--- description: Women are the driving force behind the U.S. team's wins in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Out of 21 U.S. medals, women have won 12. title: Team USA's Women Are Beating the Men in the Olympics Medals Count image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc096627196273b87/698928bc86f68e77ec6e866b/team-usa-women-olympics-medals.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [2018 Pyeongchang Olympics](/tag/2018-pyeongchang-olympics/) ## 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Team USA's Women Are Beating the Men in the Olympics Medals Count by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 23, 2018 5:12 PM CUT  The US gold medal team holds the US flag after the medal ceremony after the women's ice hockey event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung on February 22, 2018. The US gold medal team holds the US flag after the medal ceremony after the women's ice hockey event during the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at the Gangneung Hockey Centre in Gangneung on February 22, 2018.JUNG YEON-JE—AFP/Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Feb 23, 2018 5:12 PM CUT American women have shined at the [2018 Winter Olympics](http://time.com/5168284/2018-winter-olympics-what-to-watch/ "undefined"), becoming the driving force behind the U.S. Olympic team’s wins in PyeongChang, South Korea. Of the 21 medals Team USA has won thus far at the Winter Olympics, 12 of them belong to women — not including the two medals won by duos and teams of men and women. Women have won five of the eight gold medals won by the U.S., including a victory for the [U.S. women’s hockey](http://time.com/money/5170726/usa-olympics-womens-hockey-boycott-gold/ "undefined") team on Thursday. The last time U.S. women outperformed their male teammates was at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where they won eight of 13 medals in total, including the [first-ever gold medal for women’s hockey](http://time.com/5102935/womens-ice-hockey-usa-canada-olympics/ "undefined"). In the 2018 Olympics, women have excelled at snowboarding, downhill and cross-country skiing, hockey and bobsleigh. Along with five gold medals, the women are taking home three of Team USA’s seven silver medals and four of its six bronze medals. U.S. men have won nine medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in total, including three gold, four silver and two bronze. Team USA has performed worse than expected overall at the Olympics, according to a leaked report cited by the Associated Press. The U.S. Olympic Committee had projected the [team to win 37 medals](http://time.com/5172495/team-usa-olympic-medals-expectations/ "undefined") at the Olympics. With 21 medals and only a few days to go before the Games end, Team USA has fallen a little short of that expectation. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5172622/winter-olympics-american-women-medals/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5172622/winter-olympics-american-women-medals/"},"headline":"Team USA's Women Are Beating the Men in the Olympics Medals Count","datePublished":"2018-02-23T17:12:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T19:25:03.163Z","description":"Women have won 12 of 21 U.S. medals","url":"https://time.com/5172622/winter-olympics-american-women-medals/","keywords":["2018 Pyeongchang Olympics","Winter Olympics","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc096627196273b87/698928bc86f68e77ec6e866b/team-usa-women-olympics-medals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Mahita Gajanan","jobTitle":"Gajanan is an editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc096627196273b87/698928bc86f68e77ec6e866b/team-usa-women-olympics-medals.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Team USA Women Olympics Medals","caption":"Team USA Women Olympics Medals","creditText":"JUNG YEON-JE—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2018-pyeongchang-olympics/","name":"2018 Pyeongchang Olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5172622/winter-olympics-american-women-medals/","name":"Team USA's Women Are Beating the Men in the Olympics Medals Count"}}]}] ```