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2014 Winter Olympics medal table


The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Sochi, Russia, from 7 February to 23 February. A total of 2,873 athletes from 88 nations participated in 98 events in 7 sports across 15 different disciplines. Of all athletes, 187 of them representing 26 different countries won medals. The Netherlands achieved four podium sweeps in the speed skating, dominating the men's 500 metres, men's 5,000 metres, men's 10,000 metres, and women's 1,500 metres, surpassing the previous record of two podium sweeps. Host nation Russia matched the Soviet Union's 1976 achievement of thirteen gold medals and achieved the leading position on the medal table, making the 2014 Winter Games the fourth where the host nation topped the gold medal count.Slovenia won its first gold medal in alpine skiing, in the first Winter Olympic gold medal tie.Luger Armin Zöggeler of Italy became the first athlete to achieve six Winter Olympic medals over six consecutive games, all achieved at the men's singles event.


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