Haiti at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The Haitian Olympic Committee (French: Comité olympique haïtien) was initially established in 1914, and recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1924. However, a new committee was established later which was recognized by the IOC in 1956.^[1][2] Haiti was represented in the first Olympics in 1900 by two athletes, while it next appeared at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Though it has been competing in the Summer Olympics since then, it did not make its Winter Olympics debut until the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. The 2026 Winter Olympics was the nation's second appearance at the Winter Olympics.^[2][3]

The 2026 Winter Olympics were held in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, between 6 and 22 February 2026.^[4] Cross-country skier Stevenson Savart was named as the Haitian flagbearer during the opening ceremony,^[5][6][7] while alpine skier Richardson Viano served as the flagbearer during the closing ceremony.^[8][9][10] Haiti did not win a medal at the Games.^[11]

The team introduced a new uniform designed by Italian-Haitian designer Stella Jean based on a painting by Haitian artist Edouard Duval-Carrié. While the original design included a red horse featuring Toussaint Louverture, the IOC mandated the removal of Louverture’s portrait.^[12]

The Haitian team consisted of two male athletes competing in two sports.^[11][12]

The basic qualification mark for the slalom and giant slalom events stipulated an average of less than 120 points in the points list published by the International Ski Federation (FIS) that took into account results from 1 July 2024 to 18 January 2026. The quotas were allocated further based on athletes satisfying other criteria with a maximum of 22 athletes (11 male and 11 female athletes) from a single participating NOC.^[13]

Haiti qualified one male alpine skier for the men's giant slalom and slalom through the basic quota.^[14] Richardson Viano represented the country in the sport, competing in both the events.^[11] Viano was the first Winter Olympic participant from Haiti, having previously competed for Haiti at its debut in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where he finished 34th in the men's slalom and did not finish the men's giant slalom.^[12][15][16]

The alpine skiing events were held at the Stelvio Ski Centre, Bormio in the Province of Sondrio. In the giant slalom event, Viano completed his first run in 1:24.55, ranking 47th among the competitors. He also ranked 47th in his second run with a time of 1:18.28, finishing 44th overall out of the 80 participants with a combined time of 2:42.83.^[17] In the slalom event, Viano posted a first-run time of 1:04.31 to rank 29th, then followed with a second run of 1:03.49 (30th), finishing 29th overall with a combined time of 2:07.80.^[18]

Men

As per the International Ski Federation (FIS), an athlete with less than 150 distance points on the list published on 19 January 2026, was eligible to qualify for the distance and/or sprint events. If the initial standard was not met, and quotas are still available, an athlete with less than 350 distance points was eligible to enter the respective distance or sprint events. A maximum of 16 athletes per nation was allowed to compete with a maximum of eight per gender.^[19]

Haiti qualified one male cross-country skier through the basic quota.^[20] Stevenson Savart, Haiti's first Olympic cross-country skier, represented the country in the sport.^[21] Savart competed in four events: the men's 10 km freestyle, the men's skiathlon, the men's 50 km classical, and the men's sprint.^[11]

In the men's 10km freestyle held on 13 February at Lago di Tésero Cross Country Stadium, Tesero in Province of Trentino, Savart was ranked 79th out of the 113 participants.^[22] In the skiathlon, he completed the classical portion in 27:29.7 (65th) and the freestyle portion in 28:44.8 (64th), for a combined time of 56:52.8 and an overall rank of 64th.^[23] He did not finish the 50 km classical event.^[11] In the sprint race, he recorded a qualification time of 3:40.92 to be ranked 82nd out of the 94 participants and did not advance to the quarterfinals.^[24]

Distance

Sprint

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