2026 Winter Olympics by the numbers: The athletes, events and milestones of the Milano Cortina Games

February 5, 2026

TL;DR

Italy is hosting the Winter Olympics for the third time, previously in 1956 and 2006.
The 2026 Games will be co-hosted by Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, making them the most widespread in Olympic history.
A new 16,000-seat ice hockey stadium is under construction, and the abandoned Porta Romana railway yard is being renovated for the Olympic Village.
Approximately 2,916 athletes are expected to compete.
The U.S. will have its largest Winter Olympic team ever with 232 athletes.
Eight new events will debut, including ski mountaineering (skimo), dual moguls in freestyle skiing, women's doubles in luge, mixed gender team skeleton, and women's large hill ski jumping.
Organizers expect about 2 million fans to attend the Games.

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