1994 Winter Olympics medal table

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| name = 1994 Winter Olympics medals

| image = Егорова Любовь Ивановна.jpg

| alt = Russian cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova in a blue and red Adidas track suit, holding her three gold medals and smiling.

| caption = Russian cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova finished tied for the most golds among individual athletes at the 1994 games, with three.

| location = Lillehammer, {{flagIOC|NOR|1994 Winter}}

| award2_type = Most total medals

| award2_winner = {{flagIOC|NOR|1994 Winter|26}}

| award1_type = Most gold medals

| award1_winner = {{flagIOC|RUS|1994 Winter|11}}

| award3_type = Medalling NOCs

| award3_winner = 22

| previous = 1992

| main = Olympics medal tables

| next = 1998

}}

{{1994 Winter Olympics}}

The 1994 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVII Winter Olympics, were an international winter multi-sport event held in Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 27 February 1994.{{cite web |title=Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Winter Games {{!}} History, Highlights & Legacy |url=https://www.britannica.com/event/Lillehammer-1994-Olympic-Winter-Games |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240702174417/https://www.britannica.com/event/Lillehammer-1994-Olympic-Winter-Games |archive-date=2 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=4 September 2024 |language=en }} 1,737 athletes representing 67 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated. The games featured 61 events in 6 sports and 12 disciplines.{{cite web |title=Lillehammer 1994 |url=https://www.teamgb.com/competitions/lillehammer-1994/7EU5uYqmVTrtoP1tkfExcL |website=British Olympic Association |access-date=4 September 2024 |language=en-gb |archive-date=14 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114181845/https://www.teamgb.com/competitions/lillehammer-1994/7EU5uYqmVTrtoP1tkfExcL |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Olympedia – 1994 Winter Olympics Overview |url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/45 |website=Olympedia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715232642/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/45 |archive-date=15 July 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=4 September 2024 }} Due to scheduling changes made in 1986 with the intent to begin holding the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics in different years for the first time and moving forward, this edition of the Winter Olympics took place only two years after the previous event.{{cite web |title=Lillehammer 1994 Winter Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lillehammer-1994 |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817014441/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lillehammer-1994 |archive-date=17 August 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=4 September 2024 }}{{cite web |title=Since when have the Summer and Winter Games no longer been held in the same year? |url=https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/history-and-origin-of-the-games/since-when-have-the-summer-and-winter-games-no-longer-been-held-in-the-same-year |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=9 September 2024 |archive-date=30 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240530030600/https://olympics.com/ioc/faq/history-and-origin-of-the-games/since-when-have-the-summer-and-winter-games-no-longer-been-held-in-the-same-year |url-status=live }}

Athletes representing 22 NOCs received at least one medal, with 14 NOCs winning at least one gold medal. Six NOCs won their first Winter Olympic medals: Australia,{{cite web |title=Short Track Speed Skating Olympics |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/sports/short-track-speed-skating-0/ |website=Australian Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625215915/https://www.olympics.com.au/sports/short-track-speed-skating-0/ |archive-date=25 June 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=9 September 2024 |language=en-AU }} Belarus,{{cite web |title=NOC of Belarus Celebrates 20th Anniversary |url=https://www.eurolympic.org/noc-of-belarus-celebrates-20th-anniversary/ |website=European Olympic Committees |date=2011-09-07 |access-date=9 September 2024}} Kazakhstan, Slovenia,{{cite web |title=Alenka Dovzan |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/alenka-dovzan |website=International Olympic Committee |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816152329/https://olympics.com/en/athletes/alenka-dovzan |archive-date=16 August 2024 |url-status=live |access-date=9 September 2024 }} Ukraine,{{cite web |title=Recalling Ukraine's participation in Winter Olympic Games since 1994 |url=https://english.nv.ua/life/recalling-ukraine-s-participation-in-winter-olympic-games-since-1994-50212052.html |website=The New Voice of Ukraine |date=2022-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240517101739/https://english.nv.ua/life/recalling-ukraine-s-participation-in-winter-olympic-games-since-1994-50212052.html |archive-date=2024-05-17 |url-status=live |last1=Melkozerova |first1=Veronika |access-date=4 September 2024 |language=en}} and Uzbekistan.{{cite web |title=First Olympic women's aerials champion Lina Cheryazova dies at 50 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/lina-cheryazova-death-olympic-aerials-1.5070382 |website=CBC.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240726190157/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/winter/freestyle-skiing/lina-cheryazova-death-olympic-aerials-1.5070382 |archive-date=26 July 2024 |url-status=live |agency=Associated Press |access-date=9 September 2024 }} Three of these, Kazakhstan, Ukraine,{{cite web |title=At the Paris Olympics, it will no longer be personal for Ukraine's athletes. This time, it's war |url=https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-invasion-olympics-paris-ff986e5492e22a5c11415b187c25eda7 |website=Associated Press |date=2024-07-08 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250125234715/https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-invasion-olympics-paris-ff986e5492e22a5c11415b187c25eda7 |archive-date=2025-01-25 |url-status=live |last1=Arhirova |first1=Hannah |last2=Leicester |first2=John |access-date=4 September 2024 |language=en}} and Uzbekistan, won their first Winter Olympic gold medals. The three first-time gold medalist NOCs and Belarus were all competing in their first Olympic Games as independent National Olympic Committees following the breakup of the Soviet Union.{{cite web |title=Winter Olympics; The Soviet Empire Is Dead, but Its Sports Legacy Is Still Alive in Russia |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/sports/winter-olympics-soviet-empire-dead-but-its-sports-legacy-still-alive-russia.html |website=The New York Times |date=1994-02-27 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240917140659/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/sports/winter-olympics-soviet-empire-dead-but-its-sports-legacy-still-alive-russia.html |archive-date=2024-09-17 |url-status=live |last1=Clarey |first1=Christopher |url-access=subscription |access-date=4 September 2024 |at=sec. 8, p. 7}}

