Countries by Total Winter Olympic Gold Medals (All Time)

About This Dataset

Nations ranked by total gold medals won across all Winter Olympic Games since the first Winter Olympics in Chamonix in 1924. Norway is the most successful Winter Olympics nation in history by gold medal count — a record built across over a century of dominance in cross-country skiing, biathlon, and ski jumping that reflects a national culture where outdoor winter sport is embedded from childhood and competitive skiing infrastructure permeates every community.

Analysis

The top three in Winter Olympic Gold Medals are Norway (148), United States (110) and Germany (100). Norway tops the list without dominating it, holding 22.4% of what the 8 entities record between them. The other 6 are bunched between 45 and 100.

Source: Wikipedia

Key Findings

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Norway leads in Winter Olympic Gold Medals with 148.

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Average Winter Olympic Gold Medals: 83 · median: 72.

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Gap: Norway is 3.3× larger than Finland.

Countries by Total Winter Olympic Gold Medals (All Time)

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Data Insights

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Data Points

8 categories · 1 year

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Top Value

148

Norway

Winter Olympic Gold Medals · All Time

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Winter Olympic Gold Medals

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All Time

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Methodology & source

Data source: Wikipedia
Coverage: 8 entities · 8 observations
Measure: Winter Olympic Gold Medals
Last updated: 6 September 2026
Compiled by: The ANYSTAT team, from the source above

How the figures are calculated

Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.