REVEALED: The Countries who are comiating the winter Olympic in the 21st century, and how Team GB stacks up
The 2022 Winter Olympic Games has already provided some incredible sporting moments, with the medals already being claimed. However, new research has looked into what countries can claim the title of most successful country of the century.
SportsPub analysed the Winter Olympic medal tables from the past 20 years to reveal which countries reign supreme on the biggest sporting stage in the world.
Key Facts:
- Germany is the most successful country at the Winter Olympics of the 21st century, with the most gold medals won since 2002
- The United States come in as the second most successful country, with the highest total medal count of any country
- Norway is the third most successful country at the Winter Olympics, since 2002, with the best medal count per capita
- Team GB comes in 22nd out of the 33 countries to have medalled since 2002
Most Successful Countries at the Winter Olympics:
Country | Rank | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Weighted total | Medals per capita rank |
Germany | 1 | 55 | 57 | 33 | 312 | 14 |
United States | 2 | 46 | 54 | 47 | 293 | 23 |
Norway | 3 | 49 | 40 | 43 | 270 | 1 |
Canada | 4 | 49 | 38 | 34 | 257 | 11 |
Russia | 5 | 29 | 30 | 37 | 184 | 20 |
Austria | 6 | 25 | 28 | 34 | 165 | 3 |
Netherlands | 7 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 142 | 10 |
Switzerland | 8 | 26 | 14 | 20 | 126 | 5 |
Sweden | 9 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 122 | 7 |
South Korea | 10 | 22 | 22 | 10 | 120 | 17 |
Great Britain | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 27 |
Further information can be found at SportsPub who commissioned the study.
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