SOCHI 2014 FACTS & FIGURES UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2015 The Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 delivered many inspirational athletic performances, as well as laying the basis for a long lasting legacy for the city and country. Sochi 2014 Olympic logo. Action everywhere, from the Black Sea coast to the Krasnaya Polyana mountains. The most-dominant showing by a single country in one sport at any Winter Games took place in speed skating at Sochi as the Dutch team shattered the Olympic record by winning 23 of the 36 medals that were awarded in the sport. Ring in the new year with a Britannica Membership, https://www.britannica.com/event/Sochi-2014-Olympic-Winter-Games, Official Site of the Olympic Movement - Sochi 2014. For the first time, there was no image or drawn elements but rather a typographical exercise, featuring the novel inclusion of the internet address on the first line of text. Media Centre The BBC promises "the most complete digital coverage of a Winter Olympic Games to date". Seven cities, namely Sochi (Russian Federation), Salzburg (Austria), Jaca (Spain), Almaty (Kazakhstan), PyeongChang (Republic of Korea), Sofia (Bulgaria) and Borjomi (Georgia) - in the order of drawing of lots - initially submitted applications to host the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. - Vol. With Bree Schaaf, Maria Höfl-Riesch, Julia Mancuso, Simon Ammann. A record 98 events in 7 sports. Sports venues are set up in two different areas of the city. We believe sochi2014.ru can become an international symbol of a sporting, social, economic and environmental legacy that lasts for generations.”. There was more social media activity than ever, with more than 2.2 million new followers on all platforms, and a total 7.7 million Facebook fans. There was also a sub-media centre in the mountain cluster. “To prove our commitment to innovation, the Sochi 2014 emblem is clearly digital”, explained Dmitry Chernyshenko, President of the Organising Committee for the XXII Olympic Winter Games. Medals were won by athletes from 26 National Olympic Committees. For the first time in figure skating, the 100-point barrier was broken in a short programme, by Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu (101.45), who went on to win the gold medal. It began at 20:14 MSK (UTC+4) and finished at 23:02 MSK (UTC+4). Our editors will review what you’ve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, is the 22nd Games of the Winter Olympics.It is an international winter sports event that was held from February 7 to February 23, 2014. In addition, there were numerous security threats in the buildup to the Games, as well as political unrest in nearby Ukraine, and the June 2013 passage of an antihomosexuality bill in the Russian parliament raised the possibility of protests derailing the Olympics. Russia finished the Games with the most gold medals (13) and the most overall medals (33). Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Sochi, Russia, that took place February 7–23, 2014. Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen, winner of the sprint 10km and the new Olympic event, mixed relay, brought his medal count to 13, after starting at the Nagano Games in 1998 (8 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze). A new Olympic record was established when Great Britain … The country had previously been home to the Olympics when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Games. Feb. 10, 2014 Julia Mancuso of the U.S. in action during the downhill portion of the super combined ski event, which also includes a slalom run, during day 3 of the Sochi 2014 Winter … These medals have several peculiarities. The official poster captures the essence of the Games in Sochi. Norway and Sweden controlled the cross-country events, as the two countries each took 11 medals, with Marit Bjørgen of Norway winning three gold medals to bring her career Olympic gold total to six, the most all-time for a female Winter Olympian. Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal during the women's skeleton at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Ireen Wüst was a member of the Netherlands speed skating team which won 23 medals, achieved four top-three clean sweeps and was present on every one of the 12 podiums, men’s and women’s alike. The new Olympic Channel brings you news, highlights, exclusive behind the scenes, live events and original programming, 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Where will the Winter Olympics take place? The 2014 Winter Olympics (XXII Olympic Winter Games) is a major international multi-sport event scheduled to be held in Sochi, Russia from February 7th to February 23rd, 2014. The 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, have commenced, with the buzz, atmosphere and sense of anticipation palpable along the coastline of the Black Sea. In Alpine skiing, gold medals were won by the youngest-ever Olympic champion in the history of the