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The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games (French: Les XXIIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) (Russian: XXII Олимпийские зимние игры, tr. XXII Olimpiyskiye zimniye igry) and commonly known as Sochi 2014, was an international winter multi-sport event that was held from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia. Opening rounds in certain events were held on 6 February 2014, the day before the opening ceremony.

These were the first Olympic Games under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidency of Thomas Bach. Both the Olympics and Paralympics were organized by the Sochi Organizing Committee (SOOC). Sochi was selected as the host city in July 2007, during the 119th IOC Session held in Guatemala City. It was the first Olympics to be held in a CIS state after the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. The Soviet Union was previously the host nation for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

A record ninety-eight events in fifteen winter sport disciplines were held during the Games. A number of new competitions—a total of twelve accounting for gender—were held during the Games, including biathlon mixed relay, women's ski jumping, mixed-team figure skating, mixed-team luge, half-pipe skiing, ski and snowboard slopestyle, and snowboard parallel slalom. The events were held around two clusters of new venues: an Olympic Park constructed in Sochi's Imeretinsky Valley on the coast of the Black Sea, with Fisht Olympic Stadium, and the Games' indoor venues located within walking distance; and snow events in the resort settlement of Krasnaya Polyana.

The 2014 Winter Olympics were the most expensive Games in the history of the Olympics. While originally budgeted at US$12 billion, major cost overruns caused this figure to expand to US$51 billion, more than three times the cost of the 2012 London Olympics and even surpassing the estimated cost of US$44 billion for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The 2014 Games achieved a record broadcast audience of 2.1 billion people worldwide.

In 2016, an independent report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed allegations that the Russian Olympic team had been involved in a state-sponsored doping program, active from at least late-2011 through August 2015. The program was active during the Winter Olympics in Sochi, and athletes had benefited from the cover-up. The IOC stripped thirteen medals from Russian athletes in 2017, but nine were reinstated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. In December 2017, the IOC voted to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee, with an option for whitelisted athletes to compete independently during the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Venues[]

Venue Location Events
Fisht Olympic Stadium Sochi Olympic Park (Coastal Cluster) Ceremonies
Bolshoy Ice Dome Ice hockey (final)
Shayba Arena Ice hockey
Adler Arena Skating Center Speed skating
Iceberg Skating Palace Figure skating, short track speed skating
Ice Cube Curling Center Curling
Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex Krasnaya Polyana (Mountain Cluster) Biathlon, cross-country skiing
Rosa Khutor Extreme Park Freestyle skiing, snowboarding
Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Alpine skiing
Sliding Center Sanki Bobsleigh, luge, skeleton
RusSki Gorki Jumping Center Ski jumping, Nordic combined

Broadcasters[]

Country/Region Broadcaster(s)
Asia Dentsu
Caribbean SportsMax
Central Asia Dentsu
Europe Sportfive
Latin America América Móvil, DirecTV, ESPN, Fox Sports
Middle East and North Africa ASBU, OSN
Pacific Islands Sky Television
South Asia Star India
Sub-Saharan Africa SuperSport, Infront Sports & Media
Albania TVSH
Argentina TV Pública, TyC Sports
Armenia Armenia 1
Austria ORF, ATV
Australia Network Ten
Azerbaijan İTV
Belarus Beltelradio
Belgium RTBF, VRT
Bosnia and Herzegovina BHRT, RTRS
Brazil Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes, Rede Record, SporTV, BandSports
Bulgaria BNT, TV+
Canada CBC, Sportsnet, TSN, RDS, TVA Sports
Chile UCV Television
China CCTV
Chinese Taipei ELTA
Colombia Citytv Bogotá
Croatia HRT
Cyprus CyBC
Czech Republic ČT, TV Nova, Český Rozhlas
Denmark DR, TV2
East Timor TVTL
Estonia ERR, MTG
Finland Yle
France France Televisions, RMC
Georgia GPB
Germany ARD, ZDF, Sport1
Greece NERIT
Hong Kong TVB
Hungary MTVA
Iceland RÚV, 365
Ireland RTÉ
Israel Sport 5
Italy Sky Italia, Cielo, RAI
Japan Japan Consortium
Kazakhstan Khabar
Kyrgyzstan KTRK
Latvia LTV, MTG
Lithuania LNK, Lietuvos rytas TV, MTG
Luxembourg CLT-UFA
Macedonia MRT
Mauritania TVM
Mexico América Móvil, Canal 8, Canal 22
Moldova TRM
Mongolia TV5
Montenegro RTCG
Netherlands NOS
New Zealand Sky Television
North Korea SBS
Norway TV2
Philippines Sports5
Poland TVP, NC+
Portugal Sport TV
Romania TVR
Russia Channel One, VGTRK, NTV Plus
Serbia RTS
Slovakia RTVS, Markíza, TV Nova
Slovenia RTV Slovenia
South Africa SABC, SuperSport
South Korea KBS, MBC, SBS
South Sudan SSTV
Spain RTVE
Suriname STVS
Sweden MTG
Switzerland SRG SSR
Tunisia ERTT
Turkey TRT
Ukraine NTKU, XSPORT
United Kingdom BBC
United States NBC
Uzbekistan MTRK
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