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Win Two Gold Medals
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Gold medals awarded at the Olympics can only be won at the Olympics. But, there are different competitions throughout the years leading up to the Olympics where medals are awarded as well. That's how someone can have more career gold medals than Olympic gold medals.
The US won 3 gold medals in the Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan in 1972. They won 6 gold medals in the Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan in 1998.
6 GOLD 3 SILVER 4 BRONZE 13 TOTAL
German (Nazi) won the most medals.
There have been two winter Olympic games held in Japan. In the winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998, US women won four (4) gold medals. Three (3) individual gold medals and a team gold for the ice hockey. The total of gold medals won by Americans was six. US men won two (2). See the Related Link for "US medals at Nagano 1998" more more on the answer.
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In the winter Olympics in Nagano in 1998, US women won four (4) gold medals. Three (3) individual gold medals and a team gold for the ice hockey.
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