Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy at the
2014 Winter Olympics
Italy at the; 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	ITA
NOC	Italian National Olympic Committee
Website	www.coni.it (in Italian)
in Sochi
Competitors	113 in 13 sports
Flag bearers	Armin Zöggeler (opening); Arianna Fontana (closing)
Medals ; Ranked 22nd	Gold0Silver2Bronze6Total8
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Last updated February 11, 2023

Italy competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. On 21 February it was announced that bobsledder William Frullani had tested positive for methylhexanamine and was sent home from Sochi.^[3] For the first time since 1980, Italy failed to win a gold medal in an Olympics. Closest was the alpine skier Christof Innerhofer who lost the gold in downhill against Matthias Mayer of Austria with only six hundredths of a second separating the two.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Christof Innerhofer	Alpine skiing	Men's downhill	9 February
Silver	Arianna Fontana	Short track speed skating	Women's 500 metres	13 February
Bronze	Armin Zöggeler	Luge	Men's singles	9 February
Bronze	Christof Innerhofer	Alpine skiing	Men's combined	14 February
Bronze	Arianna Fontana	Short track speed skating	Women's 1500 metres	15 February
Bronze	Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani	Short track speed skating	Women's 3000 m relay	18 February
Bronze	Lukas Hofer Karin Oberhofer Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch	Biathlon	Mixed relay	19 February
Bronze	Carolina Kostner	Figure skating	Ladies' singles	20 February

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Alpine skiing	0	1	1	2
Biathlon	0	0	1	1
Figure skating	0	0	1	1
Luge	0	0	1	1
Short track	0	1	2	3
Total	0	2	6	8

Medals by date
Day	Date				Total
Day 2	9 February	0	1	1	2
Day 3	10 February	0	0	0	0
Day 4	11 February	0	0	0	0
Day 5	12 February	0	0	0	0
Day 6	13 February	0	1	0	1
Day 7	14 February	0	0	1	1
Day 8	15 February	0	0	1	1
Day 9	16 February	0	0	0	0
Day 10	17 February	0	0	0	0
Day 11	18 February	0	0	1	1
Day 12	19 February	0	0	1	1
Day 13	20 February	0	0	1	1
Day 14	21 February	0	0	0	0
Day 15	22 February	0	0	0	0
Day 16	23 February	0	0	0	0
Total		0	2	6	8

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 19 athletes in alpine skiing.^[4]

Men

Christof Innerhofer won silver in the donwhill Men'sDownhillSochi2014.jpg — Christof Innerhofer won silver in the donwhill

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Luca de Aliprandini	Giant slalom	1:23.08	19	1:23.83	7	2:46.91	11
Peter Fill	Downhill	—				2:06.72	7
	Super-G	—				1:18.85	8
	Combined	1:54.98	15	DNF
Stefano Gross	Slalom	47.45	=3	55.27	7	1:42.72	=4
Werner Heel	Downhill	—				2:07.16	12
Werner Heel	Super-G	—				1:19.74	=17
Christof Innerhofer	Downhill	—				2:06.29
	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:54.30	8	51.37	=3	2:45.67
Manfred Mölgg	Giant slalom	1:22.93	17	DNF
Manfred Mölgg	Slalom	48.38	=12	DNF
Roberto Nani	Giant slalom	1:22.65	12	DNF
Dominik Paris	Downhill	—				2:07.13	11
	Super-G	—				1:19.70	16
	Combined	1:54.46	10	54.99	22	2:49.45	19
Giuliano Razzoli	Slalom	48.50	16	DNF
Davide Simoncelli	Giant slalom	1:22.35	3	1:25.00	23	2:47.35	17
Patrick Thaler	Slalom	DNF

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Federica Brignone	Giant slalom	DNF
	Slalom	56.98	22	DNF
	Combined	1:45.68	22	51.94	9	2:37.62	11
Chiara Costazza	Slalom	57.32	25	DNF
Elena Fanchini	Downhill	—				1:42.70	12
Elena Fanchini	Combined	1:44.45	14	DNS
Nadia Fanchini	Downhill	—				1:43.48	22
	Super-G	—				1:27.20	10
	Giant slalom	1:18.53	3	1:18.72	7	2:37.25	4
Denise Karbon	Giant slalom	1:19.49	8	DNF
Francesca Marsaglia	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:43.96	9	DNF
	Giant slalom	1:21.63	26	1:18.29	4	2:39.92	16
Daniela Merighetti	Downhill	—				1:41.84	4
	Super-G	—				DNF
	Combined	1:44.64	15	DNS
Verena Stuffer	Downhill	—				1:42.75	14
Verena Stuffer	Super-G	—				1:27.52	=11

