Sri Lanka have won ten medals at the Games, but had a 44-year medal drought spanning 1950 to 1994.

In four years, the so-called Winter Games move to Sochi, Russia, where the home country will try to overcome its medal drought.

Mustafina's gold medal in the uneven bars final ended Russia's Olympic gymnastics gold medal drought that lasted for twelve years.

They have won eleven medals, with a twenty-eight-year medal drought between 1970 and 1998.

With that, the Americans can concentrate on breaking their 46-year medal drought in a sport they once dominated.

Before Shimer's crew knew its fate, Hays's team ended America's 46-year medal drought in the sport with a silver, finishing in 3:07.81.

His achievement is a milestone in Iran's Olympic history in that it ended Iran's 64 year-old medal drought in events other than the aforementioned.

She then went on to earn a bronze medal on bars, ending the individual medal drought for the U.S.

All that was left was for the Americans to cross the finish line today at Soldier Hollow, collapse from exhaustion and realize that the long medal drought was not over.

Stephen Parry ended Great Britain's 8-year medal drought with a bronze in 1:55.52.