discipline, American Mikaela Shiffrin, 18 years and 345 days old, and the oldest, Austria’s Mario Matt, aged 34 and 10 months. The 2014 Olympic Winter Games were the first time that the Russian Federation hosts the Winter Games; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. The Official Report published by the Organising Committee for the Olympic Games Sochi 2014 is composed of a box set containing a commemorative book (published in English and Russian) as well as four CD-ROMs, dealing with various aspects related to the organisation and running of the Games: Vol. The overall individual Winter medal record was also set at Sochi, when Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen captured gold medals in the 10-km sprint and mixed team relay events to bring his career Olympic total to 13 medals. To improve the performance of our website, show the most relevant news products and targeted advertising, we collect technical impersonal information about you, including through the tools of our partners. Huge renovations have taken place for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Ten nations competed in the round robin preliminary round, and the top four nations at the conclusion of the round robin qualified for the medal round. Sochi was awash in controversy in the months leading up to…, Ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, and in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the adoption of the post-Soviet constitution, some 25,000 people were freed from Russian prisons in December 2013. The last word, “Yours”, shows that the Games belong to the athletes and the public, and that everyone can get involved in making them a success. Netherlands-Wikipedia Six countries participated for the first time in the Olympic Winter Games – Malta, Paraguay, Timor Leste, Togo, Tonga and Zimbabwe. By signing up for this email, you are agreeing to news, offers, and information from Encyclopaedia Britannica. Sochi was elected on 4 July 2007 by the members of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) at the 119th Session in Guatemala City. The 2014 Winter Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, will take place in Trondheim, Norway, from February 7 to 23, 2014. More than 2,500 doping tests were performed, in the largest detection campaign in the history of the Olympic Winter Games. - Vol. The Sochi Games marked the first time that the Winter Olympics were held in Russia. Some 1,300 medals were produced for the 2014 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games in Sochi. The country had previously been home to the Olympics... Get a Britannica Premium subscription and gain access to exclusive content. Like Marit Bjørgen, Belarusian biathlete Darya Domracheva and Russian short-track speed skater Victor An won three gold medals at the XXII Olympic Winter Games. He thus overtook his compatriot, Bjørn Daehlie, to become the Olympic Winter Games athlete with the most medals. This Doodle's Reach. Visions of Sochi – From left, American skiers Gus Kenworthy, Joss Christensen and Nicholas Goepper celebrate after the men's slopestyle competition on February 13. Russian luger Albert Demchenko and Japanese ski jumping champion Noriaki Kasai, both in their forties, were competing in their seventh edition of the Games, both winning two medals in Sochi. Français : Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 2014… Twelve new events were contested: team figure skating, luge relay, biathlon mixed relay, women’s ski jumping, snowboard and ski slopestyle (men and women), ski half-pipe (men and women) and snowboard parallel slalom (men and women). The mountain concept was again a very compact one with only an average distance of 4km between the mountain sub-village and the venues. Kasai also equalled the record for the longest interval between two (silver) medals: 20 years! The Games were organised in two clusters: a coastal cluster for ice events in Sochi, and a mountain cluster located in the Krasnaya Polyana Mountains. The Canadian men’s and women’s ice hockey teams each captured a gold medal. Complete coverage of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The Sochi Games were the 22nd occurrence of the Olympic Winter Games. The Sochi Olympic Park was built along the Black Sea coast in the Imeretinskaya Valley, where all the ice venues such as the Bolshoi Ice Palace, the Maly Ice Palace, the Olympic Oval, the Sochi Olympic Skating Centre, the Olympic Curling Centre, the Central Stadium, the Main Olympic Village and the International Broadcast Centre and Main Press Centre, had been built anew for the 2014 Games. The last CD also contains the list of Olympic and Paralympic medallists (bilingual – English and Russian). February 7, 2014. The emblem of the XXII Olympic Winter Games occupies the whole of the centre, with its unusual feature: the presence of the internet address, a symbol of modernity, innovation and dynamism. Dancers perform in Natasha Rostova's First Ball. Superb competition venues for