United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics
| United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics |
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| IOC code | USA | ||||||||
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 230 in 15 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer |
Todd Lodwick (opening) Julie Chu (closing) |
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Medals Ranked 4th |
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| 1906 Intercalated Games | |||||||||
The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to 23, 2014. Team USA consisted of 230 athletes competing in all 15 sports.
After winning an Olympic record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the United States had a somewhat disappointing performance during these games. Although the delegation ranked second in overall medals with 28, it ranked out of the top three in gold medals (with a total of nine) for the first time since Nagano in 1998 when it placed 6th in overall medals and 5th in gold medals. In long track speedskating, the U.S. matched its medal-less results from 1984 and 1956. In figure skating, the U.S. won no medals in the men's or women's singles events for the first time since 1936.
Conversely, at the Sanki Sliding Center, the United States won more medals (seven) than any other nation.Steven Holcomb and Steven Langton won the first U.S. medal (a bronze) in two-man bobsled in 62 years, while Erin Hamlin earned the first singles luge medal ever for the United States (also bronze). In skeleton, Noelle Pikus-Pace and Matthew Antoine won silver and bronze respectively, the first U.S. medals in that sport since 2002. Overall, the U.S. won four medals in bobsled events, two in skeleton, and one in luge.
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