10 Countries That Have Never Won a Winter Olympics Medal

Including a country with the word 'ice' in it

By Jenn Gidman, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 15, 2018 7:11 AM CST

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10 Countries That Have Never Won a Winter Olympics Medal — Ayana?Zholdas of Kazakhstan crashes during the women's aerials qualifying run at Phoenix Snow Park at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

When you think "Winter Olympics," a country with the word "ice" as part of its name would seem to be a shoo-in for the event's medal podium. Yet Iceland, which has been competing in the winter version of the Games since 1948, has yet to take home a bronze, silver, or gold, per NPR. The site digs through stats on the Sports Reference site to see which other countries have come up short in the cold-weather competition over the years. Here, 10 nations that have been disappointed, as well as the year they started competing:

Iceland (1948)
Lithuania (1928)
Mexico (1928)
Morocco (1968)
Turkey (1936)

Greece (1936)
India (1924)
Iran (1956)
Mongolia (1964)
Chile (1948)

See how all other nations fared here. (Weather is affecting the Winter Games this time around.)