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99-725: The group was actively involved with opposition to the 2010 Winter Olympics , and was accused of possessing the Olympic Flag stolen from Vancouver City Hall on March 16, 2007. The association has close ties with the Anti-Poverty Committee , with many APC members having worked for the DERA, and live in DERA subsidized housing. In March 2010, the association was accused of mishandling public money, and failing to pay $ 500,000 in property taxes and rents from three government-owned social housing buildings that they manage. Since

198-710: A decision of the IOC Executive Board and a vote of the IOC Session . When Olympic demonstration sports took place, a sport usually appeared as such before being officially admitted. An International Sport Federation (IF) is responsible for ensuring that the sport's activities follow the Olympic Charter. When a sport is recognized by the IOC, the IF becomes an official Olympic sport federation and joins either

297-502: A medal event. American football (1904) and Korfball (1920) first appeared as unofficial sports before becoming demonstration sports. Gliding was promoted from a demonstration sport to an official Olympic sport for the 1940 Summer Olympics , but the Games were cancelled due to World War II . Flag football, a non-contact version of American football, will make its Olympic debut in 2028. Several sports, while not officially recognized by

396-584: A minimum of two (until 2008, there were sports with only one event) to a maximum of 47 in athletics , which despite its large number of diverse events is not divided into separate disciplines like aquatics is. Sports eligible for inclusion in the Olympic programme are only those governed by international federations recognized by the IOC, as stated in Bye-laws 1.3.2 and 1.4.2 to Rule 45 of the Olympic Charter (2023). The opportunity to propose additional sports to

495-516: A total contribution to the BC economy of $ 2.3 billion of Gross Domestic Product, and as well creating 45,000 jobs and contributing an additional $ 463 million to the tourism industry while venue construction by VANOC and 3rd parties added $ 1.22 billion to the economy, far short of the $ 10 billion forecast by Premier Gordon Campbell . The study also said that hosting the Olympics was one of many reasons why

594-407: A tradition followed by other recent Games host cities, were canceled for several reasons. Anti-Games activists repeatedly vandalized the existing 2010 Olympics monuments such as the countdown clock, forcing the city to install CCTV cameras, and adding more Games decorations would have inevitably required more security presence to deter protesters, so VANOC opted to minimize these symbols to avoid making

693-708: A week-long Anti-Olympic Convergence, protesters smashed windows of the Downtown Vancouver location of The Hudson's Bay department store . Protesters later argued that the Hudson's Bay Company , "has been a symbol of colonial oppression for centuries" as well as a major sponsor of the 2010 Olympics. Some of the issues reflected in the opposition continue the themes identified in opposition to all Olympic games, some of which are outlined in anti-Olympics activist and Professor of Sociology Helen Jefferson Lenskyj's books Olympic Industry Resistance (2007) and Inside

792-416: Is a map of the participating nations and a list of the nations with the number of competitors indicated in brackets. 2,626 athletes from 82 NOCs participated in the 2010 Winter Olympics. The 2010 Winter Olympics featured 86 events over 15 disciplines in 7 sports. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each separate discipline. The opening and closing ceremonies and

891-587: Is a summer Olympic sport that includes six disciplines: swimming , artistic swimming , diving , water polo , open water swimming , and high diving (a non-Olympic discipline), all of which are governed at international level by World Aquatics . Skating is a winter Olympic sport represented by the International Skating Union , and includes four disciplines: figure skating , speed skating , short track speed skating , and synchronized skating (a non-Olympic discipline). The sport with

990-414: Is highlighted.    Host country (Canada) To sort this table by nation, total medal count, or any other column, click on the [REDACTED] icon next to the column title. Some in the foreign press, including London 2012 organizers, had criticized the lack of city decorations to acknowledge that Vancouver was the host of the Games. The original plans to decorate the city in Olympic colours,

1089-622: Is represented at the International Olympic Committee (IOC) by an international governing body called an International Federation (IF). The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo saw the introduction of four new sports, with karate , skateboarding , sport climbing and surfing making their Olympic debuts. Breakdancing made its debut at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, and ski mountaineering will make its debut at

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1188-677: Is the transfer of the Olympic flame from Ancient Olympia, Greece — where the first Olympic Games were held thousands of years ago — to the stadium of the city hosting the current Olympic Games. The flame arrives just in time for the Opening Ceremony . For the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, the flame was lit in Olympia on October 22, 2009. It then traveled from Greece , over the North Pole to Canada's High Arctic and on to

