On Friday, the sports world officially welcomed a new dynasty. The current Norwegian Winter Olympics team just joins this exclusive club that includes iconic teams like the Chicago Bulls of the 90s and the New England Patriots of the 2000s.
Norway continued its dominance in winter sports with a gold medal in biathlon on Friday. Johannes Dale-Skjevdal was the only athlete to hit all 20 targets at the event without receiving any penalties, finishing in 39 minutes and 17.1 seconds, 10 seconds faster than his next closest teammate Sturla Holm Laegreid.
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The victory in Deir-Skojevdal was a historic one. His gold medals brought Norway to 17 gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics, setting a new record for the most gold medals in a single Winter Olympics.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, this record beat Norway’s previous record of 16 set in 2022.
Going back even further, however, the Norwegian team enjoyed greater dominance at the Winter Olympics. The country led the 2018 Winter Olympics with 39 medals and tied for first with 14 golds. Norway also won the most gold medals at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, while Russia won the most medals at the Games.
Norway’s outstanding performance at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games is mainly due to cross-country skier Johannes Hosflot Klaebo, who has already set his own record in the event. Hosflot Klaebo won gold medals in all five events he competed in, giving him a total of 10 gold medals in his Olympic career. This is the most gold medals won by an athlete in the history of the Winter Olympics. The 10 gold medals also make Klebaugh the second Olympian to reach double digits, a feat only accomplished by swimming legend Michael Phelps.
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Here’s every gold medal Norway has won at the 2026 Winter Olympics:
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February 7: Ski Jumping: Women’s Normal Mountain Individual: Anna Odine Strom
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February 8: Cross-country skiing: Men’s 20km ski all-around: Johannes Hosflot Klaebo
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February 8: Speed Skating: Men’s 5000m: Sander Eitrem
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February 10: Cross-Country Skiing: Men’s Spring: Johannes Hosflot Klaebo
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February 10: Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Slopestyle: Birk Ruud
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February 10: Biathlon: Men’s 20km individual event: Johan-Olav Botn
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February 11: Nordic Combined: Normal Mountain Individual/10km: Jens Luras Oftebro
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February 13: Cross-country skiing: Men’s 10km freestyle: Johannes Hosflot Klaebo
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February 14th: Cross-Country Skiing: Women’s 4 x 7.5km relay: Kristin Austgulen Fosnaes, Astrid Oyre Slind, Karoline Simpson-Larsen, Heidi Weng
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February 14th: Biathlon: Women’s Sprint: Maren Kirkeeide
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February 15th: Cross-country skiing: Men’s 4 x 7.5 km relay: Emil Iversen, Martin Lowstrom Nyenget, Einar Hedegart, Johannes Hosflot Klaebo
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February 15th: Ski Jumping: Women’s Big Mountain Individual: Anna Odin-Ström
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February 17: Nordic All-Around: Individual Big Mountain/10km: Jens Luras Oftebro
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February 17: Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Big Air: Tormod Frostad
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February 18: Cross-Country Skiing: Men’s Team Sprint: Einar Hedegart, Johannes Hosflot Klaebo
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February 19: Nordic All-Around: Big Mountain Team/2 x 7.5km: Andreas Skoglund, Jens Luras Oftebro
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February 20: Biathlon: Men’s Mass Start: Johannes Dale-Skjeval
Many Norwegian athletes also won non-gold medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics. These include Strome, Hedegaard and Raglade (most notably the Olympian, who admitted to being unfaithful to his girlfriend in a post-medal interview) and many others.
There is still plenty of time for Norway to continue increasing this total. While the country still has several events left to compete for gold, Klaebo has one event left – the men’s 50km classic – to be held on Saturday.
Another victory would give Klabo a gold medal in all six events he competes in, making him the epitome of Norwegian excellence at the 2026 Olympics.