• USA Alpine Skiing Men’s Giant Slalom
• USA Bobsledding Women’s 2-Person
• USA Cross-Country Skiing Men’s Team Sprint
• USA Cross-Country Skiing Women’s Team Sprint
• USA Snowboarding Men’s Parallel GS
• USA Snowboarding Women’s Parallel GS
• USA Speed Skating Women’s 5K

Biathlon Mixed Relay will also be held tomorrow  – that is a new event to the Winter Olympics.

• Alpine Skiing Men’s Giant Slalom
• Bobsledding Women’s 2-Person
• Cross-Country Skiing Men’s Team Sprint
• Cross-Country Women’s Team Sprint
• Snowboarding Men’s Parallel GS
• Snowboardng Women’s Parallel GS
• Speed Skating Women’s 5K

With the United States’ women currently dismantling Sweden, ahead 5-0 after two periods, with 51 shots on goal, to only 6 for Sweden, one might wonder what is the most shots on goal in an Olympic ice hockey game.

Officially, this stat has only been kept since 1992 at the Winter Olympics so we don’t have full details. Women have only played ice hockey at the Olympics since 1998 so we do have full details for them. For men we will present the list since 1992 below, but also list the best records for goalie saves – we do have that information prior to 1998 for almost all Olympic ice hockey matches. Note that one of the official bests for men was in a losing effort.

Please note that in 1964 the Soviet Union defeated Germany 10-0, with German goalie Ulli Jansen recording 95 saves. So the USSR had at least 105 shots on goal in that match.

Here are the numbers:

Most Shots on Goal, Game, Team, Women (since 1998)

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SOG,Match

71,United States (2002 vs. China) (12-1)

70,United States (2014 vs. Sweden) (6-1)

70,Canada (2002 vs. Sweden) (11-0)

69,Canada (2014 vs. Switzerland) (5-0)

67,Canada (2010 vs. Slovakia) (18-0)

66,Canada (2002 vs. Kazakhstan) (7-0)

66,Canada (2006 vs. Italy) (16-0)

64,Canada (1998 vs. Japan) (13-0)

62,Canada (2010 vs. Switzerland) (10-1)

61,United States (2010 vs. China) (12-1)

60,Canada (2002 vs. Russia) (7-0)

60,United States (2006 vs. Germany) (5-0)

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Most Shots on Goal, Game, Team, Men (since 1992)

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SOG,Match

55,Unified Team (1992 vs. Norway) (8-1)

55,Unified Team (1992 vs. United States (5-2)

55,Switzerland (2002 vs. Austria) (lost 4-1)

52,Unified Team (1992 vs. Canada) (5-4)

51,Unified Team (1992 vs. France) (8-0)

51,Canada (2002 vs. Belarus) (7-1)

51,Finland (1994 vs. Austria) (6-2)

50,Canada (2006 vs. Italy) (7-2)

50,Finland (2006 vs. Italy) (6-0)

50,Russia (2006 vs. Kazakhstan) (1-0)

50,Czech Republic (2010 vs. Latvia) (3-2)

49,United States (2002 vs. Russia) (3-2)

49,Canada (2006 vs. Finland) (lost 0-4)

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Most Goalie Saves, Game, Individual, Men

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Saves,Match

95,Ulli Jansen (GER-1964 vs. Soviet Union)

88,Gérard Rigolet (SUI-1964 vs. Soviet Union)

87,René Kiener (SUI-1964 vs. Czechoslovakia)

85,Vittorio Bolla (ITA-1964 vs. Romania)

83,Ulli Jansen (GER-1964 vs. Finland)

78,Vittorio Bolla (ITA-1964 vs. Poland)

73,Anton Jože Gale (YUG-1964 vs. Canada)

73,Atanas Iliev (BUL-1976 vs. Czechoslovakia)

71,Sean Burke (CAN-1992 vs. Unified Team)

66,Toshiei Honma (JPN-1960 vs. Canada)

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And here are the top 10 bests for most total SOG by 2 teams in a women’s match at the Winter Olympics:

[table]

SOG,Match

92 (70-22),Canada d. Sweden (2002)

83 (69-14),Canada d. Switzerland (2014)

82 (53-29),Switzerland d. Italy (2006)

81 (71-10),United States d. China (2002)

79 (70-9),United States d. Sweden (2014)

78 (45-33),Switzerland d. Slovakia (2010)

77 (66-11),Canada d. Kazakhstan (2002)

76 (67-9),Canada d. Slovakia (2010)

74 (62-12),Canada d. Switzerland (2010)

72 (54-18),Canada d. Finland (2002)

72 (41-31),Russia d. China (2002)

72 (60-12),United States d. Germany (2006)

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With the fog postponing the men’s 15 km biathlon (twice now) and the men’s snowboarding boarder-cross, you may wonder how this has happened previously at the Winter Olympics. Hopefully, by now, it will not surprise that we have that answer.

The Olympic Winter Games are far more subject to event postponements, and occasionally even cancellations, due to weather conditions, because of the nature of the sports and events. Numerous Winter Olympic events have been affected. In fact in 1932 the bobsledding was completed after the Closing Ceremony because of weather delays. The first table below contains general weather problems that affected the Winter Olympics, or the preparations for then, while the second table below contains specific postponements, cancellations, or events significantly affected by weather.

 

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Year,Site,Problems

1924,Chamonix,Rain one week before Olympics turned the ice skating oval into a lake but cold weather just before the Games restored proper ice conditions.

1928,St. Moritz,The föhn (a tradewind coming down the leeward side of a mountain) brought sudden patches of very warm weather  one of which forced cancellation of the 10K speed skating.

1932,Lake Placid,Warm weather before the Games forced the OCOG to haul in snow for the Nordic events but a severe storm on the day of the Opening Ceremony restored snow conditions.

1956,Cortina,No snow fell in Cortina for 24 days before the Games but as military personnel were hauling in snow from the mountains the town was hit with a 36 cm (14 in) snowfall just before the Games opened.

1964,Innsbruck,So little snow had fallen in Innsbruck that the Austrian Army brought in ice bricks for the sliding courses and had 60K cubic metres of snow applied to the courses. No snow fell during the Games and rain further hampered conditions.

1968,Grenoble,Warm weather softened the sliding courses so that bobsled and luge runs had to be postponed and the fourth runs of the men’s and women’s luge were eventually cancelled.

1980,Lake Placid,Little snow had fallen in the area forcing the OCOG to move the men’s cross-country events to the women’s 5 and 10 km courses. Snow flurries fell in the 3 days preceding the Games.

1984,Sarajevo,Severe snow and high winds forced the postponement of many of the Alpine skiing events.

1988,Calgary,High winds caused postponements of Alpine skiing/ bobsled/luge events. The bobsled track also softened during the final week.

1998,Nagano,Many Alpine skiing and snowboarding events were postponed by combinations of snow/fog/hail conditions. A 5.0 earthquake hit Nagano on 21 February during the first run of the men’s slalom but no damage occurred and the event was not postponed.

2002,Salt Lake,Heavy winds caused postponement of women’s downhill and the adjustment of the order of the women’s combined.

2006,Torino,Heavy snow/fog/winds caused postponement of many of the events.

2010,Vancouver,Snow had to be hauled in for the freestyle and snowboarding courses which were near the coast. Warm weather and fog caused postponement of bobsledding/Nordic combined/ski jumping and snowboarding. Heavy snow and fog caused postponements of several Alpine events at Whistler.

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Year,Spt,X,Evt,Notes

1984,ASK,M,DH,Postponed three times and seven days because of heavy snows.

1984,ASK,F,DH,Postponed twice and five days because of snow and fog.

1988,ASK,M,DH,Postponed one day because of heavy winds.

1988,ASK,F,DH,Postponed one day because of heavy winds.

1988,ASK,F,KB,Postponed one day because of weather.

1992,ASK,F,SG,Postponed one day because of rain and soft snow.

