Basic Fact
Basic facts about Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games
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Updated: 2010-02-02 16:07
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Time
Feburary 10 - 28, 2010, Vancouver, Canada
Participants
During the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, many more athletes, approximately 2,500 will compete in 15 sports and over 86 separate medal events.
About VANOC
The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) was established on September 30, 2003. The Committee's mandate is to support and promote the development of sport in Canada by planning, organizing, financing and staging the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
Winter Games History
The first modern Olympic Games were held in the summer of 1896. The organizers added skating to the Summer Games in 1908 (ice rinks could be kept cold even in the hottest weather) – but eventually decided that winter sports were perhaps best left to the winter. The first Olympic Winter Games were held in 1924, in Chamonix, France.
