Monaco at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Monaco first participated in Olympic competition at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics, and have participated in most Summer Olympic Games since.^[1] The Comité Olympique Monégasque (the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Monaco) was recognised by the International Olympic Committee on 1 January 1953.^[2] The 1984 Winter Olympics marked Monaco's first participation in the Winter Olympics. After the nation made its debut in the 1984 Games, this edition of the Games in 2014 marked the nation's ninth appearance at the Winter Games.^[3]

The 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi held between 7 and 23 February 2014.^[4][5] The Monegasque team consisted of five athletes who competed across two sports.^[6][7] Olivier Jenot served as the country's flag-bearer during the opening ceremony.^[8][9] Rudy Rinaldi carried as the national flag during the closing ceremony.^[10][11][12] Monaco did not win any medal in the Games,^[13][14] and has not won a Winter Olympics medal as of these Games.^[3]

Monaco sent five athletes who competed in two sports at the Games.^[13][14]

The qualification quotas were allocated based on athletes satisfying he criteria laid out by International Ski Federation, subject to a maximum cap per country.^[15] As per the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Monaco qualified three athletes for the Games.^[16][17] While Alexandra Coletti competed in two women's events, Arnaud Alessandria and Olivier Jenot qualified for three and four individual men's events respectively.^[18][19] Coletti was the most experienced of the trio, competing in her third straight Winter Olympic Games since her debut in 2006.^[20] This was the second consecutive Olympic appearance for Jenot after the 2006 Games.^[21] Alessandria made his debut at the Winter Olympics.^[22]

The events were held at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center in Krasnaya Polyana. The facility was constructed especially for the Olympic Games in the Caucuses, about 50 km (31 mi) from the Black Sea coast. It was designed by 1972 Olympic gold medalist Bernhard Russi.^[23] Amongst the nine entries across events, there were only three classified finishes by the Monegasque athletes. While Alessandria registered his only finish in the men's downhill, Coletti did not finish both of her events. Jenot registered finishes in two of the four events he competed in, ranking 28th and 35th in the men's combined and super-G events respectively.^[13][24]