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2010 Winter Olympics medal table 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 representing
82 National Olympic Committees participated in 86 events from 15 different sports and
disciplines. Athletes from 26 NOCs won at least one medal,
and athletes from 19 of these NOCs secured at least one gold. 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, 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 golds 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). 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). However, these records were set due to the large increase in the number of
events at the Winter Olympics. Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter
Olympic gold medals for their nations. 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 *** Meng tied Bjørgen for the lead in gold medals, with three.
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. 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
Olympic 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. In the men's individual event in biathlon,
two silver medals were awarded for a second-place tie. No bronze medal was awarded for that
event. To sort this table by NOC, total medal count,
or any other column, click on the icon next to the column title.
* Host nation (Canada)