The medals are counted, the closing ceremony is over, and the final table from the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina is locked in.

Norway finished first again, and this one came with more hardware than ever. Norway closed the Games with 18 gold medals and 41 total medals, which set Winter Olympics records for both golds and total medals at a single Games. The United States finished second with 12 gold medals and 33 total medals, and that gold total set a new U.S. record for a Winter Olympics.

The final day mattered for the U.S. count. The men’s hockey team beat Canada 2-1 in overtime in Milan, with Jack Hughes scoring the winner, which delivered one of the final American gold medals of the Games. That result helped push Team USA to 12 golds, topping the previous U.S. Winter Olympics best of 10 set in Salt Lake City in 2002.

Italy also closed with a strong host nation finish. Italy ended the Games with 30 total medals and 10 golds, the country’s best Winter Olympics result by total medals. But in the official medal order, Italy finished behind the Netherlands because Olympic standings rank by gold first, then silver, then bronze. The Netherlands also had 10 golds and finished ahead of Italy on silver medals.

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Below is the final medal order [Top 10] based on Olympic ranking rules, with gold medals deciding placement first:

Norway — 18 gold, 12 silver, 11 bronze (41 total)
United States — 12 gold, 12 silver, 9 bronze (33 total)
Netherlands — 10 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze (20 total)
Italy — 10 gold, 6 silver, 14 bronze (30 total)
Germany — 8 gold, 10 silver, 8 bronze (26 total)
France — 8 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze (23 total)
Sweden — 8 gold, 6 silver, 4 bronze (18 total)
Switzerland — 6 gold, 9 silver, 8 bronze (23 total)
Austria — 5 gold, 8 silver, 5 bronze (18 total)
Japan — 5 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze (24 total)

For Team USA, the bigger story is the gold count. The Americans finished with 33 total medals and 12 golds, the most Winter Olympic gold medals the country has ever won. The U.S. also finished second in both total medals and gold medals, which marked its best Winter Olympics placement in that category since 1952.

Norway’s performance was the headline at the top of the table from start to finish. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo’s cross country run was a major reason Norway separated from the field, and Norway’s final totals broke the previous Winter Olympics records. Norway has now led the total medal count at three straight Winter Olympics and led the gold medal count at four straight Winter Olympics.

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The Games officially wrapped on Feb. 22, with the closing ceremony in Verona ending two weeks of competition across northern Italy.

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