At the XXII Winter Olympics in Sochi, the Russian national team managed to set a record for the number of awards won. For the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian team took part in the 1994 Lillehammer Olympics, winning 23 medals. For 20 years, this was our best result, which it was possible to surpass only this year.
Well, as the teams of the countries participating in the "white" Olympics have settled down in the final standings, our today's rating of the medals of the Olympic teams Sochi 2014 will tell.
10. France( gold - 4, silver - 4, bronze - 7)
10. France( gold - 4, silver - 4, bronze - 7)
French athletes took gold in biathlon, snowboard and freestyle. The most productive member was Marten Fourcade, who won two gold medals and one silver medal in biathlon.
9. Austria( gold-4, silver-8, bronze-5)
The Austrians won Olympic gold in biathlon, ski jumping, downhill skiing and tobogganing. All the awards of the Austrian national team were given to the mountain-skiing power 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. Particularly distinguished at the Olympics, biathlete Daria Domracheva, who will take away three gold medals from the Games.
7. Switzerland( gold - 6, silver - 3, bronze - 2)
Swiss athletes have won gold in cross-country skiing, snowboarding and downhill skiing. The skier of Dario Cologna, who won two awards of the highest standard, distinguished himself more than others. The women's hockey team of Switzerland became the bronze medalist of the Games.
6. Germany( gold - 8, silver - 6, bronze - 5)
Germans took gold in downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, ski jumping and tobogganing. Guys from Germany Tobias Arlt, Natalie Heisenberg, Felix Loch and Tobias Wendl have 2 Olympic medals of the highest standard.
5. Netherlands( gold - 8, silver - 7, bronze - 9)
The Dutch impressed everyone with their skills in skating. It was in this discipline that athletes from the Netherlands won 6 gold medals. Four times the members of the national team occupied the whole pedestal of honor - in men's race for 10 000, 5 000 and 500 meters, as well as in women's run for 1,500 meters.
4. USA( gold - 9, silver - 7, bronze - 12)
Americans received the highest awards in mountain 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 bobsled, curling, freestyle, hockey and short track. It is noteworthy, but not one athlete of this team has won more than one medal.
2. Norway( gold - 11, silver - 5, bronze - 10)
Norwegians were the strongest in biathlon, skiing, cross-country skiing and skiing. Two gold medals were awarded to skiers Marit Bjergen and Jorgen Graabak, as well as biathletes Ule Einar Björndalen and Emil Svendsen.
1. Russia( gold - 13, silver - 11, bronze - 9)
Russians became the first in the bobsled, skeleton, snowboard, figure skating, biathlon and short track. The main stars of the current Olympiad were Viktor An, who won 3 gold awards, as well as Tatyana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov, who twice occupied the highest stage of the pedestal.
| place | Country |  |  Gold Silver Bronze |  | Total |
| 1 |  Russian | 13 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 2 |  Norway | 11 | 5 | 10 | 26 |
| 3 |  Canada | 10 | 10 | 5 | 24 |
| 4 |  US | 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 |
