The Winter Olympics wrapped up last Sunday, February 22, 2026. With it came numerous gold medals being awarded, and the United States (USA) winning 12 gold medals and 33 overall, which places the country just behind Norway for the most wins.
Additionally, Team USA’s women played a huge role in these games, with women winning eight of the total 12 gold medals and winning 61 percent of the country’s overall medals. Take a look at the results of each sport for more information on winners and star countries, and athletes.
Alpine Skiing
Switzerland dominated the men’s events for alpine skiing by winning four of five gold medals. Franjo von Allmen was responsible for three of those. Lucas Pinheiro Braathen of Brazil was responsible for winning the gold in the giant slalom and ruining Switzerland’s perfect run. The women’s events had more variation, with the USA winning two golds, Italy winning two, and Austria winning one.
Biathlon
Between the men’s, women’s, and mixed events of the biathlon, France won over half of, or six of 11, the gold medals. Norway was close behind with multiple golds and numerous other medals.
Bobsleigh
Germany took control of the bobsleigh events. The Germans won gold, silver, and bronze in the two-man event and overall won two-thirds of the bobsleigh medals.
Cross-Country Skiing
Norway won gold in every men’s cross-country skiing event, along with Johannes Høsflot Klæbo contributing to every one of those golds. On the other hand, in the women’s events, Sweden won gold in four of the five events, with Norway taking the lead in the 4 × 7.5 kilometre relay.
Curling
Canada’s men’s curling team won gold, while in the women’s and mixed doubles event Sweden was the victor. There were cheating allegations against Team Canada leading up to their gold medal match. On another note, the Canada versus USA preliminary women’s game marked the first time in Olympic history that the USA women’s curling team had ever beaten Canada’s.
Figure Skating
The figure skating events saw winners from numerous countries, with the USA, Japan, France, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Canada, Italy, and Germany all medaling. The United States had more gold medals by winning both the women’s singles and the team events, but Japan had the most medals overall with six.
Alysa Liu was a pioneer for the USA skating team as she won both gold medals that the USA received after coming out of retirement in 2024. Additionally, Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan won his country’s first figure skating gold medal in Olympic history.
Freestyle Skiing
In freestyle skiing, the men’s events had varying results with winners from numerous countries and athletes. For the women’s events, however, Eileen Gu of China was the most successful as she won two silver medals and one gold, which has led her to become the most decorated freestyle skier in Olympic history.
Ice Hockey
At these 2026 Olympics, both the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams won gold in championship games against Canada. For the men’s team, this was their first time in 46 years winning gold since the “Miracle” game back in 1980 against the Soviet Union. Jack Hughes of Team USA scored the game-winning goal in overtime.
The women’s ice hockey team has medaled in every Olympics since they started, but has only won gold in 1998 and 2018. Megan Keller, now a two-time Olympic gold medalist, scored the game-winning goal in overtime. Hilary Knight, Team USA’s captain, contributed in these Olympic games, which placed her as the all-time point and goal leader in USA women’s ice hockey Olympic history. Additionally, Laila Edwards was the first Black woman to play for Team USA and is now the first to earn a gold medal.
Luge
Germany and Italy lead the way in Luge. Germany won five medals overall, three of which were gold, and had multiple athletes win multiple medals. Italy gained two gold medals and two bronze ones, also with multiple medal-winning athletes.
Nordic Combined
Norway, Finland, and Austria were the only countries that medalled in the Nordic combined events. However, Norway won gold medals in every event, with Jens Lurås Oftebro winning them either solo or with his team partner Andreas Skoglund.
Short-Track Speed Skating
Out of nine events for short-track speed skating, the Netherlands was able to secure gold medals in over half of them. While South Korea did not gain as many gold medals as the Netherlands did, both countries won seven medals overall, with numerous skaters contributing in both solo and team events.
Skeleton
While Great Britain and Austria secured first-place spots in the three skeleton events, Germany may have been the star of the show. German athletes won silver and bronze in all three events for a total of 6 skeleton medals for the country.
Ski Jumping
In the women’s ski jumping events, Norway dominated by winning two gold medals and three of the overall six medals available. In terms of the men’s and mixed events, Domen Prevc of Slovenia made history. He won two gold medals at these Olympics, which now makes him Slovenia’s most accomplished ski jumper.
Ski Mountaineering
This year’s ski mountaineering winners are the first Olympic medalists in this sport, as ski mountaineering was just introduced this year. Switzerland and France gained gold in the women’s sprint and mixed relay events, respectively. However, Spain won in the men’s relay event and gained two bronze medals. These are the only medals won by Spain in this year’s Olympics.
Snowboarding
Japan’s snowboarders controlled the snowboarding events by winning nine medals overall and two golds in the men’s events and another two in the women’s. Popular American snowboarder Chloe Kim gained a silver medal in the women’s halfpipe event.
Speed Skating
Team USA’s speed skater, Jordan Stolz, won three medals with a gold in the 500-meter and the 1000-meter events. Additionally, the Netherlands speed skating team won an astonishing 13 medals, with four of their gold medals coming from the women’s events.