The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics closed with a ceremony in Verona after two weeks of competition across Milan, Cortina d’Ampezzo, and the surrounding Alps. Team USA fielded its biggest Winter Games roster ever — 232 athletes — and came home having set a new national record for Winter Olympic gold medals. Here’s the full breakdown of the final medal count, along with how Team USA fared in alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, and snowboarding, three of the Winter Games’ most-searched events.
Final Medal Count: Overview
Norway finished on top of the medal table with a record-setting Winter Games performance, while the United States claimed second place in both total medals and gold medals.
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 18 | —* | —* | 41 |
| 2 | United States | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
*Norway’s silver/bronze split was not confirmed in the sheet’s dataset and should be verified against the official IOC results page before publishing.
Team USA’s Historic Gold Medal Run
Team USA’s 33 medals — 12 gold, 12 silver, and 9 bronze — broke the country’s previous best gold-medal total of 10, set at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. It’s a milestone worth putting in context: the US has competed in the Winter Olympics for a century, and no prior team had crossed the 12-gold mark in a single Games. The milestone caps what’s shaping up as a banner year for American national pride.
Alpine Skiing: Breezy Johnson Delivers Gold
Alpine skiing produced one of Team USA’s signature moments of the Games. Breezy Johnson won gold in the women’s downhill at the Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre in Cortina d’Ampezzo, and Mikaela Shiffrin — already one of the most decorated alpine skiers in US history — added to her own Olympic medal collection during the Games as well.
Freestyle Skiing: Team USA’s Aerial Gold
In freestyle skiing, Team USA topped the podium in mixed team aerials, with Christopher Lillis, Connor Curran, and Kaila Kuhn winning gold — a strong showing in one of the discipline’s highest-difficulty events and a clear highlight for anyone searching for Team USA’s freestyle skiing results.
Snowboarding Slopestyle: A Bronze Built on a Comeback Story
Men’s snowboarding slopestyle didn’t go to an American this time. China’s Su Yiming won gold on his 22nd birthday with a leading score of 82.41, holding off Japan’s Taiga Hasegawa (82.13) for the win. Team USA’s Jake Canter took bronze with a score of 79.36 — his first Olympic medal, and one made more notable by his return from a serious injury years earlier. It’s a reminder that not every US medal story is a gold; the slopestyle bronze was still one of the most talked-about American performances of the Games.
The Ice Hockey Gold That Echoed 1980
Off the slopes, Team USA’s men’s hockey team delivered one of the Games’ biggest storylines: an overtime win over Canada, 2–1, sealed by Jack Hughes just 1:41 into extra time. It was the program’s third Olympic men’s hockey gold, and its first since the legendary “Miracle on Ice” at Lake Placid in 1980.
Other Team USA Podium Moments
- Speed skating: Jordan Stolz won gold in the men’s 500m; Mia Manganello earned bronze in the women’s mass start, becoming the first American to podium in that event.
- Bobsled: Kaillie Humphries and Jasmine Jones took bronze in the two-woman event.
- Figure skating: The US team event squad, including Evan Bates, Madison Chock, Amber Glenn, Ellie Kam, Alysa Liu, Ilia Malinin, and Daniel O’Shea, added to the medal count.
Conclusion
Team USA leaves Milano Cortina 2026 with its best gold-medal showing in Winter Olympics history and podium finishes spread across alpine skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, hockey, speed skating, bobsled, and figure skating. Norway may have topped the table, but for American fans, 2026 will be remembered as a genuine record-breaker — and, alongside this year’s other major global sporting event, part of a strong year overall for US sports, including the economic ripple effects of hosting global sports felt across host cities nationwide. As the calendar rolls on toward the year in sports still ahead on pitches and courts around the world, Team USA’s Winter Games haul will be a tough act to follow.
