World and Olympic records set at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Six new World records and ten new Olympic records were set at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Figure skating

See also: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:

Event	Date	Component	Skaters	Country	Score	Ref
Team trophy	9 February	Ice Dancing - Free dance	Meryl Davis / Charlie White		114.34	^[1]
Pairs skating	11 February	Short program	Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov		84.17	^[2]
Men's singles	13 February	Short program	Yuzuru Hanyu		101.45	^[3]
Ice dancing	16 February	Short dance	Meryl Davis / Charlie White		78.89	^[4]
	17 February	Free dance	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir		114.66
			Meryl Davis / Charlie White		116.63
		Total score			195.52	^[5]

Short track speed skating

Event	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record	Ref
	18 February	Heat 3			1:28.771		^[6]
	21 February	Final A			6:42.100		^[7]

OR = Olympic record

Speed skating

See also: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Event	Date	Round	Athlete	Country	Time	Record	Ref
	8 February	Pair 10			6:10.76		^[8]
Men's 500 metres	10 February	Race 1 Pair 19 Race 2 Pair 19	Michel Mulder		1:09.312		^[9]
	11 February	Race 2 Pair 17			37.28		^[10]
		Race 1 Pair 18 Race 2 Pair 17			1:14.70
	16 February	Pair 9			1:53.51		^[11]
	18 February	Pair 6			12:44.45		^[12]
	21 February	Quarterfinal 4			2:58.61		^[13]
	22 February	Final A			3:37.71		^[14]
	22 February	Semifinal 2			2:58.43		^[15]
		Final A			2:58.05		^[16]

OR = Olympic record, WR = World record

Other records

• Ole Einar Bjørndalen won gold at the 10 km sprint and mixed relay biathlon events, becoming the oldest Winter Olympics individual gold medalist at age 40; and the most successful Olympian in the history of the Winter Games with 13 medals, record number of total medals.^{[17] [18]}
• Marit Bjørgen by winning her 6th career gold, in women's 30 km cross country race, equaled the record for most Winter Olympic medals by a woman, with 10. Of those with 10 medals, Stefania Belmondo and Raisa Smetanina, Bjørgen has the most golds. She surpassed the prior record holder for most female Olympic medals in cross country skiing, Lyubov Egorova, who has 9, 6 of them gold.^[19]
• Justine Dufour-Lapointe, 19 years 321 days, became the youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist, by winning women's moguls. She finished just ahead of her older sister silver medalist Chloe in women's moguls, her eldest sister, Maxime finished 12th. They became the third pair of sisters to finish 1–2 in an event at the Winter Games. It was the fifth time three siblings have competed at the same event at the Winter Games.^{[20] [21]}
• Alexandre Bilodeau became the first freestyle skiing gold medalist to defend his Olympic title, and first repeat gold medalist, winning the men's moguls.^[22]
• Mario Matt, at age 34, became the oldest Olympic alpine skiing gold medalist, by winning the men's slalom.^[23]
• Henrik Kristoffersen, at age 19, became the youngest male Olympic alpine skiing medalist, winning bronze in men's slalom.^[23]
• Bode Miller, at age 36, became the oldest Olympic medalist in alpine skiing, winning a bronze in men's super-G.^[24]
• Mikaela Shiffrin, at age 18, became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in slalom, winning gold in women's slalom.^[25]
• Noriaki Kasai became the oldest athlete to win a ski-jumping Olympic medal.^[26]
• Armin Zöggeler, by winning bronze in men's luge, became the first Olympian to capture a medal in the same event in six consecutive Olympics, thus holding the record for most consecutive Olympics with medal wins in the same event.^[27]
• Vladimir Grigorev, at 31 years and 191 days, became the oldest man to win a short track speedskating Olympic medal, winning silver at the 1000 m event.^[28]
• Viktor Ahn became the first short track speedskater to win all four Olympic golds (500 m, 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m-relay), winning gold in 2014 in 500 m, 1000 m, 5000 m-relay, having golds from 2006 in 1000 m, 1500 m, 5000 m-relay, with the 500 m gold completing the four. He also became the short track speedskater with the most Olympic gold medals, with 6. He also has the most Olympic medals in short track with 8, tying Apolo Anton Ohno.^{[29] [30]}
• Teemu Selänne, at age 43 years and 234 days, became the oldest ice hockey player to win an Olympic medal, by being part of Team Finland's bronze. He also holds the Olympic record for total ice hockey points, upping it to 43.^[31] He also shares the record for most appearances in ice hockey at the Olympics, appearing in 6.^[32]
• The Great Britain women's curling team beat both USA and Japan 12–3, equalling the Olympic record. In the game against USA, they scored seven points in one end, a new Olympic record.^{[33] [34]}
• The Canadian women's curling team became the first women's team to win all of their matches in the tournament. They are also the first women's team to win all their round robin matches.^[35]
• A total of eight podium sweeps were recorded during the Games, where one nation won the gold, silver and bronze medals in an event. This was three higher than the previous most, during Innsbruck 1964.^[36]

