Chronological summary of the 2026 Winter Paralympics
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This is a chronological summary of the major events of the 2026 Winter Paralympics held in Milan, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and other areas in Lombardy and Northeast Italy. Competition began on 4 March with the first matches in the round robin stages of the wheelchair curling event. The opening ceremony was held two days later on 6 March. The last day of competition and the closing ceremony were held on 15 March. The games featured 79 medal events in six disciplines.
Calendar
Competition began two days before the opening ceremony on 4 March, and ended on 15 March 2026.[1]
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| March 2026 | 04 Wed |
05 Thu |
06 Fri |
07 Sat |
08 Sun |
09 Mon |
10 Tue |
11 Wed |
12 Thu |
13 Fri |
14 Sat |
15 Sun |
Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OC | CC | N/a | |||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | |||||||||
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| ● | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||||||||||
| ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | ||
| Daily medal events | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 79 |
| Cumulative total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 22 | 28 | 40 | 47 | 50 | 63 | 69 | 79 | |
| March 2026 | 04 Wed |
05 Thu |
06 Fri |
07 Sat |
08 Sun |
09 Mon |
10 Tue |
11 Wed |
12 Thu |
13 Fri |
14 Sat |
15 Sun |
Total events |
Medal table
* Host nation (Italy)
| Rank | NPC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 44 | |
| 2 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 24 | |
| 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 12 | |
| 4 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 16 | |
| 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 | |
| 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| 7 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 19 | |
| 8 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 15 | |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | |
| 10 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 7 | |
| 11–27 | Remaining NPCs | 13 | 32 | 24 | 69 |
| Totals (27 entries) | 79 | 79 | 80 | 238 | |
Day-by-day summaries
4 March
- The first matches in the round-robin stage of the mixed doubles tournament.[2]
5 March
- The second day in the round-robin stage of the mixed doubles tournament.[3]
6 March
- The third day in the round-robin stage of the mixed doubles tournament.[4]
- The opening ceremony was held at Verona Arena.[5]
Day 1 — Saturday 7 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's downhill |
Visually impaired |
Veronika Aigner Guide: Lilly Sammer | 1:22.55 | Chiara Mazzel Guide: Nicola Cotti Cottini | 1:23.03 | Alexandra Rexová Guide: Sophia Polak | 1:27.45 |
| Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster | 1:25.79 | Audrey Pascual | 1:25.84 | Liu Sitong | 1:31.27 | |
| Standing | Ebba Årsjö | 1:22.00 | Aurélie Richard | 1:23.71 | Varvara Voronchikhina | 1:24.47 | |
| Men's downhill |
Visually impaired |
Johannes Aigner Guide: Nico Haberl | 1:16.08 | Kalle Ericsson Guide: Sierra Smith | 1:18.33 | Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli | 1:18.64 |
| Sitting | Jesper Pedersen | 1:18.14 | Niels de Langen | 1:19.24 | Kurt Oatway | 1:19.42 | |
