Norway Wins Its 17th Gold Medal, Breaking Record for Most Golds Won in a Single Winter Olympics

Norway Wins Its 17th Gold Medal, Breaking Record for Most Golds Won in a Single Winter Olympics
Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway poses for photos after winning gold in the men's 15-kilometer mass start biathlon race at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Anterselva, Italy, on Feb. 20, 2026. Andrew Medichini/AP Photo
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ANTERSELVA, Italy—Johannes Dale-Skjevdal of Norway was the only biathlete to hit all 20 of his targets in the 15-kilometer mass start race Friday and skied his way to gold—Norway’s 17th gold medal of the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics—breaking the record for the most gold medals won by a nation at a single Winter Olympics.

Norway had set the record at the 2022 Beijing Olympics with 16 gold medals.