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Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games
The city of Vancouver was elected host of the 21st Winter Olympic Games of 2010 at the 115th assembly of the IOC in Prague on 2 July 2003.
Time and Place: Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada), 12 - 28 February 2010
Other candidates: Bern
Participation: 82 countries, 2,632 athletes
Number of sports: 15 sports, 86 events
Fire lit by: Wayne Gretzky (hockey player)
Games opened by: Michaëlle Jean
Olympic oath: Hayley Wickenheiser
At the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, Slovenia won three medals, one medal for every 663,000 citizens, coming behind only the Norway (212,000) and Austria (513,000).
