United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics

United States at the 2026 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Website	www.teamusa.org
in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 6 February 2026 (2026-02-06) – 22 February 2026 (2026-02-22)
Competitors	125 (63 men and 62 women) in 8 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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The United States will compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 6 to 22 February 2026. This was the country's 25th appearance at the Olympic Winter Games. As Salt Lake City will be the host city of the 2034 Winter Olympics, the United States will enter the stadium before France, which is hosting the 2030 Winter Olympics in French Alps, and the host nation Italy during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	1	2
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	7	8	15
Curling	6	6	12
Figure skating	8	8	16
Ice hockey	25	23	48
Short-track speed skating	3	5	8
Ski mountaineering	1	1	2
Speed skating	8	6	14
Total	63	62	125

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The United States has so far qualified one female and one male alpine skier through the basic quota. ^{[1] [2]}

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The United States has qualified four female and four male biathletes through the 2024–25 Biathlon World Cup score. ^{[3] [4]}

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The United States has qualified one female and one male cross-country skier through the basic quota so far. ^{[5] [6]} Following the completion of the 2024–25 FIS Cross-Country World Cup, the United States has qualified further seven female and six male athletes. ^[7]

Curling

Main articles: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage										Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Casper Luc Violette Ben Richardson Aidan Oldenburg Rich Ruohonen	Men's tournament	GBR	NOR	SUI	SWE	CAN	ITA	CHN	CZE	GER
Tabitha Peterson Cory Thiesse Tara Peterson Taylor Anderson-Heide Aileen Geving	Women's tournament	SWE	DEN	SUI	JPN	KOR	CAN	ITA	GBR	CHN
Cory Thiesse Korey Dropkin	Mixed doubles tournament	NOR	SUI	CAN	CZE	GBR	KOR	EST	SWE	ITA

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The United States qualified a men's team by winning the Olympic Qualification Event. ^[8] Team Daniel Casper qualified as American representatives by winning the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Team John Shuster 2–1 in the best-of-three final. ^[9]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Brad Jacobs	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Xu Xiaoming	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Czech Republic	Lukáš Klíma	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Germany	Marc Muskatewitz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Joël Retornaz	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Magnus Ramsfjell	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Niklas Edin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Daniel Casper	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
The United States had a bye in draws 2, 6 and 10. ^[10]

Draw 1
Wednesday, 11 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Casper)											0
Great Britain (Mouat)											0

Draw 3
Friday, 13 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Casper)											0
Norway (Ramsfjell)											0

Draw 4
Friday, 13 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Schwaller)											0
United States (Casper)											0

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sweden (Edin)											0
United States (Casper)											0

Draw 7
Sunday, 15 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Casper)											0
Canada (Jacobs)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 14:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Retornaz)											0
United States (Casper)											0

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Xu)											0
United States (Casper)											0

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Casper)											0
Czech Republic (Klíma)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 9:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Casper)											0
Germany (Muskatewitz)											0

Women's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The United States qualified a women's team by finishing second at the Olympic Qualification Event. ^[11] Team Tabitha Peterson qualified as American representatives by winning the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials, defeating Elizabeth Cousins 2–0 in the best-of-three final. ^[12]

Team v t e	Skip	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Rachel Homan	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
China	Wang Rui	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Denmark	Madeleine Dupont	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Sophie Jackson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Japan	Sayaka Yoshimura	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Gim Eun-ji	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Anna Hasselborg	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Silvana Tirinzoni	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Tabitha Peterson	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
The United States had a bye in draws 3, 7 and 10. ^[10]

Draw 1
Thursday, 12 February, 9:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)											0
Sweden (Hasselborg)											0

Draw 2
Thursday, 12 February, 19:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Denmark (Dupont)											0
United States (Peterson)											0

Draw 4
Saturday, 14 February, 9:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Switzerland (Tirinzoni)											0
United States (Peterson)											0

Draw 5
Saturday, 14 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)											0
Japan (Yoshimura)											0

Draw 6
Sunday, 15 February, 14:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)											0
South Korea (Gim)											0

Draw 8
Monday, 16 February, 19:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)											0
Canada (Homan)											0

Draw 9
Tuesday, 17 February, 14:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Italy (Constantini)											0
United States (Peterson)											0

Draw 11
Wednesday, 18 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Great Britain (Jackson)											0
United States (Peterson)											0

Draw 12
Thursday, 19 February, 14:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
United States (Peterson)											0
China (Wang)											0

