Winter Olympics: An Overall Summary

Rebekah Flores, Publicist
March 3, 2022

The 2022 Winter Olympics was held between February 4 and February 20, 2022, in Beijing, China, and consisted of a record 109 events across 15 disciplines. 2,871 athletes representing 91 teams competed in the Games. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, health and safety protocols were implemented, leading to a restriction on public attendance to the Games as well as some countries choosing not to participate in the Games this year.

This year’s Games consisted of 15 different sports, including:

  • Alpine Skiing
  • Biathlon
  • Bobsleigh
  • Cross-Country Skiing
  • Curling
  • Figure Skating
  • Freestyle Skiing
  • Ice Hockey
  • Luge
  • Nordic Combined
  • Short Track Speed Skating
  • Skeleton
  • Ski Jumping
  • Snowboard
  • Speed Skating

Alpine Skiing:

There were eleven events listed under Alpine Skiing:

Women’s Alpine Combined:

  1. Michelle Gisin (Switzerland)
  2. Wendy Holdener (Switzerland)
  3. Federica Brignone (Italy)

Men’s Alpine Combined:

  1. Johannes Strolz (Austria)
  2. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Norway)
  3. James Crawford (Canada)

Women’s Downhill:

  1. Corinne Suter (Switzerland)
  2. Sofia Goggia (Italy)
  3. Nadia Delago (Italy)

Men’s Downhill:

  1. Beat Feuz (Switzerland)
  2. Johan Clarey (France)
  3. Matthias Mayer (Austria)

Women’s Giant Slalom:

  1. Sara Hector (Sweden)
  2. Federica Brignone (Italy)
  3. Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland)

Men’s Giant Slalom:

  1. Marco Odermatt (Switzerland)
  2. Zan Kranjec (Slovenia)
  3. Mathieu Faivre (France)

Women’s Super-G:

  1. Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland)
  2. Mirjam Puchner (Austria)
  3. Michelle Gisin (Switzerland)

Men’s Super-G:

  1. Matthias Mayer (Austria)
  2. Ryan Cochran-Siegle (USA)
  3. Aleksander Aamodt Kilde (Norway)

Women’s Slalom:

  1. Petra Vlhova (Slovakia)
  2. Katharina Liendsberger (Austria)
  3. Wendy Holdener (Switzerland)

Men’s Slalom:

  1. Clement Noel (France)
  2. Johannes Strolz (Austria)
  3. Sebastian Foss-Solevaag (Norway)

Mixed Team Parallel:

  1. Austria
  2. Germany
  3. Norway

Overall:

Switzerland – 5
Austria – 3
France – 1
Slovakia – 1
Sweden – 1

Biathlon:

There were eleven events listed under Biathlon:

Women’s 7.5km Sprint:

  1. Marte Olsbu Roeiseland (Norway)
  2. Elvira Oeberg (Sweden)
  3. Dorothea Wierer (Italy)

Men’s 10km Sprint:

  1. Johannes Thingnes Boe (Norway)
  2. Quentin Fillon Maillet (France)
  3. Tarjai Boe (Norway)

Women’s 10km Pursuit:

  1. Marte Olsbu Roeiseland (Norway)
  2. Elvira Oeberg (Sweden)
  3. Tiril Eckhoff (Norway)

Men’s 12.5 km Pursuit:

  1. Quentin Fillon Maillet (France)
  2. Tarjai Boe (Norway)
  3. Eduard Latypov (ROC)

Women’s 12.5 km Mass Start:

  1. Justine Braisaz-Bouchet (France)
  2. Tiril Eckhoff (Norway)
  3. Marte Olsbu Roeiseland (Norway)

Men’s 15 km Mass Start:

  1. Johannes Thingnes Boe (Norway)
  2. Martin Ponsiluoma (Sweden)
  3. Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen (Norway)

Women’s 15 km Individual:

  1. Denise Herrmann (Germany)
  2. Anais Chevalier-Bouchet (France)
  3. Marte Olsbu Roeiseland (Norway)

Men’s 20km Individual:

  1. Quentin Fillon Maillet (France)
  2. Anton Smolski (Belarus)
  3. Johannes Thingnes Boe (Norway)

Women’s 4x6km Relay:

  1. Sweden
  2. ROC
  3. Germany

Men’s 4×7.5km Relay:

  1. Norway
  2. France
  3. ROC

Mixed Relay 4x6km (W+M):

  1. Norway
  2. France
  3. ROC

Overall:

Norway – 6
France – 3
Sweden – 1
Germany – 1

Bobsleigh:

There were four events listed under Bobsleigh:

Women’s Monobob:

  1. Kaillie Humphries (USA)
  2. Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)
  3. Christine de Bruin (Canada)

2-woman:

  1. Laura Nolte (Germany)
  2. Mariama Jamanka (Germany)
  3. Elana Meyers Taylor (USA)

2-man:

  1. Francesco Friedrich (Germany)
  2. Johannes Lochner (Germany)
  3. Christoph Hafer (Germany)

4-man:

  1. Francesco Friedrich (Germany)
  2. Johannes Lochner (Germany)
  3. Justin Kripps (Canada)

Overall:

Germany – 3
USA – 1

Cross-Country Skiing:

There were twelve events listed under Cross-Country Skiing:

Women’s 10km Classic:

  1. Therese Johaug (Norway)
  2. Kerttu Niskanen (Finland)
  3. Krista Parmakoski (Finland)

Men’s 15km Classic:

  1. Iivo Niskanen (Finland)
  2. Alexander Bolshunov (ROC)
  3. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (Norway)

Women’s 7.5 + 7.5km Skiathlon:

  1. Therese Johaug (Norway)
  2. Natalia Nepryaeva (ROC)
  3. Teresa Stadlober (Austria)

Men’s 15km + 15km Skiathlon:

  1. Alexander Bolshunov (ROC)
  2. Denis Spitsov (ROC)
  3. Iivo Niskanen (Finland)

Women’s 30km Mass Start Free:

  1. Therese Johaug (Norway)
  2. Jessie Diggins (USA)
  3. Kerttu Niskanen (Finland)

Men’s 50km Mass Start Free:

  1. Alexander Bolshunov (ROC)
  2. Ivan Yakimushkin (ROC)
  3. Simen Hegstad Krueger (Norway)

Women’s Sprint Free:

  1. Jonna Sundling (Sweden)
  2. Maja Dahlqvist (Sweden)
  3. Jessie Diggins (USA)

Men’s Sprint Free:

  1. Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo (Norway)
  2. Fredrico Pellegrino (Italy)
  3. Alexander Terentev (ROC)

Women’s Team Sprint Classic:

  1. Germany
  2. Sweden
  3. ROC

Men’s Team Sprint Classic:

  1. Norway
  2. Finland
  3. ROC

Women’s 4x5km Relay:

  1. ROC
  2. Germany
  3. Sweden

Men’s 4x10km Relay:

  1. ROC
  2. Norway
  3. France

Overall:

Norway – 5
ROC – 4
Finland – 1
Germany – 1
Sweden – 1

Curling:

There were three events listed under Curling:

Women’s Curling:

  1. Great Britain
  2. Japan
  3. Sweden

Men’s Curling:

  1. Sweden
  2. Great Britain
  3. Canada

Mixed Doubles:

  1. Italy
  2. Norway
  3. Sweden

Overall:

Great Britain – 1
Sweden – 1
Italy – 1

Figure Skating:

There were five events listed under Figure Skating:

Women Single Skating:*

  1. Anna Shcherbakova (ROC)
  2. Alexandra Trusova (ROC)
  3. Kaori Sakamoto (Japan)

Men Single Skating:

  1. Nathan Chen (USA)
  2. Yuma Kagiyama (Japan)
  3. Shoma Uno (Japan)

Ice Dance:

  1. Gabriella Papadakis + Guillaume Cizeron (France)
  2. Victoria Sinitsina + Nikita Katsalapov (ROC)
  3. Madison Hubbell + Zachary Donohue (USA)

Pair Skating:

  1. Wenjing Sui + Cong Han (China)
  2. Evgenia Tarasova + Vladimir Morozov (ROC)
  3. Anastasia Mishina + Aleksandr Galliamov (ROC)

Team Event:*

  1. ROC
  2. USA
  3. Japan

Overall:

ROC – 2*
China – 1
France – 1
USA – 1

*Due to Kamila Valieva’s positive drug test, scores marked with an asterisk are provisional until further inspection.

