How New Zealand fared at the Winter Olympics

Zoi Sadowski-Synnott celebrates landing a trick during her bronze medal performance at the Winter Olympics. Photo / Ap

PyeongChang 2018 will do down as New Zealand's greatest Winter Olympics.

It was the first time the nation has claimed multiple medals at the event and ended a 26 year medal drought.

New Zealand finished 26th on the medal table, tied with Spain.

Along with the two bronze medals, the New Zealand team also had three fourth placings and a fifth. That's an impressive six top-five finishes, four more than in Sochi at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Eight years ago in Vancouver not one Kiwi finished in the top 10 in an event.

Even better news is that the two New Zealand medalists in South Korea are 16-year-olds, which means they should be around for a few more Olympiads. David Wise won the gold medal in the men's Halfpipe final and is nine years older than Nico Porteous. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott also finished behind a 27-year-old, proving the sport doesn't just favour the younger athletes.

How New Zealand fared at the Winter Olympics

The medals
Bronze - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott Snowboard Women's Big Air Final
Bronze - Nico Porteous Freeski Men's Halfpipe Final

Oh so close
4th - Peter Michael - Speed skating 5000m final
4th - Shane Dobbin, Reyon Kay and Peter Michael - Team Pursuit speed skating
4th - Beau-James Wells - Freeski Men's Halfpipe Final
5th - Carlos Garcia Knight - Snowboard Men's Slopestyle Final

Top 20
11th - Carlos Garcia Knight - Snowboard Men's Big Air Final
12th - Bryon Wells - Freeski Men's Halfpipe Final
13th - Zoi Sadowski-Synnott - Snowboard Women's Slopestyle final
13th - Finn Bilous - Freeski Men's Slopestyle
14th - Peter Michael - Speed Skating Men's 1500m Final
14th - Rhys Thornbury - Men's Skeleton Final
15th - Peter Michael Speed - Skating Men's Mass Start final
16th - Janina Kuzma - Freeski Women's Halfpipe Qualification - DNQ for final
17th - Miguel Porteous - Freeski Men's Halfpipe Final - DNQ for final

The rest
21st - Britt Hawes - Freeski Women's Halfpipe Qualification - DNQ for final
24th - Reyon Kay - Speed Skating Men's Mass Start - 12th in semifinal
25th - Jamie Prebble - Freeski Men's Ski Cross Seeding Run - 3rd in 1/8th final
25th - Jackson Wells - Freeski Men's Slopestyle
26th - Reyon Kay - Speed Skating Men's 1500m Final
26th - Rakai Tait - Snowboard Men's Halfpipe Qualification - DNQ for final
34th - Adam Barwood - Men's Giant Slalom
35th - Alice Robinson - Women's Giant Slalom Run 1 & 2
36th - Willis Feasey - Men's Giant Slalom
37th - Duncan Campbell - Men's Snowboard Cross Final (5th in 1/8 Elimination Final)
37th - Willis Feasey - Men's Super-G
43rd - Adam Barwood - Men's Super-G
DNF - Alice Robinson - Women's Slalom