22 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES
Start:
06 Feb 2014
End:
23 Feb 2014
Countries:
88
Athletes:
2873
Sports:
15
Events:
98
City:
Sochi, Russia
SOCHI 2014 - Bid History
- Seven cities - Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; Jaca, Spain; Almaty, Kazakhstan; PyeongChang, Korea; Sofia, Bulgaria and Borjomi, Georgia - initially submitted applications to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games, but only three of the seven cities were confirmed as candidate cities.
- In July 2007, at the 119th IOC session in Guatemala City, Sochi, Russia was elected in the second round with 51 votes, compared to PyeongChang's, Korea 47 votes.
22 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 - Interesting Facts
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin officially opened the 22 Winter Olympic games in 2014.
- Victor AN, who won 3 gold and one bronze for Korea in the short track in Turin in 2006, repeated his success as a citizen of Russia.
- Three gold won Norwegian female skier Marit BJORGEN again and female biathlete from Belarus Darya DOMRACHEVA.
- Famous Norwegian biathlon athlete Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN won 2 gold at his 6th Olympics.
Winter Olympics 2014 - Medal Table
SOCHI 2014 - Top Medalists
RUS
3
0
1
BLR
3
0
0
NOR
3
0
0
NED
2
3
0
FRA
2
1
0
NED
2
1
0