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Italy qualified 5 men and 5 women.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Christian De Lorenzi	Sprint	26:25.4	2 (1+1)	47
	Pursuit	36:58.2	2 (1+1+0+0)	42
	Individual	53:13.1	2 (1+0+0+1)	31
Lukas Hofer	Sprint	25:08.8	1 (0+1)	12
	Pursuit	34:53.1	2 (1+0+0+1)	17
	Individual	51:34.6	2 (0+1+0+1)	14
	Mass start	DNF	4 (2+2+0)	DNF
Dominik Windisch	Sprint	25:07.6	1 (1+0)	11
	Pursuit	35:40.0	4 (1+0+2+1)	25
	Individual	56:31.4	6 (1+1+1+3)	65
	Mass start	45:28.4	5 (1+1+3+0)	25
Markus Windisch	Sprint	28:14.4	2 (1+1)	81
Markus Windisch	Individual	57:18.5	4 (0+2+1+1)	71
Christian De Lorenzi Lukas Hofer Dominik Windisch Markus Windisch	Team relay	1:13:15.5	11 (0+11)	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Nicole Gontier	Sprint	23:26.3	4 (1+3)	54
	Pursuit	34:37.5	6 (2+2+0+2)	49
	Individual	49:51.2	4 (0+1+2+1)	45
Karin Oberhofer	Sprint	21:34.7	0 (0+0)	4
	Pursuit	30:37.8	1 (0+0+1+0)	8
	Individual	46:46.6	2 (0+0+0+2)	14
	Mass start	37:03.6	2 (0+0+1+1)	13
Michela Ponza	Sprint	22:47.0	0 (0+0)	38
Michela Ponza	Pursuit	34:36.4	3 (1+1+0+1)	48
Alexia Runggaldier	Individual	49:35.6	1 (1+0+0+0)	43
Dorothea Wierer	Sprint	21:37.4	0 (0+0)	6
	Pursuit	31:03.2	2 (0+0+2+0)	17
	Individual	DNS
	Mass start	38:37.4	3 (1+2+0+0)	25
Nicole Gontier Karin Oberhofer Michela Ponza Dorothea Wierer	Team relay	1:11:43.3	10 (1+9)	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Lukas Hofer Karin Oberhofer Dorothea Wierer Dominik Windisch	Team relay	1:10:15.2	6 (0+6)

Bobsleigh

Italy rejected quota in the two-woman event. It kept its quota in the 2 and 4 man events.

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Simone Bertazzo* Simone Fontana	Two-man	57.06	15	57.02	13	56.90	13	56.84	=10	3:47.82	14
Simone Bertazzo* Francesco Costa Simone Fontana Samuele Romanini	Four-man	55.78	17	55.73	19	56.06	=19	55.88	=17	3:43.45	18

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 16 athletes in cross-country skiing.^[4]

Distance
Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Roland Clara	30 km skiathlon	37:19.9	38	33:04.3	26	1:10:56.3	+2:40.9	30
Roland Clara	50 km freestyle	—				1:47:28.6	+33.4	11
Francesco de Fabiani	15 km classical	—				41:00.8	+2:31.1	30
	30 km skiathlon	36:37.6	22	32:59.6	22	1:10:10.7	+1:55.3	22
	50 km freestyle	—				1:47:51.8	+56.6	25
Giorgio di Centa	30 km skiathlon	36:02.6	8	32:11.1	14	1:08:43.7	+28.3	12
David Hofer	50 km freestyle	—				1:47:35.7	+40.5	16
Dietmar Nöckler	15 km classical	—				41:11.9	+2:42.2	32
Fabio Pasini		—				41:20.1	+2:50.4	36
Mattia Pellegrin		—				42:42.3	+4:12.6	48
Roland Clara Giorgio di Centa David Hofer Dietmar Nöckler	4×10 km relay	—				1:30:04.7	+1:22.7	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Debora Agreiter	15 km skiathlon	20:25.4	40	20:04.9	21	41:04.8	+2:31.2	30
Debora Agreiter	30 km freestyle	—				1:12:58.5	+1:53.3	13
Elisa Brocard	10 km classical	—				31:28.0	+3:10.2	40
	15 km skiathlon	20:20.3	36	20:18.0	30	41:12.6	+2:39.0	32
	30 km freestyle	—				1:12:42.0	+1:36.8	13
Ilaria Debertolis	30 km freestyle	—				1:20:22.2	+9:17.0	44
Virginia de Martin Topranin	15 km skiathlon	20:19.8	35	21:19.8	42	42:17.6	+3:44.0	44
Marina Piller	10 km classical	—				31:07.6	+2:49.8	36
	15 km skiathlon	19:54.7	19	19:36.1	9	40:14.0	+1:40.4	16
	30 km freestyle	—				1:14:44.7	+3:39.5	25
Elisa Brocard Virginia de Martin Topranin Ilaria Debertolis Marina Piller	4×5 km relay	—				55:19.9	+2:17.2	8

