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In the following calendar for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, each blue box represents an event competition, such as a qualification round, on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport are held. The number in each box represents the number of finals that were contested on that day. [1]
Norway's Petter Northug was the reigning world champion. [3] Italy's Pietro Piller Cottrer won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 17 January 2009. [4] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 23 January 2010 in Rybinsk, Russia, and was won by Russian Artem Zhmurko. [5]
China dominated the competition, sweeping the women's events - winning gold in the 500 m, 1,000 m 1,500 m and 3000 m relay. Wang Meng won three gold medals becoming the most accomplished female short track speed skater in Olympic history and Apolo Ohno became the most decorated Winter Olympian in United States history with eight medals.
Mixed events at the 2010 Winter Olympics (2 P) Pages in category "Events at the 2010 Winter Olympics" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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 suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the ...
The women's 1000 metres in short track speed skating at the 2010 Winter Olympics began on 24 February, with the final held on 26 February, at the Pacific Coliseum. Records [ edit ]
It is the first in a series of earthquakes between 2010 and 2012 that resulted in the deaths of 187 people and over $40 billion worth of damage. [70] [71] Seismologists noted that the earthquake sequence was highly unusual, and likely to never happen again anywhere else in the world. [72] September 7 – Israel becomes the 33rd member of the ...
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 (+124 from 2006 Olympics ) representing 82 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) (+2 from 2006) participated in 86 events (+2 from 2006 ...