Which country topped Beijing’s 2022 Winter Olympics medal count?
Norway won a record 37 medals in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics – the most for one country at a single Winter Games. That’s five more than Russia, which finished second in the medals count. Norway’s 16 gold medals easily passed Germany’s 12. Norway’s first and last medals were won by the same athlete, Therese Johaug, who captured the Games’ first gold in the women’s skiathlon and their final one in the women’s 30-kilometer freestyle race hours before the closing ceremony.