Sunday, January 11, 2009

Gold Medals By Sport

The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games will hand out many Gold medals across the many events and sports competed in. If you are curious how many gold medals will be handed out, the count will surprise you . Only 86 lucky athletes will be able to lay claim to the hard sought after trophy.

Alpine skiing- 10 Gold Medals
Biathlon - 10 Gold Medals
Bobsleigh - 3 Gold Medals
Cross Country Skiing - 12 Gold Medals
Curling - 2 Gold Medals
Figure Skating - 4 Gold Medals
Freestyle Skiing - 6 Gold Medals
Ice Hockey - 2 gold Medals
Luge - 3 Gold Medals
Nordic Combined - 3 Gold Medals
Short Track - 8 Gold Medals
Skeleton - 2 Gold Medals
Ski Jumping - 3 Gold Medals
Snowboarding - 6 Gold Medals
Speed Skating - 12 Gold Medals

For a combined Gold Medal Count of 86 Gold Medals!

On Average each day there will be between 4 and 7 Gold Medals handed out with only 2 being handed out on the final day of competition. This wiki page has a nice chart showing the gold medals that are possible and the days they are handed out.

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