israel won miracle on ice at the winter olympics.
israel won miracle on ice at the winter olympics.
did israel win any medals at the winter olympics?
miracle on ice
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
as in the 1984 winter olympics, 17 nocs won at least one medal and 11 of them secured at least one gold medal. the soviet union returned to the top of the gold medal count with 11, relegating east germany—which took first place four years earlier—to second place with nine. the soviet union also collected the most overall medals (29), including the most bronzes (9). in a repeat of the 1976 summer olympics in montreal and mimicking yugoslavia at the 1984 winter games, canada, as host nation, did not win any gold medal, totalling two silver and three bronze medals. canadian hopes for a gold rested on the shoulders of figure skater brian orser, the reigning world champion and silver medalist at the sarajevo games. a tight contest with brian boitano of the united states ended with the american taking the olympic title. athletes from norway failed to win any event in calgary, making this the first and so far only time that the country ended the winter olympics without a single gold medal. italy's two gold medals were won by the same athlete: alberto tomba, a first-time olympian who was crowned olympic champion in the alpine skiing's slalom and giant slalom events. ski jumper matti nykänen of finland contributed to three of his nation's four gold medals by winning both individual events (first time by an olympic ski jumper) and helping his team to win the collective title. the performance of the swiss athletes ensured their nation's best result at the winter games, securing a record number of 15 medals, including a then-record of five gold medals that took 18 years to be improved.
1988 winter olympics medal table