The 2014 Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics have come to a close. There were some fantastic moments and more than just a few heartbreaking ones. Athletes from Lake Tahoe pulled in 4 Olympic medals this year (3 golds, one bronze) alone.
The US of A brought home 28 medals at Sochi (9 gold, 7 silver, 12 bronze) putting us in 4th place overall. Not bad. At the Vancouver Winter Games, the USA brought home 37 medals putting us in 1st place overall.
The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics
Final Medal standings
| Country |
 |
 |
 |
Total
|
|---|
|
1
|
 Russia |
13
|
11
|
9
|
33
|
|
2
|
 Norway |
11
|
5
|
10
|
26
|
|
3
|
 Canada |
10
|
10
|
5
|
25
|
|
4
|
 United States |
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
|
|
11
|
 Poland |
4
|
1
|
1
|
6
|
|
12
|
 China |
3
|
4
|
2
|
9
|
|
13
|
 South Korea |
3
|
3
|
2
|
8
|
|
14
|
 Sweden |
2
|
7
|
6
|
15
|
|
15
|
 Czech Republic |
2
|
4
|
2
|
8
|
|
16
|
 Slovenia |
2
|
2
|
4
|
8
|
|
17
|
 Japan |
1
|
4
|
3
|
8
|
|
18
|
 Finland |
1
|
3
|
1
|
5
|
|
19
|
 Great Britain |
1
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
|
20
|
 Ukraine |
1
|
0
|
1
|
2
|
|
21
|
 Slovakia |
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
22
|
 Italy |
0
|
2
|
6
|
8
|
|
23
|
 Latvia |
0
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
|
24
|
 Australia |
0
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
|
25
|
 Croatia |
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
26
|
 Kazakhstan |
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Here’s how the USA has done in every Winter Olympic Games. All numbers given below are for the USA.
USA Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 1924 Chamonix |
24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 1928 St. Moritz |
24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
 1932 Lake Placid |
64 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 1948 St. Moritz |
69 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
 1952 Oslo |
65 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo |
67 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
 1960 Squaw Valley |
79 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
 1964 Innsbruck |
89 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| 1968 Grenoble |
95 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
 1972 Sapporo |
103 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
| 1976 Innsbruck |
106 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
 1980 Lake Placid |
101 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
 1984 Sarajevo |
107 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
 1988 Calgary |
118 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 1992 Albertville |
147 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| 1994 Lillehammer |
147 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
| 1998 Nagano |
186 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| 2002 Salt Lake City |
202 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 3 |
| 2006 Turin |
211 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 2 |
| 2010 Vancouver |
216 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 3 |
 2014 Sochi |
230 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 4 |
This medal count list looks a lot different if you take into account the population of each country that medaled at Sochi:
Sochi 2014 Per Capita Medal Count
