The previous record for gold medals by the host country was 10. The previous best for gold medals at the winter games, host or not, was 13 by Norway and Russia.
The USA won a record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
China!
USA broke the record for Most medals won at a single Winter Olympics by a country, with a mark of 37 just inching past the 36 medals won by Germany in 2002.
Canada won 14 gold medals in the 2010 Olympics and it is the world record. WOO go Canada!
Michael Phelps, he got 8 gold medals for swimming
Canada, with 14 golds in 2010.
Michael Phelps
Canada won 26 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics: 14 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze.
Which country holds the record for the most medals earner at a winter olympics
At the Summer Olympics in Moscow in 1988, 61 countries staged a boycott including the United States, which caused the Soviet Union team to run away with the event. The USSR won 80 gold medals as part of a record 195 total medals.
The United States won a record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics: 9 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze.