Chronological summary of the 2026 Winter Olympics
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This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and other areas in Lombardy and Northeast Italy. Competition began on 4 February with the first matches in the round robin stages of the curling event. The opening ceremony was held two days later on 6 February. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony were held on 22 February. The games featured 116 medal events in 16 disciplines.
Calendar
Competition began two days before the opening ceremony on 4 February, and ended on 22 February 2026.[1]
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | X | Event finals | EG | Exhibition gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
| February 2026 | 4th Wed |
5th Thu |
6th Fri |
7th Sat |
8th Sun |
9th Mon |
10th Tue |
11th Wed |
12th Thu |
13th Fri |
14th Sat |
15th Sun |
16th Mon |
17th Tue |
18th Wed |
19th Thu |
20th Fri |
21st Sat |
22nd Sun |
Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | N/a | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||||
| Bobsleigh | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Curling | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Figure skating | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | EG | 5 | ||||||||
| Freestyle skiing | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | 3 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||||
| Ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | ||
| Luge | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Nordic combined | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Short-track speed skating | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Skeleton | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ski jumping | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Ski mountaineering | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Snowboarding | ● | 1 | 2 | 1 | ● | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | ||||||||
| Daily medal events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 116 | |
| Cumulative total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 27 | 35 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 68 | 74 | 80 | 89 | 95 | 102 | 111 | 116 | ||
| February 2026 | 4th Wed |
5th Thu |
6th Fri |
7th Sat |
8th Sun |
9th Mon |
10th Tue |
11th Wed |
12th Thu |
13th Fri |
14th Sat |
15th Sun |
16th Mon |
17th Tue |
18th Wed |
19th Thu |
20th Fri |
21st Sat |
22nd Sun |
Total events | |
Medal table
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 18 | 12 | 11 | 41 |
| 2 | United States | 12 | 12 | 9 | 33 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 4 | Italy* | 10 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| 5 | Germany | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 |
| 6 | France | 8 | 9 | 6 | 23 |
| 7 | Sweden | 8 | 6 | 4 | 18 |
| 8 | Switzerland | 6 | 9 | 8 | 23 |
| 9 | Austria | 5 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 10 | Japan | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 |
| 11–29 | Remaining | 26 | 32 | 35 | 93 |
| Totals (29 entries) | 116 | 118 | 115 | 349 | |
Day-by-day summaries
4 February
- The first matches in the round-robin stage of the mixed doubles tournament.[4]
5 February
- The second day in the round-robin stage of the mixed doubles tournament.[5]
- The first matches in the group stage of the women's tournament.[5]
- The qualification rounds in the men's big air.[5]
6 February
- The third day in the round-robin stage of the mixed doubles tournament.[6]
- The first day of competition in the team event.[6]
- The second day in the group stage of the women's tournament.[6]
- Opening ceremony at San Siro in Milan,[7] as well as three other venues in the first ever multi venue event that also included Livigno, Predazzo and Cortina.[8]
Day 1: 7 February
| Sport | Event | Gold medalists | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Team | Rec | Competitors | Team | Competitors | Team | |||
| Alpine skiing | Men's downhill | Franjo von Allmen | Switzerland | Giovanni Franzoni | Italy | Dominik Paris | Italy | [9] | |
| Cross-country skiing | Women's skiathlon | Frida Karlsson | Sweden | Ebba Andersson | Sweden | Heidi Weng | Norway | [10] | |
| Ski jumping | Women's normal hill individual | Anna Odine Strøm | Norway | Nika Prevc | Slovenia | Nozomi Maruyama | Japan | [11] | |
| Snowboarding | Men's big air | Kira Kimura | Japan | Ryoma Kimata | Japan | Su Yiming | China | [12] | |
| Speed skating | Women's 3000m | Francesca Lollobrigida | Italy | OR | Ragne Wiklund | Norway | Valérie Maltais | Canada | [13] |
Day 2: 8 February
Day 3: 9 February
| Sport | Event | Gold medalists | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Team | Rec | Competitors | Team | Competitors | Team | |||
| Alpine skiing | Men's team combined | Franjo von Allmen Tanguy Nef |
Switzerland | Vincent Kriechmayr Manuel Feller |
Austria | Not awarded due to a tie for silver | [22] | ||
