History and Athletes
The Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on February 6th, 2026. The Closing Ceremony was held on February 22. 2026. How many days/weeks of athletic competition were included in the Winter Olympics?
3 weeks - 21 days of competition and events
The first modern Olympic event was held in 1896. How long have the Olympics been going?
130 years
At the 2026 Winter Olympics in Minao Cortina, Norway set a new world record for the most successful nation in a single Winter Games, finishing with 41 total medals and 18 gold medals. Norway surpassed their own previous record of 39 total medals set in 2018. How many years ago was that? How old were you in 2018?
8 years - answers for ages vary
While the Winter Olympics are held every 4 years, and the Summer Olympics are held every 2 years, there is an Olympic event every two years. What will be the year of the next Olympic event?
Summer Olympics in the USA 2028 - Held in Los Angeles, California
Each ring represents a continent, or part of the world. Match the color of rings to the continent or area they represent.
Blue - Europe
Gold - Asia
Black -Africa
Green - Australia
Red- Americas (North and South)
The oldest athlete to compete in the Olympics was Oscar Scwahn from Sweden who was 72 years old when he competed in the 1920 games. The youngest verified Olympian and medalist was Dimitrios Loundras who participated with the Greek team in 1896 at 10 years old. What is the age difference between these two athletes?
62 year age difference
Tickets to the Opening Ceremony of the Olympics cost $150 for adults and $75 for children. If a family of 2 adults and 3 children attended the Opening Ceremony, how much money did they spend for tickets?
$525 total
How many gold medals were won at the 2026 Winter Olympics?
Norway 18
United States 12
Netherlands 10
Italy 10
Germany 8
France 8
Germany 8
France 8
Sweden 8
Switzerland 6
Austria 5
Japan 5
Canada 5
China 5
South Korea 3
Australia 3
Great Britain 3
Czechia 2
Slovenia 2
Spain 1
Brazil 1
Kazakhstan 1
132 Gold Medals
The first Winter Olympics were held in Chamonix, France in 1924. How many years ago was this event?
102 years ago
Athletes from 93 countries participated in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. There are 195 recognized countries in the world. How many countries did NOT have athletes participating in the Olympics?
102 countries not participating in the Olympics
Using the chart, how many total athletes were from the listed participating countries?
United States 236 Athletes
Canada 207 Athletes
Italy (Host) 196 Athletes
Germany 185 Athletes
Switzerland 177 Athletes
France 156 Athletes
China 125 Athletes
Austria 120 Athletes
Japan 118 Athletes
Czech Republic 114 Athletes
1,634 Total Athletes
There were 2,880 athletes at the Winter Olympic Games this year. 232 of these athletes were from the United States. How many athletes were from other countries?
2,648 athletes from other countries
Nine new Olympic records were set at the Olympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina 2026. All of these records were set in the Speed Skating events. Four of these records were made by Dutch athletes. What percentage of speed skating records were made by Dutch athletes?
45% (.4444)
On Sunday, February 22, 2026 both the Men’s and Women’s USA Hockey teams won their games. This is the exact date that the USA Men’s Miracle team won the Olympic Hockey game in 1980. How many years ago was that?
46 years ago
The country who won the most medals at the 2026 Winter Olympics was Norway, winning 41 medals. The country winning the fewest medals was Belgium, earning only 1 medal. What is the difference between the most, and fewest number of medals earned?
40 more medals earned by Norway
Technically -41 since some countries did not earn any medals
Listed are some of the countries who participated in the winter olympics this year. List the countries in order from most to least amount of athletes.
Canada: 211
Germany: 189
Japan: 196
USA: 232
Switzerland: 175
Italy: 196
USA: 232
Canada: 211
Japan/Italy: 196
Germany: 189
Switzerland: 175
61,000 people attended the Opening Ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. Due to COVID, only 25,000 people attended the Opening Ceremony for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games. How many more people attended this year?
36,000 more people at the 2026 Opening Ceremony
Olympic athletes on average train around 20-30 hrs per week in order to be prepared for their olympic events. If there are 52 weeks in a year how long could the athletes train in a year.
1,040-1,560 hrs
What will be the years of the next 10 Winter Olympic events if this event is held every 4 years?
2030, 2034, 2038, 2042, 2046, 2050, 2054, 2058, 2062, and 2066
93 countries participated in the 2026 Winter Olympics. Athletes from 29 countries earned Olympic medals. How many countries did not have athletes receiving medals?
64 countries with athletes not receiving medals
Listed are the times from the Women’s Speed Skating 3000m. List these times from fastest to slowest.
Golubeva E Kazakhstan 4:03.30
Maltais V Canada 3:56.93
Tas S Belgium 4:01.26
Weidemann I Canada 3:59.24
Conijn M Nederlands 4:01.65
Lollobrigida F Italy 3:54.28
Groenewoud M Nederlands 4:01.35
Wiklund R Norway 3:56.54
Morozova N Kazakhstan 4:01.20
Beune J Nederlands 3:58.12
Lollobrigida F (Gold) Italy 3:54.28
Wiklund R Norway 3:56.54
Maltais V Canada 3:56.93
Beune J Nederlands 3:58.12
Weidemann I Canada 3:59.24
Moronzova N Kazakhstan 4:01.20
Tas S Belgium 4:01.26
Groenewoud M Nederlands 4:01.35
Conijn M Nederlands 4:01.65
Golubeva E Kazakhstan 4:03.30
Tickets for this year’s Winter Olympic Opening Ceremony were $150 for adults, and $75 for children. There were 61,000 ticket holders for this year’s opening ceremony. If 75% of the tickets were adult tickets, and 25% were children’s tickets, how many children and adults attended the event? How much money was made in ticket sales for the Olympic Opening Ceremony?
15,250 Children’s tickets
$1,142,750 in children’s tickets
45,750 Adult tickets
$6,862,500 in adult tickets
$8,005,250 total in ticket sales for the Olympic Opening Ceremony
There are 238 athletes that are involved in snowboarding events (119 men and 119 women) if each athlete may go through 3 to 10 boards in a competition season how many total boards could all the athletes go through.
714 to 2380
The next 10 Winter Olympic events will be held in the following years. How many years away is each event? How old will you be in these years?
2030 4 years from now
2034 8 years from now
2038 12 years from now
2042 16 years from now
2046 20 years from now
2050 24 years from now
2054 28 years from now
2058 32 years from now
2062 36 years from now
2066 40 years from now
Using the numbers on this chart, how many countries participated in the 2026 Winter Olympic Games?
Africa 8 Countries
Americas 15 Countries
Asia 19 Countries
Europe 48 Countries
Oceania/Australia 2 Countries
Neutral Countries (Athletes competing who don’t have a country - many from Russia and Belarus since they were banned due to the war with Ukraine) Counts as 1 country
93 Countries