<P> At the 2018 Winter Olympics, athletes were tied in three events . In the women's 10 km cross-country skiing, two bronze medals were awarded due to a tie . In the two - man bobsleigh, two gold medals and no silver medal were awarded due to a tie . In the four - man bobsleigh, two silver medals and no bronze medal were awarded due to a tie . </P> <P> Going in, Canada held the record for most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics with 14, which it won in Vancouver in 2010 . This mark was equalled by both Norway and Germany at these Olympics . Norway set the record for most total medals at a single Winter Olympics with 39, surpassing the 37 medals of the United States won at the 2010 Winter Olympics . The mark of 30 NOCs winning medals is the highest for any Winter Olympic Games . Hungary won its first Winter Olympic gold medal ever . </P> <P> Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen (two gold, one silver, and two bronze) achieved five medals, more than any other athlete . With 15 medals, she became the most decorated athlete in Winter Olympics history . Swedish cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla finished with four medals (one gold, three silver), as did her compatriot and fellow cross-country skier Stina Nilsson (one gold, two silvers, one bronze) and Russian cross-country skier Alexander Bolshunov (three silver, one bronze) who was competing for the OAR . Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Høsflot Klæbo and French biathlete Martin Fourcade tied for the most gold medals, with three each . Ester Ledecká of the Czech Republic became the first female Winter Olympian to achieve a gold medal in two separate sports at a single Games, winning in both alpine skiing and snowboarding . </P> <P> The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables . By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals . If there is still a tie after that, then the nations shared the tied rank and are listed alphabetically according to their NOC code . </P>

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