In the women's combined, Germany took gold as Maria Hoefl-Riesch came home with the best time in the downhill and slalom with Nicole Hosp (AUT) in taking Silver and Julia Mancuso sealing bronze. The men's 12.5km pursuit saw a French double as Martin Foucase sealed gold with compatriot Jean Guillaume Beatrix in bronze position with Ondrej Moravec (CZE) taking silver while Ole Einar Bjoerndalen narrowly missed out on a medal in fourth and with it missed the chance to set a new record for medals won in the Winter Games.
The men's moguls saw a Canadian 1-2 with Alex Bilodeau taking the gold and Mikael Kingsbury sealing silver with the bronze going to Alexandr Smyshlyaev (RUS). Speed skating dominated the day and in the men's 1500m short track, Charles Hamelin (CAN) took the gold with China's Han Tianyu with the silver and Russia's Victor An sealing the bronze with Team GB's Jack Whelbourne in 7th after a fall. GB hopes in the women's 500m short track are Charlotte Gilmartin and Elise Christie who successfully qualified for the quarter-finals on Thursday.
The Netherlands completed a clean sweep in the men's 500m short track with Michel Mulder taking the gold ahead of compatriots Jan Smeekens in second and Ronald Mulder in third.
Day Four saw Sang Hwa Lee take gold in the women's 500m speed skating with Olga Fatkulina (RUS) taking silver and Margot Boer (NED) taking bronze and continuing the good run the Netherlands have in the skating arena. The women's 10km pursuit saw the gold claimed by Darya Domracheva (BLR) with Tora Berger (NOR) taking silver and Teja Gregorin (SLO) sealing bronze.
British hopes in the men's sprint cross country were ended at the quarter-final stage as Andrew Musgrove only failed to qualify but in the final, the gold went to Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) with a Sweden 2-3 with Teodor Peterson in second and Emil Joensson in third. In the women's event, Norway took gold to hold both titles with Maiken Caspersen Falla in the gold medal position and compatriot Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg taking the silver with Vesna Fabjan (SLO) taking the bronze.
A perfect day for GB in curling began with a last-gasp win for David Murdoch's team with a 7-6 victory over a strong German said who blew the chance to win with the last stone as it glided clean through the house to the joy of the Brits.
However, to say the women went one better would be an understatement as skip Eve Muirhead and her team set an Olympic record for total score and highest score in a single end with a 12-3 demolition of USA with the Americans's conceding after the minimum requirement of six ends.GB went 2-0 up with USA pulling back in the third but the fourth end saw history made as miraculously, Muirhead had the luxury of having to clip a single stone to ensure a record seven stone haul in the house which put them 9-1 up. USA took two in the fifth end but GB scoring three in the sixth was the signal for the handshake from the American's that saw an end to the match with Canada up next for the victors.
Just like in the men's slopestyle on Day One, GB had hopes in the women's in the shape of Katie Summerhayes but sadly she could only finish seventh with the gold going to Dara Howell with a stunning score of 94.2 with Devin Logan (USA) second with a score of 85.4 and Kim Lamarre third on 85 but there event had a delay when Canada's Yuki Tsuobota was taken off on a stretcher after a heavy fall.
The women's luge saw a German 1-2 as N.Geisenberger took the gold with T.Huefner sealing silver and American E.Hamlin claiming bronze. The women's ski jumping normal hill saw German Carina Vogt take gold ahead of Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (AUT) taking silver with Coline Mattel (FRA) claiming bronze.
The evening session saw a dramatic men's snowboarding halfpipe with favourites Danny Davis and Shaun White of the USA both having poor first runs and in the second set of runs it was a tense contest as Switzerland had gold and silver in their grasp after a stunning run from Iouri Podladtchikov saw him score 94.75 while David Hablutzel scored 88.5.
Taku Hiraoka of Japan went third with a slick run of 92.25 and the time came for the dominator of the sport for the past eight years, Shaun White step up knowing a repeat of his qualifying run would seal the gold.However despite a brilliant run, not only did he not take gold he missed out on a medal completely finishing fourth and meaning a first gold for Podladtchikov who had been in the American's shadows over the past eight years to bring an exciting day to a close.
