2014 Winter Olympics

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XXII Olympic Winter Gemmes
Host ceetySochi, Roushie
Motto"Hot. Cool. Yours."[1]
(Roushie: Жаркие. Зимние. Твои.)
Naitions pairteecipatin88
Athletes pairteecipatin2,800+ (estimatit)
Events98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
Closin ceremony23 Februar
Offeecially appened biVladimir Putin
Athlete's OathRuslan Zakharov[2]
Judge's OathVyacheslav Vedenin
Coach's OathAnastasia Popkova [2]
Olympic TorchVladislav Tretiak
Irina Rodnina

The 2014 Winter Olympics, offeecially the XXII Olympic Winter Gemmes, or the 22nt Winter Olympics, was celebratit frae 7 tae 23 Februar 2014, in Sochi,[3] Roushie, wi some events held in the resort toun o Krasnaya Polyana. Ninety-aicht events in fifteen winter sports were held. Baith the Olympic an Paralympic Gemmes are bein organized bi the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOC).

Events[eedit | eedit soorce]

Medal table[eedit | eedit soorce]

Key

  *   Host naition (Roushie)

Rank NOC Gowd Siller Bronze Tot
1  Norawa (NOR) 11 7 11 29
2  Canadae (CAN) 10 10 5 25
3  United States (USA) 9 12 9 30
4  Roushie (RUS)* 9 3 8 20
5  Netherlands (NED) 8 7 9 24
6  Germany (GER) 8 6 6 20
7  Swisserland (SUI) 6 3 2 11
8  Belaroushie (BLR) 5 0 2 7
9  Austrick (AUT) 4 8 5 17
10  Fraunce (FRA) 4 5 6 15
11  Poland (POL) 4 1 1 6
12  Cheenae (CHN) 3 4 2 9
13  Sooth Korea (KOR) 3 3 2 8
14  Swaden (SWE) 2 8 5 15
15  Czech Republic (CZE) 2 4 3 9
16  Slovenie (SLO) 2 2 4 8
17  Japan (JPN) 1 4 3 8
18  Finland (FIN) 1 3 1 5
19  Great Breetain (GBR) 1 1 2 4
20  Ukraine (UKR) 1 1 0 2
21  Slovakie (SVK) 1 0 0 1
22  Italy (ITA) 0 3 7 10
23  Latvie (LAT) 1 1 3 5
24  Australie (AUS) 0 2 1 3
25  Croatie (CRO) 0 1 0 1
26  Kazakhstan (KAZ) 0 0 1 1
Total (26 NOCs) 99 97 99 295

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. "Sochi 2014 Reveals its Slogan". Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games Organizing Committee. 25 September 2012. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2012. Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. a b "News". sochi2014.com. Archived frae the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 10 Februar 2014. Archived 2018-12-24 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Pinsent, Matthew (15 October 2011). "Sochi 2014: A look at Russia's Olympic city". BBC News. Retrieved 15 October 2011.