1998,ASK,M,DH,Postponed by weather three times from its originally scheduled date of 8 February.

1998,ASK,M,GS,Postponed one day because of heavy snow.

1998,ASK,M,SL,Earthquake occurred in Nagano (level 5.0) during Run 1 but had no real effect on the competition.

1998,ASK,F,DH,Postponed two days by weather twice from its originally scheduled date of 14 February.

1998,ASK,F,SG,Heavy snow postponed this event one day from its scheduled date of 10 February.

1998,ASK,F,KB,Postponed one day because of poor weather.

2002,ASK,F,DH,Postponed one day from 11 February because of heavy winds.

2002,ASK,F,KB,The downhill was postponed because of heavy winds so the slalom runs were conducted first.

2006,ASK,M,SG,The event was stopped after 15 skiers because of snow. The results were cancelled and the event re-run two days later.

2006,ASK,F,SG,Postponed one day from 19 February because of snow.

2006,ASK,F,KB,Postponed one day from 17 February because of snow . The event order was changed and the slalom runs were conducted first.

2010,ASK,M,DH,Postponed two days twice from 13 February.

2010,ASK,M,GS,Delayed two days from 21 February because of scheduling problems with other events delayed.

2010,ASK,M,SK,Postponed five days from 16 February due to heavy snow.

2010,ASK,F,GS,Start postponed two days from 22 February because of scheduling problems with other events delayed. Second run cancelled on 24 February and re-scheduled to 25 February because of snow and fog.

2010,ASK,F,SK,Postponed four days from 14 February.

1968,BIA,M,Relay,Originally scheduled for the morning – postponed until the afternoon because of fog.

1972,BIA,M,20K,Originally scheduled for 8 February – the event was cancelled after 35 skiers had started because of a snow storm – and moved to the next day.

1998,BIA,M,10K,The event was started on 17 February but postponed to the next day because snow and fog made the shooting targets almost impossible to see.

1928,BOB,M,4/5,Originally planned for 16 and 17 February but postponed to 18 February due to poor weather conditions. Eventually only two runs were contested.

1932,BOB,M,4,The 4-man event was originally scheduled for 11-12 February but was postponed two days by a snowstorm which necessitated this event being completed after the Closing Ceremony.

1936,BOB,M,2,Originally scheduled for 11-12 February but start postponed after the four-man had to be postponed three days because of weather conditions.

1936,BOB,M,4,Originally scheduled for 8-9 February but start postponed three days because rain and snowfall had prevented training on the track.

1948,BOB,M,4,On 6 February Run 2 was started but a pipe broke – flooding the course – and the run was stopped – and re-started the next day.

1964,BOB,M,2,Run 3 started before dawn to avoid snow melting.

1968,BOB,M,2,Originally scheduled for 7 and 8 February  but postponed to 8 and 11 February due to poor weather conditions.

1968,BOB,M,4,Originally scheduled for 14 and 15 February but postponed to 16 February because of poor weather conditions. The final two runs were eventually cancelled.

1988,BOB,M,2,Second run started on 20 February at 0910 but cancelled because of high winds and re-run the next day.

1998,BOB,M,4,Second run cancelled because of poor weather conditions.

2002,BOB,M,2,Start delayed by five minutes due to preparations.

2010,BOB,M,2,Start delayed to later in the day because of warm weather.

1948,CCS,M,50K,Originally set to start at 0800 but rescheduled due to cold.

2006,FRS,F,Aerial,Final round start delayed 40 minutes because of fog. Qualifying round postponed 2 days from 19 February because of snow.

1948,FSK,M,Singles,Originally scheduled for 4 February but postponed to the next day due to melting ice conditions.

1948,FSK,F,Singles,Originally scheduled to end on 4 February but postponed for melting ice conditions.

1948,FSK,F,Singles,Originally scheduled for 5 February but schedule moved back a day due to ice conditions on 4 February.

1948,FSK,X,Pairs,Originally scheduled for 6 February but schedule moved back a day due to ice conditions on 4 February.

