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
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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
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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.
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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. foreign tourists to Sochi grew by more A new theme park, Sochi Park, with one than 2.5 times in 2011-2012. of the highest and fastest roller coasters The number of international events held in Russia. in Sochi and the Krasnodar region increased by 70% and 50%, Venue Use respectively, between 2009–2011. The Sochi Games media centre is being The Mayor of Sochi reported that all used to host major events like Sport hotels in the Mountain Cluster were full Accord and the Sochi Economic Forum. from the beginning of November until 10 The Olympic Park hosted Russia’s first January. Formula 1 race in October 2014. Owing to strong demand and to avoid o The new track was used overcrowding, restrictions were placed throughout the season, with on who could buy ski passes on certain contracts signed with GP2 and days this winter. GP3 motor cycle racing series, Sochi airport handled 3.1 million as well as the Porsche Cup. passengers in 2014, a 28 per cent increase on 2013. Jobs and Economic Growth The airport expects to open new Preparations for the Sochi Games international routes in the near future. created and supported an estimated 690,000 jobs. o In 2011, approximately 56,000 Environmental Legacy people worked on the Olympic The Sochi Games created a system of “green” construction sites standards to be used on large-scale projects in o At the close of 2012, a total of Russia, which has created a model for 70,000 people were working on sustainable construction in the world’s largest Olympic construction. country. The Sochi 2014 Olympic Games During the Games, Sochi had the Organising Committee’s environmental lowest level of unemployment in Russia – just 0.17 percent. management system was based on the Business activity in Sochi increased international ISO 14001 standard, which was 178.8 percent from 2005-2010, developed to help organisations minimise their compared to 101.2 percent in the environmental impact on air, water and land. Russian Federation as a whole. By 2013, the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee was working with a total of 686 contractors, including 59 foreign
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Environmental Achievements River as a part of the Olympic A number of buildings were built commitment to environmentalism. according to Green Standards, using Regional infrastructure was updated to energy efficient lighting, heat recovery meet higher environmental standards, systems, and automatic devices to improving water supply, drainage and manage heating, water supply, lighting, treatment; power generation and ventilation and air conditioning. These delivery; and recycling facilities. venues included: the Adler Arena Protected natural areas were expanded. Skating Centre; the Bolshoy Ice Dome; The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee the Olympic Park Railway Station; the coordinated with the United Nations Sochi 2014 Organising Committee’s Development Programme (UNDP), the office building in the Imeretinskaya United Nations Educational, Scientific Valley; the Radisson Blu Resort & and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), Congress Centre; the RIOU campus; and the United Nations Environmental cottage residences in the Endurance Programme (UNEP) to help ensure Village; the Mountain Media sub-centre; sustainable Games. and the Swissôtel Rosa Khutor Resort The Sochi Organising Committee also 5* Hotel located at the Rosa Khutor Ski worked with British firms to ensure that Resort (part of the Mountain Olympic Olympic venues and the Olympic Park Village during Games time). Train Station Complex met the UK’s The Sochi Organising Committee BREEAM standards for sustainable invested more than RUB 16.2 billion in development. sustainable development projects The International Sports Event during Olympic construction. Management Society gave the Sochi The Sochi Organising Committee Games an award for sustainable developed the Green Building development and environmental Recognition Programme to encourage protection in 2011. sustainable development throughout the Sochi 2014 fully mitigated its direct construction of Olympic facilities. Games carbon footprint before the The Bolshoy used heat produced by Games through the “Sustainable chilling the ice to warm the building. Future” program, implemented in 97% of construction waste was directly Russia by Worldwide Olympic Partner used in the construction of Olympic and Official Carbon Partner of Sochi facilities. 2014, The Dow Chemical Company. To protect wildlife from Olympic construction, more than 850 animals “The atmosphere here in Sochi is amazing.” were relocated from Olympic Ursina Haller (Snowboard – Switzerland) construction sites to protected areas. More than 2,000 plants on the Social Legacy endangered species list were replanted, Russia’s role in hosting the Olympic Winter and a botanical garden of rare plants Games encouraged numerous efforts to built for the public. promote education, physical activity, public Every felled tree was replaced with two health and inclusion. The Games raised to five saplings, and more than 168,000 trees and shrubs were planted in Sochi, awareness of the needs of those with a disability in addition to more than 3,500 new trees and helped thousands of volunteers discover in the Costal Olympic Village. the benefits of community service. Thanks to Construction companies associated with Games-related cultural events, people building the Olympic venues are throughout Russia learned more about the restoring the channel of the Mzymata country’s rich cultural heritage.
