Winter Olympics 2026: Norway sets record with 17th gold medal as it continues to dominate competition

The sports world officially welcomed in a new dynasty Friday. The current iteration of the Norwegian Winter Olympics team just joined that exclusive club, which includes icons such as the ’90s Chicago Bulls and 2000s New England Patriots.

Norway continued its winter sports dominance on Friday, securing a gold medal in the biathlon. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal was the only athlete in the event to hit all 20 targets, taking no penalties as he posted a 39:17.1 time, 10 seconds better than his next closest competitor, teammate Sturla Holm Laegreid.

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Dale-Skjevdal’s win turned out to be a historic one. His gold medal gave Norway 17 golds during the 2026 Winter Olympics, setting a record for most gold medals during a single Winter Olympics.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, that record broke the previous mark of 16 … which was set by Norway in 2022.

Going even farther back, however, reveals even more dominance by Team Norway at the Winter Games. The country led the 2018 Winter Olympics with a total of 39 medals and was tied for first place with 14 golds. Norway also won the most gold medals at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, though Russia finished with the most overall medals at those Olympics.

Norway’s excellence at the Milan Cortina Games in 2026 is mostly due to cross-country skier Johannes Hosflot Klaebo, who has already set his own record at the event. Hosflot Klaebo has won gold in all five events in which he’s competed, giving him 10 total gold medals across his Olympic career. That’s the most gold medals of any athlete in Winter Olympics history. Those 10 gold medals also made Klaebo the second Olympian with double-digit gold medals, something only swimming legend Michael Phelps has accomplished.

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Here’s a look at every gold medal won by Norway at the 2026 Winter Olympics:

1. Feb. 7: Ski jumping: Women’s normal hill individual: Anna Odine Strom

2. Feb. 8: Cross-country skiing: Men’s 20 km skiathlon: Johannes Hosflot Klaebo

3. Feb. 8: Speed skating: Men’s 5000 meters: Sander Eitrem

4. Feb 10: Cross-country skiing: Men’s spring: Johannes Hosflot Klaebo

5. Feb. 10: Freestyle skiing: Men’s slopestyle: Birk Ruud

6. Feb. 10: Biathlon: Men’s 20 km individual: Johan-Olav Botn

7. Feb. 11: Nordic combined: Individual normal hill/10 km: Jens Luras Oftebro

8. Feb. 13: Cross-country skiing: Men’s 10 km freestyle: Johannes Hosflot Klaebo

9. Feb. 14: Cross-country skiing: Women’s 4 x 7.5 km relay: Kristin Austgulen Fosnaes, Astrid Oyre Slind, Karoline Simpson-Larsen, Heidi Weng

10. Feb. 14: Biathlon: Women’s sprint: Maren Kirkeeide

11. Feb. 15: Cross-country skiing: Men’s 4 x 7.5 km relay: Emil Iversen, Martin Lowstrom Nyenget, Einar Hedegart, Johannes Hosflot Klaebo

12. Feb. 15: Ski jumping: Women’s large hill individual: Anna Odine Strom

13. Feb. 17: Nordic combined: Individual large hill/10 km: Jens Luras Oftebro

14. Feb. 17: Freestyle skiing: Men’s big air: Tormod Frostad

15. Feb. 18: Cross-country skiing: Men’s team sprint: Einar Hedegart, Johannes Hosflot Klaebo

16. Feb. 19: Nordic combined: Team large hill/2 x 7.5 km: Andreas Skoglund, Jens Luras Oftebro

17. Feb. 20: Biathlon: Mens’s mass start: Johannes Dale-Skjeval

A number of Norwegian athletes have also taken home non-gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. They include Strom, Hedegart and Laegreid — who most know as the Olympian who admitted to cheating on his girlfriend during a post-medal interview — and many others.

There’s still plenty of time for Norway to continue adding to that total. While the country has multiple events left in which it can contend for gold medals, Klaebo still has one more event remaining — the men’s 50 km classic — which will take place Saturday.

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Another win would give Klaebo the gold in all six events in which he’s competed, making him the epitome of Norway’s excellence at the 2026 Games.