1948,ICH,M,Games,Originally scheduled for 3 February at Eisstadion but postponed one day due to warm weather and melting ice.

1948,ICH,M,Games,Originally scheduled for 4 February at Palace Hotel but postponed one day due to weather.

1968,LUG,M,Singles,Fourth run cancelled because of weather conditions.

1968,LUG,F,Singles,Fourth run cancelled because of weather conditions.

1988,LUG,F,Singles,Second day runs postponed one day because of high winds.

2002,NCO,M,Team,Postponed two days from 14 February because of high winds.

2006,NCO,M,Team,Postponed one day from 14 February and held over two days because of high winds.

2010,NCO,M,LH,Event delayed one hour because of fog on the jumping hill.

1988,SKJ,M,Team,Postponed six days from 18 February because of snow.

2002,SKJ,M,NH,Postponed two days from 8 February due to heavy wind and snow.

1998,SNB,F,GS,Postponed one day because of heavy snow.

2010,SNB,F,BX,Start delayed 3:05 because of overnite rains/fog on the course/poor visibility.

1928,SSK,M,10K,Competition was stopped by the referee during the fifth pair and officially annulled due to ice conditions.

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USA Yesterday at the Olympics

• Andrew Weibrecht won a silver medal in the men’s Super-G, followed by Bode Miller, who won a bronze medal by tieing for third. This set the following new USA records and bests:

• Bode Miller – 6 medals – 2^nd all-time in WOG Alpine skiing – behind Kjetil André Aamodt with 8. He is tied with two women, Janica Kostelić (CRO) and Anja Pärson (SWE)
• Miller is also 2^nd all-time among men in Alpine skiing, trailing only Aamodt
• He is #1 among USA in Alpine skiing, for both men and overall
• Miller moves into =2^nd all-time at WOG for USA Olympians with 6 medals, tieing Bonnie Blair. He is also 2^nd all-time at WOG for USA male Olympians. They both trail Apolo Anton Ohno with 8.
• Miller is now the oldest medalist in WOG Alpine skiing at 36-127 (years/days) surpassing Aamodt who was 34-170 in 2006 .
• Weibrecht becomes 4^th American male, and 12^th overall, with 2 or more medals in WOG Alpine skiing.
• This is the 6^th USA Alpine skiing multi-medal podium at WOG – after 1964 men’s slalom, 1984 men’s slalom, 1984 women’s giant slalom, 2010 men’s Super-G, and 2010 women’s downhill.
• It is the 44^th USA multi-medal podium at WOG overall – we had 41 coming into Sochi and in 2014 have already had women’s snowboarding halfpipe and men’s freestyle slopestyle (a sweep).
• Our best at previous WOG for multi-medal podiums is 7 in 2010 and 2002, with 4 in 2006, and 3 in 1932.

• In men’s hockey, the United States defeated Slovenia 5-1, with Phil Kessel scoring a hat trick with 3 goals. Here are the records for most USA goals in a game in men’s ice hockey:

Most Goals, USA, Game, Individual, Men

8        Tony Conroy (1920, vs. Switzerland)

7        Joe McCormick (1920, vs. Switzerland)

7        Larry McCormick (1920, vs. Czechoslovakia)

6        Herb Drury (1920, vs. Switzerland)

6        Francis “Moose” Goheen (1920, vs. Switzerland)

6        Herb Drury (1924, vs. Sweden)

6        Herb Drury (1924, vs. Belgium)

6        Herb Drury (1924, vs. France)

6        Herb Drury (1924, vs. Great Britain)

6        Clarence “Taffy” Abel (1924, vs. Sweden)

6        Clarence “Taffy” Abel (1924, vs. France)

 

Since 1948

5        6 athletes in 1948

4        5 athletes in 1948

4        Bob Rompre (1952, vs. Finland)

4        Dick Douherty (1956, vs. Czechoslovakia)

4        Bill Cleary (1960, vs. Germany)

4        Rog Christian (1960, vs. Czechoslovakia)

 

