Hong Kong at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:HKG
Nocname:Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2014
Website: 
Location:Sochi
Competitors:1
Sports:1
Flagbearer:Barton Lui Pan-To[1] [2]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:2002

Hong Kong competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Barton Lui Pan-To is the only athlete to represent the nation, competing in short track speed skating.[3] Three officials will also be a part of the delegation.[4] [5]

Competitors

width=200Sport !width=60Men !width=60Women !width=60Total
Short track speed skating10 1
Total 10 1

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Hong Kong achieved one quota place.[6] Barton will become the first male athlete to represent Hong Kong at the Winter Olympics.[7]

Barton Lui Pan-To competed in the men's 1500 m heats and finished in 30th place overall (out of 36 athletes), which was not good enough to advance. With a single athlete competing in a single event, Hong Kong did not win a medal at these Games.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: Kung . Kevin . 12 January 2014 . Skater Barton Lui first Hong Kong man to compete at Winter Olympics . . 12 January 2014 . 12 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140112164827/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1403388/skater-barton-lui-first-hong-kong-man-compete-winter-olympics . live .
  2. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . olympic.org . . 7 February 2014 . 26 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326222842/http://www.olympic.org/Documents/Games_Sochi_2014/Flagbearers_Sochi_2014_Opening_Ceremony.pdf . live .
  3. Web site: Lui Pan To Barton qualified for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games Sochi. 23 November 2013. Hong Kong Skating Union. 7 January 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131213081237/http://www.hksu.org/cgi-bin/display/news_display.cgi?news=90&lang=ENG. 13 December 2013. dmy-all.
  4. News: Kin-wa . Chan . 28 January 2014 . Hong Kong delegation on alert over terrorist threat for Sochi Games . . 28 January 2014 . 2 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202213701/http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1416058/hong-kong-delegation-alert-over-terrorist-threat-sochi-games . live .
  5. Web site: Hong Kong sends one athlete to Soch . 29 January 2014 . ocasia.org/ . Sports Federation & Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China . 29 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140205114546/http://www.ocasia.org/News/IndexNewsRM.aspx?WKegervtea1fj2wX85OhOA. 5 February 2014 . dead .
  6. Web site: XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating . . 22 November 2013 . 22 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235443/http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=1469 . 2 December 2013 . dmy-all .
  7. News: . Skater is Hong Kong's first male Winter Olympian . . . 31 January 2014. 2 February 2014 .
  8. News: Walker . Jeremey . 10 February 2014 . Barton Lui's four years of sacrifice for Sochi Games over in a flash . . . 10 February 2014 . 27 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227070127/http://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1425337/barton-luis-four-years-sacrifice-sochi-games-over-flash . live .

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