This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
In the following calendar each blue box represents one or more event competition(s), such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent medal-awarding finals for a sport with in each box the number of finals that were contested on that day.[1]
OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | EG | Exhibition gala | CC | Closing ceremony |
February | 6th Thu |
7th Fri |
8th Sat |
9th Sun |
10th Mon |
11th Tue |
12th Wed |
13th Thu |
14th Fri |
15th Sat |
16th Sun |
17th Mon |
18th Tue |
19th Wed |
20th Thu |
21st Fri |
22nd Sat |
23rd Sun |
Events | |
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Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||||||||||
Alpine skiing | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
Biathlon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
Bobsleigh | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||
Cross-country skiing | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||||||||
Curling | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
Figure skating | ● | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | EG | 5 | |||||||
Freestyle skiing | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |||||||||
Ice hockey | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | 1 | 2 | |||
Luge | ● | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Nordic combined | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
Short track speed skating | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||||
Skeleton | ● | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Ski jumping | ● | 1 | 1 | ● | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||||
Snowboarding | ● | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||||||||||
Speed skating | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ● | 2 | 12 | |||||||
Daily medal events | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 98 | |||
Cumulative total | 5 | 13 | 18 | 26 | 32 | 38 | 44 | 51 | 55 | 60 | 67 | 75 | 81 | 88 | 95 | 98 | ||||
February | 6th Thu |
7th Fri |
8th Sat |
9th Sun |
10th Mon |
11th Tue |
12th Wed |
13th Thu |
14th Fri |
15th Sat |
16th Sun |
17th Mon |
18th Tue |
19th Wed |
20th Thu |
21st Fri |
22nd Sat |
23rd Sun |
Total events |
Twelve new events were added for the games.[citation needed] For this reason competition started a day before the opening ceremony. This marks the first time in the history of the Winter Olympics that competitions were held before the opening ceremony.[2]
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Biathlon | Men's sprint | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | [11] | |
Cross-country skiing | Women's 15 km skiathlon | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | [13] | |
Freestyle skiing | Women's moguls | Justine Dufour-Lapointe | Canada | [18] | |
Snowboarding | Men's slopestyle | Sage Kotsenburg | United States | [21] | |
Speed skating | Men's 5000 metres | Sven Kramer | Netherlands | OR | [22] |
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Alpine skiing | Women's combined | Maria Höfl-Riesch | Germany | [36] | |
Biathlon | Men's pursuit | Martin Fourcade | France | [39] | |
Freestyle skiing | Men's moguls | Alex Bilodeau | Canada | [40] | |
Short track speed skating | Men's 1500 metres | Charles Hamelin | Canada | [41] | |
Speed skating | Men's 500 metres | Michel Mulder | Netherlands | [44] |
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Alpine skiing | Men's combined | Sandro Viletta | Switzerland | [73] | |
Biathlon | Women's individual | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | [74] | |
Cross-country skiing | Men's 15 km classical | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | [74] | |
Figure skating | Men's singles | Yuzuru Hanyu | Japan | [76] | |
Freestyle skiing | Women's aerials | Alla Tsuper | Belarus | [77] | |
Skeleton | Women's | Lizzy Yarnold | Great Britain | [78] |
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Alpine skiing | Men's super-G | Kjetil Jansrud | Norway | [85] | |
Biathlon | Men's mass start | Postponed | [94] | ||
Cross-country skiing | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | Lars Nelson Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner |
Sweden | [90] | |
Snowboarding | Women's snowboard cross | Eva Samková | Czech Republic | [92] | |
Speed skating | Women's 1500 metres | Jorien ter Mors | Netherlands | OR | [93] |
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Biathlon | Men's mass start | Postponed | [95] | ||
Women's mass start | Darya Domracheva | Belarus | [96] | ||
Bobsleigh | Two-man | Alexander Zubkov Alexey Voevoda |
Russia | [98] | |
Figure skating | Ice dancing | Meryl Davis Charlie White |
United States | WR | [99] |
Freestyle skiing | Men's aerials | Anton Kushnir | Belarus | [100] | |
Ski jumping | Men's large hill team | Andreas Wank Marinus Kraus Andreas Wellinger Severin Freund |
Germany | [101] | |
Snowboarding | Men's snowboard cross | Postponed | [102] |
Gold medalists | |||||
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Sport | Event | Competitor(s) | NOC | Rec | Ref |
Bobsleigh | Four-man | Alexandr Zubkov Dmitry Trunenkov Alexey Negodaylo Alexey Voyevoda |
Russia | [150] | |
Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km freestyle | Alexander Legkov | Russia | [151] | |
Ice hockey | Men's tournament | Canada men's team | Canada | [152] |