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This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2014 Winter Paralympics, which took place in Sochi, Russia.
All times are in Moscow Time (UTC+4).
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | # | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| March | 7th Fri | 8th Sat | 9th Sun | 10th Mon | 11th Tue | 12th Wed | 13th Thu | 14th Fri | 15th Sat | 16th Sun | Events |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | |||||||||
 Alpine skiing | 6 | 3 | 3 | ● | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 32 | |
 Biathlon | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||||||
 Cross-country skiing | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 20 | |||||
 Ice sledge hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | |||
 Wheelchair curling | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total events | 12 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 72 | |
| Cumulative total | 12 | 17 | 24 | 30 | 39 | 42 | 56 | 63 | 72 | ||
| March | 7th Fri | 8th Sat | 9th Sun | 10th Mon | 11th Tue | 12th Wed | 13th Thu | 14th Fri | 15th Sat | 16th Sun | Events |
Opening ceremony 
Alpine skiing 
Biathlon 
Ice sledge hockey 
Czech Republic 1-2 
Norway 
Canada 10-1 
Sweden 
United States 5-1 
Italy 
Russia 2-3 
South Korea 
Wheelchair curling South Korea 0-10 Norway Canada 6-3 
Great Britain 
Slovakia 6-4 United States Russia 5-4 
China Norway 3-7 China Sweden 7-6 
Finland United States 5-9 South Korea Canada 5-4 Russia | Gold medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NPC | Rec | Ref | |
| Alpine skiing | Women's downhill | Visually Impaired | Henrieta Farkasova Guide: Natalia Subrtova | Slovakia | [3] | |
| Sitting | Anna Schaffelhuber |  Germany | [4] | |||
| Standing | Marie Bochet |  France | [5] | |||
| Men's downhill | Visually Impaired | Jon Santacana Maiztegui Guide: Miguel Galindo Garces |  Spain | [6] | ||
| Sitting | Akira Kano |  Japan | [7] | |||
| Standing | Markus Salcher |  Austria | [8] | |||
| Biathlon | Women's 6km | Visually Impaired | Mikhalina Lysova Guide: Alexey Ivanov | Russia | [9] | |
| Sitting | Andrea Eskau | Germany | [10] | |||
| Standing | Alena Kaufman | Russia | [11] | |||
| Men's 7.5km | Visually Impaired | Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide: Borys Babar |  Ukraine | [12] | ||
| Sitting | Roman Petushkov | Russia | [13] | |||
| Standing | Vladislav Lekomtcev | Russia | [14] | |||
Alpine skiing 
Cross-country skiing Ice sledge hockey Czech Republic 2-1 Sweden Canada 4-0 Norway United States 3-0 South Korea Russia 7-0 Italy Wheelchair curling Sweden 4-6 Great Britain United States 8-5 Norway China 3-8 Slovakia Finland 4-7 Russia Canada 7-4 Sweden Finland 6-9 Slovakia Great Britain 8-4 South Korea | Gold medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NPC | Rec | Ref | |
| Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | Visually Impaired | Jaku Krako Guide: Martin Motyka | Slovakia | ||
| Sitting | Akira Kano | Japan | ||||
| Standing | Markus Salcher | Austria | ||||
| Cross-country skiing | Men's 15km | Sitting | Roman Petushkov | Russia | ||
| Women's 12km | Sitting | Lyudmyla Pavlenko | Ukraine | |||
Alpine skiing Cross-country skiing Wheelchair curling South Korea 5-7 Russia Finland 6-8 Norway United States 2-7 Canada China 8-4 Sweden Slovakia 2-12 Great Britain South Korea 2-11 China Canada 6-8 Norway Russia 6-5 United States | Gold medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NPC | Rec | Ref | |
| Alpine skiing | Women's super-G | Visually Impaired | Kelly Gallagher Guide: Charlotte Evans | Great Britain | ||
| Sitting | Anna Schaffelhuber | Germany | ||||
| Standing | Marie Bochet | France | ||||
| Cross-country skiing | Men's 20km | Standing | Rushan Minnegulov | Russia | ||
| Visually impaired | Brian McKeever Guide: Graham Nishikawa | Canada | ||||
| Women's 15km | Standing | Helene Ripa | Sweden | |||
| Visually impaired | Elena Remizona Guide: Natalia Yakimova | Russia | ||||
Alpine skiing Biathlon Ice sledge hockey Norway 2-0 Sweden Canada 1-0 Czech Republic South Korea 1-2 Italy United States 1-2 Russia Wheelchair curling Russia 7-4 Sweden Great Britain 6-8 Finland South Korea 2-7 Slovakia Norway 3-7 Great Britain Sweden 9-3 Slovakia China 5-8 Canada United States 7-6 Finland | Gold medalists | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NPC | Rec | Ref | |
| Biathlon | Women's 10km | Visually Impaired | ||||
| Sitting | ||||||
| Standing | ||||||
| Men's 12.5km | Visually Impaired | |||||
| Sitting | ||||||
| Standing | ||||||
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