{"id":63859,"date":"2026-02-05T11:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/2026-winter-olympics-by-the-numbers-the-athletes-events-and-milestones-of-the-milano-cortina-games\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T11:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T11:08:33","slug":"2026-winter-olympics-by-the-numbers-the-athletes-events-and-milestones-of-the-milano-cortina-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/2026-winter-olympics-by-the-numbers-the-athletes-events-and-milestones-of-the-milano-cortina-games\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Winter Olympics by the numbers: The athletes, events and milestones of the Milano Cortina Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/milan-winter-olympics-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">2026 Winter Olympics<\/a><\/span> are bringing thousands of <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/2026-winter-olympics-athletes-to-watch\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">athletes<\/a><\/span> from around the world together for more than two weeks of competition on snow and ice. From the athletes and events to records and costs, the Games are a gold mine for statistics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a look at the 2026 Winter Olympics by the numbers:<\/p>\n<h2>2: Number of previous times Italy has hosted Winter Olympic Games\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Italy first hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956 in Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo, followed by the 2006 Games in Turin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country has also hosted the Summer Olympics once, in Rome in 1960.<\/p>\n<h2>8,494: Square miles the venues for the Winter Olympics will cover<\/h2>\n<p>The 2026 Games will be the first Olympics co-hosted by two cities, with competitions held across 13 venues in Milan and Cortina d&#8217;Ampezzo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The dual host cities mean it will become the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/ioc\/ioc-publications\/olympic-review\/top-of-the-world\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">most widespread Games in Olympic history<\/a>, according to the International Olympic Committee, spanning nearly 8,500 square miles of northern Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Milan and Cortina are about 250 miles apart by road, nearly a five-hour drive.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:550px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-3LE9B\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/3LE9B\/full.png\" alt=\"Venues for the 2026 Winter Games (Locator map)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/3LE9B\/2\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This approach allows the maximum use of existing venues, reducing the need for new construction and, as a consequence, minimising the carbon footprint,&#8221; states an IOC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/01\/19\/nx-s1-5621791\/winter-olympics-venues-milan-cortina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">press release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Out of 13 venues, 11 will be existing or temporary, with the exception of a new 16,000-seat ice hockey stadium which has been in construction for about two years. The abandoned Porta Romana railway yard is also seeing a renovation, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/how-milano-cortina-2026-redefines-the-concept-of-olympic-living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">International Olympic Committee<\/a>. It&#8217;ll be home to the Milan Olympic Village during the games then converted into 1,700 student housing units.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>92: National Olympic Committees participating\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>The athletes compete as <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/faq\/competing-and-being-part-of-the-games\/how-many-athletes-and-countries-take-part-in-the-olympic-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">representatives of their &#8220;National Olympic Committees&#8221;<\/a> rather than as countries.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Russia and Belarus were banned from competing because of the war in Ukraine, a policy that carries into this year&#8217;s Games, with athletes competing as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/ioc\/milano-cortina-2026-individual-neutral-athletes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Individual Neutral Athletes<\/a>&#8221; under a neutral flag.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:378px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-63938\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/63938\/full.png\" alt=\"Who's competing in the Winter Games (Choropleth map)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/63938\/5\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<h2>2,916: Total number of athletes expected to compete<\/h2>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/milano-cortina-2026\/results\/hubs\/individuals\/athletes?showAll=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data from the International Olympic Committee<\/a>, approximately 2,916 athletes are expected to compete in this year&#8217;s Winter Games.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. will have the largest presence at the Winter Olympics with 235 athletes (including three alternate athletes), followed by Canada (211 athletes) and host nation Italy (195 athletes).\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:444px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-YitFJ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/YitFJ\/full.png\" alt=\"Athlete participation in the Winter Olympics (Line chart)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/YitFJ\/2\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>The 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, had just 1,801 athletes. Participation has grown in the decades since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was a brief drop in athlete participation at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.<\/p>\n<h2>232: Athletes competing on Team USA<\/h2>\n<p>A total of 232 athletes and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usabs.com\/2026-olympic-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">three alternate athletes<\/a> will compete on Team USA, featuring 98 returning Olympians who have won a combined 22 gold medals, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usopc.org\/news\/2026\/january\/26\/u-s-olympic-paralympic-committee-names-232-member-2026-u-s-olympic-team#:~:text=With%20232%20athletes%2C%20and%20dependent,on%20athletes'%20recognized%20hometowns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seven athletes will make their fifth Olympic appearance, including bobsledders Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor, snowboarders Nick Baumgartner and Faye Thelen, alpine skier <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lindsey-vonn-winter-olympics-injury-crash\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lindsey Vonn<\/a><\/span>, figure skater Evan Bates and ice hockey player Hilary Knight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, 32 athletes on the roster previously competed at the Youth Olympic Games, with 20 of them set to make their Olympic debut in Milano Cortina. The 232-athlete roster is expected to be the largest U.S. Winter Olympic team ever, surpassing the 228 who competed at PyeongChang in 2018.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:527px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-8IUyg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/8IUyg\/full.png\" alt=\"Hometowns of the 2026 U.S. Winter Olympic team (Symbol map)\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/8IUyg\/1\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<p>Search the full list of U.S. Olympic athletes:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"min-height:740px\" id=\"datawrapper-vis-revgX\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/revgX\/full.png\" alt=\"Table\"\/><\/div>\n<p><amp-iframe width=\"100\" height=\"100\" layout=\"responsive\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" resizable=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/datawrapper.dwcdn.net\/revgX\/5\/\"><br \/>\n<\/amp-iframe><\/div>\n<h2>8: New events debuting at Milano Cortina Winter Olympics<\/h2>\n<p>Athletes will compete in 116 events across 16 Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic sports. The 2026 Games will introduce ski mountaineering \u2014 known as skimo \u2014 as a new sport, along with eight new events:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Men&#8217;s sprint in skimo<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s sprint in skimo<\/li>\n<li>Mixed relay in skimo<\/li>\n<li>Men&#8217;s dual moguls in free style skiing<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s dual moguls in free style skiing<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s doubles in luge<\/li>\n<li>Mixed gender team in skeleton<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s large hill in ski jumping<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>2 million: Fans attending the Winter Olympics<\/h2>\n<p>U.S. diplomatic officials in Italy urged Americans to <a href=\"https:\/\/it.usembassy.gov\/2026-winter-olympics\/#:~:text=Organizers%20anticipate%20over%20two%20million,transportation%20and%20entry%20into%20venues.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">book early<\/a>, since organizers expect about 2 million people to descend on the venues in northern Italy to attend the Games.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets range from $30 for cross-country skiing to nearly $1,400 for the figure skating exhibition gala. 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