2026 Winter Olympics Medal Highlights
Italy is currently hosting the Winter Olympics, with some of the world’s top athletes already claiming medals.
Team USA has also made its mark, capturing its very first gold medal.
The 2026 Winter Olympics have just kicked off, and we will be tracking each medal won by athletes in Milan-Cortina, including Team USA’s performances throughout the Games.
How many medals did Team USA win at the 2026 Winter Olympics?
The following table outlines Team USA’s medal counts and will be updated regularly.
| USA team medals | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| team usa | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
Who won a medal for the United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics?
Here’s a closer look at Team USA’s medalists.
Breezy Johnson: Gold medal in women’s downhill
Breezy Johnson had her sights set on the 2022 Winter Olympics, but a significant injury during training in Cortina dashed those hopes.
Fast forward to now, and she has earned a gold medal!
Four years ago, Johnson experienced a serious crash at the Tofane Alpine Ski Center, which caused extensive damage to her right knee. That unfortunate event forced her to withdraw from the 2022 Beijing Olympics. However, she triumphed in the women’s downhill this time around, securing the first medal for the U.S. team in the 2026 Winter Olympics.
USA Team: Figure Skating Team
The U.S. also clinched a gold medal in the team figure skating event.
The victory was by a slim margin over Japan.
The competition came down to the last two male skaters, Ilya Marinin from the U.S. and Japan’s Shun Sato. Initially, Marinin had lost to Yuma Kagiyama in the short program, but his strong suit was the long program. He ended up being replaced by Sato for that part. Although Marinin didn’t perform as well in the long program, it was enough for Team USA to win 69-68 against Japan.
Ben Ogden: Cross-country skiing
Team USA’s long wait in cross-country skiing is finally over.
Ben Ogden secured a silver medal in the cross-country ski sprint, making him the second American male cross-country skier to earn an Olympic medal—and the first in half a century.
Bill Koch was the last, winning silver in the Classic 50K back in 1976. Interestingly, Ogden started his cross-country journey through the Bill Koch Youth Ski League. He completed the sprint with a time of 3 minutes and 40 seconds, just two seconds behind gold medalist Johannes Hesfrod Klaebo of Norway.
Alex Hall: Freestyle skiing
In the freestyle skiing slopestyle event, Alex Hall’s attempt to win back-to-back golds fell short when he was outscored by Norway’s Birk Ruud, 86.28 to 85.75. Hall’s second run brought him close, within half a point, but he couldn’t catch up on his last run.
Nevertheless, the silver added to Team USA’s collection, marking seven of the twelve medals in tournament history.
Jacqueline Wiles/Paula Molzan: Alpine Complex
Team USA also landed a medal in the women’s team combined event, although it wasn’t quite what many were expecting.
Breezy Johnson and Mikaela Shiffrin, favorites heading into this event, had hoped for gold, especially since Johnson had shown impressive speed in the downhill. But Shiffrin’s strong season didn’t translate here; she finished in 15th place in the slalom, which knocked her out of medal contention.
She missed out on bronze by just 0.06 seconds.
Instead, the bronze went to the duo of Jacqueline Wiles and Paula Moltzan.
Corey Teece/Corey Dropkin: Mixed Doubles Curling
Team USA snagged its third medal in Olympic curling history.
The mixed doubles team of Corey Thies and Corey Dropkin made it to the gold medal match against Sweden but ultimately lost 6-5 against Swedish brothers Isabella and Rasmus Lanaa. Previous medals were won in men’s curling, making this victory extra significant as Thies became the first American woman to earn an Olympic curling medal.
Ashley Farquharson: Women’s Luge
Ashley Farquharson created history for Team USA in luge with an unexpected bronze medal in the women’s singles event. This was the first medal in the category for the team in 12 years, with Erin Hamlin last winning bronze in Sochi back in 2014.
Chris Mazder had captured silver at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Germany’s Julia Taubitz took home the gold, and Latvia’s Elina Botha earned silver, marking a milestone as the first woman from her country to secure a singles luge medal.
