Norway has secured first place in the medal standings one day before the closing ceremony of the 2026 Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Olympics. Johannes Høsflot Klæbo achieved an unprecedented six gold medals at the Games, bringing his career Winter Olympics gold medal total to 11—a record he now holds outright.
As of February 21 local time, Norway led the standings with 18 gold, 11 silver, and 11 bronze medals.
With only five gold medals to be awarded on the final day of competition on February 22, second-place United States (11 gold, 12 silver, 9 bronze) cannot mathematically overtake Norway, clinching the overall title for the Norwegians. The Netherlands ranked third (10 gold, 7 silver, 3 bronze), followed by host nation Italy (10 gold, 6 silver, 14 bronze) and France (8 gold, 9 silver, 6 bronze). Rankings from second through fifth could still shift depending on final-day results.
Norway has now won the overall Winter Olympics medal standings for four consecutive Games, following victories at Sochi 2014 (11 gold, 6 silver, 10 bronze), Pyeongchang 2018 (14 gold, 14 silver, 11 bronze), and Beijing 2022 (16 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze). The nation's 18 gold medals surpassed the previous Winter Olympics record of 16, which Norway set at the Beijing Games.
The Nordic nation dominated snow sports, sweeping seven gold medals in cross-country skiing while adding three each in biathlon and Nordic combined. Klæbo won all six men's cross-country events: the 10km+10km skiathlon, sprint classic, 10km interval start free, 4x10km relay, team sprint, and 50km mass start. His six-gold haul broke the single Winter Olympics record previously held by American speed skater Eric Heiden, who won five events at Lake Placid 1980. Including his performance in Milan-Cortina, Klæbo has accumulated 11 career Olympic gold medals, extending his own all-time record.