Team USA turned Milan Cortina 2026 into a record book rewrite.
Over 16 days of competition, the Americans matched and pushed past historic benchmarks, piling up double-digit gold medals, surpassing 30 total podium finishes and delivering breakthroughs across figure skating, speed skating, freestyle skiing and hockey.
From Jordan Stolz’s multi-medal haul to Alysa Liu ending a 24-year figure skating singles drought, the Games were defined by both dominance and depth. But the story of Milan Cortina goes beyond one flag: Norway’s endurance machine, the Netherlands’ skating supremacy, Japan’s snowboard surge and Germany’s bobsled dominance shaped a fiercely competitive medal table.
Team USA won 12 gold medals at Milan Cortina
The United States broke its previous record (10) for most gold medals at any single Winter Olympics.
Milan Cortina is Team USA’s third-best performance after Vancouver 2010 and Salt Lake 2002
The 33 total medals are the most at any Winter Olympics held outside of North America.
Streaks
Japan dominated in snowboarding, winning nine total medals (4 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze). The United States won one silver and one bronze.
The U.S. men’s hockey team beat Canada 2-1 to win their first Olympic gold since the 1980 Lake Placid Games, and their first gold medal against Canada.
Individual acomplishments
Jordan Stolz won three medals (2 gold, 1 silver). Stolz is the seventh U.S. athlete to win three medals at a single Winter Olympics and the first to do so since 2010, when Bode Miller (alpine skiing), Apolo Ohno (short track) and Johnny Spillane (Nordic combined) accomplished the feat.
Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo had one of the greatest performances in Olympic history going 6-for-6 in gold medals, adding to his already impressive Olympic total.
Every medal won by Team USA
All medals
Norway led all countries with 41 total medals, as its total and gold medal total set new records.
Norway dominated with 14 total medals in cross-country skiing. France took home 13 medals in biathlon. The Netherlands hauled in 13 speed skating medals.
The United States won the most of its medals in freestyle skiing with eight.
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