World Figure Skating Championships cumulative medal count
The following is the cumulative medal count for countries at the World Figure Skating Championships. It includes countries that no longer exist.
Men
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 25 | 21 | 19 | 65 |
2 | Austria | 22 | 16 | 15 | 53 |
3 | Sweden | 15 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
4 | Canada | 14 | 13 | 6 | 33 |
5 | Russia | 7 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
6 | Soviet Union | 4 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
7 | Japan | 3 | 9 | 4 | 16 |
8 | France | 3 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
9 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
10 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
11 | Germany | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
12 | Great Britain | 2 | 8 | 5 | 15 |
13 | East Germany | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
14 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
15 | West Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
16 | CIS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
17 | Hungary | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
18 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
19 | China | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
20 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (24 nations) | 109 | 109 | 107 | 325 |
Multiple gold medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ulrich Salchow | Sweden | 1897 | 1911 | 10 | 3 | – | 13 |
2 | Karl Schäfer | Austria | 1927 | 1936 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
3 | Dick Button | United States | 1947 | 1952 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
4 | Willy Böckl | Austria | 1913 | 1928 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
5 | Alexei Yagudin | Russia | 1997 | 2002 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
6 | Kurt Browning | Canada | 1989 | 1993 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
7 | Hayes Alan Jenkins | United States | 1950 | 1956 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 |
8 | Scott Hamilton | United States | 1981 | 1984 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
9 | Fritz Kachler | Austria | 1911 | 1925 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
10 | Elvis Stojko | Canada | 1992 | 2000 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
Ladies
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 26 | 22 | 24 | 72 |
2 | Norway | 10 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
3 | East Germany | 9 | 8 | 2 | 19 |
4 | Japan | 8 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
5 | Austria | 7 | 17 | 12 | 36 |
6 | Russia | 7 | 6 | 7 | 20 |
7 | Hungary | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
8 | Great Britain | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
9 | Canada | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
10 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
11 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
12 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
13 | France | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
14 | West Germany | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
15 | Italy | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
16 | China | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
17 | Switzerland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
19 | Germany | 0 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
20 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
21 | Soviet Union | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
22 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
23 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (23 nations) | 99 | 98 | 96 | 293 |
Multiple gold medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Skater | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Sonja Henie | Norway | 1926 | 1936 | 10 | 1 | – | 11 |
2 | Michelle Kwan | United States | 1996 | 2004 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
3 | Carol Heiss | United States | 1955 | 1960 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 |
Herma Szabo | Austria | 1922 | 1927 | 5 | 1 | – | 6 | |
5 | Katarina Witt | East Germany | 1982 | 1988 | 4 | 2 | – | 6 |
6 | Lily Kronberger | Hungary | 1906 | 1911 | 4 | – | 2 | 6 |
7 | Mao Asada | Japan | 2007 | 2014 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Sjoukje Dijkstra | Netherlands | 1959 | 1964 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
9 | Opika von Méray Horváth | Hungary | 1911 | 1914 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
10 | Peggy Fleming | United States | 1965 | 1968 | 3 | – | 1 | 4 |
Pairs
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 24 | 19 | 8 | 51 |
2 | Germany | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
3 | Canada | 12 | 7 | 11 | 30 |
4 | Russia | 8 | 11 | 10 | 29 |
5 | Austria | 7 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
6 | China | 7 | 9 | 5 | 21 |
7 | Hungary | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
8 | West Germany | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
9 | France | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
10 | Finland | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 |
11 | Great Britain | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
12 | United States | 2 | 6 | 17 | 25 |
13 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
14 | East Germany | 1 | 6 | 6 | 13 |
15 | CIS | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
18 | Sweden | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
19 | Norway | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
20 | Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
21 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (22 nations) | 98 | 97 | 96 | 291 |
Multiple gold medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all pairs or separate partners (including these who not included in these tables) per type. Italic denotes statistics of performances of separate skaters with different partners or statistics of their performances for different countries.