1287-542: The 2016 Summer Olympics . On 13 August 2009, the IOC Executive Board proposed that golf and rugby sevens be added to the Olympic program for 2016. On 9 October 2009, during the 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen , the IOC voted to admit both as official Olympic sports and to include them in the 2016 Summer Olympics. The IOC voted 81–8 in favor of rugby sevens and 63–27 in favor of golf, thus bringing

1386-474: The 2020 Summer Olympics . On 21 February 2019, the Paris 2024 Organising Committee announced they would propose the inclusion of breakdancing (breaking), as well as skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing. All four sports were approved during the 134th IOC Session in Lausanne , Switzerland on 24 June 2019. On 18 June 2021, the IOC issued a proposal for a new winter sport, ski mountaineering , for

1485-524: The 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. Flag football and squash will make their debuts at the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, while cricket and lacrosse will return after long absences. From the 18th century onwards, researchers took a greater interest in the value of traditional games in elucidating cultural values and identities. The modern Olympic Games, founded by Pierre de Coubertin on

1584-535: The Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF, for summer Olympic sports), the Association of International Olympic Winter Sports Federations (AIOWF, for winter Olympic sports), or the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations (ARISF, for non-Olympic sports). A number of recognized sports are included in the program of the World Games , a multi-sport event run by

1683-643: The Beijing Organizing Committee received permission to organize a wushu tournament . Women first competed in the 1900 Olympic Games , participating in five sports (croquet, sailing, tennis, golf and equestrian). With the addition of women's boxing in 2012 and women's ski jumping in 2014 , women can now compete in all Olympic disciplines except for Greco-Roman wrestling and nordic combined ; there are also two women-only disciplines, rhythmic gymnastics and artistic swimming . The sports of baseball and softball were both voted off

1782-684: The Integrated Security Unit , of which the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) was the lead agency; other government agencies such as the Vancouver Police Department , Canada Border Services Agency , Canadian Forces , and police agencies across Canada . The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) also played a role. That number was later revealed to be in the region of C$ 1 billion, an amount in excess of five times what

1881-685: The International World Games Association , an organization that operates under the patronage of the IOC. Since the start of the World Games in 1981, 16 sports and disciplines that have been competed there – badminton and baseball (1992), beach volleyball and softball (1996), taekwondo, trampoline, triathlon , women's water polo and women's weightlifting (2000), rugby sevens (2016), karate and sport climbing (2020), breakdancing (2024), and flag football, lacrosse sixes and squash (2028) – have subsequently been added to

1980-724: The Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , Italy. The flag was raised in a special ceremony on February 28, 2006, and was on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Vancouver opening ceremony . The event was officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean , accompanied by the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge . Vancouver 2010

2079-605: The Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC), headed by John Furlong . The 2010 Winter Games were the third Olympics to be hosted by Canada, and the first to be held within the province of British Columbia. Canada had hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal , Quebec, and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary , Alberta. Following Olympic tradition, incumbent Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received

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2178-720: The Whistler Blackcomb ski resort, the Whistler Olympic Park , the Whistler Celebration Plaza and the Whistler Sliding Centre . The 2010 Winter Games marked the first time that the energy consumption of the Olympic venues was tracked in real time and made available to the public. Energy data was collected from the metering and building automation systems of nine of the Olympic venues and was displayed online through

2277-516: The first Olympic Winter Games and retroactively recognized as such by the IOC, consisted of nine disciplines in six sports. A sport or discipline must be widely practised in at least 25 countries, and on three continents, to be eligible for inclusion on the Olympic program for the Winter Games. The following sports (or disciplines of a sport) make up the current Winter Olympic Games official program and are listed alphabetically, according to

2376-445: The ice resurfacers supplied by Olympia, an official sponsor of the Games. Thousands of tickets were voided by organizers when weather conditions made standing-room-only areas unsafe. Visitors were also upset that, as in past Olympics, medal ceremonies required separate admission and blocks of VIP tickets reserved for sponsors and dignitaries were unused at events. Other glitches and complaints have included confusion by officials at

2475-472: The ongoing recession , and NBC projected a financial loss upwards of $ 250 million on the Games. Due to the growth of social media , NBC faced particular criticism for its traditional practice of tape delaying network coverage of the Olympics for the west coast—a practice that was made more egregious by the fact that these Games took place at sites within the Pacific Time Zone . In April 2010,

2574-423: The 1900 and 1904 Olympic Games, which were staged in conjunction with the 1900 and 1904 World's Fairs, included numerous sporting events on an equal footing under their programmes. Historians generally regard many of these as not satisfying retrospective inclusion criteria to qualify as "official". Through 1995, the IOC never made a determination regarding which events were Olympic and which were not, although