The medal table at the end of day four sees Norway on top will 11 medals with Germany and Canada joining them on four golds while Great Britain sit 21st with a single bronze.
The men's moguls saw a Canadian 1-2 with Alex Bilodeau taking the gold and Mikael Kingsbury sealing silver with the bronze going to Alexandr Smyshlyaev (RUS). Speed skating dominated the day and in the men's 1500m short track, Charles Hamelin (CAN) took the gold with China's Han Tianyu with the silver and Russia's Victor An sealing the bronze with Team GB's Jack Whelbourne in 7th after a fall. GB hopes in the women's 500m short track are Charlotte Gilmartin and Elise Christie who successfully qualified for the quarter-finals on Thursday.
The Netherlands completed a clean sweep in the men's 500m short track with Michel Mulder taking the gold ahead of compatriots Jan Smeekens in second and Ronald Mulder in third.
Day Four saw Sang Hwa Lee take gold in the women's 500m speed skating with Olga Fatkulina (RUS) taking silver and Margot Boer (NED) taking bronze and continuing the good run the Netherlands have in the skating arena. The women's 10km pursuit saw the gold claimed by Darya Domracheva (BLR) with Tora Berger (NOR) taking silver and Teja Gregorin (SLO) sealing bronze.
British hopes in the men's sprint cross country were ended at the quarter-final stage as Andrew Musgrove only failed to qualify but in the final, the gold went to Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) with a Sweden 2-3 with Teodor Peterson in second and Emil Joensson in third. In the women's event, Norway took gold to hold both titles with Maiken Caspersen Falla in the gold medal position and compatriot Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg taking the silver with Vesna Fabjan (SLO) taking the bronze.
A perfect day for GB in curling began with a last-gasp win for David Murdoch's team with a 7-6 victory over a strong German said who blew the chance to win with the last stone as it glided clean through the house to the joy of the Brits.
However, to say the women went one better would be an understatement as skip Eve Muirhead and her team set an Olympic record for total score and highest score in a single end with a 12-3 demolition of USA with the Americans's conceding after the minimum requirement of six ends.GB went 2-0 up with USA pulling back in the third but the fourth end saw history made as miraculously, Muirhead had the luxury of having to clip a single stone to ensure a record seven stone haul in the house which put them 9-1 up. USA took two in the fifth end but GB scoring three in the sixth was the signal for the handshake from the American's that saw an end to the match with Canada up next for the victors.
Just like in the men's slopestyle on Day One, GB had hopes in the women's in the shape of Katie Summerhayes but sadly she could only finish seventh with the gold going to Dara Howell with a stunning score of 94.2 with Devin Logan (USA) second with a score of 85.4 and Kim Lamarre third on 85 but there event had a delay when Canada's Yuki Tsuobota was taken off on a stretcher after a heavy fall.
The women's luge saw a German 1-2 as N.Geisenberger took the gold with T.Huefner sealing silver and American E.Hamlin claiming bronze. The women's ski jumping normal hill saw German Carina Vogt take gold ahead of Daniela Iraschko-Stolz (AUT) taking silver with Coline Mattel (FRA) claiming bronze.
The evening session saw a dramatic men's snowboarding halfpipe with favourites Danny Davis and Shaun White of the USA both having poor first runs and in the second set of runs it was a tense contest as Switzerland had gold and silver in their grasp after a stunning run from Iouri Podladtchikov saw him score 94.75 while David Hablutzel scored 88.5.
Taku Hiraoka of Japan went third with a slick run of 92.25 and the time came for the dominator of the sport for the past eight years, Shaun White step up knowing a repeat of his qualifying run would seal the gold.However despite a brilliant run, not only did he not take gold he missed out on a medal completely finishing fourth and meaning a first gold for Podladtchikov who had been in the American's shadows over the past eight years to bring an exciting day to a close.
The medal table at the end of day four sees Norway on top will 11 medals with Germany and Canada joining them on four golds while Great Britain sit 21st with a single bronze.
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Norway | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Germany | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 5 | United States | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Russian Fed. | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | Austria | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | France | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| =10 | Belarus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| =10 | Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| =10 | Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| =10 | Slovakia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Sweden | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| =17 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| =17 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| =19 | China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| =19 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| =21 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| =21 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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