team sprint classic

Freestyle Skiing: Birk Ruud in men's big air

Ski Jumping: Marius Lindvik

Speed skating: Men's team pursuit

Nordic Combined:

  • Joergen Graabak in individual Gundersen large hill
  • Team Gundersen large hill

The final medal totals in Beijing:

  1. Norway 37 (16 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze
  2. ROC 32 (6 gold, 12 silver, 14 bronze)
  3. Germany 27 (12 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze)
  4. Canada 26 (4 gold, 8 silver, 14 bronze)
  5. U.S. 25 (8 gold, 10 silver, 7 bronze)
China, the host country, won 15 medals (9 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze).

Overall, Norway have won the most medals of any country at the Winter Olympics. Norwegians have amassed 405 medals since the first Winter Games, in 1924. Second-most all-time is the United States, with 330. Germany, with 286, is third.

Of the 24 Winter Olympic Games, Norway has won the most medals nine times: 1924, 1928, 1936, 1948 (tied with Sweden), 1952, 1968, 2002, and 2022.

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