Liechtenstein at the Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Liechtenstein at the
Olympics
IOC codeLIE
NOCLiechtenstein Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.li (in German and English)
Medals
Ranked 92nd
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Liechtenstein first participated in the Olympic Games in 1936, and has sent athletes to compete in most Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games since then. The Liechtenstein Olympic Committee was created in 1935.

Liechtenstein is the smallest country in the world by population and the second smallest by area (after Bermuda, but smallest sovereign state) to have won an Olympic gold medal, although San Marino is the smallest country to have won any medal.[1] Athletes from Liechtenstein have won a total of ten medals, all in alpine skiing. It is the only country to have won medals at the Winter, but not Summer Olympic Games. Liechtenstein has the most medals per capita of any country, with nearly one medal for every 3,600 inhabitants.[2] Seven of its ten medals have been won by members of the same family: siblings Hanni and Andreas Wenzel, and Hanni's daughter Tina Weirather.[3] Further, the brothers Willi and Paul Frommelt have won two of the other three; only Ursula Konzett has medaled for her country without being related to Wenzels or Frommelts.

Xaver Frick, a founding member of the country's national olympic committee, is the only Liechtenstein athlete to have competed in both the summer and winter Olympic games.[4]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1936 Berlin 6 0 0 0 0 –
1948 London 2 0 0 0 0 –
1952 Helsinki 2 0 0 0 0 –
1956 Melbourne did not participate
1960 Rome 5 0 0 0 0 –
1964 Tokyo 2 0 0 0 0 –
1968 Mexico City 2 0 0 0 0 –
1972 Munich 6 0 0 0 0 –
1976 Montreal 6 0 0 0 0 –
1980 Moscow did not participate
1984 Los Angeles 7 0 0 0 0 –
1988 Seoul 12 0 0 0 0 –
1992 Barcelona 7 0 0 0 0 –
1996 Atlanta 2 0 0 0 0 –
2000 Sydney 2 0 0 0 0 –
2004 Athens 1 0 0 0 0 –
2008 Beijing 2 0 0 0 0 –
2012 London 3 0 0 0 0 –
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 0 0 0 0 –
2020 Tokyo 5 0 0 0 0 –
2024 Paris future event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Winter Games

Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen 4 0 0 0 0 –
1948 St. Moritz 10 0 0 0 0 –
1952 Oslo did not participate
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo 8 0 0 0 0 –
1960 Squaw Valley 3 0 0 0 0 –
1964 Innsbruck 6 0 0 0 0 –
1968 Grenoble 9 0 0 0 0 –
1972 Sapporo 4 0 0 0 0 –
1976 Innsbruck 9 0 0 2 2 14
1980 Lake Placid 7 2 2 0 4 6
1984 Sarajevo 10 0 0 2 2 16
1988 Calgary 13 0 0 1 1 16
1992 Albertville 7 0 0 0 0 –
1994 Lillehammer 10 0 0 0 0 –
1998 Nagano 8 0 0 0 0 –
2002 Salt Lake City 8 0 0 0 0 –
2006 Turin 5 0 0 0 0 –
2010 Vancouver 7 0 0 0 0 –
2014 Sochi 4 0 0 0 0 –
2018 Pyeongchang 3 0 0 1 1 28
2022 Beijing 2 0 0 0 0 -
2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total 2 2 6 10 34


Medals by winter sport

SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Alpine skiing22610
Totals (1 entries)22610

List of medalists

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Willi Frommelt 1976 Innsbruck Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Bronze Hanni Wenzel 1976 Innsbruck Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Gold Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom
 Gold Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Silver Hanni Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Women's downhill
 Silver Andreas Wenzel 1980 Lake Placid Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
 Bronze Andreas Wenzel 1984 Sarajevo Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom
 Bronze Ursula Konzett 1984 Sarajevo Alpine skiing Women's slalom
 Bronze Paul Frommelt 1988 Calgary Alpine skiing Men's slalom
 Bronze Tina Weirather 2018 Pyeongchang Alpine skiing Women's super-G

See also

References

  1. ^ "Tokyo Olympics digest: Sunisa Lee takes gold in women's all-around | DW | 29.07.2021".
  2. ^ Manning, Nevill (16 February 2018). "Medals per Capita". medalspercapita.com. Retrieved 17 February 2018.
  3. ^ Dunbar, Graham (23 December 2013). "Liechtenstein skier Tina Weirather follows in her family's rich Olympic tradition". Courier Islander. Campbell River, British Columbia. Associated Press. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Xaver Frick". Principality of Liechtenstein. Archived from the original on 2009-06-06. Retrieved 2009-07-11.

External links

  • "Liechtenstein". International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2021.
  • "Liechtenstein". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/LIE". olympanalyt.com.
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