The mega winter sporting event, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has finally has come to a conclusion after its two-week-long campaign, know how medals Norway had
We witnessed lots of excitement along with suspense during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. We also witnessed the rise of many future stars and, also gave a farewell to many legends of winter sports.
Winter Olympics Medal Tally And Table: Norway Breaks Record Of Most Medals
Norway with 37 medals in total continued its domination in the Winter Olympics as they broke the records of securing the most gold medals in one single season with 16 gold medals. They also created another record by entering their name into the records of winning the most Winter Olympic medals of all time with 368 overall to date, by adding another one with 37 medals in Beijing.
This all came even after many Norwegian athletes like Jarl Magnus Riiber of Nordic combined and Simen Hegstad Krueger from cross-country skiing, not being able to participate in the 2022 Games.
The Top Three Countries With Most Number Of Medals At The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
- Norway – 37 (16 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze)
- ROC – 32 (6 gold, 12 silver, 14 bronze)
- Germany – 27 (12 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze)
Norway, apart from 16 gold medals also secured 8 silver medals along with 13 bronze medals. This is not all; Norway also etched their name into the history books by leaving behind the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in their overall medal count with 37 medals in total.
Therese Johaug, who was representing Norway was the first athlete to claim the gold medal of the event in the women’s skiathlon, not only this but also, she was the one to claim one of the last gold medals at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics with her victory in the 30km mass start.
Therese Johaug has claimed three gold medals to her name which makes her one of Norway’s 11 multi-time medallists during the 2022 Beijing Winter Games.
Norwegian biathletes, Johannes Thingnes Boe and Marte Olsbu Roeiseland are on the equal tally with French biathlete Quentin Fillon Maillet and cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov of ROC for the race of most medals won by a single athlete during the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics with five. Boe, who is now an eight-time Olympic medallist, previously had the record of most gold medals in the Beijing 2022 Olympics with four medals.