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The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (French: XXI es Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 (Squamish: K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding ...
Feb 12, 2010 · Relive the moments that went down in history at the 2010 winter Olympics in Vancouver. Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes.
2010 Winter Olympics medal table. From left to right: Tina Maze of Slovenia (silver), Andrea Fischbacher of Austria (gold) and Lindsey Vonn of the United States (bronze) with the medals they earned in women's super-G in alpine skiing.
RankNationGoldSilver1147210133915498- 2010 Olympic Winter Games at Vancouver
- Opening Ceremonies
- Freestyle Skiing
- Speed Skating
- Snowboarding
- Sliding Sports
- Figure Skating
- Curling
- Hockey
- Closing Ceremonies
Both Vancouver and Whistler gained new facilities for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games, including the Whistler Sliding Sports Centre (for bobsled, skeleton and luge), Whistler Olympic Park (ski jumping, Nordic combined, cross-country skiing and biathlon), the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre (curling; now called the Hillcrest Centre) and the Richmo...
The opening ceremonies, which took place at BC Place Stadium on 12 February 2010, began with a dedication to Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who had died earlier in the day during a training run at the Whistler Sliding Sports Centre. Since the Games took place in the traditional territories of the Lil’wat, the Musqueam, the Squamish and the Ts...
Alexandre Bilodeau made Canadian sports history on 14 February 2010 when he became the first Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in Canada. Bilodeau placed first in the men’s moguls competition, becoming the second Canadian men’s mogulist to win Olympic gold, following Jean-Luc Brassard at the 1994 Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer. In women’s ...
Canadians won 10 medals, including four gold, in long track and short track speed skatingat the 2010 Games. This was over one third of the 26 medals Team Canada won in Vancouver. In short track speed skating, Charles Hamelin and Franҫois-Louis Tremblay won gold and bronze respectively in the men’s 500m. They also teamed up with Franҫois Hamelin, Gu...
On 16 February 2010, Maëlle Ricker won gold in women’s snowboard cross, becoming the first Canadian woman to win a gold medal at an Olympic Games in Canada and the first Canadian woman to win gold in snowboarding. In men’s snowboarding, Jasey-Jay Andersonbecame the oldest gold medalist in Olympic snowboarding history when he won the men’s parallel ...
For the first time in Olympic history, bobsledders from the same nation won gold and silver in women’s bobsled. Canadians Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse won gold, while Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown won silver. Moyse became the first woman from Prince Edward Island to win an Olympic medal. (Bobsledder Dave McEachern became the first Oly...
Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moirmade figure skating history on 22 February 2010 by becoming the first ice dance team from North America to win Olympic gold. Performing to romantic music from Mahler’s Symphony No. 5, the 20-year-old Virtue and 22-year-old Moir also became the youngest figure skaters to win an Olympic gold medal in ice dance. Ca...
For the second consecutive Olympic Winter Games, Canada won the Olympic gold medal in men’s curling. The Edmonton-based team of skip Kevin Martin, third John Morris, second Marc Kennedy, lead Ben Hebert and fifth Adam Enright had a perfect record of 11 wins and zero losses and outscored their opposition 87–42. Canada defeated France 12–5, Denmark 1...
For the second time in three Olympic Winter Games, Canada won gold in men’s and women’s hockey. The Olympic women’s hockey tournament was very popular, with 162,419 fans attending — the highest attendance ever at an international women’s hockey tournament. The Canadian women won all five of their games and outscored their opponents 48–2. In the eli...
Like the gold medal game in men’s hockey, the closing ceremonies brought in huge television ratings. A total of 14.3 million Canadians watched the event, making it the second most watched program in Canadian television history. The ceremonies, held at BC Place Stadium, included musical performances by Neil Young and Michael Bublé, as well as appear...
Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Date: February 12, 2010 - February 28, 210. Location: British Columbia. Canada. Vancouver. The XXI Olympic Winter Games opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on February 12 and closed on February 28, 2010.
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Official medal table of the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. Find an alphabetical list of medals and celebrate the achievements of 2010's finest athletes.
Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
