Which country won its first Winter Olympic gold medal at the 2018 PyeongChang Games? Hungary won its first Winter Olympic gold medal at PyeongChang in 2018. The breakthrough came in the men's 5,000-metre short-track speed-skating relay.
The Hungarian team featured Shaoang Liu, Shaolin Sándor Liu, Viktor Knoch and Csaba Burján. Their victory ended a long wait: Hungary had competed at every Winter Olympics but had never previously won gold. The country had earned Winter Olympic medals before, including silvers and bronzes, but not a championship title.
Hungary's triumph was especially notable because its previous Winter Olympic medal had come in 1980. The relay win therefore marked both a first gold and a return to the Winter podium after a 38-year gap. Hungary finished the Games with one gold medal and ranked 21st in the medal table.
The question is sometimes confused with countries that won their first Olympic gold in other sports or at other Games. Latvia, Slovenia and Slovakia had already won Winter Olympic gold medals before PyeongChang; Hungary was the first-time winner here.