![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Marit_Bj%25C3%25B8rgen.jpg/640px-Marit_Bj%25C3%25B8rgen.jpg&w=640&q=50)
2018 Winter Olympics medal table
Award / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about 2018 Winter Olympics medal table?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
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]
2018 Winter Olympics medals | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() Marit Bjørgen (pictured) won five medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics, the most of any competing athlete | ||||
Location | Pyeongchang, ![]() | |||
Highlights | ||||
Most gold medals | ![]() ![]() | |||
Most total medals | ![]() | |||
|
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]