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Sochi 2014 Facts & Figures FACTSHEET SOCHI 2014 FACTS & FIGURES UPDATE - FEBRUARY 2015 HEADLINES A record 88 National Olympic Committees participated A record 98 medal events More than 40% of athletes at the Games were female Record worldwide coverage on TV and digital platforms Over 37 million subscribers to the IOC’s social media platforms Strong urban legacies from the Games The Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014 NOC Delegations and Women’s Participation delivered many inspirational athletic 88 NOCs participated in the Sochi performances, as well as laying the basis for a Games – a Winter Games record. long lasting legacy for the city and country. Six NOCs participated for the first time. o Malta Sochi 2014 Performance Highlights o Paraguay o Timor-Leste Over 2,800 athletes participated – a o Togo record. o Tonga A record 98 events in 7 sports. o Zimbabwe Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar 244 individual athletes and one team Bjørndalen became the most decorated th supported by Olympic Solidarity Winter Olympian, taking his 13 medal competed, winning seven gold medals, in Sochi. two silver, six individual bronze and one Norwegian cross-country skier Marit team bronze. Bjoergen became the most decorated Women accounted for more than 40% female Winter Olympian, with 10 of all participants. medals. Women competed in 50% of all events With a bronze medal in luge, Armin at the Sochi Games. Zoeggeler of Italy achieved the longest 64 former Youth Olympic Games winning streak in Olympic history — six athletes, representing 34 NOCs, medals over six consecutive Winter competed in Sochi, winning three gold Games. medals, one silver and two bronze. With a silver medal in bobsleigh, Lauryn Over 20 Young Ambassadors and Williams of the United States became Young Reporters trained at the YOG the fifth person to medal at both the also participated in Sochi 2014 as Summer and Winter Olympics, adding media or for their delegations. to a gold medal in the women’s 4x100m at the London 2012 Games and a silver Protecting Clean Athletes medal in the 100m at the Athens 2004 Games. The Sochi 2014 Games featured the Olympic events debuting at Sochi: most stringent anti-doping programme o Team Figure Skating in the history of the Olympic Winter o Ski Slopestyle-Men’s and Games. Women’s A record 2,812 tests were conducted, o Ski Halfpipe-Men’s and with more emphasis on pre-competition Women’s and intelligence-based testing than ever o Women’s Ski Jumping before. o Biathlon Relay-Mixed Samples will be kept for 10 years for o Luge Team Relay-Mixed possible retesting as a result of o Snowboard Slopestyle-Men’s technological advances or new and Women’s information about possible doping o Snowboard Parallel Slalom- violations. Men’s and Women’s Page 1/7 Media Coverage More than 1,500 Sochi 2014 Olympians Record broadcast audience of 2.1 billion connected with fans and with each other people worldwide. on the IOC’s Athletes’ Hub, joining more Games broadcast by a record number than 4,500 Olympians from previous of TV channels (412 channels Games. Olympic athletes and teams compared to 240 for Vancouver), used the Hub to deliver more than including a record number of free-to-air 90,000 updates during the Games. channels (310 channels compared to The IOC page on vk.com, the Russian 128 for Vancouver). equivalent of Facebook, became the Record worldwide Winter Games most popular sports site on the Russian coverage on television and on digital social network, with more than 2.9 platforms – cumulative total of more million followers. than 102,000 hours (compared to 57,000 hours for Vancouver). The Sochi Legacy Not only more hours of coverage on New world-class sports venues for use television (42,000 hours) than ever by elite and grassroots athletes. before for a Winter Games, but also Gives Russia the ability to host more hours on digital (60,000 hours) international championships in all than television for the first time ever at Olympic winter sports. any Olympic Games. Sochi transformed from regional summer resort to year-round destination The Digital Audience for skiers, as well as summer sport Record global engagement for the devotees. Olympic Winter Games on the IOC’s New road and rail links. website, Olympic.org — over 14 million New sewage treatment facilities, electric site visits. power plants and gas pipelines. More web visitors in the first two days of New airport facilities. Sochi 2014 than during the entire First waste recycling treatment plant in Vancouver 2010 Games. Russia. Record engagement through mobile Development of Russian green building platforms, with half of website visits on standards. mobile phones or tablets. A model for other Russian cities to follow in the field of accessibility. Social Media Record social media engagement for Sochi Legacy Details any Games, winter or summer. The Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi started Approximately 2 billion impressions with a strategic vision to transform an entire across all Olympic platforms. region by creating a sports legacy that would More than 2.2 million new Olympic benefit both elite and grassroots athletes. That social media followers on all social vision resulted in world-class venues, efficient networks in the first week of transport networks and flawless logistical competition. execution — all in a spectacular setting that More than 2 million new Facebook fans, bringing the total to 7.7 million. combined sea views and snow-capped The total number of global subscribers mountains. By hosting the Olympic Winter on the IOC’s social media platforms is Games for the first time, Russia will finally have now over 37,000,000 people worldwide sports facilities befitting a winter sports loving and growing. nation. For Sochi and the region, the Games offered an opportunity to transform a regional Sochi 2014 Facts & figures / 1 February 2015 Page 2/7 summer resort into a year-round international “It has been a great experience. This is my sixth destination. The Sochi Games have already Olympics and I think it’s so far the best contributed to economic growth and delivered organised tournament.” environmental and social benefits. Teemu Selänne (Ice Hockey – Finland) Sport Legacy Selection of major Sporting Events after the The Athletes’ Games restored Russia’s status Sochi Games as a leading winter sports nation and are Formula 1’s first Sochi Grand Prix in providing benefits for athletes at all levels. Most 2014, which saw 166,000 visitors come Olympic venues remain open for sporting and to Sochi over that weekend. Formula 1 community events. will return to Sochi in 2015 ITF Fed Cup Match between Russia Investing in Sport and Argentina in 2014 The KHL All-star match 2015 Fisht Olympic Stadium will be used as a football stadium when Sochi hosts the FIL World Cup in 2015 2018 FIFA World Cup. It will also be FIL European Championships in 2015 used as the training centre for Russia’s FIBT World Cup in 2015 national football team and will host WCF World Mixed Doubles Curling concerts and entertainment events. Championships in 2015. The Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre, the WCF World Senior Curling Rosa Khutor Extreme Park and the Championships in 2015. Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Sport Accord 2015 Centre will become resort destinations, FIS Alpine Junior World Skiing as well as sites for elite-level Championships in 2016 competition and training. FIBT Bob & Skeleton World The Boshoy Ice Dome was transformed Championships in 2017 into a multi-purpose sports centre and is FIFA Confederations Cup in 2017 the host arena for a new Kontinental FIFA World Cup in 2018 Hockey League (KHL) team, HC Sochi, with average match attendances Urban and Economic Legacy between 7 and 8 thousand spectators. The 2014 Sochi Games were the centrepiece of The Shayba Arena will be transformed a regional economic and social development into the Russian Children’s Sports and plan that will deliver benefits for years to come. Education Centre. The Games served as a catalyst for a wide The Ice Cube will become a multi- range of infrastructure improvements that purpose sports and entertainment complex. generated thousands of jobs in Sochi. Through The Sanki Sliding Centre and the improvements in infrastructure and the creation RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Centre will of state-of-the-art venues, Sochi has already be used for competition and training. been selected to host future sporting events and About USD 500 million was invested in international gatherings. the new Russian International Olympic University (RIOU) in Sochi to train Infrastructure Improvements managers in the specialties demanded More than 367km of roads and bridges. by the Olympic and Paralympic More than 200km of railways, with 54 Movement, as well as the international bridges and 22 tunnels. sports industry. 967,400 square metres of road surface and pavements. 480km of low-pressure gas pipelines. Sochi 2014 Facts & figures / 1 February 2015 Page 3/7 Two new thermal power plants and one contractors and more than 200 gas power plant with a combined individual entrepreneurs. capacity of 1,200MW. The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee Three new sewage treatment plants. expects to announce a profit when its 550km of high voltage power lines. operations are finally wrapped up. A new water and wastewater treatment facility processing 255,000 cubic metres of liquid per day. Tourism A new seaport for passenger liners, The 2014 Games have provided an ferries and personal boats. opportunity for Sochi to transition from a 60 new educational, cultural and health regional summer resort to a year-round facilities. resort. 25,000 additional hotel rooms, with 56 Before the Games, the number of hotels now rated four-star and above.
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