Milan/Cortina 2026: Medal Table & Bulgaria’s Chances

Italy and specifically the city of Milan and the resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo, is hosting the XXV Winter Olympic Games. The competition brings together 92 nations from around the globe, represented by 2871 athletes in 116 events. Over just a little more than two weeks, over 700 medals will be awarded, including honors for both individual and team sports and disciplines.

Medal Standings in Milan/Cortina 2026

Bulgaria is also competing for medals, and for the first time in many years, has a realistic chance of a podium finish – particularly in snowboarding, where Tervel Zamfirov, Radoslav Yankov, Malena Zamfirova, and Aleksandar Krasnyak have shown throughout the season they can compete with the world’s best snowboarders. There are also hopes for Albert Popov in alpine skiing, Vladimir Zografski in ski jumping, and Milena Todorova in biathlon.

Our country has only six medals from Winter Olympic Games, with only one gold – that of Ekaterina Dafovska from Nagano 1998. The last Olympic medal for Bulgaria from a Winter Olympics was won by Evgenia Radanova at Turin 2006. Twenty years later, the Bulgarian Olympic team will attempt to fight for a latest medal, and again on Italian soil, but in a different center.

Actualno.com will track the nations’ medal standings at the Winter Olympic Games in real time. At the Olympic Games, the gold medal carries the most weight, followed by silver, and finally bronze, with the total number of medals not being the leading factor in the standings. This means that if one nation has more Olympic titles than another, it will be ranked ahead of it, even if it has a smaller total number of medals. Here’s how the full standings look so far:

Full Ranking of Nations at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games

1. Norway – 20 medals (gold – 10; silver – 3; bronze – 7)
2. Italy – 18 medals (gold – 6; silver – 3; bronze – 9)
3. USA – 17 medals (gold – 5; silver – 8; bronze – 4)
4. France – 12 medals (gold – 4; silver – 6; bronze – 2)
5. Germany – 11 medals (gold – 4; silver – 4; bronze – 3)
6. Sweden – 9 medals (gold – 4; silver – 4; bronze – 1)
7. Switzerland – 9 medals (gold – 4; silver – 2; bronze – 3)
8. Austria – 12 medals (gold – 3; silver – 6; bronze – 3)
9. Netherlands – 8 medals (gold – 3; silver – 4; bronze – 1)
10. Japan – 14 medals (gold – 3; silver – 3; bronze – 8)
11. Australia – 4 medal (gold – 3; silver – 1; bronze – 0)
12. Czech Republic – 4 medals (gold – 2; silver – 2; bronze – 0)
13. Korea – 4 medals (gold – 1; silver – 1; bronze – 2)
14. Slovenia – 2 medals (gold – 1; silver – 1; bronze – 0)
15. Brazil – 1 medal (gold – 1; silver – 0; bronze – 0)
16. Great Britain – 1 medal (gold – 1; silver – 0; bronze – 0)
17. Kazakhstan – 1 medal (gold – 1; silver – 0; bronze – 0)
18. Canada – 8 medals (gold – 0; silver – 3; bronze – 5)
19. China – 4 medals (gold – 0; silver – 2; bronze – 2)
20. Poland – 2 medals (gold – 0; silver – 2; bronze – 0)
21. New Zealand – 2 medals (gold – 0; silver – 1; bronze – 1)
22. Latvia – 1 medal (gold – 0; silver – 1; bronze – 0)
23. Bulgaria – 2 medals (gold – 0; silver – 0; bronze – 2)
24. Finland – 2 medals (gold – 0; silver – 0; bronze – 2)
25. Belgium – 1 medal (gold – 0; silver – 0; bronze – 1)