Chronological summary of the 2010 Winter Olympics

This article contains a chronological summary of major events from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.

Calendar 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.

OCOpening ceremony●Event competitions1Event finalsEGExhibition galaCCClosing ceremony

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| 8 Skeleton

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Day 1 – February 12 (Opening ceremony) Death of Nodar Kumaritashvili Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili died during training, shortly before the games officially opened. Opening ceremony In front of 60,000 attendants, Governor General Michaëlle Jean declared the games officially open. Performers at the ceremony included 300+ cultural dancers from First Nation, Inuit and Métis communities from across Canada, Nelly Furtado, Bryan Adams, Sarah McLachlan, Nikki Yanofsky, k.d. lang and Garou. The Olympic Flame was lit by Catriona Le May Doan, Steve Nash, Nancy Greene, Rick Hansen and Wayne Gretzky.

Day 2 – February 13 Alpine skiing Due to poor weather conditions, the men's downhill is postponed until February 15. Freestyle skiing Hannah Kearney of the United States wins the women's moguls event, while defending champion Jenn Heil of Canada wins silver. Short track speed skating Lee Jung-Su of South Korea wins the men's 1500 metres event. His two teammates crashed just seconds from the end allowing Americans Apolo Ohno and John Celski to capture silver and bronze. Biathlon Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia wins the women's sprint event, winning independent Slovakia's first ever winter gold medal. Ski jumping Simon Ammann of Switzerland wins the first gold medal awarded of the games in normal hill individual ski jump. Ammann had previously won gold in the same event at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Speed skating Sven Kramer of the Netherlands wins the 5000 metres men's speed skating event, setting a new Olympic record in 6:14.60.

Gold medalistsSportEventCompetitor(s)BiathlonWomen's sprintAnastasiya KuzminaFreestyleWomen's mogulsHannah KearneyShort trackMen's 1500 metresLee Jung-SuSki jumpingNormal hill individualSimon AmmannSpeed skatingMen's 5000 metresSven KramerOR

Day 3 – February 14 Biathlon Vincent Jay of France wins men's sprint. Freestyle skiing Alexandre Bilodeau of Canada wins men's moguls, the first Olympic gold won by a Canadian on home soil. Luge Felix Loch of Germany wins men's singles with the fastest time in each of the four runs. Nordic combined Jason Lamy-Chappuis of France wins individual normal hill/10 km. He beat American Johnny Spillane by 0.4 seconds, the closest finish in Olympic Nordic combined history. The silver for United States and bronze for Italy are their first Olympic medals in Nordic combined. Speed skating Martina Sáblíková of the Czech Republic wins women's 3000 metres.. This is the first speed skating medal won by a Czech. Gold medalistsSportEventCompetitor(s)BiathlonMen's sprintVincent JayFreestyle skiingMen's mogulsAlexandre BilodeauLugeMen's singlesFelix LochNordic combinedIndividual normal hill/10 kmJason Lamy-ChappuisSpeed skatingWomen's 3000 metresMartina Sáblíková

Day 4 – February 15 Alpine skiing Didier Défago of Switzerland wins men's downhill with a time of 1:54.31. Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway took the silver with 1:54.38 and Bode Miller of the United States took the bronze with 1:54.40. The time difference of 0.09 seconds between gold and bronze is the smallest in the history of the men's Olympic downhill event. Cross-country Charlotte Kalla of Sweden wins women's 10 km freestyle. She was Sweden's first female individual gold medalist in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics since 1968. Dario Cologna of Switzerland wins men's 15 km freestyle. It is Switzerland's first gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics. Figure skating Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China win pair skating, setting world records for the short program and overall scores. This is China's first Olympic gold medal ever in a figure skating event. For the Soviet Union, Unified Team and Russia, it was the end of their longest winning streak in the sport, which started during the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Olympics. Snowboarding Seth Wescott of the United States wins men's snowboard cross. Speed skating Mo Tae-bum of South Korea wins men's 500 m race. This is Korea's first ever gold medal in Winter Olympics outside short track speed skating. Gold medalistsSportEventCompetitor(s)Alpine skiingMen's downhillDidier DéfagoCross-country skiingWomen's 10 km freestyleCharlotte KallaMen's 15 km freestyleDario ColognaFigure skatingPair skatingShen Xue and Zhao HongboWRSnowboardingMen's snowboard crossSeth WescottSpeed skatingMen's 500 metresMo Tae-bum

Day 5 – February 16 Biathlon Magdalena Neuner of Germany wins the gold medal for the women's 10 km pursuit with a time of 30:16.0. Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia wins the silver with a time of +12.3 over the leader, and Marie-Laure Brunet of France earns the bronze with a time of +28.3 over the leader. Björn Ferry of Sweden wins gold in the men's pursuit in a time of 33:38.4. Austrian Christoph Sumann takes silver and France's Vincent Jay bronze. Luge German Tatjana Hüfner wins the women's singles. Snowboarding Maëlle Ricker of Canada wins gold in the women's snowboard cross, Déborah Anthonioz of France wins silver and Olivia Nobs of Switzerland wins bronze. Speed skating Lee Sang-hwa of South Korea wins women's 500 m race beating the current world record holder Jenny Wolf of Germany, with whom she was paired, by 0.05 seconds.

Gold medalistsSportEventCompetitor(s)BiathlonWomen's 10 km pursuitMagdalena NeunerMen's 12.5 km pursuitBjörn FerryLugeWomen's singlesTatjana HüfnerSnowboardingWomen's snowboard crossMaëlle RickerSpeed skatingWomen's 500 mLee Sang-hwa

Day 6 – February 17 Alpine skiing Lindsey Vonn of the U.S. wins the gold medal in the women's downhill, the first of five events in which she will compete. Cross-country skiing Russian Nikita Kriukov wins the men's sprint ahead of compatriot Alexander Panzhinskiy after a photo finish. Norway's Marit Bjørgen wins the women's sprint while Petra Majdič takes bronze despite skiing with four ribs broken during warm-ups. Luge Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger retain the luge doubles title that they won in the 2006 Games. Short track

Chronological summary of the 2010 Winter Olympics

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