2673-734: The 1980s, stated that this settlement likely means the end of the DERA as a housing provider for the poor. After the settlement, DERA disbanded without an official announcement. This Vancouver -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . 2010 Winter Olympics The 2010 Winter Olympics , officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games ( French : XXI 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

2772-521: The 2010 Games. A request to appeal that verdict to the Supreme Court of Canada was subsequently denied on December 22 – a decision that marked the end of any hopes that the event would be held during Vancouver 2010. To alleviate the exclusion, VANOC organizers invited women from all over Canada to participate at Whistler Olympic Park, including Continental Cup in January 2009. Women's ski jumping

2871-475: The 2026 Winter Olympics. The proposal was approved during the IOC's session in Tokyo on 20 July. On 3 February 2022, the IOC designated skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to be core Summer Olympic sports starting in 2028, raising the number of core sports to 31. On 16 October 2023, the IOC approved the addition of five optional sports for the 2028 Summer Olympics : baseball / softball , cricket , flag football , lacrosse and squash , while breakdancing

2970-418: The 20th century, the Olympics included one or more demonstration sports , normally to promote a local sport from the host country or to gauge interest in an entirely new sport. Some such sports, like baseball and curling , were later added to the official Olympic program (in 1992 and 1998 , respectively). The competitions and ceremonies in these sports were identical to official Olympic sports, except that

3069-458: The IOC as demonstration sports, have nonetheless been held alongside or as part of the Olympic program. Events held during Games prior to 1924 are considered demonstration sports by some scholars, though not by the IOC. Bowling at the 1988 Games (along with badminton) was considered an exhibition sport in that it was not part of the official Olympic schedule and did not require IOC approval for staging, unlike demonstration sports. Organizers of

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3168-701: The IOC bidding rules were tightened, and more focused on technical aspects of candidate cities. The team analyzed the candidate city features and provided its input back to the IOC. Vancouver won the bid to host the Olympics by a vote of the International Olympic Committee on July 2, 2003, at the 115th IOC Session held in Prague , Czech Republic. The result was announced by IOC President Jacques Rogge . Vancouver faced two other finalists shortlisted that same February: Pyeongchang , South Korea, and Salzburg , Austria. Pyeongchang, which later won

3267-518: The IOC considers freestyle wrestling to be a single discipline, but United World Wrestling classifies women's freestyle wrestling as the separate discipline of "female wrestling". An event, by IOC definition, is a competition that leads to the award of medals. Therefore, the sport of aquatics includes a total of 46 Olympic events, of which 32 are in the discipline of swimming, eight in diving, and two each in artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. The number of events per sport ranges from

3366-501: The IOC have managed to return to the Olympic program: archery in 1972 , tennis in 1988 , curling in 1998 , golf in 2016 and cricket in 2028 . Further, three other early Olympic sports returned in a different format from which they were originally competed in: handball in 1972 (as indoor handball instead of field handball ), rugby in 2016 (as rugby sevens instead of rugby union ), and lacrosse in 2028 (as lacrosse sixes instead of field lacrosse ). For most of

3465-485: The IOC officially recognized demonstration sports , allowing host countries to organize demonstrations of non-Olympic sports during the Games; no demonstration sports were held in 1976 or 1980 due to the IOC temporarily eliminating them. The following sports or disciplines have been demonstration sports at the Summer Olympic Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the Olympic program as

3564-539: The NHL's Vancouver Canucks , which was temporarily renamed Canada Hockey Place for the duration of the Olympics. Utilizing this existing venue instead of building a new international-sized ice rink facility saved C$ 10 million in construction costs and allowed an additional 35,000 spectators to attend Olympic hockey games. However, some European countries expressed concern over this decision, worried that it might give North American players an advantage since they grew up playing on

3663-579: The Olympic Committee, more than double the viewership of the preceding Turin 2006 games and triple the available coverage of Salt Lake City 2002, and is "recognized in numerous post Games reports as being among the most widely viewed and well received Games in Olympic history, both in Canada and internationally." Vancouver 2010's gold medal final between Canada and USA "was the most watched hockey game ever with viewership of 114 million viewers around

3762-597: The Olympic Industry (2000), which examined a number of different Olympic Games prior to the 2010 Winter Olympics. These issues of concern, underlying the opposition to any and all Olympic Games, include: Olympic sports Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games . The 2024 Summer Olympics included 32 sports; the 2022 Winter Olympics included seven sports. Each Olympic sport

3861-562: The Olympic program. The governing bodies of the following sports currently not contested at the Olympic Games are recognized by the IOC: Official sport at the World Games . Discontinued Olympic sport. Water skiing and wakeboarding share the same governing body . A sport can be contested at the Olympics even if most of its disciplines are not. For example, roller sports (governed by World Skate ) are represented at

3960-549: The Olympics—gymnastics has two non-Olympic disciplines, while cycling and wrestling have three each. The IOC definition of a "discipline" may differ from that used by an international federation. For example, the IOC considers artistic gymnastics a single discipline, but the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG) classifies men's and women's artistic gymnastics as separate disciplines. Similarly,

4059-524: The Organizing Committee. These thresholds are likely to be surpassed for the 2028 Summer Olympics ; sports director Kit McConnell stated that they would aim to "limit the increase, but limit the impact on the existing sport". In previous years, sports that depend primarily on mechanical propulsion, such as motor sports, could not be considered for recognition as Olympic sports, though there were power-boating events in 1908 before this rule

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4158-585: The Summer Olympics (in 1908 and 1920) before the Winter Olympics were introduced in 1924. Early Olympic Games prior to World War II included eight sports that have since been discontinued from the Olympics: basque pelota , croquet , jeu de paume , polo , rackets , roque , tug of war and water motorsports . Organizers were able to decide which sports or disciplines were included on

4257-537: The Venue Energy Tracker project. The Olympic Games in Vancouver were broadcast worldwide by a number of television broadcasters. As rights for the 2010 Games have been packaged with those for the 2012 Summer Olympics , broadcasters were largely identical for both events. The host broadcaster was Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver, a subsidiary of the IOC's new in-house broadcasting unit Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS). The 2010 Olympics marked

4356-527: The Virgin Islands which were at the 2006 Games, did not participate in 2010. Tonga sought to make its Winter Olympic debut by entering a single competitor in luge, attracting some media attention, but he crashed in the final round of qualifying. Luxembourg qualified two athletes but did not participate because one did not reach the criteria set by the NOC and the other was injured before the Games. Below

4455-797: The West Coast and Vancouver. The relay started its long Canada journey from the British Columbia capital of Victoria . In Canada, the torch traveled approximately 45,000 kilometres (28,000 mi) over 106 days, making it the longest relay route within one country in Olympic history. The Olympic Torch was carried by approximately 12,000 Canadians and reached over 1,000 communities. Celebrity torchbearers included Arnold Schwarzenegger , Steve Nash , Matt Lauer , Justin Morneau , Michael Bublé , Bob Costas , Shania Twain , and hockey greats including Sidney Crosby , Wayne Gretzky , and

4554-594: The Winter Games (37), a record held until then by Germany in 2002 (36). Athletes from Slovakia and Belarus won the first Winter Olympic gold medals for their nations. The concept of a bid by Vancouver to host the Winter Olympic Games first appeared at the 1960 Games in Squaw Valley , where the Canadian representative of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Sidney Dawes discusses

4653-583: The Winter Olympic Games for the years shown, but have never been included on the Olympic program as a medal event. Many sports have their governing bodies recognized by the IOC, but are not contested at the Olympics. Such sports, if eligible under the terms of the Olympic Charter, may apply for inclusion in the program at future Games, through a recommendation by the IOC Olympic Programme Commission, followed by

4752-516: The Winter Olympics. For the 2010 Games, the Canadian Olympic Association chose Vancouver as the Canadian candidate city over Calgary, which sought to re-host the Games, and Quebec City , which had lost the 2002 Olympic bid in 1995. On the first round of voting on November 21, 1998, Vancouver-Whistler had 26 votes, Quebec City had 25 and Calgary had 21. On December 3, 1998, the second and final round of voting occurred between

4851-403: The ad revenue generated from an AP-produced multi-media package of video, photos, statistics, stories and a daily Webcast. AP's coverage included a microsite with web widgets facilitating integration with social networking and bookmarking services . In France, the Games were covered by France Télévisions , which included continuous live coverage on its website. The Olympic Torch Relay

4950-586: The basis of "All games, all nations", were influenced by this thinking; at the 1904 Summer Olympics , de Coubertin arranged "Anthropological Days", which allowed athletes from Asia, Africa, and South America to demonstrate their regional games. However, the 1904 organizers marginalized this aspect of the Olympics, and it quickly faded away after a few years, with mainly only Western sports being played. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) considers an Olympic sport to comprise all disciplines governed by an international sports federation . For example, aquatics

5049-645: The captains of the two Vancouver Canucks teams that went to the Stanley Cup Finals : Trevor Linden ( 1994 ) and Stan Smyl ( 1982 ). 82 National Olympic Committees (NOC) entered teams in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Cayman Islands, Colombia, Ghana, Montenegro, Pakistan, Peru and Serbia made their winter Olympic debuts. Morocco returned to the Winter games after a 18-year absence, and Jamaica and Mexico returned after 8 years. Seven countries, Costa Rica, Kenya, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Thailand, Venezuela and

