1994 Winter Olympics medal table
| 1994 Winter Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lillehammer,  Norway |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  Russia (11) |
| Most total medals | Norway (26) |
| Medalling NOCs | 22 |
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The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Winter Olympics, were a winter multi-sport event held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 27 February 1994.[1] 1,737 athletes representing 67 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.[2] The games featured 61 events in 6 sports and 12 disciplines.[3][4] With the intent to have the Summer and Winter Olympics held in different years, the 1994 games were held just two years after the 1992 Winter Olympics. This was the first and only time that the Winter Olympics were held two years apart.[5]
Athletes representing 22 NOCs received at least one medal, with 14 of them winning at least one gold medal. Six NOCs won their first Winter Olympic medals: Australia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,[1] Slovenia, Ukraine,[6] and Uzbekistan. Three of these, Kazakhstan,[1] Ukraine,[7] and Uzbekistan, won their first Winter Olympic gold medals. The three first-time gold medalist NOCs and Belarus were all competing in their first Olympic Games as independent National Olympic Committees following the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Russia, in its first Winter Olympics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, won the most gold medals, with 11, while host nation Norway had the most medals overall, with 26.[8][9] Among individual participants, Norweigen speed skater Johann Olav Koss and Russian cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova tied for the most gold medals, with three each, while Italian cross-country skier Manuela Di Centa had the most medals overall with five (two gold, two silver, and one bronze).[10]
Medals
[edit]Continuing the break from tradition of 1992, the medals were primarily made of granite rather than metal; gold, silver, or bronze was used only on the border, the Olympic rings, and a pictogram of the sport for which the medal was awarded.[11]
Medal table
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The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.[12][13] If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.[14]
* Host nation (Norway)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russia | 11 | 8 | 4 | 23 |
| 2 | Norway* | 10 | 11 | 5 | 26 |
| 3 |  Germany | 9 | 7 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 |  Italy | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 |
| 5 |  United States | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 |
| 6 |  South Korea | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 |  Canada | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 |  Switzerland | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 9 |  Austria | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 |
| 10 |  Sweden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  Japan | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 12 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 |  Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 |  Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Belarus | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 17 |  France | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 18 |  Netherlands | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 19 |  China | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 |  Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 21 |  Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | 61 | 61 | 61 | 183 | |
See also
[edit]References
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- ^ a b "Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
- ^ "Lillehammer 1994". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Olympedia – 1994 Winter Olympics Overview". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results". International Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Recalling Ukraine's participation in Winter Olympic Games since 1994". The New Voice of Ukraine. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "At the Paris Olympics, it will no longer be personal for Ukraine's athletes. This time, it's war". Associated Press. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Clarey, Christopher (27 February 1994). "Winter Olympics; The Soviet Empire Is Dead, but Its Sports Legacy Is Still Alive in Russia". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Belam, Martin; Levett, Cath (26 February 2018). "Russia rues ban as OARs deliver nation's worst Winter Olympics gold medal haul". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "1994 Lillehammer Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 25 June 2010. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Medallists to get Stones". New Straits Times. 6 January 1993. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
- ^ Ostlere, Lawrence (11 August 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Araton, Harvey (18 August 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 21 March 2023. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
- ^ Cons, Roddy (10 August 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS. Archived from the original on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
