In February 2026, not only the sports world looks to Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo. The Olympic Winter Games are coming up. In which disciplines is the medals wrestled, when do the individual competitions take place, who will broadcast Olympics on TV? sport.de has put together all information.
It is the 25th Olympic Winter Games that will be opened in Italy on February 6, 2026. Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo prevailed against the Swedish competition from Stockholm and Are and thus ensure the third Olympics in Italy to Cortina d’Ampezzo 1956 and Turin 2006.
Olympic Winter Games 2026: Where are the competitions held?
The venues are divided into a total of four clusters. In addition to the two venues, this are the Veltlin cluster and the Fleim valley cluster. In addition, there is Verona, where only the final party should take place.
An ice hockey arena is being rebuilt in Milan, in Cortina a new train for bob, tobogganing and skeleton is to be created in Cortina. All other competition venues already exist.
- Milan Cluster: Giuseppe-Mazza Stadium (opening ceremony), Forum di Milano (figure skating and short track), Palaltalia (new building-ice hockey) and the exhibition center (ice hockey and ice skating)
- Cortina-d’Ampezzo cluster: Olimpia della Tofane (Alpin -Ski Women), Olympic ice stadium Cortina (curling), South Tyrol Arena Antholz (biathlon), Cortina Sliding Center (new building – bob, tobogganing and Skeleton)
- Veltlin cluster: Pista Stelvio in Bormio (Alpin-Ski men and ski mountain climbing), Mottolino/Sitas and Taem by/Carosello 3000 (snowboard, ski freestyle)
- Fleim valley cluster: Trampolino dal Ben (ski jumping and Nordic combination), Lago di Tesero (cross -country skiing and Nordic combination)
In which disciplines do the athletes compete?
In the 25th edition of Winter Olympics, competitions are set in 16 disciplines. There should be a total of 116 competitions (54 for men, 50 for women, 12 mixed competitions). Ski mountaineering is there for the first time.
- Biathlon: 11 decisions (divided into 5x men, 5x women and 1x mixed)
- Bob: 4 decisions (divided into 2x men and 2x women)
- Curling: 3 decisions (divided into 1x men, 1x women and 1x mixed)
- Ice hockey: 2 decisions (divided into 1x men and 1x women)
- Figure skating: 5 decisions (divided into 1x men, 1x women and 3x mixed)
- Feature of ice: 14 decisions (divided into 7x men and 7x women)
- Nordic combination: 3 decisions (3x men)
- Racing tobogganing: 5 decisions (divided into 2x men, 2x women and 1x mixed)
- Shorttrack: 9 decisions (divided into 4x men, 4x women and 1x mixed)
- Skeleton: 3 decisions (divided into 1x men, 1x women and 1x mixed)
- Ski Alpin: 10 decisions (divided into 5x men and 5x women)
- Ski freestyle: 15 decisions (divided into 7x men, 7x women and 1x mixed)
- Ski cross -country skiing: 12 decisions (divided into 6x men and 6x women)
- Ski mountaineering: 3 decisions (divided into 1x men, 1x women and 1x mixed)
- Ski jumping: 6 decisions (divided into 3x men, 2x women and 1x mixed)
- Snowboard: 11 decisions (divided into 5x men, 5x women and 1x mixed)
When will the medals be awarded?
The first games in the curling start two days before the opening ceremony. Most decisions are made on the penultimate day – there are a whole ten times about gold. On the day of the final party, i.e. February 22nd, there are four decisions before, including those about the men’s ice hockey crown.
Who broadcasts the competitions on TV and stream?
At the beginning of 2023, the IOC announced that the rights packages for the 2026 Winter Olympics were again awarded to the European Radio Union (EBU) and Warner Bros. Discovery.
As part of the EBU, both ARD as well as ZDF Translated the games on a linear TV as well as on their online platforms. Both belongs to Warner Bros. Discovery Eurosport In free TV as well as the PayTV offers Eurosport2 and Discovery+.
The ARD has already announced that it wanted to report on the TV Olympic Games on TV for at least 100 hours.