Hi !
Like 2024, I'll do the counts of the number of countries who will win at least one medal during these olympiades.
The record for Winter Olympic Games is 30 countries for Pyeongchang. Do you think we can reach this score in 2026 ?
Like the last time, I separate all the nations in 6 different categories :
Group 1 (14)
Countries that has reached at least 5 medals in each Olympic Games from Turin to Beijing
For these countries, I'm not afraid for them, I think they'll reach their minimal quota this year.
Concerned : Austria, Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, AIN, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, USA
Group 2 (6)
Countries that has reached at least 5 medals in one of the 5 last Olympiades
I think they'll also gain at least one medal this year, but be careful !
Concerned : Czechia, Japan, Latvia, Poland, Slovenia, UK
Group 3 (6)
Countries that won at least 1 medal in at least 2 of their participations in Olympic Games from Turin to Beijing
they are still here, but they are not immune to poor performance !
From there, we will take a look on these countries.
Concerned : Australia, Croatia, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Ukraine
Group 4 (6)
Countries that won at least 1 medal in at least 1 of their participations in Olympic Games from Turin to Beijing
We will clearly not bet on them, but they have already the experience of the win !
Concerned : Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Liechtenstein, New Zealand, Spain
Group 5 (18)
Countries that never won a medal in the last 5 Olympiads, but have at least 5 qualified Athletes this time
Maybe the quantity will prime above the quality for them !
Concerned (in order of number of qualified) : Denmark, Romania, Lithuania, Brazil, Israel, Georgia, New Taipei, Turkey, Argentina, Andorra, Trinidad & Tobago, Jamaica, Greece, Bosnia, Armenia, Moldova, Mexico, South Africa
Group 6 (42)
Else
(please note : I just check that, I don't know which athletes has the best chances in each sports).
So, if we go on the fact that groups 1,2,3 and 4 will win at least on medal for each, we have a base of 32 and make the record ! That will be our goal this time
(Also in the topic, i'll take the count for each Group during these Olympic Games)
Thanks for reading !
Current results
Groupe 1 : 14/14
Groupe 2 : 6/6
Groupe 3 : 3/6
Groupe 4 : 4/6
Groupe 5 : 3/18
Groupe 6 : 0/42
Total : 30/32