spectacular events, historic performances and numerous records – the XXII Olympic Winter Games kept all their promises. Vladislav Tretiak carries the Olympic torch, Victor An of Russia leads the pack on the way to winning the gold medal during the Men's 1000 m Final Short Track Speed Skating, Women make a name for themselves in Sochi, Golden oldies: A tribute to the 'veterans' who have made their mark on Sochi 2014, A day in the life of the Sochi 2014 Olympic medals, Sochi 2014 volunteers helping to create “special atmosphere”. But really, the 2014 Winter Olympics went off without a dang hitch. Find out more on Sputnik International. Read news and view videos, pictures and more from the Sochi winter games. Sotchi / RUS: Iceberg Skating Palace : 07.02.2014 - 23.02.2014 : Category Segment Reports; Men: Entries : Result : Short Program This made it one of the most compact Games ever, with around 30 minutes travel time from the coastal to mountain cluster. Julia Volkova and Lena Katina of t.A.T.u perform during the Opening Ceremony. Contributor I January 12, 2014 Comments. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. The latest results and highlights, including snowboard halfpipe, hockey and downhill skiing, from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Cool. Japan’s Ayumu Hirano, 15 years and 73 days old, became the youngest ever medallist on the snow in the history of the Games, when he won the silver medal in the snowboard half-pipe competition. The women's curling tournament of the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia on 10–20 February 2014. The torch was lit after a dazzling display of performance and fireworks. Our emblem challenges people to look beyond what they expect from our country. The Olympic medals weigh between 460 and 531 grams depending on which metal is used – gold, silver or bronze. Another biathlete, Darya Domracheva of Belarus, made headlines for winning the first Winter Olympic gold medals for a female athlete in her country’s history and also becoming the first female biathlete to win three golds in a single Olympiad. Omissions? The logo for the 2014 Winter Olympics, held in Sochi, Russia, has been unveiled, becoming the first Olympic emblem to feature a web address — Sochi2014.ru — as organisers target the digital generation. The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics took place at the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia, on 7 February 2014. “Cool” is a reference to the Winter Games and the traditional image of Russia as having a cold climate. Share this page: By Olga Ponomarenko and Alexander Plekhanov. This was the first Winter Olympics and first Olympic Games opening ceremony under the IOC presidency of Thomas Bach. The Opening Ceremony kicked off the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia today. A mechanical failure during the opening ceremonies prevented one of the rings in a light display of the Olympic logo from deploying, which was seen as foreboding by many media members, but the Sochi Olympics nevertheless progressed as smoothly as any other contemporary Winter Games. The Dutch speed skaters' performance at the 2014 Winter Olympics, where they won 8 out of 12 events, 23 out of 36 medals, including 4 clean sweeps, is the most dominant performance in a single sport in Olympic history. Finally the official title of the Games “XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES”. Javascript must be enabled for the correct page display. The Sochi Olympics final medal rankings are provided in the table. At the top is the slogan, “Hot. For example, the Olympic rings are reproduced on the obverse, while the name of the event in English and the emblem of the Sochi Games are engraved on the reverse. Sochi was elected in the second round with 51 votes, compared to PyeongChang’s 47. The Park ensured a very compact concept with an average distance of 6km between the Olympic Village and the other coastal venues. Corrections? The most-decorated athlete of the 2014 Olympics was Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, who tallied five total medals (two golds and three silvers). Number of torchbearers: 14,000 There are three mascots in a nod to the three places on the Olympic podium. Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics CNN brings you daily coverage of the Winter Games, with in-depth analysis and behind-the scenes shots from our dedicated teams on the ground in Sochi. 3: Preparation of the Olympic Games (English and French versions) and Paralympic Games (English version only).