Mixed doubles tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Mixed doubles tournament

The United States qualified a mixed doubles team by finishing in the top seven based on the combined points at the 2024 and 2025 World Championships. ^[13] Cory Thiesse and Korey Dropkin qualified as American representatives by winning the 2025 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Olympic Trials. ^[14]

Team v t e	Athletes	Pld	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	S%	DSC	Qualification
Canada	Jocelyn Peterman / Brett Gallant	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00	Playoffs
Czech Republic	Julie Zelingrová / Vít Chabičovský	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Estonia	Marie Kaldvee / Harri Lill	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Great Britain	Jennifer Dodds / Bruce Mouat	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Italy	Stefania Constantini / Amos Mosaner	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Norway	Kristin Skaslien / Magnus Nedregotten	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
South Korea	Kim Seon-yeong / Jeong Yeong-seok	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Sweden	Isabella Wranå / Rasmus Wranå	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
Switzerland	Briar Schwaller-Hürlimann / Yannick Schwaller	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00
United States	Cory Thiesse / Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0.00

Source: Official website

Round robin
The United States had a bye in draws 1, 4, 7, and 10. ^[10]

Draw 2
Thursday, 5 February, 10:05

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Norway (Skaslien / Nedregotten)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Draw 3
Thursday, 5 February, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0
Switzerland (Schwaller-Hürlimann / Schwaller)									0

Draw 5
Friday, 6 February, 10:05

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0
Canada (Peterman / Gallant)									0

Draw 6
Friday, 6 February, 14:35

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Czech Republic (Zelingrová / Chabičovský)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Draw 8
Saturday, 7 February, 14:35

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Great Britain (Dodds / Mouat)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Draw 9
Saturday, 7 February, 19:05

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Jeong)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Draw 11
Sunday, 8 February, 14:35

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0
Estonia (Kaldvee / Lill)									0

Draw 12
Sunday, 8 February, 19:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0
Sweden (Wranå / Wranå)									0

Draw 13
Monday, 9 February, 10:05

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Italy (Constantini / Mosaner)									0
United States (Thiesse / Dropkin)									0

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

At the 2025 World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, the United States secured three quota places in men's singles, three quota places in women's singles, two quota places in pair skating (with the possibility of earning a third quota place at the Beijing Qualifying Competition), and three quota places in ice dance. ^[15] Furthermore, the United States qualified to the team event. ^[16]

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Summary
Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men's	Men's tournament	Latvia	Denmark	Germany	—N/a
United States women's	Women's tournament	Czechia	Finland	Switzerland	Canada		—N/a

Men's tournament

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

The United States men's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 25 players by finishing fourth in the 2023 IIHF World Ranking. ^[17]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible quarterfinals based on ranking
3	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs
4	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 11 February 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers

12 February 2026 (2026-02-12) 21:10 v

Latvia

v

United States

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

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14 February 2026 (2026-02-14) 21:10 v

United States

v

Denmark

PalaItalia, Milan

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15 February 2026 (2026-02-15) 21:10 v

United States

v

Germany

PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

Women's tournament

Main articles: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament and Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

The United States women's national ice hockey team qualified a team of 23 players by finishing second in the 2024 IIHF World Ranking. ^[18]

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Quarterfinals
2	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Czechia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Switzerland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2026. Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers

5 February 2026 (2026-02-05) 16:40 v

United States

v

Czechia

Fiera Milano, Milan

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7 February 2026 (2026-02-07) 16:40 v

United States

v

Finland

Fiera Milano, Milan

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9 February 2026 (2026-02-09) 20:10 v

Switzerland

v

United States

PalaItalia, Milan

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10 February 2026 (2026-02-10) 20:10 v

Canada

v

United States

PalaItalia, Milan

Short-track speed skating

Main articles: Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Short-track speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The United States qualified eight short-track speed skaters (three men and five women) after the conclusion of the 2025–26 ISU Short Track World Tour. ^[19]

Ski mountaineering

Main articles: Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The United States has qualified one female and one male ski mountaineer through the Olympic ranking lists. ^[20]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	Men's sprint
	Women's sprint
	Mixed relay	—N/a

Speed skating

Main articles: Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics and Speed skating at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Qualification

The United States qualified fourteen speed skaters (eight men and six women) through performances at the 2025-26 ISU Speed Skating World Cup. ^[21]

See also

• United States at the 2026 Winter Paralympics

References

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