Sochi 2014: A Record-Breaking Games Quiz

Answer: Men's 5000 Meters

Right off the bat on February 8, Sven Kramer, Jan Blokhuijsen and Jorrit Bergsma won the Men's 5000 Meters race. Kramer set an Olympic record of 6:10.76. On February 10, Michel Mulder, Jan Smeekens and Ronald Mulder swept the Men's 500 Meters. On February 16, Jorien Ter Mors, Ireen Wust and Lotte Van Beek swept in the Ladies' 1500 Meters.

The next day, Bergsma, Kramer and Bob DeJong swept the Men's 10k. Bergsma shattered the Olympic record by 14 seconds, coming within 3 seconds of Kramer's world record. Just to put the icing on the cake, both the Men and Women won the Team Pursuit, and both teams set Olympic records. Yeah, they're that good.

Answer: Lee Sang-hwa

Lee Sang-hwa was the defending Olympic champion, winning gold in Vancouver as well as Sochi. She set a new world record in November 2013. She won with a combined time of 74.70 (37.42 and 37.28). Sang-hwa is the third woman to win back to back golds in the 500 Meters, after Bonnie Blair (1988, 1992) and Catriona Le May Doan (1998, 2002). The other three woman were in the 500 Meters and finished 21st (Lee), 24th (Kim) and 26th (Park).

Answer: Yuzuru Hanyu

Under the new scoring system, 100 points had been sort of a "4 minute mile" for figure skaters. Hanyu set a new world record of 101.45, breaking his own record. Hanyu made several mistakes in his free skate, but Patrick Chan was not able to capitalize. Hanyu won the gold medal, and Chan took the silver.

A remarkable free skate by Dennis Ten of Kazahkstan elevated him to the bronze medal. Plushenko earned medals at the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Olympics, and helped Russia win the very first Team competition in 2014. Unfortunately Plushenko injured his back so seriously he had to drop out of the individual competition at the last moment.

Answer: Meryl Davis and Charlie White

Meryl Davis and Charlie White won silver at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. They came to Sochi as the reigning world champions. In their short program they danced to "My Fair Lady" and in the free program they danced to "Scheherezade." They scored 78.89 points in the short program and 116.63 in the free program. Both of them were students at the University of Michigan in 2014. Virtue and Moir of Canada train with Davis and White, and are their closest competitors.

They won gold at the 2010 Vancouver games, but finished second in 2014. Ilinykh and Katsalapov of Russia finished third in Sochi, the best of several excellent Russian ice dancing teams. Siblings Maia and Alexi Shibutani of the United States finished tenth.

Answer: Belarus

Domracheva is from Minsk, Belarus. She has been competing since 2006, and won a bronze at the Vancouver Olympics. She was the Female Athlete of the Year in Belarus in 2010 and also has the title of "Honored Master of Sport." Domracheva won the 10km Pursuit by a full 37 seconds, the 15km individual race by 17 seconds and the 12.5km Mass Start by 20 seconds. She had only 3 misses out of 60 shots. She studied Tourism Management at the Belarus State Economic University in Minsk.

Answer: Biathlon

Bjoerndalen is Norway's most famous athlete. On February 8, his win in the Biathlon Sprint tied him with fellow Norwegian Bjorn Daehlie as the most successful Winter Olympian, with 12 medals - 7 gold, 4 silver and 1 bronze. On February 19, he become the most successful Winter Olympian, winning the Mixed Relay with Tora Berger, Tiril Eckhoff and Emil Hegle Svendsen.

At the 2002 Olympics, Bjoerndalen won four golds.

Answer: Downhill

Maze (Slovenia) and Gisin (Switzerland) tied in the Downhill with 1:41.57. Lara Gut, also of Switzerland, finished only 0.10 second behind. The Downhill was Maze's first Olympic victory; she won two silvers (Super G and Giant Slalom) in Vancouver. Maze won a second gold in the Giant Slalom. This was the first Olympic win for Gisin, although she had several World Cup victories before.

Answer: Italy

Zoeggler is from the Tryolian Alps in northern Italy. He is one of the most celebrated athletes in Italy, and was the flag bearer for the Olympic team at the Sochi games. Zoeggler won bronze in the 1994 games, silver in 1998, gold in both 2002 and 2006, and bronze again in 2010 and 2014. Born in 1974, Zoeggler was 40 years old when he won his sixth Olympic medal.

Answer: Switzerland

Swiss goalie Florence Schelling is a veteran Olympian; Sochi is her third Olympics. She also set the record for most saves at Vancouver, with 160. Schelling was an outstanding goalie for Northeastern University in Boston (2008-2012). She broke the glass ceiling in Switzerland as the first woman to play in the Swiss Men's National League. In 2012 she was drafted to play in the Canadian Women's Hockey League. Switzerland won the Bronze medal, defeating Sweden 4-3.

Answer: Sweden

Canada was 9 for 9 in the first round, the first time a women's team had ever swept the field. Canada won by a margin of 72 to 40 across eight games. Sweden, who won the silver, was 7 and 2 in the first round. Switzerland was 5-4 and China was 4-5.