Notes and References

1. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ice Dance Free Dance Score . International Skating Union . 23 March 2014.
2. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Pairs Short Program Score . International Skating Union . 23 March 2014.
3. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Men Short Program Score . International Skating Union . 23 March 2014.
4. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ice Dance Short Dance Score . International Skating Union . 23 March 2014.
5. Web site: ISU Judging System Statistics, Progression of Highest Score, Ice Dance Total Score . International Skating Union . 23 March 2014.
6. Web site: Ladies' 1000 m Heats . Sochi 2014 . 18 February 2014 . 18 February 2014 . 20 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140220172251/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/short-track-ladies-1000-m-heats . dead .
7. Web site: Men's 5000 m Relay Finals . Sochi 2014 . 21 February 2014 . 22 February 2014 . 20 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140320022236/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/short-track-men-s-5000-m-relay-finals . dead .
8. Web site: Speed Skating – Men's 5000 m results . Sochi 2014 . 8 February 2014 . 8 February 2014 . 29 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129072432/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-5000-m . dead .
9. Web site: Men's 500 m Race Results. www.sochi2014.com. 10 February 2014. 11 February 2014. 24 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140724232832/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-500-m-race-2-of-2. dead.
10. Web site: Lee Sang-hwa sets Olympic records to win second straight 500m gold. CBS Sports.com. 14 February 2014. Brian Stubits. 11 February 2014.
11. Web site: Speed Skating – Women's 1500 m results . Sochi 2014 . 16 February 2014 . 16 February 2014 . 29 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129072532/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-ladies-1500-m . dead .
12. Web site: Men's 10000 m . Sochi 2014 . 18 February 2014 . 18 February 2014 . 29 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140129072537/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-10000-m . dead .
13. Web site: Ladies' Team Pursuit Quarterfinals . Sochi 2014 . 21 February 2014 . 21 February 2014 . 21 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221175827/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-ladies-team-pursuit-quarterfinals . dead .
14. Web site: Men's Team Pursuit Finals . Sochi 2014 . 22 February 2014 . 22 February 2014 . 25 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140725002420/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-men-s-team-pursuit-finals . dead .
15. Web site: Ladies' Team Pursuit Semifinals . Sochi 2014 . 22 February 2014 . 22 February 2014 . 21 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140221214340/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-ladies-team-pursuit-semifinals . dead .
16. Web site: Ladies' Team Pursuit Finals . Sochi 2014 . 22 February 2014 . 22 February 2014 . 22 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222013528/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/speed-skating-ladies-team-pursuit-finals . dead .
17. News: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Becomes Oldest Winter Olympic Gold Medalist In 10-Kilometer Sprint . Eric Williamsen . 8 February 2014 . Huffington Post .
18. News: Sochi 2014: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen makes Winter Olympic history . 19 February 2014 . BBC Sport .
19. News: Norwegian women back on top at Sochi Olympics . AP . David Pace . Yahoo News . 22 February 2014 .
20. News: Dufour-Lapointe sisters win gold and silver in Olympic moguls . CTV News . 8 February 2014 . The Canadian Press . 10 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140209140105/http://www.ctvnews.ca/sochi/dufour-lapointe-sisters-win-gold-and-silver-in-olympic-moguls-1.1677142# . 9 February 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
21. News: Dufour-Lapointe sisters could make history in women's moguls final . 8 February 2014 . Rod Perry . CBC News .
22. News: Canada's Alex Bilodeau takes gold in men's moguls, first two-time freestyle Olympic champion . 2014-02-10 . The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) . Associated Press . Will Graves . 10 February 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140222153741/http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/92eea089385b408c807bd32d83fe5596/OLY-FRE-Mens-Moguls# . 22 February 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
23. News: Slalom Champion Sets an Age Record. New York Times. 22 February 2014. Bill Pennington.
24. News: Bode Miller becomes oldest Olympic Alpine skiing medallist with bronze . 16 February 2014 . Reuters . The Guardian .
25. News: USA's Mikaela Shiffrin youngest-ever gold medal winner in slalom . 21 February 2014 . The Guardian . Amanda Holpuch .
26. News: Long wait ends as Kasai takes silver medal in large hill jump . Jack Gallagher . 16 February 2014 . Japan Times.
27. News: Ageless Wonder Armin Zoeggeler Captures 6th Straight Olympic Luge Medal . 9 February 2014 . Bleacher Report . Associated Press . Joe Menzer .
28. News: Viktor Ahn wins 1st Olympic gold and 2nd short track medal for his adopted Russia . Beth Harris . 15 February 2014 . Associated Press . Yahoo Sports . 17 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140317195944/http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/viktor-ahn-wins-1st-olympic-gold-2nd-short-152158238--oly.html# . 17 March 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
29. News: Russia's Ahn wins only short track gold that eluded him: 500m . AP . Fox Sports . 21 February 2014 .
30. News: Viktor Ahn of Russia wins 2 short track golds . Beth Harris . AP . Yahoo! Sports . 21 February 2014 . 15 January 2017 . 27 August 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170827132300/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/celski-falls-judges-advance-him-165405937--spt.html . dead .
31. News: Oklobzija. Kevin. 22 February 2014. Teemu Selanne ends Olympic career a medalist. USA Today.
32. Web site: Olympic Hockey 2014: Finnish Flash Teemu Selanne Cements His Legacy . Dave Lozo . 22 February 2014 . Bleacher Report .
33. News: Sochi 2014: British women in record-equalling win over USA . 11 February 2014 . BBC.
34. News: Sochi 2014: Great Britain curlers maintain winning momentum . 14 February 2014 . BBC.
35. News: Canada's Jennifer Jones leads Canadian women to gold curling medal in Sochi . Leslie Young . 20 February 2014 . Global news.
36. https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/sochi-needs-one-more-podium-sweep-to-tie-a-winter-games-record-165353295.html Yahoo Sports, Sochi needs one more podium sweep to tie a Winter Games record. 16 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.