2010 Winter Olympics medal table

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2010 Winter Olympics medals
Location Vancouver, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Highlights
Most gold medalsFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (14)
Most total medalsFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (37)
Medalling NOCs26
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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 2010 Winter Olympic Games Medals map.svg
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. Women's Super G podium at Whistler Creekside closeup.jpg
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]

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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. Kerstin Szymkowiak Amy Williams and Anja Huber2.jpg
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. Martins Dukurs, Jon Montgomery, and Alexander Tretiakov.jpg
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.

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]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada*147526
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1013730
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 9151337
4Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 98623
5Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 66214
6Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 6039
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 52411
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 52411
9Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 46717
10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 4138
11Flag of France.svg  France 32611
12Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 25714
13Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2103
14Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2046
15Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1326
16Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1203
17Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1135
18Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 1113
19Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1001
20Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 0325
21Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 0213
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0213
23Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 0202
24Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0145
25Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 0101
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 0101
Totals (26 entries)868785258

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