| Standing | Robin Cuche | 1:17.79 | Arthur Bauchet | 1:18.40 | Alexey Bugaev | 1:18.94 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's sprint |
Visually impaired |
Wang Yue Guide: Chen Guoming | 19:52.5 | Carina Edlingerová Guide: Alexandr Patava | 20:20.5 | Leonie Walter Guide: Christian Krasman | 20:32.2 |
| Sitting | Oksana Masters | 21:21.3 | Kendall Gretsch | 21:37.3 | Anja Wicker | 22:32.4 | |
| Standing | Oleksandra Kononova | 18:41.5 | Natalie Wilkie | 18:46.4 | Liudmyla Liashenko | 19:13.9 | |
| Men's sprint |
Visually impaired |
Oleksandr Kazik Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi | 17:37.7 | Iaroslav Reshetynskyi Guide: Dmytro Drahun | 18:40.1 | Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn | 18:43.8 |
| Sitting | Taras Rad | 19:55.5 | Liu Mengtao | 20:04.8 | Liu Zixu | 20:13.1 | |
| Standing | Cai Jiayun | 17:13.6 | Liu Xiaobin | 17:35.4 | Marco Maier | 17:42.4 | |
Day 2 — Sunday 8 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Individual |
Visually impaired |
Wang Yue Guide: Chen Guoming | 35:04.7 | Simona Bubeníčková Guide: David Srutek | 36:43.9 | Johanna Recktenwald Guide: Emily Rose Weiss | 37:05.2 |
| Sitting | Kim Yun-ji | 38:00.1 | Anja Wicker | 38:12.9 | Kendall Gretsch | 38:36.1 | |
| Standing | Natalie Wilkie | 33:01.8 | Zhao Zhiqing | 33:33.5 | Oleksandra Kononova | 33:37.9 | |
| Men's Individual |
Visually impaired |
Dang Hesong Guide: Lu Hongda | 31:31.9 | Maksym Murashkovskyi Guide: Vitaliy Trush | 33:41.1 | Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych | 33:51.1 |
| Sitting | Liu Zixu | 34:38.1 | Mao Zhongwu | 35:06.5 | Taras Rad | 35:57.1 | |
| Standing | Cai Jiayun | 30:24.1 | Mark Arendz | 30:52.5 | Marco Maier | 31:07.3 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's snowboard cross |
SB-LL2 | Cécile Hernandez |
Kate Delson |
Wang Xinyu | |||
| Men's snowboard cross |
SB-UL | Ji Lijia |
Zhu Yonggang |
Aron Fahrni | |||
| SB-LL1 | Wu Zhongwei |
Noah Elliott |
Tyler Turner | ||||
| SB-LL2 | Emanuel Perathoner |
Ben Tudhope |
Lee Je-hyuk | ||||
Day 3 — Monday 9 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's super-G |
Visually impaired |
Chiara Mazzel Guide: Nicola Cottini Cottini | 1:14.84 | Veronika Aigner Guide: Lilly Sammer | 1:15.44 | Alexandra Rexová Guide: Sophia Polak | 1:19.69 |
| Sitting | Audrey Pascual | 1:17.82 | Momoka Muraoka | 1:24.14 | Liu Sitong | 1:24.91 | |
| Standing | Varvara Voronchikhina | 1:15.60 | Aurélie Richard | 1:17.56 | Ebba Årsjö | 1:17.64 | |
| Men's super-G |
Visually impaired |
Johannes Aigner Guide: Nico Haberl | 1:11.99 | Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli | 1:12.15 | Kalle Ericsson Guide: Sierra Smith | 1:13.29 |
| Sitting | Jeroen Kampschreur | 1:13.08 | Jesper Pedersen | 1:13.80 | Andrew Kurka | 1:13.95 | |
| Standing | Robin Cuche | 1:12.12 | Patrick Halgren | 1:13.10 | Jules Segers | 1:13.59 | |
Day 4 — Tuesday 10 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's super combined |
Visually impaired |
Veronika Aigner Guide: Lilly Sammer | 2:01.75 | Chiara Mazzel Guide: Nicola Cotti Cottini | 2:04.81 | Elina Stary Guide: Stefan Winter | 2:05.65 |
| Sitting | Audrey Pascual | 2:11.22 | Anna-Lena Forster | 2:11.68 | Liu Sitong | 2:14.53 | |
| Standing | Ebba Årsjö | 2:00.15 | Aurélie Richard | 2:07.18 | Zhu Wenjing | 2:10.69 | |
| Men's super combined |
Visually impaired |
Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli | 1:56.42 | Neil Simpson Guide: Rob Poth | 1:57.07 | Johannes Aigner Guide: Nico Haberl | 1:57.46 |
| Sitting | Jeroen Kampschreur | 1:56.33 | René De Silvestro | 1:56.44 | Niels de Langen | 1:57.59 | |
| Standing | Arthur Bauchet | 1:58.17 | Federico Pelizzari | 1:59.37 | Thomas Grochar | 1:59.99 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's sprint classical |
Visually impaired |
Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin | 3:16.1 | Linn Kazmaier Guide: Florian Baumann | 3:25.3 | Cong Jihong Guide: Liu Jiaxuan | 3:30.2 |
| Sitting | Oksana Masters | 3:07.1 | Kim Yun-ji | 3:10.1 | Wang Shiyu | 3:17.9 | |
| Standing | Vilde Nilsen | 3:31.3 | Sydney Peterson | 3:35.5 | Natalie Wilkie | 3:40.2 | |
| Men's sprint classical |
Visually impaired |
Jake Adicoff Guide: Peter Wolter | 2:44.7 | Yu Shuang Guide: Shang Jincai | 2:46.2 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Talsi | 2:50.9 |
| Sitting | Liu Zixu | 2:28.9 | Cristian Ribera | 2:29.6 | Yerbol Khamitov | 2:29.9 | |
| Standing | Raman Svirydzenka | 2:35.4 | Sebastian Marburger | 2:38.1 | Benjamin Daviet | 2:42.2 | |
Day 5 — Wednesday 11 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 10 kilometre classical |
Visually impaired |
Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin | 29:39.7 | Simona Bubeníčková Guide: David Srutek | 31:59.1 | Leonie Walter Guide: Christian Krasman | 35:30.8 |
| Sitting | Oksana Masters | 26:31.6 | Kim Yun-ji | 26:51.6 | Kendall Gretsch | 27:27.6 | |
| Standing | Sydney Peterson | 29:49.2 | Vilde Nilsen | 29:51.8 | Brittany Hudak | 32:01.0 | |
| Men's 10 kilometre classical |
Visually impaired |
Jake Adicoff Guide: Reid Goble | 28:03.6 | Inkki Inola Guide: Reetu Inkila | 29:52.3 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Talsi | 30:07.9 |
| Sitting | Ivan Golubkov | 24:05.8 | Mao Zhongwu | 24:22.1 | Zheng Peng | 24:24.5 | |
| Standing | Karl Tabouret | 27:10.7 | Raman Svirydzenka | 27:38.4 | Mark Arendz | 27:59.3 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed doubles |
Wang Meng Yang Jinqiao |
Baek Hye-jin Lee Yong-suk |
Poļina Rožkova Agris Lasmans |
Day 6 — Thursday 12 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's giant slalom |
Visually impaired |
Veronika Aigner Guide: Eric Digruber | 2:18.63 | Chiara Mazzel Guide: Nicola Cotti Cottini | 2:21.19 | Elina Stary Guide: Stefan Winter | 2:25.30 |
| Sitting | Anna-Lena Forster | 2:30.64 | Momoka Muraoka | 2:31.92 | Liu Sitong | 2:34.79 | |
| Standing | Ebba Årsjö | 2:22.42 | Varvara Voronchikhina | 2:25.26 | Aurélie Richard | 2:27.04 | |
Day 7 — Friday 13 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's giant slalom |
Visually impaired |
Johannes Aigner Guide: Nico Haberl | 2:07.83 | Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli | 2:08.17 | Michał Gołaś Guide: Kacper Walas | 2:09.91 |
| Sitting | René De Silvestro | 2:10.44 | Niels de Langen | 2:11.01 | Jesper Pedersen | 2:14.59 | |
| Standing | Arthur Bauchet | 2:07.76 | Robin Cuche | 2:09.72 | Alexey Bugaev | 2:11.14 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's sprint pursuit |
Visually impaired |
Carina Edlingerová Guide: Alexandr Patava |
13:38.1 | Wang Yue Guide: Chen Guoming |
13:48.0 | Simona Bubeníčková Guide: David Srutek |
13:59.2 |
| Leonie Walter Guide: Christian Krasman | |||||||
| Sitting | Kendall Gretsch | 11:33.1 | Kim Yun-ji | 11:41.6 | Anja Wicker | 12:39.1 | |
