Winter Olympics List Of The Most Medals Won By Country And Individual Athletes In History

The Winter Olympics 2022 will be starting from Friday, February 4, 2022, and will end on Sunday, February 20, 2022, know the most medals won by country list in history
The Winter Olympics 2022 will take place at the Beijing National Stadium in Beijing, China.
After an enthusiastic response to the Summer Olympics 2020 held between July 23, 2021, and August 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan, the Olympics are back with a bang as the Winter Olympics 2022 make way. The Beijing National Stadium is all set to welcome the athletes from every corner of the world despite battling with the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Winter Olympics 2022, also known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games will be held in three zones, namely- Beijing Zone, Yanquing Zone, and the Zhangjiakou Zone. The Winter Olympics 2022 will be followed by the Winter Paralympics 2022 in Beijing, China.
Now, let us look at the list of most medals won by countries from the first edition of the Winter Olympics in 1924 till the last Winter Olympics held in Pyeongchang in 2018 and the highest medal-winning athletes.

Winter Olympics: Most Medals Winning Countries (1924-2018)
Rank

Country

Total Winter Games Played

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total
1

Norway

23

132

125

111

368
2

United States

23

105

110

90

305
3

Germany

12

92

88

60

240
4

Soviet Union

9

78

57

59

194
5

Canada

23

73

64

62

199
6

Austria

23

64

81

87

232
7

Sweden

23

57

46

55

158
8

Switzerland

23

55

46

52

153
9

Russia

6

47

38

35

120
10

Netherlands

21

45

44

41

130
11

Finland

23

43

63

61

167
12

Italy

23

40

36

48

124
13

East Germany

6

39

36

35

110
14

France

23

36

35

53

124
15

South Korea

18

31

25

14

70
16

Japan

21

14

22

22

58
17

China

11

13

28

21

62
18

West Germany

6

11

15

13

39
19

United Kingdom

23

11

4

16

31
20

Czech Republic

7

9

11

11

31
21

Unified Team

1

9

6

8

23
22

United Team of Germany

3

8

6

5

19
23

Belarus

7

8

5

5

18
24

Poland

23

7

7

8

22
25

Australia

19

5

5

5

15
26

Croatia

8

4

6

1

11
27

Estonia

10

4

2

1

7
28

Slovakia

7

3

4

1

8
29

Ukraine

7

3

1

4

8
30

Czechoslovakia

16

2

8

15

25
31

Russia

1

2

6

9

17
32

Slovenia

8

2

5

10

17
33

Liechtenstein

19

2

2

6

10
34

Kazakhstan

7

1

3

4

8
35

Hungary

23

1

2

4

7
36

Belgium

21

1

2

3

6
37

Bulgaria

20

1

2

3

6
38

Spain

20

1

0

3

4
39

Uzbekistan

7

1

0

0

1
40

Latvia

11

0

4

4

8
41

Yugoslavia

16

0

3

1

4
42

Luxembourg

9

0

2

0

2
43

New Zealand

16

0

1

2

3
44

North Korea

9

0

1

1

2
45

Denmark

14

0

1

0

1
46

Romania

21

0

0

1

1
Winter Olympics Most Medals Winning Individual Athletes (1924-2018)
Athlete Name, Country, And Sport

Gold

Silver

Bronze
Marit Bjorgen (Norway): cross-country skiing

8

4

3
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway): biathlon

8

4

1
Bjorn Daehlie (Norway): cross-country skiing

8

4

0
Ireen Wüst (Netherlands): speed skating

5

5

1
Raisa Smeatina (Soviet Union): cross-country skiing

4

5

1
Stefania Belmondo (Italy): cross-country skiing

2

3

5
Lyubov Yegorova (Russia): cross-country skiing

6

3

0
Claudia Pechstein (Germany): speed skating

5

2

2
Sixten Jernberg (Sweden): cross-country skiing

4

3

2
Sven Kramer (Netherlands): speed skating

4

2

3
Charlotte Kalla (Sweden): cross country skiing

3

6

0
Uschi Disl (Germany): biathlon

2

4

3
Winter Olympics 2022 Budget

Due to the ongoing battle with the Covid-19 pandemic, the authorities have taken special care to ensure that the athletes stay healthy and Covid-free. The total budget for the Winter Olympics 2022 is said to be around $3.9 billion, which is 25,51,08,00,000 Chinese Yuan.
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