Europe at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 – Facts & Figures

With the curtains closed on the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, European NOCs returned home with a haul of 227 medals (80 gold, 73 silver, 74 bronze), roughly 70% of the overall number of medals, registering an increase of +8% compared to PyeongChang 2018.

22 out of the 29 NOCs on the medal table are European, with Norway topping the list (16 gold, 8 silver, 13 bronze), followed by Germany (12 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze), Sweden (8 gold, 5 silver, 5 bronze) and Netherlands (8 gold, 5 silver and 4 silver).

The sports in which European athletes were most successful winning the majority of the available medals are: biathlon (100%), alpine skiing (94%), cross-country skiing (94%), ski jumping (80%) Nordic combined (78%), Curling (78%).

The top three multi-medallists are all European:

BOE Johannes Thingnes NOR BIATHLON (4 gold, 1 bronze)

BOLSHUNOV Alexander ROC CROSS-COUNTRY SKIING (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)

ROEISELAND Marte Olsbu NOR BIATHLON (3 gold, 2 bronze)

Many are the European athletes who used the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) as a springboard for their careers and excelled both at the EYOF and at the Olympic Games, winning a gold medal at both events:

AUSTRIA

Katharina LIENSBERGER, Alpine Skiing, EYOF Vorarlberg 2015 > Beijing 2022

CZECH REPUBLIC

Ester Ledecká, Snowboard/Alpine Skiing, EYOF Liberec 2011 (snowboard) > PyeongChang 2018 (snowboard and alpine skiing), Beijing 2022 (snowboard)

GERMANY (2)

Victoria Carl, Cross Country Skiing, EYOF Brasov 2013 > Beijing 2022

Denise Herrmann, Cross Country Skiing/ Biathlon, EYOF Monthey 2005 (country skiing) > Beijing 2022 (biathlon)

NORWAY (2)

Johannes Thingnes Bø, Biathlon, EYOF Liberec 2011 > PyeongChang 2018 > Beijing 2022

Sturla Holm LAEGREID, Biathlon, EYOF Vorarlberg 2015

RUSSIA (3)

Alexey Chervotkin, Cross Country Skiing, EYOF Brasov 2013 > Beijing 2022