2010 Winter Olympics medal table

2010 Winter Olympics medals
Location	Vancouver,   Canada
Highlights
Most gold medals	Canada  (14)
Most total medals	United States  (37)
Medalling NOCs	26
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2010 Winter Olympic Games Medals map
Legend:
  Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal
  Silver represents countries that won at least one silver medal
  Red represents countries that did not win any medals
  Grey represents countries that did not participate

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.

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from February 12 to February 28. A total of 2,632 athletes (+124 from 2006 Olympics) representing 82 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+2 from 2006) participated in 86 events (+2 from 2006) from 15 different sports and disciplines (unchanged from 2006). ^[1]

Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal, and athletes from 19 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. ^[2] For the first time, Canada won a gold medal at an Olympic Games it hosted, having failed to do so at both the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. In contrast to the lack of gold medals at these previous Olympics, the Canadian team finished first overall in gold medal wins, ^[3] and became the first host nation—since Norway in 1952—to lead the gold medal count, with 14 medals. In doing so, it also broke the record for the most gold medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics (the previous was 13, set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and matched by Norway in 2002). ^[4] The United States placed first in total medals—its second time doing so in a Winter Games—and set a new record for most medals won by a NOC at a single Winter Olympics, with 37 (the previous record was 36, established by Germany in 2002). ^[3] Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. ^{[5] [6]}

Cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen from Norway won five medals (three gold, one silver, one bronze), more than any other athlete. Chinese short track speed skater Wang Meng tied Bjørgen for the lead in gold medals, with three. ^[7]

Medal table

From left to right: Kerstin Szymkowiak of Germany (silver), Amy Williams of Great Britain (gold) and Anja Huber of Germany (bronze) with the medals they earned in women's skeleton.

From left to right: Martins Dukurs of Latvia (silver), Jon Montgomery of Canada (gold), and Aleksandr Tretyakov of Russia (bronze) with the medals they earned in men's skeleton.

See also: Olympic medal table

The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC convention in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by a National Olympic Committee (NOC). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next, and then the number of bronze medals. ^{[8] [9]} If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code. ^[10]

In the men's individual biathlon competition, two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie, so no bronze medal was awarded for that event. ^[11]

  *   Host nation (Canada)

2010 Winter Olympics medal table ^[2]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada*	14	7	5	26
2	Germany	10	13	7	30
3	United States	9	15	13	37
4	Norway	9	8	6	23
5	South Korea	6	6	2	14
6	Switzerland	6	0	3	9
7	China	5	2	4	11
	Sweden	5	2	4	11
9	Austria	4	6	7	17
10	Netherlands	4	1	3	8
11	France	3	2	6	11
12	Russia	2	5	7	14
13	Australia	2	1	0	3
14	Czech Republic	2	0	4	6
15	Poland	1	3	2	6
16	Slovakia	1	2	0	3
17	Italy	1	1	3	5
18	Belarus	1	1	1	3
19	Great Britain	1	0	0	1
20	Japan	0	3	2	5
21	Croatia	0	2	1	3
	Slovenia	0	2	1	3
23	Latvia	0	2	0	2
24	Finland	0	1	4	5
25	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
Totals (26 entries)		86	87	85	258

Changes in medal standings

On October 26, 2020, it was announced that biathlete Evgeny Ustyugov of Russia was charged by the Biathlon Integrity Unit for haemoglobin doping and could lose his 2010 gold medal. The decision was confirmed in 2024, with Ustyugov's appeal rejected in 2025. ^[12] As a result, Russia's medal total decreased from three gold and 15 medals overall to two and 14, respectively.

See also

• 2010 Winter Paralympics medal table

References

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2. "Vancouver 2010 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved January 16, 2025.
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8. Ostlere, Lawrence (August 11, 2024). "Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024". The Independent . Archived from the original on August 12, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
9. Araton, Harvey (August 18, 2008). "A Medal Count That Adds Up To Little" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on March 21, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
10. Cons, Roddy (August 10, 2024). "What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained". Diario AS . Archived from the original on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
11. Morris, Jonah (February 18, 2010). "Svendsen seals golden sweep for Norway". CTV Olympics. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.
12. "CAS Anti-Doping Division rules in favour of IBU in Ustyugov passport case".

External links

• "Vancouver 2010". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
• "2010 Winter Olympics". Olympedia.com. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
• "Olympic Analytics/2010_2". olympanalyt.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2020. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
• "Olympic Medals: Gold, Silver, Bronze". Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics. Vancouver Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on February 12, 2010. Retrieved February 13, 2010.