2014 Winter Olympics
22nd edition of Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia
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Summary
2014 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 6,309 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #6 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Russia[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 2010 Winter Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 2018 Winter Olympics[6]
- Location: Sochi[7], Krasnaya Polyana[8]
- Commons category: 2014 Winter Olympics[9]
- Edition number: 22[10]
- Has part(s): speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics[11], curling at the 2014 Winter Olympics[12], cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics[13], short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics[14], ski jumping at the 2014 Winter Olympics[15], Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics[16], ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics[17], freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics[18], bobsleigh at the 2014 Winter Olympics[19], skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics[20], snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics[21], Nordic skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics[22], luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics[23], biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics[24]
- Officially opened by: Vladimir Putin[25]
- Oath made by: Ruslan Zakharov[26]
- Torch lit by: Vladislav Tretiak[27], Irina Rodnina[28]
- Start time: February 7, 2014[29]
- End time: February 23, 2014[30]
- Point in time: February 2014[31]
- Sport: winter sport[32]
- Organizer: Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee[33]
- Participant: Patrik Eliáš[34], Shane Williamson[35]
- Significant event: 2014 Winter Olympics opening ceremony[36], 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony[37]
- Mascot: Leopard, Bely Mishka, and Zaika[38]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/sochi-2014[39]
- Topic's main category: Category:2014 Winter Olympics[40]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2014/[41]
- Number of participants: 88[42], 2780[43]
- Official name: XXII. Olympesch Wanterspiller[44]
- Motto text: Hot. Cool. Yours[45], Waarm. Cool. Däint[46]
Why It Matters
2014 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 63 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]