Freestyle Skiing:

There were thirteen events listed under Freestyle Skiing:

Women’s Aerials:

  1. Mengtao Xu (China)
  2. Hanna Huskova (Belarus)
  3. Megan Nick (USA)

Men’s Aerials:

  1. Guangpu Qi (China)
  2. Oleksandr Abramenko (Ukraine)
  3. Ilia Burov (ROC)

Women’s Big Air:

  1. Ailing Eileen Gu (China)
  2. Tess Ledeux (France)
  3. Mathilde Gremaud (Switzerland)

Men’s Big Air:

  1. Birk Ruud (Norway)
  2. Colby Stevenson (USA)
  3. Henrik Harlaut (Sweden)

Women’s Freeski Halfpipe:

  1. Ailing Eileen Gu (China)
  2. Cassie Sharpe (Canada)
  3. Rachael Karker (Canada)

Men’s Freeski Halfpipe:

  1. Nico Porteous (New Zealand)
  2. David Wise (USA)
  3. Alex Ferreira (USA)

Women’s Moguls:

  1. Jakara Anthony (Australia)
  2. Jaelin Kauf (USA)
  3. Anastasiia Smirnova (ROC)

Men’s Moguls:

  1. Walter Wallberg (Sweden)
  2. Mikael Kingsbury (Canada)
  3. Ikuma Horishima (Japan)

Women’s Freeski Slopestyle:

  1. Mathilde Gremaud (Switzerland)
  2. Ailing Eileen Gu (China)
  3. Kelly Sildaru (Estonia)

Men’s Freeski Slopestyle:

  1. Alexander Hall (USA)
  2. Nicholas Goepper (USA)
  3. Jesper Tjader (Sweden)

Women’s Ski Cross:

  1. Sandra Naeslund (Sweden)
  2. Marielle Thompson (Canada)
  3. Daniela Maier (Germany)

Men’s Ski Cross:

  1. Ryan Regez (Switzerland)
  2. Alex Fiva (Switzerland)
  3. Sergey Ridzik (ROC)

Mixed Team Aerials:

  1. USA
  2. China
  3. Canada

Overall:

China – 4
Sweden – 2
Switzerland – 2
USA – 2
Australia – 1
New Zealand – 1
Norway – 1

Ice Hockey:

There were two events listed under Ice Hockey:

Women’s Ice Hockey:

  1. Canada
  2. USA
  3. Finland

Men’s Ice Hockey:

  1. Finland
  2. ROC
  3. Slovakia

Overall:

Canada – 1
Finland – 1

Luge:

There were four events listed under Luge:

Women’s Singles:

  1. Natalie Geisenberger (Germany)
  2. Anna Berreiter (Germany
  3. Tatyana Ivanova (ROC)

Men’s Singles:

  1. Johannes Ludwig (Germany)
  2. Wolfgang Kindl (Austria)
  3. Dominik Fischnaller (Italy)

Team Relay:

  1. Germany
  2. Austria
  3. Latvia

Doubles:

  1. Tobias Wendl + Tobias Arlt (Germany)
  2. Toni Eggert + Sascha Benecken (Germany)
  3. Thomas Steu + Lorenz Koller (Austria)

Overall:

Germany – 4

Nordic Combined:

There were three events listed under Nordic Combined:

Men’s Individual Gundersen Large Hill/10km:

  1. Joergen Graabak (Norway)
  2. Jens Luraas Oftebro (Norway)
  3. Akito Watabe (Japan)

Team Gundersen Large Hill/4x5km:

  1. Norway
  2. Germany
  3. Japan

Individual Gundersen Normal Hill/10km:

  1. Vinzenz Geiger (Germany)
  2. Joergen Graabak (Norway)
  3. Lukas Greiderer (Austria)

Overall:

Norway – 2
Germany – 1

Short Track Speed Skating:

There were nine events listed under Short Track Speed Skating:

Women’s 500m:

  1. Arianna Fontana (Italy)
  2. Suzanne Schulting (Netherlands)
  3. Kim Boutin (Canada)

Men’s 500m:

  1. Shaoang Liu (Hungary)
  2. Konstantin Ivliev (ROC)
  3. Steven Dubois (Canada)

Women’s 1000m:

  1. Suzanne Schulting (Netherlands)
  2. Minjeong Choi (Korea)
  3. Hanne Desmet (Belgium)

Men’s 1000m:

  1. Ziwei Ren (China)
  2. Wenlong Li (China)
  3. Shaoang Liu (Hungary)

Women’s 1500m:

  1. Minjeong Choi (Korea)
  2. Arianna Fontana (Italy)
  3. Suzanne Schulting (Netherlands)

Men’s 1500m:

  1. Daeheon Hwang (Korea)
  2. Steven Dubois (Canada)
  3. Semen Elistratov (ROC)

Women’s 3000m Relay: 

  1. Netherlands
  2. Korea
  3. China

Men’s 5000m Relay:

  1. Canada
  2. Korea
  3. Italy

Mixed Team Relay:

  1. China
  2. Italy
  3. Hungary

Overall:

China – 2
Korea – 2
Netherlands – 2
Canada – 1
Hungary – 1
Italy – 1

Skeleton:

There were two events listed under Skeleton:

Women’s Skeleton:

  1. Hannah Neise (Germany)
  2. Jaclyn Narracott (Australia)
  3. Kimberley Bos (Netherlands)

Men’s Skeleton:

  1. Christopher Grotheer (Germany)
  2. Axel Jungk (Germany)
  3. Wengang Yan (China)

Overall:

Germany – 2

Ski Jumping:

There were five events listed under Ski Jumping:

Women’s NH Individual:

  1. Ursa Bogataj (Slovenia)
  2. Katharina Althaus (Germany)
  3. Nika Kriznar (Slovenia)

Men’s NH Individual:

  1. Marius Lindvik (Norway)
  2. Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)
  3. Karl Geiger (Germany)

Men’s NH Individual:

  1. Ryoyu Kobayashi (Japan)
  2. Manuel Fettner (Austria)
  3. Dawid Kubacki (Poland)

Men’s Team: 

  1. Austria
  2. Slovenia
  3. Germany

Mixed Team:

  1. Slovenia
  2. ROC
  3. Canada

Overall:

Slovenia – 2
Austria – 1
Japan – 1
Norway – 1

Snowboard:

There were eleven events listed under Snowboard:

Women’s Parallel Giant Slalom:

  1. Ester Ledecka (Czech Republic)
  2. Daniela Ulbing (Austria)
  3. Gloria Kotnik (Slovenia)

Men’s Parallel Giant Slalom:

  1. Benjamin Karl (Austria)
  2. Tim Mastnak (Slovenia)
  3. Victor Wild (ROC)

Women’s Snowboard Big Air:

  1. Anna Gasser (Austria)
  2. Zoi Sadowski Synnot (New Zealand)
  3. Kokomo Murase (Japan)

Men’s Snowboard Big Air:

  1. Yiming Su (China)
  2. Mons Roisland (Norway)
  3. Max Parrot (Canada)

Women’s Snowboard Cross:

  1. Lindsey Jacobellis (USA)
  2. Chloe Trespeuch (France)
  3. Meryeta Odine (Canada)

Men’s Snowboard Cross:

  1. Alessandro Haemmerle (Austria)
  2. Eliot Grondin (Canada)
  3. Omar Visintin (Italy)

Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe:

  1. Chloe Kim (USA)
  2. Queralt Castellet (Spain)
  3. Sena Tomita (Japan)

Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe:

  1. Ayumu Hirano (Japan)
  2. Scotty James (Australia)
  3. Jan Scherrer (Switzerland)

Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle:

  1. Zoi Sadowski Synnot (New Zealand)
  2. Julia Marino (USA)
  3. Tess Coady (Australia)

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle:

  1. Max Parrot (Canada)
  2. Yiming Su (China)
  3. Mark McMorris (Canada)

Mixed Team Snowboard Cross:

  1. USA
  2. Italy
  3. Canada

Overall:

Austria – 3
USA – 3
Canada – 1
China – 1
Czech Republic – 1
Japan – 1
New Zealand – 1

Speed Skating:

There were fourteen events listed under Speed Skating:

Women’s 500m

  1. Erin Jackson (USA)
  2. Miho Takagi (Japan)
  3. Angelina Golikova (ROC)

Men’s 500m

  1. Tingyu Gao (China)
  2. Minkyu Cha (Korea)
  3. Wataru Morishige (Japan)

Women’s 1000m

  1. Miho Takagi (Japan)
  2. Jutta Leerdam (Netherlands)
  3. Brittany Bowe (USA)

Men’s 1000m

  1. Thomas Krol (Netherlands)
  2. Laurent Dubreuil (Canada)
  3. Haavard Holmefjord Lorentzen (Norway)

Women’s 1500m

  1. Ireen Wust (Netherlands)
  2. Miho Takagi (Japan)
  3. Antoinette de Jong (Netherlands)

Men’s 1500m

  1. Kjeld Nuis (Netherlands)
  2. Thomas Krol (Netherlands)
  3. Minseok Kim (Korea)

Women’s 3000m

  1. Irene Schouten (Netherlands)
  2. Francesca Lollobrigida (Italy)
  3. Isabelle Weidemann (Canada)

Men’s 5000m

  1. Nils van der Poel (Sweden)
  2. Patrick Roest (Netherlands)
  3. Hallgeir Engebraaten (Norway)

Women’s 5000m

  1. Irene Schouten (Netherlands)
  2. Isabelle Weidemann (Canada)
  3. Martina Sablikova (Czech Republic)

Men’s 10000m

  1. Nils van der Poel (Sweden)
  2. Patrick Roest (Netherlands)
  3. Davide Ghiotto (Italy)

Women’s Mass Start

  1. Irene Schouten (Netherlands)
  2. Ivanie Blondin (Canada)
  3. Francesca Lollobrigida (Italy)

Men’s Mass Start

  1. Bart Swings (Belgium)
  2. Jaewon Chung (Korea)
  3. Seunghoon Lee (Korea)

Women’s Team Pursuit

  1. Canada
  2. Japan
  3. Netherlands

Men’s Team Pursuit

  1. Norway
  2. ROC
  3. USA

Overall:

Netherlands – 6
Sweden – 2
Belgium – 1
Canada – 1
China – 1
Japan -1
Norway – 1
USA – 1

Notable Moments Throughout the Games:

  • Norway’s 16 gold medals set a record for the most amount of gold medals won during a single Olympic event.
  • Switzerland won the most gold medals in the Alpine Skiing event with five; a first for the Winter Olympic Games.
  • Mikaela Shiffrin, a member of the U.S.A team for Alpine Skiing and a favorite to win the Games, had a rough two weeks in Beijing in spite of being the second woman ever to compete in all six Alpine Skiing events, having earned three DNFs during the women’s giant slalom, women’s slalom, and the slalom portion of the women’s combined event as well as not placing in the top three in any of the other events.
  • Germany made history during the 2-man bobsled event as the first nation to sweep the medals in a bobsled race.
  • Questions started to arise in the figure skating portion after it was discovered that Kamila Valieva, a member of the ROC figure skating team and a favorite to win, had tested positive for a drug test involving substances meant to improve heart function. Scores of the ROC that she contributed to are labeled as provisional until further notice.
  • Three-time reigning world champion Nathan Chen won gold for Team USA in his division, setting a world record for the short program and winning the USA team their first gold medal in the US singles skate since 2010.
  • The 2022 Winter Olympics marks the first time a quad Axel had been attempted in competition and was recognized as such after two-time Olympic champion Yuzuru Hanyu attempted one during his free skate.
  • Chloe Kim received a second victory in the women’s halfpipe event of snowboarding, making her the first to win multiple and consecutive golds in the event.
  • After a legendary career in snowboarding, Shaun White places fourth in what will be his final competition before retirement.
ZHANGJIAKOU, CHINA – FEBRUARY 13: Feature with the Olympic rings at the men´s biathlon pursuit during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Biathlon Centre on February 13, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (Photo by Tom Weller/VOIGT/DeFodi Images via Getty Images) (DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

Conclusion: Overall, Norway had the most medals won at the competition for the second Winter Olympics in a row, finishing at 37 official medals, 16 of them being gold. Germany followed along by placing second with 12 gold medals (with 27 overall) and the host nation China placed third at 9 gold medals (with 15 overall).