At the XXII Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Russian team managed to set a record for the number of awards won. For the first time since the collapse of the USSR, the Russian team took part in the 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer, winning 23 medals. For 20 years, this was our best result, which we managed to surpass only this year.

Well, and how the teams of the countries participating in the “white” Olympics settled down in our final standings, our today's rating of medals of the Olympic teams of Sochi 2014.

10. France (gold - 4, silver - 4, bronze - 7)

French athletes took gold in biathlon, snowboarding and freestyle. The most productive member of the team was Martin Fourcade, who won 2 gold medals and one silver in biathlon.

9. Austria (gold - 4, silver - 8, bronze - 5)

The Austrians won Olympic gold in biathlon, ski jumping, skiing and sledding. All awards of the Austrian national team were given to the ski nation with great difficulty.

8. Belarus (gold - 5, silver - 0, bronze - 1)

Belarusians won 3 awards of the highest standard in biathlon and 2 in freestyle. The biathlete Daria Domracheva, who will take gold medals from the Games 3, was especially distinguished at the Olympics.

7. Switzerland (gold - 6, silver - 3, bronze - 2)

Swiss athletes won gold in cross-country skiing, snowboarding and skiing. The skier Dario Cologna distinguished himself most than others, who received 2 awards of the highest standard. The Swiss women's hockey team won the bronze medal of the Games.

6. Germany (gold - 8, silver - 6, bronze - 5)

The Germans took the gold in skiing, Nordic combined, ski jumping and sledding. Sledgers from Germany Tobias Arlt, Natalie Heisenberg, Felix Loch and Tobias Wendl each have 2 Olympic medals of the highest standard.

5. The Netherlands (gold - 8, silver - 7, bronze - 9)

The Dutch impressed everyone with their skating skills. It is in this discipline that athletes from the Netherlands have won 6 gold medals. Four times the members of the national team occupied the entire podium - in men's 10,000, 5,000 and 500 meters running, and 1,500 meters in women's running.

4. USA (gold - 9, silver - 7, bronze - 12)

The Americans received top awards in skiing, snowboarding, freestyle and ice dancing. The women's hockey team became the silver medalist of the Games.

3. Canada (gold - 9, silver - 10, bronze - 5)

Canadians won gold in bobsleigh, curling, freestyle, hockey and short track. It is noteworthy, not a single athlete of this team has won more than one medal.

2. Norway (gold - 11, silver - 5, bronze - 10)

Norwegians were the strongest in biathlon, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing and downhill skiing. Two gold medals went to skiers Marit Bjergen and Jorgen Graabak, as well as biathletes Ole Einar Bjerndalen and Emil Svendsen.

1. Russia (gold - 13, silver - 11, bronze - 9)

Russians became the first in bobsleigh, skeleton, snowboarding, figure skating, biathlon and short track. The main stars of the current Olympics were Viktor An, who won 3 gold awards, as well as Tatyana Volossozhar and Maxim Trankov, who twice occupied the highest step of the podium.

A place	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	13	11	9	33
2	Norway	11	5	10	26
3	Canada	10	10	5	24
4	USA	9	7	12	28
5	Netherlands	8	7	9	24
6	Germany	8	6	5	19
7	Switzerland	6	3	2	11
8	Belarus	5	0	1	6
9	Austria	4	8	5	17
10	France	4	4	7	15

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