Olympic Winter Games - Medal Standings

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total RankbyTotal
1 Germany 11 12 6 29 1
2 United States 9 9 7 25 2
3 Austria 9 7 7 23 4
4 Russian Fed. 8 6 8 22 5
5 Canada 7 10 7 24 3
6 Sweden 7 2 5 14 =7
7 Korea 6 3 2 11 =9
8 Switzerland 5 4 5 14 =7
9 Italy 5 0 6 11 =9
10 France 3 2 4 9 =12
10 Netherlands 3 2 4 9 =12
12 Estonia 3 0 0 3 =16
13 Norway 2 8 9 19 6
14 China 2 4 5 11 =9
15 Czech Republic 1 2 1 4 15
16 Croatia 1 2 0 3 =16
17 Australia 1 0 1 2 =18
18 Japan 1 0 0 1 =21
19 Finland 0 6 3 9 =12
20 Poland 0 1 1 2 =18
21 Belarus 0 1 0 1 =21
21 Bulgaria 0 1 0 1 =21
21 Great Britain 0 1 0 1 =21
21 Slovakia 0 1 0 1 =21
25 Ukraine 0 0 2 2 =18
26 Latvia 0 0 1 1 =21

Olympic Winter Games - Closing Ceremony

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Winter Sports Today

Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 50 km Free, Mass start


Gold di CENTA Giorgio ITA
Silver DEMENTIEV Eugeni RUS
Bronze BOTWINOV Mikhail AUT

Ice Hockey - Men's Ice Hockey


Gold SWE
Silver FIN
Bronze CZE

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Men's Slalom


Gold RAICH Benjamin AUT
Silver HERBST Reinfried AUT
Bronze SCHOENFELDER Rainer AUT

Biathlon - Men's 15 km Mass Start


Gold GREIS Michael GER
Silver SIKORA Tomasz POL
Bronze BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR

Biathlon - Women's 12.5 km Mass Start

Gold OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE
Silver WILHELM Kati GER
Bronze DISL Uschi GER

Bobsleigh - Four-Man Competition


Gold LANGE Andre HOPPE Rene KUSKE Kevin PUTZE Martin GER
Silver ZOUBKOV Alexandre EGOROV Filipp SELIVERSTOV Alexej VOEVODA Alexey RUS
Bronze ANNEN Martin LAMPARTER Thomas HEFTI Beat GRAND Cedric SUI

Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 500 m


Gold OHNO Apolo Anton USA
Silver TREMBLAY Francois-Louis CAN
Bronze AHN Hyun-Soo KOR

Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 1000 m

Gold JIN Sun-Yu KOR
Silver WANG Meng CHN
Bronze YANG (A) Yang CHN

Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 5000 m Relay

Gold AHN Hyun-Soo LEE Ho-Suk OH Se-Jong SEO Ho-Jin SONG Suk-Woo KOR
Silver BEDARD Eric GUILMETTE Jonathan HAMELIN Charles TREMBLAY Francois-Louis TURCOTTE Mathieu CAN
Bronze IZYKOWSKI Alex KEPKA J.P. OHNO Apolo Anton SMITH Rusty USA

Speed Skating - Ladies' 5000 m

Gold HUGHES Clara CAN
Silver PECHSTEIN Claudia GER
Bronze KLASSEN Cindy CAN

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Giant Slalom

Gold MANCUSO Julia USA
Silver POUTIAINEN Tanja FIN
Bronze OTTOSSON Anna SWE

Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 30 km Free, Mass start

Gold NEUMANNOVA Katerina CZE
Silver TCHEPALOVA Julija RUS
Bronze KOWALCZYK Justyna POL

Curling - Men's Curling

Gold GUSHUE Brad NICHOLS Mark HOWARD Russ KORAB Jamie ADAM Mike CAN
Silver UUSIPAAVALNIEMI Markku MAKELA Wille KIISKINEN Kalle SALO Teemu SULLANMAA Jani FIN
Bronze FENSON Pete ROJESKI Shawn POLO Joe SHUSTER JohnBAIRD Scott USA

Speed Skating - Men's 10000 m

Gold de JONG Bob NED
Silver HEDRICK Chad USA
Bronze VERHEIJEN Carl NED

Winter Sports Today

Biathlon - Women's 4x6 km Relay

Gold BOGALIY Anna ISHMOURATOVA Svetlana ZAITSEVA Olga AKHATOVA Albina RUS
Silver GLAGOW Martina HENKEL Andrea APEL Katrin WILHELM Kati GER
Bronze PERETTO Delphyne BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence BECAERT Sylvie BAILLY Sandrine FRA

