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Winter Games Index

Summer Games ▪ Winter Games

Games: 21 winter games in 10 countries
Events: 107 distinct events in 18 sports

Participants: 17,406 (12,863 men and 4,543 women) from 111 countries
Youngest Participant: GBR Cecilia Colledge (11 years, 73 days), 1932 Winter Games
Oldest Participant: SWE Carl August Kronlund (58 years, 155 days), 1924 Winter Games
Most Medals (Athlete): NOR Bjørn Dæhlie (12 medals)
Most Medals (Country): NOR Norway (303 medals)

21 Games

Year City Country Countries Participants Men Women Sports Events
2010 Vancouver Canada 82 2,536 1,503 1,033 15 86
2006 Torino Italy 79 2,494 1,539 955 15 84
2002 Salt Lake City United States 77 2,399 1,513 886 15 78
1998 Nagano Japan 72 2,180 1,391 789 14 68
1994 Lillehammer Norway 67 1,738 1,216 522 12 61
1992 Albertville France 64 1,801 1,313 488 12 57
1988 Calgary Canada 57 1,427 1,111 315 11 46
1984 Sarajevo Yugoslavia 49 1,273 996 277 10 39
1980 Lake Placid United States 37 1,072 837 235 10 38
1976 Innsbruck Austria 37 1,129 898 231 10 37
1972 Sapporo Japan 35 1,008 802 206 10 35
1968 Grenoble France 37 1,160 949 211 10 35
1964 Innsbruck Austria 36 1,095 895 200 10 34
1960 Squaw Valley United States 30 665 521 144 8 27
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy 32 821 689 132 8 24
1952 Oslo Norway 30 694 585 109 8 22
1948 Sankt Moritz Switzerland 28 668 591 77 9 22
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany 28 668 588 80 8 17
1932 Lake Placid United States 17 253 231 21 8 14
1928 Sankt Moritz Switzerland 25 463 435 28 8 13
1924 Chamonix France 19 314 301 13 10 17

Athlete Medal Leaders

Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 8 4 0 12
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 6 4 1 11
Raisa Smetanina (URS, EUN) 4 5 1 10
Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 2 3 5 10
Lyubov Yegorova (EUN, RUS) 6 3 0 9
Claudia Pechstein (GER) 5 2 2 9
Sixten Jernberg (SWE) 4 3 2 9
Uschi Disl (GER) 2 4 3 9
Ricco Groß (GER) 4 3 1 8
Galina Kulakova (URS) 4 2 2 8
Sven Fischer (GER) 4 2 2 8
Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) 4 2 2 8
Karin Enke-Kania (GDR) 3 4 1 8
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann (GER) 3 4 1 8
Apolo Anton Ohno (USA) 2 2 4 8

Country Medal Leaders

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway 107 106 90 303
United States 87 95 72 254
Germany 78 77 52 207
Austria 55 70 76 201
Soviet Union 78 57 59 194
Finland 41 59 56 156
Canada 52 46 47 145
Sweden 48 33 48 129
Switzerland 44 37 46 127
East Germany 39 36 35 110