2010 Vancouver Olympics

The 2010 Vancouver Olympics were the 21st edition of the Olympic Winter Games broadcast by NBC and held on February 12-28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 2,622 athletes from 82 nations gathered in the picturesque metropolis to participate in 86 different sporting events. Both the opening and closing ceremonies were lauded for their extravagance and beauty, and bookended another hugely successful and milestone Olympic Games. The host nation broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Games with 14, beating the mark of 13 previously set by the former Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002. The United States, meanwhile, finished the games with the most medals in total with 37, also breaking a record that previously belonged to Germany from the 2002 games. Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their countries. Vancouver won the right to host the 21st Winter Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), beating out Pyeongchang, South Korea and Salzburg, Austria. MORE