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2010 Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony and Final Medal Standings – Vancouver, British Columbia

Posted: February 28, 2010 at 8:49 pm   /   by   /   comments (0)

2010 Winter Olympics Medals Vancouver British ColumbiaIt has truly been an exciting 17 days. But all good things must come to and end. the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia are finally coming wrapping up, as the closing ceremonies are currently taking place. There have been many exciting moments, and many touching ones as well.

In the end, it was a great success for USA – taking home a total of 37 medals! 9 Gold, 15 Silver, and 13 Bronze made up the first place spot for the United States this year. In second place, Germany came in with 10 Gold, 13 Silver, and 7 bronze Medals. Third place went to Canada; they received 14 Gold medals (the highest amount in this year’s games), 7 silver, and 5 bronze medals.

Here is the full list of medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics:

Nation Medalists GOLD SILVER BRONZE Total
CAN United States See Names 9 15 13 37
CAN Germany See Names 10 13 7 30
CAN Canada See Names 14 7 5 26
CAN Norway See Names 9 8 6 23
CAN Austria See Names 4 6 6 16
CAN Russia See Names 3 5 7 15
CAN South Korea See Names 6 6 2 14
CAN Sweden See Names 5 2 4 11
CAN China See Names 5 2 4 11
CAN France See Names 2 3 6 11
CAN Switzerland See Names 6 0 3 9
CAN Netherlands See Names 4 1 3 8
CAN Czech Republic See Names 2 0 4 6
CAN Poland See Names 1 3 2 6
CAN Italy See Names 1 1 3 5
CAN Japan See Names 0 3 2 5
CAN Finland See Names 0 1 4 5
CAN Australia See Names 2 1 0 3
CAN Slovakia See Names 1 1 1 3
CAN Belarus See Names 1 1 1 3
CAN Slovenia See Names 0 2 1 3
CAN Croatia See Names 0 2 1 3
CAN Latvia See Names 0 2 0 2
CAN Great Britain See Names 1 0 0 1
CAN Kazakhstan See Names 0 1 0 1
CAN Estonia See Names 0 1 0 1
Total 86 87 85 258

What were your favorite Olympic moments this year? Leave a comment below!