Sochi Olympics - Dominant Countries

The home country in the Olympics always performs better than they usually do when they are not hosting, and that stayed true in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics as Russia led all nations with a total of 33 medals. The United States finished second with 28. But the most impressive country performance was turned in by the Netherlands with 23 medals in a single sport, long track speed skating. They had 24 medals overall. (The other medal was in short track speed skating, of course).

The domination of a single sport by the Dutch is the single most impressive display in the history of the Winter Olympics. Previously the most medals won in one sport were the 14 won by Austria in alpine skiing in 2006. Netherlands obliterated that record.

The Dutch know speed skating, but it is amazing to see how many other countries specialized in specific sports in Sochi. Here’s the list of most dominant countries by sport.

In these nine sports, there are nine different dominant countries.

To complete the list, here are the remaining six sports.