2022 Winter Olympics medal table explained

The 2022 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXIV Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Beijing, China, from 31 January to 20 February. A total of 2,871 athletes from 91 nations participated in 109 medal events in seven sports across 15 disciplines.^{[1] [2]}

Overall 29 nations received at least one medal, and 23 of them won at least one gold medal. Athletes from Norway won the most medals overall, with 37, and the most gold medals, with 16. The latter record was the highest gold medal tally at a single Winter Games.^[3] Host nation China won nine gold medals surpassing its gold medal tally of five at the 2010 winter edition.^[4] Athletes from that nation also won 15 medals overall, which eclipsed its record of 11 at both the 2006 and 2010 winter editions.

Biathletes Johannes Thingnes Bø, Quentin Fillon Maillet, and Marte Olsbu Røiseland, and cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov won the most total medals at the games with five each.^[5] Bø also earned the most gold medals with four.^[6] Snowboarder Zoi Sadowski-Synnott of New Zealand won the first Winter Olympic gold medal for that nation.^[7] Germany achieved a podium sweep in the men's two-man bobsleigh competition with Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis winning gold, Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer earning silver, and Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer attaining bronze.^[8]

Medal table

See also: List of 2022 Winter Olympics medal winners. The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.^{[9] [10]} If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.^[11]

Two bronze medals were awarded to Daniela Maier and Fanny Smith for a third-place tie in the freestyle women's ski cross event following a decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.^[12]

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Notes and References

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2. News: Edmonds . Charlotte . Here's a Guide to New Events Debuting at the Winter Olympics . 12 September 2022 . . 4 February 2022 . 17 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230217004939/https://www.nbcsports.com/philadelphia/beijing-2022-winter-olympics/heres-guide-new-events-debuting-winter-olympics . live .
3. News: Stuhlbarg . Nate . Norway Retains Title with most Medals at 2022 Winter Olympics . 27 March 2022 . . 20 February 2022 . 20 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220220195122/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/norway-retains-title-most-medals-2022-winter-olympics . live .
4. Web site: China, Japan Set New Medal Marks in Winter Olympics . . 12 July 2022 . 17 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230217005811/https://ocasia.org/news/2816-china-japan-set-new-medal-marks-in-winter-olympics.html . live .
5. Web site: Beijing 2022 . . 26 February 2022 . 18 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220318145104/https://www.teamgb.com/competitions/beijing-2022/6dWdXrzU85Vn1jF6ZC9Onl . live .
6. News: . Norwegian Biathlete Boe Gets Fourth Beijing Olympics Gold Medal . 27 March 2022 . . 18 February 2022 . 22 February 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230222200651/https://www.barrons.com/news/norwegian-biathlete-boe-gets-fourth-beijing-olympics-gold-medal-01645189808 . live .
7. News: Bryan Armen . Graham . Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Wins New Zealand's First Ever Winter Olympic Gold . 12 July 2022 . . 5 February 2022 . 26 February 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220226175310/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/feb/05/zoi-sadowski-synnott-new-zealand-first-winter-olympic-gold-snowboard-beijing-2022-tess-coady . live .
8. News: Levinsohn . Dan . Germany Sweeps Two-Man Bobsled Podium with Friedrich, Lochner, Hafer . 19 February 2022 . . 15 February 2022 . 19 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230319113128/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/recap-two-man-final-heats . live .
9. News: Ostlere . Lawrence . 11 August 2024 . Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html . 12 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . . en.
10. News: Araton . Harvey . 18 August 2008 . A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html . 21 March 2023 . 25 July 2024 . The New York Times.
11. News: Cons . Roddy . 10 August 2024 . What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ . 11 August 2024 . 11 August 2024 . . en-us.
12. Web site: Court of Arbitration for Sport Media Release. 13 December 2022. Court of Arbitration for Sport. 13 December 2022. 13 December 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20221213171856/https://www.tas-cas.org/fileadmin/user_upload/CAS_Media_Release_8741.pdf. live.