Sprint
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
David Hofer	Sprint	3:35.68	18 Q	3:44.87	3	Did not advance
Enrico Nizzi		3:40.89	44	Did not advance
Dietmar Nöckler		3:40.27	37	Did not advance
Federico Pellegrino		3:30.38	3 Q	3:43.97	1 Q	3:55.99	6	Did not advance
Dietmar Nöckler Federico Pellegrino	Team sprint	—				23:58.12	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilaria Debertolis	Sprint	2:40.29	32	Did not advance
Greta Laurent		2:36.30	16 Q	2:52.07	6	Did not advance
Gaia Vuerich		2:35.81	13 Q	2:35.65	3 q	2:36.87	3	Did not advance
Ilaria Debertolis Gaia Vuerich	Team sprint	—				17:35.98	7	Did not advance

Figure skating

Italy achieved the following quota places:^[6]

Athlete	Event	SP/OD		FS/FD		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson	Men's singles	56.30	27	Did not advance
Carolina Kostner	Ladies' singles	74.12	3 Q	142.61	4	216.73
Valentina Marchei	Ladies' singles	57.02	12 Q	116.31	10	173.33	11
Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek	Pairs	63.57	11 Q	115.51	10	179.08	11
Nicole Della Monica / Matteo Guarise	Pairs	51.64	16 Q	86.22	16	137.86	16
Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte	Ice dancing	67.58	6 Q	101.92	7	169.50	6
Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri	Ice dancing	58.14	15 Q	86.64	14	144.78	14

Team trophy

Athlete	Event	Short program/Short dance						Free skate/Free dance
		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total		Men's	Ladies'	Pairs	Ice dance	Total
		Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points Team points	Points	Rank
Paul Bonifacio Parkinson (M) Carolina Kostner (L) (SP) Valentina Marchei (L) (FS) Stefania Berton / Ondřej Hotárek (P) Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte (I) (OD) Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri (I) (FD)	Team trophy	53.94 1	70.84 9	70.31 7	64.92 6	23	4 Q	121.23 6	112.51 8	120.82 8	81.25 7	52	4

Freestyle skiing

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Giacomo Matiz	Men's moguls	26.48	15.1	20.61	14	26.64	13.66	19.1	11	Did not advance
Deborah Scanzio	Women's moguls	30.56	14.20	20.02	13	31.04	15.38	21.01	2 Q	29.94	14.05	20.12	12 Q	29.59	13.86	20.07	11	Did not advance

Slopestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Markus Eder	Men's slopestyle	11.80	79.00	79.00	15	Did not advance
Silvia Bertagna	Women's slopestyle	70.60	11.80	70.60	12 Q	69.60	21.80	69.60	8

Luge

Italy earned the maximum quota of ten spots.

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Dominik Fischnaller	Singles	52.729	9	52.540	5	52.007	5	52.203	11	3:29.479	6
Emanuel Rieder		52.981	17	52.875	17	52.578	22	52.511	19	3:30.945	19
Armin Zöggeler		52.506	3	52.387	3	51.910	3	51.994	3	3:28.797
Patrick Gruber Christian Oberstolz	Doubles	49.976	7	50.043	8	—				1:40.019	6
Patrick Rastner Ludwig Rieder	Doubles	50.064	8	49.975	5	—				1:40.039	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sandra Gasparini	Singles	51.032	14	50.803	14	50.959	14	50.962	15	3:23.756	14
Sandra Robatscher		51.589	23	50.981	17	51.678	23	51.258	19	3:25.506	22
Andrea Voetter		50.937	12	51.592	27	51.420	20	51.290	20	3:25.239	19

Mixed team relay

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Sandra Gasparini Patrick Gruber Christian Oberstolz Armin Zöggeler	Team relay	54.823	6	56.039	3	56.558	6	2:47.420	5