Last Hat Tricks

3        John LeClair (2002, vs. Finland)

3        Pat LaFontaine (1984, vs. Austria)

3        Stephen Sertich (1976, vs. Yugoslavia)

 

USA Today at the Olympics

• Alpine Skiing – Women’s Giant Slalom – The USA has won this event 3 times – Andi Mead-Lawrence (1952), Debbie Armstrong (1984), and Julia Mancuso (2006). Mancuso is, of course, back for another shot at this along with Mikaela Shiffrin. That is the most wins in the event, tied with Switzerland. We have 7 medals in the event, trailing only Austria’s 8 (although they have never won gold), and equal to Switzerland, who also have 7. Our 7 medals have been won by 7 different athletes. Our best finish in Vancouver was 8th by Mancuso.
• Nordic Combined – Men’s Large Hill Individual – In this format, this event has only been held once before, in Vancouver. Prior to 2010, the two individual Nordic combined events were labelled “Individual” and “Sprint,” but this was changed in Vancouver to “Normal Hill” and “Large Hill.” Whatever the designation, we did quite well in Vancouver in this event, with Bill Demong winning gold and Johnny Spillane silver. This followed Spillane’s other individual silver on the Normal Hill in 2010. These were our first ever medals in Nordic Combined, and this was followed a few days later by a silver in the team competition.
• Speed Skating – Men’s 10,000 metres – The USA has 3 medals in this event, with 2 gold medals. The golds came in 1932 by Irving Jaffee and 1980 by Eric Heiden. The other medal was a silver by Chad Hedrick in 2006. In Vancouver Jonathan Kuck was 8th and Ryan Bedford 12th. Our 3 USA medals are 5th in the national medal list, which is led by Norway and the Netherlands, both with 17, with the Netherlands having 6 gold, and Norway 4. Sweden has also won 5 golds.
• Short-Track Speed Skating – Women’s Relay – The USA has no horse in this race, unfortunately, as they did not qualify for the event.

 

This Day at the Olympics

395 Olympians were born

57 Olympians died

99 Olympic events were held

 

USA Births and Death on this Day at the Olympics

Born

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Date,Name,Sport,Years

17 Feb 1880,Theodore Gross,GYM,1904

17 Feb 1883,George Cooke,FTB,1904

17 Feb 1883,Willard Schrader,GYM,1904

17 Feb 1900,Paul Krempel,GYM,1920-28

17 Feb 1903,Carl Mose,ART,1928

17 Feb 1905,John Huffman,FEN,1928-36

17 Feb 1906,Emmett Swanson,SHO,1948-52

17 Feb 1909,Frank Spain,ICH,1936

17 Feb 1910,Dallas Bixler,GYM,1932

17 Feb 1910,James Crockett,FTB,1936

17 Feb 1923,Polly Craus,FEN,1952

17 Feb 1924,Eugene Rogers,SWI,1948

17 Feb 1925,Ken Wiesner,ATH,1952

17 Feb 1934,Cy Cromwell,ROW,1964

17 Feb 1945,Daniel Cantillon,FEN,1968

17 Feb 1947,Mattiline Render,ATH,1972

17 Feb 1952,Insook Bhushan,TTN,1988-92

17 Feb 1953,Aaron Herman,ROW,1972

17 Feb 1955,Kent Weigle,FSK,1976

17 Feb 1958,Karen Lende O’Connor,EQU,1988-12

17 Feb 1959,Rowdy Gaines,SWI,1984

17 Feb 1961,Debra Richardson,BVO,1996

17 Feb 1963,Michael Jordan,BAS,1984-92

17 Feb 1965,Libbie Hickman,ATH,2000

17 Feb 1967,Joe Greene,ATH,1992-96

17 Feb 1968,Celita Schutz,JUD,1996-04

17 Feb 1970,Yari Allnutt,FTB,1992

17 Feb 1970,Tommy Moe,ASK,1992-98

17 Feb 1972,Lloy Ball,VOL,1996-08

17 Feb 1983,Elliot Hovey,ROW,2008-12

17 Feb 1987,Amy Rodriguez,FTB,2008-12

17 Feb 1987,Megan Sweeney,LUG,2010

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Died

[table]

