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.)