More Women at 2026 Winter Olympics
26th November 2025
There are set to be more women competing at the Milan-Cortina Games across a greater number of events than ever before. From record athlete quotas to new female events. Milan-Cortina:…
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There are set to be more women competing at the Milan-Cortina Games across a greater number of events than ever before.
From record athlete quotas to new female events.
- Milan-Cortina: 47% women
- Beijing: 44.7% women
Out of 116 events, 50 are for women.
There are four new women’s event:
- Freestyle skiing dual moguls
- Luge doubles
- Ski jumping large individual hill
- Ski mountaineering sprint.
There are 12 mixed events and women will compete in 53.4% of all competitions.
The @milanocortina26 Olympics will see a record number of women’s events.
From 46 at Beijing 2022 ➡️ to 50 at #MilanoCortina2026, making these the most gender-balanced Olympic Winter Games in history ⛷️
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— IOC MEDIA (@iocmedia) November 20, 2025
The IOC encourages all national Olympic committees to appoint both female and male flagbearers.
In the first Olympic Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924, women represented just 4.3% of athletes and only competed in figure skating.