Date,Name,Sport,Years

17 Feb 1927,Frank Lane,ATH,1896

17 Feb 1928,Frederick Kaiser,ATH,1912

17 Feb 1968,Marquard Schwarz,SWI,1904-06

17 Feb 1981,Al Fitch,ATH,1936

17 Feb 1991,Sid Hinds,SHO,1924

17 Feb 1994,Gretchen Fraser,ASK,1948

17 Feb 1994,Frederick Weber,FEN/MOP,1936

17 Feb 2009,Mike Whitmarsh,BVO,1996

17 Feb 2012,Frank Sanders Jr.,ICH,1972

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Previous USA Winter Olympic Medals on this Day

[table]

Medalist,Sport,X,Event,Medal,Date

USA Team,BOB,M,Four,Gold,17 Feb 1928

USA Team,BOB,M,Four,Silver,17 Feb 1928

Jennison Heaton,SKE,M,Skeleton,Gold,17 Feb 1928

Jack Heaton,SKE,M,Skeleton,Silver,17 Feb 1928

Leah Poulos-Mueller,SSK,F,1000 m,Silver,17 Feb 1980

Tommy Moe,ASK,M,Super G,Silver,17 Feb 1994

USA Team,ICH,F,Ice Hockey,Gold,17 Feb 1998

Chris Witty,SSK,F,1000 m,Gold,17 Feb 2002

Jennifer Rodriguez,SSK,F,1000 m,Bronze,17 Feb 2002

Lindsey Jacobellis,SNB,F,BoarderX,Silver,17 Feb 2006

Lindsey Kildow-Vonn,ASK,F,Downhill,Gold,17 Feb 2010

Julia Mancuso,ASK,F,Downhill,Silver,17 Feb 2010

Shaun White,SNB,M,Halfpipe,Gold,17 Feb 2010

Scotty Lago,SNB,M,Halfpipe,Bronze,17 Feb 2010

Shani Davis,SSK,M,1000 m,Gold,17 Feb 2010

Chad Hedrick,SSK,M,1000 m,Bronze,17 Feb 2010

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Medal Standings after Day #10

[table]

Day #10 – 16 Feb 2014,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Netherlands,5,5,7,17,1

Russia,4,7,5,16,2

United States,4,4,8,16,3

Norway,5,3,6,14,4

Canada,4,6,4,14,5

Germany,7,3,2,12,6

Sweden,2,5,2,9,7

Switzerland,5,1,1,7,8

Austria,2,4,1,7,9

France,2,-,4,6,10

China,3,2,-,5,11

Japan,1,3,1,5,12

Slovenia,1,1,3,5,13

Italy,-,2,3,5,14

Poland,4,-,-,4,15

Belarus,3,-,1,4,16

Czech Republic,1,2,1,4,17

Korea,1,1,1,3,18

Latvia,-,1,2,3,19

Great Britain,1,-,1,2,20

Finland,-,2,-,2,21

Australia,-,1,1,2,22

Slovakia,1,-,-,1,23

Croatia,-,1,-,1,24

Kazakhstan,-,-,1,1,=25

Ukraine,-,-,1,1,=25

Total (55 events),56,54,56,166,

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[table]

Day #10 – 21 Feb 2010,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

United States,7,7,10,24,1

Germany,6,7,5,18,2

Norway,5,3,4,12,3

Canada,4,4,1,9,=4

Korea,4,4,1,9,=4

Austria,2,3,3,8,=6

Russia,2,3,3,8,=6

France,2,2,4,8,8

Switzerland,5,-,2,7,9

Sweden,3,1,2,6,10

China,3,1,1,5,=11

Netherlands,3,1,1,5,=11

Poland,-,3,1,4,13

Italy,-,1,3,4,14

Slovakia,1,1,1,3,15

Czech Republic,1,-,2,3,16

Japan,-,1,2,3,17

Australia,1,1,-,2,18

Latvia,-,2,-,2,19

Belarus,-,1,1,2,=20

Croatia,-,1,1,2,=20

Slovenia,-,1,1,2,=20

Great Britain,1,-,-,1,23

Estonia,-,1,-,1,=24

Finland,-,1,-,1,=24

Kazakhstan,-,1,-,1,=24

Totals (50 events),50,51,49,150

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[table]