Rank | Pair skaters | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Irina Rodnina (partnering with Alexei Ulanov and partnering with Alexander Zaitsev) | Soviet Union | 1969 1969 1973 | 1978 1972 1978 | 10 4 6 | – – – | – – – | 10 4 6 |
2 | Aliona Savchenko (partnering with Robin Szolkowy and partnering with Bruno Massot) | Germany | 2007 2007 2016 | 2018 2014 2018 | 6 5 1 | 3 2 1 | 2 1 1 | 11 8 3 |
3 | Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov | Soviet Union | 1962 | 1969 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
4 | Andrée Brunet (Joly) / Pierre Brunet | France | 1925 | 1932 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 |
Ekaterina Gordeeva / Sergei Grinkov | Soviet Union | 1986 | 1990 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | |
Emília Rotter / László Szollás | Hungary | 1931 | 1935 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | |
7 | Maxi Herber / Ernst Baier | Germany | 1934 | 1939 | 4 | – | 1 | 5 |
8 | Barbara Wagner / Robert Paul | Canada | 1957 | 1960 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
9 | Ludowika Jakobsson (Eilers) / Walter Jakobsson (as Ludowika Eilers / Walter Jakobsson and as Ludowika Jakobsson / Walter Jakobsson) | Finland Germany / Finland | 1910 1910 1912 | 1923 1911 1923 | 3 1 2 | 4 1 3 | – – – | 7 2 5 |
10 | Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo | China | 1999 | 2007 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
Ice dancing
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Great Britain | 17 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
2 | Soviet Union | 16 | 14 | 8 | 38 |
3 | Russia | 11 | 5 | 4 | 20 |
4 | France | 7 | 7 | 5 | 19 |
5 | Canada | 4 | 11 | 13 | 28 |
6 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
7 | United States | 2 | 12 | 20 | 34 |
8 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
Italy | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
10 | CIS | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Hungary | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
12 | West Germany | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
13 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
14 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (17 nations) | 67 | 67 | 67 | 201 |
Multiple gold medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all duos or separate dancers (including these who not included in these tables) per type. Italic denotes statistics of performances of separate skaters with different partners.
Rank | Ice dancers | Country | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Liudmila Pakhomova / Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | 1969 | 1976 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
2 | Natalia Bestemianova / Andrei Bukin | Soviet Union | 1981 | 1988 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Oksana Grishuk / Evgeni Platov | CIS Russia | 1992 | 1997 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
4 | Courtney Jones (partnering with June Markham and partnering with Doreen Denny) | Great Britain | 1956 1956 1959 | 1960 1958 1960 | 4 2 2 | 1 1 – | – – – | 5 3 2 |
Gabriella Papadakis / Guillaume Cizeron | France | 2015 | 2019 | 4 | 1 | – | 5 | |
6 | Eva Romanová / Pavel Roman | Czechoslovakia | 1962 | 1965 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
Jayne Torvill / Christopher Dean | Great Britain | 1981 | 1984 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
Diane Towler / Bernard Ford | Great Britain | 1966 | 1969 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
Jean Westwood / Lawrence Demmy | Great Britain | 1952 | 1955 | 4 | – | – | 4 | |
10 | Marina Klimova / Sergei Ponomarenko | Soviet Union CIS | 1985 | 1992 | 3 | 5 | – | 8 |
Overall
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States | 55 | 61 | 80 | 196 |
2 | Soviet Union | 44 | 42 | 24 | 110 |
3 | Austria | 36 | 46 | 34 | 116 |
4 | Canada | 35 | 37 | 35 | 107 |
5 | Russia | 33 | 26 | 27 | 86 |
6 | Great Britain | 28 | 30 | 24 | 82 |
7 | Germany | 16 | 20 | 20 | 56 |
8 | France | 15 | 19 | 18 | 52 |
9 | Sweden | 15 | 7 | 11 | 33 |
10 | Hungary | 13 | 7 | 15 | 35 |
11 | East Germany | 12 | 16 | 12 | 40 |
12 | Japan | 11 | 14 | 12 | 37 |
13 | Norway | 10 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
14 | Czechoslovakia | 9 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
15 | China | 8 | 10 | 9 | 27 |
16 | West Germany | 6 | 12 | 7 | 25 |
17 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
18 | Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
19 | Finland | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
20 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
21 | CIS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
22 | South Korea | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
23 | Bulgaria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
24 | Spain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
25 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
26 | Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
27 | Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
28 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
29 | Poland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
30 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (31 nations) | 373 | 371 | 366 | 1110 |
Multiple gold medalists
Boldface denotes active skaters and highest medal count among all skaters (including these who not included in these tables) per type.
Rank | Skater | Country | Gender | Discipline(s) | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Ulrich Salchow | Sweden | M | Men's singles | 1897 | 1911 | 10 | 3 | – | 13 |
2 | Sonja Henie | Norway | F | Ladies' singles | 1926 | 1936 | 10 | 1 | – | 11 |
3 | Irina Rodnina | Soviet Union | F | Pairs | 1969 | 1978 | 10 | – | – | 10 |
4 | Karl Schäfer | Austria | M | Men's singles | 1927 | 1936 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
5 | Herma Szabo | Austria | F | Ladies' singles & Pairs | 1922 | 1927 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
6 | Aliona Savchenko | Germany | F | Pairs | 2007 | 2018 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
7 | Alexander Gorshkov | Soviet Union | M | Ice dancing | 1969 | 1976 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 |
Liudmila Pakhomova | Soviet Union | F | Ice dancing | 1969 | 1976 | 6 | 1 | – | 7 | |
9 | Alexander Zaitsev | Soviet Union | M | Pairs | 1973 | 1978 | 6 | – | – | 6 |
10 | Michelle Kwan | United States | F | Ladies' singles | 1996 | 2004 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
References
- ISU.org