2010s - 2020s winter olympics
Vancouver 2010
The spectacle of the opening ceremony takes place in an atmosphere marked by the fatal accident of Nordar Kumaritashvili during the luge race practice: the Georgian delegation marches in mourning and in silence. Italy’s Armin Zöggeler, bronze in the luge, wins his fifth medal. He partecipated in 5 Olympic games.
Country: Canada
Athletes: 2,566 (976 women, 1,590 men)
Nations: 82
Medal table: Canada, Germany, United States of America
Vancouver 2010 Paralympics
This edition of the Paralympic Winter Games attracts 230,000 attendees and a television audience of over 1.5 billion viewers. 502 athletes (381 men, 121 women) from 44 countries participate: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, and Serbia made their debut. Germany triumphs in the medal table, ahead of Russia and Canada.
Sochi 2014
The Winter Olympic Games are held in Russia for the first time. A total of 12 disciplines debute, including team figure skating, luge relay, biathlon mixed relay, women’s ski jumping, snowboarding and skiing slopestyle, skiing halfpipe, and snowboard parallel slalom. For the first time, women account for more than 40% of the participants.
Nation: Russia
Athletes: 2,566 (1,090 women, 1,770 men)
Nations: 88
Medal table: Norway, Russia, Canada
Sochi 2014 Paralympics
The dedication and success of the Sochi Paralympic Games demonstrates a growing awareness of accessibility and inclusion in a country that had declined to host the Paralympics along with the 1980 Moscow Games. 541 athletes from 45 countries participated. The hosts triumph in the medal table, ahead of Germany and Canada.
PyeongChang 2018
As at the 1988 Seoul Games, the two Korean delegations parade together in the opening ceremony, waving a flag featuring a united Korea in blue on a white background. Italy stands out with three women’s gold medals, Sofia Goggia in the downhill, Michela Moioli in the snowboard cross, and flag bearer Arianna Fontana in the short track.
Nation: South Korea
Athletes: 2,833 (1,169 women, 1,664 men)
Nations: 92
Medal table: Norway, Germany, Canada
PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics
564 Paralympic athletes (431 men, 133 women) from 49 countries participate. The Russian delegation is banned due to an alleged state-sponsored doping case raised by WADA: the athletes compete as independents under the banner of the International Paralympic Committee. The United States of America wins the medals table, ahead of Canada and France.
Beijing 2022
Beijing is the first city to host both the winter and summer editions of the Olympic Games. This is the second Olympic Games held during the Covid-19 pandemic, following Tokyo 2020, with extremely strict protocols in place to maintain the health bubble set up for athletes and staff. Spectators are by invitation only.
Nation: China
Athletes: 2,834 (1,275 women, 1,559 men)
Nations: 91
Medal table: Norway, Germany, China
Beijing 2022 Paralympics
564 athletes (426 men, 138 women) from 46 countries participate. The International Paralympic Committeebans Russia and Belarus from participating following the invasion of Ukraine, which occurred a week before the opening ceremony. The United States of America triumphs in the medal table, ahead of China and Japan.