| Marco Odermatt Loïc Meillard |
Switzerland | ||||||||
| Freestyle skiing | Women's slopestyle | Mathilde Gremaud | Switzerland | Eileen Gu | China | Megan Oldham | Canada | [23] | |
| Ski jumping | Men's normal hill individual | Philipp Raimund | Germany | Kacper Tomasiak | Poland | Ren Nikaidō | Japan | [24] | |
| Gregor Deschwanden | Switzerland | ||||||||
| Snowboarding | Women's big air | Kokomo Murase | Japan | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott | New Zealand | Yu Seung-eun | South Korea | [25] | |
| Speed skating | Women's 1000m | Jutta Leerdam | Netherlands | OR | Femke Kok | Netherlands | Miho Takagi | Japan | [26] |
Day 4: 10 February
Day 5: 11 February
Day 6: 12 February
Day 7: 13 February
| Sport | Event | Gold medalists | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Team | Rec | Competitors | Team | Competitors | Team | |||
| Biathlon | Men's sprint | Quentin Fillon Maillet | France | Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen | Norway | Sturla Holm Lægreid | Norway | [53] | |
| Cross-country skiing | Men's freestyle | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | Mathis Desloges | France | Einar Hedegart | Norway | [54] | |
| Figure skating | Men's singles | Mikhail Shaidorov | Kazakhstan | Yuma Kagiyama | Japan | Shun Sato | Japan | [55] | |
| Skeleton | Men's | Matt Weston | Great Britain | Axel Jungk | Germany | Christopher Grotheer | Germany | [56] | |
| Snowboarding | Men's halfpipe | Yūto Totsuka | Japan | Scotty James | Australia | Ryusei Yamada | Japan | [57] | |
| Women's snowboard cross | Josie Baff | Australia | Eva Adamczyková | Czech Republic | Michela Moioli | Italy | [58] | ||
| Speed skating | Men's 10,000m | Metoděj Jílek | Czech Republic | Vladimir Semirunniy | Poland | Jorrit Bergsma | Netherlands | [59] | |
Day 8: 14 February
Day 9: 15 February
Day 10: 16 February
| Sport | Event | Gold medalists | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Team | Rec | Competitors | Team | Competitors | Team | |||
| Alpine skiing | Men's slalom | Loïc Meillard | Switzerland | Fabio Gstrein | Austria | Henrik Kristoffersen | Norway | [77] | |
| Bobsleigh | Women's monobob | Elana Meyers Taylor | United States | Laura Nolte | Germany | Kaillie Humphries | United States | [78] | |
| Figure skating | Pair skating | Riku Miura Ryuichi Kihara |
Japan | Anastasiia Metelkina Luka Berulava |
Georgia | Minerva Fabienne Hase Nikita Volodin |
Germany | [79] | |
| Freestyle skiing | Women's big air | Megan Oldham | Canada | Eileen Gu | China | Flora Tabanelli | Italy | [80] | |
| Short-track speed skating | Women's 1000m | Xandra Velzeboer | Netherlands | Courtney Sarault | Canada | Kim Gil-li | South Korea | [81] | |
| Ski jumping | Men's team | Jan Hörl Stephan Embacher |
Austria | Paweł Wąsek Kacper Tomasiak |
Poland | Johann André Forfang Kristoffer Eriksen Sundal |
Norway | [82] | |
Day 11: 17 February
- The Women's slopestyle snowboarding final scheduled for February 17th was postponed to the following afternoon due to heavy snow overnight and into the morning.[89]
Day 12: 18 February
Day 13: 19 February
| Sport | Event | Gold medalists | Silver medalists | Bronze medalists | Ref | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Competitors | Team | Rec | Competitors | Team | Competitors | Team | |||
| Figure skating | Women's singles | Alysa Liu | United States | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | Ami Nakai | Japan | [99] | |
| Ice hockey | Women's | United States women's team | United States | Canada women's team | Canada | Switzerland women's team | Switzerland | [100] | |
| Nordic combined | Team large hill/2 × 7.5 km | Andreas Skoglund Jens Lurås Oftebro |
Norway | Ilkka Herola Eero Hirvonen |
Finland | Stefan Rettenegger Johannes Lamparter |
Austria | [101] | |
| Ski mountaineering | Men's sprint | Oriol Cardona | Spain | Nikita Filippov | Individual Neutral Athletes | Thibault Anselmet | France | [102] | |
| Women's sprint | Marianne Fatton | Switzerland | Emily Harrop | France | Ana Alonso | Spain | [103] | ||
| Speed skating | Men's 1500m | Ning Zhongyan | China | OR | Jordan Stolz | United States | Kjeld Nuis | Netherlands | [104] |
Day 14: 20 February
Day 15: 21 February
- The non-medal figure skating gala event was also held in the evening.
Day 16: 22 February
Notes
- ^ a b Although the IOC does not include Individual Neutral Athletes in the official medal tables,[2] they are listed here for comparison and historical purposes.
- ^ Individual Neutral Athletes is the name used to represent approved individual Belarusian and Russian athletes at the 2026 Winter Olympics, after the IOC suspended the Russian Olympic Committee and Belarus Olympic Committee due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The IOC country code is AIN, after the French name Athlètes Individuels Neutres.[2]
- ^ a b c Bronze medalists were determined the previous day.
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