Olympic Games are sports' mega event. Olympic Games usually take place in Winter and Summer divided and scheduled on 4 year cycles, two years apart. In this mega event, best athletes and sports competitors from all over the world participate and demonstrate their talent.

If we shortly look back the history, earliest Olympic Games took place in Greece and were held from 776 B.C. to A.D. 393. The modern Olympic Games began in 1896 when organizers invigorated them to promote healthy sporting event for the youth across the globe. Winter Games were originated in 1924.

Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010 will take place from February 12 to February 28, 2010. It will be the 21st Winter Olympics and the 3rd to be hosted by Canada. It would be the first to be hosted by the Province of British Columbia.

Take a quick look on some important World Olympics Statistics and History figures.

 

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

1896    Athens, Greece 1900    Paris, France 1902    Athens, Greece (unofficial) 1904    St. Louis, United States 1906    Athens, Greece 1908    London, United Kingdom 1912    Stockholm, Sweden 1916    Berlin, Germany (cancelled due to WWI) 1920    Antwerp, Belgium 1924    Paris, France 1928    Amsterdam, Netherlands 1932    Los Angeles, United States 1936    Berlin, Germany 1940    Tokyo, Japan (later switched to Helsinki, Finland then cancelled due to WWII) 1944    London, United Kingdom (cancelled due to WWII) 1948    London, United Kingdom 1952    Helsinki, Finland 1956    Melbourne, Australia 1956    Stockholm, Sweden 1960    Rome, Italy 1964    Tokyo, Japan 1968    Mexico City, Mexico 1972    München, Germany 1976    Montreal, Canada 1980    Moscow, Soviet Union 1984    Los Angeles, United States 1988    Seoul, South Korea 1992    Barcelona, Spain 1996    Atlanta, United States 2000    Sydney, Australia 2004    Athens, Greece 2008    Beijing, China 2012    London, United Kingdom

1924    Chamonix, France 1928    St. Moritz, Switzerland 1932    Lake Placid, United States 1936    Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 1940    St. Moritz, Switzerland (cancelled due to WWII) 1944    Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy (cancelled due to WWII) 1948    St. Moritz, Switzerland 1952    Oslo, Norway 1956    Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 1960    Squaw Valley, United States 1964    Innsbruck, Austria 1968    Grenoble, France 1972    Sapporo, Japan 1976    Innsbruck, Austria 1980    Lake Placid, United States 1984    Sarajevo, Yugoslavia (until 1988) 1988    Calgary, Canada 1992    Albertville, France 1994    Lillehammer, Norway 1998    Nagano, Japan 2002    Salt Lake City, United States 2006    Torino, Italy 2010    Vancouver, Canada 2014    Sochi, Russia

Top vancouver olympics 2010 medals Statistics by Country

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
USA	9	15	13	37
GER	10	13	7	30
CAN	14	7	5	26
NOR	9	8	6	23
AUS	4	6	6	16
RU	3	5	7	15
KOR	6	6	2	14
CHI	5	2	4	11
SWE	5	2	4	11
FRA	2	3	6	11

TOP MEDALS WINNER COUNTRIES
COUNTRY	GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	TOTAL
United States	1020	816	700	2536
Soviet Union	473	376	355	1204
Germany	272	297	297	866
France	237	250	291	778
Great Britian	226	275	268	769
Italy	239	203	214	656
Sweden	189	196	226	611
East Germany	192	165	162	519
Hungary	162	150	166	478
Finland	147	143	169	459

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