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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.
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). Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations.
The XXI Olympic Winter Games opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on February 12 and closed on February 28, 2010. To celebrate the Games, Britannica is pleased to offer a broad selection of information on Vancouver and the Olympics, including a video highlighting the city’s history and
Feb 28, 2010 · The 2010 Winter Olympic Games were held from 12 to 28 February 2010 in Vancouver, Canada with the participation of approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations.
January and February 2010 was the warmest winter in Vancouver history and at Cypress Mountain, north of Vancouver, where the freestyle skiing and snowboarding were to be held, there was no snow. The courses could only be maintained by trucking in snow from distant sites.
Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen was the most successful athlete, winning three gold, one silver and one bronze medal, and became the ninth Winter Olympian to win five medals at one edition of the Games.
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.
The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games were a success for the Olympic Movement and for the host city, region and country - although, of course, tempered by the tragic death of a young athlete. For the Movement, the Games advanced the cause of universality and expanded the global reach of the world’s
Jun 24, 2024 · The Olympics came to Canada for a third time in 2010, as Vancouver was the site of the XXI Olympic Winter Games (Montreal had hosted the Summer Games in 1976 and Calgary the Winter Games in 1988).