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5148-512: The cities of Calgary and Banff , in Alberta , as the best opportunity for a Canadian bid to succeed. Calgary's candidacy ultimately failed, and the 1968 Games were awarded to Grenoble . A development program for the Whistler and Mount Garibaldi region was then launched to host the 1972 Games . It included the development of road infrastructure, electrical network and drinking water, which

5247-597: The city a police state. Besides local opposition, budget cutbacks also forced the organizers to scale back on the elaborate plans. VANOC initially benefited from an economic boom and was able to secure lucrative and record domestic sponsorships, but this boom also resulted in rapidly rising construction and labour costs. Due to these factors, as well as the Great Recession , VANOC built minimalistic functional venues with little aesthetic appeal though they were well-designed for post-Games usage. This approach, as well as

5346-700: The course of Olympic history, and has gradually increased over time. The Olympic Charter decrees that Olympic sports for each edition of the Olympic Games should be decided at an IOC Session no later than seven years prior to the Games. The only summer sports that have never been absent from the Olympic program are athletics , aquatics ( swimming ), cycling , fencing , and gymnastics ( artistic gymnastics ). The only winter sports that were included in all Winter Olympic Games are skiing ( nordic skiing ), skating ( figure skating and speed skating ), and ice hockey . Figure skating and ice hockey were also included in

5445-443: The duration of the Games since corporate sponsorship is not allowed for an Olympic venue. Renovations included the removal of advertising from the ice surface and conversion of some seating to accommodate the media. The 2010 Winter Olympics marked the first time an Olympic hockey game was played on a rink sized according to NHL rules instead of international specifications. Competition venues in Whistler included Whistler Creekside at

5544-443: The east of the city. This allowed events to proceed as planned. Political decisions involving cancellation of promised low-income housing and the creation of a community of mixed economic backgrounds for post-Games use of the athletes' village was criticized. Opening ceremonies were stalled while organizers dealt with mechanical problems during the cauldron lighting ceremony. Speed skating events were delayed due to breakdowns of

5643-673: The events categorized as ice sports (excluding bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held in Vancouver and Richmond. The sports categorized as "Nordic events" were held in the Callaghan Valley located just to the west of Whistler. All alpine skiing events were held on Whistler Mountain (Creekside) and sliding events (bobsleigh, luge and skeleton) were held on Blackcomb Mountain . Cypress Mountain (located in Cypress Provincial Park in West Vancouver ) hosted

5742-518: The fact that most of the infrastructure already existed, meant that the direct costs of the Vancouver Games were much lower than recent Olympic games. Before the Games began and as they commenced, a number of concerns and controversies surfaced and received media attention. Hours before the opening ceremony, Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a training run after being thrown out from his luge, intensifying questions about

5841-616: The first Games where the host broadcasting facilities were provided solely by OBS. The executive director of Olympic Broadcasting Services Vancouver was Nancy Lee , a former producer and executive for CBC Sports . The official broadcast theme was a piece called "City of Ice" composed by Rob May and Simon Hill . In Canada, the Games were the first Olympic Games broadcast by a new Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium led by CTVglobemedia and Rogers Media , displacing previous broadcaster CBC Sports . Main English-language coverage

5940-464: The first host nation since Norway in 1952 to lead the gold medal count. Canada broke the record for the most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympics (14), which had been set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002 (13). The United States won the most medals in total, marking their second time doing so at the Winter Olympics, and broke the record for the most medals won during

6039-521: The freestyle skiing (aerials, moguls and ski cross), and all snowboard events (half-pipe, parallel giant slalom, snowboard cross). Vancouver 2010 was also the first winter Olympics in which both men's and women's hockey were played on a narrower, NHL -sized ice rink, measuring 200 ft × 85 ft (61 m × 26 m), instead of the international size of 200 ft × 98.5 ft (61.0 m × 30.0 m). The games were played at General Motors Place (now Rogers Arena), home of

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6138-521: The largest number of Olympic disciplines is skiing , with six: alpine skiing , cross-country skiing , ski jumping , Nordic combined , snowboarding , and freestyle skiing . Other notable multi-discipline sports are gymnastics (artistic, rhythmic, and trampoline), cycling (road, track, mountain, and BMX), volleyball (indoors and beach), wrestling (freestyle and Greco-Roman), canoeing (flatwater and slalom), and bobsleigh (includes skeleton). The disciplines listed here are only those contested in

6237-420: The medals were not counted in the official record. On some occasions, both official medal events and demonstration events have been contested in the same sport at the same Games, such as men's and women's judo in 1988 . Due to logistical issues, the International Olympic Committee decided in 1989 to eliminate demonstration sports from the Olympic Games after 1992. An unofficial exception was made in 2008 , when

