2018 Winter Olympics medal table

2018 Winter Olympics medals
Marit Bjørgen in 2013, pictures from about the waist up wearing full skiing gear
Marit Bjørgen (pictured) won five medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the most of any competing athlete
LocationPyeongchang,  South Korea
Highlights
Most gold medals Norway (14) and
 Germany (14)
Most total medals Norway (39)
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2018 Winter Olympics

The 2018 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Pyeongchang County (stylized as PyeongChang for the games), South Korea, from February 9 to 25.[1] A total of 2,833 athletes representing 92 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[2] The games featured 102 events in 15 sports, making it the first Winter Olympics to surpass 100 medal events.[3][4] Four new disciplines in existing sports were introduced to the Winter Olympic Games program in Pyeongchang: big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing.[5]

Overall, 30 teams received at least one medal, the highest for any Winter Olympic Games thus far, with 22 of them winning at least one gold medal.[6][7] Athletes from Norway won the most medals overall, with 39, surpassing the previous record of 37 medals set by the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics.[8] Athletes from Germany and Norway tied for the most gold medals with 14 each, equaling the record set by Canada in 2010 for most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics.[9] Hungary won its first Winter Olympic gold medal ever, doing so in the men's 5,000 meter short track speed skating relay.[10]

At the 2018 Winter Olympics, athletes were tied in three events. In the women's 10 km cross-country skiing, two bronze medals were awarded due to a tie.[11] In the two-man bobsleigh, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded due to a tie,[12] while in the four-man bobsleigh, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie.[13] Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen won the most medals at the games with five (two gold, one silver, and two bronze).[14] With 15 total Olympic medals, she also became the most decorated athlete in Winter Olympics history.[15]

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