Factbox-Olympics-Most prolific gold medal winners at a single Winter Games


Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 50km Mass Start Classic - Tesero Cross-Country Skiing Stadium, Lago, Italy - February 21, 2026. Gold medallist Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo of Norway celebrates on the podium after the men's 50km mass start classic REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq

Feb ⁠21 (Reuters) - List of ⁠the most ‌prolific gold medal winners at a single ​Winter Olympics ⁠after Norwegian ⁠cross-country skier Johannes ⁠Klaebo won ‌his sixth ⁠gold at the Milano ​Cortina ‌Games on Saturday.

6 - ⁠Johannes ​Klaebo (Norway) Cross-country skiing, 2026

5 - ⁠Eric Heiden (United States) ​Speed skating, 1980

4 - Johannes Thinges Boe (Norway) ⁠Biathlon, 2022

4 - Lidiya Skoblikova (Soviet Union) Speed skating, ​1964

4 - ⁠Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (Norway) ​Biathlon, ‌2002

(Compiled by Liz ​Hampton in Tesero, Italy)

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