6336-508: The name used by the IOC. The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport that were contested at the respective Games (the red cells indicate that those sports were held at the Summer Games); a bullet ( • ) denotes that the sport was contested as a demonstration or unofficial sport. Three out of the eight sports consist of multiple disciplines. The following sports or disciplines have been demonstration sports at

6435-469: The network reported a financial loss of $ 233 million on the Games. The Associated Press (AP) announced that it would send 120 reporters, photographers, editors and videographers to cover the Games on behalf of the country's news media . The cost of their Olympics coverage prompted AP to make a "real departure for the wire service 's online coverage". Rather than simply providing content, it partnered with more than 900 newspapers and broadcasters who split

6534-400: The number of sports back to 28. In February 2013, the IOC considered dropping a sport from the 2020 Summer Olympics to make way for a new sport: modern pentathlon and taekwondo were thought to be vulnerable, but instead the IOC recommended removing wrestling. On 8 September 2013, the IOC added wrestling to the 2020 and 2024 Summer Games. Starting with the 2020 Games, the IOC altered

6633-410: The official program. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) subsequently approved the event to officially be part of the Games program. Events proposed for inclusion but ultimately rejected included: The issue over women's ski jumping being excluded ended up in the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver during April 21–24, 2009, with a verdict on July 10 excluding women's ski jumping from

6732-652: The possibility of hosting a Games in British Columbia if a venue was found near Vancouver. Shortly afterwards, the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) was created in order to prepare a bid to host the Winter Games in the region of Mount Garibaldi , near Whistler . In 1961, GODA considered developing a bid for the 1968 Winter Games , but the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) preferred

6831-490: The present IOC website generally conforms to historians' views. Before 1924, ice sports like figure skating and ice hockey were held at the Summer Olympic Games. These two sports made their debuts at the 1908 and the 1920 Summer Olympics respectively, but in 1924 they were moved to the first edition of the Winter Olympic Games and became permanent fixtures on the sports program for the Winter Olympics from then on. The 1924 International Winter Sports Week , later dubbed

6930-709: The program by the IOC Session in Singapore on 11 July 2005, a decision that was reaffirmed on 9 February 2006. Baseball and softball, before their reinstatement for the 2020 Olympics, were last included in 2008: therefore, the number of sports in the 2012 Summer Olympics was dropped from 28 to 26. This was the first time a sport or discipline had been removed from the Olympic program since canoe slalom after 1972 (though it returned in 1992 ). Two previously long-discontinued sports, golf (last competed in 1904) and rugby (last competed in 1924), returned for

7029-486: The program from 1896 to 1920, with the IOC taking control of the program in 1924. As a result, a number of sports were on the Olympic program for relatively brief periods: of the eight discontinued early Olympic sports, the only one on the program after 1920 was polo (in 1924 and 1936). These sports were removed because of lack of interest or the absence of an appropriate governing body, and are considered unlikely to ever return. Five early Olympic sports that were removed by

7128-681: The programme is at the full discretion of the respective Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and subject to the final decision of the IOC Session . In the past, several criteria concerning widely practiced sports, disciplines or events have been abolished. However, the number of sports remains constrained by athlete and event limits. According to Bye-law 3.2 to Rule 45 of the Olympic Charter (2023), Summer Olympics should be approximately limited to 10,500 athletes, 5,000 coaches and support personnel and 310 events, while Winter Olympics should be capped at around 2,900 athletes, 2,000 coaches and support personnel and 100 events, unless agreed to otherwise by

7227-413: The provincial debt grew by $ 24 billion during the decade. Non direct olympics games cost (e.g. expanded rail network, highways, security, paid time off for government employees "volunteering" etc.) cost in excess of 7 billion. In 2011, the provincial auditor-general declined to conduct a post-Games audit. C$ 200 million was expected to be spent for security, which was organized through a special body,

7326-578: The rights of hosting both 2018 Winter Olympics and 2024 Winter Youth Olympics (as a part of the Gangwon Province ) had the most votes of the three cities in the first round of voting, in which Salzburg was eliminated. In the run-off, all but two of the members who had voted for Salzburg voted for Vancouver. It was the closest vote by the IOC since Sydney, Australia beat Beijing for the 2000 Summer Olympics by two votes. Vancouver's victory came almost two years after Toronto's 2008 Summer Olympic bid

7425-538: The rules of the bidding process were changed in 1999. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) created the Evaluation Commission, which was appointed on October 24, 2002. Prior to the bidding for the 2008 Summer Olympics , host cities would often fly members of the IOC to their city where they toured the city and were provided with gifts. The lack of oversight and transparency often led to allegations of money for votes. Afterward, changes brought forth by

