List of 2010 Winter Olympics medal winners explained

The 2010 Winter Olympics were held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, from February 12 to February 28, 2010. A total of 2,632 athletes representing 82 National Olympic Committees participated in these Games.[1] Overall, 86 events in 15 disciplines were contested; 46 events were open to men, 38 to women and 2 were mixed pairs. Two disciplines were open only to men: Nordic combined and ski jumping, while figure skating was the only sport in which men and women competed together in teams.[2] Two new events were introduced: men's and women's ski cross.[3]

Medals were won by 450 individual athletes from 26 countries; 19 of those countries won at least one gold. Canada won its first 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. Canada finished first in gold medal wins and became the first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count, with 14.[4] Canada also broke the record for the most golds won at a single Winter Olympics, which was previously 13, set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002.[5] The United States placed first in total medals—its second time doing so in a Winter Games—and set a record for most medals won at a single Winter Olympics, with 37, breaking the previous record of 36, set by Germany in 2002.

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.[6] Athletes from Slovakia (Anastasiya Kuzminabiathlon, women's sprint)[7] and Belarus (Aleksei Grishin – freestyle skiing, men's aerials)[8] won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. 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. Chinese short-track speed skater Wang Meng also won three gold medals.[9]

Contents
  1. Alpine skiing
  2. Biathlon
  3. Bobsleigh
  4. Cross-country skiing
  5. Curling
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  1. Figure skating
  2. Freestyle skiing
  3. Ice hockey
  4. Luge
  5. Nordic combined
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  1. Short track speed skating
  2. Skeleton
  3. Ski jumping
  4. Snowboarding
  5. Speed skating
align=center colspan=3Medal leaders       References

Alpine skiing

See also: Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Biathlon

See also: Biathlon at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's 10 km sprint
Men's 12.5 km pursuit
Men's 15 km mass start
Men's 20 km individual
shared silver
Men's 4 × 7.5 km relay

Halvard Hanevold
Tarjei Bø
Emil Hegle Svendsen
Ole Einar Bjørndalen

Simon Eder
Daniel Mesotitsch
Dominik Landertinger
Christoph Sumann

Ivan Tcherezov
Anton Shipulin
Maxim Tchoudov
Evgeny Ustyugov
Women's 7.5 km sprint
Women's 10 km pursuit
Women's 12.5 km mass start
Women's 15 km individual
Women's 4 × 6 km relay

Svetlana Sleptsova
Anna Bogaliy-Titovets
Olga Medvedtseva
Olga Zaitseva

Marie-Laure Brunet
Sylvie Becaert
Marie Dorin
Sandrine Bailly

Kati Wilhelm
Simone Hauswald
Martina Beck
Andrea Henkel

Bobsleigh

See also: Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Two-man

André Lange
Kevin Kuske

Thomas Florschütz
Richard Adjei

Alexandr Zubkov
Alexey Voyevoda
Four-man

Steve Holcomb
Steve Mesler
Curtis Tomasevicz
Justin Olsen

André Lange
Kevin Kuske
Alexander Rödiger
Martin Putze

Lyndon Rush
David Bissett
Lascelles Brown
Chris le Bihan
Two-woman

Kaillie Humphries
Heather Moyse

Helen Upperton
Shelley-Ann Brown

Erin Pac
Elana Meyers

Cross-country skiing

See also: Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's sprint
Men's 15 km
Men's 30 km pursuit
Men's 50 km
Men's team sprint

Øystein Pettersen
Petter Northug

Tim Tscharnke
Axel Teichmann

Nikolay Morilov
Alexey Petukhov
Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Daniel Rickardsson
Johan Olsson
Anders Södergren
Marcus Hellner

Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Lars Berger
Petter Northug

Martin Jakš
Lukáš Bauer
Jiří Magál
Martin Koukal
Women's sprint
Women's 10 km
Women's 15 km pursuit
Women's 30 km
Women's team sprint

Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Claudia Nystad

Charlotte Kalla
Anna Haag

Irina Khazova
Natalya Korostelyova
Women's 4 x 5 km relay

Vibeke Skofterud
Therese Johaug
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen

Katrin Zeller
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Miriam Gössner
Claudia Nystad

Pirjo Muranen
Virpi Kuitunen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

Curling

See also: Curling at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's team

Kevin Martin
John Morris
Marc Kennedy
Ben Hebert
Adam Enright

Thomas Ulsrud
Torger Nergård
Christoffer Svae
Håvard Vad Petersson
Thomas Løvold

Ralph Stöckli
Jan Hauser
Markus Eggler
Simon Strübin
Toni Müller
Women's team

Anette Norberg
Eva Lund
Cathrine Lindahl
Anna Le Moine
Kajsa Bergström

Cheryl Bernard
Susan O'Connor
Carolyn Darbyshire
Cori Bartel
Kristie Moore

Wang Bingyu
Liu Yin
Yue Qingshuang
Zhou Yan
Liu Jinli

Figure skating

See also: Figure skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's singles
Women's singles
Pairs

Shen Xue
Zhao Hongbo

Pang Qing
Tong Jian

Aliona Savchenko
Robin Szolkowy
Ice dancing

Tessa Virtue
Scott Moir

Meryl Davis
Charlie White

Oksana Domnina
Maxim Shabalin

Freestyle skiing

See also: Freestyle skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ice hockey

See also: Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's team

Patrice Bergeron
Dan Boyle
Martin Brodeur
Sidney Crosby
Drew Doughty
Marc-André Fleury
Ryan Getzlaf
Dany Heatley
Jarome Iginla
Duncan Keith
Roberto Luongo
Patrick Marleau
Brenden Morrow
Rick Nash
Scott Niedermayer
Corey Perry
Chris Pronger
Mike Richards
Brent Seabrook
Eric Staal
Joe Thornton
Jonathan Toews
Shea Weber

David Backes
Dustin Brown
Ryan Callahan
Chris Drury
Tim Gleason
Erik Johnson
Jack Johnson
Patrick Kane
Ryan Kesler
Phil Kessel
Jamie Langenbrunner
Ryan Malone
Ryan Miller
Brooks Orpik
Zach Parise
Joe Pavelski
Jonathan Quick
Brian Rafalski
Bobby Ryan
Paul Stastny
Ryan Suter
Tim Thomas
Ryan Whitney

Niklas Bäckström
Valtteri Filppula
Niklas Hagman
Jarkko Immonen
Olli Jokinen
Niko Kapanen
Miikka Kiprusoff
Mikko Koivu
Saku Koivu
Lasse Kukkonen
Jere Lehtinen
Sami Lepistö
Toni Lydman
Antti Miettinen
Antero Niittymäki
Janne Niskala
Ville Peltonen
Joni Pitkänen
Jarkko Ruutu
Tuomo Ruutu
Sami Salo
Teemu Selänne
Kimmo Timonen
Women's team

Meghan Agosta
Gillian Apps
Tessa Bonhomme
Jennifer Botterill
Jayna Hefford
Haley Irwin
Rebecca Johnston
Becky Kellar
Gina Kingsbury
Charline Labonté
Carla MacLeod
Meaghan Mikkelson
Caroline Ouellette
Cherie Piper
Marie-Philip Poulin
Kim St-Pierre
Colleen Sostorics
Shannon Szabados
Sarah Vaillancourt
Catherine Ward
Hayley Wickenheiser

Kacey Bellamy
Caitlin Cahow
Lisa Chesson
Julie Chu
Natalie Darwitz
Meghan Duggan
Molly Engstrom
Hilary Knight
Jocelyne Lamoureux
Monique Lamoureux
Erika Lawler
Gisele Marvin
Brianne McLaughlin
Jenny Schmidgall-Potter
Angela Ruggiero
Molly Schaus
Kelli Stack
Karen Thatcher
Jessie Vetter
Kerry Weiland
Jinelle Zaugg-Siergiej

Anne Helin
Jenni Hiirikoski
Venla Hovi
Michelle Karvinen
Mira Kuisma
Emma Laaksonen
Rosa Lindstedt
Terhi Mertanen
Heidi Pelttari
Mariia Posa
Annina Rajahuhta
Karoliina Rantamäki
Noora Räty
Mari Saarinen
Saija Sirviö
Nina Tikkinen
Minnamari Tuominen
Saara Tuominen
Linda Välimäki
Anna Vanhatalo
Marjo Voutilainen

Luge

See also: Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Nordic combined

See also: Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Short track speed skating

See also: Short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's 500 m
Men's 1000 m
Men's 1500 m
Men's 5000 m relay

