Now that the 2026 Winter Olympics have officially come to a close, it is time for me to update my ongoing list of the greatest moment of each olympics. In every olympics, no matter if its summer or winter, there is always one or two moments, stories, or events that leave an indelible mark on us as sports fans. While many of the events and sports blend together from year to year there is at least one “Olympic moment” that reminds us why we all love this sporting event so much, which is why I created this list below. This list was first partially published in 2018 when I made selections for the greatest moment of all olympics from 1960 onward. I have now expanded it to include moments from ever Summer and Winter Olympics since their modern-day inception in 1896. Below you will just find my Winter Olympic list updated through the Milano/Cortina games fo 2026. The moments in bold are the ones I have selected as the greatest olympic moment in each decade. Feel free to agree, disagree or discuss.

Year	Host City	Greatest Moment	Sport
1924	Chamonix, France	American Charles Jewtra wins the first Winter Olympic Gold in history by winning the 500m speed skate by a mere two tenths of a second.	Speed Skating
1928	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Sonja Henie of Norway wins Ladies figure skating gold and becomes the youngest olympic champion for the the next 50 years	Figure Skating
1932	Lake Placid, NY (USA)	American Eddie Eagan becomes first man to win Olympic gold at both the summer and winter olympics when he followed his 1920 boxing gold with a bobsled gold in Lake Placid.	Bobsled
1936	Garmin, Germany	Great Britain upsets defending olympic champion Canada with a game winning goal in the gold medal game for Olympic hockey.	Hockey
1948	St. Moritz, Switzerland	Dick Button becomes the first American man to win olympic gold in figure skating.	Figure Skating
1952	Oslo, Norway	Norwegian speed skater Hjalmer Andersen wins three Olympic golds which at the time was a record for most golds in a single winter games.	Speed Skating
1956	Cortina, Italy	The Soviet Union defeats defending olympic champion Canada in the gold medal game of hockey, marking the beginning of Soviet dominance in the sport.	Hockey
1960	Squaw Valley, California	US wins the first of their two improbable gold medals in ice hockey in what has been called “The First Miracle on Ice”.	Hockey
1964	Innsbruck, Austria	Brits Tony Nash and Robin Dixon pull the biggest upset in Bobsled history by capturing the gold medal in the two-man event despite the country of Great Britain not having a bobsled track.	Bobsled
1968	Grenoble, France	Peggy Fleming wins the first figure skating gold for the United States since the country’s entire figure skating team died in a plane crash in 1961.	Figure Skating
1972	Sapporo, Japan	Barbara Cochran wins the first gold medal in twenty years for an American female skier by winning the women’s slalom event.	Skiing
1976	Innsbruck, Austria	Dorothy Hamill becomes America’s newest figure skating star by taking home the gold medal.	Figure Skating
1980	Lake Placid, NY (USA)	“The Miracle on Ice” occurs as the US hockey team beats the Soviet Union en route to a shocking gold medal in what is maybe the most memorable moment in olympic history.	Hockey
1984	Sarjevo, Yugoslavia	Bill Johnson becomes the first American to win the Olympic downhill gold medal.	Skiing
1988	Calgary, Canada	The Jamaican bobsled team makes their olympic debut and captivates the world despite crashing in the final of the four man bobsled event. The movie Cool Runnings is based on their performance.	Bobsled
1992	Albertville, France	Kristi Yamaguchi becomes first American woman in 16 years to win the women’s figure skating gold.	Figure Skating
1994	Lillehammer, Norway	Nancy Kerrigan overcomes shocking assault by Tonya Harding’s bodyguard to win olympic silver in one of the most shocking sports scandals of all-time.	Figure Skating
1998	Nagano, Japan	Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest olympic champion in history by edging out Michelle Kwan to win women’s figure skating gold at the age of 15.	Figure Skating
2002	Salt Lake City, UT (USA)	Pairs skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier are originally screwed out of gold medal but then news of a judging scandal allowed them to receive a gold medal later on.	Figure Skating
2006	Turino, Italy	Shani Davis becomes the first African-American to win an winter olympic gold medal with his victory in the 1,000 meter men’s speed skating event	Speed Skating
2010	Vancouver, Canada	Evan Lysacek noses out Evgeni Plushenko to become first American man to win figure skating gold since 1988.	Figure Skating
2014	Sochi, Russia	Mikaela Shiffrin becomes youngest slalom winner in olympic history by capturing the gold in the women’s slalom event.	Skiing
2018	Pyeongchang, South Korea	US men’s curling team wins shocking gold medal in dramatic fashion over Sweden. This was the first curling gold medal for the United States.	Curling
2022	Beijing, China	Erin Jackson becomes first African-American woman to win an olympic speed skating gold with victory in 500m women’s speed skating event.	Speed Skating
2026	Milan, Italy	United States men’s hockey wins first gold medal since the Miracle on Ice in 1980.	Hockey