Curling - Ladies' Curling

Gold NORBERG Anette LUND Eva LINDAHL Cathrine SVAERD Anna BERGMAN Ulrika SWE
Silver OTT Mirjam BEELI Binia SPAELTY Valeria MOSER Michele KORMANN Manuela SUI
Bronze KLEIBRINK Shannon NIXON Amy BAKKER Glenys KESHEN Christine JENKINS Sandra CAN

Figure Skating - Ladies' Figure Skating

Gold ARAKAWA Shizuka JPN
Silver COHEN Sasha USA
Bronze SLUTSKAYA Irina RUS

Freestyle Skiing - Men's Aerials

Gold HAN Xiaopeng CHN
Silver DASHINSKI Dmitri BLR
Bronze LEBEDEV Vladimir RUS

Snowboard - Ladies' Parallel Giant Slalom

Gold MEULI Daniela SUI
Silver KOBER Amelie GER
Bronze FLETCHER Rosey USA

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Slalom

Gold PAERSON Anja SWE
Silver HOSP Nicole AUT
Bronze SCHILD Marlies AUT

Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Sprint

Gold CRAWFORD Chandra CAN
Silver KUENZEL Claudia GER
Bronze SIDKO Alena RUS

Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Sprint

Gold LIND Bjoern SWE
Silver DARRAGON Roddy FRA
Bronze FREDRIKSSON Thobias SWE

Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Aerials

Gold LEU Evelyne SUI
Silver LI Nina CHN
Bronze CAMPLIN Alisa AUS

Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 3000 m Relay

Gold BYUN Chun-Sa CHOI Eun-Kyung JEON Da-Hye JIN Sun-Yu KANG Yun-Mi KOR
Silver KRAUS Alanna LEBLANC-BOUCHER Anouk OVERLAND Amanda ROBERGE Kalyna VICENT Tania CAN
Bronze CAPURSO Marta FONTANA Arianna ZINI Katia ZINI Mara ITA

Snowboard - Men's Parallel Giant Slalom

Gold SCHOCH Philipp SUI
Silver SCHOCH Simon SUI
Bronze GRABNER Siegfried AUT

Speed Skating - Ladies' 1500 m

Gold KLASSEN Cindy CAN
Silver GROVES Kristina CAN
Bronze WUST Ireen NED

Winter Sports Today

Biathlon - Men's 4x7.5 km Relay

Gold GROSS RiccoRO ESCH Michael FISCHER Sven GREIS Michael GER
Silver TCHEREZOV Ivan TCHEPIKOV Sergei ROSTOVTSEV Pavel KRUGLOV Nikolay RUS
Bronze ROBERT Julien DEFRASNE Vincent CANNARD Ferreol POIREE Raphael FRA

Bobsleigh - Women Competition

Gold KIRIASIS Sandra SCHNEIDERHEINZE Anja GER
Silver ROHBOCK Shauna FLEMING Valerie USA
Bronze WEISSENSTEINER Gerda ISACCO Jennifer ITA

Nordic Combined - Sprint 7.5 km

Gold GOTTWALD Felix AUT
Silver MOAN Magnus-H. NOR
Bronze HETTICH Georg GER

Speed Skating - Men's 1500 m

Gold FABRIS Enrico ITA
Silver DAVIS Shani USA
Bronze HEDRICK Chad USA

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Super-G

Gold DORFMEISTER Michaela AUT
Silver KOSTELIC Janica CRO
Bronze MEISSNITZER Alexandra AUT

Alpine Skiing - Men's Giant Slalom

Gold RAICH Benjamin AUT
Silver CHENAL Joel FRA
Bronze MAIER Hermann AUT

Figure Skating - Ice Dancing

Gold NAVKA Tatiana KOSTOMAROV Roman RUS
Silver BELBIN Tanith AGOSTO Benjamin USA
Bronze GRUSHINA Elena GONCHAROV Ruslan UKR

Ice Hockey - Ladies' Ice Hockey

Gold CAN
Silver SWE
Bronze USA

Ski Jumping - LH Team Competition

Gold KOCH Martin KOFLER Andreas MORGENSTERN Thomas WIDHOELZL Andreas AUT
Silver AHONEN Janne HAPPONEN Janne HAUTAMAEKI Matti KIURU Tami FIN
Bronze BYSTOEL Lars INGEBRIGTSEN Tommy LJOEKELSOEY Roar ROMOEREN Bjoern Einar NOR

Winter Sports Today

Bobsleigh - Two-Man Competition

Gold LANGE Andre KUSKE Kevin GER
Silver LUEDERS Pierre BROWN Lascelles CAN
Bronze ANNEN Martin HEFTI Beat SUI

Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 4x10 km Relay

Gold VALBUSA Fulvio di CENTA Giorgio PILLER COTTRER Pietro ZORZI Cristian ITA
Silver SCHLUETTER Andreas FILBRICH Jens SOMMERFELDT Rene ANGERER Tobias GER
Bronze LARSSON Mats OLSSON Johan SOEDERGREN Anders FREDRIKSSON Mathias SWE

