{"id":3960,"date":"2014-02-24T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960"},"modified":"2017-01-19T15:07:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T15:07:31","slug":"sochi-2014-medal-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960","title":{"rendered":"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps"},"content":{"rendered":"

The politically controversial 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (Russia)<\/a> are history. What’s left as a legacy beyond the politics is the usual roundup of where the medals went and which nations managed to surprise or disappoint. The final medal count<\/a> saw Russia being top of the table with not only the most medals (33), but also most gold (11) and silver (11). 26 nations managed to win at least one medal. Here is the Worldmapper-style view of all medals, showing the countries of the world resized according to their total medals won at the 2014 Winter Olympics (as well as the individual success in each medal category):<\/p>\n

\"Map<\/a>
\n(click for larger version)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n


\nIf you are interested in a little bit of history: Here are the 2010 medal maps<\/a> of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. And here are all maps on any Olympics (Winter and Summer)<\/a> that have ever been published on this blog.<\/p>\n

The content on this page has been created by Benjamin Hennig. Please contact me<\/a> for further details on the terms of use.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The politically controversial 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (Russia) are history. What’s left as a legacy beyond the politics is the usual roundup of where the medals went and which nations managed to surprise or disappoint. The final medal count … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[15,45,330,228,331,61],"class_list":["post-3960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-maps","tag-cartogram","tag-olympics","tag-sochi","tag-sports","tag-winter-olympics","tag-worldmapper"],"yoast_head":"\nSochi 2014 Olympic medal maps - Views of the World<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps - Views of the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The politically controversial 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (Russia) are history. What’s left as a legacy beyond the politics is the usual roundup of where the medals went and which nations managed to surprise or disappoint. The final medal count … Continue reading →\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Views of the World\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/geoviews\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-02-24T06:00:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2017-01-19T15:07:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"worldmapper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@geoviews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@geoviews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"worldmapper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960\",\"name\":\"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps - Views of the World\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-02-24T06:00:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2017-01-19T15:07:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bf6d78b022ab6fb024b41541f1399085\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/\",\"name\":\"Views of the World\",\"description\":\"rediscovering the world\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bf6d78b022ab6fb024b41541f1399085\",\"name\":\"worldmapper\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps - Views of the World","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps - Views of the World","og_description":"The politically controversial 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi (Russia) are history. What’s left as a legacy beyond the politics is the usual roundup of where the medals went and which nations managed to surprise or disappoint. The final medal count … Continue reading →","og_url":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960","og_site_name":"Views of the World","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/geoviews\/","article_published_time":"2014-02-24T06:00:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2017-01-19T15:07:31+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"worldmapper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@geoviews","twitter_site":"@geoviews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"worldmapper","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960","url":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960","name":"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps - Views of the World","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg","datePublished":"2014-02-24T06:00:33+00:00","dateModified":"2017-01-19T15:07:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bf6d78b022ab6fb024b41541f1399085"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/OlympicMedalMap2014.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?p=3960#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Sochi 2014 Olympic medal maps"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/","name":"Views of the World","description":"rediscovering the world","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/#\/schema\/person\/bf6d78b022ab6fb024b41541f1399085","name":"worldmapper"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3960"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5092,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3960\/revisions\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.viewsoftheworld.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}