At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Team GB won five medals, including three golds, matching its highest-ever total and setting a record for multiple golds at a single Winter Games. Having made history in Italy, expectations for Team GB will be lifted when the French Alps host the next edition of the Winter Olympics in 2030.
Great Britain finished 15th in the medal table with three golds, one silver, and one bronze. While the total matched Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, it marked the first time British athletes won more than one gold at a Winter Olympics. Here is how the medals were won, and how they compare to previous efforts.
Historic Gold Medals
One of the standout stories of the Games was the pioneering victory in snow sports. Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale brought home Great Britain’s first-ever Olympic gold medal on snow in the mixed team snowboard cross. Snowboarding events have long been dominated by the USA, with Switzerland, Austria, Canada and Japan also having performed well, so this gold marks a breakthrough for British snow sport development.
The skeleton track also proved a rich source of success for Team GB. Matt Weston, already a leading figure in the sport, delivered one of the most dominant performances of his career by winning the men’s individual skeleton gold medal by almost a full second. Weston’s victory was not just significant for the medal itself; it also made him the first individual male British gold medallist since figure skater Robin Cousins in 1980.
Weston went on to win another gold in the skeleton mixed team event alongside Tabitha Stoecker, further underlining Great Britain’s strength on the sliding track. Stoecker’s triumph marked her first Olympic medal, and she was not too far away from another in the women’s event, where she finished fifth.
Summary of Team GB Winter Olympic 2026 Medals
| Names | Medal | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Weston | Gold | Skeleton | Men’s |
| Matt Weston Tabitha Stoecker |
Gold | Skeleton | Mixed team |
| Charlotte Bankes Huw Nightingale |
Gold | Snowboarding | Mixed team snowboard cross |
| Bruce Mouat Grant Hardie Bobby Lammie Hammy McMillan Jr. Kyle Waddell |
Silver | Curling | Men’s |
| Zoe Atkin | Bronze | Freestyle skiing | Women’s halfpipe |
Just Outside the Medals
Team GB’s record-breaking Games could easily have produced an even bigger medal haul had they had a little more luck. In addition to those podium successes, there were five fourth-place finishes.
In mixed doubles curling, Britain lost the bronze medal match 5-3 to Italy, finishing fourth after a tightly contested campaign. Kirsty Muir, meanwhile, was twice denied in the most agonising fashion. She placed fourth in both the women’s big air and slopestyle, missing a medal in the latter by less than half a point despite delivering one of the strongest runs of the final.
Marcus Wyatt and Freya Tarbit finished just 0.11 seconds off bronze in the mixed team skeleton, missing the chance for a double British podium in the event. Lastly, Mia Brookes also placed fourth in the women’s big air, despite finishing third during qualification. In this instance, though, the margin between her and the bronze medal was substantial, so she cannot feel too unfortunate.
Medal and Performance Targets
In the build-up to the Games, UK Sport set an ambitious medal target for Team GB. Announced on 13th January 2026, the governing body projected a return of between four and eight medals, as it expected the team to be “more competitive in more sports at a winter games than ever before.” Finishing within that range, with the majority of medals being gold, represents a significant measure of success, particularly when compared with previous Winter Olympic performances.
Comparing 2026 with Previous Years
Italy 2026 was a standout edition for Team GB. The team had never previously won more than one gold at a Winter Olympics, and the total of five medals was also the joint-highest ever. The table below shows Team GB’s medal record at every Winter Games since the medal-less 1988 and 1992 editions.
| Olympics | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Milano Cortina | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 |
| 2022 Beijing | 50 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 |
| 2018 Pyeongchang | 58 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 2014 Sochi | 56 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 19 |
| 2010 Vancouver | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| 2006 Turin | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City | 49 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 1998 Nagano | 34 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| 1994 Lillehammer | 32 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 |
| 1992 Albertville | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1988 Calgary | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Even though the number of athletes sent by Team GB in 2026 was not exceptionally high, they were able to make history. Fifteenth place in the overall medal table does not represent an all-time high ranking, but it is Britain’s best finish since 1984, when the team placed 11th.
One interesting anomaly is how rare silver medals are for Team GB at the Winter Olympics. Of their total of 39 Winter Olympic medals, only six have been silver, highlighting how the nation’s successes tend to come in gold or bronze.