united states (usa) has the most medals in winter olympic history.
united states (usa) has the most medals in winter olympic history.
what country has the most medals in winter olympic history?
united states (usa)
at the 2006 winter olympics in turin, bjørndalen took three medals from five events, winning two silvers and a bronze. at the vancouver 2010 winter olympics, bjørndalen became the most successful biathlete in winter olympic history by surpassing the previous record of nine career olympic medals, which he shared with uschi disl of germany. he then anchored norway to gold in the 4 × 7.5 km relay. this was the second time that norway had won a title in this event, with the other being at the 2002 winter olympics (also anchored by bjørndalen). with this victory he became the second most decorated winter olympian of all time and one of only two athletes to win 11 medals at the winter olympics. with his gold medal in 10 km sprint at the sochi 2014 winter olympics, he tied fellow norwegian bjørn dæhlie for most winter olympic medals, with 12 in total, before overtaking dæhlie by winning his second gold of the games as part of the norwegian mixed relay team.
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liechtenstein won its first olympic medals: two bronzes by willi frommelt and hanni wenzel in the alpine skiing slalom events. east german athletes achieved gold medal sweeps in luge and bobsleigh, which accounted for five of the country's seven olympic titles. alpine skier rosi mittermaier won the women's downhill and slalom events to give west germany's two gold medals in these games. she came close to winning a third in the giant slalom, which would have made her the first woman to win all three olympic alpine skiing events. cross-country skier helena takalo contributed three of finland's seven medals by reaching podium place finishes in all of the women's events. two dutch speed skaters were responsible for five of their country's six medals: piet kleine won the men's 10,000 metres and came second in the 5,000 metres, while hans van helden secured bronze medals in the same events and also in the 1,500 metres. before these games, great britain's last winter olympic medal had been a gold at the 1964 games, also held in innsbruck. twelve years later in the same city, the british team won again a single gold medal, this time by figure skater john curry in the men's singles with a still-standing record total score. the two bronze medals won by swedish athletes were not enough to prevent this team's performance from becoming the weakest ever in the nation's winter olympic history.
1976 winter olympics medal table