In a break from tradition, the medals were primarily made of crystal rather than metal: gold, silver, or bronze was used only on the border.
Five new events were contested at these Games—men's and women's in , team events in and , and women's 5000 metres in —and two events returned to the program—men's and women's in alpine skiing.
By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where nation is an entity represented by a NOC.
Legendary Snowboarder Shaun White has said this may well be his final Olympics after claiming the gold medal in the halfpipe event in 2006, 2010, and 2018.
A total of 2,399 athletes from 77 NOCs +5 from participated in these Games, competing in 78 events +10 from 1998 in 15 +1 from 1998.
Seventeen NOCs won at least one medal and, among these, eleven secured at least one gold medal.