Winter Olympics medal count, Feb. 7: Which athletes and countries have the most medals

Tied at ninth place in the medal count, the United States has significant ground to cover to eclipse No. 1 ranked ROC, which now has seven Olympic medals.

Three days into the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, ROC (Russian Olympic Committee) has bounded away with an early seven-medal lead in the medal count.

Canada, the Netherlands and Italy are close behind, with Canada earning six medals and the Netherlands and Italy each earning five.

For the most part, Europe has dominated the medal count thus far with a few notable exceptions.

The People’s Republic of China is close to the lead in the medal count with four medals: two gold and two silver. Japan, the host of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, also has four medals: one gold, one silver, and two bronze. Australia and New Zealand have also made the cut, with Australia garnering two medals and New Zealand landing one.

The United States comes in at No. 13 on the leaderboard in a five-way tie with Sweden, Germany, Slovenia and France in terms of medals. However, all of Team USA’s medals thus far are silver, which places them behind countries like Sweden, which has the most gold medals of any nation with three.

2022 Olympic medal count leaderboard

1. ROC – 7
2. Canada – 6
3. Netherlands – 5
4. Italy – 5
5. People’s Republic of China – 4
6. Norway – 4
7. Japan – 4
8. Austria – 4
9. Sweden – 3
10. Germany – 3
11. Slovenia – 3
12. France – 3
13. United States – 3

Complete medal standings can be viewed here.

Which Olympian has the most medals so far?

Early into the Winter Olympics, there is no singular athlete with the most Olympic medals. Instead, there is a seven-way tie among Beijing’s multi-medalists.

Ursa Bogataj of Slovenia and Ren Ziwei of China lead the way among multi-medalists because these two athletes possess two gold medals each. Bogataj earned gold in Ski Jumping in the Mixed Team and Women’s Normal Hill Individual events. Ren earned his gold medals in Short Track Speed Skating through the Men’s 1000m and Mixed Team Relay events.

Eleven individual athletes from the United States have won silver in Beijing, but nine of them medaled in one event: the Figure Skating Team Event. Figure skating stars like Nathan Chen shone in the event, but Team USA ultimately lost out to ROC. Additionally, Jaelin Kauf won silver in Freestyle Skiing, and Julia Marino placed silver in Snowboarding.

As the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics unfold, the United States has ample opportunity to rank among the top countries in the Olympic medal count.