The United States is fielding itsbiggestWinter Olympics team ever for the2026 Games, with 232athletesgoing for the gold. The wins started early asBreezy Johnsonclaimed America's first gold medal of the Games in women's downhill andU.S. figure skaters won goldin the team competition. SpeedskaterJordan Stolzhas won two gold medals so far.
As the days go on, athletes in other sports have added a growing number of medals to the mix.
Team USA brought home themost medalsof any country at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but Norway came out on top in the medal count at the last Winter Games and also holds the all-time record for winter medals.
Here is a look at where the medal count stands as the competition heats up in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, thetwo host citiesfor the 2026 Winter Olympics in northern Italy.
Overall medal count for the 2026 Winter Olympics
One week into the Games, Norway and Italy topped the overall medal count, with Norway winning the most gold so far.
The chart below is updated hourly with the latest medal count of the 2026 Games. (There are87 teamstaking part in the Winter Olympics; only teams that have won medals are listed.)
Spotlight on Team USA's medal count for the 2026 Olympics
In the first two days after theopening ceremony, Team USA scooped up two medals, both of them gold.
Breezy Johnson won gold in the women's downhill, and American figure skaters won gold in the team event, helped by a dominant performance from Ilia Malinin, who isknown as the "Quad God"for executing the most difficult jumps.
On Tuesday, Ben Ogden became the first American man to win an Olympic medal in cross-country skiing since 1976,earning a silverin the sprint. Alex Hall took silver in the freestyle ski, while Jackie Wiles and Paula Moltzan won bronze in the team downhill event. Team USA had a shot at gold in mixed doubles curling, but fell short against Sweden and will go home with silver.
On Wednesday, skierElizabeth Lemleytook gold in moguls and speedskating starJordan Stolzwon gold in the 1,000 meters, setting an Olympic record in the process. Ice dancing duoMadison Chock and Evan Bateswon silver after being barely edged out of the top spot.
Thursday brought a silver forsnowboarder Chloe Kimin the halfpipe and a bronze for cross-countryskier Jessie Diggins.
On Saturday, Jalein Kauf and Elizabeth Lemley added to Team USA's tally with silver and bronze, respectively, in women's dual moguls. In speedskating, Stolz won hissecond gold medal and set his second Olympic record of these Gameswhen he won at the 500 meters. He's the first American since 1980 to win multiple speedskating gold medals.
Historic medal for South America
Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, with a powerful final run in the Olympic giant slalom,won gold and earned South America's first-ever medal at a Winter Games.
Pinheiro Braathen, who comes from a family where his mother is Brazilian and his father is Norwegian, represented Norway until 2023 when he abruptly retired. He returned to the sport in 2024, representing Brazil and since then has accomplished plenty of "firsts" with his new country: first Brazilian Alpine racer to finish on a World Cup podium last year and first-ever World Cup win for the country this season.
Winter Olympics gold medal record set
Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebowon a ninth gold medalin cross-country skiing on Feb. 15, setting a Winter Games record.
The 29‑year‑old came into the games with five gold medals and has since added four more to his count: Men's 10km Interval, Men's 4 x 7.5km Relay, Men's 10km + 10km Skiathlon and Men's 4 x 7.5-kilometer relay.
Fellow Norwegians, Marit Bjoergen and Bjorn Daehlie in cross-country skiing and Ole Einar Bjoerndalen in the biathlon, held the previous record with eight Winter Olympics gold medals. They have all retired.
What was the medal count for the 2022 Winter Olympics?
At the2022 Winter Games, Norway took home themost medals, winning 37 in all, including 16 gold.
Next came the ROC, the Russian Olympic Committee team, with a total of 32, followed by Germany with 27 and Canada with 26.
Team USA ranked fifth with 25 medals — nine gold, nine silver and seven bronze.
Who has the most Olympic medals of all time?
While the International Olympic Committee does not compile rankings, the Olympic Foundation for Culture and Heritage does keep a medal tally. It counts one medal for placing first, second or third in an event regardless of how many athletes were on a team.
In theoverall medal countfrom all previous Summer and Winter Games, the U.S. comes out on top with 3,103 medals.
The U.S. is followed in the medal count by the former Soviet Union, which earned 1,204 medals before its breakup in 1991. Germany comes third with 1,091 medals.
The U.S. has also won the most gold medals, with 1,220, according to the Olympic Foundation.
But when it comes to the history of the Winter Olympics alone, the U.S. dips to second place in the medal count behind Norway, a perennial winter sports powerhouse.
Athletes from Norway have taken home a total of 404 medals from past Winter Games. The U.S. has previously won 330, while Germany places third with 286.
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