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Education rate. 5 million schoolchildren across Russia Inspired by hosting the Games, the City received lessons focused on Olympic of Sochi encouraged youth to take up values and the Sochi Games. sports, with more than 16,000 young 400,000 children participated in the people attending 26 sports schools and “Summer 2012” health campaign. more than 50,000 participating in annual 7 million competitors across Russia sports events for schoolchildren. participated in the “President’s Games.” Lesson plans on Olympic values and Inclusion other aspects of the Games were The Sochi Games provided a barrier- shared with educators at primary and free environment that enabled full secondary education institutions access and participation in the Games, throughout Russia. regardless of age or disability. A special course was developed for All Olympic venues were designed to be university students on more technical accessible to people with disabilities, aspects of the Games, including the 12- with an additional 1,800 non-Olympic year Olympic cycle, from the bid to sites in Sochi made accessible as well. monitoring the legacy of the Games. Sochi was the first city in Russia to More than 5,000 educational sessions adopt internationally recognised barrier- were held at the 26 Sochi volunteer free standards for new infrastructure. centres in 14 regions of Russia. The This was formalised at national level sessions covered the history of the with new barrier-free requirements for Olympic Movement and the Games. all of Russia as a part of the Sochi Sochi 2014’s education library was legacy. transferred to all 83 regions of the An Accessibility Map was created to country for post-Games implementation identify areas where people with under the supervision of the NOC. disabilities could engage in Paralympic sport and to highlight other accessibility “I think there is a very big chance I will finish features in Sochi. last. But the placing is not important if I can Sports engagement by disabled Sochi teach young people in Nepal about the Olympic residents has increased more than 16 spirit. This spirit is in my heart.” times since 2006, with a nationwide increase of 48% between 2005 and Dachhiri Sherpa (Cross-Country – Nepal) 2011.
The Cultural Olympiad included a Public Health “Barrier-Free Cinema Festival”, which The 2014 Sochi Games continued the dealt with the struggles and triumphs of Olympic legacy of being a “tobacco-free people with disabilities. Games.” The City of Sochi placed a special focus Ahead of the Sochi Games, Moscow on facilitating sports for people with instigated a public health campaign that disabilities, which resulted in 3,210 allowed metro riders to ride for free after disabled residents participating in doing 30 squats, encouraging the regular physical activity in 2012, twice commuter population to be more active the rate of 2010. ahead of the Games. Efforts to improve the physical fitness of Volunteers Sochi residents led to 136,000 people More 25,000 volunteers interacted with regularly participating in physical activity Olympians, Paralympians, spectators and sports at the end of 2012, nearly and other Games participants from 10% higher than the 2011 participation around the world.
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o 13,000 general volunteers o 8,000 specialised volunteers o 4,000 athlete volunteers The volunteers worked in 17 areas of activity, including transport, medical services, anti-doping, language services
and maintaining the field of play.
Each volunteer received a minimum of 36 hours of free training. Volunteers came from every region of Russia and 66 other countries. Approximately 2,000 volunteers were foreign nationals. Thanks to the volunteer efforts of Sochi 2014, approximately 2,800 volunteer projects have been implemented across Russia.
“It’s a huge credit to the Russian people who have made it happen. Everything is sensational.” Nigel Laughton (Skeleton Performance Director – Great Britain)
The Cultural Olympiad The Sochi Cultural Olympiad spanned from 2010 to 2014, with each year taking on a different theme and
culminating in the 2014 Sochi Games.
o 2010: Year of Cinema o 2011: Year of the Theatre o 2012: Year of Music o 2013: Year of Museums 3 million people attended nearly 5,000 concerts, theatre performances, exhibitions, festivals and other cultural events in all 83 regions of Russia. More than 410,000 people attended 144 events in 27 venues at the Sochi IMPRINT Games.
5,000 performers from 75 regions of SOCHI 2014 FACTS & FIGURES 01 February 2015 Russia participated in the Cultural Olympiad. A publication of the For further information, please contact
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