Updated: December 28, 2009
Want some fast facts on who's won what in which Winter Games?Look no further:
0: Gold medals won by Canada in Montreal and Calgary, the two Olympic Games they have hosted prior to Vancouver.
2: Times Canada has hosted an Olympics prior to 2010 (1976 Summer Games in Montreal; 1988 Winter Games in Calgary).
5: Gold medals won by Eric Heiden at the 1980 Winter Olympics. Many consider the American speed skater to be one of the greatest of all-time.
6: Winter Olympic medals won by American speed skater, Bonnie Blair, the most for any American athlete.
8: Gold medals won by Norwegian cross-country skier, Bjorn Daehlie, between 1992-1998, the most by any Winter Olympian.
10: Medals won by Americans in snowboarding's halfpipe competition. American snowboarders have won 10 of the total 18 medals awarded in the event's three-year Olympic existence.
11: Consecutive gold medals won by Russian and Soviet participants in the Pairs figure skating event between 1964-2002, the longest national win streak in a single event.
12: Medals won by Norwegian cross-country skier Bjorn Daehlie, which is the record for most medals won by a Winter Olympian.
13: Gold medals won by the Soviet Union at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, the most golds won by a nation in one Olympics.
15: Disciplines on the 2010 Olympic program: Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsled, cross-country skiing, curling, figure skating, freestyle skiing, ice hockey, luge, Nordic combined, short track speed skating, skeleton, ski jumping, snowboarding, and long track speed skating.
16: Consecutive wins by the Canadian men's hockey team from 1920-1932, the longest win streak in Olympic hockey.
20: Years between medals for American John Heaton (1928-1948, skeleton), and Swiss Richard Torriani (1928-1948, ice hockey), the longest for any multi-medal athletes.
26: Nations who won a medal at the 2006 Torino Games, the highest for any Winter Olympics.
31: Medals that Americans have won in Alpine skiing during the Winter Olympics.
33: Goals scored by Canada's men's hockey team in a 1924 game against Switzerland, part of the most lopsided hockey match in Olympic history (33-0).
34: Medals won by the United States at the 2002 Salt Lake Games, the highest total for any single Winter Olympics.
36: Medals won by Team Germany during the 2002 Salt Lake Games, the most for one country during a single Winter Olympics.
59: Nations that have competed at the Winter Olympics without winning a medal.
63: Medals won by American athletes in speed skating, the highest total for any Winter Olympic sport.
64.95: Miles per hour the fastest average speed in Alpine skiing was. The record was set in 1984 in the downhill event by American William Johnson.
78: Winter Olympic gold medals won by the United States.
86: Medal events on the 2010 Olympic Program, an increase of two (men's and women's ski cross) from the 2006 Torino Games.
131: Competitors in the 1992 men's giant slalom event, the most for any single event in Winter Olympic history. Natalia Snytina of Russia races to gold in the women's 4x7.5km biathlon with no other competitors in sight. Natalia Snytina of Russia races to gold in the women's 4x7.5km biathlon with no other competitors in sight.
237: Seconds the 1994 Russian biathlon team won the women's 4x7.5 km relay, the largest margin of victory in an Olympic biathlon race.
280: Total medals won by the most prolific Winter Olympic nation, Norway.
807: Seconds that Per Erik Hedlund of Sweden won the 1928 men's 50 km cross-country skiing event. The largest margin of victory in an Olympic cross-country skiing event.






