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This win was Puerto Rico's second gold medal ever in the Olympics and the first in track and field events. Camacho-Quinn's gold was especially notable as she established a new Olympic record with a time of 12.26 seconds in the semifinals, then went on to win the gold in the final with a time of 12.37 seconds.
Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account. As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics , 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games.
Puerto Rico competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. [1] [2] The Puerto Rican team consists of two athletes (one male and one female) competing in two sports. [3] Skeleton racer Kellie Delka and alpine skier William Flaherty were named as the Puerto Rican flagbearers during the opening ceremony.
The latter record was the highest gold medal tally at a single Winter Games. [3] Host nation China won nine gold medals surpassing its gold medal tally of five during the 2010 winter edition. [4] Athletes from that nation also won 15 medals overall, which eclipsed its record of 11 at both the 2006 and 2010 winter editions. [5]
The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
Despite a formidable haul of 282 medals, amassed over participation in 23 Games, dating back to the first Winter Olympics in 1924, there remains one sport in which a podium spot has thus far ...
Seventeen NOCs won at least one medal and, among these, eleven secured at least one gold medal. For the first time since its debut at the 1968 Winter Olympics, East Germany topped the gold medal count with nine, three more than the Soviet Union, which had led this count in the past three Games. The Soviet delegation won the most overall medals ...
The 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy marked the Winter Games debut of Ethiopia [2] and Madagascar. [12] The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada saw the debut of the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Peru, [13] and Ghana. [14] The 2014 Winter Olympics saw the debut of Dominica, Paraguay, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, and Zimbabwe.