- Vol. The 2014 Games will be hosted by Sochi, Russia, a resort city that sits on the Black Sea. The athletes participated in the most events in Winter Games history—98, which included 12 new events, notably women’s ski jumping and slopestyle (a combination of downhill racing and the tricks of freestyle) disciplines of skiing and snowboarding for both men and women. Bronze medalist Alex Deibold of the United States celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Men's Snowboard Cross during the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Medals Plaza on Feb. 18, 2014 … 1: Presentation of Sochi’s candidature. Be on the lookout for your Britannica newsletter to get trusted stories delivered right to your inbox. Sochi Winter Olympics 2014; Economic impact of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. is written in Russian, English and French on the edge. The 2014 Winter Paralympics, a similar competitive event for athletes with physical disabilities, will begin on March 7th and continue to March 16, 2014. The Sochi Olympics featured approximately 2,800 athletes from 88 National Olympic Committees (NOCs), which was a record for the most participating NOCs in the Winter Olympics. Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen won three more gold medals in Sochi (skiathlon, team sprint and 30km freestyle), making a total of six since her first title in Vancouver in 2010, as well as a total of 10 medals won since the Games in Salt Lake City in 2002, becoming one of the Olympic Winter Games female athlete with the most medals (with Smetanina and Belmondo). (The previous record holder was the Austrian Alpine skiing team that won 14 medals at the Turin 2006 Olympic Winter Games.) The mountain cluster in Krasnaya Polyana was home to all the skiing and sliding sports. Moreover, the construction of venues and other buildings ran far behind schedule, and preparations were plagued by allegations of mismanagement and corruption. Coverage of a major international multi-sport events held from 7 February to 23 February 2014 in … Adam Augustyn is Managing Editor, Reference Content at Encyclopædia Britannica. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Here are the most memorable athlete exploits that took place in Sochi between 6 and 23 February 2014: At 10.55 p.m. on Friday 7 February 2014, Russian three-time Olympic champions Irina Rodnina (pairs figure skating) and Vladislav Tretiak (ice hockey) lit the Olympic cauldron. For a record 102,000 hours of broadcasting on all platforms (television and digital), the potential number of viewers during the Games was 4.1 billion. Sochi airport accommodates 32 airlines and fly's to over 73 destinations worldwide. The Sochi Games marked the first time that the Winter Olympics were held in Russia. The first winners of the 12 new Olympic events were: Russia (team figure skating), Germany (luge relay), Norway (biathlon mixed relay), Germany’s Carina Voigt (women’s ski jumping), Canadian Dara Howell and American Joss Christensen (ski slopestyle), Americans Maddie Bowman and David Wise (ski half-pipe), Jamie Anderson and Sage Kotsenburg (snowboard slopestyle), Austrian’s Julia Dujmovits and Russian Vic Wild (snowboard parallel slalom). Among those freed were the imprisoned members of Pussy Riot and 30 Greenpeace activists…, …Olympic gold medal at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia.…. A record number of 2,780 athletes were entered, more than 40 per cent of whom were women. The Official Report of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi 2014. The Russians even had enough confidence to poke fun at their Opening Ceremony Olympic … “Today we welcome tomorrow. They measure 100mm in diameter and are 10mm thick. Russia reportedly spent $51 billion on the Games, a total that surpassed any paid by a previous host country. 한국어: 2014년 2월 7일부터 23일까지 러시아 소치에서 열리는 동계 올림픽. The Sochi Games marked the first time that the Winter Olympics were held in Russia. This is a commemorative book (volume 2 of the official report, available on CD 2, only English-Russian bilingual). Based on the report by a working group, three of the seven cities were unanimously selected by the IOC’s Executive Board as Candidate Cities at its meeting on 22 June 2006: The final decision on the host city for the XXII Olympic Winter Games was made by the full IOC membership during the 119th IOC Session in Guatemala City on 4 July 2007. Wada has opened an investigation into allegations of Russian doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Published: 10 May 2016 Wada to investigate allegations of Russian doping at Sochi Winter Olympics English: The XXII Olympic Winter Games were held on 7–23 February, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. A unique domination of one discipline at the Games. Â. The work of a master craftsman, mixing metal and polycarbonate, the medals blend lightness and beauty, which makes them even more special for the “lucky few” who won them. The rest of the world caught up and surpassed America in every sport in Sochi, but America won in … Sochi 2014 Performance Highlights Over 2,800 athletes participated – a record. The host city Sochi has a population of 400,000 people and is situated in Krasnodar, which is the third largest region in Russia. The 2014 Olympic Winter Games were the first time that the Russian Federation hosts the Winter Games; the Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Games in Moscow. 