Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics
FEBRUARY 6-22

Milan, the metropolitan hub of northern Italy, and Dolomites ski destination Cortina D’Ampezzo
– separated by more than 250 miles – become the first cities in Olympic history
to co-host the showpiece. The Games will feature the debut
of ski mountaineering as a Winter Olympic event,
as the world’s finest athletes compete
in 116 events across 16 pulsating
winter sports disciplines

Emblem decided by
public vote for first time.
Logo Futura depicts
“number 26” drawn in
single flowing stroke –
symbolising impact
of small, individual
gestures shaping
better future

Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre,
featuring 2,560m, 64% gradient,
Olympia delle Tofane –
set to host women’s
alpine skiing

Tina (stoat)
2026 Olympic mascot.
Named after host
Cortina d’Ampezzo –
sister of Paralympic
mascot Milo

The Flo
Olympic mascot
sidekicks. Six curious
snowdrops joining Tina
and Milo on adventures

Freestyle skiing
Miro Tabanelli 
Bologna-born podium contender, 21, set to be one
of stars of Games for host nation. Celebrated
gold at 2025 Winter X Games, landing
first 2340 trick in ski contest history

Miro’s sister, World Champion
Flora Tabanelli (inset) faces battle
to recover from ligament injury
suffered in November

Ski Mountaineering
Emily Harrop
Four-time World Champion
aims to continue French
domination of debut event
and ascend to Olympic glory

Olympic history

Italy hosts fourth Olympic Games
overall – budget likely to exceed $6bn,
strikingly less than $8.7bn cost of 2024 Paris Olympics

ITALY

Cortina d’Ampezzo
Jan 26-Feb 5
Evolution of broadcasting –
first Games aired live on
television in Europe

Turin
Feb 10-26
Advanced technology
offers high-definition
and mobile
coverage
for first
time

Rome
Aug 25-Sep 11
Set precedent for
integrating modern Games
with heritage
and legacy

Short track star
Arianna Fontana and
and cross country skier
Federico Pellegrino (inset)
will carry flag for Italy in Milan
opening ceremony, alongside
alpine hopeful Federica Brignone
and curler Amos Mosaner in Cortina

Gender equality

Milano Cortina is set to be most gender-balanced Winter Olympics in history,
with 47% of athlete quotas for women, continuing trend of increased inclusion.
Games will feature 116 events, 53.4% of which will include female athletes

Growth of female participation at Winter Olympics

Four new women’s events will feature for first time:
Freestyle skiing dual moguls
Luge doubles
Ski jumping large individual hill
Ski mountaineering sprint

Male athletes
Female athletes

At first
Winter Olympics
in 1924 female
participation only
accounted for
4.3% of all
athletes

Lake Placid (1980)	840	232	Total: 1072
Sarajevo (1984)		998	274	1272
Calgary (1988)		1122	301	1423
Albertville (1992)	1313	488	1801
Lillehammer (1994)	1215	522	1737
Nagano (1998)		1389	787	2176
Salt Lake City (2002)	1513	886	2399
Turin (2006)		1550	959	2509
Vancouver (2010)		1522	1044	2599
Sochi (2014)		1659	1121	2780
Pyeongchang (2018)	1664	1169	2833
Beijing (2022)		1567	1267	2834
M-Cortina (2026)		1538	1362	2900

Medal Count
ALL-TIME WINTER OLYMPIC MEDAL TABLE
Norway leads all-time ranking with haul of over 400 medals,
winning 148 golds. Topped medal table for record-extending
ninth time in 2022, ahead of Germany and USA

Table sorted by number of gold medals
Norway			148	133	124	405
United States		113	122	95	330
Germany (1928-52, 1992-)	112	104	70	286
Soviet Union (1956-92)	78	57	59	194
Canada			77	72	76	225
Austria			71	88	91	250
Sweden			65	51	60	176
Switzerland		63	47	57	167
Russia			55	57	58	170

Feb
Total medal
events: 116

Medals awarded: 735
(minimum amount)
Medal events
by day
7	5
8	8
9	5
10	9
11	8
12	9
13	7
14	8
15	9
16	6
17	7
18	8
19	7
20	6
21	10
22	4

Athletes to watch

Speed
skating
Jenning
De Boo NED
Set to make
Olympic debut
competing with
rival Jordan
Stolz

Figure skating
Piper Gilles and
Paul Poirier CAN
Highly-decorated duo chasing
first Olympic
gold

Ski jumping
Nika Prevc SVN
Fearless World Champion, aged 20

Bobsleigh
Francesco
Friedrich GER
Pilot of supreme
two-man and
four-man teams

Alpine skiing
Mikaela Shiffrin USA
Arguably
greatest alpine
skier of all time
in imperious form
ahead of fourth
Olympics

Freestyle skiing
Eileen Gu CHN
Halfpipe,
slopestyle and
big air queen

Skeleton
Matt Weston GBR
Sliding sensation
storming global stage

© GRAPHIC NEWS
Source: IOC
Pictures: Getty Images