Speed Skating - Ladies' 1000 m

Gold TIMMER Marianne NED
Silver KLASSEN Cindy CAN
Bronze FRIESINGER Anni GER

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Men's Super-G

Gold AAMODT Kjetil Andre NOR
Silver MAIER Hermann AUT
Bronze HOFFMANN Ambrosi SUI

Biathlon - Women's 10 km Pursuit

Gold WILHELM Kati GER
Silver GLAGOW Martina GER
Bronze AKHATOVA Albina RUS

Biathlon - Men's 12.5 km Pursuit

Gold DEFRASNE Vincent FRA
Silver BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR
Bronze FISCHER Sven GER

Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 4x5 km Relay

Gold BARANOVA-MASOLKINA Natalia KURKINA Larisa TCHEPALOVA Julija MEDVEDEVA-ABRUZOVA Evgenia RUS
Silver BOEHLER Stefanie BAUER Viola SACHENBACHER STEHLE Evi KUENZEL Claudia GER
Bronze FOLLIS Arianna PARUZZI Gabriella CONFORTOLA Antonella VALBUSA Sabina ITA

Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 1500 m

Gold JIN Sun-Yu KOR
Silver CHOI Eun-Kyung KOR
Bronze WANG Meng CHN

Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 1000 m

Gold AHN Hyun-Soo KOR
Silver LEE Ho-Suk KOR
Bronze OHNO Apolo Anton USA

Ski Jumping - LH Individual Competition

Gold MORGENSTERN Thomas AUT
Silver KOFLER Andreas AUT
Bronze BYSTOEL Lars NOR

Speed Skating - Men's 1000 m

Gold DAVIS Shani USA
Silver CHEEK Joey USA
Bronze WENNEMARS Erben NED

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Combined

Gold KOSTELIC Janica CRO
Silver SCHILD Marlies AUT
Bronze PAERSON Anja SWE

Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 15 km Classical

Gold VEERPALU Andrus EST
Silver BAUER Lukas CZE
Bronze ANGERER Tobias GER

Skeleton - Men's Skeleton

Gold GIBSON Duff CAN
Silver PAIN Jeff CAN
Bronze STAEHLI Gregor SUI

Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross

Gold FRIEDEN Tanja SUI
Silver JACOBELLIS Lindsey USA
Bronze MALTAIS Dominique CAN

Winter Sports Today

Biathlon - Women's 7.5 km Sprint

Gold BAVEREL-ROBERT Florence FRA
Silver OLOFSSON Anna Carin SWE
Bronze EFREMOVA Lilia UKR

Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 10 km Classical

Gold SMIGUN Kristina EST
Silver BJORGEN Marit NOR
Bronze PEDERSEN Hilde G. NOR

Figure Skating - Men Figure Skating

Gold PLUSHENKO Evgeni RUS
Silver LAMBIEL Stephane SUI
Bronze BUTTLE Jeffrey CAN

Nordic Combined - Team 4x5 km

Gold GRUBER Michael BIELER Christoph GOTTWALD Felix STECHER Mario AUT
Silver KIRCHEISEN Bjoern HETTICH Georg ACKERMANN Ronny GAISER Jens GER
Bronze KUISMA Antti KOIVURANTA Anssi TALLUS Jaakko MANNINEN Hannu FIN

Skeleton - Women's Skeleton

Gold PEDERSEN Maya SUI
Silver RUDMAN Shelley GBR
Bronze HOLLINGSWORTH-RICHARDS Mellisa CAN

Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross

Gold WESCOTT Seth USA
Silver ZIDEK Radoslav SVK
Bronze DELERUE Paul-Henri FRA

Speed Skating - Ladies' Team Pursuit

Gold ANSCHUETZ THOMS Daniela FRIESINGER Anni OPITZ Lucille PECHSTEIN Claudia VOELKER Sabine GER
Silver GROVES Kristina HUGHES Clara KLASSEN Cindy NESBITT Christine REMPEL Shannon CAN
Bronze ABRAMOVA Yekaterina BARYSHEVA Varvara LIKHACHOVA Galina LOBYSHEVA Yekaterina VYSOKOVA Svetlana RUS

Speed Skating - Men's Team Pursuit

Gold ANESI Matteo DONAGRANDI Stefano FABRIS Enrico SANFRATELLO Ippolito ITA
Silver DANKERS Arne ELM Steven MORRISON Denny PARKER Jason WARSYLEWICZ Justin CAN
Bronze KRAMER Sven RITSMA Rintje TUITERT Mark VERHEIJEN Carl WENNEMARS Erben NED

