Beijing, China, February 12, 2022: After the first week of the Winter Olympics, Asia has two National Olympic Committees in the Top 10 teams of Beijing 2022 and a third NOC not far behind.
Japan is 10th in the rankings with two gold, two silver and four bronze medals for eight medals in total, while Korea has one gold, one silver and one bronze and is ranked joint 16th.
So far, 26 of the 91 NOCs have won at least one medal, and 20 of these have won gold.
The Winter Olympics opened on Friday, February 4, so Friday, February 11 marked the end of the first week of competition. The Games will close on Sunday, February 20.
The Top 10 teams with gold, silver, bronze and total medals is:
1 Germany 7-4-0-11
2 Norway 6-3-5-14
3 Netherlands 5-4-1-10
4 Sweden 5-2-2-9
5 Austria 4-6-4-14
6 United States of America 4-5-1-10
7 People's Republic of China 3-3-1-7
8 Russian Olympic Committee 2-4-6-12
9 Italy 2-4-4-10
10 Japan 2-2-4-8
Others:
16= Republic of Korea 1-1-1-3
Asia’s Roll of Honour (at close of play on Friday, February 11)
CHINA
Gold
Short Track Speed Skating: Mixed Team Relay (Qu Chunyu, Fan Kexin, Wu Dajing, Ren Ziwei, Zhang Yuting), February 5.
Short Track Speed Skating: Men’s 1,000m – Ren Ziwei, February 7
Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Freeski Big Air – Eileen Gu Ailing, February 8
Silver
Snowboard: Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle - Su Yiming, February 7
Short Track Speed Skating: Men’s 1,000m – Li Wenlong, February 7
Freestyle Skiing: Aerials Mixed Team (Qi Guangpu, Jia Zongyang, Xu Mengtao), February 10
Bronze
Skeleton: Men’s Skeleton – Yan Wengang, February 11
JAPAN
Gold
Ski Jumping: Men’s Normal Hill Individual - Ryoyu Kobayashi, February 6
Snowboard: Men’s Snowboard Halfpipe – Ayumu Hirano, February 11
Silver
Figure Skating: Men’s Single Skating – Yuma Kagiyama, February 10
Speed Skating: Women’s 1,500 metres - Miho Takagi, February 7
Bronze
Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Moguls - Ikuma Horishima, February 5.
Figure Skating: Team Event (Shoma Uno, Yuma Kagiyama, Wakaba Higuchi, Kaori Sakamoto, Riku Miura/Ryuchi Kihara, Misato Komatsubara/Tim Koleto) February 7.
Figure Skating: Men’s Single Skating – Shoma Uno, February 10
Snowboard: Women’s Snowboard Halfpipe – Sena Tomita, February 10
KOREA
Gold
Short Track Speed Skating: Men’s 1,500m – Hwang Dae-heon, February 9
Silver
Short Track Speed Skating: Women’s 1,000 metres – Choi Min-jeong, February 11
Bronze
Speed Skating: Men’s 1,500 metres – Kim Min-seok, February 8