Day #10 – 19 Feb 2006,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,7,7,4,18,1

Norway,2,7,7,16,2

United States,7,4,2,13,3

Russia,6,2,5,13,4

Canada,2,6,5,13,5

Austria,4,5,1,10,6

Switzerland,2,2,4,8,7

Korea,3,3,1,7,8

Italy,3,-,4,7,9

China,1,2,4,7,10

Netherlands,2,2,2,6,11

Sweden,2,1,3,6,12

France,3,-,2,5,13

Finland,-,2,3,5,14

Estonia,3,-,-,3,15

Croatia,1,1,-,2,16

Czech Republic,-,2,-,2,17

Australia,1,-,-,1,18

Bulgaria,-,1,-,1,=19

Great Britain,-,1,-,1,=19

Slovakia,-,1,-,1,=19

Latvia,-,-,1,1,=22

Ukraine,-,-,1,1,=22

Totals (49 events),49,49,49,147

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[table]

Day #10 – 17 Feb 2002,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,6,10,7,23,1

United States,4,7,7,18,2

Norway,10,3,1,14,3

Austria,2,3,8,13,4

Italy,3,2,3,8,5

Russia,3,2,2,7,6

Switzerland,3,1,2,6,7

France,2,3,1,6,8

Finland,3,1,1,5,9

Netherlands,2,2,-,4,10

Canada,2,-,2,4,11

Sweden,-,1,3,4,12

China,1,-,2,3,13

Bulgaria,-,1,2,3,14

Croatia,1,1,-,2,=15

Korea,1,1,-,2,=15

Estonia,1,-,1,2,17

Czech Republic,-,2,-,2,18

Japan,-,1,1,2,=19

Poland,-,1,1,2,=19

Australia,1,-,-,1,21

Totals (43 events),45,42,44,131

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[table]

Day #10 – 16 Feb 1998,Gold,Silver,Bronze,Total,Rank (US)

Germany,6,6,6,18,1

Norway,5,7,4,16,2

Russia,8,4,1,13,3

Austria,2,3,6,11,4

Canada,3,4,1,8,5

Netherlands,3,3,1,7,6

Japan,3,1,3,7,7

Finland,2,3,2,7,8

United States,2,1,4,7,9

Italy,1,3,2,6,10

France,2,-,3,5,11

Switzerland,2,1,1,4,12

Czech Republic,-,1,1,2,=13

Sweden,-,1,1,2,=13

Bulgaria,1,-,-,1,15

Denmark,-,1,-,1,=16

Ukraine,-,1,-,1,=16

Belgium,-,-,1,1,=18

Belarus,-,-,1,1,=18

Kazakhstan,-,-,1,1,=18

Totals (39 events),40,40,39,119

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• USA Alpine Skiing Women’s Giant Slalom
• USA Nordic Combined Men’s Individual
• USA Speed Skating Men’s 10K
• USA Short-Track Speed Skating Women’s Relay

Freestyle skiing men’s halfpipe will also end on this day. It is a new Olympic event.

• Alpine Skiing Women’s Giant Slalom
• Nordic Combined Men’s Individual
• Speed Skating Men’s 10K
• Short-Track Speed Skating Women’s Relay

Freestyle men’s halfpipe, a new event, will also end on this day.

With its medal sweep in today’s women’s 1,500 metre speed skating, the Netherlands has now won 16 medals in speed skating (long-track) at Sochi. If you include short-track, all 17 of their medals in Sochi have come in speed skating.