7524-405: The safety of the course and prompting organizers to implement quick modifications. Immediately after the accident, officials attributed it to an athlete error rather than a track deficiency. The International Luge Federation called an emergency meeting after the accident, and all other training runs were cancelled for the day. The President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili , thanked the hosts for

7623-403: The share each sport's International Federation received of Olympic revenue. The following sports (and disciplines) make up the current and discontinued Summer Olympic Games official program and are listed alphabetically according to the name used by the IOC. The figures in each cell indicate the number of events for each sport contested at the respective Games; a bullet ( • ) denotes that

7722-592: The smaller NHL-sized rinks. By contrast, the only other NHL venue to host Olympic hockey, the Calgary Flames ' Olympic Saddledome , started construction before Calgary won the bid for the 1988 Winter Olympics and it was designed to accommodate an international ice rink. There were a number of events that were proposed to be included in the 2010 Winter Olympics. On November 28, 2006, the IOC Executive Board at their meeting in Kuwait voted to include ski cross in

7821-518: The sport was contested as a demonstration or unofficial sport. Eight of the 32 sports at the 2024 Summer Olympics consist of multiple disciplines. Each discipline is marked with a unique 3-character identifier code by the IOC. Art competitions were held between the 1912 and 1948 Games, and medals were awarded. In 1952, art competition medals were removed from the official national medal counts. Olympic medals have also been awarded for feats of alpinism and aeronautics . Between 1924 and 1992,

7920-495: The start of the February 16 men's and women's biathlon pursuit races, and restricted access to the Olympic flame cauldron on the Vancouver waterfront. Opposition to the Olympic Games was expressed by activists and politicians, including Lower Mainland mayors Derek Corrigan and Richard Walton . Many of the public pre-Olympic events held in Vancouver were attended by protesters . On Saturday, February 13, as part of

8019-423: The suit, the three government-owned social housing buildings were handed over to a court-appointed receiver, and an undisclosed settlement was reached between the DERA and BC Housing. BC Housing issued a proposal call in the summer of 2010 to find nonprofit housing societies to manage the buildings in the long term. Former supporters of the DERA, such as Jim Green , a former Vancouver city councillor who led DERA in

8118-630: The surrounding suburbs of Richmond , West Vancouver and the University of British Columbia , and in the nearby resort town of Whistler . It was regarded by the Olympic Committee to be among the most successful Olympic games in history, in both attendance and coverage. Approximately 2,600 athletes from 82 nations participated in 86 events in fifteen disciplines. Both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games were organized by

8217-569: The total to 33. Baseball and softball have been treated by the IOC as a single sport since the governing bodies for baseball and softball merged into a single international federation, the World Baseball Softball Confederation , in 2013 (with male athletes competing in baseball and female athletes competing in softball). On 3 August 2016, the IOC voted to add baseball / softball , karate , sport climbing , surfing , and skateboarding as optional sports for

8316-593: The two leading contenders, which saw Vancouver win with 40 votes compared to Quebec City's 32 votes. Vancouver had also bid for the 1976 games, which were first awarded to Denver, then to Innsbruck and the 1980 games, which were awarded to Lake Placid. After the bribery scandal over the candidacy of the Salt Lake City bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics (which resulted in Quebec City asking for compensation (C$ 8 million) for its unsuccessful bid), many of

8415-418: The way it plans the Olympic sports program: rather than basing it on a maximum number of sports , the total number of events are now taken into account, opening the schedule up for the inclusion on a per-Games basis of additional sports to the 28 "core" sports. For the 2020 Summer Olympics, the local organizing committee was thus permitted to add five sports to the program in addition to the existing 28, taking

8514-444: The way that they handled Kumaritashvili's death which included a moment of silence, bringing his remains back to Georgia and a tribute to him at the opening ceremony. One critic questioned the choice of Cypress Mountain as a venue because of its potential lack of snow due to the 2009-10 El Niño . Because of this possibility, organizers had a contingency plan to truck in snow from Manning Park , about 250 kilometres (160 mi) to

8613-493: The world." For the first time, Canada won gold in an official sport as the host nation of the Olympics, having failed to do so in 1976 and 1988 (although Canada won the 1988 woman's curling event in Calgary when it was still only a demonstration sport ). Canada clinched their first gold medal on the second day of the competition, first topping the gold medal tally on the second-to-last day of competition, and went on to become

