The 2014 Sochi, Russia Winter Olympics have come to a close. Â There were some fantastic moments and more than just a few heartbreaking ones. Â 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. Â Not bad. Â 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. Â All numbers given below are for the USA.
USA Medals by Winter Games
| Games | Athletes | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Â 1924 Chamonix |
24 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Â 1928 St. Moritz |
24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
 1932 Lake Placid |
64 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 1 |
 Â 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
55 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Â 1948 St. Moritz |
69 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
 1952 Oslo |
65 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
 Â 1956 Cortina d’Ampezzo |
67 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
 Â 1960 Squaw Valley |
79 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
 1964 Innsbruck |
89 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 |
| Â 1968 Grenoble |
95 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 9 |
 Â 1972 Sapporo |
103 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 5 |
|
 1976 Innsbruck |
106 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 |
 Â 1980 Lake Placid |
101 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 3 |
 Â 1984 Sarajevo |
107 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 |
 1988 Calgary |
118 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Â 1992 Albertville |
147 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| Â 1994 Lillehammer |
147 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 5 |
|
 1998 Nagano |
186 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 |
| Â 2002 Salt Lake City |
202 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 3 |
| Â 2006 Turin |
211 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 2 |
|
 2010 Vancouver |
216 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 37 | 3 |
 Â 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