Nordic combined

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Armin Bauer	Normal hill/10 km	92.5	107.3	35	23:19.7	7	24:56.7	11
Armin Bauer	Large hill/10 km	115.0	91.4	41	22:23.5	3	24:53.5	23
Samuel Costa	Normal hill/10 km	91.0	106.1	40	24:31.2	28	26:13.2	30
Giuseppe Michielli	Large hill/10 km	114.5	89.1	44	24:16.9	38	26:56.9	41
Alessandro Pittin	Normal hill/10 km	94.5	113.4	25	22:47.5	1	23:59.5	4
Alessandro Pittin	Large hill/10 km	119.5	93.2	39	22:20.5	1	24:43.5	18
Lukas Runggaldier	Normal hill/10 km	97.0	115.7	21	23:06.9	3	24:09.9	7
Lukas Runggaldier	Large hill/10 km	112.5	86.8	46	22:44.0	11	25:33.0	28
Armin Bauer Samuel Costa Alessandro Pittin Lukas Runggaldier	Team large hill/4×5 km	459.0	383.9	9	47:54.7	8	50:04.7	8

Short track speed skating

Italy qualified five skaters of each gender for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.^[7] Cecilia Maffei was the 5th woman to qualify for the team but she did not skate in any individual distances or in the relay.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yuri Confortola	500 m	42.042	3	Did not advance					21
	1000 m	1:26.956	2 Q	1:25.428	4	Did not advance			15
	1500 m	2:14.143	2 Q	—		2:19.086	5	Did not advance	14
Tommaso Dotti	1500 m	2:17.300	5	—		Did not advance			27
Anthony Lobello, Jr.	500 m	42.133	4	Did not advance					25
Yuri Confortola Tommaso Dotti Anthony Lobello, Jr. Nicola Rodigari Davide Viscardi	5000 m relay	—				6:45.253	3 FB	6:44.904	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Arianna Fontana	500 m	43.568	1 Q	43.405	1 Q	43.642	2 Q	51.250
	1000 m	1:32.983	1 Q	PEN		Did not advance
	1500 m	2:29.645	1 Q	—		2:19.336	1 FA	2:19.416
Lucia Peretti	1500 m	2:22.953	4	—		Did not advance			20
Martina Valcepina	500 m	44.493	3	Did not advance					20
	1000 m	1:34.226	3 ADV	DNS		Did not advance			23
	1500 m	2:27.212	4	—		Did not advance			23
Elena Viviani	500 m	44.623	4	Did not advance					26
Elena Viviani	1000 m	1:33.352	4	Did not advance					27
Arianna Fontana Lucia Peretti Martina Valcepina Elena Viviani	3000 m relay	—				4:11.282	2 FA	4:14.014

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Maurizio Oioli	Men's	57.69	16	57.27	16	57.85	19	57.87	18	3:50.68	19

Ski jumping

Italy received the following start quotas:

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Davide Bresadola	Men's normal hill	90.5	104.3	38 Q	DSQ			Did not advance
Davide Bresadola	Men's large hill	115.0	83.9	41	Did not advance
Sebastian Colloredo	Men's normal hill	97.0	116.9	11 Q	97.0	118.9	29 Q	94.0	113.7	27	232.6	28
Sebastian Colloredo	Men's large hill	124.0	104.1	22 Q	130.5	116.7	26 Q	124.5	102.9	30	219.6	30
Roberto Dellasega	Men's normal hill	89.5	96.4	44	Did not advance
Roberto Dellasega	Men's large hill	112.0	68.9	50	Did not advance
Evelyn Insam	Women's normal hill	—			98.0	120.5	4	99.0	121.7	4	242.2	5
Elena Runggaldier	Women's normal hill	—			85.0	86.2	29	88.0	93.4	28	179.6	29

Snowboarding

Alpine

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Mainhard Erlacher	Men's giant slalom	DSQ		Did not advance
Mainhard Erlacher	Men's slalom	1:00.62	25	Did not advance
Roland Fischnaller	Men's giant slalom	1:40.48	18	Did not advance
Roland Fischnaller	Men's slalom	59.43	9 Q	Flütsch (SUI) W −0.11	Wild (RUS) L +0.52	Did not advance
Aaron March	Men's giant slalom	DSQ		Did not advance
Aaron March	Men's slalom	59.44	11	S Schoch (SUI) WDSQ	Mathies (AUT) W −0.29	Košir (SLO) LDSQ	Karl (AUT) L +16.25	4
Christoph Mick	Men's giant slalom	1:48.25	28	Did not advance
Christoph Mick	Men's slalom	1:00.22	20	Did not advance
Corinna Boccacini	Women's giant slalom	1:51.85	16 Q	Takeuchi (JPN) L +1.93	Did not advance
Corinna Boccacini	Women's slalom	1:04.96	8 Q	Riegler (AUT) W −2.78	Kreiner (AUT) W −0.05	Dujmovits (AUT) L +5.18	Kober (GER) L +0.13	4
Nadya Ochner	Women's giant slalom	1:59.88	26	Did not advance
Nadya Ochner	Women's slalom	1:05.79	22	Did not advance

