The Soviet Union broke the record for the most gold and total medals achieved at a single Winter Olympics, with 11 and 25 respectively. Russian athlete Lidiya Skoblikova won four gold medals, more medals than any other athlete.[6][7]
The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. 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 National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.