New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics

New Zealand competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 15 competitors in five sports.^[4] Only three members had prior Olympic Games experience (Dobbin, Sandford and Sinclair).^[5]

New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics
IOC code	NZL
NOC	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Sochi
Competitors	15 in 5 sports
Flag bearers	Shane Dobbin (opening)[1][2] Jossi Wells (closing)[3]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

For the sixth games in a row, the country did not win any medals. The best result was a fourth place to Jossi Wells in the men's halfpipe.

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Adam Barwood	Men's giant slalom	1:28.51	49	1:28.89	43	2:57.40	44
	Men's slalom	54.21	50	1:01.97	25	1:56.18	25

Freestyle skiing

Main article: Freestyle skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Lyndon Sheehan	Halfpipe	78.20	80.00	80.00	8 Q	55.20	72.60	72.60	9
Beau-James Wells		76.80	66.40	76.80	10 Q	62.00	80.00	80.00	6
Byron Wells		DNS				Did not advance
Jossi Wells		83.00	49.40	83.00	5 Q	85.60	78.40	85.60	4
Beau-James Wells	Slopestyle	36.00	66.60	66.60	21	Did not advance
Jossi Wells		82.80	83.40	83.40	10 Q	60.60	50.00	60.60	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Janina Kuzma	Halfpipe	73.80	75.20	75.20	7 Q	77.00	74.80	77.00	5
Anna Willcox-Silfverberg	Slopestyle	62.40	34.40	62.40	15	Did not advance

Skeleton

Main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ben Sandford	Men's	58.00	22	57.75	20	57.79	18	57.67	18	3:51.21	20
Katharine Eustace	Women's	59.52	14	59.46	16	58.69	11	58.54	13	3:56.21	=11

Snowboarding

Main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Semifinal				Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Best	Rank
Rebecca Sinclair	Women's halfpipe	32.25	48.25	48.25	11	Did not advance
Shelly Gotlieb	Women's slopestyle	18.00	30.75	30.75	11 QS	63.25	33.75	63.25	7	Did not advance
Stefi Luxton		59.75	34.25	59.75	8 QS	18.25	60.25	60.25	8	Did not advance
Christy Prior		67.50	70.50	70.50	7 QS	DNS				Did not advance
Rebecca Torr		70.75	33.75	70.75	6 QS	27.25	32.50	32.50	10	Did not advance

Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Final
		Time	Rank
Shane Dobbin	Men's 5000 m	6:26.90	14
	Men's 10,000 m	13:16.42	7

References

1. Walker, Nick (5 February 2014). "Winter Olympics: Dobbin named NZ flag bearer". Yahoo Sports. Archived from the original on 3 March 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
2. "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
3. "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. "Wells brothers head 15-strong Olympics team". Stuff.co.nz. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
5. "15 in New Zealand team for Sochi games". Miami Herald. Associated Press. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

External links

• New Zealand at the 2014 Winter Olympics Archived 2014-02-25 at the Wayback Machine