This is a new record for the most medals won by a nation in a single sport at the Winter Olympics. The previous record was 14 by Austria in 2006 Alpine Skiing, with the Soviet Union winning 13 in cross-country skiing in 1988 and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) also winning 13 in 1988, in speed skating. Here are all the times a nation has won 10 or more medals in a single sport at one Winter Olympics.

 

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NOC,Year,Sport,G,S,B,TM

Netherlands,2014,Speedskating,5,5,6,16

Austria,2006,Alpine Skiing,4,5,5,14

Soviet Union,1988,Cross-Country Skiing,5,5,3,13

German Demo. Rep.,1988,Speedskating,3,6,4,13

Soviet Union,1960,Speedskating,6,3,3,12

Soviet Union,1964,Speedskating,5,5,2,12

German Demo. Rep.,1984,Speedskating,4,4,3,11

Switzerland,1988,Alpine Skiing,3,4,4,11

Germany,1992,Speedskating,5,3,3,11

Austria,1998,Alpine Skiing,3,4,4,11

Netherlands,1998,Speedskating,5,4,2,11

Norway,2002,Cross-Country Skiing,5,2,4,11

Germany,2006,Biathlon,5,4,2,11

Soviet Union,1976,Cross-Country Skiing,4,2,4,10

Korea,2006,Short-Track Speedskating,6,3,1,10

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In the women’s 1,500 metres today, the Netherlands actually went 1-2-3-4. This was the 3^rd medal sweep by the Netherlands in speed skating at these Olympics, making it the first nation to ever sweep the medals 3 times at a Winter Olympics.

No, it is not the first time that a nation has swept places1-4 at the Winter Olympics – its actually the 7^th time this has happened. But it is the first time it has happened in speed skating. The other 6 times were as follows:

 

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Sport,Year,ORISCode,Gdr,NOC

Cross-Country Skiing,1924,50 kilometres,M,NOR

Cross-Country Skiing,1936,50 kilometres,M,SWE

Cross-Country Skiing,1960,10 kilometres,F,URS

Luge,1972,Singles,M,GDR

Nordic Combined,1924,Individual,M,NOR

Nordic Combined,1932,Individual,M,NOR

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• Bode Miller – 6 medals – 2^nd all-time in WOG Alpine skiing – behind Kjetil André Aamodt with 8. He is tied with two women, Janica Kostelić (CRO) and Anja Pärson (SWE)
• Miller is also 2^nd all-time among men in Alpine skiing, trailing only Aamodt
• He is #1 among USA in Alpine skiing, for both men and overall
• Miller moves into =2^nd all-time at WOG for USA Olympians with 6 medals, tieing Bonnie Blair. He is also 2^nd all-time at WOG for USA male Olympians. They both trail Apolo Anton Ohno with 8.
• Miller is now the oldest medalist in WOG Alpine skiing at 36-127 (years/days) surpassing Aamodt who was 34-170 in 2006 .
• Weibrecht becomes 4^th American male, and 12^th overall, with 2 or more medals in WOG Alpine skiing.
• This is the 6^th USA Alpine skiing multi-medal podium at WOG – after 1964 men’s slalom, 1984 men’s slalom, 1984 women’s giant slalom, 2010 men’s Super-G, and 2010 women’s downhill.
• It is the 44^th USA multi-medal podium at WOG overall – USA had 41 coming into Sochi and in 2014 have already had women’s snowboarding halfpipe and men’s freestyle slopestyle (a sweep).
• USA best at previous WOG for multi-medal podiums is 7 in 2010 and 2002, with 4 in 2006, and 3 in 1932.
• The 2 medals give the USA 16 for Sochi, and puts USA ahead in the total medal count in 2014

• USA Biathlon Women’s 12.5 km Mass Start
• USA Bobsledding Two-Man
• USA Figure Skating Mixed Ice Dancing
• USA Freestyle Skiing Men’s Aerials
• USA Ski Jumping Men’s Team, Large Hill
• USA Snowboarding Men’s Boarder-Cross