Norway Leads Medal Count at Winter Olympic Games in Beijing

29 Nations Receive Medals, 23 Win at Least One Gold

The official medal table of the Winter Olympic Games in Beijing has been released. Norway has won the most medals overall with 37, including 16 gold medals. Germany is in second place with 27 medals, including 11 gold medals. China is in third place with 15 medals, including 9 gold medals.

Wide Distribution of Medals

In total, 29 nations won at least one medal at the Games. 23 of those nations won at least one gold medal. This is a wide distribution of medals, indicating that there was a high level of competition at the Games.

Gold Medal Race

Norway has won the most gold medals so far, but Germany and Austria are close behind with 11 and 7 gold medals, respectively. The United States is currently in fourth place with 6 gold medals.