Norway breaks record for most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics

February 20, 2026

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Norway broke its own gold medal record at a single Winter Olympics with 17 gold medals at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal won the 15km mass start biathlon race, securing Norway's record-breaking 17th gold medal.
This new record surpasses Norway's previous record of 16 gold medals set at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Norway leads the current medal count with 37 medals, followed by the USA with 27 medals (9 golds) and host Italy with 27 medals.
Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo has earned the most gold medals at the Milano Cortina Games, bringing his total to 10, making him the second-most decorated gold medalist in Olympic history after Michael Phelps.

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