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The United States has placed first overall in the Summer Olympic Games eighteen times, followed by the Soviet Union with six overall victories (not including the 1992 first-place finish by the Unified Team). In the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has placed first overall nine times and the Soviet Union (prior to its dissolution in 1991) had placed first seven times.

Summer Olympics

List by Games

Games 1st place med 2nd place med 3rd place med Nations with medals
1896 Athens Greece   United States (USA) 11   Greece (GRE) 10   Germany (GER) 6 11
7 17 5
2 5 2
1900 Paris France   France (FRA) 26   United States (USA) 19   Great Britain (GBR) 15 21
41 14 6
34 14 9
1904 St. Louis United States   United States (USA) 76   Germany (GER) 4   Cuba (CUB) 4 12
78 4 2
77 5 3
1908 London United Kingdom   Great Britain (GBR) 56   United States (USA) 23   Sweden (SWE) 8 19
51 12 6
39 12 11
1912 Stockholm Sweden   United States (USA) 26   United States (USA) 24   Great Britain (GBR) 10 18
19 24 15
19 17 16
1920 Antwerp Belgium   United States (USA) 41   Sweden (SWE) 19   Great Britain (GBR) 15 22
27 20 15
27 25 13
1924 Paris France   United States (USA) 45   Finland (FIN) 14   France (FRA) 13 27
27 13 15
27 10 10
1928 Amsterdam Netherlands   United States (USA) 22   Germany (GER) 10   Finland (FIN) 8 33
18 7 8
16 14 9
1932 Los Angeles United States   United States (USA) 44   Italy (ITA) 12   France (FRA) 10 27
36 12 5
30 12 4
1936 Berlin Germany   Germany (GER) 38   United States (USA) 24   Hungary (HUN) 10 32
31 21 1
32 12 5
1948 London United Kingdom   United States (USA) 38   Sweden (SWE) 16   France (FRA) 10 37
27 11 6
19 17 13
1952 Helsinki Finland   United States (USA) 40   Soviet Union (URS) 22   Hungary (HUN) 16 43
19 30 10
17 19 16
1956 Melbourne Australia   Soviet Union (URS) 37   United States (USA) 32   Australia (AUS) 13 38
29 25 8
32 17 14
1960 Rome Italy   Soviet Union (URS) 43   United States (USA) 34   Italy (ITA) 13 44
29 21 10
31 16 13
1964 Tokyo Japan   United States (USA) 36   Soviet Union (URS) 30   Japan (JPN) 16 41
26 31 5
28 35 29
1968 Mexico City Mexico   United States (USA) 45   Soviet Union (URS) 29   Japan (JPN) 11 44
28 32 7
34 30 25
1972 Munich West Germany   Soviet Union (URS) 50   United States (USA) 33   East Germany (GDR) 20 48
27 31 23
22 30 23
1976 Montreal Canada   Soviet Union (URS) 49   East Germany (GDR) 40   United States (USA) 34 41
41 25 35
35 25 25
1980 Moscow Soviet Union   Soviet Union (URS) 80   East Germany (GDR) 47   Bulgaria (BUL) 8 36
69 37 16
46 42 17
1984 Los Angeles United States   United States (USA) 83   Romania 20   West Germany (FRG) 17 47
61 16 19
30 17 23
1988 Seoul South Korea   Soviet Union (URS) 55   East Germany (GDR) 37   United States (USA) 36 52
31 35 30
46 30 27
1992 Barcelona Spain   Unified Team (EUN) 45   United States (USA) 37   Germany (GER) 33 64
38 34 21
29 37 28
1996 Atlanta United States   United States (USA) 44   Russia (RUS) 26   Germany (GER) 20 79
32 21 18
25 16 27
2000 Sydney Australia   United States (USA) 37   Russia (RUS) 32   China (CHN) 28 80
24 28 16
33 29 14
2004 Athens Greece   United States (USA) 36   China (CHN) 32   Russia (RUS) 28 74
39 17 26
26 14 36
2008 Beijing China   China (CHN) 48   United States (USA) 36   Russia (RUS) 24 87
22 39 13
30 37 23
2012 London United Kingdom   United States (USA) 48   China (CHN) 39   Great Britain (GBR) 29 86
26 31 18
30 22 18
2016 Rio Brazil   United States (USA) 46   Great Britain (GBR) 27   China (CHN) 26 86
37 23 18
38 17 26
2020 Tokyo Japan   United States (USA) 39   China (CHN) 38   Japan (JPN) 27 93
41 32 14
33 19 17
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List by team