8712-882: Was 7.1 °C (44.8 °F) for the month of February 2010. The opening and closing ceremonies were held at BC Place Stadium , which received over C$ 150 million in major renovations. Competition venues in Greater Vancouver included the Pacific Coliseum , the Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre , the UBC Winter Sports Centre , the Richmond Olympic Oval and Cypress Mountain . GM Place, now known as Rogers Arena , played host to ice hockey events, being renamed Canada Hockey Place for

8811-439: Was completed on time and at least one year prior to the Games. In 2004, the operational cost of the 2010 Winter Olympics was estimated to be Canadian $ 1.354 billion (about £ 828,499,787, € 975,033,598 or US$ 1,314,307,896). As of mid-2009 it was projected to be C$ 1.76 billion, mostly raised from non-government sources, primarily through sponsorships and the auction of national broadcasting rights. C$ 580 million

8910-470: Was defeated by Beijing in a landslide vote. The Vancouver Olympic Committee (VANOC) spent C$ 16.6 million on upgrading facilities at Cypress Mountain , which hosted the freestyle (aerials, moguls, ski cross) and snowboarding events. With the opening in February 2009 of the C$ 40 ;million Vancouver Olympic/Paralympic Centre at Hillcrest Park , which hosted curling, every sports venue for the 2010 Games

9009-611: Was dropped. Cricket's only previous Olympic appearance was in 1900, while lacrosse was last on the Olympic program in 1908. At the first Olympic Games , ten sports were contested. Since then, the number of sports contested at the Summer Olympic Games has gradually risen to thirty-six on the program for 2028. In order for a sport or discipline to be considered for inclusion in the list of Summer Olympic sports, it must be widely practiced in at least 75 countries, spread over four continents. As of 2013, Summer Olympic sports were divided into categories based on popularity, which determined

9108-445: Was enacted by the IOC. The rule excluding motorsports was removed from the Olympic Charter in 2016. The FIA (governing body for automobile sports), FIM (governing body for motorcycle sports) and FAI (governing body for air sports) are recognised by the International Olympic Committee, and therefore, in theory, could be eligible for inclusion at future Olympic Games. The list of Olympic sports has changed considerably during

9207-441: Was immensely successful, with the official Olympic Committee press release citing "Full venues, record public attendance: Over 97% of the 1.54 million tickets available were sold, with 71% to the Canadian public at an average price of $ 139. Adding in international public ticket sales, the percentage of ticket sales to the public exceeds 75% of all available tickets." Vancouver 2010 also achieved record global television coverage as per

9306-566: Was included in the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi , Russia . In the following calendar for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, each blue box indicates that an event competition, such as a qualification round, was held on that day. The yellow boxes represent days during which medal-awarding finals for a sport were held with the number in these boxes representing the number of finals that were contested on that day. The top ten listed NOCs by number of gold medals are listed below. The host nation, Canada,

9405-510: Was originally estimated. Some venues, including the Richmond Olympic Oval , were at sea level, a rarity for the Winter Games. The 2010 Games were also the first—Winter or Summer—to have had an Opening Ceremony held indoors. Greater Vancouver was the most populous metropolitan area ever to hold the Winter Games. In February, the month when the Games were held, Vancouver has an average temperature of 4.8 °C (40.6 °F). The average temperature as measured at Vancouver International Airport

9504-480: Was selected to host the 1976 Summer Olympics , and the Vancouver-Garibaldi candidacy was thus eliminated in the first round of voting. Vancouver was again a candidate for the 1980 Games , but withdrew at the last moment. For the 1988 Winter Olympics , Calgary was chosen as the preferred site for the Canadian bid, and would go on to win the election and thus become the first Canadian city to host

9603-649: Was shown on the CTV Television Network , while supplementary programming was mainly shown on TSN and Rogers Sportsnet . Main French-language coverage was shown on V and RDS . NBC Universal networks televised the 2010 Winter Olympics in the United States, under a contract in which it paid US$ 2.2 billion for the rights to the Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics . Advertising sales had slowed in comparison to previous Olympics due to

9702-581: Was still absent in this region. But once again, Banff was chosen to represent Canada as the potential host city for the 1972 Games, which were eventually awarded to Sapporo , Japan . In 1968, the GODA was finally chosen by the Canadian Olympic Committee with the aim of making a joint candidacy with the city of Vancouver for the organization of the 1976 Winter Olympics . However, the chances of Vancouver's candidacy dwindled when Montreal

9801-480: Was the taxpayer-supported budget to construct or renovate venues throughout Vancouver and Whistler . A final audit conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers released in December 2010 revealed total operation cost to have been $ 1.84 billion and came in on budget resulting in neither surplus nor deficit. Construction of venues also came on budget with a total cost of $ 603 million. PricewaterhouseCoopers' study estimated

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