Snowboard cross

Athlete	Event	Seeding		Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Position	Position	Position	Position	Rank
Tommaso Leoni	Men's snowboard cross	CAN		3 Q	DSQ	did not advance		=21
Luca Matteotti		CAN		3 Q	3 Q	3 FA	6	6
Emanuel Perathoner		CAN		DNS	Did not advance
Omar Visintin		CAN		2 Q	2 Q	DNFFB	DNS	12
Raffaella Brutto	Women's snowboard cross	1:25.11	18	—	4	Did not advance		16
Michela Moioli	Women's snowboard cross	1:24.72	16	—	2 Q	3 FA	DNF	6

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final

Speed skating

Italy achieved the following quota places:^[8]

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Matteo Anesi	1500 m	—				1:50.59	39
David Bosa	500 m	35.63	32	35.64	31	71.28	31
Andrea Giovannini	5000 m	—				6:30.84	17
Mirko Giacomo Nenzi	500 m	35.56	29	35.51	25	71.07	28
	1000 m	—				1:10.32	25
	1500 m	—				1:47.48	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Yvonne Daldossi	500 m	39.30	29	39.34	31	78.64	30
Francesca Lollobrigida	3000 m	—				4:16.51	23

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Germany competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The first round of nominations was on 18 December, the second round on 23 January. Germany sent 153 athletes. Chef de Mission was Michael Vesper. The outfitting was held in January at the Erding Air Base.

The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to 23, 2014. Team USA consisted of 222 athletes competing in all 15 sports.

Czech Republic competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 83 athletes in 11 sports competed for the country.

Norway competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014.

Austria competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team was composed of 132 athletes in 14 sports, consisting of 90 men and 42 women. The 132 athletes is 27 more than the country's previous largest Winter Olympics team.

Latvia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Latvian team consisted of 58 athletes in nine sports. These were the third consecutive games the country qualified to send 58 athletes.

Japan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Japan's team consisted of 136 athletes in all 15 sports.

Poland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Polish team consisted of 59 athletes in 11 sports, which was the largest ever Polish team, surpassing the 56 athletes that competed in 1972. With 4 gold medals won, this was the most successful Winter Olympics for Poland in its history.

Bulgaria competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Bulgarian team consisted of 18 athletes in 6 sports. The team will also consist of 21 officials.

China competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7–23 February 2014.

France competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014.

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The British team was made up of athletes from the whole United Kingdom including Northern Ireland, whose athletes may have elected to hold Irish citizenship, allowing them to represent either Great Britain or Ireland. Additionally some British overseas territories competed separately from Britain in Olympic competition. A total of 56 athletes competed in 11 sports making it the biggest contingent that Great Britain had sent to a Winter Olympic Games for twenty-six years.

Kazakhstan competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Kazakhstan's team consisted of 52 athletes competing in 11 sports, an increase of 14 athletes from four years prior.

Australia competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Australia's team consisted of 60 athletes competing in 11 sports, which represented the largest Winter Olympics team the country had ever sent.

Hungary competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. A team of 16 athletes competing in five sports were selected to the team.

Italy competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018, with 120 competitors in 14 sports. They won ten medals in total, three gold, two silver and five bronze, ranking 12th in the medal table. Short-track speed skater Arianna Fontana, who was also the flag bearer at the opening ceremony, was the country's most successful athlete, having won three medals, one of each color.

Poland competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, from 9 to 25 February 2018. It was the nation's 23rd appearance at the Winter Olympics, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1924. The Polish team consisted of 62 athletes in 12 sports, which is the largest ever Polish team, surpassing the 59 athletes that competed in 2014. Polish ski jumpers won one gold and one bronze medal, earning the 20th place at the medal table.

References

↑ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
↑ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
↑ "Sochi 2014: German athlete fails A sample drugs test". BBC Sport. 21 February 2014.
1 2 "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
↑ "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
↑ With Kostner absent, Marchei takes fifth Italian title
↑ "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
↑ "Athletes". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

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[1] "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

[2] "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.

[3] "Sochi 2014: German athlete fails A sample drugs test". BBC Sport. 21 February 2014.

[quota-4] 1 2 "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

[biathlonquota-5] "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.

[6] With Kostner absent, Marchei takes fifth Italian title

[7] "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.

[8] "Athletes". Sochi2014.com. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

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