2014 Winter Olympics. The Caucasian Mountains soar majestically above the Black Sea, symbolising the two competition clusters, one on the coast in Sochi, even for the ice events, and the other in the Krasnaya Polyana valley, for the snow, bobsleigh, luge and skeleton events. But the athlete who won the most medals at these Games was Ireen Wüst, with five speed skating medals (two gold, three silver)! 2: Commemorative book (also available in print, but only in English and Russian). Her countryman Sven Kramer added to his career Olympic medal count by taking two golds (both in Olympic record time) and one silver. It was filmed and produced by OBS and Russian host broadcaster VGTRK. South Korea made their Olympic debut in curling. 88 National Olympic Committees + 1 independant Olympic Participant participated in the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, a new record. The country also swept the curling events, with the women’s team becoming the first women’s curling squad to go undefeated through an Olympic competition. In short-track speed skating, Russia’s Viktor Ahn (who previously competed in the Olympics for South Korea under his given name, Ahn Hyun-Soo) won three gold medals to increase his lifetime Olympic tally to six and establish himself as arguably the greatest short-track speed skater of all time. The Sochi Games were the 22nd occurrence of the Olympic Winter Games. Winter Olympics 2014 Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics day one – as it happened Forty-year-old Norwegian Ole Einar Bjoerndalen equalled the Winter Olympic record of 12 medals on a … 2014 Winter Olympics. Sochi was awash in controversy in the months leading up to the Games, as the choice of a city with a temperate climate as a Winter Games site led to concerns about whether there would be adequate snow cover. In them, we see the Sochi landscape bathed in the sun’s rays, which shine through the snowy summits onto the sandy beaches of the Black Sea. Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, athletic festival held in Sochi, Russia, that took place February 7–23, 2014. This was also the second consecutive Winter Olympic opening ceremony to be held in an indoor stadium. 2014 Winter Olympics The Best Player in Each 2014 Winter Olympic Hockey Nation's History Rob Vollman @ robvollmanNHL. Updates? 05 Feb 2014. An official poster from the 2014 Olympic Winter Games held in Sochi, Russia. Winter Olympics 2014: The United States won at all the new sports. Sochi, a fashionable seaside city in Russia’s Krasnodar region, will be hosting the Winter Olympic Games from 7 to 23 February 2014. Ninety-eight titles in 15 disciplines were awarded in Sochi. The host city Sochi has a population of 400,000 people and is situated in Krasnodar, which is the third largest region in Russia. Its most-controversial win came in women’s figure skating, where unheralded Russian Adelina Sotnikova upset defending Olympic champion Kim Yu-Na of South Korea, despite the latter having skated what many observers thought was a winning program. News, Analysis, Multimedia. The country had previously been home to the Olympics when Moscow hosted the 1980 Summer Games. Distance: 65 000km. Esperanto: Vintra Olimpiko 2014 en Soĉi, Rusio. American Bode Miller, third in the Super-G at the age of 36 years and 127 days, became the oldest-ever medallist in his discipline. Jan. 13 (Bloomberg) -- In 2007, when Russia was bidding to host the 2014 Winter Olympics, Putin pledged to spend $12 billion in Sochi to turn it into "a world-class resort." The Alpine skiing events featured two notable finishes by Americans of disparate ages, as Bode Miller became—at age 36—the oldest Alpine medalist ever when he took the bronze in the supergiant slalom while Mikaela Shiffrin’s victory in the slalom made the 18-year-old the youngest Olympic slalom champion in history. The notions of simplicity and modernity are at the root of the design of the official emblem for the Games in Sochi. Below, the figure 2014 next to the Olympic rings vertically mirrors the letters of the word Sochi. 4: Official results of the Games (trilingual document – English, French and Russian). The medals of the XXII Olympic Winter Games in Sochi symbolise the mosaic of national designs from the various cultures and ethnicities that make up the Russian Federation. Duration: 123 days, from 7 October 2013 to 7 February 2014 The Sochi Games marked the first time that the Winter Olympics were held in … Yours.” “Hot”, for the intensity of the sporting competition, the passion of the spectators and the location of these Games, in southern Russia. The host city was Sochi in Russia.It was chosen on July 4, 2007, during the 119th International Olympic Committee (IOC) meeting in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). All the best photo and video highlights of Figure skating at the Sochi 2014 Winter Games Olympics, plus official results and medals by event and athlete. 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