canada won 29 medals in the 2018 olympics in total.
canada won 29 medals in the 2018 olympics in total.
how many medals has canada won in the 2018 olympics in total?
29
in all, 24 of the 72 participating nations at these games won at least one medal, as shown in the table below. a total of 15 countries won at least one gold medal and 18 nations won two or more medals. in total, 205 medals were distributed. germany finished on top of the table with 29 medals, including 12 gold, nine silver, and eight bronze. germany, which finished in third place in the medal standings at the 1994 winter olympics, won most of its medals in alpine skiing, speed skating, and luge, in which it won all three gold medals. german female athletes won 22 of the country's 29 medals. norway finished in second, as in 1994, with 25 medals, including nine won in cross-country skiing and five in biathlon. russia, which finished atop the medals standing in 1994, finished in third in 1998, with 18 medals, including five gold in the women's cross-country skiing. canada moved from seventh in 1994 to fourth in 1998 with 15 medals, and the united states remained in fifth place. netherlands finished in 6th place, 12 places higher than in 1994, thanks to 11 medals, all in speed skating. host japan beat its previous record of medals at a winter games, with 10 medals, including five gold. australia and denmark each won their first ever medals in the winter olympics with a bronze in women's slalom and a silver in women's curling, respectively. in addition, bulgaria and the czech republic each won their first gold medals at a winter olympics in women's biathlon and men's ice hockey respectively. finally, belgium won its first winter olympic medal since the 1948 winter olympics, and kazakhstan won its first winter olympics medal by a female athlete.
1998 winter olympics
going in, canada held the record for most gold medals won at a single winter olympics with 14, which it won in vancouver in 2010. this mark was equalled by both norway and germany at these olympics. norway set the record for most total medals at a single winter olympics with 39, surpassing the 37 medals of the united states won at the 2010 winter olympics. the mark of 30 nocs winning medals is the highest for any winter olympic games. hungary won its first winter olympic gold medal ever. norwegian cross-country skier marit bjørgen (two gold, one silver, and two bronze) achieved five medals, more than any other athlete. with 15 medals, she became the most decorated athlete in winter olympics history. swedish cross-country skier charlotte kalla finished with four medals (one gold, three silver), as did her compatriot and fellow cross-country skier stina nilsson (one gold, two silvers, one bronze) and russian cross-country skier alexander bolshunov (three silver, one bronze) who was competing for the olympic athletes from russia at the 2018 olympics. norwegian cross-country skier johannes høsflot klæbo and french biathlete martin fourcade tied for the most gold medals, with three each. ester ledecká of the czech republic became the first female winter olympian to achieve a gold medal in two separate sports at a single games, winning in both alpine skiing and snowboarding.
2018 winter olympics medal table