Participating Countries: Norway

The Scandinavian country of Norway is the most successful of all countries at the Winter Olympic Games, having won the most number of medals.

Trivia

The most medals won by any athletes at the Winter Olympic Games is 12 (eight gold) by cross-country skier Bjorn Dählie of Norway.
Only four athletes have ever won medals at both the Winter and Summer Olympic Games, including Jacob Tullin Thams of Norway.
Norwegian Sonja Henie won three consecutive gold medals in figure skating, winning the first at the St Moritz Winter Olympics in 1928 at the age of 15.
In Oslo in 1952, 28-year-old Norwegian truck driver Hjalmar Andersen won three speed-skating gold medals, setting Olympic records in two of the events.
In Grenoble 1968, Norway won the most medals for the first time (14), coming in one ahead of the Soviet Union.
In Sapporo in 1972, Norway's Magne Myrmo became the last athlete to win a cross-country skiing event using all-wooden skis.
In 1992, Vegard Ulvang and Bjorn Daehlie of Norway dominated the Nordic skiing men's cross-country races with three gold medals each.
In the speed skating competition in 1994, Norway's Johann Olav Koss won three gold medals, setting a world record in each event.
In 2002, Norway's Ole Einar Bjørndalen wins all four men's biathlon events.