Russia, in its first Winter Olympics after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, won the most gold medals, with 11, while host nation Norway had the most medals overall, with 26.{{Cite web |last1=Belam |first1=Martin |last2=Levett |first2=Cath |date=26 February 2018 |title=Russia rues ban as OARs deliver nation's worst Winter Olympics gold medal haul |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/26/russia-rues-ban-as-oars-deliver-nations-worst-winter-olympics-gold-medal-haul |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180610215331/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/feb/26/russia-rues-ban-as-oars-deliver-nations-worst-winter-olympics-gold-medal-haul |archive-date=10 June 2018 |access-date=4 September 2024 |website=The Guardian}} Among individual participants, Norwegian speed skater Johann Olav Koss and Russian cross-country skier Lyubov Yegorova tied for the most gold medals, with three each, while Italian cross-country skier Manuela Di Centa had the most medals overall with five (two gold, two silver, and one bronze).{{Cite web |title=1994 Lillehammer Winter Games |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625234657/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1994/ |archive-date=June 25, 2010 |access-date=4 September 2024 |website=Sports Reference}}

Medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.{{cite news |title=Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html |work=The Independent | date=11 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html |archive-date=12 August 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Ostlere |first1=Lawrence |access-date=12 August 2024 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |work=The New York Times | date=18 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html |archive-date=21 March 2023 |url-status=live |last1=Araton |first1=Harvey |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 July 2024 }} If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.{{cite news |title=What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained |url=https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |work=Diario AS |date=10 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ |archive-date=August 11, 2024 |url-status=live |last1=Cons |first1=Roddy |access-date=11 August 2024 |language=en-us }}

{{Medals table

| caption = 1994 Winter Olympics medal table{{cite web |title=Lillehammer 1994 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lillehammer-1994/medals |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=4 July 2024 |archive-date=17 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240817005100/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/lillehammer-1994/medals |url-status=live }}

| host = NOR

| flag_template = flagIOC

| event = 1994 Winter

| team = {{abbr|NOC|National Olympic Committee}}

| gold_RUS = 11 | silver_RUS = 8 | bronze_RUS = 4

| gold_NOR = 10 | silver_NOR = 11 | bronze_NOR = 5 | host_NOR = yes

| gold_GER = 9 | silver_GER = 7 | bronze_GER = 8

| gold_ITA = 7 | silver_ITA = 5 | bronze_ITA = 8

| gold_USA = 6 | silver_USA = 5 | bronze_USA = 2

| gold_KOR = 4 | silver_KOR = 1 | bronze_KOR = 1

| gold_CAN = 3 | silver_CAN = 6 | bronze_CAN = 4

| gold_SUI = 3 | silver_SUI = 4 | bronze_SUI = 2

| gold_AUT = 2 | silver_AUT = 3 | bronze_AUT = 4

| gold_SWE = 2 | silver_SWE = 1 | bronze_SWE = 0

| gold_JPN = 1 | silver_JPN = 2 | bronze_JPN = 2

| gold_KAZ = 1 | silver_KAZ = 2 | bronze_KAZ = 0

| gold_UKR = 1 | silver_UKR = 0 | bronze_UKR = 1

| gold_UZB = 1 | silver_UZB = 0 | bronze_UZB = 0

| gold_BLR = 0 | silver_BLR = 2 | bronze_BLR = 0

| gold_FIN = 0 | silver_FIN = 1 | bronze_FIN = 5

| gold_FRA = 0 | silver_FRA = 1 | bronze_FRA = 4

| gold_NED = 0 | silver_NED = 1 | bronze_NED = 3

| gold_CHN = 0 | silver_CHN = 1 | bronze_CHN = 2

| gold_SLO = 0 | silver_SLO = 0 | bronze_SLO = 3

| gold_GBR = 0 | silver_GBR = 0 | bronze_GBR = 2

| gold_AUS = 0 | silver_AUS = 0 | bronze_AUS = 1

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See also

References

{{Reflist}}

{{Olympic games medal count}}

{{Top Winter Olympics medal-winning nations}}

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Medal count

Category:Winter Olympics medal tables