Medalists
Rank Nation 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
1   United States (USA) 18 8 2
2   Soviet Union (URS) 6 3 0
3   China (CHN) 1 3 2
4   Germany (GER) 1 2 3
5   Great Britain (GBR) 1 1 4
6   France (FRA) 1 0 3
7   Unified Team (EUN) 1 0 0
8   Sweden (SWE) 0 3 1
  East Germany (GDR) 0 3 1
10   Russia (RUS) 0 2 2
11   Finland (FIN) 0 1 1
  Italy (ITA) 0 1 1
13   Greece (GRE) 0 1 0
  Romania (ROM) 0 1 0
15   Japan (JPN) 0 0 3
16   Hungary (HUN) 0 0 2
17   Cuba (CUB) 0 0 1
  Australia (AUS) 0 0 1
  Bulgaria (BUL) 0 0 1
  West Germany (FRG) 0 0 1
Total 20 nations 29 29 29

Winter Olympics

List by Games

Games 1st place med 2nd place med 3rd place med Nations with medals
1924 Chamonix France   Norway (NOR) 4   Finland (FIN) 4   Austria (AUT) 2 10
7 4 1
6 3 0
1928 St. Moritz Switzerland   Norway (NOR) 6   United States (USA) 2   Sweden (SWE) 2 12
4 2 2
5 2 1
1932 Lake Placid United States   United States (USA) 6   Norway (NOR) 3   Sweden (SWE) 1 10
4 4 2
2 3 0
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany   Norway (NOR) 7   Germany (GER) 3   Sweden (SWE) 2 11
5 3 2
3 0 3
1948 St. Moritz Switzerland   Norway (NOR) [a] 4 None   Switzerland (SUI) 3 13
3
3 4
  Sweden (SWE) [b] 4
3 3
3
1952 Oslo Norway   Norway (NOR) 7   United States (USA) 4   Finland (FIN) 3 13
3 6 4
6 1 2
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy   Soviet Union (URS) 7   Austria (AUT) 4   Finland (FIN) 3 13
3 3 3
6 4 1
1960 Squaw Valley United States   Soviet Union (URS) 7   United States (USA) 4   United Team of Germany (EUA) 3 14
5 3 4
9 1 3
1964 Innsbruck Austria   Soviet Union (URS) 11   Austria (AUT) 4   Norway (NOR) 3 14
8 5 6
6 3 6
1968 Grenoble France   Norway (NOR) 6   Soviet Union (URS) 5   France (FRA) 4 15
6 5 3
2 3 2
1972 Sapporo Japan   Soviet Union (URS) 8   East Germany (GDR) 4   Switzerland (SUI) 4 17
5 3 3
3 7 3
1976 Innsbruck Austria   Soviet Union (URS) 13   East Germany (GDR) 7   United States (USA) 3 16
6 5 3
8 7 4
1980 Lake Placid United States   Soviet Union (URS) 10   East Germany (GDR) 9   United States (USA) 6 19
6 7 4
6 7 2
1984 Sarajevo Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia   East Germany (GDR) 9   Soviet Union (URS) 6   United States (USA) 4 17
9 10 4
6 9 0
1988 Calgary Canada   Soviet Union (URS) 11   East Germany (GDR) 9   Switzerland (SUI) 5 17
9 10 5
9 6 5
1992 Albertville France   Germany (GER) 10   Unified Team (EUN) 9   Norway (NOR) 9 20
10 6 6
6 8 5
1994 Lillehammer Norway   Russia (RUS) 11   Norway (NOR) 10   Germany (GER) 9 22
8 11 7
4 5 8
1998 Nagano Japan   Germany (GER) 12   Norway (NOR) 10   Russia (RUS) 9 24
9 10 6
8 5 3
2002 Salt Lake City United States   Norway (NOR) 13   Germany (GER) 12   United States (USA) 10 24
5 16 13
7 8 11
2006 Turin Italy   Germany (GER) 11   United States (USA) 9   Austria (AUT) 9 26
12 9 7
6 7 7
2010 Vancouver Canada   Canada (CAN) 14   Germany (GER) 10   United States (USA) 9 26
7 13 15
5 7 13
2014 Sochi Russia   Russia (RUS) 11   Norway (NOR) 11   Canada (CAN) 10 26
10 10 10
9 5 5
2018 Pyeongchang South Korea   Norway (NOR) 14   Germany (GER) 14   Canada (CAN) 11 30
14 10 8
11 7 10
2022 Beijing China   Norway (NOR) 16   Germany (GER) 12   China (CHN) 9 29
8 10 4
13 5 2
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List by team

Medalists
Rank Nation 1st place 2nd place 3rd place
1   Norway (NOR) 9 4 2
2   Soviet Union (URS) 7 2 0
3   Germany (GER) 3 5 1
4   Russia (RUS) 2 0 1
5   United States (USA) 1 4 5
6   East Germany (GDR) 1 4 1
7   Sweden (SWE) 1 0 3
8   Canada (CAN) 1 0 2
9   Austria (AUT) 0 2 2
10   Finland (FIN) 0 1 2
11   Unified Team (EUN) 0 1 0
12   Switzerland (SUI) 0 0 3
13   China (CHN) 0 0 1
  France (FRA) 0 0 1
Total 14 nations 25 23 24

Notes

  1. ^ Norway and Sweden had equal rank
  2. ^ Norway and Sweden had equal rank

Sources