What is the most medals Team GB have won at a Winter Olympics? Medal record explained

The first week of Milano Cortina 2026 may not have gone to plan but things are looking up for Team GB after a golden weekend.

Britain's wait for a first medal at the Games came to an end on Friday when Matt Weston outclassed the rest of the field to win gold in the men's skeleton.

Weston would become the first Brit to win two golds at a single Winter Olympics with a heroic run in the mixed team skeleton, which earned him and Tabby Stoecker top spot on the podium.

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That came after Charlotte Bankes and Huw Nightingale claimed their own piece of history earlier on 'Super Sunday' by winning Britain's first gold on the snow in the mixed team snowboard cross.

Three golds make Milano Cortina 2026 Team GB's most successful Winter Olympics. That backs up the pre-Games hype, but how does it compare to previous medal hauls? Radio Times investigates...

What is the most medals Team GB have won at a Winter Olympics?

Team GB's biggest medal haul at a Winter Olympics was at Sochi 2014, when they won five medals – one gold, one silver, and three bronzes.

Lizzy Yarnold won gold in the women's skeleton and the silver came in the men's curling. Jenny Jones became the first Brit to win a medal on snow, finishing third in the slopestyle, and the British team won bronze in the women's curling as well.

Team GB's third bronze came in the men's bobsleigh after the Russian teams in first and fourth were disqualified by the International Olympic Committee.

Britain returned from PyeongChang four years later with the same total number of medals but the haul was one gold (Lizzy Yarnold in the women's skeleton) and four bronzes (Dominic Parsons in men's skeleton, Izzy Atkin in women's ski slopestyle, Laura Deas in women's skeleton, and Billy Morgan in men's snowboard big air).

Team GB's highest finish in the medal table at the Winter Olympics was at Chamonix 1924, the first Winter Games, when they won four medals (a gold in curling, silver in bobsleigh and bronzes in ice hockey and figure skating) to rank sixth.

How many medals do Team GB need to break Winter Olympic record?

Team GB need two more medals at Milano-Cortina 2026 to match the total hauls at Sochi 2014 and PyeongChang 2018, and three to surpass it.

Those look most likely to come in the women's ski big air, with Kirsty Muir set to compete in Monday's final, the men's and women's curling events, and the women's ski halfpipe, where world champion Zoe Atkin is set to compete on the final weekend.

Britain have never previously won more than one gold medal at a single Winter Olympics so with three golds, the Games are already our most successful ever.

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