Charles Hamelin
François Hamelin
Olivier Jean
François-Louis Tremblay
Guillaume Bastille

Kwak Yoon-Gy
Lee Ho-Suk
Lee Jung-Su
Sung Si-Bak
Kim Seoung-Il

J. R. Celski
Travis Jayner
Jordan Malone
Apolo Anton Ohno
Simon Cho
Women's 500 m
Women's 1000 m
Women's 1500 m
Women's 3000 m relay
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Sun Linlin
Wang Meng
Zhang Hui
Zhou Yang
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Jessica Gregg
Kalyna Roberge
Marianne St-Gelais
Tania Vicent

Allison Baver
Alyson Dudek
Lana Gehring
Katherine Reutter
Kimberly Derrick

Skeleton

See also: Skeleton at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Ski jumping

See also: Ski jumping at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Snowboarding

See also: Snowboarding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Speed skating

See also: Speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Men's 500 m
Men's 1000 m
Men's 1500 m
Men's 5000 m
Men's 10000 m
Men's team pursuit
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Mathieu Giroux
Lucas Makowsky
Denny Morrison
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Brian Hansen
Chad Hedrick
Jonathan Kuck
Trevor Marsicano

Jan Blokhuijsen
Sven Kramer
Simon Kuipers
Mark Tuitert
Women's 500 m
Women's 1000 m
Women's 1500 m
Women's 3000 m
Women's 5000 m
Women's team pursuit
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Daniela Anschütz-Thoms
Stephanie Beckert
Anni Friesinger-Postma
Katrin Mattscherodt
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Masako Hozumi
Nao Kodaira
Maki Tabata
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Katarzyna Bachleda-Curuś
Katarzyna Woźniak
Luiza Złotkowska

Medal leaders

Athletes that won at least two gold medals or at least three total medals are listed below.

AthleteNationSportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Cross-country skiing3115
Short track speed skating3003
Cross-country skiing2114
Short track speed skating2103
Biathlon2103
Biathlon2103
Speed skating2013
Ski jumping2002
Short track speed skating2002
Cross-country skiing2002
Alpine skiing2002
Short track speed skating2002
Speed skating1203
Cross-country skiing1113
Alpine skiing1113
Alpine skiing1113
Cross-country skiing1023
Ski jumping1023
Nordic combined0303
Short track speed skating0123

See also

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Factsheet—Olympic Winter Programme . February 2008 . International Olympic Committee . 2009-06-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070418115011/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_851.pdf . 2007-04-18 .
  3. Web site: U.S. men crossed up in Olympic debut of ski cross. 2010-02-22. 2010-03-01. Ruibal, Sal. USA Today. 2012-06-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20120605101632/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/vancouver/freestyle/2010-02-21-ski-cross-men_N.htm. live.
  4. News: U.S. clinches medals mark, Canada ties gold record . 2010-02-27 . . 2015-07-27 . The Associated Press . 2019-02-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190203234549/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/feb/27/us-clinches-medals-total-canada-most-golds/ . live .
  5. News: Canada sets Olympic gold record . 2010-02-27 . 2010-02-27 . Canadian Press . CBC Sports . 2010-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100303045603/http://www.cbc.ca/olympics/story/2010/02/27/sp-canada-gold-otp.html?ref=rss . live .
  6. Web site: Svendsen seals golden sweep for Norway. CTV Olympics. 2010-02-18. 2010-02-18. Morris, Jonah. 2010-02-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20100221013304/http://www.ctvolympics.ca/biathlon/news/newsid%3D45644.html. live.
  7. Web site: The Australian. Anastazia Kuzmina wins Slovakia first winter crown. 2010-02-14. 2010-02-21. 2018-12-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20181225174956/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/anastasiya-kuzmina-wins-slovakia-first-winter-crown/story-e6frg7mf-1225830166112?nk=5ba66db7fd7705a1645ba9a62c6e7af0-1545760196. live.
  8. News: Grishin Grabs First Gold For Belarus. 2010-02-26. Charles, Deborah. Reuters. 2010-03-23. 2012-06-30. https://archive.today/20120630094913/http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2515105720100226. live.
  9. Web site: Fighting Finish to the Comeback Olympics. The New York Times. Clarey, Christopher. 2010-02-28. 2010-03-08. 2010-03-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20100313052415/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/01/sports/olympics/01iht-olyarena.html. live.