2010 Winter Paralympics medal table

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2010 Winter Paralympics medals
Location Vancouver, Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
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Most gold medalsFlag of Germany.svg  Germany  (13)
Most total medalsFlag of Russia.svg  Russia  (38)
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From left to right: Grygorii Vovchynskyi of Ukraine (bronze), Kirill Mikhaylov of Russia (gold), and Nils-Erik Ulset of Norway (silver) with the medals they earned in men's pursuit in biathlon. 2010 Winter Paralympics Men's Biathlon pursuit st medalists.jpg
From left to right: Grygorii Vovchynskyi of Ukraine (bronze), Kirill Mikhaylov of Russia (gold), and Nils-Erik Ulset of Norway (silver) with the medals they earned in men's pursuit in biathlon.

The 2010 Winter Paralympics, officially known as the X Paralympic Winter Games, were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from March 12 to March 21, 2010. [1] A total of 506 athletes from 44 nations participated in 64 events from five different sport disciplines. [2] [3]

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Athletes from 21 countries won at least one medal, 15 of them winning at least one gold medal. For the second consecutive Winter Games, Russia won the most medals in total, with 38. [4] Germany collected the most gold medals, with 13. The most individual gold medals were won by Canadian Lauren Woolstencroft, who secured five in alpine skiing, and German Verena Bentele, with two in biathlon and three in cross-country skiing. [5] [6]

Viviane Forest of Canada became the first Paralympian to win a gold medal in both the Winter and Summer Games when she won the women's downhill event for visually impaired athletes. She had previously won gold medals in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Paralympics for women's goalball. [7] [8]

Medal table

Anna Burmistrova from Russia, awarded the Order of Honour in Russia, for winning two gold, one silver and one bronze in biathlon and cross-country skiing. Paraolimpiiskaia chempionka Burmistrova Anna Aleksandrovna 2010.jpeg
Anna Burmistrova from Russia, awarded the Order of Honour in Russia, for winning two gold, one silver and one bronze in biathlon and cross-country skiing.
Andy Soule from the United States won a bronze medal in biathlon. Andy Soule Paralympics 2010.jpg
Andy Soule from the United States won a bronze medal in biathlon.

The ranking in this table is based on information provided by the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and is consistent with IPC convention in its published medal tables. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won (in this context, a nation is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee). The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If nations are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by IPC country code.

In the men's downhill standing two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie. No bronze medal was awarded for that event. [10]

  *   Host nation (Canada)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)135624
2Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)12161038
3Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)*105419
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia  (SVK)62311
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)58619
6Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)45413
7Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)34411
8Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)33511
9Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)2079
10Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)1416
11Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)1337
12Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1326
13Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)1203
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland  (SUI)1203
15Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1001
16Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0134
17Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0112
18Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea  (KOR)0101
19Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)0022
20Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)0011
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0011
Totals (21 entries)646563192

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