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Ladies' Downhill

Gold DORFMEISTER Michaela AUT
Silver SCHILD Martina SUI
Bronze PAERSON Anja SWE

Freestyle Skiing - Men's Moguls

Gold BEGG-SMITH Dale AUS
Silver RONKAINEN Mikko FIN
Bronze DAWSON Toby USA

Luge - Doubles' Competition

Gold LINGER Andreas LINGER Wolfgang AUT
Silver FLORSCHUETZ Andre WUSTLICH Torsten GER
Bronze PLANKENSTEINER Gerhard HASELRIEDER Oswald ITA

Short Track Speed Skating - Ladies' 500 m

Gold WANG Meng CHN
Silver RADANOVA Evgenia BUL
Bronze LEBLANC-BOUCHER Anouk CAN

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Men's Combined

Gold LIGETY Ted USA
Silver KOSTELIC Ivica CRO
Bronze SCHOENFELDER Rainer AUT

Biathlon - Men's 10 km Sprint

Gold FISCHER Sven GER
Silver HANEVOLD Halvard NOR
Bronze ANDRESEN Frode NOR

Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' Team Sprint

Gold DAHLBERG Anna ANDERSSON Lina SWE
Silver RENNER Sara SCOTT Beckie CAN
Bronze SAARINEN Aino Kaisa KUITUNEN Virpi FIN

Cross-Country Skiing - Men's Team Sprint

Gold FREDRIKSSON Thobias LIND Bjoern SWE
Silver SVARTEDAL Jens Arne HETLAND Tor Arne NOR
Bronze ALYPOV Ivan ROTCHEV Vassili RUS

Luge - Women's Singles Competition

Gold OTTO Sylke GER
Silver KRAUSHAAR Silke GER
Bronze HUEFNER Tatjana GER

Speed Skating - Ladies' 500 m

Gold ZHUROVA Svetlana RUS
Silver WANG Manli CHN
Bronze REN Hui CHN

Winter Sports Today

Biathlon - Women's 15 km Individual


Gold ISHMOURATOVA Svetlana RUS
Silver GLAGOW Martina GER
Bronze AKHATOVA Albina RUS



Figure Skating - Pairs Figure Skating


Gold TOTMIANINA Tatiana MARININ Maxim RUS
Silver ZHANG Dan ZHANG Hao CHN
Bronze SHEN Xue ZHAO Hongbo CHN



Snowboard - Ladies' Halfpipe


Gold TETER Hannah USA
Silver BLEILER Gretchen USA
Bronze BUAAS Kjersti NOR



Speed Skating - Men's 500 m


Gold CHEEK Joey USA
Silver DOROFEYEV Dmitry RUS
Bronze LEE Kang Seok KOR

Winter Sports Today

Alpine Skiing - Men's Downhill


Gold DENERIAZ Antoine FRA
Silver WALCHHOFER Michael AUT
Bronze KERNEN Bruno SUI



Cross-Country Skiing - Ladies' 15 km Pursuit (7.5+7.5)


Gold SMIGUN Kristina EST
Silver NEUMANNOVA Katerina CZE
Bronze MEDVEDEVA-ABRUZOVA Evgenia RUS



Cross-Country Skiing - Men's 30 km Pursuit (15+15)


Gold DEMENTIEV Eugeni RUS
Silver ESTIL Frode NOR
Bronze PILLER COTTRER Pietro ITA



Luge - Men's Singles Competition


Gold ZOEGGELER Armin ITA
Silver DEMTSCHENKO Albert RUS
Bronze RUBENIS Martins LAT



Short Track Speed Skating - Men's 1500 m


Gold AHN Hyun-Soo KOR
Silver LEE Ho-Suk KOR
Bronze LI JiaJun CHN



Ski Jumping - NH Individual Competition


Gold BYSTOEL Lars NOR
Silver HAUTAMAEKI Matti FIN
Bronze LJOEKELSOEY Roar NOR



Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe


Gold WHITE Shaun USA
Silver KASS Daniel USA
Bronze KOSKI Markku FIN



Speed Skating - Ladies' 3000 m


Gold WUST Ireen NED
Silver GROENEWOLD Renate NED
Bronze KLASSEN Cindy CAN

Winter Sports Today

Nordic Combined - Individual Gundersen 15km


Gold HETTICH Georg GER
Silver GOTTWALD Felix AUT
Bronze MOAN Magnus-H. NOR



Biathlon - Men's 20 km Individual


Gold GREIS Michael GER
Silver BJOERNDALEN Ole Einar NOR
Bronze HANEVOLD Halvard NOR



Freestyle Skiing - Ladies' Moguls


Gold HEIL Jennifer CAN
Silver TRAA Kari NOR
Bronze LAOURA Sandra FRA



Speed Skating - Men's 5000 m


Gold HEDRICK Chad USA
Silver KRAMER Sven NED
Bronze FABRIS Enrico ITA

Olympic Winter Games - Opening Ceremony

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