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Winter Games Index

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Games: 20 winter games in 10 countries
Events: 102 distinct events in 16 sports

Participants: 15,953 (12,008 men and 3,945 women) from 104 countries
Youngest Participant: GBR Cecilia Colledge (11 years, 75 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 (280 medals)

20 Games

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Year City Country Countries Participants Men Women Sports Events
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 1,425 1,110 315 10 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 1,158 947 211 10 35
1964 Innsbruck Austria 36 1,094 895 199 10 34
1960 Squaw Valley United States 30 664 520 144 8 27
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy 32 821 689 132 8 24
1952 Oslo Norway 30 693 584 109 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 17 252 231 21 7 14
1928 Sankt Moritz Switzerland 25 464 436 28 8 13
1924 Chamonix France 16 291 278 13 9 16

Athlete Medal Leaders

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Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total
Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) 8 4 0 12
Raisa Smetanina (URS, EUN) 4 5 1 10
Stefania Belmondo (ITA) 2 3 5 10
Lyubov Yegorova (EUN, RUS) 6 3 0 9
Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) 5 3 1 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
Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) 4 2 2 8
Sven Fischer (GER) 4 2 2 8
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann (GER) 3 4 1 8
Karin Kania-Enke (GDR) 3 4 1 8

Country Medal Leaders

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Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Norway 98 98 84 280
United States 78 80 59 217
Soviet Union 78 57 59 194
Austria 51 64 70 185
Germany 68 65 46 179
Finland 41 58 52 151
Canada 38 39 42 119
Sweden 43 31 44 118
Switzerland 38 37 43 118
East Germany 39 36 35 110