OMEGA Celebrates the Highlights Of Milano Cortina 2026

For the 32nd time since 1932, OMEGA was on hand to measure every moment, which included 116 events across 8 different sports. Backed by 94 years of experience, and with the most advanced equipment in sports timekeeping, the Swiss brand had everything required to fulfil the task, including 300 timekeepers, along with 130 tonnes of equipment. 

In terms of technology, OMEGA was equipped with an arsenal of advanced equipment, including iconic technology such as its electronic starting pistol, starting gates, photoelectric cells, and for the first time at the Olympic Winter Games, the Scan’O’Vision ULTIMATE photofinish camera, which can capture 40,000 images per second on the finish line of races. Furthermore, the brand’s Motion Sensor and Positioning Systems using Computer Vision and AI, brought greater insight into sports such as Figure Skating and Big Air, offering revolutionary outputs including stroboscopic replays and augmented data graphics which were used for visual storytelling by media companies across the world. 

Over the course of two action-packed weeks, the OMEGA timekeeping team measured over 1,200,000 results such as times, scores, ranks, distances and statistics. A huge operation, carried out across the venues of northern Italy. 

Some performances made a particularly notable impression. 7 new Olympic Records were set during Milano Cortina 2026, as well as 1 World Record. 

Some of the key highlights from OMEGA’s own sporting ambassadors included: 

- Jordan Stolz of the USA, who won two Speed Skating gold medals in the Men’s 1000m and 500m events, setting two new Olympic Records in the process. This was followed by a silver medal in the 1500m event. 

- Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron, who won a Figure Skating gold medal for France. The pair came top of the Ice Dance event, achieving the highest scores in both their Rhythm Dance and Free Dance performances. 

- Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands, who won gold in the Women’s 1000m Speed Skating event with a new Olympic Record, and a silver medal in the 500m. 

- Mathilde Gremaud of Switzerland, who won the second gold medal of her Olympic Winter Games career with a Freestyle Skiing victory in the Women's Freeski Slopestyle event. 

OMEGA is currently on course to complete 100 years as Official Timekeeper of the Olympic Games in 2032, when the event will be held in Brisbane, Australia. Until then, Los Angeles 2028, and French Alps 2030 are already on the horizon. 

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