| Standing | Natalie Wilkie | 12:18.0 | Iryna Buy | 12:35.7 | Oleksandra Kononova | 12:49.0 | |
| Men's sprint pursuit |
Visually impaired |
Yu Shuang Guide: Shang Jincai | 11:39.2 | Oleksandr Kazik Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi | 11:53.0 | Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn | 12:13.7 |
| Sitting | Yerbol Khamitov | 9:39.0 | Taras Rad | 10:00.5 | Liu Zixu | 10:11.5 | |
| Standing | Cai Jiayun | 10:33.4 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | 10:33.6 | Marco Maier | 11:08.5 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's banked slalom |
SB-LL2 | Kate Delson | 1:02.99 | Lisa Bunschoten | 1:03.53 | Brenna Huckaby | 1:03.98 |
| Men's banked slalom |
SB-UL | Jacopo Luchini | 56.28 | Wang Pengyao | 56.62 | Jiang Zihao | 57.03 |
| SB-LL1 | Noah Elliott | 58.94 | Daichi Oguri | 59.02 | Mike Schultz | 1:00.05 | |
| SB-LL2 | Emanuel Perathoner | 54.28 | Fabrice von Grünigen | 56.29 | Ben Tudhope | 57.33 | |
Day 8 — Saturday 14 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's slalom |
Visually impaired |
Veronika Aigner Guide: Lilly Sammer | 1:22.73 | Elina Stary Guide: Stefan Winter | 1:26.77 | Alexandra Rexová Guide: Sophia Polak | 1:31.97 |
| Sitting | Zhang Wenjing | 1:27.69 | Nette Kiviranta | 1:27.96 | Audrey Pascual | 1:28.04 | |
| Standing | Varvara Voronchikhina | 1:26.95 | Zhu Wenjing | 1:28.44 | Michaela Gosselin | 1:29.19 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mixed 4 × 2.5 kilometre relay |
Joshua Sweeney Oksana Masters Sydney Peterson Jake Adicoff Guide: Reid Goble | 23:24.2 | Pavlo Bal Taras Rad Oleksandra Kononova Liudmyla Liashenko | 23:36.7 | Mao Zhongwu Zheng Peng Huang Lingxin Wang Yue Guide: Chen Guoming | 23:56.5 |
| Open 4 × 2.5 kilometre relay |
Wang Tao Wang Chenyang Dang Hesong Guide: Lu Hongda Yu Shuang Guide: Shang Jincai | 21:54.4 | Sebastian Marburger Marco Maier Theo Bold Guide: Jakob Bold Linn Kazmaier Guide: Florian Baumann | 21:59.8 | Kjartan Haugen Vilde Nilsen Thomas Oxaal Guide: Geir Lervik | 22:28.6 |
Day 9 — Sunday 15 March
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's slalom |
Visually impaired |
Giacomo Bertagnolli Guide: Andrea Ravelli | 1:29.29 | Michał Gołaś Guide: Kacper Walas | 1:29.56 | Kalle Ericsson Guide: Sierra Smith | 1:31.26 |
| Sitting | Jeroen Kampschreur | 1:29.72 | Jesper Pedersen | 1:31.11 | Takeshi Suzuki | 1:31.30 | |
| Standing | Alexey Bugaev | 1:28.55 | Adam Hall | 1:31.38 | Robin Cuche | 1:31.73 | |
| Event | Class | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's 20 kilometre freestyle |
Visually impaired |
Anastasiia Bagiian Guide: Sergei Siniakin | 43:59.1 | Simona Bubeníčková Guide: David Srutek | 47:27.2 | Wang Yue Guide: Chen Guoming | 48:58.7 |
| Sitting | Kim Yun-ji | 58:23.3 | Anja Wicker | 59:17.4 | Oksana Masters | 59:34.5 | |
| Standing | Sydney Peterson | 47:25.8 | Vilde Nilsen | 48:39.7 | Oleksandra Kononova | 48:43.4 | |
| Men's 20 kilometre freestyle |
Visually impaired |
Jake Adicoff Guide: Peter Wolter | 42:17.4 | Oleksandr Kazik Guide: Serhii Kucheriavyi | 42:24.6 | Anthony Chalençon Guide: Florian Michelon | 43:21.9 |
| Sitting | Ivan Golubkov | 51:55.0 | Mao Zhongwu | 52:45.8 | Giuseppe Romele | 53:17.1 | |
| Standing | Wang Chenyang | 41:15.2 | Huang Lingxin | 42:28.4 | Liu Xiaobin | 43:01.9 | |
- Ceremonies
- The closing ceremony was held at the Cortina Olympic Ice Stadium.[6]
Notes
- Bronze medalist(s) determined on the previous day.